Chapter 286: Hot World

The verbal battle that started with a disagreement was disturbed by the noise outside the window and stopped briefly, but careful observation revealed that no one came in from outside the door.

According to simple logic, the battle should continue because the ruthless and loveless fairy has no intention of stopping.

But only one person continued, and he was the one who had been the toughest talker before. This feeling seemed very strange.

Amid the dancing fire, Yan Shuyi sat in Ji You's arms and looked at him quietly.

Almost in an instant, the confusion on her pretty face suddenly disappeared, and then her eyes became sharper.

Seeing this, Ji You straightened up and sealed her red lips again.

He and Yan Shuyi have known each other for a long time and know each other's temperament well.

The young master of Lingjian Mountain cares most about her reputation. At this moment, you must not laugh at her for being "devoted to the immortal path and having no feelings or love", otherwise you would be courting death.

After a long time, Yan Shuyi returned to his seat, looked at the flames in the furnace, and wiped his red lips expressionlessly.

Soon, Kuang Cheng and Wei Rui, who had washed the dishes, walked towards the room.

Seeing this scene, Ding Yao and Zhuo Wanqiu also followed in, the sound of "tsk tsk tsk tsk" they just heard echoing in their minds, and their eyes glanced around.

【Heart towards immortality】

【Cut off all feelings and love】

[Friend of Ruier's Lover]

[See you again, just a greeting]

It turns out that old friends always greet each other in this way...

At this moment, Kuang Cheng, after drying his hands, brought out a large ceramic basin from the house and placed it next to the stove.

In the basin is glutinous rice soaked in clean water. The grains sink to the bottom of the basin, separated from the clean water.

Then Kuang Cheng took out a small stone mill and placed it next to the pottery basin. Then he placed his hands in front of the stove to warm them, and began to wash the rice and put it into the stone mill.

"What's this?"

“Grind the rice milk.”

"Oh, time to make rice cakes again."

Ji You quickly realized that the new year was approaching, and remembered that Kuang Cheng had also made rice cakes at about the same time the year before.

Kuang Cheng now filled the gap in the center of the stone mill with rice grains: "Some of the ones I made the first two times were not well formed. This year I made some changes. I will try again after softening the rice with warm water."

"Do you need help?"

"Come back in a few days when we're pounding the rice cakes."

Kuang Cheng held the handle of the stone mill and began to grind it in circles. Soon, rice slurry began to flow out from the small opening of the stone mill.

In ancient times, if it was a snowy winter day, it would be dark just after the Shen hour, and there would be no activities, so people could only do these things by lighting candles.

As the stone mill turned faster and faster, the people sitting by the stove watched the rice slurry flow quietly and couldn't help but be absent-minded.

The life of immortal cultivators has always been one of sitting in meditation, seclusion, and breaking through the realm. They have little contact with the outside world, and it is rare for them to have the opportunity to gather together, make friends, and wait for the arrival of festivals.

As they watched, Ding Yao and Zhuo Wanqiu suddenly looked at each other.

He suddenly understood why cultivators had to avoid the world, because although this kind of life seemed dull, it could really make people immersed in it.

Ji You raised his eyes and looked at Ding Yao: "Why, did you lose your Dao Heart?"

Ding Yao hesitated for a moment, then nodded slightly: "A little bit."

"The reason why immortal cultivators don't care about the common people is because they have always been told that the mortal world is a cage of suffering compared to the immortal world. So even if they can't ascend to heaven, they don't think this mortal world is worth cherishing."

"And then, in the inheritance from generation to generation, the immortal cultivators who had been away from the world for many years no longer loved this hot and humid world, so they were so indifferent to everything. But suddenly one day you saw it, and you realized that you had not lost the instinct to love life."

Ding Yao was slightly startled after hearing this, then blinked slightly, pondering over the other party's words for a long time.

At the same time, the cold and arrogant Master Jian of Lingjian Mountain raised his head slightly and looked at Ji You.

She was taught by her parents since she was young to be a judge, a head teacher, to become an immortal, to ascend to heaven, and to continue the power, so she has been secluded in the mountains.

She has been living a life of luxury for decades, and now she doesn't even know how to tie a belt.

Although the other children of noble families were not as noble as her, they also did not engage in production and were supported by the mortal world, so their situations were not much different.

Without pain, one would naturally not feel happy, just as without fatigue one would not feel relaxed and naturally would not understand that life is worth living.

She had indeed come to find Ji You on a whim and stayed with him throughout the winter. It was also at that time that she broke away from her previous yearning for the fairyland and began to pay attention to the details around her.

So I thought, if I could continue to live like this, I wouldn't necessarily have to seek immortality.

It’s a pity that seeking immortality is the mainstream trend, and there are very few people in the world who want to live each day to the fullest.

Just like those elders who have sat in the mountains and immersed themselves in the path of immortality for almost half their lives, even if they know that it is difficult to achieve immortality, they will not find the daily necessities of mortals interesting, and will not be able to empathize with them.

After thinking for a while, there was a knock on the door in the wind and snow outside the window. Ding Yao came to her senses, stood up with Zhuo Wanqiu, and then walked to the yard and opened the door.

A pretty girl, who looked about fifteen or sixteen years old, with two buns on her head was standing outside the door, looking at them.

"Zhu'er? Why are you here?"

"Um, hello, two fairies. I'm here to look for my young lady. It's too dark, and my wife said it's time for her to go home."

Wei Rui's maid Zhu'er spoke softly, her clear voice echoing in the wind.

In fact, the people in the Wei Mansion have always known that Wei Rui was getting along with Kuang Cheng, but because of Ji You's existence, they have been hesitating between whether to stop it or not.

However, even if they turned a blind eye, they would never let their daughter stay in the man's house until late at night.

Ding Yao and Zhuo Wanqiu nodded after hearing this, then brought in Zhu'er's message, and sat back on the stool after finishing speaking.

But what they didn't expect was that as Wei Rui reluctantly got up and prepared to go home, their own appraiser also stood up from his chair.

So the two men, whose buttocks were not even warm yet, stood up as well, and then looked at their appraiser with a blank look on their faces.

【Goodbye, but just a greeting】

[Take a quick taste and return home after finishing eating]

Ji You also straightened up and looked at Yan Shuyi, and saw him look back at him proudly, then walked along the courtyard to the door, leaving a string of small footprints on the snow.

"Master Jian is going back to the Wei family compound?"

Ding Yao and Zhuo Wanqiu followed behind the judge and spoke softly after taking a few steps.

Yan Shu turned his head slightly and said, "Mr. Kuang and his good friend originally invited Sister Rui'er to be their guest. It was rude of us to come here uninvited. Now that Sister Rui'er has left, and we are not familiar with her, how can we continue to bother her?"

I was so scared that I didn't dare go back with my brother-in-law to spend the night.

The two maids immediately translated the sentence in their minds and couldn't help coughing.

It seems that the little mouth as hard as iron cannot soften even after being kissed. It turns out that the time they spent cuddling in the house just now didn’t count. The son-in-law is still "the friend of Ruier’s lover".

At this moment, Wei Rui looked at her idolized sister Yan, with a hint of worry in her eyes.

In the wind and snow, the door of the courtyard was closed. Ji You slowly withdrew his gaze and saw Kuang Cheng looking at him with some worry in his eyes.

"What's wrong?"

"Are you and Fairy Yan really done with each other?"

"?"

Kuang Cheng stopped the stone mill in his hand at this time: "Rui'er said that Fairy Yan told her that from now on she would devote herself to Taoism and not fall into the mortal world, and forget the immortal way with you. I thought you were playing a game of strangers again, but Fairy Yan just left without saying a word, what's going on?"

Qi Kuang Shusheng and Wei Rui have been suspicious since they knew Yan Shuyi didn't see Ji You after he came to Shengjing.

So Kuang Cheng asked, and after Kuang Cheng left, Wei Rui also asked.

Seeing that they kept asking, Yan Shuyi told Wei Rui very seriously that this is what a cultivator is like. When they reach a certain level of cultivation, they must cut off all emotions and love, and leave all past worldly affairs behind. At this time, they have already severed all ties with Ji You.

Wei Rui didn't believe it at first, but when she saw the serious look on the young judge's face and the raging indifference in his eyes, she began to feel a little nervous.

Just then Ji You sent Kuang Cheng to invite someone, so Wei Rui called Yan Shuyi to come over to see what was going on.

While washing the dishes just now, Wei Rui told Kuang Cheng about her worries, but Kuang Cheng didn't believe it at all, thinking that she had just been fed bacon.

He advised Wei Rui to relax and ignore these two people. He also slowed down the speed of washing dishes to leave them some time alone.

Who knew that after they entered the house, they found that the two people seemed to not know each other. One was concentrating on burning the stove, and the other was silent, as if they had no communication at all.

The most important thing is that in the end, Fairy Yan left with Wei Rui without saying a word. Fairy Ding and Fairy Zhuo also had complicated expressions on their faces. This scene made the usually confident Kuang Shusheng a little nervous.

Ji You's mouth twitched as he listened to his description, and he thought that this arrogant guy was trying to trick people.

No communication at all? She was sticking out her tongue just now.

"You don't need to worry about this. This is her current personality."

Kuang Cheng looked at him strangely: "What is a character setting?"

Ji You threw a few pieces of charcoal into the stove: "An identity created by thinking that as long as the relationship is severed, there is no need to be "harmed."

"Some of it is hard to understand..."

"You haven't reached that stage yet, so naturally you don't need to understand. But how can I put it? After all, she's my family. What can I do? I can only cooperate with her. I can't beat her now, but you better be careful with Wei Rui. Don't let Wei Rui learn from her."

After listening to this, Kuang Cheng seemed to be thinking about something, then nodded seriously.

Disaster relief efforts in the five states of Qingyun are still ongoing, and all work is currently being presided over by the Sixianjian.

If everything went according to the original plan, there shouldn't be any major problems, so Ji You didn't pay too much attention to it.

After a night's rest at Wulv Trading Company, Ji You got up and left the courtyard in the early morning mist, and then went to Tianshu Academy.

After more than a month of going back and forth, Tianshuyuan was as quiet as when he left.

The disciples in the courtyard were practicing at the moment. When they saw him returning in white clothes, they couldn't help but stare at him for a long time, as if they were looking at someone who was rarely seen in normal times.

The fact that he returned to Beijing was not concealed, so someone saw him returning yesterday, and the news spread immediately under the cover of night.

The supply of spiritual stones for disaster relief was cut off, and the aristocratic families from Kyushu were furious and gathered in the capital. In the end, they were dismissed by Elder Fang with a "forget it". The thousand-year-old aristocratic families took the spiritual stones without saying a word, and the shops in Shengjing still have the words "Sold Out" hanging on their heads.

All these things made everyone feel dazed when they saw him.

Qin Rong was standing halfway up the Nishan Mountain at this time. After staring for a long time, he looked at Ji Jingyao and Lang Hetong and asked, "How long has Ji You been in the hospital?"

"More than four years."

"It's really fast. Those who were in the same period as him will probably leave the hospital in more than half a year."

Lang Hetong was slightly stunned when he heard this, and then he realized that it was true.

There were actually many students in Ji You's class, but because he was so famous, except for a few who could barely catch up with him at that time, the names of others were not remembered.

It was not until this moment, after Qin Rong's reminder, that he realized that those students whose names were not remembered were facing the day of leaving the school.

"The difference in status is so huge, it's really like heaven and earth."

In fact, the four-year students who entered the hospital with Ji You, such as Qian Yunxiao, Sun Zhilan, and some whose names Ji You did not remember, such as Luo Rui and Bian Yun, were actually in the corridor not far away.

Their cultivation is not bad either. Over the years, anyone with decent aptitude has reached the state of perfection.

But when they saw Ji You, there was still an unspeakable emotion lingering in their hearts.

Because when he first entered the monastery, almost everyone called him a "countryside private practitioner", thinking that he was just an interlude in the journey of cultivation, and never thought that he would become the main theme.

Fang Ruoyao was also in the tea pavilion at this time. She stared at his figure for a long time and felt more deeply than others.

More than four years ago, they came out of Yuyang County together, crossed the surging Nujiang River and came to Tianshuyuan.

Now time flies, and she is still stuck at the threshold of Condensation Realm. After leaving the hospital, she is afraid that she will have no chance to break through.

Moreover, given her status as the child of an ordinary official, if she does not have the opportunity to enter the immortal village and serve as a worshipper, then her descendants will not be qualified to practice immortal cultivation.

In fact, she was not stupid, and Pei Ruyi was not lying when he said that she had good aptitude. It was just that among the countless noble families in the world of Qingyun, only a few could truly enter the upper five realms.

And her fiancé...

Fang Ruoyao's eyelashes trembled slightly and her white fingers clenched slightly.

Her fiancé grew up step by step, established an aristocratic family, and forced the aristocratic families all over the world to make concessions.

Amidst the discussions, Ji You came to Cao Jinsong's backyard.

He lived quite comfortably in Wuliu Trading Company, and this time he returned to Tianshuyuan mainly to see Cao Jinsong who was in seclusion.

Lao Cao has been in the Rong Dao realm for many years, but in fact his bottleneck is not deep. The reason why he has not been able to break through for many years is actually partly because of Ji You.

The bandit Ji was too good at causing trouble. He had never stopped since he was admitted to the hospital, leaving him no time to concentrate on his cultivation. The reason he decided to go into seclusion this time was because Ji You no longer needed his care.

When Ji You came to the courtyard and saw him, he could already see the changes in Instructor Cao's aura.

Wen Zhengxin, Ban Yangshu and others also received the message later. When they heard that Ji You had returned, they came out of seclusion and met him in Cao Jinsong's yard.

"Is the snowstorm really that serious?"

“No exaggeration.”

"After the spiritual stones were stopped, did any noble families really go to get them themselves?"

"Yes, I also earned a lot of road tax from this."

Amid the discussions, footsteps were heard in the courtyard again.

Lu Qingqiu came in a green gauze dress and walked into Cao Jinsong's yard.

Ever since Lu Hanyan entered the inner courtyard, the eldest daughter of the Lu family has become very close to them, so her coming here is not surprising.

But this time, everyone couldn't help but reveal a strange look, looking at her and then at Ji You.

Aristocratic families gathered in Mount Ni. They came and went quickly, waving their sleeves as if they had not taken away any clouds, but they left behind some rumors.

For example, the story of the Lu sisters losing their virginity to Ji You was talked about by many people in the courtyard.

These people had drunk tea and chatted together before, but they had never thought that Ji You and the two daughters of the Lu family had actually done such exciting things in private.

Wen Zhengxin felt that Lu Qingqiu and Lu Hanyan were in really good health and could actually handle it. She would definitely not dare to do that.

Cao Jinsong felt that with Yan Shuyi in charge, it was a miracle that his evil disciple could still live.

Seeing that she was being stared at with improper eyes, Lu Qingqiu knew what they were thinking. Her cheeks couldn't help but turn slightly pink. She dodged and looked at Ji You, but found that Ji You's eyes were also complicated.

Thanks to his body refining ability, his five senses far surpassed those of most immortal cultivators, and he heard a lot of discussions during this trip.

Among them, the sisters served him and he was quite lucky in love.

The problem is that he knows what it means, but he has no memory of it...

Ji You came to his senses at this time and continued chatting with everyone as if he didn't know.

There must be some misunderstanding about this matter. You can only admit to something you haven't done after you have done it.

The chat continued until the hour of Si, when Ji You stood up and decided to leave. Lu Qingqiu, who had never spoken a word, could not help but slightly open her red lips.

She actually came here to hold a banquet to welcome Ji You, so she stood up and invited everyone to go together.

However, Cao Jinsong and the others were at the critical point of breaking through and were anxious to continue their retreat, so they politely declined her kindness.

In the cold wind, Ji You walked out of Cao Jinsong's yard and looked at Lu Qingqiu who was following behind him: "Let's wait for the meal next time. Isn't your sister about to break through? It won't be too late to eat together after she comes out of the retreat."

When Lu Qingqiu heard "eat together", her cheeks suddenly turned pink and she didn't dare to speak for a moment.

Ji You frowned and thought to himself, I'm talking about eating, really eating, not anything else.

Wei Rui has a jealous little girl who can flatten Tianshuyuan. What can I give you two sisters to eat?

But when he thought of this, Ji You was slightly stunned.

Yan Shuyi has lived in Shengjing for a long time, so she must have heard this rumor that even the secluded Lao Cao knew about.

Ji You turned to look at Lu Qingqiu: "Have you seen any disciples from Lingjian Mountain recently?"

Lu Qingqiu raised his head slightly, a trace of confusion flashed in his eyes: "I haven't seen it."

"Have you ever seen two women walking together? Both holding long swords, one likes to wear a pink gauze skirt, and the other has a jade pendant hanging on her sleeve."

"Sir, do you really know them?"

"?"

"After the family returned, two girls did come to see me and seemed very interested in me and Hanyan serving you together."

Ji You looked at her seriously: "It's a rumor."

Lu Qingqiu blinked: "Uh, yes, it's a rumor..."

"Then what?"

"I told the truth and said that was just an excuse to fool my parents, and then they left. I thought at the time that they should know the young master."

Ji You nodded and thought, so that's how it is.

Lu Qingqiu looked at him quietly at this time, and after a while glanced away.

In fact, what she said was only half true and half false, and she did not tell Ji You the whole story.

The truth is that after Lu Qingqiu was found by the two girls, he initially tried to "confirm" the matter by being stubborn.

But for some reason, the two girls insisted on asking her what she felt and whether it hurt. They seemed to really want to know, but since she was inexperienced, she naturally said she didn't know how to describe it, and her secret was revealed as she hesitated.

(End of this chapter)