Chapter 88
The stalls in the fairy world did not close until late, and Ji Mingqing was worried that the few people would be tired, so he specially gave each of them a few elixirs that he had just bought at the market.
"I don't know whether this thing is useful or not, but it's better than nothing." Ji Mingqing generously stuffed the pill into everyone's hands.
Then Ji Mingqing left at Xiaowan's urging, and the two went to the inn to rest together.
"Have you been staying here these days?" Ji Mingqing asked with some reluctance, looking at the inn suite that looked difficult to book.
"No." Bai Cangze jumped onto the bed. "So do you want to come over and lie down with me?"
"Yes!" Ji Mingqing followed Xiaowan's instructions and lay down on the bed. Xiaowan continued, "There are free meals in the guest room. Do you want to eat?"
"want!"
Not long after, Ji Mingqing was sitting on the bed with a small dining table in front of him, on which were placed the meals provided free of charge in the guest rooms.
"Is this a specialty of Kunze Palace?" Ji Mingqing asked Xiaowan.
Bai Cangze shook his head. "That's not the case. It's just that the chef of this restaurant learned from the chef of Kunze Palace, so they use the name of Kunze Palace."
The cook was Yang Yubei's apprentice. Bai Cangze had always known about this, so he didn't mind him using the name of Kunze Palace.
"The chefs at Kunze Palace must be very skilled. Look how finely the shreds are cut, and how delicious the Huadiao sauce is." Ji Mingqing looked at the exquisite meal in front of him and was reluctant to eat it.
"Then do you want to take it back for others to eat?" Bai Cangze asked.
"No!" He couldn't help it anyway.
The chef from Kunze Palace really had unique cooking skills. Ji Mingqing felt that every bite he ate was a supreme enjoyment. There were even matching drinks next to each dish. Xiaowan had chased the person out, and that person might even have to serve him in the room.
"I feel that I still have a lot of room for improvement." After eating and drinking his fill and packing up his things, Ji Mingqing collapsed on the bed.
"I haven't practiced for several days. Please practice with me tonight." Ji Mingqing stretched and tilted his head to look at Xiaowan.
Bai Cangze thought for a moment, shook his head, and advised, "Although the formation here is rigorous, there may still be some accidents, so it is better to wait until we return home to practice."
"No way! Is there anyone else causing trouble at the gate of Kunze Palace?"
"Of course there are. Kunze Palace doesn't care about these things. Moreover, today is the last day of the new talent selection. Many people will want to resolve the conflicts of the past few days tonight."
"Then why not solve it tomorrow?" Isn't tomorrow the last day?
"If we resolve it today, we might miss the final selection tomorrow. One less person means a greater chance of being selected into Kunze Palace."
Ji Mingqing opened his mouth wide. "Don't the people in Kunze Palace know about this? Why don't they do anything about it?"
Bai Cangze tilted his head and asked doubtfully, "Why do you care about these things? To enter, one must go through many considerations. If someone loses patience and accepts the provocation of others and still fails, then it means that he is not suitable for Kunze Palace at all."
"What if he succeeds after accepting someone else's provocation? Wouldn't that be a prime example of someone who loses his patience?"
"Kunze Palace will write down the names and select them during the final evaluation."
Ah, it turns out that Kunze Palace knows everything that happened outside, so this can also be considered as part of the assessment.
"But how do you know so many inside stories? Do you know anyone in Kunlun Palace?" Ji Mingqing asked Xiaowan curiously.
The people outside must not know what Xiaowan told him. If they knew, the news would have spread long ago. It is impossible for this to happen in every selection.
"I also found out by chance." Bai Cangze didn't want to explain. When Ji Mingqing wanted to ask more, Bai Cangze opened the window. Unexpectedly, the moment the window was opened, Ji Mingqing heard a noise coming from outside.
Ji Mingqing didn't bother to ask Xiaowan anything else, his attention was completely drawn to what was happening outside the window.
Outside the inn was a brightly lit street. Although it was not lined with stalls on both sides like a market, many shops were open, and there were also many people on the street.
Ji Mingqing poked his head out curiously. He looked down and saw three people surrounding a man in black, talking about something.
"Can we go downstairs? The room we booked is too high up, I can't hear clearly."
"Can't your spiritual sense go deeper?" Bai Cangze did not forget to teach Ji Mingqing how to use his spiritual sense.
"Gather the immortal energy in your eyes, and at the same time open your spiritual sense and focus it all on the place you want to see."
Ji Mingqing never thought that the most diligent study he had ever done was just for reading gossip. He listened to Xiaowan's words and mobilized the immortal energy in his body.
The moment it was mobilized, Ji Mingqing suddenly felt a little strange, and Bai Cangze also discovered something unusual.
He jumped to Ji Mingqing's side and pressed Ji Mingqing's hand with his claws, "Wait a moment."
Ji Mingqing looked at the excitement downstairs anxiously, but he couldn't slap Xiaowan's claws away when he came over, so he could only urge him hurriedly.
"What's wrong? Xiaowan, hurry up."
After Bai Cangze channeled his spiritual energy into Ji Mingqing's body to investigate, he felt somewhat unbelievable and hesitated to speak.
"Don't you feel any difference in yourself?" Bai Cangze looked at Ji Mingqing and felt speechless for the first time.
Ji Mingqing was so anxious that he leaned half of his body out of the window. At this time, the people downstairs had already started to push and shove each other. "How can I be any different? I'm fine."
Ji Mingqing lowered his head and urged again, "They'll start fighting soon! Can we talk about it later?"
Bai Cangze sighed, "Don't you know you've leveled up?"
Ji Mingqing, who was trying hard to look outside, was stunned for a moment after hearing Bai Cangze's words. He finally reacted and retracted his body, "What did you say? I've been promoted?"
While checking Ji Mingqing's pulse, Bai Cangze explained to him, "Don't you feel that your meridians have widened a lot, and that you have a lot more strength, and you don't get tired easily anymore?"
Ji Mingqing scratched his head, looking confused. "I don't get tired easily."
In fact, Ji Mingqing's level is considered low in the fairy world, so Bai Cangze would think that he was tired or hungry when he saw him sleeping and eating frequently. However, in Ji Mingqing's eyes, this was a normal human routine. Even if he practiced all night, in his eyes it was just overtime. After practicing, he still had to return to a normal human routine.
"I didn't feel like I leveled up. I didn't feel anything at all." Ji Mingqing raised his hands in confusion. "I leveled up? Isn't that a bit too fast?"
Bai Cangze remembered that when he was in Kunze Palace before, Ji Mingqing smashed a handkerchief into pieces as soon as he woke up. It must be that he had just woken up and did not control the strength of his hands well.
Ji Mingqing tried to circulate the spiritual energy in his body and found that it was indeed the case. He couldn't tell what was different, but it was definitely different from before.
"You need to practice hard to stabilize after the upgrade, but it's best to start practicing now." Bai Cangze didn't notice it before because Ji Mingqing had never used spiritual energy, like an ordinary person. Bai Cangze thought it was his negligence.
"After the upgrade, there is no difference from before." He felt it carefully. Except that the immortal energy in his body was thicker and the meridians were wider, there was no difference for him.
Ji Mingqing shook his arms and said, "If I watch the fun now, can I see it more clearly?" Ji Mingqing was eager to try.
Bai Cangze: "...Anyway, it should be clearer than when you were a near-immortal."
After Xiaowan's assurance, Ji Mingqing happily followed his previous teachings, gathering his spiritual energy in his eyes, and then extended his spiritual consciousness to the four people.
The moment Ji Mingqing's spiritual awareness reached a certain point, he saw the faces of the four people clearly. He exclaimed, "Zhao Jingying!"
This person was Zhao Jingying, who had built a house for Ji Mingqing before. Ji Mingqing also learned from Zhao Jingying that there was an assessment in Kunze Palace. He could also see how much Zhao Jingying yearned for Kunze Palace.
"Fighting will not help the assessment at all. No, I have to go downstairs to remind him." Ji Mingqing was a little anxious. What if the people in Kunze Palace knew about it and deducted points from him? Three people besieged one person, and it didn't look like Zhao Jingying took the initiative to provoke trouble. If he couldn't enter Kunze Palace because of this, how unfair would it be for him?
Ji Mingqing didn't even bother to watch the fun, turned around and rushed out of the room, but was stopped by Xiaowan the moment he walked out.
"It's too late for you to go now. Within a hundred miles of Kunze Palace, there are people watching every single thing that happens here at all times. Even if he stops now, it will still be recorded." Bai Cangze explained to Ji Mingqing calmly.
"Besides, a fight between two people won't necessarily deduct points; it might even add points. You can definitely observe what exactly happened."
Ji Mingqing was a little worried. Zhao Jingying was a friend he met when he first came to the fairyland, and she had helped him a lot. He really couldn't bear to see his dream shattered because of some unspoken rules.
"What's the use of me knowing? I know I can't help. I don't know anyone in Kunze Palace."
Bai Cangze was speechless. He couldn't tell Ji Mingqing that he was from Kunze Palace, so he could only blurt out: "When the time comes, you can help Zhao Jingying appeal. As a third-party certification, Kunze Palace will also adjust the score in a timely manner."
"Really?" Ji Mingqing was skeptical, but he felt that Xiaowan would not lie to him, so he calmed down and probed his spiritual sense according to the method just now.
Ji Mingqing listened carefully to the sounds coming from below, not wanting to miss any details.
"Is it so great to always be first? Does being first give you permission to disrespect us three brothers?"
It turns out that Zhao Jingying's ranking is so high. These three people are probably jealous of him.
"Respect is earned, and you don't seem to have the ability to do it."
The three of them were immediately enraged by Zhao Jingying's words. "What the hell are you talking about? You've had your eyes on your head from the very beginning. I've always disliked you."
Ji Mingqing frowned, while Zhao Jingying just had a blank expression. Why are these people so fond of finding fault? If their eyes don’t grow on their heads, do they have to grow on their butts?
Ji Mingqing's eyes were fixed on Zhao Jingying. He seemed to have noticed something accidentally and raised his head to look in Ji Mingqing's direction. After the two looked at each other, Ji Mingqing waved vigorously at Zhao Jingying.
After seeing Ji Mingqing, Zhao Jingying's expression relaxed a little. He raised his head and nodded at Ji Mingqing, but in the eyes of the three brothers opposite, his action became a provocation to them.
"With three of us surrounding you, you're still distracted?" The three brothers were furious. "We have to fight before the competition anyway, so why don't we make a bet now? If you win, you can participate in the final tryouts tomorrow. If you lose, get the hell out of here."
Zhao Jingying frowned as he listened to what the man said. "If I leave now, you three won't be able to stop me. Why should I make this bet with you?"
Zhao Jingying turned and left without hesitation. Ji Mingqing slammed the table in agreement, "That's the way it should be! Don't fight these inexplicable people. None of them are good people. They are all here to hold you back!"
Seeing Ji Mingqing's indignant expression, Bai Cangze asked curiously, "You two don't know each other very well, and you haven't seen each other for a long time. Why do you act like you know him so well?"
Ji Mingqing felt nervous when he saw Zhao Jingying being stopped by three people again.
"I just respect him very much. He has always been determined in his goals. Ever since I met him, he has been working hard to enter Kunze Palace. And he is not the type to just talk."
Ji Mingqing looked at the four people downstairs, who were on edge, and said nervously, "When I first met him, he was meditating on the ground. I thought, he's already a god, why is he practicing so hard? But then Lu Jiyao told me that Zhao Jingying has always been like this. Whenever he has time, he strives to improve himself, just to enter Kunze Palace."
"Also, when he was building my house, he would practice swordsmanship in the open space whenever he had time. He was afraid that his sword energy would damage the surrounding environment, so he practiced his sword moves there. He would repeat a single move thousands of times just to make it exactly like the example on the jade slip."
"Later, he went to the secret realm. Lu Jiyao told me that it was actually very dangerous for immortals. If you weren't careful, you might die. But as long as you could get out, you would gain a lot of benefits. At that time, he went in without hesitation."
When Ji Mingqing said this, it was as if four people downstairs started fighting. Zhao Jingying drew his sword and fought against three of them alone, not losing the upper hand at all. Mingqing was cheering Zhao Jingying upstairs, and at the same time, he did not forget to tell Xiaowan how hard Zhao Jingying worked.
"And Lu Jiyao told me that this wasn't the first time he'd been to such a dangerous place. After he failed the selection last time, he even went to the Demon Clan's Night Flame City for some training. Even the slightest sign of vulnerability there could have been doom, but Zhao Jingying went there without hesitation."
Ji Mingqing looked at the people downstairs who were about to fight. He couldn't help but grab the window frame, "No, I have to help."
After Ji Mingqing finished speaking, he added, not knowing whether it was addressed to Xiaowan or himself: "Anyway, I have no plans to go to Kunze Palace for the time being. I will go and fight them to help Zhao Jingying share the pressure."
Bai Cangze looked at Ji Mingqing with a dark look in his eyes, "Do you want to die?"
After listening to Xiao Wan's words, Ji Ming felt as if a bucket of cold water was poured on his head. He suddenly felt annoyed. If he had practiced hard these days, maybe he could help Zhao Jingying. However, with his current strength, even if he was promoted, he would just be a delivery boy.
Ji Mingqing looked dejected. "What should we do then? What if Zhao Jingying is really injured? It won't affect tomorrow's selection. What if he goes to Yeyan City, a dangerous place like that?"
Seeing Ji Mingqing so worried about an outsider, Bai Cangze suddenly felt a little sad. "Forget it, you stay here, I'll go down and help."
After hearing Xiaowan's promise, Ji Mingqing's eyes lit up, "Are you willing to go down? That's great, thank you, Xiaowan!" After Ji Mingqing finished speaking, he kissed Xiaowan's face twice, "You are so good to me."
Bai Cangze snorted coldly: "I treat you much better than Zhao Jingying treats you."
"Of course!" Ji Mingqing rubbed Xiaowan's face. He didn't expect that Xiaowan would be willing to help. In his eyes, the two of them had nothing to do with each other. Ji Mingqing was embarrassed to let Xiaowan take action. After all, it was a fighting game. If Xiaowan was injured because of his request, he would feel bad.
I didn’t expect Xiaowan to be willing to help!
Bai Cangze turned around and glanced at Xiaowan, "Do you want me to bring him over later?"
Ji Mingqing thought for a moment and said, "Let him choose for himself. If he wants to come, he can come. If he doesn't want to come, he must have a place to stay."
Bai Cangze nodded, turned around and jumped out of the window.
On the way of jumping out of the window, Bai Cangze's body became bigger and bigger. When he landed, he had turned back into his adult form.
Several people were startled by the sudden appearance of the fairy beast. The fairy beast looked very difficult to deal with. Not only that, the recorder of Kunze Palace hiding in the dark was also a little surprised.
It must be the Lord, right? That should be the Lord. There is only one big white tiger with wings in the entire fairy world!
The recorder quickly transmitted the image he was currently seeing. Even if Bai Cangze noticed it, he didn't care. He was just very unhappy with the four people standing in front of him.
There is no need to mention those three people. Zhao Jingying actually holds such an important position in Ji Mingqing's heart. Even though there is nothing between the two of them, he still feels a little uncomfortable.
"Where are you from? If you have nothing to do, leave here immediately. This is not a place you can come to." One of the three people opposite spoke.
"I want to take Zhao Jingying away. I hope you won't stop me." At this moment, Bai Cangze was still too lazy to fight with the three people opposite.
Zhao Jingying, who was standing behind him, frowned. "Who asked you to come?"
"Why do you care so much? Someone is waiting for you upstairs."
As soon as he heard what was said upstairs, Zhao Jingying understood. It seemed that this fairy beast was sent by Ji Mingqing. Zhao Jingying then thought of the kitten that had followed Ji Mingqing before.
He didn't expect that the prototype of this kitten would be so big, and he was mistaken at that time.
Even now he couldn't see through the power of this immortal beast.
The three people on the opposite side were furious. "Don't stop us from doing good things. A good dog doesn't block the road. Didn't your master teach you that?"
After hearing what was said, Bai Cangze laughed contemptuously. He suddenly felt that it would be fun to play outside occasionally without revealing his identity. It had been a long time since anyone spoke to him in this tone.
"What if I don't leave?" Bai Cangze looked at the three of them with a sneer. In the eyes of these three people, this expression was full of contempt and disregard.
These three brothers were originally at the bottom of the rankings in the rookie selection competition. I couldn't defeat them alone, but the three brothers united as a team and broke through the siege and reached the final level.
The three of them are well aware of their own strength. If they compete openly on the field tomorrow, there will definitely be no place for them in the final list, so they want to get rid of Zhao Jingying, who has always been ranked first, tonight.
The others are easy to deal with. Zhao Jingying is really very powerful. The format of tomorrow's competition is a free-for-all, which means that everyone will gather in one area to see who can last the longest. The one who lasts to the end will be the winner.
However, even if the three of them formed a group on the battlefield, they might not be able to hurt Zhao Jingying at all, so they only came up with a way to compete in advance off the battlefield.
Originally, the three of them decided to use the Xieling Powder they had prepared long ago after draining Zhao Jingying's physical strength. The effect of Xieling Powder would last for about twelve hours, and by then, the immortal energy in Zhao Jingying's body would be unable to gather. Perhaps the other contestants would thank them.
However, if they gather together and face others, they are still confident that they can win the game.
Unexpectedly, there was an obstacle on the way, and it was a real tiger. The tiger even looked down on them, which made the three brothers a little angry and embarrassed.
"Three against two, we still have the advantage."
After the three brothers finished speaking, they heard a chuckle from the other side.
The next second, the three of them felt their bodies slipping out of their control. Before they knew what was happening, I felt a dull pain in my back, and it felt as if a huge rock weighing thousands of pounds was pressing down on my chest, making it hard to breathe, and even speaking became difficult.
"What...what's going on." The three of them were terrified. No matter how stupid they were, they knew that they had met a tough opponent. They didn't understand why such a helper appeared when Zhao Jingying came to Kunze Palace alone?
However, Bai Cangze didn't bother to explain to them. After passing the message to the recorder nearby, he turned back to look at Zhao Jingying and said, "Go upstairs. He's waiting for you."
Zhao Jingying bowed to Bai Cangze gratefully, "Thank you, sir..."
Bai Cangze immediately interrupted him, "It's enough for you to know it yourself. Ji Mingqing doesn't know it yet."
Zhao Jingying: “…”
A rare crack appeared on Zhao Jingying's icy face.
What on earth are these two playing?
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