Chapter 122 Yicheng Trial 3 Xie Jiaoyue is also a reader...
Xie Jiaoyue is also a girl who likes to read stories and listen to gossip. Although many people are reluctant to talk about Gong Shirao's past, she still managed to piece together the complete story through her unremitting efforts.
This includes every detail, and every bit of suffering Gong Shirao endured.
Because she knew so much about the family, she naturally knew that Gong Shi Rao would never forgive the Gong Shi clan in her lifetime, and that they would never consider the Gong Shi clan as their own family.
However, blood ties are not something one can deny simply because one doesn't want to acknowledge them. Outsiders will still regard Xie Jiaoyue and Gong Shirao as relatives of the Gongshi clan, and Director Wan will initially approach the two of them under the guise of the Gongshi clan.
Their relationship with the Shi family of Yicheng could never be completely severed; it was like maggots on rotting flesh, utterly disgusting.
Even after Xie Jiaoyue returned from the Qingyuan Secret Realm, one of the congratulatory gifts she received came from the Gongshi Clan.
The gifts were very comprehensive. All the current elders, clan leaders, and even the patriarch of the Gongshi clan sent her gifts. Except for the eldest elder, it was truly a complete package.
Xie Jiaoyue threw them all away.
Therefore, Xie Jiaoyue was extremely tempted by the opportunity that would allow her and her mother to completely break away from the Gongshi clan.
She agreed without hesitation.
"Since Director Wan is so kind, I will naturally not refuse. I will take on the role of team leader!"
"My niece Jiaoyue has good taste. Don't worry, our Yicheng training ground will definitely not disappoint you. Take this token first, and you can go directly to the training ground when it opens in three days. Of course, I will also send someone to pick you up. Our little lucky star has achieved great things, and I certainly won't treat you unfairly!"
Director Baili quickly took out a lot of things as well: "Niece Jiaoyue, I am also very reluctant to part with you. However, as you know, the spiritual energy in Jinling City is not as good as that in Yi City. Therefore, for your development, I have reluctantly decided to let you go to Yi City. But your home is still in Jinling City. As the director of Jinling City, I will naturally not mistreat you. Take these things. You will need them for your future cultivation."
After Director Baili finished speaking, a storage bag was tossed over.
Xie Jiaoyue stretched out her hands, and the storage bag account was placed between her palms, which she held.
With a quick scan of her spiritual sense, she could feel the abundant spiritual energy within.
She beamed, her smile as bright as a child's: "Thank you both for your kindness!"
After Xie Jiaoyue skipped away, Director Baili and Director Wan remained seated in the same spot.
Director Wan took a bite of tea and snack from Director Baili's table and put it in his mouth: "It's delicious."
Director Baili quickly took the food back: "Don't eat it. This isn't for you. It's very expensive. If you eat it again, you'll have to pay me back with spirit stones."
Director Wan rolled his eyes: "Look at how poor you are."
"Hey, tell me, did we make the right bet?"
There were many promising talents, but they chose Xie Jiaoyue.
Theoretically speaking, this is not the best choice. Xie Jiaoyue is too young, has not been cultivating for long enough, and is not the most advanced among this batch of disciples.
Baili Tao couldn't resist taking a bite of the dessert himself: "Do you know that Xie Jiaoyue has a special constitution?"
Director Wan remained silent.
A body of Yin.
It was a constitution they had heard of but had never seen before.
The last time I heard of it was from the legendary Immortal Venerable Qingyun. However, there are very few legends left by Immortal Venerable Qingyun, and no one knows what benefits the Heavenly Yin Body brings to cultivators.
Logically speaking, this is a constitution unique to furnace cauldrons, and should be inseparable from them, perhaps even allowing one to cultivate the path of union. However, no romantic history related to the Azure Cloud Immortal Venerable has ever been revealed.
Xie Jiaoyue's cultivation level was too low before, and her Heavenly Yin Body had never been developed. But now Xie Jiaoyue has finally reached the Foundation Establishment stage.
I wonder if she will ever have the chance to find a way to develop her own physical constitution.
Xie Jiaoyue had just left Baili Sichang's residence when she encountered Gongshi Moyu, who was rushing towards her.
Gongshi Moyu, as usual, first looked Xie Jiaoyue up and down, from her hair to her fingertips, as if to check if she was injured. After checking, because it was late and the weather was a bit chilly, he put an outer garment on Xie Jiaoyue.
Xie Jiaoyue glanced at the outer garment on her shoulder.
Autumn has arrived, and the style of the outer garment that Gongshi Moyu gave her has also begun to change. In the summer, it was a light and thin blouse that was almost transparent, but now it is a slightly thinner knitted sweater.
At first, she thought these clothes were either made by someone Gongshi Moyu or sold ready-made. But because she received so many outer garments, she had long since realized that Gongshi Moyu made them herself.
Gong Shi Moyu's hands are truly skillful; she can make any style look perfect, and it suits her very well when she wears it.
“You’ve already given me so many outer garments. I have a bunch in my storage ring. I’ll put them on myself when I’m cold. You don’t need to worry about me all the time.”
Gong Shi Moyu said, "Give me your storage ring."
Xie Jiaoyue handed it over subconsciously, and also opened the restriction at the same time.
I learned how to apply restrictions to storage rings from Master Bianyi. I wonder if I'll run into Master Bianyi again this time when I go to Yicheng.
Gong Shi Moyu scanned the area with his divine sense and discovered that Xie Jiaoyue had completely opened her storage ring. He turned his back to Xie Jiaoyue, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but turn up.
Xie Jiaoyue was completely unguarded around him.
However, Xie Jiaoyue was wary of everyone else.
He was the only man who could see Xie Jiaoyue's storage ring.
Gong Shi Moyu felt his heart beating faster. He wiped the heat from his face with his hand, and only then did his thoughts come back to him, and he remembered what he wanted to do.
Oh right, he wanted to take all the outer garments from Xie Jiaoyue's storage ring.
Then a large bunch of colorful outer garments of various shapes appeared in his arms.
The sheer number of them weighed down his arm, making it sag.
"There are so many?" Xie Jiaoyue leaned over, tilting her head to the side to examine the large bundle of clothes. "There are so many? You really like giving me outer garments."
"Because you don't usually like to wear outer garments, and you forget about them as soon as you put them on, you always just throw them in your storage ring and don't remember to wear them, so I have to make you another one."
Gong Shi Moyu rubbed the calluses on his fingers. His tailoring skills were becoming more and more proficient, and he had also learned many embroidery techniques. The calluses on his fingers were increasing, and his skills were becoming more and more refined.
The thought that Gongshi Moyu had made all these clothes herself shocked Xie Jiaoyue: "Don't you usually cultivate? How do you have so much time to make clothes?"
Gong Shi Moyu was about to say that it wouldn't take too much time, and he could do it when he was tired from cultivation, but then he thought about it again, and his voice carried a hint of grievance: "If Jiaoyue could remember to put it on herself, I wouldn't have to go through all this trouble."
Xie Jiaoyue paused, her body stiffening as she awkwardly withdrew from looking at the clothes, her eyes darting around: "I can't remember. Besides, I've already reached the Foundation Establishment stage, so I can circulate my spiritual energy to keep warm and cool, and I won't get sick whether it's a little cold or a little hot."
Gong Shi Moyu softened her tone, but it was filled with grievance: "Well, you don't cherish the things I gave you, so I'm taking these clothes back."
Xie Jiaoyue quickly waved her hands, saying, "No, no, no, I didn't mean I didn't cherish them. I used a cleaning spell on each one before storing them in my storage ring."
Gong Shi Moyu gave a soft "hmm" again: "Hmm, I don't blame you. You've grown taller recently, and these clothes don't fit your current size or the current fashion, so I plan to change them."
Xie Jiaoyue nervously looked up at Gongshi Moyu's face, trying to analyze his expression: "Brother Moyu, you're not angry, are you?"
Gong Shi Moyu looked down and saw Xie Jiaoyue's small face so close to his, and his face couldn't help but change color again.
Not daring to let Xie Jiaoyue see his face turn red, he quickly turned his head away, touching his cheek to hide his embarrassment: "Of course not."
Xie Jiaoyue noticed: "Brother Moyu, why are your ears red?"
Gong Shi Moyu: ...
They covered their cheeks but forgot to cover their ears!
No, covering your ears is too strange.
He originally intended to tease Xie Jiaoyue, but ended up teasing himself instead.
Gong Shimoyu touched her ear: "I... I might be hot. Let's not talk about that. What did the director want to see you about this time? I heard from the deputy director that not only Director Baili was there, but Director Wan was also there. They didn't force you to do anything you didn't like, did they?"
Xie Jiaoyue said, "They asked me to be their team leader." Xie Jiaoyue did not explain what being a team leader meant, but only said, "In order to improve my cultivation, they decided to send me to the Yicheng training ground to cultivate with the Yicheng disciples."
Gong Shi Moyu raised an eyebrow: "You're going to Yicheng? Then I'm afraid I won't be able to accompany you."
While answering Xie Jiaoyue, he began communicating with the Heaven and Earth Bureau to see if he had a chance, and then sent the message back to the Xie family.
He could do three things at once, but at the same time he led the way for Xie Jiaoyue and protected her from the dust and smoke on the road.
After communicating for a long time, Gong Shi Moyu did not get satisfactory results. He was not happy, and his usually cold face became even colder.
"Let's go back to the Xie family first."
The news that Xie Jiaoyue was about to leave home for Yicheng spread in the blink of an eye.
Gong Shirao didn't feel much reluctance. Her daughter was a soaring eagle, and of course she hoped that her daughter could fly higher and higher, rather than stay by her side forever.
But this time, Xie Jiaoyue was a little reluctant to part with it.
After her cultivation level increased and her status rose, Xie Jiaoyue became somewhat dissatisfied with the current status of the eldest son's family.
Compared to the Gongshi family, the Xie family was not exactly good to them, but they weren't completely bad either.
There was an ancestor who was indifferent to everything but was generally fair; there was also a second elder who was very friendly and helpful to their family; there was a third elder who always wanted to use them as a vessel; and there was also the second wife who couldn't wait to take away their family's property and the former eldest son, Xie Yuehua.
After Xie Yuehua passed away, and the Second Madam and the Second Elder gradually withdrew from the power center of the Xie family, Xie Jiaoyue no longer harbored such great resentment towards the Xie family.
However, she was very worried about Gong Shirao's situation after she left.
Although she could consider asking Gongshi Moyu for help, she couldn't bring herself to say that she was going to pursue further studies while leaving Gongshi Moyu, who was about the same age as her, to stay here all the time.
This time is different from before. Before, she only left home for a short period of time, and she could come back quickly if there was something going on at home.
But this time she will be gone for a very long time, and if something happens to Gong Shirao, she will not be able to come back in time.
Thinking about these things, Xie Jiaoyue tossed and turned, unable to sleep, so she simply took her pillow and went to Gong Shirao's inner room.
Seeing that Gong Shirao's inner room was also lit, Xie Jiaoyue decisively began to knock on the door.
"Mommy, I can't sleep. Can I sleep with you?"
After a few footsteps, the door in front of Xie Jiaoyue opened.
She threw herself into Xie Jiaoyue's arms like a limp rag doll: "Mother, I missed you."
While scolding her subordinates, Gong Shirao spoke gently: "How old are you? Why are you acting like a little worm with no backbone? Come in quickly, it's cold outside."
Like Gongshi Moyu, Gongshi Rao always cared about Xie Jiaoyue's well-being.
Xie Jiaoyue went inside, carrying a pillow.
"Mother, do you think the Xie family will bully you if I go to Yicheng and don't have time to come back? They'll just have to go straight to the Eastern Region."
Gong Shirao found it amusing: "You and your father are both afraid that others will bully me. Xiaoyue, if I were really bullied, I wouldn't have had the chance to marry your father back then. Instead, my family would have arranged for me to marry someone as a concubine."
Xie Jiaoyue touched her nose, feeling embarrassed: "Mother, I don't look down on your abilities, I'm just worried about you."
Gong Shirao pulled the person closer to her: "Mother knows, don't worry. The main branch has stood strong for so many years, do you think it will collapse just because you're away for a while?"
Just as Xie Jiaoyue was struggling with her decision, she received an invitation from the ancestor, inviting her to the Wei Xi Immortal Mansion early the next morning.
Xie Jiaoyue showed the little paper crane to Gong Shirao: "Mother, what do you think Grandfather wants to see me at this time?"
That was an ancestor who rarely showed his face.
The next morning, Xie Jiaoyue got up very early. Before the others in the main house had woken up, she set off alone on the small pebble path to Wei Xi Immortal Mansion.
The pebble path is made of small, angular stones, laid out in a fine, scattered pattern. Stepping on it makes a crunching sound, which, combined with the chirping of kingfishers in the early morning, makes one feel relaxed and happy.
When Xie Jiaoyue arrived at Wei Xi Immortal Abode, she was still clutching a few small pebbles in her hand.
To her surprise, the ancestor was waiting at the entrance of Wei Xi Immortal Mansion, as if he were waiting for her.
"Ancestor! Why have you come in person?"
The old man's voice was gentler than before: "I thought you would be the first one to arrive, so I waited for you here."
Upon hearing this, Xie Jiaoyue realized that she was the first one there, which meant that others would arrive later.
What is it supposed to do?
The Ancestor was always decisive and efficient, getting straight to the point. She didn't stand there exchanging pleasantries with Xie Jiaoyue, nor did she prepare tea and snacks for Xie Jiaoyue like Director Baili did. Instead, she took Xie Jiaoyue directly to the back hall, opened all the restrictions, and sat down opposite Xie Jiaoyue with a serious expression.
This commotion made Xie Jiaoyue nervous.
"Don't be nervous, I just don't want anyone else to hear what I'm about to say." The old woman's voice was soft and gentle, revealing her usual laziness.
"Xie Jiaoyue, do you think I'm not a qualified ancestor?"
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