Chapter 520
Star Sword Sect.
In front of Duan Linzhi who was standing at Xijian Peak, a skylark was pecking at the spiritual rice in the palm of his hand. This was what Feng Jing saw when he came over. He said with understanding, "Brother, is it Zhai Xiaoba's letter again? What did he say in the letter? How is he doing now?"
Seeing how Duan Linzhi and Zhai Xiaoba communicated so diligently, Feng Jing had to admit that fate really could not be judged by common sense. The Thirteenth Prince, who was cold-hearted to everyone, just wanted to tie Zhai Xiaoba to his belt. This was the treatment that many female disciples of the Star Sword Sect wanted. Especially now that Duan Linzhi's brilliance was becoming more and more apparent, there were even more female disciples who admired him.
Unfortunately, he finally realized that among these people, only Zhai Xiaoba caught his eye.
However, Feng Jing admired his senior brother more and more. After returning from Fengyan Country, Duan Linzhi invested more time and energy in cultivation. In just less than a year, he had been promoted to a military general not long ago. With such a speed, he believed that his senior brother was the best in the entire Xuanwu Continent.
Therefore, Duan Linzhi, who became a military general, now leads a peak and becomes the master of Xijian Peak. Even Fengyan Country and Duan royal family have benefited from this, because Duan Linzhi was promoted to a military general at a young age, and his future is promising. As long as there are no accidents along the way, he will definitely be one of the strongest people in Xuanwu Continent in the future.
For this reason, who would be willing to offend Duan Linzhi's motherland and the Duan royal family he came from?
Duan Linzhi's palm shook lightly, and the skylark that had eaten the spiritual rice flapped its wings and flew away. He then turned back to look at Feng Jing and said, "Yes, the letter just sent from Linyang City shows that he has now become a Xuan-level alchemist. It's a pity that after entering the Xuan-level alchemist level, he can't go any further."
Feng Jing was surprised at first, and then felt regretful. He was surprised at Zhai Xiaoba's amazing talent in alchemy. He was able to advance to a Xuan-level alchemist in such a short time through his own exploration without any guidance. But this was also where he felt regretful. A good cook cannot cook without rice. Without the recipe and refining techniques of a Xuan-level elixir, how could he refine a Xuan-level elixir?
"Brother, you have a good eye. You saw that Zhai Xiaoba is extraordinary. Fortunately, the one-year period is almost up. With Zhai Xiaoba's reputation as a Xuan-level alchemist, I'm sure all the major sects will fight over him this time." At this point, he became anxious again, "Brother, what are you thinking? If you want Zhai Xiaoba to join our Xingjian Sect, you have to prepare quickly, otherwise other sects will snatch him away, and you will have to send Skylark to Zhai Xiaoba again."
Duan Linzhi curled his lips? Grab Yuan Jing? You must be dreaming. Can other sects just grab Yuan Jing if they want to?
"But does our Xingjian Sect have a skilled alchemist who can guide Yuan Jing?"
"Uh..." Feng Jing was stuck, "What should I do then?"
Feng Jing then realized that in the entire Xingjian Sect, the most skilled alchemist was only at the initial Earth level. The entire Xingjian Sect was full of swordsmen, so who would want to study the art of alchemy? They would rather practice with a sword for a whole day and night than sit in front of an alchemy furnace. Also because of this lack of talent, even when Xingjian Sect wanted to recruit disciples with good talent in alchemy to train themselves as alchemists, those who were not talented were unwilling to join. They would rather go to Qimu Sect than come to Xingjian Sect.
Duan Linzhi thought he was a little stupid and said, "Yuan Jing will not choose other forces."
Although his senior brother was so sure, Feng Jing was still a little worried, because if he were in Yuan Jing's position, would he be willing to join the Xingjian Sect? He only thought about it briefly and didn't dare to think about it further.
Duan Linzhi ignored Feng Jing. He felt that this year had passed too slowly. He and Yuan Jing's separation would finally end. It was not easy for him, an old couple, and they had to have a long-distance relationship. In order to maintain this long-distance relationship, he even raised several skylarks. Otherwise, relying on only one skylark, the lark would be exhausted and die halfway.
Except for Feng Jing, no one else knew why Senior Brother Duan raised skylarks. They thought it was just a hobby of his. Otherwise, if you said Senior Brother Duan raised them so that he could communicate with others frequently, no one would believe this truth.
The Zhai family did not move out of Linyang City this year. Yuan Jing explained the reason in a letter to him. He also felt that he had thought too simply at the beginning. However, what made him laugh and cry was that his father had a better impression of the Zhai family.
This year, the Royal Academy has achieved considerable results, which have shown people the benefits of holding the Royal Academy. Needless to say, the Royal Academy will be able to recruit more students this year.
In the blink of an eye, it was time for the Fengyan Kingdom competition again. After a year of fermentation, many people regarded this competition as a selection competition for admission to the Royal Academy. More warriors went to the imperial capital than in previous years.
The Zhai family of Linyang City would certainly not miss this opportunity. Last time, only ten members of the Zhai family went to the imperial capital to participate in the competition and broaden their horizons. This time, the head of the Zhai family waved his hand and increased the number to thirty people. Together with the guards and carriages, the team was truly mighty. When they left the city and met up with teams from other families, the scale was even more spectacular.
This year, the Zhai family not only became stronger, but also richer than before. Although the shop in the imperial capital had only been open for more than half a year, and most of the time was spent on transporting goods, the income it brought in was still considerable, which made other families in Linyang City extremely envious. However, a shop with such a good geographical location could not be obtained without strong connections.
The most important point is that although the shop was opened by a small family in Linyang City, no one in the imperial capital dared to bully it, because everyone knew that the person behind the shop was the Thirteenth Prince. Who would want to make trouble for the Thirteenth Prince? Therefore, the Zhai family's shop was running smoothly, and it also attracted many warriors to come and join the Zhai family.
Of course, the one that people envy and jealous the most is Zhai Xiaoba from the Zhai family. He looked inconspicuous before, but who would have thought that he not only won the favor of the Thirteenth Prince, but also grew into a Xuan-level alchemist within a year. Those families were eager to snatch Zhai Xiaoba back to their own family so as to avoid seeing Zhai Quxiang's smug and boastful face all the time.
For a time, Zhai Xiaoba became the child of other families in Linyang City. When he met Zhai Yuanjing on the way out of Linyang City, the children of other families lowered their heads and avoided him from afar. They were so scared. Can't I just hide?
Zhai Yuanhao just left, and now here comes Zhai Yuanjing. How can they live in peace?
So Yuan Jing found that he became particularly popular with the elders, including the elders from other families. They all smiled and were very friendly when they saw Yuan Jing. But his popularity among his peers became worse. Even when they bumped into him, they pretended not to see him, which made him laugh and cry.
"Xiao Ba, they are jealous. They are jealous of you, Xiao Ba. It's their fault that they can't compare to you." Zhai Xiaoqi said with great certainty.
Yuan Jing said with a smile: "Don't worry, I don't care at all. Maybe they will come to me on their own initiative in the future."
He is an old monster who has lived in his shell for many years, so why would he care about such a thing? In their opinion, these young boys are at their most naive and don’t know how to quickly curry favor with him, the future master of alchemy. They will know his benefits in the future.
Xiaoliu and Xiaoqi laughed together, they had made rapid progress in this year. Although they had to adjust their skills, it was also inseparable from the benefits of the elixirs given by Yuan Jing. They had discovered what a great advantage it was to have a brother who was an alchemist by their side.
Not to mention anything else, not long after Yuan Jing was officially promoted to a Xuan-level alchemist, several members of the Zhai family made breakthroughs and were promoted in succession. This was because they had been stuck at a bottleneck for many years, but good elixirs were in short supply. In the absence of the help of elixirs, they could only rely on time to grind. If they couldn't make it through, they would have to spend their entire lives relying on their original strength. If they were lucky, they would pass this level, and then continue to accumulate and plan for progress.
But now, a pill of Xuan-level medicine can solve the problem, so the Zhai family experienced explosive growth in a short period of time.
It is no wonder that a family like the Zhai family would spend a lot of money to invite back an alchemist and spend a lot of effort to train this alchemist. The changes of the Zhai family are obvious to all in Linyang City. However, the alchemists invited back by most families are like the alchemist Qi invited by the Zhai family before. Their skills are not very good and they are more arrogant than anyone else. But they can't offend him. If they offend this person, how can they invite back an alchemist in the future? The bad reputation will spread first.
Yuan Jing's biological father Zhai Quxiang was even more excited. This time he also followed his son to the imperial capital. It turned out that he had been stuck at the ninth level of warrior. After Yuan Jing's Xuan-level pill was refined, Zhai Quxiang, as his biological father, was of course the first to enjoy the benefits. After taking one pill, Zhai Quxiang broke through the bottleneck that had prevented him from making progress for many years overnight and officially became a martial artist.
He didn't know that his son's cultivation had long surpassed his, so he asked the father if he was ashamed.
Of course, if a son often shows off, his biological father, Zhai Quxiang, might become even more cocky and become so proud of himself that his tail would fly to the sky.
As soon as the team arrived outside the gate of the imperial capital, they met Zhai Yuanhai and others who were waiting there. They had specially asked for leave from the Royal Academy to meet their families. After a year of separation, everyone was very affectionate when they met. Moreover, these young warriors had indeed made more progress in the Royal Academy than at home.
This time, after entering the city, the Zhai family moved directly into a house bought by the Zhai family, without having to stay in an inn. The brothers of the Zhai family gathered around Zhai Yuanhai and the other two, chattering about their situation in the Royal Academy. The more they listened, the more they yearned for it, and they all expressed that they must seize the opportunity to strive to enter the Royal Academy this year.
Zhai Yuanhai also grabbed Yuan Jing and asked, "Xiao Ba, are you going to enter our college this year?"
The others also stopped talking and looked at Yuan Jing, curious about Yuan Jing's choice. Now with his status as a Xuan-level alchemist, he could choose his own place.
Yuan Jing smiled: "It's settled, I'm going to the Xingjian Sect."
"Ah? Xingjian Sect? But Xiaoba, shouldn't you choose those sects that are good at alchemy? Even those comprehensive sects are better than Xingjian Sect." Zhai Yuanhai has broadened his horizons a lot during his one year at the Royal Academy, and he is no longer half-baked about the situation outside. That's why he was puzzled as to why Yuan Jing chose to go to Xingjian Sect.
Yuan Jing smiled and explained, "I am able to achieve what I have today because of Brother Duan. He helped me collect a lot of books on alchemy and gave me a lot of Yuan plants for me to practice. Besides, it is precisely because there are not many alchemists in the Xingjian Sect that I will be more important if I join. If I go to other sects, they may have a lot of Xuan-level alchemists, so they will not pay attention to a beginner like me."
"And don't you believe in my learning ability? I believe that as long as I am given a platform, I can become an earth-level or even a heaven-level alchemist sooner or later, and maybe even go a step further."
"Yes, I believe in Xiaoba!" Xiaoqi immediately supported Yuan Jing unconditionally. During this year, although Yuan Jing was younger than them, Xiaoliu and Xiaoqi both consciously took Yuan Jing as their leader.
Zhai Yuanhai rubbed his head and said, "What you said seems to make sense. By the way, I heard that the Thirteenth Prince will also come back this time, but Xie Shuchun probably won't. And the Xie family, since the death of Second Young Master Xie, the Xie family has become much more honest."
Yuan Jing said: "It was probably Xie Shuchun who told him to do so."
The news of Xie Shuhong's dishonorable death was reported to Wushuang Sect. Although it could not completely shake Xie Shuchun's position, it would have a negative impact on him. Even Duan Linzhi mentioned this in the letter he wrote to him. Other sects also helped Wushuang Sect's Xie Shuchun to promote the matter behind the scenes. Under such circumstances, how could Xie Shuchun not repeatedly instruct the Xie family not to cause any more trouble?
After this incident, Yuan Jing also saw it very clearly. Although Xie Shuchun was originally said to be protective of his brother, in fact, he thought he was selfish. He protected him because his interests were not threatened. Once there was a threat, even if it was his younger brother Xie Shuhong, Xie Shuchun would probably kill his own brother for the sake of justice.
This time the news of Duan Linzhi's promotion to military general must have spread. Xie Shuchun must have known about it, and he must have felt bad. He has always been very arrogant. That is why Yuan Jing was sure that Xie Shuchun would not return to Fengyan Country. If he came back, wouldn't he just serve as a foil for Duan Linzhi? This would probably be the most unbearable thing for Xie Shuchun.
Speak of the devil and he will appear. Duan Linzhi has already arrived outside the Zhai family's door. Yuan Jing quickly left his friends behind and ran out to reunite with his lover.
Xiao Qi watched Xiao Ba's back disappear in front of them. Before he could even say a word, he suddenly said sourly, "When Xiao Ba goes to Xingjian Sect, I guess he will only have eyes for the Thirteenth Prince and not his Seventh Brother."
"And my sixth brother."
"What about my eldest brother?" Zhai Yuanhai followed suit and chuckled again, "Okay, the Thirteenth Prince does have deep feelings for our Zhai family, and Xiao Ba hasn't seen the Thirteenth Prince for a year, so it's understandable that he's anxious to see him."
As he said this, he suddenly felt that he should be even more jealous. He and Xiao Ba hadn't seen each other for a year. Xiao Ba didn't seem so eager when he first saw him.
But thinking about it again, the improvement of Zhai family's strength in the past year was inseparable from the figure of Thirteenth Prince, so Zhai Yuanhai could only suppress the jealousy in his heart.
Before reaching the door, Yuan Jing bumped into Duan Linzhi who was coming in. The two looked at each other face to face. After a year of separation, everyone had made great progress. Duan Linzhi was a military general, and Yuan Jing was also a great martial artist. Of course, he only showed himself to be a martial artist to the outside world.
Yuan Jing walked over, held Duan Linzhi's hand and said, "Let's go, let's go out for a walk, or the same walk we did in the imperial capital a year ago."
"Okay, don't you want to say hello to your family?"
"No need, let's go out and play by ourselves." Duan Linzhi is the thirteenth prince after all, and neither his parents nor his grandfather would feel comfortable seeing him. Duan Linzhi doesn't care, he just does whatever Yuan Jing says.
As he walked out, his eyes never left the person beside him. Duan Linzhi gestured with his hands and said, "I've grown a lot taller this year."
Yuan Jing glanced at the man. Did you know that height is his weakness? "Of course, I'm still in the stage of growing up."
As soon as these words were spoken, the smile in Duan Linzhi's eyes became even more intense. Yuan Jing snorted, maybe it would be this guy's turn next time, and in some lifetimes, he had raised his lover personally.
"Have you decided on the Xingjian Sect? You can't keep me waiting any longer." Duan Linzhi knew when to stop and couldn't make fun of him any more.
Yuan Jing nodded: "Of course, where else would I go?"
Duan Linzhi smiled and said, "Before I came here, I applied to the sect master for you to join the Xingjian Sect. Now we are just waiting for you to be brought back. If you join our Xingjian Sect, you will definitely have the best welfare benefits."
Yuan Jing laughed: "Then I will bring more benefits to Xingjian Sect in the future. By the way, Zhai Yuanhao is not coming back this time. How is their Qimu Sect doing recently?"
"Let's do that. There's still some time before the thing you mentioned happens. But I thought about it, and after you join the Xingjian Sect, we'd better get that thing as soon as possible, so that the Qimu Sect won't be destroyed because of that thing." Duan Linzhi suggested.
Yuan Jing nodded: "I think so too. It's better to do it as soon as possible, otherwise who knows if something unexpected will happen in advance. As for the fifth brother, he will definitely get his share of the thing."
Although the destruction of the Qimu Sect would greatly stimulate the male protagonist and make Zhai Yuanhao more motivated in the pain, Yuan Jing said that the pain was too deep. Although the significance of the Qimu Sect to Zhai Yuanhao was not as important as in the plot, it was still his sect. Moreover, he could guess without asking that his relationship with Mu Xuanning must be going smoothly. Yuan Jing could not watch Zhai Yuanhao's beloved woman and future father-in-law die in front of him.
For this reason, after staying in Linyang City for a year, it was time for Yuan Jing to leave the Zhai family, as there were still many things waiting for them to do outside.
Duan Lin's people did not go back, but passed the news to the disciples who came with him from Xingjian Sect, which made these disciples overjoyed. The news that Fengyan Country had produced a young Xuan-level alchemist this year had not spread yet, but he was already reserved by their Xingjian Sect. Otherwise, how could they have had such a chance? This was all thanks to Senior Brother Duan. It was Senior Brother Duan who used his kindness to bring him into their sect. They thought that Senior Brother Duan was not so cold-hearted.
The Xingjian Sect was happy, and Emperor Duan was also very happy. He had been paying attention to the situation of the Zhai family for a year and found that the Zhai family did not blindly rely on his little Thirteen. His impression of the Zhai family improved a lot. When he heard that Zhai Yuanjing became a Xuan-level alchemist on his own, he couldn't help but admire Xiao Shisan's good vision. This was a future Earth-level or even Heaven-level alchemist, who was reserved in advance by his little Thirteen.
As expected, Thirteen has the best vision. None of his princes and princesses can compare to him. Can you blame him for being partial?
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