"Fifth Uncle, what benefits do you think the Chief of Jimo would gain from doing this?" Li Shiyi asked, frowning.
“The Chief of Jimo must have his own considerations,” Uncle Li said with a mysterious expression.
"It means you don't know either."
"...You brat, is that how you talk to your elders?"
"I'm just genuinely curious!" Li Shiyi slumped onto the table, starting to act spoiled. "Being gossiped about and criticized like this can only bring harm, not benefit. Why not clarify things?"
"Because you've defeated one, there are thousands upon thousands more behind you." Ji Mofan's palate has been spoiled by Li Jinchu's fine tea. Now, even when faced with tea served by restaurants specializing in food for cultivators, he finds it tasteless.
"The only way to solve the problem once and for all is to nip it in the bud."
"How can we stop this? Aren't all the rumors coming from the Demon Realm?" Li Shiyi felt angry just thinking about it. "Those people must be trying to force Chief Ji Mo to make it impossible for him to survive in the cultivation world, so that he can only slink away and lead the Demon Lord to bow down to them."
Jimo Fan: ......
The child is a little cunning, but not really.
While his deduction was reasonable, he overlooked the fact that the entire Demon Realm was currently under martial law.
To prevent the Demon Lord's supporters from being misled into helping Ji Mo Fan, the Demon Realm not only forbids righteous cultivators from acting freely, but also confines demon cultivators one by one to their homes.
They had already seen it in the border town; no demonic cultivator could leave the demon realm, let alone cross the border and spread the rumors to this extent.
The rumors intensified the closer they got to the cultivation world, clearly originating from within it.
However, these people were unaware of Ning Weisheng's conversation with Yun Cang Sword Sect at the time, which is why they couldn't immediately identify who the suspect was.
Even without Ji Mofan's rebuttal, Uncle Li Wu, standing to the side, had already convinced Li Shiyi.
“However, Chief Jimo, I believe that ignoring this is not a solution.” After speaking to the younger generation, Uncle Li turned to look at Jimo Fan.
"What does Uncle Li think?" Ji Mo Fan treated it as casual conversation.
"Why don't we just spread the word that the Demon Lord is in your hands when we get back?" Uncle Li said. "Anyway, we've already entered the cultivation world. If the news leaks out and the demon cultivators find out, do you think they'll dare to come in and rescue their Demon Lord?"
"Wouldn't that directly ignite a new war between immortals and demons?"
Ji Mofan shook his head. "No."
"Demonic cultivators are dangerous, but the cultivation world isn't safe either. Aren't it common for righteous cultivators to kill each other and plunder treasures?"
Uncle Li Wu didn't say anything.
What Ji Mofan said was certainly true. Not to mention the entire cultivation world, even within their own Li family, internal struggles and life-and-death situations were rampant.
It's not worthwhile to introduce another problem in order to solve one.
Ji Mo Fan stood up from the table. "I am deeply grateful for your concern."
"However, I have already considered this matter, and I ask that you two trust me."
Li Shiyi and Li Wushu exchanged a glance.
"If there is anything the Chief needs our help with, please don't hesitate to ask." Uncle Li raised his hand and bowed to him.
Ji Mofan thought that the group of people Li Jinchu had chosen to go deep into the Demon Realm with him were indeed worth befriending.
When they first met in the Demon Palace, they had no vested interests, so he was inadvertently concerned about his life or death, while Ji Mo Fanben felt indifferent.
He only cares about having a clear conscience when he does things. Except for ungrateful people, he will help everyone he meets by chance.
But as he made his way from the Demon Realm to here, the Li family members gradually came to acknowledge his abilities. He noticed that their attitude towards him was almost the same as their attitude towards Li Jinchu.
Whether you judge by the issue or the person, it's true that I was right to trust Li Jinchu's ability to assess people.
After a brief stroll, they returned to the inn where they were resting. The moment Ji Mofan opened the door, a dark figure pounced on him.
With no change in expression, he shifted his body, and the dark figure missed its target.
"What do you mean? You knocked me out and locked me in the room alone?" Xihe leaned on the railing, turning back to accuse him with great frustration.
"I didn't knock you out, I just put you to sleep with a pressure point." Ji Mo Fan shook his head. "You're not alone, the Black Bird is still there, isn't it?"
Xihe glanced at the black bird flapping its wings inside the house.
“That thing isn’t even a person,” he said.
"Aren't you human too?" Nandu glanced at him with some curiosity.
Has this person been a human for so long that they no longer have a clear understanding of their own demonic beast identity?
Xihe was speechless.
“But I’m staring at our Lord’s face now, and I’m using our Lord’s identity.” He argued for himself, “How can our Lord be locked up in such a small space with a bird?”
"These are the conditions." Ji Mofan walked in and sat down in a chair. "Don't like it? Keep it to yourself."
Xihe truly lost her voice and stood there for a long time.
Finally, he sighed, slunk into the room, and closed the door behind him.
"I must have been out of my mind to think you would be a perfect candidate to be the Demon Queen." He sat down opposite Ji Mofan.
Jimo's reputation remains uncertain.
After all, if it weren't for Xihe's absurd behavior, he wouldn't have gotten such a good opportunity.
"But are you really planning to send me back to the sect as a credit?" Xihe looked up and asked Jimo Fan after a moment of sadness.
"Look at all the groundwork I've laid along the way, does it seem like I'm joking?" Ji Mofan said.
“But I think those people in your sect are all no good,” Xihe said. “They’re not even as good as those people surnamed Li.”
"Everything has two sides," commented Ji Mo Fan.
Although none of the disciples of Yuncang Sword Sect treated him well, at least their motives were straightforward, either for personal gain or for reputation.
They are much easier to control than the Li family, who have stirred up trouble in their hearts.
Otherwise, if he were to make a move within the sect and then calculate hundreds of steps ahead, wouldn't he be exhausted?
*
The rumors about Jimo Fan finally reached their peak when the group arrived at the foot of Yuncang Mountain.
Ji Mofan was once highly respected in the cultivation world, but now many people are dissatisfied with his behavior. Some even gather in small groups to go to the foot of the sect's mountain to clamor in the name of justice.
Perhaps some people don't really believe in the truth of the rumors; they just want to bring Jimo Fan down from his pedestal.
There is one Qi Fengyu in Yuncang Mountain alone, not to mention how many people in the entire cultivation world can't stand seeing Ji Mofan doing well.
When people offer words of encouragement, not everyone's blessings are sincere, but when people kick someone when they're down, every step they take is absolutely real.
Ji Mo Fan had learned this lesson in his previous life.
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