Xiong Shuoxing's style was completely opposite to his own. He wore a dark crimson dress that was almost black, which covered his curvaceous figure. He looked very different from yesterday when he was someone who could be easily lost in a crowd.
Ji Mofan even suspected that she had used some kind of magic to modify her body shape.
Over her fitted dress, she wore a layer of brightly colored gauze, the rosy hue complementing the intensely pink makeup on her eyes.
She also wore a shawl embroidered with gold thread on her hands, and her long hair was half tied up and half loose with a gold hairpin that looked like a phoenix tail feather. Two dazzling rubies also hung below her ears.
They both dressed up carefully, but in two completely opposite styles.
Ren Diefei even found a fan to pose with, and the folding fan was painted with a landscape painting that matched his outfit today.
"Senior Brother, where should we begin our research today?" Xiong Shuoxing ran over, his jewelry jingling softly.
Ji Mofan withdrew his slightly surprised gaze. "The collapse on the back mountain was more severe. Everyone was still cleaning it up yesterday, so I didn't have a chance to take a closer look. I plan to go and see for myself today how the terrain has been altered, so I can make changes to the sect's protective formation accordingly."
The back mountain was affected by the shock of the lightning tribulation, and a third of the mountain collapsed. The entire mountain peak seemed to shrink by half. That place happened to pass through the outermost edge of the sect's protective formation, making it a very important pass.
Yesterday he asked the elder in charge of construction to prioritize the repair of that area, and this morning he received a communication talisman saying that the major repairs were already completed.
That's why he decided to go and take a look.
"Then Senior Brother, you don't mind if the two of us come with you, do you?" Ren Diefei asked him. "These past few days, our Master has been busy going to the town at the foot of the mountain to inspect the destroyed demon-exorcising array, and he hasn't had time to look after the two of us."
To prevent demonic beasts from threatening the lives of mortals, the Chaoming Palace had previously set up arrays in various villages and towns. Although they couldn't harm the beasts—after all, they also had to ensure that mortals who entered the arrays weren't accidentally injured—they continuously emitted an aura that demonic beasts disliked, making them unwilling to approach.
Routine maintenance would never require Wei Qianmu's help, but this time most of the demon-exorcising arrays were completely destroyed and needed to be rebuilt, which is why he was needed to take action.
"If you don't mind, come along." Ji Mofan nodded.
He made a special detour to the mountain gate because he was worried that Ren Diefei and Xiong Shuoxing would be waiting for him here, just like yesterday.
Otherwise, it would be faster to go directly from his yard to the back mountain.
The two of them followed Ji Mofan as they measured the newly tidied land behind the mountain with their footsteps. Although Ji Mofan felt that he was not affected by them, he could sense the inexplicable tense atmosphere between the two of them, as if they were about to clash.
He couldn't help but sigh.
When Wei Qianmu brought up the matter of wanting his disciple to become his Daoist partner, he didn't respond at the time, thinking that the matter could be quietly forgotten.
Unexpectedly, he actually passed on both of his true teachings to him.
Moreover, it was obvious that the two of them had no particular thoughts when they first arrived yesterday. After they went back last night, Wei Qianmu must have told them something, because they changed their attitude in front of him today.
There were two people swaying in front of him, looking like peacocks with their tails spread out. Ji Mofan was a person with normal aesthetic sense, and he found them pleasing to the eye.
Just thinking about the reason that these two peacocks appeared made him want to sigh.
Ji Mofan had no intention of avoiding Daoist partners. After all, he had suffered persecution after marrying a Daoist partner in his previous life. The fault lay with Qi Fengyu, not with him.
But at this stage, he really doesn't want to think about these romantic matters.
He needs to consider his own cultivation, the Chaoming Palace, and his little disciple Ge Gen. If all else fails, he can also consider the connection between the cultivation world and the demon world.
He had countless things to deal with and didn't want to create any unnecessary complications.
But these two people meant no harm; they just wanted to get closer to him, so he couldn't just kick them out.
Without them stating their purpose, he felt it inappropriate to directly say anything in response to their refusal.
It's really a headache.
While Ji Mofan was having a headache, Ren Diefei was also having a headache.
Although he and Xiong Shuoxing established a rivalry in love yesterday, they had been fellow disciples for many years, so it wouldn't be as awkward as a wife fighting a mistress in the mortal realm.
So the two even discussed tactics together and decided to start with the people who used to be close to Ji Mofan.
If we're talking about intimacy, then we must consider the Daoist couple ceremony that he was unable to complete before.
It was only then that they learned from their master that their senior brother was so capable. He had gone to the Demon Realm for several months, caused chaos there, and then escaped unscathed. Not only that, he had even managed to bring the Demon Lord back to be his Daoist partner.
He was thinking that he definitely didn't have the ability to compete with the Demon Lord, so he simply started by learning from Qi Fengyu, the young sect leader's style.
Qi Fengyu was more famous than Yun Cang Sword Sect, so it wasn't difficult to find out about him.
Ren Diefei never expected that ever since Ji Mofan saw him wearing that cloud-blue outfit, he had inexplicably started keeping his distance from him.
When it's just the three of them, he will definitely stand a few inches closer to Xiong Shuoxing.
This was something he hadn't expected at all.
He knew that Ji Mofan and Yun Cang Sword Sect had broken ties, and he also knew that they had a very unpleasant falling out before, but he only had a vague understanding of the entanglement between Ji Mofan and Qi Fengyu.
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