Chapter 42: Hehuan Sect Master Bai Yueguang 3: The Male Protagonist's Past
Ji Hanlin subconsciously caught the falling woman.
"W-What are you doing!?"
The next second, a young man rushed into the hall and saw the two of them clinging to each other. In addition, Ji Hanlin had taken off his shirt, which made the situation look ambiguous no matter how he looked at it.
The young man was so angry that he pointed his finger at Ji Hanlin and cursed, "You, you, you! Are you the pretty boy that the Sect Master has his eyes on?!"
Ji Hanlin frowned slightly. He didn't even know who the person in front of him was when he heard him scolding him non-stop, "She only looks a little better than me, but how else can she compare to me? The Sect Master is even using my young age as an excuse. Don't you look about my age? Why would she choose to practice dual cultivation with you instead of me?"
It seems that he misunderstood that they were practicing dual cultivation... Hearing the tone, Ji Hanlin raised his eyebrows, as if he understood something. So this person was probably a disciple of the Hehuan Sect.
However, Ji Hanlin also had a temper. Being scolded by a stranger for no apparent reason made him feel a little uncomfortable. So he curled his lips, moved closer to Wen Qianning, and pretended to be extremely intimate as he pulled her into his arms. "Shh, Ningning is exhausted just now. Don't disturb her rest."
"What?!" Sang Yu couldn't believe his ears. "Say it again, what did you call the Sect Master?"
"Ningning, what's wrong?" Ji Hanlin answered innocently.
Fuck you!
Why can this man call the Sect Master "Ningning" so intimately?
Seeing Ji Hanlin's vixen-like attitude, Sang Yu was so angry that he almost fainted.
"Shameless!" Sang Yu glared at him fiercely, feeling extremely aggrieved and hateful.
"...Sang Yu?" When she fainted just now, she vaguely heard some quarreling sounds, which soon woke Wen Qianning up. When she opened her eyes again, she saw Sang Yu pointing at Ji Hanlin angrily.
"Master..." Seeing Wen Qianning wake up, Sang Yu immediately changed his expression and leaned over to ask with concern like a puppy, "Did Sang Yu wake you up?"
She rubbed her aching solar plexus, and suddenly realized that she was in Ji Hanlin's arms. She immediately stood up and asked Ji Hanlin, "I fainted because I couldn't control my spiritual power just now. How do you feel now?"
"Yeah, much better." Ji Hanlin smiled faintly at her and put on his clothes slowly.
Seeing the two of them flirting with each other as if he didn't exist, Sang Yu couldn't help but feel a sour taste in his mouth. He asked Wen Qianning unwillingly, his tone questioning: "Master, what's so good about this person that he allows you to practice dual cultivation with him?"
Wen Qianning glanced at Sang Yu, who pouted in grievance, with a strange expression on his face, and asked doubtfully, "When did this sect master start practicing dual cultivation with him?"
"He just said..."
"I didn't say that." Ji Hanlin's face was expressionless, still looking innocent and harmless. "I just said that the Sect Master was exhausted just now, so don't wake her up. She was just giving me energy, who knew you would think of practicing dual cultivation."
"You!" Sang Yu realized that this boy was not simple, was extremely scheming, and had a completely black heart. He knew that he could not defeat him at all, so he could only swallow his anger.
Just wait, I won’t let you have an easy time, just wait and see! He gritted his teeth secretly.
"Okay, okay, stop arguing." Wen Qianning got a headache when she heard the two people bickering. Two fifteen-year-old brats, I don't know what there is to argue about. She has no interest in children at all.
"This palace is Yuehua Palace. You can live here peacefully for the time being." She turned to Ji Hanlin and said, "This sect leader will treat your injuries regularly. Remember to take your medicine on time every day."
"Hmph, you're really getting a good deal." Sang Yu snorted coldly, crossing his arms. "Yuehua Palace is warm in winter and cool in summer, so it's comfortable and pleasant. It's perfect for healing here. You're just a random person picked up here, and you've received such good treatment thanks to the kindness of our sect master. Why don't you thank us quickly?"
Ji Hanlin raised his eyes and nodded to Wen Qianning in a neither humble nor arrogant manner: "Thank you, Sect Master."
He could feel that the leader of the Hehuan Sect had no ill will towards him, but he also didn't think that she had any other purpose.
After all, they are not related to me, so why should they be so nice to me?
However, he was seriously injured and had nowhere to go. The Hehuan Sect did not pose any threat, so staying here was the best option.
As for what will happen in the future, we will make plans later. In short, it is absolutely impossible to return to Qingyun Sword Sect.
Thinking of Qingyun Sword Sect, Ji Hanlin's expression froze. He was injured and on the verge of death, all because of the Qingyun Sword Sect's hypocritical senior brother...
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Ji Hanlin grew up without a father or mother. His adoptive parents sent him to Qingyun Sword Sect to learn swordsmanship when he was six years old.
He has always been diligent and hardworking, and coupled with his natural intelligence, no matter what he studies, it is as if he is under the guidance of an immortal. He can understand it immediately and master it quickly.
He reached the ninth level of Qi training at the age of fifteen.
It usually takes an average cultivator fifteen to thirty years to reach the peak of Qi Refining, from drawing Qi into the body. For a mortal with decent aptitude, starting at ten, reaching the Qi Refining stage by thirty is considered quite good.
Ji Hanlin reached the peak of Qi Refining at the age of fifteen, which meant that he had completed the journey that took others half a lifetime in just a few years, which was enough to make the disciples of Qingyun Sword Sect look at him with admiration.
Just as he continued to practice hard towards the goal of ascending to become an immortal, something unexpected happened.
That day he went to Qingyun Mountain to practice swordsmanship as usual, and Rong Xinhui, the daughter of the leader of the Qingyun Sword Sect, also appeared there.
She looked shy and timid as she hid under a tree. With a blushing face, she said to him, "Senior Brother Ji, I, I like you..."
Ji Hanlin was silent for a moment, frowned, and was a little puzzled.
He usually kept to himself and didn't interact with anyone, let alone female cultivators. He recognized Rong Xinhui only because she was the daughter of the Qingyun Sword Sect's leader. They had no connection at all, so how could she suddenly say she liked him?
What's more, he was devoted to Taoism and was very disdainful of matters such as love. Love between men and women was not only of no help to his cultivation, but would only affect the speed at which he could draw his sword.
"Sorry." Ji Hanlin said indifferently, rejecting her without hesitation, "I don't like you."
The girl's heart was broken, and Rong Xinhui went back and cried for three days and three nights.
If it were just that, it would be fine. What was even more unexpected to him was that Rong Xinhui actually had a fiancé.
Ji Hanlin had never been interested in this kind of sect gossip before, and was too lazy to find out, so he didn't know what was going on.
It was not until Zhen Zhixin, the senior brother of Qingyun Sword Sect, pointed his sword at him and said that he had seduced his fiancée that Ji Hanlin suddenly realized... It turned out that Rong Xinhui, who had confessed her love to him a few days ago, was Zhen Zhixin's fiancée.
If that's the case, why should I confess to him?
Ji Hanlin chuckled lightly, finding it funny. He was simply dragged into this matter for no apparent reason.
She was inexplicably confessed to by a fiancé, inexplicably found by her fiancé, and inexplicably accused of having an affair with the daughter of the leader of Qingyun Sword Sect.
absurd.
"I've made it very clear that I don't like her. It's clearly her who is pestering me unilaterally. What does it have to do with me?" Ji Hanlin said coldly and turned away, not wanting to waste any more time with them.
However, he underestimated Zhen Zhixin's jealousy.
Ji Hanlin said in front of everyone that it was Rong Xinhui who was harassing him unilaterally. Isn't this a slap in Zhen Zhixin's face? Rong Xinhui is Zhen Zhixin's fiancée. If she abandoned her fiancé for someone else, how bad must this fiancé be to not be liked by her?
Being openly accused of being cuckolded by his own fiancée, but after all, she was the daughter of the leader of the Qingyun Sword Sect, Zhen Zhixin had to coax her gently. He wanted to shift the blame to Ji Hanlin to save his own face, but he never expected Ji Hanlin to slap him in the face in public, showing no mercy at all!
As a result, Zhen Zhixin felt resentful towards Ji Hanlin and planned how to get rid of him.
It just so happened that not long after, there were rumors that the secret realm of Wuwangyuan was opened, and many talented people and sect members went to explore in the hope of finding treasures.
The Qingyun Sword Sect is naturally no exception.
The secret realm is always full of dangers, and there are many masters competing for it. The mission this time is dangerous and only people with strong martial arts skills can be competent. Therefore, the leader of Qingyun Sword Sect personally appointed six of his most powerful disciples to go, including Zhen Zhixin and Ji Hanlin.
Ji Hanlin is the best among all the disciples of Qingyun Sword Sect in terms of skills.
In comparison, Zhen Zhixin, who relied solely on taking some elixirs to reach the fourth level of Qi Refining, seemed a little inferior.
Whether in terms of feelings or cultivation realm, Ji Hanlin has always been more than one head higher than Zhen Zhixin. These multiple blows made Zhen Zhixin jealous, and he decided to use all means to get rid of Ji Hanlin in this secret mission and let this annoying person die without a burial place!
Ji Hanlin was completely oblivious, or perhaps even dismissive. He was used to being alone and didn't bother to understand what others were thinking. As the sect's number one prodigy, his swordsmanship was as frosty as ice, and he wasn't afraid of attacks from others.
But he was only a fifteen-year-old boy after all. He had little experience and had not experienced any major storms. He did not have a deep understanding of the dangers of human nature.
After colluding with and bribing the other team members, Zhen Zhixin deliberately suggested that the person with the highest cultivation level among them explore the core area alone when assigning tasks, hoping to take advantage of Ji Hanlin's arrogant personality and lead him into a place where he would surely die.
Ji Hanlin didn't say anything. He glanced coldly at the other six people and stood up to go.
This sinister man stood on the rotten wood, watching Ji Hanlin heading into the depths of the woods alone. He had already forged a vicious heart in the fire of jealousy.
"Ji Hanlin, today... is the day you die." Zhen Zhixin whispered, secretly activating the magic circle that had been buried deep in the woods.
Immortal cultivators fear the loss of their spiritual energy the most, and this magic circle set up in the secret realm is the perfect weapon to break the protective qi of the body.
This magic circle was originally set up by others who wanted to seize the treasures in the secret realm to stop others, but now it is just right for Zhen Zhixin to use it.
Unable to defeat Ji Hanlin head-on, he sacrificed himself and colluded with other sinister people in the secret realm to set up an evil formation, determined to get rid of Ji Hanlin at all costs.
"You actually... colluded with the evil formation?" Ji Hanlin was stunned, as if he didn't expect Zhen Zhixin to be so bold as to use himself as bait, and he was caught off guard for a moment.
The next second, he was bound tightly by an invisible force. He tried to break the restraints with his sword energy, but the loss of spiritual energy caused his body to stagger.
Zhen Zhixin took the opportunity to get close to him and stabbed him in the heart with his dagger: "You always suppress me in everything, today I will use your blood to wash away my shame!"
Ji Hanlin blocked with his scabbard, but was distracted by the severe pain of the power of the magic circle invading his body.
Seeing how irresistible he was, Zhen Zhixin couldn't help laughing.
Even if I get seriously injured, so what? Ji Hanlin, don't even think about leaving this place alive today!
Ji Hanlin frowned and used his skills in reverse, trying to use his innate sword energy to forcibly break the formation. The powerful impact generated scared Zhen Zhixin so much that he quickly protected his head.
"Are you crazy?" Zhen Zhixin suddenly felt terrified, but then he saw the young man coughing up blood and suddenly rising, his sword raised to go straight for his throat. He hurriedly dodged, but was stabbed hard in the left chest. He could only take the opportunity to inject the last poison needle into Ji Hanlin's dantian.
In the end, Ji Hanlin fell off a cliff and fell into a waterfall like a kite with a broken string. He was seriously injured and fainted, and disappeared without a trace.
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