Chapter 157: The Way of the World, Blue Sky (Two in One)
Following the principle of caution, the three did not eat in the restaurant, but came to the counter and asked the white-haired and bearded shopkeeper for three upper rooms.
The shopkeeper was a mortal, and it was rare for immortals to stay at their place. Even when collecting the money, he was trembling.
However, just as the shopkeeper was collecting the money, a series of subtle noises came from the cupboard on the inside of the counter, to the right of his feet.
Hearing this, the three of them looked up at the same time.
The shopkeeper didn't seem to notice and still kept his head down, but his shoulders were trembling slightly.
Then he was in a hurry, without even using the small scale at hand to weigh the silver, and he just grabbed a silver coin and handed it to the three people, still with his head down, his temples gradually becoming slightly wet.
"I've found too many."
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The shopkeeper subconsciously raised his head and saw Ji You casually grabbing the silver and throwing it back to him, his eyes slightly stunned.
Then Ji You turned and left, walking in front of Cao Jinsong and Pei Ruyi, making the wooden stairs creak, and quickly walked to the second floor.
"There is a little girl hiding in the cupboard." Pei Ruyi whispered.
Ji You nodded calmly: "He is about the same age as Qiu Ru, so he should be a child of the store owner."
"It seems that in the eyes of the people of Fengzhou, we cultivators are no different from demons and evil spirits."
"Don't underestimate yourself. Demons and evil creatures are no better than immortal cultivators."
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What Ji You said was indeed true.
In the land of Fengzhou, it is well known that cultivators will capture children to make medicine, so the image of all immortals is like this to the people in this area.
When they entered the store just now, the owner probably didn't have enough time to drive the girl away, so he had to stuff her into the cabinet.
However, people like the shop owner who have no cultivation base do not know that under the divine thoughts of the immortal cultivators, hiding like this is completely meaningless...
The people in Kyushu are all suffering, and in Fengzhou, one can see all the sufferings in Kyushu.
Ji You once heard from Qiu Zhong that the old man of the Ji family who died four years ago said something that sounded ironic, but was true.
The mortals who are still alive in this world are not because they work hard enough, but they should be grateful that the immortals are too lazy to kill them.
At this time, Ji You came to the door of his guest room and pushed it open.
Yecheng is close to the provincial capital. Logically speaking, its geographical location is very good, but because of the mountains, the connection between it and the provincial capital is not close, so it is not much better than Yuyang County.
The gray bricks used for paving the guest rooms were missing pieces here and there.
This is already very good.
At this time, Ji You pushed open the window on the back wall and turned to look outside.
The entire main city road from south to north is lined with spies on both sides of the road.
The cultivation base of these spies is not high, the best of them is only at the initial stage of Wei Zhao, and they are all in their thirties or forties. Some are even older, with lower cultivation base.
Such talent is unmatched by the disciples of the Immortal Sect, in fact, even some businessmen in Shengjing cannot compare to them. But when they come to Fengzhou, they can act arrogantly and domineeringly. This is all because they are born into aristocratic families and have the innate right to practice immortality. This is the most ridiculous thing.
At this time, Ji You left the window, sat cross-legged on the bed, and began to meditate.
The spiritual energy all around began to surge towards him, constantly being breathed into his body through the qi orifices, and then dispersed to his limbs and bones through the damaged spiritual essence.
This scene is like spring rain falling into a natural low-lying ditch, gradually gathering into a gurgling stream.
As the rain continued to grow heavier, the ditches were expanded and the streams began to surge.
Then his spiritual thoughts moved slightly, and these rushing spiritual streams were instantly ignited.
The white robe was propped up by the breath and kept fluttering, while Ji You's brows began to gradually frown, and a kind of pain that had been endured appeared in his expression.
This was his fourteenth time of micro-illumination and his thirteenth time of spiritual fire body tempering.
At this moment, the ignited spiritual fire was constantly colliding in his body according to his thoughts, and then penetrated and cleansed from the inside out, penetrating his skin.
At first, there were only a few flickering flames, and then they increased and spread, like a stream of fire burning in an oil layer.
It starts from the abdomen, moves along the skin, and covers the whole body as time goes by.
The Condensation Realm among the lower three realms is roughly like this, except that the spiritual essence that should be forged has now been replaced by Ji You, a living person.
After several hours, Ji You's whole body was covered in sweat. As he held his breath and let it go, his shoulders instantly drooped. He was already panting, and the golden light in his eyes dimmed slightly.
Both external and internal observation require the use of spiritual thoughts.
When looking outward, you can see from a distance, but when looking inward, you need to observe every detail.
At this time, sweat from his forehead was dripping to the ground, mixing with the dust on the ground to form turbid water droplets.
It was no different when he was resisting Elder Qi's last [Si Wu Xie] at Lingjian Mountain that day, so one can imagine that this fourteenth micro-impression was not easy at all.
"It's burnt out..."
"We need to leave some time to recover our spiritual power and spiritual energy..."
At this time, outside the inn, in the teahouse and tavern, many people were still staring at the restaurant, and the discussions never stopped.
It is well known that there is a student in Tianshu Academy who learned the sword art of Lingjian Mountain.
They were curious about Fengzhou's final destination, but they were actually more curious about his sword.
Nowadays, people in the outside world say that during the Autumn Fight at Tian Academy that day, Chu He, who was proficient in the [Hun Tian Technique], was unrivaled in the world, but was eventually defeated by him.
Therefore, those who had never seen it but only heard of it wanted very much to see the unparalleled sword art.
"It's been two hours. Are they leaving the city today?"
"not necessarily."
"How do you know?"
"The carriage had been unharnessed and pulled to the backyard by the waiter, and the horse trough in front of the store was not used."
Amid the discussions, there was a sudden commotion in the teahouse, and some eyes began to look along the street.
At noon in the morning, because a large number of immortal cultivators entered the city, the people of Yecheng, who had never seen such a big scene, had already closed their doors and windows, or ran out of the city, so that the main city road was empty.
But at this moment, within everyone's sight, a man with a sword and wearing a dark blue short robe appeared on the street.
He walked towards the inn, and when he reached the door, he thought for a long time, and finally lifted his robe and walked in.
"Who is that person?"
"Luo Pingshan, the deputy owner of Po Yue Xian Manor, is at the initial stage of Tong Xuan and a descendant of the Luo family in Zhongzhou. The Luo family is not considered a top family in Zhongzhou, but several elders in the family are on good terms with Tian Shuyuan."
“What is he doing…?”
"It seems that not all of these people from Xianzhuang want to fight. If they can talk, they still hope to talk. After all, Ji You is now a student in the inner courtyard of Tianshu Academy."
In the teahouse, there was an immortal cultivator who was already familiar with these immortal villages. He couldn't help but speak up to answer everyone's questions.
Upon hearing this, a member of the Chen family's immortal clan who had come to join in the fun couldn't help but frown.
"This situation is very similar to the scene when Shanhai Pavilion and the Tianjian Peak of Lingjian Mountain joined forces to confront my Chen family..."
This member of the Chen family was also extremely cautious in his words. After the incident at Qiling, the Chen family was clearly under siege, but this time he cleverly replaced it with the word "confrontation".
However, the rest of the people did not care about his choice of words at the moment, but were more concerned about the inner meaning of his metaphor.
When Shanhai Pavilion and Tianjian Peak of Lingjian Mountain besieged the Chen clan, the banner they raised was to seek justice for their dead disciples.
But in Qingyun World, both the aristocratic families and the immortal sects understand that what they really want is profit.
So in the end the Chen family secretly ceded a lot of land, which resulted in the battle not happening after all.
And what this disciple of the Chen family meant was perhaps that the current situation in Yecheng was likely to develop in the same way as the Chen family's immortal clan did in the past.
That is to make concessions, negotiate, and see if an agreement can be reached.
"After the ancient war, the human race has been recuperating for many years. As long as the benefits are great, they will not take action easily."
"The world is bustling with people all for profit. All wars are nothing but uneven distribution. In other words, if the distribution is equal, harmonious coexistence is not impossible. It all depends on how much these immortal sects are willing to give."
"10%, 20%, 30%..."
"I heard that Ji You loves money very much. It depends on how much the immortal sects offer before he will be tempted."
The fact is just as what the descendant of the Chen family's immortal clan said, the immortal village in Fengzhou is indeed constantly going back and forth between fighting and not fighting.
Ever since Ji You entered Night City and was approaching the front line, someone suggested going to test the waters first. Luo Pingshan was considered the envoy at this moment.
The condition they offered was that Ji You could establish a family in Fengzhou, but he could not take away all the tax quota, only 10%.
The so-called taxes are not just food.
There are also some small spiritual mines and spiritual seedling fields in Fengzhou, which are also included.
Of course, Fengzhou’s resources are indeed scarce, but taking 10% of the offerings from such a large state is already quite good. Some foreign immortal villas may not even be able to get 10% even after operating here for four or five years.
In their opinion, Ji You was alone.
Even if the family continues to thrive, it would take decades to build up such a large family. One percent is already enough sincerity.
At this time, many intelligence reports had been spread outside the sect, and the situation in Fengzhou was gradually known to the major immortal sects and families.
As far as Tian Academy is concerned, if the two parties can really negotiate peace, it will be great no matter if you get more and I get less.
The same is true for other families.
But soon, everyone in the teahouse saw Luo Pingshan coming out of the inn, frowning and leaving in a hurry.
"It seems that we didn't reach an agreement..."
"That's the rule. No one will be able to strike a deal right away just because someone offers a price. Those immortal manors are actually suppressing their prices, and they are expected to go up further."
Sure enough, not long after, Luo Pingshan returned and entered the inn.
The price offered by Xianzhuang this time is 12% of Fengzhou’s tax.
Then he went in and out, and the share kept rising, from 12% to 18%. But when Luo Pingshan came out of the inn, he still had a frown on his face.
When they came for the eighth time, they didn't even mention 19%, but directly offered 20%.
Fengzhou’s tax rate of 20% is a sky-high price.
You have to know that there are only nine states in the human territory of Qingyun World, among which there are thousands of aristocratic families. Being able to get 20% of them is almost close to being a thousand-year-old aristocratic family.
In the eyes of many people, the reason why these immortal manors bid so high is because they are concerned about the reputation of Tianshuyuan.
If Ji Youruo was a smart man, he should have agreed at this time.
But what no one expected was that when Luo Pingcheng came out of the inn again, his brows became even more furrowed.
"Twenty percent is more than enough."
"Yes, even if Fengzhou is poor, such a large share has already touched the face of our Tianshu Academy."
The three heads of the Office of Administration specially arranged for the immortal to send a message, but when they saw the result, they couldn't help but frown deeply.
In fact, Ji You was right at the beginning of this matter, but as the price continued to rise, some people felt that he was a little too greedy.
At this time in Shengjing City, Princess Changle, Dou Yuankong and other noble families were also discussing the matter, while Wei Rui sat aside and listened attentively.
Because she knew that Mr. Ji was a close friend of Mr. Kuang.
"Ji You is always arrogant. I'm not surprised that 20% of him disagrees with this."
Zhao Yunyue sneered, "When I killed Chu He that day, I sent him a hairpin, wanting to form a Taoist partner with him, but he didn't even like it. How could this 20% tax be in his eyes?"
Dou Yuankong couldn't help but sneer: "He probably thinks that the tax revenue of Fengzhou belongs to him, so how can he be satisfied with 20%?"
Wei Rui couldn't help but say, "No, Master Ji is doing this for the people of Fengzhou, so he will not compromise at this moment!"
"Rui'er, you are too gullible. If Ji You really wanted to do this for the people, why would he have drawn his sword by now and pretended to be hiding in the inn waiting for someone to make an offer? The scholar named Kuang who was with him is the same type as him. We are greedy, but we never hide it. We didn't expect them to hide it so deeply!"
Zhao Yunyue picked up the teacup at this time: "Next, those immortal villas probably won't make an offer, but will directly ask Ji You how much he wants."
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At noon, Luo Pingshan came to the inn again.
He was already familiar with the situation at this time. He walked up to the second floor, pushed the door and walked into Ji You's room: "Master Ji, there is no point in offering such a price except wasting time. My owner and several other owners want me to ask you, how much do you want to be satisfied?"
When Ji You heard this, he slowly opened his eyes and opened his lips.
At this time, on the vast land of Fengzhou, a farmer holding an empty bowl was crying in the wilderness.
Paper money is carried away by the autumn wind, bringing new pain to farmers.
Luo Pingshan, who was in the guest room, listened to Ji You's every word and his face changed drastically. Then he stood up angrily and quickly left the inn.
At this moment, everyone in the teahouse saw this scene and was shocked.
Not long after, a bright light suddenly appeared in the mountains behind Night City. A strong fairy light began to rise into the sky and illuminate the surroundings, even dyeing the clouds.
Immediately afterwards, countless disciples from the Immortal Village rushed towards Yecheng and spread a message.
A natural treasure appeared in the mountains of Yecheng. A group of privately-cultivating bandits entered the mountains to steal the treasure. All the major immortal villages in Fengzhou are now working together to suppress the bandits. Therefore, a strict ban has been imposed within 30 miles inside and outside Fengzhou Prefecture. No one is allowed to enter or leave, and anyone who violates the order will be killed without mercy.
Upon hearing the news, the immortal cultivators in the teahouses and taverns were in an uproar and stood up one after another.
There are many coincidences in the world, but it is impossible to be such a coincidence.
So everyone knows that the magical treasure appearing in the mountains is definitely fake, and the bandit suppression is also a fabrication. The only thing that is true is that Fengzhou is under strict prohibition, and the foreign immortal villages here are going to join forces to kill people.
After all, it is legal for Ji You to establish a family here, so even if he takes action, he needs a legitimate reason.
And those lies are the reasons.
The Fengzhou Prefecture has strict prohibitions. If anyone breaks into the mountains and is surrounded and killed, he will be considered a bandit regardless of whether he is a bandit or not.
In other words, Ji You's negotiations with these mountain sects failed.
Before everyone could recover from this sudden news, a figure suddenly walked out of the inn.
He was dressed in white, carrying seven long swords on his back. He walked along the main road of the city with boiling sword intent and a sharp look in his eyes.
Cao Jinsong and Pei Ruyi followed behind him, with their swords drawn and their eyes equally solemn. They followed him into the mountains with murderous intent rising in their hearts.
The people sitting in the teahouse were originally spectators. They watched them all the way to the west city gate and saw them walking towards the mountains. Suddenly they came to their senses.
The war is about to begin!
As soon as this thought came to their mind, the sect's outsiders immediately began to hastily report the news to the outside world, quickly transmitting this sudden news.
Most of the people were bewildered and shocked, staring at the three figures heading towards the mountain with their mouths wide open.
"Why did the war suddenly start? How much did he want?"
"Yeah, how much did Ji You want?"
"The immortal village in Fengzhou originally wanted to negotiate, but it was just a few words. They shouldn't have reacted so violently!"
At this moment, as this breaking news was quickly spread, countless people changed their expressions.
In Shengjing, there are Princess Changle, Dou Yuankong, Wei Rui and other royal relatives and descendants of important officials.
Lu Qingqiu, He Lingxiu, Wen Zhengxin, Ban Yangshu and other disciples from the inner and outer courtyards of Tianshu Academy, as well as the three heads of the Hall of Executive Affairs.
In addition to them, the two hall masters of Tianshu Academy who were playing chess were also unable to make a move.
At the same time, in the majestic and profound palace, His Majesty who was obsessed with the new policy also walked out of the hall.
How much share did Ji You want that made those immortal manors kill so many people without even considering it? "He must have wanted all of it."
"all?"
"He was in such a hurry to go to Fengzhou Prefecture because he wanted all of Fengzhou's shares. If he didn't want all of them, those immortal villas wouldn't have reacted so violently!"
"There's news."
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"What Ji You wants..."
Not everyone in Fengzhou Xianzhuang participated in the war, just like those spies in the Weizhao realm, they would be cannon fodder if they got involved.
But they knew how much Ji You wanted. When the sword energy rose into the air just now, the immortal cultivators guarding Yecheng had already asked about it, and the news was quickly spread to all directions.
Zhao Yunyue couldn't help but lean forward at this moment: "How much did he want?"
"He wants to..."
"Go ahead."
"He said that he wanted all the children in his family to grow up, that people who go out can come home no matter how late it is, that the evildoers should have the law in their eyes, and that all the laws in this world should be under the blue sky..."
As soon as the words fell, Shengjing Restaurant suddenly fell silent.
Everyone inside and outside the Tianshu Academy couldn't help but look at Wanli Yuntian.
"!"
Yecheng Mountain is very large, but it is mostly small hills and the mountains are not steep. This is why those immortal villages want to set up the battlefield here.
At this time, Ji You stepped up the mountain, and the boiling sword intent made the strong wind in the mountain roar.
Upon seeing this scene, all the immortal cultivators on the mountain narrowed their eyes, and murderous aura filled their lungs.
They are basically all in the Tongxuan realm, a total of eighteen, and are well-known masters in the manor. Some of them are either worshippers or deputy manor masters. Some of the more talented ones still have black hair, while some have white hair.
They are all children of noble families from other states, but because they lack talent, they are unable to practice in the Immortal Sect.
There are also some people who have entered the Immortal Sect, but failed to break through at the end of the period, so they had to leave. After years of training and accumulation of elixirs, they entered the upper five realms, but they also knew that the immortal road had come to the end of this life.
Such immortal cultivators can be found everywhere in the world of Qingyun.
But when they see the end of this life and know that there is no hope of becoming immortals, the desires that they had suppressed due to cultivation will rebound wildly, and they will become even more greedy for money and power.
Such people would never sit in the mountains and stick to their faith in Taoism, but would be driven by their seven emotions and six desires.
So they left their aristocratic families, came here, and began to dominate the area with their minds full of distracting thoughts.
"Teacher, Senior Sister, you go ahead."
"good."
The Tongxuan Realm cannot stop the Rongdao Realm. Even if the increase in numbers gives them a chance, it is unnecessary for them.
Because they know that there are five manor owners behind them.
Their target is Ji You, who is also in the Tongxuan realm, and he is the key to this matter.
Whether he was killed or crippled, the other two men would be useless even if they reached Fengzhou Prefecture.
So Cao Jinsong and Pei Ruyi took the lead and went deeper into the dense forest.
"It is said that Ji You is very strong, but no matter how strong he is, he is only at the Tongxuan realm, and we have eighteen Tongxuan masters."
"Yes, when the owner of Po Yue Manor offered to take out 10% of the tax to appease him, I felt that there was no need to do so."
Amid the discussion, a black-haired Tongxuan stepped forward and looked at Ji You who was coming down the slope with a sword in hand: "I was also a disciple of Tianshu Academy, but even when I was in the academy, I never acted so arrogantly because of the reputation of my master. You, kid, really think too highly of yourself."
As soon as he finished speaking, in response, seven Taoist swords filled with spiritual energy suddenly rose into the sky.
The powerful sword energy was like white clouds flying into the sky, and the heavy sword intent instantly made the mountains shake.
[Spiritual Sword Mountain Dao Sword, Seven Mountains]
Upon seeing this, eighteen masters on the mountain suddenly rose into the air, with swords, spears, and halberds flashing coldly.
Boom! Ji You suddenly raised his arms, and seven big swords slashed down towards the top of the mountain. The black-haired Tong Xuan was at the front, raising his sword to meet the attack, but before the sword intent arrived, his pupils suddenly shrank, and then he was shocked.
With a "puff" sound, blood splattered everywhere, and the sound of falling swords was like thunder, and the entire cliff was crushed.
The swordsman in the wind and waves has his long hair flying and his burning spirit is roaring.
"This is the legendary sword art of Lingjian Mountain..."
At this time, the spectators who had been sitting in the city for half a day had already caught up and were standing not far away, staring in a daze as the seven people flew backwards with blood oozing from their mouths and noses.
After all, there is a difference between the disciples of the Immortal Sect and the disciples of the Immortal Manor.
The difference between the disciples of the outer court of the Immortal Sect and the disciples of the inner court of the Immortal Sect is even greater.
Even if they were in the same realm, the realm they had built up by taking elixirs and enduring years was still far from that of the young master in front of them. This was a fact.
Of course, only they, who are used to being arrogant in Fengzhou, would look down on everyone, thinking that the arrogance of the people in front of them came from the Tianshu Academy...
But those who are well-informed like those from other sects actually know that since the Tianshu Academy went to Lingjian Mountain, half of the arrogance of the Tianshu Academy came from him...
At this moment, the faces of the eighteen Tongxuan all changed drastically. Some of them were bleeding profusely, and their eyes were filled with fear.
Ji You walked up the mountain, and the huge and heavy sword energy rose up again, but he saw several people around him were about to retreat into the mountains and forests, and his eyes froze in an instant.
"Don't retreat. Whoever retreats today, I will kill first."
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Hearing these words, the spectators around were all stunned.
Because they knew that the purpose of Ji You's trip was to go to Fengzhou Prefecture to establish his own family.
Just now, he had struck with his sword so fiercely that these people were obviously scared. It would be best to let them leave now to save energy, but for some reason, he didn't let them retreat at this moment.
Ji You came with a sword in hand, looked at those Tongxuan realm people and spoke slowly: "Some things, whether it's the nursing home or cannibalism, feel sad when you see them once, but when you see them too many times, it turns into anger. I think good people in this world may not always get good rewards, so how can you have a good end?"
"So when I left Yuyang County, I had made up my mind that I would not leave any of them alive today. So it's not that you guys are trying to stop me, but I'm using your tricks to kill you."
"Because there are bandits tonight, anyone who enters the mountain will be killed without mercy, remember? You all have noble families behind you, and I am just a rural private cultivator, so if I miss this day, how can I find a reason to kill you again?"
Ji You stood among the rocks and slowly raised his hand, and the extremely sharp sword energy shot straight into the sky.
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