Chapter 159 There really is a bandit! (Two in one)

There was a muffled sound, as if a ripe fruit burst open, and blood splattered everywhere.

The white-haired old woman fell straight to the stream in the valley like a kite with a broken string.

The bright red blood flowed along the river bank into the stream, spreading out in an instant, and her white hair, like dead grass, was now all messy and stuck to her old face.

At this moment, she got up in a hurry and looked up, only to see the bright moon hanging high in the sky, casting a cool silver light, making the high cliff look pale.

Taizhen, Qiyun and Changqing were tightly entangled by six suspended spiritual swords and two ghostly figures moving around.

The swords flickered and shone with cold light. Every collision stirred up circles of spiritual energy ripples visible to the naked eye, emitting a cold light under the moonlight.

At this moment, a Taoist sword fell from the sky in front of her.

It was the instructor from Tianshu Academy who came over with a gloomy face, sword in hand, carrying with him a vast spiritual energy and a roar of murderous intent.

The old woman Fuyan was shocked and immediately slapped the ground, using the force to stand up and block the attack.

With a loud bang, as the iron tools collided, the iron sword in the old woman Fuyan's hand could not bear the weight and broke into countless pieces in an instant. The whole person was shaken into the river by the powerful energy, and a wheezing sound came from her throat like a broken bellows, making a continuous wheezing sound.

When she was young, she encountered a bottleneck, so she left her family and came to Fengzhou alone.

At that time, there were very few immortal villages in Fengzhou, and the climate was far from what it is today.

So she built Fuyan Villa here, collected tributes and transported them back to Liangzhou, and presented them to the aristocratic families, and her status in the clan continued to rise.

Later, as the aristocratic families in various states multiplied and had numerous children, they also began to set their sights on Fengzhou.

In these years, the power of Xianzhuang in Fengzhou has waxed and waned. Some have taken root while others have been squeezed out, but it can be said to be harmonious.

Whether it is production materials or spiritual mines and fairy seedlings, they are all distributed evenly and in an orderly manner.

But at that time, no one cared about a place in Fengzhou called Yuyang County.

There is nothing else in that place except growing crops; even spiritual seedlings cannot be cultivated. There are few people living within a thousand miles around it, and even immortal villages are unwilling to choose it as a site.

Then, in the second year of Taiwu, an incident occurred in Yuyang County.

Fengxian Villa wanted to capture girls to make medicine, and a girl who was not yet twenty and had reached perfection in the lower three realms was found. She was admitted to Tianshu Academy as an exception.

In fact, she was already on guard at that time.

Over the years, Fengzhou has always been the most stringent place for arresting "private practitioners". The reason is that the immortal village here does not want any aristocratic families to be established.

Unfortunately, the news came too suddenly and they had no time to react.

Although they were all-powerful in Fengzhou, they did not have the courage to go to Tianshuyuan and kill people. So they could only comfort themselves that he was just a private cultivator in the countryside and there should be no problem.

Later they heard that this rural private cultivator had met the second son of the Chu family and was subsequently sent to Qiling as cannon fodder, and they breathed a sigh of relief.

But who knew that he did not die in Qiling, and learned swordsmanship in Lingjian Mountain, and then defeated the Chu family and really stepped into the inner courtyard.

From that moment on, his death might have been inevitable.

But all this happened too fast for them...

Buzz! A sharp sound of sword sounded like the whisper of death.

The old woman Fuyan's head fell to the ground, her forehead splattered with her own warm blood, but her eyes were still wide open and unable to close.

Before her soul dissipated, she saw a huge sword energy rising above the cliff and slashing down suddenly. The steel whip of the owner of Taizhen Manor was directly cut off, and the whole person fell towards the cliff.

However, before it fell, a long sword overflowing with spiritual energy suddenly flew out, and the severed head was thrown up as it fell, overlapping with the bright moon in front of it.

Under the moon, a young man raised his sword to the sky, his body covered in blood, and the scene was frozen...

As the stars and the moon rotated, the fighting continued in the mountains. Countless bright sword energies crossed the mountains until dawn.

At this time, the sky was white in the distance and the golden rooster was crowing at dawn.

The people who were hiding in Night City or fleeing to the outskirts of Night City all took advantage of the dawn light and looked towards the direction of Night City Mountain.

Last night, some immortals were fighting in the mountains, causing the mountains to tremble and people to be unable to sleep.

Soon after, the news spread among the people, saying that bandits had appeared in the mountains and that the immortal master was joining forces to suppress them.

At this time, they looked at the stream flowing out of the valley with a strange pink color, and their hearts were filled with panic.

Some farmers who lived very close to Yecheng Mountain leaned against the window and watched for a long time. At dawn, they finally saw a figure coming out of the mountain.

A man in a red robe, a woman in a red robe, and a fat man with big breasts in a red robe.

After the death of the owner of Risheng Manor, the old woman Fuyan was killed by Cao Jinsong.

From then on, there was no longer any evenly matched situation, but rather ruthless suppression, and everything went just as they expected.

Because Ji You had said in the inn that if the strength was unequal, one should try every means to kill one first.

Then Ji You asked them to find a way to hold the four back, and he wanted to try to kill Rong Dao, which had always been the goal of the three.

Whether it was Cao Jinsong and Pei Ruyi luring the enemy after entering the mountain, or Ji You's sneak attack with his sword later, it was all for this goal.

Although the realm of Rong Dao in Xianzhuang is achieved by piling up elixirs, it is still Rong Dao after all.

When the two of them first heard him say this, they were actually full of worry.

But he said he would try to kill one, and in the end he actually killed one.

Thinking about it now, that scene still makes people feel shocked and indescribable.

"The Fengzhou Prefecture is just ahead..."

Cao Jinsong held the bloody sword in his hand and murmured a little tiredly.

Pei Ruyi panted, "I wonder if anyone will come out to stop us if we go any further. There are more than just these five immortal manors in Fengzhou."

"Probably not."

"real?"

"Those who hesitated and chose not to take action last night probably won't dare to take action today. Immortal cultivators are no different from mortals. It's normal for them to bully the weak and fear the strong. If we enter the city now, maybe we can still have breakfast."

After the two of them finished talking, they turned to look at Ji You, and saw him squatting by the stream, covered in blood. He sank his sword into the water to wash it, then put his hands in to wash off the blood.

The old man and the old woman, who had been killing all night, were really tired.

Ji You sighed lightly, then took out a bunch of storage gourds from his arms, looked at them for a few seconds, and put them back.

He now didn't have the energy to check what treasures were inside or how much they were worth.

Let’s go to Fengzhou Prefecture to sign the documents first, then take a bath, have a good sleep and see what happens.

Seeing this scene, Cao Jinsong and Pei Ruyi looked at each other in surprise.

"Some of what these immortals said is not wrong, or maybe they are just as good at predicting things as gods."

"Yes, there are indeed bandits in the mountains."

Cao Jinsong looked at her and said, "They are not bandits, but fierce gangsters."

After a cup of tea, Ji You washed his sword and hands, then stood up and walked towards the southwest in the morning light.

At this time, the Fengzhou city was filled with immortal cultivators.

These people were all from the Immortal Manor who did not participate in the siege last night. At this moment, they were gazing at the horizon with burning eyes.

Immortal Manor like them never wanted to get involved in such a life-and-death situation, but they had the intention of reaping the benefits, so they thought that when they woke up this morning, they would hear the news that the five major immortal manors in Fengzhou joined forces to suppress the bandits, and the bandit leader was killed on the spot.

After all, eighteen Tongxuan plus five Rongdao are besieging one Tongxuan and two Rongdao. This is a battle that cannot be lost no matter how you look at it.

With their spiritual perception ability, although they could not see too far, they were able to confirm that the war in the mountains had subsided, and they looked relieved.

In contrast, officials from various counties were sitting in a tea stall on the west side of the city gate.

They had different expressions and complicated eyes.

Among them, Governor Liu and Governor Xiang of Danshui County sat together, with their families beside them, a total of sixteen people, all of whom had rushed here overnight, and they hurried to the city gate before even having time to send their carriages to the post station.

The panic on their faces was even greater than that of the common people who had heard the sounds of fighting all night.

"Fusheng, what did you find out?"

Fusheng bowed under the tea shed and whispered, "I just walked around the city, and the masters of the immortal village said that there is no sound in the mountains anymore, so it should be over."

Xiang Taishou frowned and asked, "Could it be that he retreated from the mountain?"

"There are people staying in the city, and it is said that no one has left."

Hearing these words, the expressions of Governor Xiang and Governor Liu began to become very solemn.

In addition to them, there is also the governor of Guiyun County, whose son also enrolled in Tianshu Academy a few days ago and is now equally frightened.

Because they felt that Ji You would become the lord of Fengzhou sooner or later, if they sent their children to Tianshu Academy at this time, they could look at the long-term and lay the foundation for the family for a hundred or even a thousand years.

When Ji You establishes a family in Fengzhou, they can directly attach themselves to it, which is much better than attaching themselves to those foreign immortal villages.

But they never expected that Ji You would come without a moment's delay.

He seemed to have no patience. He didn't want the future, he only wanted the present, not even an hour later.

In their opinion, if they had known that Ji You had no patience and lack of ability to remain dormant, they would never have agreed to send their children to Tianshu Academy.

"Eighteen Tongxuan, five Rongdao, I am not a cultivator, but I also know arithmetic. If Ji You dies in the mountains this time, everything will be in vain. Fengzhou will always be Fengzhou of Xianzhuang, and there is no point in letting children enroll in Tianshuyuan."

Governor Liu rolled up his sleeves and said tremblingly: "Brother Xiang, he is too anxious, and we are too anxious too..."

The governor looked at Liu, thinking, am I too impatient?! That day in my house, I didn't even know who Ji You was, and you came in a hurry to bring your son to become his disciple, and wandered around in my house for a while, am I too impatient?! It was obviously you who wanted to establish this relationship first, and in the future, when Ji You established a noble family, you would use your son's relationship to immediately get close to him.

Now it’s good, everything will become an illusion!

Xiang Fu looked at them in confusion: "Didn't they say they were joining forces to fight the bandits tonight? What does this have to do with Ji You?"

"It's to suppress bandits, because Ji You is a bandit."

"How could Ji You be a bandit?"

"He is a solitary private cultivator in the countryside, without the support of any noble family, yet he rushes non-stop to take over the offerings. Of course, he is a bandit in the eyes of the outside immortals. The dead cannot speak, so it is difficult for him to explain himself. When all the immortals say he is a bandit, then he is a bandit."

Fusheng couldn't help but speak at this time: "Master, I heard another thing in the city."

He looked up at the governor and asked, "What's the matter?"

"I heard that at the beginning, those immortal villages did not have a tough attitude and must kill him. Instead, they wanted to negotiate and offered 20% of Fengzhou's tax as a gesture of sincerity. But he did not agree, so those immortal sects asked him how much he wanted."

"How much did he ask for?"

Fusheng repeated the four sentences he had heard, and saw Governor Liu and Governor Xiang look at each other, and their expressions instantly became extremely ugly.

Ji You, who came from a private cultivation background in the countryside, really had no clear position. He didn't know that the structure of Qingyun World had existed for thousands of years, and he actually said such words to those owners of Xianzhuang who had long had murderous intentions.

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

Youthful passion is a good thing, but sometimes it can be fatal!

His actions may be called heroic in a play, but in reality they can only be described as stupid and childish.

King's law?

Now the imperial power is still under the power of immortals, where is the king's law? However, just as the two of them were constantly criticizing in their hearts, a commotion suddenly broke out on the top of the city. The countless immortal cultivators on the top of the city looked at it from afar, and all their faces changed.

I saw a figure walking towards me on the main road leading to Fengzhou Prefecture, getting closer and closer. His bright red clothes looked extremely gorgeous in the sunlight, forming a sharp contrast with the surrounding yellow earth.

The three people from Tianshuyuan were all dressed in white, and some of them couldn't help but smile.

But soon someone used his divine sense to see that it was the white clothes stained with blood.

"Is it Ji You?!"

"How could it be him?"

"Where are the five manor owners? Where are the others? Why didn't they stop him? Did they really want him to eat up all the offerings from Fengzhou?"

At this time, Ji You stepped to the bottom of the city gate, holding a long sword, and then stopped.

Crash!

As he waved his sleeves, a pile of human heads appeared in the mysterious light and were thrown under the city wall, rolling all over the ground like fried watermelons.

These heads were either gray-haired or a mixture of black and white. Some were facing upwards, while others were tilted to the side, their faces filled with reluctance and fear.

Seeing this scene, everyone in front of the city gate held their breath.

Because they recognized that those heads were originally the objects worn around the necks of the owners, worshippers, and elders of the five major immortal villas.

Eighteen Tongxuan and five Rongdao died with their eyes open, but this one, who should have been surrounded and killed, is now standing here.

At this moment, everyone couldn't help but look at Ji You, and saw that he was looking at them with cold eyes.

"A natural treasure appeared in Yecheng Mountain last night, attracting a group of private cultivators and bandits to enter the mountain to steal the treasure."

"I heard the news and thought that as a native of Fengzhou, I must not let the bandits cause trouble here, so I went into the mountains to suppress the bandits for a night."

"Now all the bandit leaders have been killed and their heads are hung here for public display."

After a brief silence, the whole city was in an uproar.

Especially those young men from Xianzhuang, they thought, Oh no, we have become bandits!

At this moment, all the officials and their relatives under the tea stall stood up, looking at the scene in horror, their eyes dumbfounded.

So many people from the five great immortal villages entered the mountain, and the worst of them were at the same level as him, but now all of them were beheaded, and it was him who walked out of the mountain.

They had expected him to die, they had expected him to be defeated, but they had never dared to imagine this outcome.

Xiang Fu couldn't help but stand up at this moment, looking at the man under the city with burning eyes.

His whole body was not clean, but at this moment his back was straight, his sword intent was soaring, his head was held high, and his blood-stained clothes kept fluttering in the autumn wind.

"Didn't you just say that Ji You was the bandit?"

Xiang Fu stared at him for a long time before turning her gaze back and couldn't help but ask her father.

Governor Xiang also came back to his senses and said in disbelief: "The dead ones are the bandits..."

At this time, Governor Liu held the table and looked at one of the heads, his eyes seemed frozen.

The man came from Fuyan Villa. He was not the owner of the villa, but just a worshiper named Wei Dongxu.

Because Governor Liu's residence was very close to Fuyan Villa, he had to deal with him on a daily basis, and this person was the one he mainly came into contact with.

In the past, he had been very respectful to this man at home and had served him for a long time. He did not expect that now only his head was left, thrown into the earth.

People are like this. When something they hear is too far away, they always feel it is vague.

But once someone around you is involved, there will be a reference.

Governor Liu originally thought that all cultivators were the same, but now seeing that Wei Dongyang was left with only a head, and even the owner of the manor whom Wei Dongyang usually praised every day was left with only a head, he understood how powerful the man with the sword was.

"Everyone, although the bandit leader has been killed, I haven't found the magic treasure yet. It is said that they came from the five major mountain strongholds and have been causing trouble here for many years. I think they must have hidden the magic treasure in the strongholds, or in an organization that has close relations with the five major mountain strongholds. Maybe we have to search for it in the strongholds."

"!"

Upon hearing this, an even louder noise suddenly broke out, and everyone looked at Ji You in disbelief.

The natural spiritual treasure was originally just a gimmick to kill people, it didn't exist at all! But now he actually used this excuse to confiscate the house! The five major immortal manors are now leaderless, from the manor owners to the worshippers, all died here, only a few disciples are left, who can stop him from confiscating the house! Fengzhou has been a land without an owner for many years.

Logically speaking, these five major immortal villas have suffered countless casualties and will inevitably be swallowed up by other immortal villas along with their people and wealth.

But now that Ji You has said this, all the immortal villages still here cannot move lightly.

Because if you dare to move, he will say that you took the spiritual treasure and will kill you as well.

After the ancient war, the human race has been recuperating and, on the surface, not interfering with each other. Even if the seven major immortal sects take action, they must have a reason to maintain the balance between the major immortal sects and the aristocratic families.

And this non-existent spiritual treasure would most likely become a reason for him to use it unlimitedly.

If he suspects that you are hiding spiritual treasures, he can take action against you.

Last night in Yechengshan, there really were bandits...

Cao Jinsong and Pei Ruyi also came to the city gate at this time, standing by and watching this scene, thinking that Fengzhou was also getting better, because there would soon be the largest legal bandit nest here.

Ji You didn't care about the discussions around him. He left his head in front of the city gate, then walked into the city and headed towards Fengzhou Prefecture.

All eyes in the city were on him, watching him walk further and further away, but no one wanted to stop him, because there were countless heads under the city wall warning them of the price of action.

Walking inward from the main city avenue, there were already people waiting on the street, and then they led Ji You forward.

In a short while, he arrived at the gate of Fengzhou Prefecture and saw an old man in official uniform waiting at the gate.

He was the governor of Fengzhou, named He Zhang. In name, he was the most powerful person in Fengzhou, but in reality he had no say in Fengzhou.

The ones who truly control Fengzhou are those immortal villages.

So he knew all along what happened last night, but because he had no say, he could only pretend that he didn't know.

If Ji You died, everything here would remain the same and would never change. He would still be the governor serving Xianzhuang and would forget what happened last night.

Because in the land of Fengzhou, it is really difficult for another person in the upper five realms to enter the inner courtyard of the Immortal Sect.

After the Ji You incident, the immortal village here will be more vigilant and will not allow any bad signs to appear.

Who knows, by that time, the aristocratic families will secretly operate, and even the quota for cultivating immortals in Fengzhou will be cancelled.

At this moment, when he saw the blood-stained clothes floating along the street, He Zhang's heart was quite shaken.

"Master He."

"Master Ji, the registration book of Tianshu Academy has been delivered. Please follow me into the mansion."

Ji You stepped into the threshold of Fengzhou Prefecture with a bloody smell all over his body, followed He Zhang across the courtyard and walked towards the study.

There are many members of the He family, including ladies, ladies and gentlemen, in Fengzhou Prefecture.

When they saw a man covered in blood walking in, they were all shocked, but they were also filled with endless curiosity.

Because they all knew that the master had not slept all night last night and had been pacing back and forth in the courtyard, looking anxious.

So I expected something big to happen, but I didn't expect to see such a person covered in blood.

At this time, Ji You followed He Zhang into the study and found that the registers of Tianshu Academy and the documents of Daxia were all placed on the desk.

The register of the Heavenly Academy records Ji You's immortal status and the approval for the establishment of his family.

The Daxia documents recorded matters related to taxation, which were now laid out before him one by one.

"This year's tax collection is about to begin. Master Ji, you have come just in time. If you sign these two documents, you will be considered to have established your family. From now on, Fengzhou will have its first immortal cultivation family."

Upon hearing this, the ladies, young ladies and young masters who were eavesdropping inside the mansion could not help but open their eyes wide.

Ji You picked up the brush on the table, carefully read every line of words on the documents and registers, and then wrote his name on the top.

"In the future, Fengzhou will no longer pay tribute to foreign immortals."

(Two in one, I will try to write more tomorrow, please give me a monthly ticket...) (End of this chapter)