Chapter 161 Magical weapon: Crescent Moon Scimitar!

The next morning, it rained in Fengzhou and the autumn wind was biting.

After being washed by rain, the ochre-colored city walls of Fengzhou Prefecture revealed their original gray bricks.

The trickles of water converge on the street and finally flow eastward.

At this time, in the east wing guest room of Fengzhou Prefecture, Ji You slept until noon. After opening his eyes, he looked at the red-painted beams for a long time, and then got up from the bed.

After the urgent news from eight hundred miles away spread throughout Fengzhou, his tense spirit suddenly relaxed, and then he felt endless fatigue.

After a good night's sleep, I finally got back to normal.

Ji You got up, put on his clothes, and walked out the door.

He Zhang was in the courtyard at this time, standing with Cao Jinsong and Pei Ruyi. In front of him were the twelve young masters of the mansion, who were the grandsons of the governor of Hezhou.

The older one should be about eleven or twelve years old, and the younger one is only five years old.

He Zhang has four sons. They also practiced cultivation with Xianzhuang for a period of time. However, because they did not have good talent for cultivation, they stopped at the Wei Zhao realm and could not even reach the Ning Hua realm.

So while everyone from Tianshuyuan was at home, he specially invited Cao Jinsong and Pei Ruyi to check the bones of his grandson, all for the future of their He family.

Ji You looked in the corridor for a long time and couldn't help but think of Scholar Kuang.

In the second year of Taiwu, before leaving Yuyang County, he also had the idea of ​​becoming a fourth-rank official, having crazy children, and sending his offspring to the Immortal Sect in order to expand his family.

"These two children have good physiques and can be trained. The older one is also okay, but he is a little too old and may not be able to achieve anything."

"I see……"

However, He Zhang was not discouraged. Instead, he called over several daughters of the mansion. They were all sixteen years old, and the oldest was only seventeen or eighteen years old. They lined up in the corridor.

Cao Jinsong was slightly startled: "The ages of these daughters in your family seem to be older than the eldest son just now. It's too late for them to practice cultivation now."

"I don't pursue spiritual cultivation anymore, but I'm still the right age to be Master Ji's junior."

"?"

Cao Jinsong suddenly realized, and thought to himself that this was what he was thinking, and he didn't find it strange anymore.

In this world of Qingyun, no matter whether one cultivates immortality or not, all rely on having children and marrying into other families to expand their family base. The princess in Shengjing and the daughter of Yunzhou are like this, so they are naturally no exception.

But Cao Jinsong still smacked his lips and said, "He has many fiancées."

He Zhang opened his mouth and said, "A real man should do this."

"But he often gets tired of the old and likes new things, changing one after another."

"?"

Oh, Lao Cao's pockets seem to be getting fatter, and he is getting a little impatient...

Ji You was already sitting at the tea table in the courtyard. He picked up the teapot and poured a cup of tea, his eyes full of banditry.

When the sound of tea being poured into the cup was heard, He Zhang couldn't help but turn around and bowed slowly towards him.

"Sir, did you have a good rest last night?"

"Thank you for the hospitality, Lord Governor. I slept well."

He Zhang came over and said in a low voice, "Without their masters, only a few lower-level cultivators are left in the five great immortal villas. They started packing up yesterday and prepared to evacuate Fengzhou."

Ji You held the teacup in the air, his brows raised instantly: "Leave? What about my spiritual treasure? What if they take my spiritual treasure away?"

Cao Jinsong also followed at this time, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but tremble slightly, thinking that those immortal villages deserved their bad luck.

Why don’t you just make up something else, but you have to make up a magical treasure?

This boy is extraordinary. Normally, he would hit a tree without dates with three sticks. Now you have made up a magical treasure for yourselves. Isn't it like a sheep walking into a tiger's mouth?

"This morning, some immortal villages sent spiritual treasures here..."

"?"

He Zhang stretched out his hands and clapped twice, and then he saw dozens of servants in the mansion coming up carrying a dozen large boxes. They then placed the boxes on the ground and opened them one by one.

The first few boxes were filled with spirit stones, numbering several thousand, and the ones at the back were filled with various kinds of magical instruments of high quality.

Later, spiritual wine brewed from magical herbs and seedlings, as well as some pills treasured in the fairy manor were carried into the palace.

The offerings that these immortal villas had collected here in previous years were exchanged for tradable items, and then these items were purchased in other states.

In addition to these immortal items, countless gold, silver and jewelry were also sent along.

Ji You could tell at just one glance that this was more wealth than he had ever seen in his entire life.

However, there are indeed no spiritual treasures among them, but it is obvious that these are spiritual treasures.

The five major immortal villas in Fengzhou are leaderless at the moment, with only some people in the lower three realms left in the villa, who are eager to leave first.

However, there are still some immortal villages that are unwilling to give up. Even though they know that Fengzhou today is no longer the Fengzhou of yesterday, they are still unwilling to let go.

In their view, the other eight states among the Nine States were full of aristocratic families, and there were even high-ranking immortal sects, and they simply could not survive there.

But the situation in Fengzhou is different.

Ji You established a noble family, but in the final analysis he was still alone, unlike other noble families who had descendants spreading out and forming a secret network.

Even if I can't enjoy the offerings, it's still much better than leaving here.

Therefore, we must have a spiritual treasure at this moment.

Because if this "magic treasure" cannot be found, Ji You will always have a reason to attack them.

Pei Ruyi was looking at something at this time and couldn't help but say: "I didn't expect that Junior Brother only took a detour for a year and finally got back on track."

Ji Youxin said that Senior Sister really understood me, and then turned to look at He Zhang: "Is this year's autumn harvest not over yet?"

He Zhang nodded: "We'll have to wait for some time."

Ji You suddenly laughed: "In fact, those immortal villas that want to stay think too badly of me. I didn't say that they can't eat the offerings."

Cao Jinsong suddenly looked up: "?"

Ji You raised his eyebrows slightly: "Of course they can eat the offerings, but they have to learn sword from me, and they have to practice for eight hours every day."

"What sword?"

"Combined harvest."

Cao Jinsong: “?”

Ji You threw the spirit stone in his hand back into the box: "Fengzhou has a large area, but the grain production is very low. In the final analysis, it is because everyone can't survive and has no strength to do so. From now on, the land of Fengzhou will no longer support useless immortals."

Cao Jinsong suddenly opened his eyes wide, thinking what is this about practicing sword skills? Are they going to drive all those immortal cultivators to the fields to cut wheat?

This is not an offering to those immortal manors, it's simply a waste of money! Ji You stretched out his hand and summoned a long sword: "I have made great progress in swordsmanship in the past few days, and have gained some insights. I also created a sword move called Joint Reclamation. These two moves are not difficult, and those in the lower three realms can also learn them. The foreign immortal manors are blessed."

After hearing this, He Zhang's teeth chattered.

When huge energy appears and we want to promote social development, we should always liberate productivity and never let one person or one family dominate.

Otherwise, this energy will form malignant tumors, leading to more and more terminal illnesses.

However, Fengzhou Prefecture did not publicize Ji You's arrangement, but only spread it cautiously.

In fact, the members of these foreign immortal villages in Fengzhou are not like the aristocratic families in other states and counties. They all have the same surname and are bound by blood and extremely united.

They are often vagrant soldiers from various families. Although they are all in the same fairy village, they all have their own thoughts.

Faced with the conditions proposed by Ji You, some villa owners and elders naturally couldn't bring themselves to agree, but some people in the lower three realms who were not at a high level and had no status in the villa might not be immune to this temptation.

"If I learn swordsmanship from Ji You, can I enjoy this year's offerings?"

"Yes, I heard from the people in Fengzhou Prefecture that this is indeed what they said. Zhang Pingyang and his team have already been there today."

"Is there such a good thing? I can learn sword skills and receive offerings?"

"Not only that, it is said that he will also give magical tools!"

"Haha, what is the human way, the clear world, it sounds good to say, but it's just a tiger skin as a banner. Look, after signing the document, he also started to use some benefits to gather the surrounding forces. Think about it, which family in Yunzhou, Youzhou, and Liangzhou did not rise in this way."

"No wonder the owner said that if we stay here, we may still have a chance..."

"Ji You is a human being after all. He knows in his heart that even if he kills five owners of the immortal manors, he cannot shock all of them by himself. Others use courtesy first and then force, but this time he uses force first and then courtesy, which is the best strategy."

At Tianyuan Villa, not far from Fengzhou Prefecture, several disciples at the Condensation Realm were sitting together and discussing.

Among them was a man in his thirties at the Condensation Realm named Pang Yue. He seemed eager to try out the idea of ​​eating offerings while practicing sword skills.

While they were discussing, a figure came over, looking a little tired, and pushed the door open to enter Tianyuan Villa. It was Zhang Pingyang whom they had talked about before.

Pang Yue instantly raised his head in the stone pavilion and said, "Junior brother, you went to Fengzhou Prefecture? How was it?"

Zhang Pingyang's mouth trembled slightly: "Ji You's swordsmanship is indeed... extremely powerful."

"So the teaching of swordsmanship is real?"

"Um."

Pang Yue opened his mouth and asked, "What about the offering?"

Zhang Pingyang hesitated for a long time before speaking: "Ji You did agree that if you study well, you will be rewarded, but not as much as before."

"It's good enough to give him some. After all, he has learned the sword art from others. For cultivators like me, ability is the most important. This is much better than before."

"yes……"

Pang Yue glanced down at this moment, his eyes attracted by the object in Zhang Pingyue's hand: "Hey, what's in your hand, Junior Brother?"

Zhang Pingyang pointed the thing in his hand behind him and said, "It's nothing. This is the magic weapon they gave me, the Crescent Moon Scimitar..."

"Are you really giving me a magical weapon? It seems the rumors are true. But why does this look so much like a sickle used by farmers?"

"Well, weapons all over the world are of similar shapes. Scythes, swords, guillotines, scimitars, don't they all have handles and blades? It's okay if they look alike."

Pang Yue couldn't help but nodded, thinking that what he said made sense: "Then does Ji You have any other requirements for recruiting a disciple?"

Zhang Pingyang shook his head: "There are no requirements, you just need to register, all of you brothers can go."

"Great! I'll go take a look tomorrow. The Ji family has just been established and is isolated and helpless in Fengzhou. They need help. I'm already in the Condensation Realm. If I go early, I might even be able to become a guest of honor!"

"Yes, yes, you are the guest of honor."

For a member of a noble family like Pang Yue, coming to Fengzhou was actually a reluctant move.

The Tianyuan Immortal Manor where he is now is not the property of their Pang family, and the owner of the manor is just an upper-level Tongxuan realm.

So in comparison, he felt that following Ji You would actually have a much better future than staying here, because that was a noble family, and he could also practice Ji You's swordsmanship.

That was the sword technique that had killed all the villa owners and elders in the mountain.

On the second day, Pang Yue went to Fengzhou Prefecture with several fellow practitioners from Xianzhuang and did not return until dusk.

At this time, there were some immortal cultivators in Tianyuan Immortal Villa. Like Pang Yue last night, they were also sitting in the pavilion, discussing the fact that the children of the villa could still eat the offerings.

Soon, a figure walked out of Tianyuan Villa and entered their sight under the cover of darkness.

"Brother Pang Yue, you went to Fengzhou Prefecture? Is the rumor true or false?"

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“It’s true…”

"What did you take?"

"Magic weapon, Crescent Moon Scimitar..."

For the next three days, it rained continuously in Fengzhou.

Wen Zhengxin, Ban Yangshu and Bai Rulong arrived at Changning Ferry on a fairy boat, then changed to a carriage and headed to Fengzhou Prefecture.

They had said at the beginning that when Ji You established a noble family, they would join as worshippers, and now they are here for this purpose.

However, as their carriage got closer to Fengzhou Prefecture, their eyes became dazed, and this expression remained almost throughout the journey.

Because wherever they passed by, in every harvested wheat field there was an immortal cultivator holding a sickle, frantically harvesting wheat, and muttering something like [Kendo·Combined Harvesting]! There were countless old farmers beside the fields, at a loss, waiting anxiously.

What is going on? Has the immortal master become so impatient this year that he has started to go to the fields himself to collect offerings?

Before Wen Zhengxin and the other two entered the city, they saw Ji You in the drizzling rain.

At this time of autumn rain, Ji You was standing in the field, watching a sickle flying close to the ground and harvesting thousands of ripe wheat.

A group of people surrounded him, including Cao Jinsong, Pei Ruyi, and officials in charge of various affairs in the provincial government.

These people all had complicated expressions when they looked at the immortal masters holding [Crescent Moon Scimitars] and carrying out [Joint Harvesting] in the fields.

"Junior Brother Ji!"

"?"

Ji You turned his head and looked, his eyes slightly bright: "Senior Sister Wen, Senior Brother Ban, Rulong?"

The three of them got off the carriage at the same time and walked towards this place. Looking at the cultivators in the field, they couldn't help but ask: "What... is going on?"

"Foreign immortal villages have deep roots here, and some clearly want to stay and are unwilling to leave."

"In fact, what they said is not wrong. I am alone all the time, and it is difficult for me to control the entire Fengzhou. Now that the public offerings are gone, sooner or later these people will be unable to resist and secretly plunder the local area, becoming the real bandits that bring chaos to Fengzhou."

"So, I want to make an exception for them. They can still have food to eat if we offer them food. We are now landlords, and the people don't have to work so hard. It's a three-pronged approach."

Wen Zhengxin opened his mouth and said, "So you threatened them to go to the fields to farm? How could they be so obedient?"

Ji You looked at Wen Zhengxin with a strange expression: "What do you mean by farming? They are practicing Taoism. Look, they are holding the crescent-shaped scimitars and practicing the sword art [Joint Harvesting] that I taught them. That's what they say when they go out."

"?"

"Immortal cultivators also need to maintain their reputation, so don't talk nonsense about farming."

At this time, a 60-year-old Fengzhou official came over and bowed: "Master Ji, I have found a crop that can be harvested three times a year, and the price is higher than grains."

Ji You smiled brightly after hearing this, thinking that what he thought was coming true: "Let them practice [joint reclamation] during the spring ploughing, and we will try planting a few acres."

Wen Zhengxin, Ban Yangshu and Bai Rulong looked at Ji You at this time, then glanced at the sixty-year-old official, thinking that he was a living devil.

Then they turned to look at the cultivators who were contacting [Joint Harvest], thinking that these were living cattle and horses.

But...will this really work? Wen Zhengxin and Ban Yangshu looked at each other, feeling a little worried.

Ji You, Cao Jiaoxi and Ruyi killed many people in the mountains that day, which was enough to shock these mountain villas for some time.

But forcing them to farm in the name of practicing kendo may be okay once or twice, but it will definitely cause trouble in the long run.

Especially those who are harvesting together in the fields. Although they are just the scraps of the major families, they still have the blood of the major families. Even if these people think it is nothing, those major families will know how can they tolerate their children being treated like cattle and horses here.

Junior brother’s swordsmanship is unparalleled, but he is still at the Tongxuan realm after all.

There are no immortal sects or aristocratic families in Fengzhou, so Junior Brother has picked up a bargain, but he is still some distance away from suppressing the entire area.

Let alone a thousand-year-old family like the Chu family, even some ordinary families have a borderless foundation.

It's not that they think Ji You cannot reach the boundless realm, but they are afraid that after Ji You established a family this time, his Taoism will be contaminated by worldly things and he will neglect his practice.

At this moment, Bai Rulong looked at Ji You with a dazed look in his eyes.

"It seems like the rain never falls on Brother Ji, and it just runs away on its own."

"?"

Wen Zhengxin and Ban Yangshu were stunned for a moment and looked at Ji You.

He indeed did not hold an umbrella, and as he stood on the ridge of the field, his clothes were still dry.

But what's so strange about this?

Practitioners can use spiritual energy to protect their bodies, not only against wind and cold, but also against rain. It is not surprising at all.

However, the two soon realized that "it won't fall on Brother Ji" was not the point, the point was that "it will run away by itself".

Because the effect of using spiritual energy to block the rain is actually to bounce the falling rain away. As for where the rain will fly to, it is not under their control at all. However, the rain that fell from the gloomy sky to Ji You was not bounced away, but seemed to be affected by some air flow, sliding smoothly and falling to the ground in a curved route.

The two were stunned upon seeing this, and then used their spiritual senses to begin capturing the subtle details of his body. They saw an inexplicable energy slowly flowing around him, surrounding his body.

The rain was blocked by this energy, turned a corner along with it, and then fell into the countryside soil.

"Is it a spell...?"

Wen Zhengxin glanced at Ban Yangshu.

Ban Yangshu nodded: "Yeah."

Wen Zhengxin turned his head and couldn't help but think of the discussions he heard in the courtyard a few days ago.

Some people said that during the battle at Yecheng Mountain, two owners of Xianzhuang joined forces to attack and kill Ji You, but each attack failed to hit the target completely, as if some kind of energy deflected their weapons.

Others might feel that they only half understand what this means, but those who had seen Qiu Dou at the time should have had the same complicated thoughts as them.

Junior Brother Ji's current body-circling technique is very similar to the technique Chu He used to counter his swordsmanship.

"Most people in Tongxuan realm can only get a glimpse of the Way of Heaven and observe its mysteries, but they don't know the method. To truly practice Taoism, one still needs to reach Rongdao realm."

"This is not absolute. The Chuhe family's inherited magic can also be used by people at the Tongxuan realm."

"But that is their family tradition after all. How did Junior Brother Ji learn this from?"

The two of them looked at the cool breeze surrounding him, somewhat puzzled, and their gazes could not help but shift to Pei Ruyi and Cao Jinsong.

At this moment, the two of them were also looking at Ji You in the rain, with somewhat indescribable expressions on their faces.

When the battle broke out at Yecheng Mountain that day, Cao Jinsong noticed the energy surrounding Ji You, but at that time he was busy fighting for life and death and did not pay too much attention to it.

In addition, the focus of the past few days has been on building a family, so this time has been neglected.

But this morning, when they came to the edge of the filled field in the autumn rain, they noticed this scene, and they were also very confused at this moment.

Just as Cao Jinsong said before, there are countless great truths that can only be understood but not expressed in words, and they don’t know what Ji You has cultivated.

Then everyone left the fields and walked towards Fengzhou Prefecture in the falling rain.

Ban Yangshu, Wen Zhengxin and Bai Rulong were officially registered as Ji family worshippers. Together with Pei Ruyi, his family now has three people in the Rong Dao realm, one in the Tong Xuan realm, and one in the lower three realms.

Such a configuration is actually very impressive in Fengzhou. After all, among those pretentious villas, only the owners can reach the Rong Dao realm.

"I am happy today and will exempt Senior Brother Ban, Senior Sister Wen and Rulong from three years of tribute."

"Junior brother, actually the status of offering sacrifices means that you have to give us money."

"What?"

Ji You frowned after hearing this: "So outrageous? Don't worry, our family doesn't have such inhumane rules."

The Dragon Immortal Emperor smacked his lips and said, "If you think about it, they are worse than those working in the fields. They have to pay money to make offerings. They are worse than cattle and horses."

"The problem is that I don't have any money either, but I can't exploit the people like those immortal villages and eat human blood for offerings. Take your time, there is always a way to make money. Don't forget that there are so many of our customers here."

"?"

Bai Rulong looked at everyone in confusion: "What is a client?"

Pei Ruyi opened his mouth calmly: "What he meant was that he wanted to take you to rob."

"Robbed who?"

"It includes but is not limited to immortal manors, aristocratic families, and even... immortal sects."

Bai Rulong opened his eyes wide and turned to look at Ji You: "Is it too late for me to quit now?"

Ji You looked up at him and said, "If you quit, you will immediately become my first client."

Hearing this, the Dragon Immortal Emperor held his breath.

(asking for monthly ticket)

(End of this chapter)