Chapter 200: Traveling Together
The fact that Ji You had a close relationship with Danzong and was able to purchase priceless elixirs from Danzong spread quickly.
From then on, the letters sent to Tianshuyuan were not only from Tianshuyuan and Shengjing, but even had lettermarks from Yunzhou and Youzhou.
Most of the people who sent the letters were middle-level cultivators from middle-class families.
Regarding this matter, the two Danzong elders who received the money turned a blind eye. They just met with him symbolically and drank a cup of tea with him, and did not interfere too much.
Danzong’s attitude is actually not surprising.
Because for thousands of years, their direct sales channels have always been only immortal sects and thousand-year-old families, and only the spare pills will be sold at a marked-up price through businesses such as Qionghua Pavilion and Wannianxuan.
This is not because Danzong is really unwilling to sell it, but partly because of the constraints of the world situation.
The Immortal Sect does not want a more powerful Millennium Family to emerge, the Millennium Family does not want a more powerful Hundred-Year Family to emerge, and the Hundred-Year Family does not want a new Family to emerge.
Therefore, the circulation of elixirs has always been a focus of attention.
This involves the balance among the nine states, and even involves the attitudes of the six major immortal sects and those thousand-year-old families towards the Dan Sect.
The status of Danzong is indeed high, far surpassing the thousand-year-old families and ranking among the seven sects, but this cannot change the fact that Danzong generally has no combat power.
After experiencing the dark ages when alchemists were captured and held captive, the Dan Sect has been holding the attitude of "less trouble is worse than more" over the years and has been strictly controlling the sales of elixirs.
It's like they have a poison pill that can kill those who have reached the fifth level, but they only dare to use it to protect themselves and have never sold it to others.
Because sometimes hatred is not just directed at the murderer, sometimes it is also directed at the knife used to kill.
In particular, many aristocratic families have never given up their desire for Danzong, but they are unable to take action due to the current balanced situation.
In fact, this is similar to Yunzhou's cautious attitude towards Ji You. The reason why they dare not act rashly is that while they are targeting Ji You, they may not be watched by anyone else.
There are several families with deep roots in Tianshu Academy, such as the Fang family and the You family. The middle-level members of their families have actually always been very interested in the spirit stone business in Yunzhou.
If they attacked Ji You, it would be equivalent to giving others a reason to attack them.
By then, no matter whether it is a family that claims to protect the disciples of Tianshu Academy or a family that claims to maintain the rules of immortality, they can go to Yunzhou to get a share of the pie with justification.
Therefore, upper-middle class families like the Lu family are often the most supportive of the Qingyun Immortal Rules.
This is just like when Ji You went to Fengzhou Prefecture to establish a noble family, and although Ban Yangshu, Wen Zhengxin and Bai Rulong were worried to death, they still did not dare to participate due to their family's position.
The same is true for Danzong.
Although the pills can be sold to anyone, some money is hot to hold in your hands.
Now that there is someone willing to help them bear the risk of the downward circulation of elixirs, it will not be a bad thing for them. It may even add more room for maneuver for the circulation of those gray elixirs in their Dan Sect.
More importantly, this matter is justifiable both in terms of immortal rules and in terms of common sense.
After all, everyone in Qingyun knows that there is an affair between the daughter of Danzong and Ji You, so even the Immortal Sect and the aristocratic families cannot blame Danzong for this matter.
Qingyun Tianxia is just like this. In Ji You's words, it is a pile of very high building blocks, shaky and seemingly about to collapse but still maintaining a delicate balance.
Later, Ji You from Tianshuyuan was favored by the daughter of Danzong with his good health, and the rumor of selling elixirs publicly began to spread...
"I heard that Ji You sold a lot of pills in Shengjing."
"Medicine?"
"Qianyuan Pill, Changbai Pill, Longxiang Pill, Tianhe Pill, Biling Pill..."
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"How can these pills be sold casually?!"
"I have already asked the elder brother from the Tianshu Academy, it is true, I don't know where Ji You got his luck from, it seems like he is going to marry into the Dan Sect..."
Although Fengzhou is vast and poor, and news of it is not as widely spread as in other states, the people who come here to set up the Xianzhuang are all from aristocratic families in the other eight states.
Ever since the owners of the five major immortal villas, Risheng, Taizhen, Fuyan, Qiyun and Changqing, were beheaded by Master Ji You and his two disciples at Yecheng Mountain, Juguang, Tianyan and Dongsheng have become the three largest foreign immortal villas in Fengzhou.
When Ji You was promoting joint harvesting and joint excavation in Fengzhou under the pretext of taxation, many disciples from the lower three realms in their fairy villa went there.
The three owners of the manor had been turning a blind eye and had not stopped it. In fact, they wanted to reopen the card table and reshuffle the tax shares by getting at Kasuga Kasuga Jiyou, who was jointly reclaiming and farming.
They have even decided to follow Ji You's example and take over the reclaimed land as the property of their own village, and have the people cultivate it for them.
By then, you won’t need to pay taxes anymore, and you can live a life of luxury.
But when the news of Ji You selling the elixir came, Juguang, Tianyan and Dongsheng suddenly fell silent.
There is no cultivator who does not desire a higher realm. They come from far away because they are looked down upon by their families due to their low talents.
Compared to pleasure and greed, state of mind is the most entangled and the most difficult to let go of among all distractions for them...
At this time in the Tianshu Academy, Lu Qingqiu received two Juxuan Pills brought out from the inner courtyard by the disciples of the Dean's Academy.
There are not many effective elixirs for achieving complete breakthrough in the lower three realms, there are only two.
What can be bought on the market is the Shen Bu Dan, which is the kind of elixir that Ji You wanted to try when he first entered Tian Shuyuan, but he and Cao Jinsong together could not afford.
The efficacy of Juxuan Dan far exceeds that of Bu Shen Dan, and it is the version that cannot be bought.
However, Lu Qingqiu did not mean that he could buy it at the beginning, because Ji You had just fallen out with their Lingshi Chamber of Commerce some time ago.
But she still bought it...
The problem is that neither Fang Jincheng nor Puyang Xing bought it.
There shouldn't be many spare pills of Juxuan Dan, and when the number of goods is small and the number of buyers is large, the seller can choose buyers according to their preferences.
Lu Qingqiu didn't expect that after the confrontation between Lingshi Chamber of Commerce and Ji You, he would still choose to sell it to the two sisters first.
"Why did Ji You sell this pill to us?"
"Master Ji said that you often invite him to dinner."
"That meal... is actually not worth much. I know Fang Jincheng actually offered three times the price for this Juxuan Pill."
"Master Ji said that for the poor, that meal was very valuable."
The disciple in charge of the academy said, "I still have to go and deliver the elixir to Master Ji. Bye."
The number of spare pills was not too large, and it didn't take long for the news to spread that the pills were sold out.
Coincidentally, the New Year's Day has quietly arrived at this time.
The East and West Markets were closed two days in advance. When dusk fell, the eight-treasure glazed palace lanterns were hung under the vermilion eaves, and the twelve zodiac gauze lanterns hanging between the pillars were lit up together, and the whole long street was instantly decorated into a winding river of stars.
Afterwards, a flower stand was built, and the sound of drums and music startled the copper bells on the eaves to ring clearly.
Then there were several gardens in the capital, such as Chunchi Garden and Winter Palace, which were also booked by the city's noble families, and they paved the way with red carpets to host guests.
There was endless chatting while drinking and drinking tea around the fire.
At a gathering of immortal cultivators, the topics of conversation basically revolve around matters of immortal cultivation, and matters of immortal cultivation cannot be avoided without spiritual stones and elixirs.
The lively conversations here would often come to an abrupt halt, because no matter whether the topic was spirit stones or elixirs, the name of that country private cultivator could not be avoided.
In fact, whether it was the Gathering of Immortals Banquet in Chunchi Garden or the Ascension Banquet in Winter Palace, visiting invitations were sent to Ji You.
However, the invited guests did not come, because at that time Ji You was sitting in Kuang Cheng's yard, looking at the exquisitely surveyed map of Fengzhou.
During the two days of selling the elixir, Sixianjian had already selected the transportation route to Fengzhou, and it was now delivered to Ji You.
After Ji You and Kuang Cheng discussed for a long time, they felt that the current route design of the Sixianjian was acceptable, so they finalized it.
"It is estimated that it will take half a year to repair the official road. The Immortal Supervisor plans to transport it first via the old road on the west side of Fengzhou."
"Okay, then let the Snow Region Demon Stone enter the customs first."
Kuang Cheng nodded gently and put away the road map of the Sixian Prison. Then he lowered his voice and asked, "Brother Ji, how have you been these days?"
Ji You came back to his senses and looked at him: "Okay, why would it be bad?"
"When I heard that Miss Yuan had arrived at Tianshuyuan, I had nightmares for several days in a row."
"What nightmare?"
"I dreamed that your legs were broken and you were crawling on the Nishan Sacred Road. When I woke up, I was covered in cold sweat. So I wanted to go to Tianshuyuan to inquire about your situation many times, but I felt that I could not bear this bad news."
When Kuang Cheng said this, he couldn't help but think of the scene in his dream again, and his eyes revealed a lingering fear.
Ji You spun the teacup on the table between his fingertips at this time: "That's because you don't understand my family's throne. My Ji family has strict rules for husbands and wives. How can little Yan Shuyi, even if she is the empress of Yingtian Realm, turn the tables in my backyard?"
Kuang Cheng looked at the wound at the corner of his mouth and said, "Brother Ji, don't be so stubborn. Was this scratched by Fairy Yan?"
"The pure scholar knows nothing. This is a reward."
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Yuan Chen was sitting next to them at this time. He didn’t understand what the two of them had just said about the transportation route of the spirit stones in Fengzhou, and he didn’t understand what his brother-in-law was talking about as a reward...
Ji You picked up the teacup, took a sip of tea, then turned to look outside the yard, his eyes fell on the three women in the tea pavilion in the yard.
Yan Shuyi was sitting in a seat near the inside, his eyelashes trembling, drinking tea proudly.
Yuan Caiwei was also holding a teacup in her hand, as quiet as a lady from a noble family, but her eyes kept looking at the corner of Yan Shuyi's mouth hidden by the teacup. Wherever her eyes went, a wound similar to a tooth mark was faintly visible.
This wound is the same as the one I saw on the corner of Master Ji’s lips yesterday morning.
"Is the Master's sister also angry?"
Yan Shu also nodded calmly: "Shengjing is drier than Lingzhou, and it will get hot if you are not careful."
Wei Rui also sat with them, appearing quiet and well-behaved, but in fact she was secretly observing the two sisters in front of her out of the corner of her eyes.
However, her gaze was more focused on Yan Shuyi, and she looked at him very carefully, not missing any of his movements and expressions.
At this time, the sun began to sink towards the west, and the yard outside was already becoming bustling.
The five of them came out of Tianshuyuan today just to visit the Lantern Festival, and now the time is almost up, so they decided to go out, but the combination of their going out is a bit subtle.
Because if only Ji You and Yan Shuyi were shopping together, and Ji You wanted to hold hands, Yan Shuyi would probably let the sword energy on his body whistle for a while, and then let him hold hands.
If Ji You were shopping with Yuan Caiwei, and wanted to hold hands, Yuan Caiwei would probably be shy for a moment, then whisper, "Sir, how can you do this?", and then she would obediently let him hold her hand.
But... because there were so many people there, in the end Yan Shuyi and Yuan Caiwei walked hand in hand around the street.
On the other side, although Kuang Cheng hadn't held hands yet, the feeling of Wei Rui gently pulling the corner of his clothes from behind was also very intimate.
Only Ji You looked at Yuan Chen beside him. Hearing him muttering about going to the street to listen to stories, he couldn't help but doubt his life.
"Brother Ji originally thought that he was alone, so he didn't plan to go shopping in Xinyuan, but he was still very happy when Fairy Yan came to Shengjing, but he probably didn't expect that two people would come at once."
"Two arms is fine, after all, Brother Ji has two arms. I'm wondering what to do if the princess of the demon tribe comes."
"If all three are here, where will Your Highness Princess be?"
Kuang Cheng couldn't help but mutter, a little worried about Brother Ji...
There were so many people at the Lantern Festival that it felt crowded, and people gradually began to disperse.
Kuang Cheng and Wei Rui naturally separated on purpose and looked for places with few people to hide in, but no one dared to take action.
When he met Ji You again, he was already in the middle of the Lantern Street. Yan Shuyi stood on the river bank with his hands behind his back with a cold and arrogant look on his face, like a fairy descending to the earth, but was soon pinched on the face by Ji You.
Kuang Cheng thought Ji You would be beaten for being so rude, but he found that Yan Shuyi only had a murderous expression on his face, but he was not angry at all.
Then the two of them walked towards the east. Wei Rui found that Yan Shuyi seemed to be walking behind Ji You deliberately. Before she could figure it out, she saw Sister Yan quietly reached out her hand, pulled the corner of Master Ji's clothes and then quickly let go.
But not long after, Yan Shuyi seemed to find that Ji You didn't notice, so he reached out his hand again, holding the corner of his clothes and never let go...
It was not until she saw Ji You's uncontrollable smile that she suddenly realized something and her eyes became sharper.
The fourth time they met was on the west side of South Street. Little Jianzhu wandered off somewhere, while Ji You and Yuan Caiwei met him at a jewelry stall.
There are more stalls and many more people on South Street.
While walking, Ji You subconsciously protected Yuan Caiwei, but found that the daughter of Danzong would fall into his arms accurately every time.
He thought that only Yan Shuyi would be so naughty, but he didn't expect that someone who seemed well-educated and well-mannered would be so naughty.
When they met for the fourth time, Yan Shuyi and Yuan Caiwei linked their arms again and followed Ji You towards the brothel where the performance was taking place.
Wei Rui and Kuang Cheng were at the arch bridge of South Street at this time. The position was relatively high, and if they raised their eyes slightly, they could see the dancers twisting their waists on the brothel, with their belly buttons exposed and their skin white as snow.
They noticed that Ji You turned his head several times calmly, looking at the singer with a snow-white waist with a slightly critical look.
Soon, people walking past them subconsciously wrapped their clothes tightly.
My brother Ji is so busy.
Kuang Cheng couldn't help but sigh, and once again thought of Ji You's dream of climbing the shrine. He always felt that maybe one day he would see the real thing.
And Kuang Cheng and Wei Rui were not the only ones who had their eyes fixed on them.
In the brothels along the street were Princess Changle, the eldest lady of Yunzhou, Lu Qingqiu, the second lady, Lu Hanyan, as well as some other disciples of the Immortal Sect and young ladies from the capital, all looking down.
Ji You himself was attractive enough to them, not to mention Yuan Caiwei, the daughter of Danzong. But what actually made them more curious was the woman with a veil and no aura fluctuations.
Yuan Caiwei's status and position are extremely high, because she is the daughter of the head of the Dan Sect and a fifth-grade alchemist.
Although Lu Qingqiu and Zhao Yunyue, one is the eldest daughter of the Lingshi family and the other is a disciple of Princess Daxia of Lingjian Mountain, they cannot compare with the bloodline of this immortal sect.
But the problem is, how can a daughter of such a high status as the Dan Sect accept sharing a husband with a mortal woman? Even if she can accept it, how can the Dan Sect allow it?
But what puzzled them was that what they originally thought was impossible was now happening before their eyes.
What is even more unbelievable is the way Yuan and the others get along with each other.
The veiled woman has always lived in Ji You's yard, and Yuan Caiwei basically left Ji You's yard in the evening these days and then went back there early the next morning.
According to common sense, Yuan Caiwei was a bit humble, and according to custom, it was even more serious, because this was clearly the rule for the second wife to pay respects to the first wife...
Perhaps this doesn’t mean anything to others, because Yuan Caiwei has not yet married Ji You.
But the problem is that since she is the daughter of Danzong, even if Yunying is still unmarried and cannot stay overnight in Ji You's yard, she should not allow another woman to stay overnight, let alone go there willingly the next day.
So the only possibility is that Yuan Caiwei doesn’t think this is an offense at all.
Zhao Yunyue couldn't figure it out and felt that the only possibility was that Yuan Caiwei was too soft-hearted and couldn't control Ji You's backyard.
At this time, Lu Qingqiu couldn't help but take out the two pills from his arms, and his heart couldn't help but move slightly.
When she first learned about Ji You and Yuan Caiwei's affair, she was actually a little bored, but now seeing that Yuan Caiwei couldn't even control an ordinary woman, she couldn't help but become interested again.
After thinking for a long time, Lu Qingqiu handed the pill in his hand to his sister Lu Hanyan.
Lu Hanyan was also looking down at this time. She came back to her senses when her elder sister patted her on the shoulder. She was a little stunned when she saw the pill.
She knew that there was a conflict between the Lingshi Chamber of Commerce and Ji You, and she also knew that Fang Jincheng had spent three times the price to buy the elixir and thought he would not be able to buy it.
Lu Qingqiu looked at his sister: "Xinyuan will teach you to practice hard in the future, and strive to enter the inner courtyard in autumn."
Lu Hanyan suddenly bit her red lips tightly, and a layer of mist rose in her beautiful eyes: "I will definitely not let Senior Brother Ji down."
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The night deepened quickly, the lanterns in the city became more and more prosperous, and the aroma of wine gradually diffused into the cold winter wind.
In fact, sometimes it doesn’t matter where you go or when you go, what matters is who you go with. So the five of them were quite satisfied as they walked back and forth along the East Street, West Street, Dengxiang Lane and Arch Bridge.
Only Yuan Caiwei felt like something was missing a few times, but she couldn't remember what it was.
(End of this chapter)
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