Chapter 206: Death Determination
When spring gradually awakens in March, it is the time when peach blossoms are in full bloom.
Heading east from the eastern suburbs of Shengjing, you can see the ten thousand mu peach forest in Yunhe County from afar after leaving the city. From a distance, it looks all pink and moist. Every year, countless descendants of immortals and literati flock here.
Entering from the east side, there is a long trail among the lush peach trees. Going eastward, you will reach Peach Blossom Lake and Spring Breeze Pavilion.
Kuang Cheng and Wei Ruiben went for a stroll and chatted about the spring plowing in Fengzhou, the spectacular sight of immortal cultivators cultivating the land, and the drinking together of the immortal village disciples and the common people at night.
However, he did not tell Wei Rui that Fengzhou had taken in the private cultivator.
The more people know about this, the more likely Brother Ji will get into trouble. And whether Wei Rui knows about this or not, it won't have any impact.
The afternoon was a little overcast, dark clouds were gathering in the sky, and it seemed that a light rain was about to fall.
The weather was like this around the Qingming Festival. It was sunny just now, but it could rain in the blink of an eye. So the carriages that had gone out for an outing returned to Shengjing one after another.
Some people picked three or two branches of peach blossoms, while others drank three or two pots of tea.
Kuang Cheng and Wei Rui also returned on the same carriage, but before entering the city gate, Scholar Kuang got off the carriage and said goodbye to Miss Rui'er in the carriage.
This kind of caution, which came from cherishing the girl's reputation, made Wei Rui even more moved.
After saying goodbye, Kuang Cheng walked through Changsheng Street alone and felt a cold wind blowing in the city.
This is the lingering chill of winter. When it flows back now, it will probably bring two or three days of gloom and coldness, and then the temperature will continue to rise until summer.
Kuang Cheng walked along the alley, and before he reached his house, he saw a figure wandering in front of the door.
When he walked a little further forward, he found that the person standing at the door was Ji You. He was standing proudly in a white robe embroidered with silver thread, looking up at a peach tree in the courtyard opposite, holding a jar of wine in his hand.
"Brother Ji?"
"I came to have a couple of drinks with you."
Ji You turned around, picked up the wine jar and shook it towards him twice. The sound of wine sloshing came from the jar: "Open the door quickly, I've been standing here for a long time. I just said that you are a womanizer and you are hanging out with Wei Rui again?"
Kuang Cheng coughed, then stepped forward to unlock the copper lock of the courtyard gate: "The peach blossoms in Yunhe County are blooming exceptionally well this year, so I went to see them with Miss Rui'er."
"You can't find a baby by wandering around all day, so you should pick the flowers when they are ready to be picked, and don't wait until the flowers have fallen and the branches are empty."
"Brother Ji is really reckless!"
Kuang Cheng couldn't help but retort, and then he realized that Ji You's face was a little pale and his eyes were dark.
But before he could open his mouth to ask, Ji You had already walked in, reached out and broke the oil seal of the wine jar, and the aroma of wine overflowed and drifted into the yard.
Kuang Cheng followed in and asked, "Drinking in broad daylight?"
Ji You glanced at him and asked: "Do we have to distinguish between drinking during the day and drinking at night?"
"I'm just curious why Brother Ji is in such a good mood today and even brought his own wine?"
"Practicing Taoism is boring, and I feel a little restless, so I thought about going down the mountain to take a walk, but you are the only one I know in such a big city like Shengjing, and I walked here unconsciously. Go and get the bowl."
Kuang Cheng entered the room and took out the bowl, then placed it on the table. He saw the clear wine pouring out, and then he couldn't help but wonder if Brother Ji was going to rob money again.
Ji You picked up the wine bowl and said, "Come on, let's go."
Kuang Cheng raised his sleeves and cup, "It just so happens that I didn't sit at the same table with Brother Ji last time I came back, so this time I will drink a cup with Brother Ji."
After taking a sip of sake, Kuang Cheng suddenly felt a warm current flowing into his body.
Afterwards, the whole body seemed to become transparent, and there seemed to be a breeze surrounding the body and flowing out through the qi orifices.
Kuang Cheng opened his mouth and asked, "Spiritual wine?"
"Have you ever drunk it?"
"No, this thing is expensive and I can't afford it with my salary. But I heard from my colleagues that after taking a sip of the immortal spirit wine, the cultivators can feel the acupoints in their body being opened. What happened to Brother Ji today?"
Ji You held the wine bowl and looked at him: "It is difficult for a cultivator to feel anything when drinking ordinary wine, but ordinary people can nourish their bones by drinking spiritual wine. You are too thin, you need to eat more."
Kuang Cheng felt that Ji You's condition today seemed a little strange. He couldn't tell what was strange, but something was just wrong.
The usual playful and playful appearance is no longer seen, and instead he seems much more serious.
Fairy Yan was not around, and Miss Yuan had also left, so he had the mentality of an old widower again, and so I told him about the repair of the official road in Fengzhou.
The Sixianjian purchased a large number of spiritual tools to repair the road, and according to Ji You's original idea, the construction started in sections. The progress was very fast and it would be completed on the day of the Great Heat.
Ji You didn't say much after hearing this.
Just like he said before, he was just a small master and this was all he could do.
After the roads were built and wasteland was reclaimed, the future direction of Fengzhou was no longer under his control.
While waiting for the wine in the jar to run out of wine, Kuang Cheng told him about Wei Rui, saying that she had gently held his hand at the Peach Blossom Club, and Ji You had teased her with a few words.
Kuang Shusheng thought that this kind of development was normal. Although it was said that the love between men and women was like a layer of window paper, it was not so easy to break through.
How could it be possible that they were like Brother Ji and Fairy Yan, biting their lips like that as soon as they met?
Ji You didn't smile much today. Only when Kuang Cheng mentioned the young master would his mouth slightly raise, and then fall back quickly after changing the subject.
Soon, the wine was finished and Kuang Cheng's face began to turn red.
People from Yuyang County are all good at drinking. Kuang Cheng looks weak, but he can drink a lot. The same is true for Old Qiu and his wife.
But Ji You seemed to drink more, one bowl after another, and the amount he drank to begin with was getting less and less.
Until he felt his earlobes become extremely hot, and his sight seemed to have weight, and the air in front of him seemed to be dragging a honey-colored sticky thread, gradually rising up.
However, this was not a dizzying feeling, but a mental excitement that made him feel a little more relaxed.
"Leave."
"Hey, Brother Ji..."
Ji You burped: "I feel it now. I should be able to sleep when I go back."
Kuang Cheng was slightly stunned as he watched him walk out the door, thinking that it turned out that Brother Ji had come down the mountain to find me today just to drink.
At this time, Ji You went out along the road, walking along Changsheng Street all the way towards the direction of Mount Ni. Just after he passed the middle section, a layer of fine mist beads appeared around his body and floated outwards, and all the alcohol that he had swallowed before was evaporated by his burning body.
After walking a few more steps, Ji You paused for a moment, his mind became clear again, and the previous drunkenness had disappeared without a trace.
After the body training, both his body temperature and strength increased to the extreme, so that in his current body, even the effects of alcohol could not be retained for too long.
At this moment, Ji You couldn't help but look up at the gloomy sky and listen to the faint thunder.
No, it's not possible at all...
He stood on the street for a long time, thinking that he was no longer qualified to get drunk.
He was silent, and then walked towards Mount Ni. When passing by Bishui Lake, he also went to Cao Jinsong's yard, but turned around and left after not staying there for long.
Not long after, Wen Zhengxin, Ban Yangshu and Bai Rulong received the message and hurried to Cao Jinsong's yard.
Four people sat around the tea table in the yard, staring at the two money bags in front of them in a daze.
The purse on the left belongs to Cao Jinsong, and the one on the right belongs to Bai Rulong. The purse of Emperor Rulong was given by Ji You when he left the Snow Region. It is one size larger than the previous one, indicating that he should put more money in it in the future.
And both purses were full, even fuller than when they left their respective owners.
"Pay back the money?"
"Well, that's what he said."
Bai Rulong seemed to see the sun rising from the west: "Why?"
Cao Jinsong shook his head: "I don't know either. He left after putting down the money bag. However, he seems to have been looking for an opportunity to settle down recently. He came to rob money before because of his professionalism. Now he may be affected by distracting thoughts."
Ban Yangshu picked up the money bag and weighed it twice: "What distracting thoughts have affected Junior Brother Ji to make him take out all the money?"
Wen Zhengxin shook his head: "I can't imagine it."
"Could it be a manifestation of kindness?"
"If you have a kind heart, Junior Brother Ji should donate the money to the orphanage. It's not like he hasn't done that before."
Cao Jinsong held the teacup and felt that things were getting serious.
What kind of distracting thoughts a person has comes entirely from his background, past experiences and current events. Although others cannot discern this, it can be roughly judged based on his daily state.
For example, Ji You loves money very much, so people who want to kill him don’t need to put in any effort. They can just throw silver to lure him away.
So everyone knew that the yellow and white things must be one of Ji You's distractions, so it was not surprising at all that Cao Jinsong and Bai Rulong were robbed of their money some time ago.
But paying back the money was so unexpected that they simply couldn't understand what kind of thoughts Ji You had in mind to do such a thing.
Lust?
Lust could only drive him to find girls, and the money should have been spent in a brothel in Shengjing City.
However, Ji You doesn't seem to need to go to the brothel, as many of the senior and junior sisters in the hospital want to have a child with him, and they don't need to take responsibility for it.
Cao Jinsong and Bai Rulong were drinking tea and thinking at the table, and they were puzzled by Ji You's abnormal behavior.
At this moment, Wen Zhengxin was suddenly stunned and his brows slightly frowned.
"What's wrong?"
"In fact, if a person really wants to die, he will leave his wealth to those close to him. After all, gold and silver are things that you cannot bring with you when you are born and you cannot take with you when you die."
After Wen Zhengxin finished speaking, he raised his head and said, "I have an uncle who has been single since his wife died. One day, he went out to drink with his friends and left all his money to his children. Not long after, he drowned in a water tank at home."
Bai Rulong opened his mouth and said, "Can a water tank drown people?"
"If one is really determined to die, a basin of water can drown him."
Cao Jinsong immediately waved his hands and said, "Impossible. Ji You's cultivation path was smooth and unimpeded. He also established a noble family. He also fascinated the daughter of Dan Zong so much that she wanted to move to Fengzhou with him. In addition, he was extremely generous. How could he have the intention to die?"
Bai Rulong did not understand the Dao, and after hearing this, he could not help but ask: "Will distracting thoughts lead to a person's determination to die?"
"No, what makes people determined to die is not distractions, but obsession."
"What is obsession?"
"The heart is stuck, the spirit is concentrated, and it is unable to let go. It may be tied to things, or confined to emotions, or fixed in will. Although things have passed and circumstances have changed, it is still lingering in the heart and it is difficult to let go. It is impossible to let go."
Cao Jinsong added: "But few people have strong obsessions. Most people just have distracting thoughts."
Bai Rulong scratched his head: "Why?"
"Only immortal cultivators will encounter the Conscience Bureau, and immortal cultivators are almost all children of immortal families."
Hearing this, Bai Rulong immediately understood.
The children of immortal families have been living a life of luxury since childhood. They do not need to worry about survival. Even their path of cultivation has been arranged by others. They have no worries about food and drink, so they are naturally open-minded and most likely will not encounter any concerns that qualify as obsessions.
Even if there is, it won't reach the point where people will want to die...
Bai Rulong thought for a moment and then said, "What if I really have an obsession?"
Cao Jinsong stroked his beard for a while and then couldn't help but say, "Find a way to uncover it. Otherwise, you can only force yourself to forget it."
"Could it be because of the disaster that happened to the Ji family?"
"Won't."
Cao Jinsong shook his head: "The Ji family was not wiped out when they met with disaster. If Ji You was obsessed with this, he should have gone to look for him long ago. What's more strange is that he is now famous throughout the country, but those who fled have never come to look for him."
Ban Yangshu frowned slightly: "I guess I guessed wrong, Junior Brother Ji is usually lazy, could it be that he is suspicious?"
"What suspicion?"
"I suspect your silver is fake, and I'm going to return it at all costs."
At this moment, the gate of Cao Jinsong's courtyard was suddenly pushed open, and Ji You, who had come back to return the silver, came back again and walked into the courtyard.
Cao Jinsong and Bai Rulong were startled and quickly collected the two money bags on the table, looking at him vigilantly.
However, Ji You did not say anything, but just told Bai Rulong that there was a woman with a perky butt at the door. When Bai Rulong hurriedly got up and ran out of the door, he sat on the stone bench where he had just sat.
Then he looked at them with a faint expression but did not speak.
Bai Rulong quickly came back with a puzzled look on his face, wondering where there is a woman with such a perky butt. Then he saw Ji You sitting on his stone bench and understood everything.
At this time, Cao Jinsong, Wen Zhengxin and Ban Yangshu were all staring at him.
Ji You frowned slightly: "What were you talking about just now? Just continue chatting, don't pay attention to me."
Ban Yangshu and Cao Jinsong looked at each other and turned around: "We were just talking about why you returned the silver."
"What's the point of asking for silver? You can't buy everything with it."
Bai Rulong narrowed his eyes after hearing this: "What's wrong with Brother Ji? Why don't we go to the clinic to check it out?"
Cao Jinsong couldn't help but put down his teacup and asked, "Didn't you go back to the inner courtyard? Why are you back suddenly?"
Ji You heard the voice and said, "After I went back, I found that there was no one in the yard, so I wanted to come back and sit around."
"How is your search for the opportunity to establish the path?"
"That's fine. Oh, and by the way, does anyone have a spare room? I'd like to move in and stay for a few days."
Ban Yangshu was stunned for a moment: "Why is this?"
Ji You whispered, "I just don't want to be alone."
"I live with Ji Qirui."
Bai Rulong also opened his mouth: "I didn't enter the hospital after completing the lower three realms. I live in the men's dormitory with everyone else."
Cao Jinsong stroked his long beard and said, "Then you can live with me."
Ji You then said, "Thank you, Senior Sister Wen."
Cao Jinsong: “?”
Wen Zhengxin turned his head and looked at him: "If you are not afraid that the daughter of Danzong will be jealous, just come back with me."
What Fairy Zhengxin didn't expect was that after sunset, Ji You actually followed her back to the yard.
There were also bellybands drying on the bamboo rack in her yard, pink and green, embroidered with butterflies, flowers and plants, as well as a few silk underpants that looked like a set with the bellybands.
Wen Zhengxin stepped over the threshold, then took a few quick steps and ran to clean up, pretending to be calm.
Ji You was a little absent-minded, but subconsciously he seemed to be polite and started to clean up with her.
Ji You held his bellyband tightly in his hands as he walked from the south side of the bamboo frame to the north side. When he looked up again, he found that Wen Zhengxin was looking at him coldly with a red face: "Junior brother, the distracting thoughts in your mind must be lust."
Ji You looked at the bellyband in his hand in silence for a long time, and then returned it to her, but he couldn't help but sighed when handing it over.
Wen Zhengxin was stunned, then he looked down at his chest, his eyes narrowed instantly, revealing a hint of murderous intent.
It was definitely lust, but he was still not satisfied.
"You won't sneak into my room at night?"
"Senior sister, you have already done me a great favor by taking me in. There is no need to be so thorough in your hospitality."
"?"
Wen Zhengxin looked at his tired and lifeless face, and was not sure whether he was sincere or just teasing her, so he went back to the room holding his bellyband and underwear.
Fairy Zhengxin practiced Taoism throughout the whole night, but she also paid attention to the sounds outside from time to time. However, after a long time, there was still no movement.
So when the hour of Chou was approaching, Fairy Zhengxin put on her boots and walked to the main room. After thinking for a long time, she looked into the room, but found that Ji You was not in the room.
She frowned slightly, turned her head to look outside the yard, and found that Ji You was sitting in the night.
A person was standing there in a daze, silent and lifeless.
"Junior brother?"
"I'm fine, Senior Sister."
Wen Zhengxin watched him turn his head with tears in his eyes, so he was stunned for a moment. Just as he was about to ask him what was wrong, he saw the struggle in the other's eyes before he could say anything.
She suddenly understood why Ji You chose to live with her. It had little to do with lust. He was just afraid of being asked.
Although Cao Jinsong called him a traitor every day, he had high hopes for him and cared about him more than anyone else.
If Cao Jinsong saw this scene at this time, he would definitely ask Junior Brother Ji what happened.
So she pursed her lips, turned around, and walked into the room without saying a word.
The next morning, Wen Zhengxin got up, put on his outer robe and went to the yard. In fact, he was still a little worried about Ji You.
But when she arrived at the yard, she found that her yard seemed to have changed and was extremely tidy everywhere.
Hanging on the bamboo poles were the clothes and bellybands that had been taken off last night, wet as if they had just been washed.
Ji You saw Wen Zhengxin at this time and said good morning to her.
Wen Zhengxin found that his junior fellow apprentice seemed to have lost his soul at this moment.
He actually only slept for a short time last night, so he started cleaning up the yard early in the morning. He trimmed the jujube tree in the yard that had just sprouted new buds, and then sorted out the trimmed branches and threw them out.
Then he leveled the yard, dried the bedding, and cleaned the water tank inside and out.
The room was also cleaned, the dust on the porcelain vases was wiped off, and the chair cushions were scrubbed.
I don't plan to stay here for a long time, I just want to keep myself busy enough that I don't have time to think or reminisce.
But there was nothing left to do now, and he had to find something to do.
At this moment, Ji You suddenly remembered the message from Lu Qingqiu a few days ago, saying that he wanted him to teach Lu Hanyan the way of swordsmanship. So he thought about it, then walked towards the outer courtyard, and after several twists and turns, he came to the sword forest.
Although he rejected Lu Qingqiu's request to teach him kendo a few days ago, he still wrote some thoughts and gave them to Lu Hanyan.
At this time, Lu Hanyan was practicing sword in the sword forest. She was a little surprised when she saw Ji You: "Brother Ji? Why are you here?"
"I told you some sword skills a few days ago. I happened to be free now, so I came to see how you are doing."
"Really?"
"Well, show me how to practice."
"yes!"
At this time, in the sword forest in the outer courtyard of Tianshu Academy.
Lu Hanyan was holding a long sword and dancing in the woods with a sword flower. Her figure was graceful and stunning. Her beautiful figure made all the male disciples around her stare blankly.
With a humming sound, the sword swung violently, and a burst of sword energy made the entire bamboo forest rustle.
Then he flew back with his sword, and his sword power became more and more fierce.
At this moment, Ji You suddenly swung the wooden sword in his hand and hit Lu Hanyan's back of the hand with a "pa".
The sword style of the second young lady of the Lu family was interrupted instantly, and the delicate back of her hand began to turn slightly red.
"Don't grab it too hard, otherwise it will definitely affect your sword."
"Yes, brother!"
Snap——
"The waist must be steady. If the waist is not steady, the sword will not be powerful."
"Yes, brother!"
Snap——
"Don't move your hips!"
Seeing this scene, the surrounding disciples looked at it in astonishment.
Although Ji You is now an inner court disciple, he is ultimately a private cultivator in the countryside. Lu Hanyan is the second daughter of the Lu family in Yunzhou. She is really too bold.
Lu Hanyan, who was beaten, was also stunned for a moment, blinked in disbelief, and seemed a little surprised.
She had just received personal instruction from Senior Brother Ji today, and her first impression was that Senior Brother Ji was really strict when it came to kendo. Seeing her kendo improving in just half a day, she felt happy.
A few hits on the back of her hands was nothing to her, but a hit on her buttocks...
Lu Hanyan blinked as if she was feeling it carefully, then a blush appeared on her cheeks, and she was surprised to find that she was not annoyed at all.
People don’t quite understand this…
But putting all that aside, everyone discovered that as Ji You adjusted Lu Hanyan's movements several times, the sword of the second young lady of the Lu family became more and more smooth, and the air waves created by the sword style gradually condensed and became sharper, gradually taking shape.
Fang Jincheng and his cousin Fang Zhiheng were also in the bamboo forest. When they saw this scene, their expressions gradually became ugly.
Fang Jincheng was fine. He was a beginner in kendo and was not sensitive to the changes in Lu Hanyan's sword style. He could only feel that it was getting stronger.
But Fang Zhiheng was already proficient in swordsmanship, and at this moment he could feel the gradual sophistication of his sword skills more clearly.
He had been in seclusion for a long time and didn't know Ji You very well, so after seeing the sword in the training academy, he began to inquire about Ji You and even sent a letter to his friends in Lingjian Mountain.
When he went to pay homage to the mountain, the people of Lingjian Mountain praised him for his excellent swordsmanship, which was an excellent evaluation.
But in Lingjian Mountain, Ji You was known as a natural swordsman with a clear sword heart.
"Don't look at it, just keep practicing."
"Yes, cousin..."
(asking for monthly ticket)
(End of this chapter)
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