Chapter 226 Rigorous Reasoning
As the sun got higher, Chai Ze and Xiao Hanyan came out of the room one after another. Seeing that they were all gathered around the tea table, they walked over.
When they sat down, they all noticed Ji You's red and swollen mouth and the strange distance between them and the seat.
Wang Gaocen and Gu Zetao who came later were the same, as if they felt that Ji You sitting alone in the corner with his hands on his legs was a nice sight.
Drink tea and chat.
It is still a bit stuffy in Zhongxing County in summer, but this Xianxian Garden is truly a masterpiece. Even though the vegetation is lush, there is a constant breeze in the courtyard that brings coolness.
The young master of Lingjian Mountain kept flashing past the window from time to time, which surprised the people who arrived later.
However, they were not stunned for too long, as a powerful sword energy suddenly rose from the west courtyard, instantly drawing everyone's attention to the bottom of the small building.
At this moment, He Lingxiu, a direct disciple of Zizai Palace, suddenly looked solemn, and his eyes instantly became sharp.
It was a figure who was practicing swordplay, thin and tall, wearing a Lingjianshan sword robe, and his sword energy soared into the sky.
Seeing this figure, Chai Ze and the other three in the Rong Dao realm opened their mouths, and instantly felt that He Lingxiu's reaction was not strange. However, those disciples from the Elders' Pavilion, Wang Gaocen, Yu Shiliu and Gu Zetao, did not know and could not help but look puzzled.
"Brother Chai, who is that person?"
Chai Ze glanced at He Lingxiu and said, "Don't ask questions that you shouldn't ask."
He Lingxiu came back to her senses at this time and looked at Wang Gaocen who asked the question: "There is nothing that cannot be said. That person is Yan Shujing, the direct disciple of Xuanjian Peak of Lingjian Mountain."
After hearing these words, those in the Tongxuan realm instantly understood why Chai Ze didn't say anything just now.
Tianshuyuan asked Lingjian Mountain for advice. This is something that many disciples are reluctant to mention, because they fought two games and lost both times, and the losses were horrible.
Among them, the one He Lingxiu was defeated by was Yan Shujing, the direct disciple of Xuanjian Peak.
How can one talk about such a shameful thing, especially when the real perpetrator is present?
Ji You couldn't help but look up as he listened to everyone's discussion, and also looked at Yan Shujing who was looming behind the bushes.
He and Yan Shu are also cousins, but although they are close, they are not intimate.
Because his cheap father-in-law, Yan Jingxiang, the master of Xuanjian Peak, did not have a high talent for cultivation, much worse than his younger brother Yan Jingrui.
The position of the master of Xuanjian Peak should have belonged to Yan Jingrui, but later, because Lingjian automatically chose Yan Shuyi as its master, and the father's status was enhanced by the daughter, the position of the master of the peak fell on Yan Jingxiang.
This kind of thing is not uncommon in the Qingyun world, and is almost the same as using marriage to improve the status of a noble family.
Ji You had met her once in the Sword Forest of Tianjian Peak, but they had never interacted with each other. However, he sensed a sense of familiarity in the other's swordsmanship.
[New willow color on Xiaochong Mountain]
【Returning to the Pure Land】
He Lingxiu put down the teacup, looked at Yan Shujing and said, "Actually, I already knew that she would come to participate in this year's Tiandao Conference. In addition to the quota for the Holy Land of Sages, I came here to avenge her."
Yan Shujing is a cultivator in the Rong Dao realm, with all five senses being very sharp. Perhaps he noticed everyone's gazes and suddenly looked back.
After seeing them clearly, Yan Shujing's gaze fell on Ji You. After hesitating for a moment, she suddenly raised her hand and gently bowed towards Ji You's position.
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Seeing this scene, everyone was stunned for a long time, and then turned to look at Ji You who was sitting not far away.
The stone bench that he had moved several times when the figure flashed in front of the window was almost moved to the back of the house, a little far away from them. He sat there alone with no one around.
So they could easily judge that Yan Shujing's bow was actually to Ji You.
Ji You was also slightly stunned, but probably guessed the meaning of her action, so he stood up and politely returned the greeting. Then he saw Yan Shujing put away the sword, turned around, walked into the house, and disappeared from everyone's sight.
It was already late at this time. Ji You patted the mud on the stone bench that he had just moved and decided to go back to the house to practice Taoism.
Watching him enter the house, the seven people present couldn't help but look at each other.
"Junior Brother Ji, it seems he went out this morning."
He Lingxiu glanced at Shi Junhao and asked, "How do you know?"
Shi Junhao put down the teacup: "I was bitten by mosquitoes last night and didn't sleep well all night, but the point is, I always thought that Ji You's secret study of swordsmanship in Lingjian Mountain was a bit strange, but now I understand it a little bit."
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Shi Junhao put down his teacup and said, "Have you ever thought about whether it was really so easy for him to break through the sword forest that no one had broken through for a long time in just three days?"
Xiao Hanyan looked up when he heard the voice: "You mean, he wasn't the one who broke the sword forest?"
Shi Junhao shook his head: "He must have broken the sword forest, otherwise why would Lingjianshan's face be so ugly? I just thought that the sword art was not realized by him. Now it seems that this is really possible."
He Lingxiu opened his mouth after hearing this and said, "You mean, someone taught him step by step? That's why he was able to master the sword art in the Sword Forest so quickly?"
Shi Junhao nodded: "It seems that Yan Shujing has some unclear relationship with him."
"This... doesn't make sense."
"Who can tell the truth about the relationship between a man and a woman? Our Junior Brother Ji has a fiancée all over the Nine Provinces. If I am right, Junior Brother Ji had a secret meeting with her this morning. Junior Sister Xiao, do you remember how strange the elder of Lingjian Mountain was to him?"
Xiao Hanyan thought for a long time and raised her head slightly: "Are you talking about Yan Chuan?"
He Lingxiu turned and looked at them: "Who is Yan Chuan?"
Xiao Hanyan heard the voice and said, "When we were sent to travel to the Snow Region, there was an elder of the Boundless Realm in Lingjian Mountain named Yan Chuan. He once protected Ji You, but now it seems that he has been asked to do something for him."
Shi Junhao took over the conversation: "Anyone who is qualified to ask for help from an elder in the Boundless Realm must not be an ordinary disciple. Look at Yan Shujing, and think carefully."
"Hey, you know what, I really feel that since arriving at Lingjian Mountain, Ji You's eyes have been glued to the West Courtyard."
"Is there?"
"Since last night. I've seen it several times."
A group of participating disciples from Tianshu Academy are now sitting together solving a case, and it feels like some bright lines are becoming clearer.
Shi Junhao, in particular, felt more and more that there was nothing wrong with his reasoning ability.
When he just arrived yesterday, Ji You came to his room for no apparent reason and said some nonsense, and definitely broke his mosquito stove in the process! And the reason why he did this was to disrupt his practice, fearing that Yan Shujing would lose to me!
Yu Shiliu couldn't help but murmur, thinking that if this was true, then Ji You's talent was not as terrible as the rumors said, but rather a bit opportunistic.
Moreover, he seemed to have been beaten.
When I came back, the corners of my mouth were swollen.
At present, all the advanced cultivators are in Xianxian Garden. There are no powerful people in Zhongxing County. At most, he is at the Rongdao Realm. It is said that he has a strong body and can fight the barbarians in hand-to-hand combat. So he is really this strong? Yu Shiliu turned around and looked at Gu Zetao and Wang Gaocen.
There will be no competitions between fellow disciples in the Tiandaohui's sub-competitions, but the finals are different.
Ji You's fame has always put a lot of pressure on them, always making them feel weak.
But if everyone's qualifications are similar, then their strengths may not really be that different.
In their eyes, Wu Zhen and Liu Qichen were not powerful figures, so if they took over, it would only take a little more time.
As they talked with each other, they suddenly gained more confidence and felt that Ji You was not so mysterious and scary.
"The corner of his mouth looks like he was hit."
"He has many enemies, so it's no surprise that he was beaten."
"I really thought he was invincible..."
Wang Gaocen stood up and said goodbye to them: "I am going back to practice, Tiandao will definitely help my Tian Academy win the first place!"
Gu Zetao suddenly became more confident at this time: "Everyone, I'm going too!"
He Lingxiu watched the two people leave one after another, and couldn't help but chuckle and shook her head.
Then they started chatting about the Gathering of Immortals and the people they were going to visit together at the meeting.
He Lingxiu also arranged for Qiu Hanyue, the young lady of the Qiu family, to see if she could allow the two of them to meet during the Gathering of Immortals.
Shi Junhao's reasoning was indeed rigorous and credible, but she felt that it was too naive for these young disciples from the Elders' Pavilion to underestimate Ji You based on this.
Even if Yan Shujing was really one of his fiancées, and she secretly taught him the sect's swordsmanship for the sake of their children's love, can anyone learn the swordsmanship of Lingjian Mountain if they want to?
Even if he is not so highly regarded, Ji You's understanding and talent are definitely top-notch.
These disciples of the Elders' Pavilion felt that it was a bit rash to judge that Ji You was not that strong just because they knew he was not that powerful.
But now there is a problem that gives He Lingxiu a headache.
Because if Yan Shujing is really Ji You's fiancée, then she is qualified to compete with Yuan Caiwei for the position of legal wife, and then this matter becomes a little complicated.
Yuan Caiwei is as obedient as a rabbit in front of Ji You, but this is not necessarily the case for Yan Shujing.
So regarding this matter, He Lingxiu felt that he should find someone to ask clearly. Maybe it was not his fiancée, but Yan Shujing who admired his talent in kendo and was both his teacher and friend.
After all, in He Lingxiu's eyes, it is unlikely to win the heart of a disciple of the peak master, because the gap in status is too big.
Just as he was thinking, a sound of footsteps suddenly came from the west courtyard. Everyone looked up and found that the person who came had disheveled hair and looked like a rough man, and walked towards Ji You's room.
Xiao Hanyan and Shi Junhao knew him. They knew that he was Gongshu Chou who was at the upper level of Rong Dao in Lingjian Mountain. After all, they had been on a diplomatic mission to the Snow Region together before.
Gongshu Chou came to the East Courtyard at this time and walked to Ji You's door.
After listening to Ji You's story "My Destiny is in My Own Hands" yesterday, he was so overwhelmed that he decided to go back and write immediately, because stories heard cannot compare to personal experiences and are easily forgotten.
But who would have thought that as soon as he returned to the West Courtyard, he was called in for questioning by Ding Yao and Zhuo Wanqiu.
After some questioning, many details became a little blurry.
His memory was not really that short. He actually remembered the story plots very well, but some of the words and sentences were not the original ones said by Ji You, so they really lacked some flavor.
As a strict and excellent creator, he would be stuck for a long time if he couldn't think of a sentence, so he came here to ask for advice a second time.
However, feeling the surging spiritual energy, Gongshu Chou knew that he was practicing Taoism.
It is immoral to disturb others' practice of Buddhism.
After hesitating for a while, Gongshu Chou did not knock on the door, but turned around and looked at He Lingxiu and his group in front of the tea table.
"Dear fellow practitioners of Tianshuyuan, how long will it take Ji You to practice Taoism?"
He Lingxiu looked up when she heard the voice: "Do you have anything to do with Junior Brother Ji?"
Gongshu Chou nodded: "Yes, there are some things, but seeing that he is practicing Taoism, it is not appropriate to disturb him."
He Lingxiu glanced at him and said, "How about this, when Junior Brother Ji finishes his cultivation, I will let him know that there will be a gathering of immortals tonight, and I will ask him to go find you."
Gongshu Chou clasped his fists and bowed: "Thank you very much, Fairy."
Everyone looked at He Lingxiu strangely at this time, not understanding why he was so kind to a disciple of Lingjian Mountain, and then they heard He Lingxiu's voice again.
"My fellow practitioner from Lingjian Mountain, there is something I don't understand. May I ask you for your advice?"
Gongshu Chou nodded: "Of course."
He Lingxiu poured him a cup of tea and said, "We were just talking about this earlier. What is the relationship between Junior Brother Ji and Yan Shujing, the disciple of Xuanjian Peak?"
Gongshu Chou looked at He Lingxiu strangely at this time: "Relationship?"
He Lingxiu pursed her lips and said, "Just now, Fairy Yan bowed to my Junior Brother Ji, which made us speculate and feel a little curious."
Gongshu Chou thought for a long time, thinking, Junior Sister Yan took the initiative to salute Ji You? This is really strange.
Junior Sister Yan is a sword fanatic and doesn't care about anything else. Except for the Lord Jianzhu, whom she has always looked up to, everyone else is no different from wood in her heart.
The only time the two of them had contact was in the Sword Forest. At that time, Ji You was planning to cut through three or four layers of the forest in one go, and Yan Shujing was right beside him...
Thinking of this, Gongshu Chou suddenly understood something, then he sat down with his horse and sword and smiled.
He is a professional storyteller, but he just happened to have not told a story for a few days, so his lips were itching...
At noon, Gu Zetao and Wang Gaocen came out of their houses one after another.
After some reasoning, he suddenly felt that the world was vast and he felt that he had endless fighting power. As soon as he went out, he looked towards Ji You's house, and he had the urge to compete with him.
However, when they walked to the tea table, they found that He Lingxiu and others had very strange expressions.
Especially Junior Sister Yu Shiliu, her previous high morale turned into gloom at this moment.
The two couldn't help but feel a little strange: "What's wrong?"
He Lingxiu glanced at them and asked, "How is your practice going?"
Wang Gaocen raised the corner of his mouth: "I am still somewhat confident of getting the top spot."
"It's a good thing to have confidence. Anyway... no matter what your ranking is, the top of the Tongxuan Realm list will always belong to my Tianshuyuan."
"What does this mean?"
Yu Shiliu couldn't help but glance at them: "Isn't Yan Shujing Ji You's fiancée?"
Wang Gaocen was slightly stunned: "Then why did Yan Shujing flirt with him?"
"That salute was because Yan Shujing thought Ji You was her swordsmanship teacher and should bow to her."
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"Someone from Lingjian Mountain came just now and said that after Ji You broke through the Sword Forest, the remaining disciples all learned his way to get there, and the Peak Master's personal disciple was no exception."
In fact, these are not Gongshu Chou’s original words. His original words are more vivid than this.
On that day, the elder surnamed Qi from Lingjian Mountain set up a sword forest at Tianjian Peak. Yan Shujing made the fastest progress in breaking the forest, and everyone thought that she would be the first to break the forest.
As a result, she was stuck in the last level of the forest and did not make any progress for several days.
It was not until the disciples of Tianshu Academy came to ask and Ji You started to break the forest that they realized that the previous ways of breaking the forest were wrong. It was also from then on that Yan Shujing learned Ji You's method and was able to break through the forest again.
Guessed wrong.
The peak master's personal disciple was not Ji You's sword master, but Ji You was her sword master.
Shi Junhao was also silent at this time, and began to deeply doubt his own reasoning ability.
That mosquito stove should not be made by Ji You. I must have made a wrong reasoning.
He Lingxiu was sitting there drinking tea, feeling extremely complicated.
However, after the speculation was overturned, it seemed that many things became unreasonable again.
For example, the elder Yan Chuan from Lingjian Mountain whom they just mentioned, why did he protect Ji You, and also, there was the Jingling Pill.
He Lingxiu took the disciples of Tianshuyuan to Lingjian Mountain to ask for advice. However, Yan Shujing slashed his body of Dharma companions and he suffered backlash. The spiritual energy in his body became wild and kept attacking his meridians.
At that time, no one could find the Jingling Pill, except Ji You, who asked Lingjian Mountain to find one. This is why He Lingxiu always had a good impression of Ji You.
But why did he have such favor in the hearts of the disciples of Lingjian Mountain? This has always been a question in her mind.
While He Lingxiu was thinking, she suddenly found that Yu Shiliu was looking at the small building opposite again.
She thought it was the young master of Lingjian Mountain who came over again, so she turned around and looked, only to find that there was no one in front of the window.
"What is Junior Sister Yu looking at?"
"Senior Sister, have you noticed that the young master of Lingjian Mountain seems to have not appeared for a long time."
"How can it be so easy to meet a headmaster? We are in the same courtyard with her, and it is an honor to meet her so many times."
"But the last time I saw her was when Ji You said she was going back to her room to practice, and then Little Master Jian never showed up again."
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Ji You finished his physical training after the afternoon, and he still didn't feel any soreness. After he took a bath, there was a knock on the door.
He thought that Yan Shuyi had chosen the right time to see what he should see, but when someone outside the door spoke, he realized that it was Wen Siyuan, a disciple from the Head Office, who came to call him to the Immortal Feast.
Ji You put on his clothes and pushed the door open, only to see other people already gathered outside the door, looking at him one by one with complicated expressions.
One reason was because of Yan Shujing’s story. He was the master of swordsmanship and all the disciples after him learned from him.
In addition, it is about Yu Shiliu’s last sentence.
No one believed such speculation, and felt that the Arabian Nights fairy tale was not so outrageous. However, even when such "speculation" appeared, it made everyone feel a little uneasy and they dared not think about it anymore.
He is the future headmaster of Lingjian Mountain. Such speculation is actually very disrespectful.
Ji You looked at everyone's expressions and couldn't help but reach out and touch his hair.
The small crooked braid that Yan Shuyi had tied for him had been taken off when he was bathing, and he didn't understand what these people were looking at.
"Let's go, everyone. Isn't the banquet about to start?"
"Let's go...let's go."
(End of this chapter)
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