Chapter 228 The Master Invites
After watching Ding Yao and Zhuo Wanqiu leave, Ji You glanced at Yan Hao who was standing under the crabapple tree, and then planned to go for a stroll in Zuo Garden.
But before he could move, he suddenly noticed that there was someone looking at him at a round table behind Yan Hao.
So Ji You stopped and looked at him.
He was also a man in a white robe, neatly dressed, but the material was not as luxurious as Yan Hao's, and he did not have as many expensive accessories.
Judging from his appearance, Ji You felt that he should be a few years older than him. He exuded a heroic spirit and was already in the upper realm of Rong Dao. He was standing in front of the round table and smiling at him kindly.
Ji You didn't recognize this person and thought he must have recognized the wrong person.
Just now, an old man mistook him for the second son of the Zhao family, so he didn't find it strange. He was just a little surprised that there was someone in the world who was as handsome as him.
However, what surprised Ji You was that although he did not know him, Kuang Cheng who arrived later was familiar with him.
Kuang Shusheng had just finished his work at this time, and was coming out from behind a rockery with Gongshu Chou. Ji You could also see that his Reception Office basically had to do all kinds of miscellaneous work, which was more like a cattle and horse office.
He came for Ji You at first, but when he got closer, he caught a glimpse of the man in white. He was slightly startled, then bowed and saluted.
Ji You looked at him in surprise: "Do you know this person?"
Kuang Cheng turned and looked at him: "The eldest son of the Fang family, Fang Ruoming."
Ji You was stunned for a long time before he reacted: "Is it Fang Ruoyao's brother who left home to join the army for many years?"
"Exactly."
Ji You looked at Fang Ruoming again, and indeed saw some similarities between him and Fang Ruoyao from his face and eyes: "No wonder Fang Ruoyao was able to get a place in the Heavenly Academy. His brother is actually already in the Rong Dao realm?"
Kuang Cheng also looked at Fang Ruoming: "Brother Ruoming is here to compete on behalf of the Zhenbei Army and is also staying in Taiping Garden. We have met several times in the past two days."
"You seem to respect him?"
"Brother Ruoming is a good man and was once a student of Master Chen. But Brother Ji is busy stealing and cheating, so I probably don't have much contact with him."
Ji Youxin said that I have a career plan so early? It seems that Fang Ruoming, who had just smiled before, saw Kuang Cheng coming and suddenly put down his wine glass, said something to his companion and walked over.
He first greeted Kuang Cheng, saying "Buqi", and then looked at Ji You with a flickering look in his eyes.
"No worries, long time no see."
Fang Ruoming smiled and said, "When I left home to join the army, you and my Ruoyao were still young. Now you are very handsome. If we were to meet on the street, I would not recognize you. You didn't recognize me just now, did you? But given our relationship, we shouldn't be so unfamiliar with each other."
Ji You clasped his hands and said, "Brother Fang, you are too kind. But the matter between your sister and I was made clear in Yuyang County."
"I know this, but it's a pity that I haven't been home for many years, otherwise I would definitely not let my father and sister act like this. But now that it has come to this, I can only say that Ruoyao is not blessed."
"It's just that our personalities don't match, it's not like we're lucky or unlucky."
"Wuyou is a generous person, which makes me feel that Ruoyao is unlucky."
Ji You looked at him at this time: "Brother Fang, what is your cultivation level...?"
Fang Ruoming glanced at himself and said, "We all practiced in the army, but we are not as good as Wuliu. We only have realm but no courage. I didn't expect Wuliu to liberate tens of thousands of people in Fengzhou and protect my Zhenbei Army from a catastrophe."
Ji You knew he was talking about the mission to the Snow Region: "This is what we Fengzhou people should do."
"Yes, that's why I joined the army, but I'm still a step behind Wuyou."
Fang Ruoming chuckled and slammed his wine glass. "We are both from Yuyang County, so we should be more closely related than others. If you have time between games, you can come sit with Kuang Cheng over there."
Ji You nodded, and watched him turn around and leave. He couldn't help but look at Kuang Cheng: "Isn't his attitude a little strange?"
Kuang Cheng turned to look at Ji You: "Not really. Brother Ruoming has been a reasonable person since he was young. He told me before that Fang Ruoyao was too much in forcing you to break off the engagement. If he were here, it would definitely not be like this."
"He has a very strong physique."
"physique?"
Ji You put down the empty wine glass, thinking of the heat he felt earlier: "Is there also body refining technique in the Zhenbei Army?"
Kuang Cheng turned his head and looked at the group of Zhenbei Army: "This is not surprising. After all, the people fighting with them are barbarians with unparalleled physical strength. They are also training their bodies to save their lives."
"How many places does the Zhenbei Army have for participating in the Tiandao Conference this time?"
"Fifteen, the same as the Immortal Sect."
"The Immortal Sect, which has always been stingy, is really giving face this time."
Kuang Cheng rolled up his sleeves and said, "The Immortal Sect does not care about worldly affairs, but if you want to concentrate on practicing Taoism, you need a stable environment. The Zhenbei Army has been fighting and shedding blood in the northern border all year round. Fifteen places are not too many."
Ji You nodded, thinking that this was true.
If you want the horse to run, you have to let it eat grass. It is because the Zhenbei Army is closely related to the immortal cultivators that the seven major immortal sects allow these ordinary people who are not from aristocratic families to practice in the army.
Ji You retracted his gaze at this time and turned to look at Kuang Cheng: "I saw Wei Rui before, do you want me to take you to find her?"
"Miss Rui'er..."
When Kuang Cheng heard that they were going to look for Wei Rui, his cheeks instantly turned red.
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Ji You looked at me and exclaimed that I was useless. He thought to himself that I felt embarrassed just looking for him, so how could I pick up my fat nephew so quickly?
Unable to bear Ji Bochang's urging, or perhaps Kuang Cheng wanted to go anyway, the two of them returned along the way to the place where they had met Wei Rui before.
The four girls were indeed still here, but there were more people around them. One was the current emperor's uncle, King Chong, and there were some pro-Immortal officials around him, and the others were some disciples of Lingjian Mountain.
Princess Changle is not only the daughter of King Chong, but also a non-local disciple of Lingjian Mountain. Naturally, she is closer to Lingjian Mountain.
Ji You was surprised to find that Ding Yao who had just left was also among them, as well as the rough man Gongshu Chou who was good at writing. Another person he knew was Yan Shujing, the disciple of the peak master who he had only met a few times.
Zhao Yunyue was standing in front of Yan Shujing at this time, talking to her very intimately.
She knew that this person was the direct disciple of the master of Xuanjian Peak and also the cousin of Xiaojian Master. She had a noble status and was naturally worth winning over.
After talking for a while, Zhao Yunyue realized that this disciple from Xuanjian Peak seemed extremely cold and didn't say a word.
However, Liu Junchi had told him before that this Peak Master's disciple was a sword fanatic, and everyone except the sword was nothing but wood.
Zhao Yunyue temporarily gave up Yan Shujing, so he turned around and looked at Xiang Dingyao and Gongshu Chou.
Gongshu Chou is too aloof, exuding the aura of an otherworldly sage, and is not easy to get close to. Ding Yao is better.
Although her realm was relatively low and she had no real identity, she was a maid who had served the master since she was a child, so in her opinion she was still worth making friends with.
But for some reason, Ding Yao's attitude towards her was not very good. She deliberately kept a distance. However, she seemed to be very interested in Wei Rui and kept looking at the bracelet on her wrist.
At this moment, Princess Jiaren saw Ji You walking towards them through the bustling crowd, so she reached out and pulled Zhao Yunyue.
Zhao Yunyue immediately looked over and thought to himself, as expected.
Ji You strolled around for half an hour, but in the end he only walked together with Kuang Cheng. These two country brothers from Yuyang County could only keep each other company.
Seeing this lonely scene, Zhao Yunyue couldn't help but turn her head and stare at Wei Rui.
She had never wanted Wei Rui to marry a country bumpkin, especially one who was not yet capable of cultivating immortality, so she had just begun to think of introducing a Lingjian Mountain disciple who was at the Tongxuan realm to her.
But when Wei Rui saw Kuang Cheng at this time, her eyes began to flicker, making her feel helpless.
"Mr. Kuang."
"Miss Ruier."
The two men and women who were having an affair looked at each other with a strained gaze.
Zhao Yunyue looked at Ji You and asked, "Master Ji, have you come back again?"
"I have too many acquaintances over there, so I don't want to waste my time talking to them, so I turned back."
"So that's how it is. It seems that you are not good at making friends. I just don't know why you came here today given your personality."
Ji You felt the yin and yang in Zhao Yunyue's tone. It felt like he was saying that he wanted to make friends but couldn't find anyone, so he said he didn't want to waste his breath. He was speechless in his heart.
However, King Chong kept staring at Ji You and looking him over.
Prince Chong has always regarded Ji You as a missed investment, but in fact he and Ji You have never actually met.
When he came here just now, he had heard his daughter say that Ji You was also here, but because of Xiangye Sixiu's identity, no one introduced him, so he was wandering around alone for a long time, and Xiangye Sixiu's embarrassment was clearly revealed.
But he and his daughter have different ideas. Faced with an investment that he had missed, King Chong actually wanted to pull it back from the bottom of his heart.
To him, Ji You's current predicament seemed to be an opportunity.
He was secretly in charge of taxes and was involved in the Yunzhou spiritual stone business over the years, and he had accumulated a lot of connections.
Even though he gradually lost power after Si Xian Jian came to power, he still had some face left and could be introduced to Ji You.
But before he could speak, Kuang Cheng looked up at Gongshu Chou and said, "Brother Gongshu, how are you?"
Gongshu Chou clasped his fists and said, "Brother Kuang."
Zhao Yunyue and King Chong were both slightly stunned, and their expressions gradually became somewhat surprised.
The Pro-Immortal Faction and the Immortal Supervisory Commission were in opposition. King Chong had heard a lot about Kuang Cheng, but he never imagined that a mere mortal like him would have such connections with the Immortal Sect.
You have to know that Gongshu Chou used to be mysterious and indifferent to everyone.
However, what they didn't expect was that after Gongshu Chou and Kuang Cheng exchanged greetings, they immediately looked at Ji You and said, "I have walked around this garden three times, and have been to both sides, but I have only seen Brother Ji now."
Ji You frowned slightly: "Why are you looking for me again? I haven't met any clients today, and I don't have any materials."
"That's what you talked about yesterday. I almost forgot it, so I came to you for advice."
"I haven't eaten yet. How can I tell a story before eating?"
Ding Yao also bowed slightly to Ji You at this time: "Ding Yao greets Master Ji."
Ji You turned around and said, "Long time no see, Fairy Ding."
Ding Yao smiled softly, then looked at Wei Rui and Kuang Cheng.
She had just left Youyuan with Zhuo Wanqiu, and while they were strolling around, she was pulled here by Liu Junchi.
She had no interest at first, but after arriving, she instantly recognized the bracelet on Wei Rui's hand. As the personal maid of the Master Jian since childhood, she was very sure that it was one of the bracelets that the Master Jian had worn since childhood, and vaguely guessed that she and the Master Jian must have seen each other before.
After seeing the affectionate look between Miss Wei and Kuang Cheng, I realized that the sisters-in-law were going to marry together in Fengzhou. No wonder the judge gave away her personal bracelet...
Ji You and Ding Yao finished their pretentious conversation and turned to look at Yan Shujing.
Before in Rusheng Garden, Ji You had received a salute from her and had returned the salute. Now that they met again, he couldn't pretend not to know her, otherwise it would be a bit awkward, so he bowed slightly.
Yan Shujing also raised her hands and clasped them together, then bowed slightly towards him.
After watching this scene, Zhao Yunyue's eyes changed from surprise to confusion, and finally to a daze.
King Chong also fixed his eyes at this time, and his eyes became strange when he looked at Ji You.
Gongshu Chou knew him, and he was not surprised, because he was just an ordinary Rong Dao realm, and was just that in the eyes of this prince.
But he really didn't expect that even the personal maid of Lingjian Mountain's Xiaojian Master and the direct disciple of Xuanjian Peak's master were so familiar with him.
At this moment, Ding Yao suddenly looked at Prince Chong and other officials and Princess Changle: "Just now, His Royal Highness Prince Chong said that he wanted to see my Master Jian, why don't you come with me."
Zhao Yunyue was a little dazed, then came to her senses and looked at Ding Yao: "Didn't Senior Sister Ding just say that it might not work, so we shouldn't have too high expectations."
"If you try, there's still a chance. If you don't try, there's no chance at all, right?"
King Chong took the lead and bowed: "Thank you, Fairy Ding Yao, for your help."
Ever since Da Xia established the Sixianjian, their power has been seriously lost because of their clear accounts and quick actions, and they need to find a new backer.
Thinking that his daughter was an out-of-mountain disciple of Lingjian Mountain, King Chong had made arrangements to get her to the point where she had the opportunity to meet Master Jian, and he was naturally very happy.
Ding Yao looked at Ji You again at this time: "Master Ji, Master Kuang and Miss Wei, do you want to go and meet him together?"
Ji You raised his eyes: "Can I go too?"
"Since we bumped into each other, there's no harm in meeting each other. Master Ji, are you free at this time?"
"Then go ahead."
Ji You looked at Ding Yao and thought that not only Tsundere likes to seek excitement, you and Zhuo Wanqiu also like to seek excitement.
When Wei Rui heard their conversation, her eyes instantly became bright and she couldn't help but clench her hands together.
She had long known that the appraiser was her sister Yan, and now she finally had the chance to meet her.
As for Prince Chong, Princess Changle, the two princesses and the surrounding officials, they were a little surprised. They never thought that Ji You would also be invited.
They paid for all the bribes, which earned them the opportunity to meet the emperor, but they did not get it.
However, they did not dare to refute because the invitation was made by the master's personal maid.
Then the group followed Ding Yao and went to the back garden along the right courtyard.
The garden at the back has a more unique landscape. There are people guarding the gate, but with Ding Yao leading the way, there is naturally no need for a post.
Ji You followed them in and looked around. He found that most of the people here were big shots with white hair and beards and full of energy. In addition to these people, he also saw those high-ranking disciples in several courtyards in the back garden.
The first one was Chu Xian, who was wearing a purple robe and purple crown, sitting quietly in the yard.
Apart from the vague glimpse of Chu Xian on the White Jade Road before, this was the first time that Ji You actually saw this foreign saint son of Xuanyuan Immortal Mansion. He was indeed somewhat similar to Chu He and had already reached the Yingtian Upper Realm.
The next person to stand in the other courtyard was Huo Xingzhong, a disciple of the Shanhai Pavilion who was in the middle realm of Yingtian. He sat around the crowd with his mouth raised as usual and an unfathomable expression.
In addition, there were the twin siblings of the Chen family, Chen Luo and Chen Xi, who were at the upper level of the Rong Dao realm, and were dining in their own courtyard without saying a word.
On the way, Ji You suddenly thought of a question and turned to look at Gongshu Chou: "I have been in Xianxian Garden for two days. I have walked around a lot and have seen the direct disciples of the immortal sect, but why haven't I seen the headmaster and hall master-level figures? Is it because they don't come or am I not worthy?"
Gongshu Chou crossed his arms and said, "The big names who are registered will only appear in the finals. But even if they appear, they will look at you, not you looking at them."
“It’s quite mysterious.”
"In fact, my master should be like this too, but for some reason he came here as a direct disciple and even lived in the same courtyard with his disciples."
"You'll know later."
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After Ji You finished speaking, he turned his head and looked at the tall and rough human dojo under the sky.
He had always been dreaming of living with the old man, but in fact he had never even seen the old man. He always felt that this goal was too empty.
The finals of Tiandaohui might be the closest place to him. I wonder if I will have the chance to ask about his health in person.
Ji You came back to his senses and asked: "Brother Gongshu, how could you know so clearly?"
Gongshu Chou glanced at him and said, "I've been here once, and I participated in the competition at the Tongxuan Upper Realm."
"Five years ago?"
"Fifteen years ago, emmm...I was still a young boy..."
Ji You couldn't help but open his mouth and asked, "What does the sage's enlightenment place look like?"
Gongshu Chou couldn't help but straighten his chest: "It's an ancient wasteland with the breath of the ancient times. The spiritual energy is rich and the immortal way is magnificent. One year is equivalent to ten years of hard work."
"What kind of magic can allow a cultivator to live ten years in one year?"
"I have no idea."
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"I lost before the finals. I just listened to other people's nonsense."
The corner of Ji You's mouth twitched: "It makes sense. If you put the energy you put into writing novels into cultivation, you would have been in prison a long time ago."
Gongshu Chou looked at him and thought to himself, why do you think I write novels? It’s because I have encountered a bottleneck and my strength cannot be improved, so I improve my own value by defeating my opponents.
Ji You nodded, then continued to follow. When he entered the last courtyard, he couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth slightly.
Sitting there was the cold and beautiful woman with the most powerful aura, with a kind of ruthless look between her eyebrows, as if she was detached from the world and had nothing in her heart. But no one knew that when she kissed, her round and smooth toes liked to rub against each other.
Yan Shuyi had just met a group of family heads face to face at this time. When he saw them coming, he glanced at them indifferently.
Prince Chong, Princess Changle and the other two princesses were actually a little surprised, because Ding Yao had just clearly said "try it", but in fact she brought them in directly without any notice, as if Ding Yao knew that Master Jian would definitely see them.
The four of them looked in awe, then stepped forward to greet him.
Only Wei Rui stood there in a daze, her eyes filled with timidity and confusion.
Wei Rui knew Yan Shuyi, although he was also arrogant, but not as cold and aloof as he is now. He even acted like a coquettish person sometimes, which was totally different from now, making her feel a sense of uncertainty and unfamiliarity.
In fact, this is just like Ji You's evaluation of Yan Shuyi. She, when she appears as the appraiser, and her usual self, are like twin sisters with the same face but completely different personalities.
Now Yan Shuyi makes Wei Rui feel a sense of oppression.
But at this moment, Yan Shuyi suddenly winked at her, making Wei Rui relax instantly.
That’s great, it’s still my sister Yan, my sister-in-law who will marry into the same place as me in the future.
Yan Shuyi raised his eyes and looked at everyone: "I just met some people, and I happen to be a little hungry. Do you want to stay and have dinner with me?"
King Chong opened his eyes slightly, feeling somewhat flattered.
Ding Yao glanced at the judge and thought that he had to set up a special table just to have dinner with someone.
(End of this chapter)
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