Chapter 245 Return
It is an autumn day with a gentle breeze and clear skies.
The Tiandao meeting in the Sages Garden is still going on, and the ring competition is in full swing.
At that time, the sword and knife lights kept flashing, and the roar of magic filled the sky.
Bayan, who broke through at the last minute of the competition, failed to defend his title and was knocked off the stage by Zhu Yao with two wins. He was stripped of his title as champion, the iron knife in his hand was bent, and one of his arms was almost crippled, so he had to retire with regret.
If it were a normal situation, if a person at the upper level of Tongxuan defeated a person at the initial level of Rongdao, it would definitely cause a lot of discussion. It is even possible that Zhu Yao, the new prodigy of the Dao Sect, would become famous throughout the world because of this.
But the reality is that this war did not create much of a wave.
The reason, of course, is that there had been a similar incident before.
Bayan, who came from a small family, had no inheritance of magic. He relied purely on the strength brought by his realm. He could not compare with Yan Hao, a disciple of the Immortal Sect who had inherited the Immortal Sect's tradition and was skilled in countless sword skills.
Zhu Yao not only came from a thousand-year-old family, but was also highly regarded by the Wendao Sect. He was not on the same level as them.
Therefore, this similar "Tongxuan defeats Rongdao" was actually not as thrilling as the previous one, and the strength displayed by the two in that battle was also within the acceptable range of everyone.
In addition, another person who broke through the realm before the competition, Hao Feng, challenged Zhuang Zixin, the younger brother of Zhuang You, the direct disciple of Lingjian Mountain.
It can be seen that his fighting philosophy is similar to Bayan's, hoping to defeat Bayan with clumsiness through bold and aggressive moves, but the reality is not quite as expected, and the duel ultimately ends with his failure in the attack.
There was the last one, You Bai, who had a similar fate to the previous two. He was knocked off the stage by a disciple of the Wendao Sect using clever magic.
At this point, the three people who had just broken through the realm of competition but came from humble backgrounds all stopped here.
For thousands of years, there has been only one way for a small family to rise to the top, and that is to first have one person whose cultivation level increases rapidly, boost the family's status, and obtain more resources.
Both Bayan and You Hao were recommended by their families to play important roles in shouldering the mission of reviving the family.
But in front of the immortal sects and thousand-year-old families, they are still small characters that will be forgotten after being seen.
“These battles are very interesting.”
"What's the meaning?"
"It directly showed everyone how terrifying the disciples of the immortal sects and the thousand-year-old aristocratic families were. It also showed the Qingyun world a fact: a cultivator without a magic inheritance, even if he has one small realm higher than others, will ultimately not be able to pose a threat to the disciples of these aristocratic families with deep backgrounds."
"This sounds a bit desperate."
"It is indeed sad to talk about it alone, but who hasn't gone through this? This is the foundation of the immortal sects and those thousand-year-old families."
As they were chatting, the crowd of spectators suddenly thought of a figure and the discussion stopped abruptly.
This kind of situation had happened in previous Tiandao meetings as well, and it was common to see people praising immortal sects and thousand-year-old families to the utmost. But this time, as they repeated similar conversations, they felt like they couldn't go on.
It is true that the direct descendants of the immortal sect and the descendants of the thousand-year-old family are difficult to surpass, but this year's Tiandao Conference has one person who makes people despair.
And that person's family background was not even that of a small aristocratic family. He was just a private cultivator from the countryside who was admitted to the Tianshu Academy as an exception.
At this time, in front of the Xianxian Garden and in Zhongxing County City, the wheels of the cars were rumbling.
The carriages arranged in a row attracted countless immortal cultivators in the city, as well as some ragged women and children, as well as pale and skinny children, who also received unprecedented immortal gazes.
The people from Tianshuyuan were also in the city at this time, drinking from their glasses in a restaurant without saying a word.
After Xiao Hanyan won the third round with a magic weapon, he finally stopped in the ring and was cut off the stage by Jiang Chenfeng, the leader of the Wendao Sect.
At the same time, Shi Junhao, who was chosen as the defender, happened to meet the old man named Lin Hong.
After a great battle, the candidate for Palace Master was ultimately defeated by his opponent due to a single move.
The only ones left here are He Lingxiu, Chai Ze and Yu Shiliu, and their opponents should not be underestimated.
So the atmosphere between them was not very good and they had nothing to say to each other, so when the carriage passed by, they couldn't help but subconsciously turned their heads away.
"What is this for?"
"It's going to Fengzhou."
"Toyosu?"
The owner of the restaurant and teahouse was used to this and explained to the customers in the store: "The autumn harvest has begun in Fengzhou. They have hired carriages from several nearby cities to harvest wheat. Judging from the situation, this year should be a bumper harvest."
Hearing this, the immortal cultivators in the teahouse and tavern couldn't help but look at each other.
In fact, this was not the first time they had heard the three words “harvest wheat”.
Because after defeating Yan Hao in the ring match, Ji You disappeared. Although this matter is small, it is still enough to arouse other people's curiosity.
Then news began to leak out that Ji You took advantage of his free time to go home and harvest wheat.
When everyone heard this, they felt extremely complicated.
Because it felt like he had been waiting for the wheat harvest, felt bored during that time, and so came to attend a Tiandao meeting.
Some of them recalled that when he established his family in Fengzhou Prefecture, when facing the questions from outsiders about how much tax he wanted, he said that he wanted to make sure that the children in the family can grow up and those who go out can return home no matter how late it is.
Then people discovered that farming seemed to be more important than practicing in Ji You's heart.
But what is puzzling is that he is so strong.
At this time, Ji You and his party were traveling across Fengzhou, inspecting the repaired official roads along the way and investigating the preparations for the autumn harvest.
Knocking and hammering, searching and asking along the way, we headed north.
On the way, they found that some foreign immortal villages had been deserted quietly, leaving only empty houses.
After asking, I heard from nearby villagers that these immortal villages were basically left quickly within a very short period of time.
It is just the residence of immortals, and mortals dare not enter, so no one can tell how these immortals left, which road they took, and where they went.
After Ji You established his family in Zhongzhou, it became difficult for outsiders to survive in the immortal villages, so it was not surprising that they wanted to move away. However, the number of people who moved away was more than last year, which really surprised Ji You a little.
In fact, after Fengzhou's grain production increased, these foreign immortals would not have had a bad life as long as they worked hard. Who knew these people could not endure even a little hardship...
Afterwards, the group passed through Yuyang County and after discussion decided to stay there for a few days.
Everyone missed their hometown which they had not visited for a long time, especially the little girl Qiu Ru, who headed for the three mud houses outside the city as soon as she got off the car.
Life in the past was indeed hard, but for a child like Qiu Ru, it was inevitable that she would miss her childhood hometown.
Kuang Cheng and Wei Rui looked at each other, and walked towards the Kuang family's old house tacitly.
As for Yan Shuyi, he naturally walked around casually muttering something, and then followed Ji You back to the Ji family's old house.
Because it was the day of autumn harvest, there were quite a lot of people in Yuyang County. When the neighbors saw Ji You returning to the old house with a beautiful fairy, they talked about it among themselves.
"You brought your wife back?"
"It seems so..."
"She is accompanied by two maids. She looks like a daughter of a wealthy family."
"More than a wealthy family, this must be the daughter of an immortal family. Look at what she is wearing on her head. I have seen that thing before. It is about the size of a fingernail. It is said to be a spiritual stone. At that time, she was caught by Fengxian Villa and interrogated for a long time."
"No wonder, this temperament is really extraordinary, it looks more noble than the immortal master of Fengxian Villa."
Paifang Street has not changed much over the years. Crowds of people gathered at the street entrance, and while talking, they couldn't help but look at the square house not far away.
Back then, everyone knew that the Fang family had broken off the engagement. Later, Ji You's exception and entry into the Tian Academy and the establishment of a noble family also caused a lot of controversy. Now that two years have passed, it is inevitable that people feel that things have changed.
Yan Shuyi followed Ji You without looking away, cold and dignified, but his eyes kept glancing around.
What those people said did not escape her ears at all and sounded somewhat interesting.
Because in the past, people talked about her, always saying she was the next headmaster of Lingjian Mountain, the wielder of the holy weapon, etc. This was the first time someone talked about her, saying she was someone's wife or something.
These people are so ignorant. They had only met a stranger a few times, but they mistook her for his wife.
Yan Shu did not vent his anger on them for their careless words. He raised the corners of his mouth and felt that he was very magnanimous.
Ding Yao and Zhuo Wanqiu were also looking around at this time. Looking at the place where Ji You grew up, they couldn't help feeling a little confused.
They had seen many fairy villas with elegant landscapes and many blessed places with fairy-like aura, but this was the first time they had come to such a barren place with yellow earth all over the ground.
It was also hard for them to imagine that their mistress's husband was actually born here.
At this time, Ji You had already walked to the door of the Ji family's old house, took out the key given by Qiu Zhong and opened the door lock.
I thought there would be a courtyard with overgrown vegetation inside, but it was unexpectedly very clean. There was not even dust to be seen, and the spider webs I had imagined did not appear.
Yan Shuyi followed him in, and when he came to the room where Ji You lived all year round, he looked around and couldn't help asking, "What will the Fengzhou you envisioned become in the future?"
"It is not clear how far we will go, but it will definitely get better and better, so that the elderly can have a place to live, the strong can have a place to work, the young can have a place to grow, and the widowed, the lonely, the disabled and the sick can all be taken care of."
"What about your future?"
"I don't have any big aspirations. I just want to continue to become stronger so that I won't be at a loss when encountering problems. Then I can marry whoever I want and have as many children as I want."
Yan Shu also followed Ji You along the way and saw the new look of Fengzhou. He was very curious about what this place would look like in the future.
At the same time, she was also very curious about what Ji You wanted to do in the future, whether to establish a family that would last for a thousand years, or to retire to the mountains or something.
But when she heard that he wanted to have as many children as he wanted, her eyes became alert and she couldn't help but punch him.
She really didn't dare to be the first to try it, because the young master of Lingjian Mountain was not only afraid of the dark but also afraid of pain.
Ji You rubbed his slightly painful shoulder, turned his head to look at the noble and cold little master Jian, who looked afraid of being bullied, and thought she was very cute, and couldn't help pinching her snow-white face.
Seeing this scene, Ding Yao and Zhuo Wanqiu looked at each other, then walked out as if nothing had happened and closed the door cleverly.
Seeing the two maids being so "sensible", Yan Shu couldn't help but narrow his eyes.
Ji You also narrowed his eyes.
In fact, he just wanted to pinch her face and had no intention of doing anything else.
But everyone is out, and if I don’t do something, it seems a bit disrespectful and a waste of good intentions…
There were no lights on in the house, and the environment was a little dim.
Yan Shuyi silently muttered "Dengtuzi" in his mouth, and after a while he gently opened his arms towards the hands that were embracing him, with his red lips slightly parted.
Tsundere's kissing skills were already very good, and the kiss between them was as natural as a greeting, but there was still sword energy in the defensive sound amidst the click-clicking sounds, which made Ji You dare not move.
In fact, he didn't say that she had to have a baby, and besides, he couldn't defeat the tsundere girl right now, so it was her decision whether to have a baby or not.
The fact that she was so alert could only mean that she was secretly thinking about something in her heart.
As for the question she had asked earlier, about Fengzhou and herself, Ji You really didn't think much about it.
One person's power cannot change the world, Ji You understood this from the beginning.
So his idea at the beginning was very simple, he just wanted to have a full meal, but what happened later was completely beyond his expectations.
Fengzhou is getting better now. People can have enough food to eat and the children on the streets are no longer skinny and pale.
It would be a good thing if it continued like this day by day. Of course, the premise is that no disaster would happen in the future...
As he was thinking, Ji You suddenly felt as if there was a soft ball in the palm of his hand that he couldn't hold, round and flat. Then he felt a pain in the corner of his mouth, and a sweet and fishy taste rushed into his mouth.
Yan Shuyi really bit down this time, his teeth sunk deep into the corners of his lips, and he hadn't let go yet. At the same time, his sword intent was surging, his eyes were extremely cold, and his cheeks were red. He couldn't help but give him two punches...
Being injured will hurt after all, and cultivators are no exception.
Ji You squatted and sat on the edge of the bed, holding the delicate and soft little master in his arms. After she sat firmly, he waved his hand and slapped her plump buttocks.
The little master shuddered, and immediately opened his eyes fiercely, and his snow-white teeth couldn't help but use a little more force.
You lecher, you dare to do anything even though you are not as strong as me...
The sound of clicking continued into the night, and the Kuang family held a banquet at home and invited them to attend.
Yan Shuyi and Ji You separated their lips, breathing lightly, staring at each other for a long time, then they tidied their clothes and went out, walking past Ding Yao and Zhuo Wanqiu as if nothing had happened.
At this moment, no one knew that the little master's buttocks and roundness were feeling hot.
Cao Jinsong and others came from Fang Mansion. They were unwilling to go to Ji You's house because they thought that there was nothing in his house. In comparison, Fang Mansion's hospitality was extremely thoughtful.
When they reached Paifang Street, they saw Ji You, Yan Shuyi, Ding Yao and Zhuo Wanqiu coming towards them.
However, their eyes were mainly focused on the corner of Ji You's mouth. Looking at the bleeding wound, they stopped and held their breath.
Last winter, a girl lived in Ji You's courtyard for more than half a month.
After leaving, Ji You had two bite wounds at the corners of his mouth.
They didn't know who the woman was at the time, and they were wondering why a girl of Yuan Caiwei's status would accept another woman staying overnight in Ji You's courtyard.
Now there seems to be an answer, gradually becoming clear amidst the fog.
At this moment, the four of them couldn't help but glance at the little master of Lingjian Mountain with cold eyes.
This cold and aloof Master, is really playing tricks with the traitor in private...
Preparations for the autumn harvest began to advance step by step, and more cultivators joined the joint harvesting team and obtained the magical weapon, the Crescent Moon Scimitar, than last year.
At this point, there were only a few days left until the finals.
In order to conceal his tracks, the young master of Lingjian Mountain returned from Fengzhou on the seventh day. Before leaving, he kept opening the car window and looking again at what he had seen when he came.
Ding Yao and Zhuo Wanqiu could tell at a glance that the young master was somewhat reluctant to leave, but his feeling was concealed by his coldness and arrogance. They were somewhat surprised that the master had developed a sense of belonging to Fengzhou so quickly.
In fact, this is not surprising. After all, the home in Lingjian Mountain is just a hill to her.
At the strange man's home, Qiu Ru would run around every day, calling her sister, and Old Qiu would hint that having a baby would make the house more lively, and it was much more lively than before.
Moreover, she did not develop this sense of belonging after she arrived here. In fact, she had it before she arrived here. After all, she heard some merchants in Shengjing saying bad things about Fengzhou last winter and she almost got angry with them.
After Yan Shuyi and his party returned, Ji You returned on the second day, and the carriage returned to the Xianxian Garden in one day.
At that time, his boots and the corners of his clothes were still covered with mud that had not yet dried up. He really looked like someone who had just stepped out of the ground. The geniuses in the Garden of Sages who thought they were immortals looked dazed.
[I finished my work in the fields and came back to participate in the Tiandaohui finals]
In addition, the wound at the corner of his mouth was also worrying. I thought I had never heard of anything in the fields that would bite people.
Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Ji You walked back to the yard. Before he could even sit down, he heard his brother-in-law's voice ringing out in the yard.
Then, a figure ran into his house happily.
"Brother-in-law, long time no see!"
Yuan Chen ran into the house at this time, took a breath, and saw the wound on the corner of Ji You's mouth. He subconsciously looked away.
The little sister of the master of the inspection is really beautiful.
In fact, Ji You knew that they should have returned after calculating the date, so he was not too surprised to see him: "The Holy Land of the Sages is open?"
Yuan Chen nodded: "My sister and I came back yesterday, and only after we arrived did we hear that you went back home."
"Where do you live now?"
"I live in the garden next door."
After hearing this, Ji You looked out the door and asked, "Where's your sister? Didn't she come back with you?"
Yuan Chen turned around and pointed at the small building opposite: "She was called by the young master Jian's sister to be a guest."
Yan Shu also knew Ji You's return date. The jealous little guy grasped the timing very well and directly called Yuan Caiwei away to watch it personally.
After Yuan Chen finished speaking, he added: "I came here just to tell you, and I will go back later."
Ji You looked at him strangely: "Aren't you most afraid of your two sisters meeting each other? Why did you take the initiative to go back?"
"I'm not with them. I met a new friend who writes storybook novels. He speaks very nicely. I came late this time and missed several duels between you and my brother-in-law. I asked him to tell me all of them."
"You and Gongshu Chou can really pee in the same pot..."
"Hey, how did my brother-in-law know that the man's name was Gongshu Chou?"
"That bastard is a repeat offender."
Yuan Caiwei was sitting on the second floor of the small building opposite, looking at Yan Shuyi.
It was autumn again since they parted in Shengjing. The two sisters hadn't seen each other for a long time. When they looked at each other, they couldn't help but recall the scene of them swearing to be sisters for life when they were children.
Who would have thought that sisters would do this? Yan Shu was also speechless.
Ji You was chatting with Yuan Chen at this time, and he suddenly felt a sword energy rising from the opposite side.
Haha, the tsundere guy doesn't dare to try it himself, but he tries his best to stop others from trying. Is there any law?
Yuan Chen left quickly, and hurried to listen to the second volume of Gongshu Chou's story about the duel between brothers-in-law.
As soon as he left, more visitors came to Rusheng Courtyard, led by Cao Jinsong and four others who went to the inn to rest. Following them was Bai Rulong, who had not been seen for a long time, and the Lu sisters who came from Tianshuyuan to watch Ji You's game.
Lu Hanyan told the story of the autumn fight in Tianshu Academy, in which both sides suffered heavy losses, and how she and Fang Jincheng finally entered the inner courtyard to practice together.
Hearing this, Ji You nodded, thinking that these old guys had done something humane, and then looked at the Rulong Immortal Emperor: "What about you, why did you not come until now?"
"Something happened at home."
"?"
"My aunt and my brother are missing, and my father is in seclusion, so I can only stay a little longer."
Ji You was stunned when he heard the voice: "How could it be lost?"
Bai Rulong raised his eyes and said, "I don't know what happened, and my family can't explain it either, but it's nothing serious."
The aunt that Bai Rulong mentioned was his father's second wife, and his younger brother Bai Sihu was born to the aunt.
When he returned home this time, he heard from his family that his younger brother and aunt had disappeared, and his father had been in seclusion and had not come out to see them. The atmosphere at home was quite strange.
Although Bai Rulong has never been taken seriously because of the existence of his aunt and younger brother, and he has some resentment in his heart, they are still family after all.
Bai Rulong took several young men with him to look for it, but they couldn't find it. Feeling that they had done their best, they gave up.
On the way here, Cao Jinsong and the other three had heard him talk about this matter, but they felt that what he said was a little strange, so they raised their eyes and looked at Ji You, and saw that Ji You couldn't help but frown slightly, and a strange feeling kept flashing across his face.
"Brother Ji, have you seen any pretty girls in Tiandao these days?"
Bai Rulong's words at this time brought everyone back to their senses.
After hearing this, Cao Jinsong, Wen Zhengxin and the other three couldn't help but look at the small building opposite, thinking, what the hell?
Sure enough, Ji You shook his head like a gentleman. The most beautiful one was just opposite, and no one else had seen it.
(End of this chapter)
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