Chapter 256: Terrifying Thoughts
After returning from Liu's house, Ji You and everyone from the Sixianjian stayed in the same inn.
After that, they rested until noon, and then visiting cards from noble families in Zhongzhou began to be sent to the inn.
These posts were obviously written in a hurry, and some of them were not even dry yet.
Among the noble families that came to send invitations, the Qiu family was among them.
In fact, long before Ji You defeated Yan Hao, the head of the Qiu family had already regretted why he did not insist on marrying his daughter to him. Later, he personally went to He Lingxiu for help, and then invited Ji You.
But that time, Ji You returned to Fengzhou.
Now that he had heard what had happened in the mountains last night, his desire to make amends had become even stronger.
In order to show his sincerity, the head of the Qiu family even called his daughter Qiu Hanyue and ordered her to deliver the invitation personally.
He originally thought that his daughter would refuse. After all, all she had wanted was to marry into a better family than the Qiu family, so he prepared a lot of persuasion.
But what the head of the Qiu family did not expect was that after Qiu Hanyue took the visiting card, he said nothing and turned around and hurried to the inn.
Previously, when he was sitting and drinking tea with other children of aristocratic families, everyone was persuading him.
Especially those sisters, who say that fate is sometimes so strange, and besides, you didn’t want to marry him before, so there is no need to hurt your body for him now.
Her good sister Sheng Xiyu also advised her, saying that even if he had great fighting power, it would not change the fact that he was alone now.
But for some reason, Qiu Hanyue was unable to be as open-minded as her sisters said, and she seemed to have some resentment hidden in her heart.
So on the way to the inn, the daughter of the Qiu family was preparing an excuse, such as explaining that she did not know him when she was in the Tiandao Society, and the reason she resisted this was because she did not like to hear others arrange her marriage, not because she had any opinion of him and so on.
But when these daughters of the Qiu family arrived at the inn, they couldn't help but stand there in a daze.
Because she found that many of her sisters had gathered in the inn, especially Sheng Xiyu, who was also here.
Compared with the time when she was drinking tea in the yard before, Sheng Xiyu even changed into a chest-length skirt, revealing a white cleavage, which made Qiu Hanyue look gloomy.
I will live the good life that my sister didn't have.
However, the post that Ji You finally accepted was from the Yu family in Zhongzhou.
The Yu family did not have chest-length skirts, so naturally they did not have snow-white and round girls, but for the bandit Ji who came for the purpose of eating, the banquet they set was still good.
After breaking through the two major physical barriers, it is true that Yan Shu also needs more sisters, but the tsundere is still the one who makes the decision.
Besides, it seems that these girls from the Zhongzhou families can't stand being teased...
Zhongzhou is just a temporary resting place.
After a night, the morning light shone down. After resting here for a night, Ji You boarded the carriage of Sixianjian and prepared to go to Shangping County, Dongliang County.
There is also a vast mountain range there, which also hides a large number of evil species.
Ji You sat in the bumpy carriage and saw many people from immortal sects and aristocratic families walking in and out of remote mountains and fields.
These immortal sects did not participate in the killing of the evil species. He was with the people from the Immortal Supervisor and was very clear about this.
So they are not afraid of evil spirits causing trouble, but are investigating something.
Ji You sat in the carriage, looking at these disciples of the Immortal Sect, and the scene of the demon ascending to heaven above Qiling appeared in his mind.
The appearance of so many evil species, and the number is still unknown, has probably irritated the nerves of the major immortal sects and families.
They were probably so nervous about this because they thought of what happened in Qi Ling.
When Ji You withdrew his gaze at this time, he felt the carriage slowly stop, so he lifted the door curtain and jumped off the shaft, and found that he had arrived in Shangping County, Dongliang County.
Here, many immortal sects and aristocratic families were walking in and out of the mountains and forests. When they saw Ji You appear on the long street, they couldn't help but focus their attention.
He had just come out of the Holy Land of Sages last night, and not many people had seen him. If they met him by chance on the street at this time, he would naturally attract everyone's attention.
"He came out of the holy land of the mountain sages. When did this happen? Why didn't I hear about it?"
"Maybe it's just these few days, otherwise there wouldn't be no news."
"Why is he here instead of going back to Tianshuyuan?"
"It seems that he came here with the Immortal Master, probably for the matter of the evil seed."
"People who returned from the Holy Land earlier said that it took him more than half a year to master the Mystic. Is that true?"
"The breath is restrained, and it is difficult to see clearly..."
Amid the discussion, the team sent by the Sixianjian to be stationed here hurried over and reported to Mu Jing about the situation of the evil species in the mountains.
The number of evil species here is slightly smaller than that in the Shangnan Mountains, but the problem is that some of them are too scattered and do not gather in the valleys, so they need to be defeated one by one.
Among them, the south slope has the largest number of rocks, and the vegetation on the south slope is denser and the terrain is more complex. Compared with the small number and the flat terrain of the north slope, the danger level is more than a little bit higher.
However, just listening will only give you a general idea, but not the whole picture.
So under the leadership of this stationed team, everyone took a tour along the barren mountain.
After the turn, Mu Jing subconsciously turned to look at Ji You; "What do you think, Master Ji?"
Ji You thought for a while and said, "I'll go to the south slope, and you go to the north slope."
"Is this... too dangerous? The terrain on the south slope is at a disadvantage for us."
"There is a village in the south, so I won't be modest. Your efficiency is too slow. I am afraid that the evil species will escape. Otherwise, I will definitely charge money for such a dangerous thing."
After listening to this, Mu Jing looked towards the south slope and said, "Master Ji is really different from other immortal cultivators. I originally thought that Master Ji would change eventually."
The people in the Sixianjian are very clear about Ji You's journey to becoming an immortal.
Even Ji You himself didn't know that he actually had a separate case file in the Sixian Bureau.
People who are familiar with his experience have always felt that he will change.
He entered the Immortal Sect and the Inner Court, and became famous at the Tiandao Conference. People like him who had appeared in the past basically became high-ranking immortals, just like the children of aristocratic families at that time.
Especially yesterday, those daughters of the immortal sects were dressed in gorgeous clothes and wanted to invite him in.
If he wanted to, he would have already integrated into the Immortal Sect.
But what he is concerned about now are those mortals whose deaths would not have much impact in the eyes of immortal cultivators.
Afterwards, everyone in the Supervisory Office sat together, worked out a plan to eliminate the evil species, and then entered the barren mountains.
Ji You parted with them at the mountain stream, then headed towards the south slope with his sword in hand.
There are indeed a lot of evil corpses on the south slope, and they are hiding in every corner.
Ji You observed for a long time at a safe distance that would not trigger the evil spirits, and determined the approximate location where the evil spirits were hiding. Then he released his aura and began to condense his strength.
Suddenly, he turned into a shadow and rushed towards the south slope.
As if sensing human presence, the evil species on the hillside suddenly became restless, the murderous aura all over its body swayed up to the sky, its face suddenly became ferocious, and it roared towards Ji You.
Ji You did not stop. With his blood surging, he stepped back to the west. The energy under his feet burst out and he instantly crushed a piece of rock.
The evil species in the west immediately showed their fangs and claws and rushed towards him like a tide.
If you look down from high, the whole scene is that dozens of evil species wandering in different locations are gathering together, some of them are circling in an arc, and some are running straight, all running towards Ji You.
Killing them one by one is too time-consuming and laborious, and some will be missed if you are not careful. Ji You doesn't want to do anything too uncertain, and he had already decided to use their ferocity to gather them together first.
Doing so is risky, because the body of the evil species is extremely strong and it is difficult to kill it with a single sword.
Then when the evil species gather, the risk of being drowned by the tide of zombies will increase infinitely.
Bang! Ji You suddenly stopped, and the heavy force of his footsteps caused a cloud of sand to fly in the mountain.
Those evil species that had been aroused to ferocity were now rushing over. Ji You, who had stood still, drew his sword, and the sharp sword body made a sound of fighting.
Here, facing the evil species rushing towards them, a hot breath began to sway among the mountains.
Then a clear sword light whizzed up, causing a violent storm.
【Daojian Liusexin】
Under the powerful sword energy, ripples appeared in the air and the hot sword blade slashed out.
As the sword fell, the mountains shook. The front row of evil spirits that were charging forward had not yet come into contact with the extremely sharp sword energy, and their bodies were directly shattered by the heavy energy.
Then, the sword energy swept across, and countless evil corpses were pierced through by the sharp Taoist sword, and their limbs flew everywhere.
In fact, Mu Jing sent a team to assist Ji You, but Ji You arranged them on the outskirts of the south slope and they were only responsible for guarding the area.
But when Ji You rushed out, they realized that in order to prevent the evil species from escaping, Ji You actually chose to use himself as bait and gathered all the evil species together.
Even though they knew that Ji You's fighting power was amazing, they couldn't help but feel frightened when they saw the dark masses of evil spirits rushing towards them.
It was not until the fiery sword swept across and the oncoming air wave cut their faces like a knife that they realized what the evil species on the south slope were facing...
"The evil species really doesn't have any special features."
"There are no clothes either. The shrunken corpse looks the same. It seems that the Immortal Supervisor is unable to confirm the source of the evil seed and it is not because of slacking off."
After Ji You put away his sword, he squatted on the ground and kept groping in front of several evil corpses, trying to find something that could explain their origin, but he was greatly disappointed.
There was nothing to prove the origin, and he couldn't even confirm whether this batch and the batch in the Shangnan Mountains came from the same source...
The Sixianjian and Zhenbei Army teams on the north slope are fighting at the moment. After all the evil species are eliminated, they will come out of the mountain and meet up with Ji You.
The Immortal Sect and the Aristocratic Family had not received any orders to clean out the evil species, so they had been waiting in the county town.
Seeing everyone going in and out within an hour, he couldn't help but look a little surprised.
They naturally knew the number of evil species in the mountains, and they also knew that those iron-skinned and strong ghosts were not easy to kill, especially on the south slope, where not only was the terrain complex, but there were also many evil species.
What surprised these people was that they could clean up the evil seeds in such a short time...
After the evil species in Shangping County were completely eliminated, the Sixianjian waited here for a day.
This place is relatively close to Qingzhou, and the Execution Department of the Sixian Bureau is responsible for eliminating the evil species in Qingzhou. Mu Jing had originally made an appointment to return to Beijing with Wang Mian, the chief of the Execution Department, but no one showed up after waiting for a long time.
So he left a few people to go to Qingzhou to investigate the situation, while the rest took a carriage back to Shengjing.
Also returning at the same time were those disciples of the Immortal Sect who had come to investigate the places where the evil spirits appeared.
Just as Ji You had guessed before, neither the Immortal Sect nor the Aristocratic Family had much interest in the evil species themselves, nor did they think of sending powerful people to suppress these rebellious evil species.
The reason why they sent their disciples to investigate everywhere was because the dark clouds behind the evil species had irritated their nerves.
After investigation, all the places where evil species appear have basically been identified. All the major immortal sects and families have compiled the reported information, and then drawn a map.
The original chaos gradually began to become orderly, which led to countless closed-door discussions.
"Looking at the map, all the evil species basically appeared in the mountains and fields. Some were close to the ruins, but there were also some places with no trace of ruins around them. At least it can be shown that they did not escape from the ruins, which is the same as what happened in the beginning."
"You mean the evil species can escape from the ruins?"
"Yes, this kind of thing only happened in Qiling. With such a coincidence, I'm afraid there may be a connection. So this may not be a natural disaster, but a man-made disaster..."
"But we have tried many times before, and we really cannot bring the things in the ruins out no matter what."
"This is the most questionable thing, and the most disturbing thing..."
The ruins left behind by the surviving clans have always been a taboo in the Qingyun world. Especially after the Qiling incident, all the major ruins have been guarded by the immortal sects and families, and on the surface, entry is strictly prohibited.
But in fact, although everything was calm after the death of the ancestor of the Zheng family, some of the immortal sects and aristocratic families have never given up their research on the ruins.
However, after studying for a long time, they have not found anything valuable.
The power in the ruins cannot be accepted by the outside world. Things brought out will turn into ashes, and people who eat those things will never be able to come out again.
No matter how good a useless thing is, it has no value and naturally will not be thought of by people.
But the sudden appearance of the evil species makes it hard not to remind people of what happened before, and makes people wonder if there are other ancestors or something like that.
Some things are just like this. If you only look at the surface, it is just a disaster caused by evil, but if you think about it carefully, it makes people feel that it is not that simple.
Similarly, people in teahouses and restaurants were also talking about these things.
They did not have a drawn map in their hands, but through the constant exchange of rumors, they roughly knew where the evil species had been discovered.
This lively scene was different from the previous ones. The previous liveliness was orderly, but the hustle and bustle at this moment seemed a bit chaotic.
At this time, the carriage from the Sixianjian returned from the west and entered the city through the city gate.
When arriving at the sacred road in front of Tianshuyuan, Ji You lifted the door curtain and jumped off the shaft of the carriage.
Although he only stayed in the Holy Land of Sages for more than half a year, if the Tiandao Society was included, he had been away for almost a year.
This period of spring and autumn is naturally as short as a flash of lightning for a cultivator, but Ji You still feels like he has been away for a long time.
Without any evil disciples to steal money, Instructor Cao must be very miserable as he has to think about how to spend his huge monthly salary every day.
There is also the Immortal Emperor Rulong, who must be suffering from the bulging purse in his arms.
Ji You felt a little distressed when he thought of the two of them, so he walked onto the sacred path and headed towards the mountain gate.
In fact, the news that Ji You had left the holy land of sages has been circulating in recent days.
It's just that because the matter of the evil seed is of great importance, this news was drowned out by the discussions. Otherwise, there would definitely be people gathering in front of the Tianshu Academy at this time to see whether he really stayed in the holy land of sages for more than half a year and still reached the Tongxuan realm.
At this time, Ji You walked along the road beside the Dengxian White Jade Platform towards Cao Jinsong's yard and reached out to push the door.
To his surprise, the person sitting in the yard was not Cao Jinsong, but instructor Ding Angding from the outer courtyard.
At this time, Ding Ang was drinking tea with Instructor Ma Zhiyuan in the yard. They were also talking about the evil species. When he saw Ji You, he couldn't help but be stunned.
We hadn't seen each other for a whole year, so meeting each other again was really dazed.
"Ji You...?"
"It's me. Why are you two in Instructor Cao's yard?"
Ding Ang stared at him for a long time before he came back to his senses and said, "Well, Cao Jinsong has made great contributions in training his disciples. According to the instructions of the academy, my original courtyard will be given to him to live in."
Ji You glanced at Ding Ang and asked, "So, Instructor Ding was transferred to this courtyard?"
"yes……"
"Instructor Cao is being a bit arrogant. This is simply robbing people by trickery."
Ji You couldn't help but frowned: "Teacher Ding, give me some silver and I will help you teach him a lesson."
Ding Ang and Ma Zhiyuan looked at each other and said, "Well, forget it. We are very familiar with your styles."
Seeing that Ding Ang was unwilling to spend money to become his disciple, Ji You did not insist on forcing the sale. He asked about the courtyard where Cao Jinsong was now and turned away.
Ding Ang and Ma Zhiyuan accompanied him to the door. They looked at his departing figure and after thinking for a long time, they couldn't help but look at each other: "The rumors are true, Ji You is indeed an expert in the mystical world."
Ma Zhiyuan swallowed his saliva: "Why don't you give him a try?"
"I have no personal grudge against him."
"Isn't it because of this evil disciple that Cao Jinsong is so arrogant?"
"That's true, but as a teacher, I don't have to be so mean to a junior..."
Ma Zhiyuan glanced at Ding Ang and thought to himself, if he didn't dare, he could just say so. There was nothing shameful about it. In fact, he didn't quite dare.
Because almost everyone in Tianshuyuan knew that there had always been something strange about Ji You’s practice.
This oddity is most likely due to his method of body refining, so that he is not only invincible in the same realm, but can also fight against enemies across realms.
Ding Ang and Ma Zhiyuan are both in the upper realm of Rongdao. Logically speaking, it should be no problem for them to crush a Tongxuan realm cultivator. However, when they think that this Tongxuan realm cultivator is Ji You, they feel unsure.
(End of this chapter)
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