Chapter 4 How can I have such a sudden enlightenment?

Sanshilipu is located on the west side of Yuyang County, where there is a Taoist temple for cultivating immortals called Fengxian Villa.

At noon today, Lao Qiu took his daughter to borrow grain. When they reached the Baishui River, they happened to meet an immortal who came down from the mountain to collect offerings.

At first, Old Qiu did not notice anything wrong. He just felt that the leading immortal seemed to be very fond of his daughter. He looked at her again and again and praised her for her intelligence.

Old Qiu originally thought that this was a good thing.

It was not until he was carrying the grain bag and taking his daughter home that he met Niu Er, who was in charge of supervising the transportation of offerings, who came to congratulate him and said that he could be exempted from 30% of the offering this year as long as he sent his daughter to the mountain. Only then did he realize that the sky was about to fall.

Although it was not unheard of in Da Xia for a living person to make elixirs, the Qiu family couple never thought that this would happen to their daughter.

At that time, neighbors and relatives gathered at the Qiu family, but old Qiu sat on a stone pier with a dull expression, not uttering a word.

"What exactly does it mean to have a spiritual aura and boundless divine powers? Ru Ru has never even seen a fairy, so how could she have these... Those fairy masters must have seen it wrong..."

"That's the immortal. They said there is one. What can we, the untouchables, do?"

"Even the laws of Daxia cannot control immortals. Now that they have spoken, I'm afraid no one can save Ru Ru."

Seeing her mother sitting in the yard crying, five-year-old Qiu Ru was terrified.

She was just a little naughty and didn't listen to her mother. She insisted on following her to her grandfather's house in Sanshilipu. She thought it was this that angered her mother.

Seeing her mother crying out of breath, Qiu Ru ran over and hugged her neck: "Mom, I...I was wrong. I will be obedient in the future. Don't cry, I won't be naughty anymore."

"What's the point of being obedient now? I told you not to go, but you insisted on going!"

Li Shuping was almost hysterical. She pushed her daughter to the ground, but then she held her in her arms and burst into tears.

After a long silence, Butler Qiu raised his head and said with trembling lips: "I will go to the county government tomorrow and ask the master to think of a solution for us. After all, he and I had an old relationship when we were in the Ji family..."

Ji You had heard the rumor in the restaurant and went outside the city. He had been watching outside the crowd for a long time.

After traveling to Qingyun World, his life became a little harder, but overall it was relatively peaceful and stable.

He has no great ambitions, otherwise who would study philosophy?

Anyway, he couldn't go back to the previous world, he just wanted to achieve some success in his cultivation, and in two years, he would become a peerless gangster to ensure that he would have no worries about food and clothing and meat for three meals a day.

But he never imagined that the seemingly peaceful and stable life was actually vulnerable.

The immortal is here to make you live or die.

The so-called stability is nothing more than that it has not yet fallen on your head.

Ji You did not stay for too long. After all, sadness was different from joy and was not an emotion that needed to be shared with everyone.

He walked back to his ancestral home, pushed open the door and entered the second courtyard. The eccentric scholar next door was still sitting on the tree tonight, flipping through a book. He stood up immediately when he saw him come back.

But this time, he was not in a hurry to leave, but looked down at Ji You condescendingly.

"Something happened to the Qiu family."

The scholar's name was Kuang Cheng. He was a descendant of a scholarly family in Yuyang County and also the young master of a wealthy family. His house was adjacent to the Ji family's ancestral home.

This person usually loves to fetch water for widows and guide the blind. He is the type of child that other people's families like.

He is very famous in Yuyang County and is regarded as a kind-hearted and modest gentleman.

Because the two families live next to each other, he is one of the few people Ji You knows in this world.

When he first came into this world, he could not speak Yuyang dialect. It was only after hearing his son reading aloud in the tree that he could barely speak.

This is the story that Ji You knows.

But what he didn't know was that the young master of the Kuang family and the young master of the Ji family were inseparable friends in their childhood.

But later, the young master of the Ji family did not work hard, was addicted to alcohol and sex, and became a playboy, while the young master of the Kuang family studied poetry and books hard and was upright, so the two naturally parted ways.

But after knowing that something happened to the Qiu family, Kuang Cheng still flipped through countless books and found a way out of the impasse, waiting for him here.

In his opinion, the Qiu family had done him Ji You a favor, and he was helping this old friend for the last time.

After listening to the scholar's words, Ji You nodded: "I just came back from the Qiu family. I already know about Qiu Ru's situation."

"If you know, then you shouldn't be here."

"Where should I be then?"

Kuang Cheng stood up from the tree branch: "You should be in Fang's house, asking Fang Ruoyao for help."

"Fengxian Villa is a disciple of Xuanyuan Immortal Mansion. Not to mention ordinary people, even ordinary immortals may not dare to intervene in this matter. However, Tianshuyuan has the responsibility of monitoring the way of heaven, and it is the Great Xia Holy Sect, so it is natural."

"Fang Ruoyao has now entered the Heavenly Academy and is a disciple of the Heavenly Academy. As long as you can ask her to come forward, the girl from the Qiu family may have a chance of survival."

Kuang Cheng finished his words in one breath and looked straight at Ji You.

There is an old saying in Qingyuntianxia, ​​if the immortal wants you to die at three o'clock in the morning, who dares to keep you alive until five o'clock, so this matter should have no solution.

But the two immortals from Tianshuyuan happened to be in Yuyang Town. This was a variable, and variables usually meant the key to breaking the deadlock.

In his opinion, the key lies in the county magistrate's daughter.

However, Fang Ruoyao had forced Ji You to break off the engagement. In his opinion, it was not an easy thing to accept for Ji You to beg her.

After listening to this, Ji You looked up at him and asked, "Can I be saved if I become a disciple of Tianshuyuan?"

“This is the only solution to this situation.”

"Where did you get this solution, Brother Kuang?"

“Of course I read it in a book.”

Kuang Cheng thought he didn't believe it, so he threw the book to him over the wall.

When he touched the familiar pages of the book, Ji You couldn't help but think of himself who was completely clueless when he first came here.

The idea that Lao Kuang got from the book was correct. If he wanted Fengxian Villa to give up, only Tianshuyuan could do it.

Seeing that he was silent for a long time, the scholar couldn't help but ask: "Did you see it?"

“Yes.”

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

Ji You closed the book and couldn't help looking at the fiery red sky in the north.

He saw that the world is unpredictable, that fate is beyond one's control, and that the world would lose a brilliant and unrivaled bandit.

Kuang Cheng stood on the tree and looked at him in confusion, and saw that Ji You did not go out and go straight to Fang Mansion, but pushed the door open with a serious face and walked into the house, covering the doors and windows with black curtains.

After the three lower realms are perfected, one will be included in the immortal register and will not be bound by the law. One can enter the Heavenly Academy...

He had previously practiced with the intention of becoming a peerless bandit, and always felt that time was not that urgent. However, he was still two levels short of reaching his goal, and he only had two days left.

Ji You sat on the bed, and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth around him began to flow into his arms, burning like fire in his body.

In this state, he has to guide the spiritual energy of heaven and earth into the spiritual spring, and he only has one day to do it, which can be said to be a life-and-death situation.

At the same time, at the Qiu family outside the city, Old Qiu, who was worried, lay on the bed, listening to his wife's sobbing, and could not sleep all night.

After finally making it to dawn, he immediately drove the grain cart to the grain store in the city, exchanged all the remaining grain in his family for silver, packed the money in a bag, and rushed to the residence of the county magistrate Fang Zhongzheng, hoping to save his daughter's life.

But before Lao Qiu could get close to Fang's house, he was stopped by the officers guarding the intersection.

Today, Fang Zhongzheng and his daughter Fang Ruoyao are going to host a banquet at their mansion for the immortals from the Tianshu Academy in Shengjing. The mansion has been busy since early morning, with servants carrying all kinds of delicacies walking through the halls and courtyards, as if it were New Year's Day.

This concerns his daughter's future and the prosperity of the family. The grandfather was afraid that some unruly people would disturb the holy immortal, so he issued a death order last night and would not see anyone today.

But Lao Qiu did not give up. He knelt down on the street, banged his head on the ground, and begged for mercy. His cries gradually attracted a group of passers-by.

"Isn't that Qiu Zhong?"

"His daughter is going to be arrested to make medicine. I came here to ask the county magistrate for mercy, but the magistrate dare not interfere in the affairs of immortals. I am afraid that Old Qiu will not see anyone today even if he kneels down to his death."

"Hey, why isn't Ji You here?"

"I heard that he secretly took a look outside the door last night, and then turned around and left in fear. You know, he was frightened in the same way when the Ji family offended the immortal."

From early morning to evening, the Fang Mansion Immortal Banquet had already ended, but Qiu Zhong was still kneeling in the same place, unable to see the grandfather.

At this time, a scholar in a plain robe walked down the long street leading to the county magistrate's office, holding a volume of "Xia Lu Xian Gui". Wherever he went, people called him "Young Master Kuang".

When he reached the place where the officers were guarding the road, he looked at Qiu Zhong, who had already knelt down and looked emaciated, and felt three parts of pity and seven parts of resentment in his heart.

If it was Ji You, instead of Qiu Zhong, kneeling here today, this matter might still be resolved.

Because the county magistrate had forced the marriage to be cancelled, he left a bad reputation in the county. If Ji You knelt here for a long time, the Fang family would have to invite him in, even for the sake of face.

As long as there is a chance to meet the two immortal masters of Tianshuyuan, there is still a glimmer of hope.

But since last night, Ji You has been hiding at home and has not gone out since.

Then he remembered that when the Ji family suffered a disaster two years ago, Ji You also abandoned his parents and fled overnight, just like today.

He didn't expect that guy to have the courage to face the immortal directly, but he couldn't even sacrifice his face to ask Fang Ruoyao for help for the sake of the girl from the Qiu family.

Kuang Cheng walked towards the officer at the door with a sullen face: "Sir, please let me know that I would like to see Miss Fang."

"It's Master Kuang. My young lady is drinking tea with the immortal from Shengjing and has no time to meet guests."

"I can wait, no matter when. After all, I was classmates with Miss Fang. She will go to Beijing tomorrow, so today is the only day I can say goodbye to her in person."

"this……"

When the officer heard that he was here to see the young lady off, he hesitated for a moment and said, "Then Master Kuang, wait a moment. I will go to the palace to report."

Kuang Cheng bowed and said, "Thank you very much."

(End of this chapter)