Chapter 63: The Decameron (Part 1)

In the quiet woods, Ji You was resting and regaining his senses.

This process lasted for nearly an hour.

At this moment, he felt a different kind of aura slowly spreading, as if it was constantly dissolving into the heaven and earth, wild and violent.

At this moment, he slowly opened his eyes and sat there silently, as if his soul had not yet returned.

It was not until his sense of smell, vision, taste, hearing, touch, and intuition were constantly released that his eyes gradually became bright.

At this time, Pei Ruyi's healing was complete and he fell into a coma.

Finally relieved, Wen Zhengxin and Ban Yangshu had entered a state of meditation, constantly absorbing spiritual energy into their bodies.

There was dead silence in the depths of the ruins, with Yuan Chen the only person walking around, treating some seriously injured students from Tianshu Academy, his face gradually turning pale.

"Brother-in-law, are you awake?"

"How is Senior Sister Pei?"

Yuan Chen raised his head: "It's okay now, but I may have to work until midnight."

Ji You relaxed his muscles and said, "Thank you for your hard work. When they leave, I'll give you 20% of the consultation fee."

The disciple who was receiving treatment looked up when he heard the voice, wondering what was going on, and why he was still asking for money? Could he not get treatment...

Yuan Chen's mouth twitched: "Forget it, you value money more than life, I don't believe you can give me 20%, why don't you read that book to me, I just read it and it's very exciting."

"?"

Ji You turned his head to look at the right side of the broken wall and saw the "Flying Fairy" which Yuan Chen had been reading all the way.

The story tells of a young man from an immortal family who has been gifted since childhood and has attracted countless attention. The story seems very similar to the first half of Chu He's life.

He entered the upper fifth realm at the age of ten, and his cultivation speed improved by leaps and bounds, attracting everyone's attention wherever he went.

Whether it was the Immortal Touring Meeting or the Sword Questioning Meeting, he always won any discussion meeting he attended.

Ji You read slowly, and soon, countless disciples of the immortal sect pricked up their ears and listened silently, and even Wen Zhengxin and Ban Yangshu opened their eyes.

The exciting part of this book is extremely simple, the protagonist is the only one who wins, wins, wins, but it does satisfy the fantasies of all the immortal disciples on the scene.

A character with a noble status and background, who is also extremely talented and valued by the sect, who wouldn’t dream of this?

Just when everyone was getting excited, Ji You's voice suddenly stopped in the night: "I almost made you feel great, the audition is over, I suggest you activate VIP."

"What?"

"Give me money."

"Brother-in-law, you are really greedy for money..."

Ji You chuckled and thought to himself, if it weren't for the money, who would come into this damn place when the founding ceremony of my village has already been completed.

After he finished laughing, he read a few more lines silently and couldn't help shaking his head.

The fact that this book can be circulated in the world must have been approved by the Immortal Sect.

After all, in such a world like Qingyun where immortals and mortals are distinguished, it is very difficult to publish a novel with the theme of cultivating immortals privately.

The reason why the seven major immortal sects allowed this novel to become popular might also be to publicize the immortals' transcendence to the outside world.

There was nothing wrong with the content of the story, but what made Ji You uncomfortable was the tone of the writer.

The protagonist of this book regards himself as an immortal throughout the whole book, and always talks about how great he is.

When it comes to the scenes where they encounter mortals, they are described as mortals, ants, or even worse, human slaves.

There is no doubt that this is a toxic textbook with a strong subjective color.

The story exalts the status of immortals and vilifies mortals in the most uglier way, comparing them to cattle and horses.

He didn't know whether this was a common practice or standard writing terminology.

But there is no doubt that as these vernacular novels become popular among the disciples of the immortal sects, they will subtly split the cultivators and mortals into two different races.

Demonizing mortals and comparing immortal cultivators to being superior will make them lose their sense of belonging to their “human” identity and think of themselves as immortals.

After one generation or two, and passing it down from generation to generation, the descendants of the immortal families will no longer feel that they are human.

This can explain why the people of Yuyang County respectfully call any cultivator at whatever level they see as an immortal.

It can also explain why Fengxian Villa used people to make medicine without any guilt.

Because of the spread of this ideology, humans and immortal cultivators have long been separated. When the immortals in the mountains see mortals, they treat them as cattle and horses, and have no sense of brotherhood at all.

Ji You held the book "Flying Fairy" and decided to make some changes, so he spoke softly.

"The young master of the Immortal Sect fought all over the place, defeated all the disciples of the Immortal Sect, won the cheers of the whole world, and finally entered the realm of Immortality and reached the pinnacle of the Immortal Path."

“When people mention his name, they always give him the best compliments.”

"So he began to continue practicing towards the goal of ascending to immortality, and it took him a hundred years to do so."

"Then he suddenly began to wonder what the purpose of my practice was."

"Is it for becoming an immortal? For immortality?"

"He always felt that he was only one step away from ascending to heaven, but suddenly he seemed to have lost his direction. Especially when he looked back on his life, he felt deeply empty and boring."

"He spent almost his entire life practicing Taoism. Day after day, he looked at the same mountains and heard the same praises. A hundred years of practice was like living only one day."

"He has no beloved girl or close friends around him, and he doesn't know where to go..."

After hearing the last sentence, the immortal sect disciples around were slightly stunned and their brows began to frown slightly.

They seemed to have a friend who wanted to ask him to stop talking.

Yuan Chen turned his head and looked at Ji You with some surprise.

He had actually seen this part of the plot before, and knew that the young master of the immortal sect would successfully ascend to heaven and become a great immortal saint, but there was no such twist.

At this time, Ji You's voice was still echoing in the darkness.

"Since he didn't know where to go, the young master of the Immortal Sect wanted to find out where he came from. So he searched for a long time and found that his ancestors actually lived in a remote town. His family was a blacksmith who had accidentally become an immortal."

"It turns out that I was once of mortal blood."

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"The young master of Xianmen decided to go down the mountain and went to the town where his ancestors lived. There he met a fellow Taoist named Ji Bochang."

"This Daoist friend Ji is a romantic and suave man with an ethereal appearance. He has already reached the supreme realm, but he is just a small county official here."

Disciples around: “?”

It seemed like someone was smuggling some contraband, and it flashed by in a flash.

Ji You continued calmly, "When the young master of the Immortal Sect saw him, he asked, Brother Ji, do you know why we cultivate immortality?"

"Chief Ji Bo also asked him, what did others tell you? The young master of the Immortal Sect said, my father once said that the purpose of cultivating immortals is to become immortal."

"But... what happens after becoming an immortal? What exactly is an immortal? Everyone wants to become an immortal, but who has ever seen what the immortal world looks like?"

"Chief Ji smiled softly and pointed to the ground below."

"The young master of the Immortal Sect seemed to understand, so he decided to stay here for a long time to meditate."

"Everyone thought he was the son of a poor family, so they got along well with him. Some even said they wanted to introduce him to a girl."

“But the Immortal Sect Master’s family did not understand him, so they sent someone to invite him back and told him that his goal was to ascend to become an immortal. So he returned to the mountains and continued to practice Taoism.”

Hearing this, all the disciples began to scratch their heads, looking gloomy.

For some reason, this story was not as exciting as the previous one about fighting all four directions. It was so bland that it was boring.

But at this moment, Ji You's style suddenly changed.

"Until one day, on a quiet evening, countless black clouds came from the west."

"The next second, the hideous demons came flying in from the sky, burning, killing, looting and committing all kinds of evil. In just one day, the land was devastated and corpses spread out for thousands of miles."

"?"

Ban Yangshu couldn't help but ask: "Junior Brother Ji, what is the demon clan?"

Ji You thought for a moment and said, "It is another race that is stronger than humans and more murderous."

"Aren't those the Wuman from Beiyuan? These ugly creatures have been coveting our territory all day long!"

“Literary creation cannot be substituted for reality!”

Ji You retracted his gaze and said, "At this time, the seven major immortal sects closed their mountain gates and activated the great protective formation. Each of them set up their own camp. The young master of the immortal sect was also cultivating and breaking through the realm, not caring about worldly affairs, but one day, he suddenly came down the mountain to meet the demon clan."

“No one knows why, and no one can understand.”

"But later someone said that he actually received a letter from Ji Bochang that day, which said that Yangwa's head was chopped off, Grandma's heart was dug out, and Xiuxiu was nailed to the wall."

"The day he entered the town, it was the sheep boy who led him the way."

"The old lady who lives next door to him said he is handsome and wants to introduce him to a good girl."

"That girl is Xiuxiu, a girl from a farmer's family. She is just average looking, rustic and not fairy-like."

"He has seen countless fairies in his life, so naturally he looked down on this peasant girl. He also felt that there was a difference between fairies and mortals, so he refused in every possible way."

"Xiu Xiu wasn't sad, but she was worried because she saw him squatting in the fields all day thinking about cultivating immortals. She thought he didn't have enough food, so she secretly gave him some biscuits several times."

"And when the young master came down the mountain, Xiuxiu had been nailed to the city wall, swaying in the wind like dry grass."

"run……"

"Xiu Xiu wasn't dead yet. When she saw him, her last words were, 'Run...'"

Ji You paused at this point, and saw Bai Rulong in the crowd biting his lower lip with tears in his eyes, almost pulling out all the grass around him.

He put himself in her shoes and felt the same way, but it was only after a long time that he realized that he didn't know such a girl at all.

Yuan Chen was also stunned when he heard this. It felt like there was a huge piece missing from his heart, and the light from the pill in his hand slowly dissipated.

The disciple who was healed by him looked pale. Am I hopeless?

(End of this chapter)