Chapter 84: Gangsters Never Complain About the Environment

The disciples of Tianshu Academy left at the beginning of spring, and when they returned it was already raining heavily.

At this time in Shengjing City, raindrops fell on the road, making the stone slabs, which were once rounded by the friction of straw sandals and cloud shoes, as transparent as a mirror.

In a restaurant on Yong'an Street, several noble families from Beijing, dressed in luxurious attire, were seated at the table. There were a wide variety of dishes in front of them, but none of them were touched.

Sitting in the upper seat was a woman wearing a white snowy skirt and a phoenix hairpin on her head. She had a dignified appearance. She was the daughter of Prince Chong, Princess Changle Zhao Yunyue.

The woman on her right was wearing a jade-colored flowered skirt. Her face was as bright and smooth as water, and her hair was as white as clouds and her face was as beautiful as flowers. She was Wei Rui, the granddaughter of Prime Minister Wei.

There were also several officials' sons present, among whom the host was Dou Yuankong, the son of Dou Shangshu.

Several of them have some cultivation level, among which Princess Changle has the highest level, having already reached perfection in the lower three realms, but she is not considered a disciple of the Immortal Sect.

Because when Daxia was founded, there was a royal decree that the families of important officials in the court could practice Taoism, but they could not belong to the immortal sect.

Therefore, these people have masters invited from the immortal sect as guest officials in their homes.

For example, Princess Changle has an elder from Lingjian Mountain enshrined in her home, who practices in the palace all day long.

"Didn't we arrange to meet at 9:00 p.m.? Why hasn't anyone come yet?"

"Don't worry, Princess. Maybe something has delayed you..."

"Let's have someone take the food away first and make another one later, so that the guests won't be offended by it."

Zhao Yunyue said this lightly, and couldn't help but pounding her plump buttocks which were a little numb after sitting for a long time.

They came here today to entertain several disciples of Tianshu Academy including Lu Qingqiu and Lou Siyi.

But unlike ordinary banquets, they had received instructions from their families today to discuss the matter of the spiritual mine and the immortal seedlings.

Since the beginning of the new era, the emperor began to select new people and established the Sixianjian. Originally, people thought that it would be like the past with much ado about nothing.

But who would have thought that the Sixianjian would immediately start investigating the tax corruption case and arrested a large number of officials on this ground.

In the past, the pro-immortal faction in the court would not be afraid.

Just like what King Chong said, Qingyun is the place where immortal power reigns supreme.

But after the incident with the ruins, all the major immortal sects suffered heavy losses, and some people are still wandering in the mountains, with no time to take care of such trivial matters.

There was also the Godly General Zhenbei stationed in the capital, intimidating all officials, so the emperor took this opportunity to arrange a large number of new officials to take office.

Among them are several important official positions involved in the mining of spiritual mines and the cultivation of immortal seedlings.

Moreover, the emperor's hand has reached a long way this time. For example, several spiritual mines in Yunzhou are currently being inspected by newly appointed officials of the court.

Naturally, this kind of behavior made the aristocratic families in the capital and the immortal families quite unhappy.

These immortal families made an appointment with several pro-immortal families in the capital to meet here in the name of meeting friends, but in fact they were communicating with each other and sending those officials away.

However, not long after the meal was taken away, Lou Siyi's maid came hurriedly with an umbrella and entered the building.

"Princess, Miss Wei, Mr. Dou, my young lady cannot come to the banquet today. I would like to arrange it another day."

Dou Yuankong couldn't help but stand up and asked in surprise, "Another day? Why?"

Lou Siyi's maid pursed her lips and said, "Young lady said someone is coming back to the courtyard today and she wants to go see him. Young lady Sun is also like this, so neither of them can come today."

"?"

Hearing this, everyone couldn't help but look at each other.

They didn't know who was coming back to the hospital, and they didn't even come to the banquet that had been arranged in advance.

Lou Siyi's maid just left and Lu Qingqiu's maid also came and said basically the same thing, that she had something to do today and could not come to the banquet.

Zhao Yunyue bit her thin lips lightly: "Lu Qingqiu is a proud woman. Who would come back with such a big scene that she would have to join in the fun?"

"Perhaps the people who visited the ruins have returned?"

Lu Qingqiu's maid said, "Master Ji You is coming back today. My lady gave him a sword as a gift."

Everyone at the table opened their mouths and suddenly thought of Ji You.

It is said that he entered the academy for private practice and then sensed the Heavenly Book, but when he was about to break through, he was sent out of the Heavenly Book Academy to explore the ruins.

"Then... has Master Chu arrived?"

"It seems that Master Chu is not coming either."

The Chu family had no connection with the imperial court, but because of the family's reputation, whenever there was a banquet, he would be included in the invitation.

When Prince Chong hosted a banquet for Chu He, Zhao Yunyue had seen him from a distance in a side hall and thought he was a man of grand speeches and elegant demeanor.

She had also heard about what happened in Tianshuyuan later. It was said that Ji You was the first to sense the Heavenly Book, which caused Chu He to suffer a great setback.

But Chu He later secluded himself for countless days and months, and finally surpassed the others and was the first to enter the initial stage of Tongxuan.

So Zhao Yunyue was a little puzzled as to why Ji You's return attracted Chu He to join in the fun.

"Sister Yunyue, since no one is coming, let's just call it quits today."

Wei Rui couldn't help but speak softly, somewhat in a whisper.

Zhao Yunyue thought for a moment and said, "Anyway, I have nothing to do today, and I am a little curious about this Ji You. Let's go to Tianshuyuan and take a look."

"this……"

Wei Rui actually didn’t understand the affairs of the court. She was just a weak woman who liked music, chess, calligraphy and painting.

The reason why she came today was because Prime Minister Wei was the representative of the pro-immortal faction and someone from their family was needed to come forward.

She was still thinking about things outside the city at this time, but her personality was soft and she was not good at refusing, so she had to follow Zhao Yunyue into the carriage and head to Tianshuyuan.

The drizzle on the street had stopped at this time. When everyone came to Tianshuyuan, they saw some other people standing there. They seemed to be some non-sectarians who lived in Shengjing.

The disciples of Tianshuyuan were scattered in groups of three or four at the foot of the mountain gate, on the sacred road, and beside the sacred road.

Among them, Chu He and Lu Qingqiu stood taller, the former had a gloomy look in his eyes, while the latter had a complicated expression.

Behind them were several Danzong disciples wearing red and yellow robes with a three-legged alchemy furnace embroidered behind them, as if they were looking forward to something.

"It seems that it is not as simple as Ji You's return."

Zhao Yunyue murmured thoughtfully.

Wei Rui felt a little bored, so her eyes began to wander, and suddenly she saw a scholar standing under a remote willow tree outside the crowd.

There was a lot of water there, so there was no one there, but the scholar put two bricks in the water and stood on them, looking towards the direction of Tianshuyuan.

After a long time, as if he noticed the gaze, the scholar couldn't help but turn his head. When he saw Wei Rui, he was slightly stunned, and then bowed.

Wei Rui couldn't help but smile and bowed slightly to him, then hesitated for a moment and walked over.

"Why are you here, young master? Are you also interested in immortal cultivators?"

"I have a friend who is coming back today, and I want to see for myself if he is safe."

"I see."

"Where's the girl?"

"Well...I was dragged here to join in the fun."

Kuang Cheng nodded, not knowing what to say, so he just smiled.

He didn't know who this girl was, but because of the evil plagues in recent days, there were many more refugees outside the city.

These refugees came from all directions and did not dare to gather in the place where the immortal families lived, so they could only come to Shengjing.

Kuang Cheng had been worrying about the refugees these days. He followed Si Xian Jian to maintain order outside and saw this girl distributing porridge outside. He also went to help a few times, but did not say a few words.

Wei Rui looked at him at this moment, her face turning slightly pink for some reason, so she asked softly, "Sir, are you going outside the city today?"

"I'll go after I finish reading it."

"Me too."

Kuang Cheng listened to her answer, not daring to look at her directly, but wanted to ask her name.

At this moment, Kou Yuankong came from a distance and walked to Wei Rui's side: "Why are you here?"

Wei Rui glanced at him and said, "Meet a friend."

"Is this your friend?"

"I met him when I was giving out porridge outside the city."

Dou Yuankong couldn't help but glance at Kuang Cheng, and then said to Wei Rui, "Are you still going to give out porridge today?"

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Wei Rui nodded: "Yes."

"I'll arrange for someone to follow you. The refugees will rob if they're hungry, so you won't get hurt."

Kuang Cheng had already turned his head back at this time and said nothing more.

The young ladies in the capital are all high-ranking officials and nobles. She and her friends were also dressed very elegantly. It was difficult for a poor scholar like him who held an idle position in the Sixianjian to make friends with them.

As Kuang Cheng was thinking about it, he heard a burst of discussion coming from the place opposite Tianshuyuan.

As far as the eye could see, four carriages were slowly approaching and stopped in front of the mountain gate of Tianshuyuan.

The group from Tianshuyuan took a boat from Fengxing Ferry, changed cars at the post station outside the city, and finally returned to Shengjing after a day and a night.

The bandits have returned to the mountain. Ji You muttered to himself, then raised his head to look, and found that he was being stared at everywhere. He was almost stared to death. It seems that the news of his breakthrough has spread in the past few days.

At this time, the discussions among the onlookers became louder and louder.

"What happened? Why do everyone look so weird?"

"That Ji You... has already entered the Tongxuan realm."

“…”

Apart from the unique method of looking at qi in alchemy, people of lower realm cannot see clearly the higher realm, so they can only see the higher realm.

But at this time Chu He's face looked very ugly, and he flicked his sleeves and left.

He had already reached the initial stage of Tongxuan, so he could naturally see that Ji You's realm was different from his own. He had not believed the news from his family at first, but now he had to believe it.

Lu Qingqiu had also vaguely heard rumors about Ji You's breakthrough, but he didn't understand why Chu He, who was at the same level as him, was so angry: "What happened to him?"

Instructor Ma took a deep breath and said, "It's not the initial stage of Tongxuan, it's the middle stage of Tongxuan."

"Middle realm?" Lu Qingqiu widened his eyes.

At this time, Cao Jinsong did not stand with the crowd, but stood on the white jade platform with his huge chest puffed out, facing the mountain gate.

The moment Ji You stepped into the mountain gate, he saw Lao Cao's eyes instantly turned red.

Lao Cao wrote back to him on the boat, saying that he had been having trouble sleeping and eating for a few days. Hmm…how come he seemed to have gained some weight after having trouble sleeping and eating? “I’m glad you’re back, I’m glad you’re back.”

Cao Jinsong walked forward and patted the extraordinary boy he brought back from Yuyang County, and was speechless for a moment.

Ji You looked at him and finally patted his shoulder.

In fact, after coming to Qingyun Tianxia, ​​he has always found it difficult to make friends with others. Old Qiu is one, Kuang Cheng is one, and now Old Cao is one too.

He originally thought that Lao Cao just valued his talent, but later he tacitly allowed him to leave, so their friendship became much stronger. In the future, he decided to fight less for him and more for Instructor Wang.

But at this moment, Cao Jinsong's eyes were slightly surprised, and he slowly opened his mouth as he looked at Pei Ruyi who came from the sacred road.

Her appearance hadn't changed much from when she left, but her aura was noticeably different.

“Ruyi, you… you have also broken through?”

Pei Ruyi nodded gently, with a smile in his eyes: "I felt something on the boat, and then I broke through."

Last night when they were having dinner on the boat, Wen Zhengxin sent someone to call her, but she did not go because she felt the signs of a breakthrough, so she meditated in her room all night.

Like Ban Yangshu, she was stuck in this realm for many years. For some reason, she was able to break through this realm that she had practiced hard to achieve before.

After hearing this, Cao Jinsong opened his mouth and then looked relieved.

Fengzhou is remote and poor, and every year the number of students is inferior, but now there are one Rongdao and one Tongxuan.

He took a deep breath, turned to look at Ji You, and was about to say some heroic words, but his expression suddenly froze, and he found that Ji You was walking towards the Director's Office, with seven swords out, one sword in his hand, and six swords floating in the air.

"Ji You, what are you going to do?"

"I want money. Didn't they promise to give me 100 taels if I don't die and return to the mountain?"

"Then why are you moving your sword?"

"I sacrificed my life for the Heavenly Academy and my sword has been bent. I want to ask them if they will compensate me."

Ji You raised his sword to the sky and walked towards the mountain path alone in full view of everyone.

Cao Jinsong immediately followed him: "There is a rule in the Office of the Headmaster that you need to unsheathe your sword before entering the door."

Manager Qin was in the manager's courtyard at this time. He heard the conversation down the mountain and soon saw Ji You walking in with a sword in his hand, his eyes slightly narrowed.

He felt the sharpness in the sword intent, and this sharpness was directed at the authority of the Office of Administration.

The Heavenly Academy had existed since the rise of the human race, and the history of the Director's Academy was not much different, but no disciple in the academy had ever dared to confront it, especially since he was only an outer academy disciple...

The veins on Manager Qin's forehead gradually bulged, but in the end he pretended not to see it, let Ji You enter with the sword, gave him one hundred taels, and also gave him money to exchange for the sword.

Danzong is now in the yard. He saved Danzong's siblings, so even he can't do anything to him now.

"You kid, have you become braver after going out?"

"The Directorate is a group of people who only bully the weak and fear the strong, and I happen to be not a soft persimmon. I can't let others bully me. Now that the Dan Sect is here, I will rob it for nothing."

"This is Tianshu Academy, there are rules."

"Real gangsters never complain about the environment."

What the two of them didn't know was that at this moment, in the vast sea of ​​clouds on the top of Mount Ni, there were also two figures watching this scene.

The old man in baggy clothes looked at Cao Jinsong and thought that this old guy was more arrogant than me, just like a master.

"This boy is quite courageous and his actions are very much to my liking. Why not replace the disciple of Jixiang Palace and let him do the job?"

When You Yingqiu said this, he looked towards the head teacher in front of him, as if he wanted to see something from it.

The headmaster chuckled and waved his hand.

As You Yingqiu said, he had once forcibly changed the cause and effect trajectory for a person, and in the end he learned a bloody lesson.

There is an old saying in Qingyun that fortune and misfortune are interdependent. With his status, if he blocks misfortune for others, he is also depriving himself of his fortune.

This female disciple of hers must be optimistic about him because of the Heavenly Book's reaction to him, not because he is a good person.

This is putting cause and effect before effect, and since the source comes from him, it is a disaster.

(End of this chapter)