Yuan Lie did not have the heart to listen in class recently, but instead turned his eyes frequently to a beautiful girl in the classroom.

In fact, he had already seen countless peerlessly beautiful women before. Although the girl’s aura and appearance were all superior, in fact, she was not the most outstanding, but he still couldn’t help but watch her.

He had already learned her name, and her name was Ji Mingyu.

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Ji Mingyu, a person who possessed such a powerful fortune, and he also heard that the daughter of Kun-Lai’s Sect Leader was also called Fairy Mingyu…

Is this his daughter?

Why does he have a daughter, doesn’t he like men only?

But now, when he looked closely, he realized that this girl named Mingyu was actually quite similar to him in appearance.

It was just that her aura was not as gentle as water as his was in the past, and there was none of that bright confidence and open-mindedness either. At that time, Yun Lai shone into his world like sunshine.

The aura of this girl couldn’t compare.

But back then, Yun Lai once brought back a baby girl whose parents had passed away from the clan, saying that this girl looked like him and could be raised as a daughter in the future. He then asked him if he would like to be her family member.

Unfortunately, because of the misunderstanding that Yun Lai was the High Priest, he threw the baby girl who had just learned to call out ‘father’ into an ice well, and angered him so much that he vomited blood…

No, no, these were all things from a previous life.

Stop thinking about it.

He took his revenge. Back then, his Calamity Sword slashed his soul into pieces. If he hadn’t acquired a rare treasure, he wouldn’t even be able to reincarnate. Even so, he had died prematurely due to the wound in his soul in several lifetimes. He must definitely have put aside these past events by now.

Otherwise, how could he accept an apprentice again.

***

What was so good about that Feng Qingxiu? How could he have earned his favor?

Back then, he used Great Xuan’s many years of accumulated techniques to provide him with a lot of inspiration, which made him think that he was a natural talent, and even communicated with him on an equal footing during discussions.

That kind of personality fit was the reason why they finally came together.

He was willing to accept me at that time, so who cares about that Feng Qingxiu!

He was just an ordinary disciple!

As long as he showed his ability, he would definitely let him see how good he was, and then he could become his apprentice again.

But, how could he show his ability?

This outer sect was simply his shackles!

Yuan Lie couldn’t help but glance at the girl who looked like a fairy.

Ji Mingyu, this name did not actually roll off the tongue very smoothly, Li Mingyu sounded better, even Yuan Mingyu was not bad…

He had been thinking about this issue, even thinking about it until he went to bed at night, and even absentmindedly spoke the new name with a smile.

Then he was beaten up violently by Ye Han!

Ye Han didn’t like this guy for a long time, and now he discovered that this guy actually wanted Mingyu to take his surname!

This guy should pee and look at his reflection! As if he was even worthy!

Although Yuan Lie fought hard, he was too weak now physically, and he was not Ye Han’s opponent. Soon after, one of them was carted off to the Mountain Patrol Bureau and the other was brought on a stretcher to Qingdi Peak.

Yimeng Qingnu spent a lot of effort to wake Yuan Lie up.

And she liked this patient case very much. She decided to let him stay, telling him that he didn’t have to work too hard, and she could tutor him for the upcoming exams.

Now, Yuan Lie was almost grateful to Ye Han who nearly beat him to death.

He finally reached the inner sect.

Maybe, he could even catch a glimpse of Yun Lai from a distance?

***

On Qingdi Peak, Yimeng Qingnu returned to her tower as usual, and quickly dealt with some miscellaneous matters piled up on Qingdi Peak.

Then quickly browsed the recent patient’s situation.

Finally, she took inventory of the things on Qingdi Peak again to see how much money was left.

“Can our flying peak be used again?” Qingnu asked in a low voice.

“It should be fine for short distances, but not for hundreds of thousands of miles,” someone next to her replied, “About 100,000 miles in, there will be a major failure. Our flying peak was one of the first batch created, and it has already been used for hundreds of years. The spiritual vein core has approached its limit, and it may break at any time.”

This kind of thing, one could usually fly it around Kun-Lai Mountain, but if they tried to fly it to the Outlands where there were countless dangers, then it was not taking the lives of the people on the peak seriously, and the elders would not allow it.

“Say, if I fight Bai Liu with my life, would he dare to kill me?” Yimeng Qingnu asked softly, playing with the knife held in her fingers.

The person next to her was stunned silent.

Yimeng Qingnu chuckled and walked out of the tower.

No one stopped her, no one dared to stop what she wanted to do.

After just a few landings, she had already reached the mountainside. Among the layers of forest, faintly revealing the graceful appearance of towers and waterside pavilions, was the other courtyard residence of the Peak Master, where Bai Liu had taken to staying recently.

But she keenly smelled a trace of blood.

It was very fresh. It smelled of a cloud turtle’s spirit demon blood. She could easily distinguish hundreds of different kinds of spirit demon blood in Kun-Lai by relying on the techniques she cultivated.

Something was wrong.

Yimeng Qingnu pondered a bit, then faded from sight, slowly approaching the water pavilion. She and Ying An have always been friendly, and thus had learned a lot of concealment techniques from him.

In the water pavilion, a girl looked at a young man with sadness between her brows.

“Recently, there has been less and less spirit demon blood,” said the young man.

“The blood of the spirit demons also takes time to boil, and preparations for the expedition have been going on recently, so the spirit demons selling blood are all asking for a higher price. Recently, the resources of Qingdi Peak have been kept a close eye on by Qingnu, and my father is trying to find a way.” Bai Yue comforted him.

“It’s that hag Qingnu again!” The young man’s voice was cold, suffused with murderous intent, “My Sky Swallowing Method has reached a key juncture, and spirit demon blood no longer satisfies it.”

“You have already swallowed all the spirit demon cores in the inventory on the peak, and father is still mustering up more for you, so don’t be impatient,” Bai Yue was also worried, but she couldn’t think of a way. “My father is the Master of Qingdi Peak. Those people will always want to give him face. As long as you break through into the Demigod Stage, father will apply for you to join Kun-Lai. At that time, as a descendant of a cultivator who died in battle for Kun-Lai, you will definitely be able to suppress Qingnu and regain power within the peak. And this time there is no new flying peak, so the disciples of Qingdi Peak can only go to other main peaks to ride their flying peaks, and her prestige will be greatly reduced.”

***

Qingnu didn’t want to listen anymore.

If she listened to it any more, she would definitely go crazy.

She now knew why Bai Liu took away the resources of Qingdi Peak at this critical juncture, leaving her helpless and forced to ask friends for help.

“Are you very troubled?” Not far away, a black-robed youth was leaning against a tree. The pattern of tripod cauldrons on his black robe was imposing, and he had a smile on his face. He was her nemesis.

“Hmph, I know you have your hand in this matter.” Qingnu said coldly.

“I’m wronged,” Qiu Yuansheng said with an aggrieved expression, “It’s not as if you don’t know how much your Peak Master uncle values ​​his trash, so suddenly one of his trash turns out to not be trash, he must definitely cherish it.”

“That person was an ordinary person with no spiritual roots a year ago. He was humiliated and then jumped off into the Jiuqu River. When he was fished back up, he was dead with no sign of his soul. I diagnosed and treated him myself. There is no mistake.” Qingnu looked coldly at Qiu Yuansheng, “Bai Liu took him to find you, and wanted you to save him with a Soul-Returning Pill.”

“Yes, after I made an offer at the time, you didn’t want to give the money, and you were slapped in the face by the Peak Master. And so publicly in front of us, it was really loud indeed.” Qiu Yuansheng responded with a smile.

“If it wasn’t for your offer, my flying peak would have already existed.” Qingnu knew she couldn’t be thrown into a rage by him again, “So, what are you trying to say?”

“My offer was not too high at all, that was a medicinal pill that could heal powerful cultivators at the Synthesis Stage, and there were only three left on Danding Peak.” Qiu Yuansheng said with a smile, “But the effect is also very good, look at that person, after he ate it, it was like he had been reborn, and even his spiritual roots were revealed. Not to mention, it has only been one year, but he is now already at the Nascent Soul Stage. Although half of the good things from your Qingdi Peak were swallowed up by him, in the end you still managed to build up an expert master cultivator right?”

Qingnu turned around and left.

“I can give you a chance at getting the flying peak instead.” Qiu Yuansheng said indifferently, confident that everything was as he predicted, “You don’t really want Qingdi Peak to fall into his hands, do you?”

Qingnu paused.

“Now, I’m here to work with you.”

“You would have such good intentions?” Qingnu didn’t believe it at all.

“I received news that the Sect Leader’s apprentice has already promised to cooperate with you,” Qiu Yuansheng said slowly, “I also want to have a share.”

“Hmph,” Qingnu gave him a cold look, “I don’t allow it.”

Qiu Yuansheng was stunned, this was different from the plan.

“I’m already preparing to take my people to ascend a mountain and establish a Qingnu Peak.” Seeing his expression, Yimeng Qingnu laughed mockingly, “I’ll just leave this Qingdi Peak for him to toss about with. At that time, I will no longer have any shackles holding me back. Let’s see who will win then!”

After speaking, she turned and left.

Qiu Yuansheng stood for a while before scratching his head in distress.

Damn, it turned out that the greatest pig teammates would not only pull the back legs of allies, but also the hind legs of the enemy…

However, it was no big deal that this plan did not work, he could just change the plan. At that time, Qingdi Peak might be the first main peak of Kun-Lai to decline in a hundred years.

Witnessing history!

Tsk, I’m a staunch villain, and I can’t let myself be shaken anymore.

***

Ji Yunlai was drawing a frame with his apprentice.

“Xiao Qing is so smart.” He praised as he drew. Ji Yunlai found out that his apprentice was really talented, learning everything instantly with just a brief explanation from him. He even wondered if he should open a public class,  such was his talent as a teacher.

Recently, Taiyi Peak’s talisman wards were all stacked, and there was no simplified algorithm innovation.

By changing many different places, the consumption of spiritual stones could be reduced by at least 10%, which was an astronomical figure.

And the fact that he was helping his apprentice to make a flying peak had already spread all over the inner peaks—the Sect Leader took out the materials for making a flying peak but did not give it to Taiyi Peak, so it must be that it was being made by the Sect Leader himself!!!

Many people from Taiyi Peak had already been queuing up to come and learn.

“How many gifts did my apprentice receive today?” Ji Yunlai looked at his apprentice with a smile.

Feng Qingxiu took out a pouch and emptied it out.

All kinds of beautifully packaged gift boxes instantly filled the small courtyard, and then his apprentice looked at him with a little grievance: “Master, I am too stupid, I couldn’t find a way to refuse.”

If he didn’t accept it just now, the people outside the courtyard would have swallowed him with their sorrowful looks, let alone allow him to enter his master’s dwelling.

Ji Yunlai smiled lightly: “Then let them come in and also learn, but only twenty people.”

***

With the divine words of the Sect Leader spoken, Taiyi Peak lined up all kinds of conditions to pick 20 people like one would hold a beauty pageant in four hours, and entered the Sect Leader’s courtyard with the devoutness of a pilgrim.

Ji Yunlai lectured in detail at the same pace he used to teach his apprentice, and Feng Qingxiu tried his hand while listening.

And those few people quickly began taking notes, only to soon begin doubting life.

“We have also studied for hundreds of years, why is it so difficult to understand?” someone asked.

“Yes, how does Feng Qingxiu learn so easily?”

“Stop talking nonsense, we must make the most of our time.”

“When we have to go, we must ask Senior Brother Feng to explain to us.”

“You’re right, I’ll open Taiyi Peak’s warehouse when I return!”

“Did I remember this seal correctly?”

“Why do we all remember it differently?”

“…”

“Is that Feng Qingxiu really human? Are you sure he isn’t some monster from somewhere?”

“Be quiet, the Sect Leader can hear you!”

***

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“Yun, it’s New Year’s Eve.” Qing said to him.

Ji Yunlai silently looked at the diagram in his hand without speaking.

“I’ve already calculated this out for you, so no need to be so busy.” Qing’s tone was brisk, subtly asking for praise.

Ji Yunlai pointed and asked, “How do you know this?”

“I’ve watched you calculate it every day.” Qing said matter-of-factly, “And you have sorted it out in your sea of consciousness before.”

“Then why can’t Taiyi Peak learn it?” Ji Yunlai asked coldly.

“I’ve been with you for many years, so of course I can learn it, but when you talk about it, you naturally slip in discrete mathematics and functional analysis in the talisman wards, so no one could understand it.” Qing comforted him, “If you teach them everything from basic to advanced mathematics, they will definitely learn.”

“I have to start with the basic quadratic equation involving one variable?” Ji Yunlai asked.

“Shouldn’t you?” Qing asked strangely.

“Should I?” Ji Yunlai looked indifferent, not feeling that he had the ability to teach others calculus.

“Shouldn’t you?” Qing asked strangely, this was not difficult.

Then he was locked in a small dark room again.

***

When he came out, New Year’s was over.

Qing was very disappointed.

But Ji Yunlai never cared about his feelings.

“Yun, I’ve already written the second half of the logic this time, please take a look.” Qing said to him in an eager manner for praise.

“It’s well written,” Ji Yunlai read it carefully, “Just fix the bugs in some places and it can be used.”

“Great!” Qing was very happy, “This is my New Year’s gift to you.”

“Hmm, your divine consciousness is very powerful, but I was negligent.” Yun threw out a bunch of topics for him, “Write well.”

“Yes, sir.” After Qing finished speaking, he suddenly became a little awkward, “Yun~”

“What?” Ji Yunlai asked.

“Can you give me a gift too?” Qing asked shyly.

“What do you want?” Ji Yunlai’s calm tone was as usual.

“Look in the mirror, I want to see what you look like.” Qing said with a hint of excitement in his voice.

“Didn’t you see it in my sea of consciousness?” Ji Yunlai asked.

“It’s different.” Qing objected anxiously.

“What’s the difference?” Ji Yunlai didn’t feel any difference.

“…Anyway, it’s just different.” Qing’s voice paused and gradually weakened.

He wanted to see the real Yun, he just wanted to see.

***

“Yun, if I were a human, would you have fallen in love with me?” It was the Qixi Festival again, everyone was flying up and down in Kun-Lai, everywhere pairs of lovers could be seen.

“I will never love anyone.” Ji Yunlai said.

“You can’t use the Calamity Sword forever. Although I helped you stop the other great celestial demons, there will always be a day when your seven emotions can return to your body, and you will fall in love with another person again.” Qing said reasonably, he also poked at the trace of soul intent on his body, “Yun, your heart is very soft.”

Ji Yunlai said indifferently, “So there’s no need for it.”

Qing was stunned for a moment, only to realize that what he said was that he didn’t need a soft heart.

“Yun, I have protected your heart for a long time, and I won’t let it be hurt again.” Qing assured him.

“No need.”

Qing was sad.

***

“Yun, I like you.” Qing said to him.

He had been preparing for a long time. Today was a good day, the first snow had fallen, and the person who confessed on this day was blessed to grow old with the one they love.

Ji Yunlai turned a deaf ear.

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“I figured it out, and I’m not afraid to say it. You won’t shut me in the little room because of this.” Qing’s voice was full of confidence, “You won’t mind that I like you.”

“Oh.” Ji Yunlai responded.

“There’s actually an advantage to being unable to have any feelings,” Qing’s voice lowered, with a little self-deprecation, “Even if I’m not by your side in the future, you won’t be lonely.”

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Outer sect, Yangshuo Peak.

After Ji Mingyu received the command to have her Net Charm taken away, her face turned pale.

All kinds of pleas and soft words fell on deaf ears.

Ye Han was also endlessly reluctant. Unlike Mingyu who liked to watch gossip, he was very addicted to the various tips and anecdotes of personal cultivation experiences in the study area. Taking it away like this was tantamount to breaking his spiritual roots.

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“If you have this thing, would you even bother to study hard? You take us for fools?” The teacher who took it said, not that he didn’t want to give face to Miss Ji, but this order was given by the Sect Leader himself, and there was no other way.

Ji Mingyu also knew that this was the case, so she could only give in, and she was assigned to a girls’ courtyard in the outer sect upon request.

The girl Shui Lanlan became her roommate, which aroused a lot of hostility in her.

She heard that this girl’s wish was to have her head patted by her father?

In your dreams!

Her father never even patted her head!

There were courtyards up and down Yangshuo Peak, and boys and girls were separated. Ye Han was also assigned to a courtyard, and the sickly young man named Yuan Lie became his roommate. He seemed to look much better and no longer sported the appearance of one who would fall over with just a blow from the wind.

The two exchanged names and didn’t speak again.

In the silence, Yuan Lie glanced at Ye Han quietly, and after a while, he sighed silently.

He could only be Yuan Lie, and only Yuan Lie could stay here.

Kun-Lai must have seen something to have this student, who had already entered the inner sect, come to monitor him.

So did that person know that he had come?

Did he want to kill him, or did he still have some feelings for him left, which was why he didn’t kill him?

Yun Lai, what should I do, I want to go back to your side more and more.

Let’s forget everything and start over, okay?

***

After his apprentice came back, he began to study obediently, and Ji Yunlai also began to concentrate on other things.

For example, solving the matter that he couldn’t leave the mountain easily…

Picking up a white jade cube, the color looking almost transparent, and one could faintly see the seals flashing in it, Ji Yunlai played with it for a long time before putting it aside.

This was the first of the three treasures of Kun-Lai, the Main Net Charm.

“Actually, in terms of the impact on the sect, I think this thing is far inferior to the Cloud Talisman Dao Seed and Flying Peak. After all, even if there is no Net Charm, Kun-Lai is still Kun-Lai, but if there is no Cloud Talisman Dao Seed to provide spiritual plants and food, without the Flying Peak providing a way to carry out trade, Kun-Lai’s power would have to be reduced by at least two levels.” So Ji Yunlai said lightly, “I believe Kun-Lai should reduce its reliance on the Net Charm, such as disconnecting the Net for two days every seven days.”

He couldn’t leave Kun-Lai easily. The biggest reason was that the Net would be disconnected as soon as he walked away. Last time he went to deal with a Great Sage, it took only a day to go back and forth, but the amount of chaos Kun-Lai was thrown into was simply unbelievable.

Opposite him, the seven junior brothers and sisters lost all color to their complexion.

“Sect Leader, please think twice!” Bai Shuixian sighed, “You can’t do this directly.”

“Yes,” Yan Zhao said solemnly, “You underestimate the Net Charm too greatly, without it, Kun-Lai will have no combat power!”

Ji Yunlai frowned slightly: “This is just a local area network, the function is just a forum, how can it be so exaggerated.”

Even back in his world, there was no one who would die or could not live without the Internet?

“Kun-Lai’s money is all in the Net Charm.” Bai Shuixian added, “The spiritual stone points in the Net were originally only used by you to let disciples subscribe to anecdotes of your cultivation experiences, but for hundreds of years, there is basically no one left who carry spiritual stones personally, everyone’s spiritual stones are put into the Net Charm. All transactions are done using the Net Charm, which is faster and safer, so there is no need to worry about counterfeiting, but if you leave… Then all the transactions up and down Kun-Lai will grind to a halt!”

So if the Sect Leader was gone for two days, they would have to go begging for food during those two days.

“Also, all kinds of reward quests in Shangong Hall are directly made and received on the Net Charm. If you go to the main hall personally, you have to wait in line for several hours.”

“Many students rely on their cultivation tips and tricks to earn some pocket money,” a junior brother added. “The last time you called for anti-Net addiction it made many students feel much pain.”

“Sect Leader, could you think of a way to make the Main Net Charm work even if you leave?” Bai Shuixian asked tentatively.

Of course he wanted to, Ji Yunlai gave them a cold look, and lowered his head to think deeply.

But the problem was that this kind of large-scale remote data exchange basically fell in the scope of communication engineering, which he didn’t understand much of.

So this problem of not being able to go out together on the expedition was really annoying.

After dismissing them, Ji Yunlai found that he couldn’t find anything else to occupy his time.

His offensive methods were enough for the time being, and even if he calculated another method, no testers could be found for now. His apprentice was very obedient, and Kun-Lai was busy preparing for the upcoming expedition.

What he needed to do was to sit in the rear, find talents for the sect, and maintain the sect’s foundation…

But this kind of thing should clearly be done by an old man with a white beard, even if he was inhumanely busy as an engineer for the last few years in his last life, he would still save up enough vacation time to go out for a long trip as a treat once in awhile.

…Speaking of which, would his apprentice go on this expedition?

***

On Tianshui Peak, there were clear springs surging on the top of the peak all year round, and all kinds of puddles and creeks could be found on the mountain and an even more beautiful lake formed below the mountain.

The Kun-Lai Seven Talents invited Feng Qingxiu to come along.

You Jia’s finger touched a boulder under his hand, and gradually the finger turned into a tentacle, almost coiling around the stone.

The girl in yellow landed on the stone and turned into a gorgeous yellow bird. The whole bird laid down on the boulder like a piece of flat cake, almost burying her face in it.

“Huang Wei, the yellow paint on your body will be rubbed off.” Yimeng Qingnu laughed, “This kind of paint is difficult to mix, you should be careful.”

“This is?” Feng Qingxiu looked at the huge stone with a length and width of 30 feet which was floating in the water, and asked in confusion, a little curious about what kind of treasure it was that could make them all so addicted.

“This is the core of the spiritual vein. The most essential part of a spiritual vein. The quality is so much higher than the so-called top-quality spiritual stone.” The black-robed boy, Ying An said excitedly, “Of course, when we extract it, only a quarter is used, so that the spiritual vein would not dissipate, and it could be restored in a hundred years. Only this kind of thing could support the spiritual energy consumption of a whole flying peak. It is the source of energy on a flying peak.”

Feng Qingxiu waited for them to get to the point.

“Eldest Senior Brother, are you interested in joining us?” Yimeng Qingnu smiled and asked Feng Qingxiu softly, “We are going to build a flying peak of our own.”

“Isn’t the time too short?” Feng Qingxiu frowned slightly, “I remember that the expedition is less than a year away.”

The construction of a flying peak would definitely take a long time. He heard that it was normal for it to be ten or twenty years.

“That’s because those guys from Taiyi Peak are too good at procrastinating.” Huang Wei sat up from the stone, “As long as they work together and work overtime, it will only take three months.”

“That’s right, they have various conditions and various reasons, and they also take a lot of bribes in the name of creating the spiritual wards,” You Jia waved four tentacles in protest, “Insisting on frequent breaks, then insisting on researching some more on spiritual wards, then insisting on cutting down on the materials used. They not only divide into dozens of teams to build a flying peak for ten or twenty years, they even insist on taking another ten years for internal testing, and in those ten years they practically use the flying peak commissioned by others for free!”

“They would then charge for the internal testing fee after using it!” Ying An looked at Feng Qingxiu with the bright eyes of a teenager, “But as long as you join us, Senior Brother Feng, I promise that within three months, they will do their best work wholeheartedly.”

“So we don’t need you to pitch in monetarily. As long as you add your name, we will directly give you half of the rights and interests.” Yimeng Qingnu smiled, “When a flying peak joins the expedition, so long as you come back safely, in addition to resources, it can also bring you countless contacts and connections, what do you think, Junior Brother Feng?”

“This…” Feng Qingxiu pondered for a while, knowing that the others just wanted the name of his master, and at the same time express goodwill to himself, but it was difficult to refuse. After being in Kun-Lai this long, he already knew of the high position the Kun-Lai Seven Talents had in the hearts of ordinary disciples.

The head disciple of Qingdi Peak, Yimeng Qingnu, was less than a hundred years old, but her cultivation base was already at the peak of the Nascent Soul Stage. If she hadn’t suppressed her cultivation base, she would have already entered the Demigod Stage long ago, and reaching the Synthesis Stage was just a matter of time. She was also a master of spiritual medicine and healing. Of those who fall into her hands, although they would die several times on the operating table, they could still come back to life fully healed in the end.

Wenjian Peak’s head disciple, You Jia, this squid was also at the peak of the Nascent Soul Stage, and it was not once or twice that he had managed to successfully cut down enemies who were already in the Demigod Stage.

Lingyin Peak’s head disciple, Ying An, at first glance it seems that this black-robed youth was bright and cheerful, but in fact he cultivated the Way of Killing, and according to rumors, his techniques in stealth and assassination already surpassed the Peak Master of Lingyin Peak himself.

Huang Wei was the head disciple of Liangyi Peak. Although she was a spirit demon, and her reputation was not the greatest, she cultivated the Way of Divination, which included astrology and fortune-telling. She was extremely unpredictable, and on the subject of fatal curses, she came first every year.

It would obviously be inappropriate to reject their good intentions. He asked curiously, “With your means, even without me, you should be able to get Taiyi Peak to help you, right?”

Qingnu snorted coldly.

“Senior Brother doesn’t know but,” You Jia smiled, “This time…”

“This time I ordered first, so they just want to use your name to make trouble for me.” A black-haired boy walked over slowly, his features were delicate and elegant, and his voice was soothing and pleasant, “I am Qiu Yuansheng, temporarily living on Changsheng Peak. You might be more used to calling it the Danding Peak.”

“This is the head disciple of Danding Peak, one of the Seven Talents, Qiu Yuansheng.” Ying An whispered to Feng Qingxiu, “Boss Qingnu hates his guts, and has always been at odds with him. Be careful not to get involved.”

“You are quite daring.” Qingnu smiled, but raised the lancet knife in her hand.

“On healing, I will always have to ask you for advice.” Qiu Yuansheng said with a smile, “Junior Sister Qingnu, regarding the price of medicine, my Danding Peak has always competed fairly with you.”

“You dare to have the face to take out those cheap pills that are as good as trash!” Qingnu tilted her head, “I will treat you on my operating table one of these days.”

“Since the price is so low, there will definitely be some unsatisfactory side effects. I tire of discussing this issue.” Qiu Yuansheng’s smile was as flawless as porcelain, “Good or bad, people will choose for themselves, by the way, in the last month, the income from Danding Peak has been quite good, and there is no problem in building another flying peak independently. If you can’t convince Peak Master Bai to take out the waste that he subsidizes, much of your manpower will be sending applications to transfer to my Danding Peak for this expedition instead.”

This fatal jab was too ruthless, and the battle was almost instantly about to break out.

Eight tentacles stretched out from behind You Jia, grabbing his few fellow disciples with him as he jumped out of the way.

Feng Qingxiu thought about the squid he ate in Haijing, and asked curiously, “Senior Brother, doesn’t the squid have ten tentacles?”

“I need to walk on two legs, don’t I!” You Jia calmly put them down in a safe place, “They shouldn’t be able to finish the fight today, Junior Brother, please go back and think about it, and give us an answer tomorrow.”

“Okay.” Feng Qingxiu agreed.

Back at Zhaoyue Peak, he met his master and asked if he could.

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His master was counting the petals of a flower in the yard. Hearing this, he smiled lightly, touched the white camellia in full bloom with his fingertips, and said leisurely: “Why not, it’s just a flying peak, you don’t even need to look for Taiyi Peak, I can teach you to make one yourself.”

“…”

Feng Qingxiu once again felt that he would be spoiled rotten by his master.

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A huge ship docked into the port, and the silver ship bell rang crisply and melodiously.

The hull was slender, the outside like a tortoise shell, and strange dark patterns flickered in and out of sight, and the ship practically filled the vacancy of the entire port, and everyone who came down from the ship was in fact a cultivator.

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Dressed in black robes, the hems embroidered with different patterns denoting various mountain peaks, all of them appeared full of youth and spirit.

“Hey, there’s a flying peak, what a coincidence, it’s the time for the Dragon-Phoenix Selection again.”

“That’s perfect, we don’t have to fly back ourselves, just hitch a ride on the flying peak.”

“This is the flying peak that sends back new disciples to the outer sect. The speed is so slow that we might as well fly ourselves. After flying back on it, the flowers will already be in bloom.”

“What are you afraid of, we have so many goods this time, why not deal with some worthless ones first, otherwise it will cost a lot of money to hire a few more cloud turtles to transport them all back.”

“That’s right, and don’t forget the tax money that was promised to the Great Yan’s ruler before. The sea clans under him have helped us a lot over the past days.”

The cultivators on the ship walked to the shore while discussing, in twos and threes, some went to a tea house, some went to a restaurant, some went to the palace, meandering skillfully through the crowds like a dragon entering the sea.

And many shrewd people on the shore practically rushed towards the huge sea ship, and only more came after, almost filling up the road to the port.

“What kind of ship is this?” Feng Qingxiu asked the mermaid who was trying to sell sea corals to him.

“This is a sea expedition ship.” The beautiful mermaid glanced at the big ship with admiration and envy, “The ship is made by Great Yan’s emperor, who spent a hundred years of domestic savings, and was reinforced by the great immortals on Kun-Lai Mountain. Every forty years it will go out to sea, traveling to the various countries surrounding the Southern Sea, stopping at the Southern Continent, the Eastern Continent, and even the Northern Continent, to exchange for all kinds of treasures. The things they bring back every year are good and cheap, but unfortunately I am not qualified to go up the ship.”

“So it is like this.” Feng Qingxiu walked up with his equally curious master.

As he expected, Kun-Lai disciples did not need any qualifications.

“Not lacking even compared to a luxury cruise ship.” Ji Yunlai looked at the people coming and going on the deck and was a little impressed.

On the huge deck, all kinds of goods and garbage were piled up there, surrounded by a bunch of people everywhere, bidding higher than the next, and the sound of haggling filled the ears.

Before Feng Qingxiu came back to his senses, he was almost squeezed out of the deck, but fortunately an octopus guard helped him.

“How could Kun-Lai guests see this kind of street stall goods? The lower floors are where the good things are.” The octopus brother stretched out a tentacle and pointed to the entrance of the stairs blocked by guards, “This year we went the farthest to the Northern Sea and exchanged a lot of ice crystals, earthsea spiritual water, ancient coral core… almost hollowed out the sea clans over there…”

“Those things are all over the Northern Sea, alright,” a human guard next to him sneered, “A few rolls of siren muslin and you can exchange a pile.”

“Can your long-distance cloud turtles reach the Northern Sea?” The octopus gave him a cold look, “Our ship’s speed can give even the tuna a run for its money, and even so, it took more than 20 years to reach the Northern Sea. Do you think the humans and sea clans in the Northern Sea are stupid? Who else would they trade with except Kun-Lai?”

Then he said to Feng Qingxiu: “This time, us Haijing cultivators made a proposal to add another expedition ship. Remember to support us in Kun-Lai, and we will give a 20% discount for each supporter.”

Feng Qingxiu: “…”

Ji Yunlai was dumbfounded for a while, these sea spirit demons were quite the talents, even skilled in canvassing for votes.

They wandered around at random, but neither of them bought anything because they didn’t need it.

So they left.

The matters that followed were all left to the flying peak. Haijing’s household registration was extremely strict, but it still couldn’t stop many people who wanted to steal or bribe another’s identity. The rights and wrongs could practically fill a book.

Fortunately, everyone had experience, and the little bit of trouble was easily taken care of.

Nothing major happened.

Not long after, the Dragon-Phoenix Selection was successfully completed, and the flying peak began to fly back to Kun-Lai with the new batch of students it received.

After stepping on the main peak of Kun-Lai, Feng Qingxiu’s jade figure turned into just a normal white jade carving, as if it had never been able to move before.

Feng Qingxiu couldn’t help but begin carving a lot more, of different sizes and shapes. He also used paint to color them. At the beginning, the coloring was not very good, but he seemed to be very artistically talented and his creations soon began to improve.

When he returned to Zhaoyue Peak, when he saw the solitary figure of his master who was as aloof as the moon, he felt as if they had been a world apart for a while.

In the past few months, although his master was always by his side, when he saw him again, he realized that he still missed the other, and wanted very much to throw himself into his arms…

“Then come.” ​​The willful master said.

Feng Qingxiu blushed instantly, not knowing why his words that were barely audible ended up being heard by his master.

His master just smiled slightly, looked at his embarrassed apprentice, and stepped forward to give him a hug.

“Did Xiao Qing have a good time?” His master’s embrace was so warm that Feng Qingxiu was stuck in a trance for a while, and could hardly hear what the other said.

“What a dummy.” His master chuckled lightly, letting his apprentice hug him tight.

***

Under Zhaoyue Peak, a bird that saw Feng Qingxiu coming back called out three times.

Not long after, someone came over and delivered a large package of dried rat meat and cloud melon seeds, a young man who had always chatted well with them.

“Qiu gongzi, I heard that an expedition is going to start?” Black Snake swallowed a rat and asked the elegant young man sitting under the pine tree drinking tea.

The boy’s black hair was slightly curly, and his facial features were very good-looking, clean and gentle.

“Yes, once every 12 years. Kun-Lai started preparations a year ago.” The blue-robed boy said slowly, his voice was like a spring water trickling out, and it was very pleasant to listen to.

“I heard that this time you will be going to the Qingqiu Region?” Black Snake asked.

“Yes, there are seven routes in the Western Continent expedition, and each expedition will go to a different place.” Qiu Yuansheng smiled, “The Sect Leader said that we must give a place time to recuperate, only then will there be a greater harvest, so this time it is the Qingqiu Region bordering the Western Continent on the north.”

The Qingqiu Region was the sphere of influence of the celestial fox clan, and it was also the place where the nearby spirit demon clans had the weakest power. Back then, during the Great Xuan Expedition, both sides used a lot of sinister techniques, which caused evil miasma to flourish there, and it was difficult for non-venomous creatures to survive, but so long as you go over, there was still a small half of Qingqiu Region left that was untouched. There was also the Wu Region to the north, all of which would yield much harvest. This expedition was to follow this route.

“We can participate too, right?” Black Snake asked.

“Of course, our Kun-Lai expedition is a major event for the human race. Every year, there are humans and spirit demons from all continents and regions participating. Of course, it is expensive to buy a spot on a flying peak. This must be made clear.” Qiu Yuansheng said softly, ” Otherwise, it will be embarrassing to be left behind as a one-way trip passenger.”

“No problem,” Black Snake touched his pocket with a complicated expression, “I just want to have a look. Back then, when Great Xuan led an expedition to Qingqiu, I was the commander.”

The young man was stunned for a moment, and his gaze when looking at the other was filled with unclear emotions: “You don’t look like it but I see that you were in a high position back then.”

“Back then, Nightingale and I were the twelfth and thirteenth princes of Great Xuan, and our fief was the Western Continent.” Black Snake sighed.

“Eh, so it seems that if we look at it from the laws of Great Xuan, the Western Continent and Kun-Lai are yours.” The young man joked, “Would you like to ask it back from the Sect Leader?”

“No no no~~~ Great Xuan is already nonexistent~~” Black Snake snorted coldly, “So Great Xuan’s laws are just a pile of dung, I am very self-aware, and my biggest dream at present is to be a history tutor + antiquities expert~”

“You never thought about reestablishing the nation?” the boy asked.

“The fortune of the nation is gone~~ How could I restore it?” Black Snake paused, “If it was the High Priest, there might still be a possibility.”

“You don’t seem to hate him at all.” The boy named Qiu Yuansheng asked tentatively.

“I still hate him a bit, but I hate the Celestial Fox Su Wan even more.” Black Snake nibbled at a rat in a melancholy way, “In the past the High Priest was a very good person.”

“That’s right, at that time, the High Priest was in charge of Great Xuan’s national fortune and the Three Lives Three Worlds Divine Codex. He was gentle and self-disciplined, and never committed a wrong. He taught us children from the imperial family with great care. We were all taught by him, including His Majesty. Most of the twelve Human Immortals were his students.” Nightingale interjected, “If it wasn’t for His Majesty’s actions, there might still have been hope for Great Xuan.”

“What did he do?” Qiu Yuansheng asked.

“His Majesty already had many concubines and consorts who gave birth to many princes. I don’t know why, but he suddenly became interested in the High Priest,” Black Snake recalled, “The High Priest was noble and powerful, and it was normal to be attracted to him. Back then, the High Priest rejected His Majesty more than once. And even beat him up to the point he couldn’t show up in public more than once.”

“But there is a stubbornness to not admit defeat in the blood of the Great Xuan imperial family. His Majesty spent hundreds of years, getting into many dangerous situations, in order to win over the High Priest,” Nightingale recalled, “At that time, almost the whole nation was against it. But I remember that His Majesty said in front of the world in the great hall of the palace, ‘So what if I like him!’, and I was so shocked.”

“Me too.” Black Snake flicked his tail, “Later the High Priest was finally willing to accept him. It would have been a good story.”

“But after His Majesty succeeded in his courtship, their ideas began to conflict. The High Priest strongly opposed taking the fortune of the human race to accumulate 12 Human Immortals. He said that once the fortune backlashed, Great Xuan’s existence won’t be guaranteed, and it would definitely bring great disaster to the human race. He suggested instead to clean up and manage the government, and those who occupied the fortune of the country should release it, allowing it to return to the human race. Although it would take a long time, it was better to be safe,” Nightingale added, “But at that time, there were too many nobles in Great Xuan, and the national fortune was only so much. Most of the people supported expeditions to foreign territories, so long as the empire occupied more territory, there would be endless national fortune.”

“The empress and nobles supported the emperor, and the High Priest stood practically by himself. The emperor wouldn’t listen to his words, and not only became cold to him, but also repeatedly complained in front of us how extremely dull he was,” Black Snake sighed, “At that time, we felt injustice for the High Priest, but unfortunately, almost all of Great Xuan’s combat power was caught in the battlefields in the Outlands, and couldn’t help him out at all.”

“Afterwards, the Celestial Fox Great Sage Su Wan came,” Nightingale said resentfully, “It was me and Black Snake who destroyed Qingqiu, and it was me who also left a note identifying myself as the killer of her family. And that she was welcome to improve her cultivation and come back for revenge~~~ so that she won’t find the wrong person, but I didn’t expect that fox to directly possess Lady Shu Wan’er and enter the palace!”

“As soon as that ten thousand year old fox seductress made her move, His Majesty was completely bewitched and under her spell,” Black Snake said angrily, “In the palace she tried all means to incite enmity between the High Priest and the empress, and even tempted His Majesty to fan the flames of war even more, causing those lone Great Sages to all join in. The war lasted for a hundred years, and the human race was also plagued by disease and war, and people everywhere were struggling to survive.”

“The High Priest couldn’t do anything about it. The Great Xuan government he managed had problems everywhere, so he proposed that the Human Immortals reincarnate and bring back some of the country’s fortune,” Nightingale added, “he thought that with a few less Human Immortals, the expedition could basically be regarded as a failure and Great Xuan would then retreat back to the human race, and slowly recuperate.”

“What I didn’t expect was that as soon as his suggestion came out, His Majesty actually said that since the Human Immortals must die, then the High Priest should lead by example!”

“When the poisoned wine was brought over, the High Priest laughed, raised his hand and killed His Majesty—” Black Snake said painfully.

“Good job!” Qiu Yuansheng exclaimed involuntarily, and then realized that he had lost his composure and coughed lightly, “I’m sorry, I can’t help it, it should be, um, the tiger hasn’t shown his power for a long time so… the emperor thought he was flirting with a house cat? He not just provoked the tiger, he even backhanded the tiger…”

“Who said it wasn’t so? Later, he directly destroyed the Three Lives Three Worlds Divine Codex, saying that it was originally something to steal the fortune of the human race, and it should have been destroyed long ago,” Black Snake whispered, “So we failed in reincarnation and became spirit demons. We can no longer have access to the fortune of the human race, let alone say anything about restoring the nation.”

“So we will work hard and go to see Qingqiu. If possible, we want to take Su Wan down with us.” Black Snake almost cried when he talked about the past, “Back then when the fortune backlashed, although Nightingale and I were Human Immortals, we were originally false Human Immortals created by the accumulation of the fortune, so naturally we were seriously injured on the spot and died. Even our souls almost didn’t manage to escape.”

“I can’t sympathize with you, but if you’re going, I can give you a discount on the cost of medicinal pills on the way.” The young man comforted them, “If you don’t have money, you can put it on the tab.”

“That’s so kind of you…”

***

When Qiu Yuansheng returned to Danding Peak, he was surrounded to the point of being unable to move a single step, but he skillfully summoned his junior brothers. As one of the Kun-Lai Seven Talents, he had many subordinates.

Very soon he returned to his room.

After sitting in silence for a long time, he still couldn’t help but light an incense stick.

The smoke was swirling, and there seemed to be a faint sound.

The young man knelt in the quiet room and said softly, “Priest, I’m a little reluctant.”

“…” Another sound echoed back.

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“You have no conflict with him. Don’t you want him to know anything? Actually, I already guessed it.”

“…”

“I’m the only spy that managed to stay in Kun-Lai who hasn’t been eliminated by the exams while in the outer sect. Of course, I can complete the task, but if I complete the task,” the boy squeezed his fingers in distress, “the Net will be disconnected once he leaves Kun-Lai!”

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1. Integrity

When the main mountain was cut through, Ji Yunlai stood still on the summit for a long time, his robes flying behind him like wings, like a god.

The prying tendrils of foreign divine consciousness lingering in the near area disappeared one by one with fear. The world was so big yet it seemed that he was the only one to exist.

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After a long time, he said softly, “Thank you.”

“My power is just a primer. The thunder tribulation just now is the true source of the power you used to cut through the mountain. You must be tired, please sit down and rest first.” A voice sounded in his mind, ethereal, light and serene, like the tones of a flute being played under the moon, each tone whether light or heavy, falling into the depths of the soul like raindrops.

“Is there a difference?” Ji Yunlai asked mildly.

“You said that when humans are tired, they will fall down and rest.” The voice said.

“I’m different.” Ji Yunlai said.

“Oh, humans are so complicated,” said the voice.

After a while, the voice said lightly: “Don’t wait, with you looking like this, those junior brothers of yours dare not come to help you, they have already gone back for the celebration.”

“Shut up.” Ji Yunlai said mildly.

“Is your tone angry, I thought you aren’t able to be angry?” That pleasant sounding voice was puzzled, “Did I say something wrong?”

“Because you are too noisy.” Ji Yunlai’s tone did not fluctuate at all, “Be quiet, or else I’ll lock you back.”

“You said that you have already cut off all the demonic intent from me, and you won’t lock me up again.” The pleasant sounding voice said indifferently, “Aren’t you going to sit down and rest? I feel like you are about to fall over.”

“Qing,” Ji Yunlai suddenly called his name, his tone the same as before, “I’ll tell you about another behavior of the human race.”

“Okay, tell me.” The pleasant sounding voice became a little excited.

“This kind of behavior is called breach of contract.” Ji Yunlai explained to him carefully, “It’s a unilateral act of breaking a promise!”

“Oh, and how is that expressed?” The pleasant sounding voice asked according to his usual studious way of learning new things.

Ji Yunlai calmly locked him back up.

This left quite a deep impression on Qing.

2. Name

“Yun (cloud), you named me Qing (blue) because blue is the color of the sky, clouds follow the sky, and you hope I will rise straight up in a clear sky?” Qing asked in his mind.

“What book did you read in my sea of consciousness this time?” Ji Yunlai asked while drawing a new spiritual seal.

Outside the window, a storm was thundering.

“I didn’t read a book, I went online for a while, didn’t you put the main Net Charm in your sea of consciousness?” Qing asked curiously, “Last time when you went to the main mountain, the Net went down for a day. Now that it is back on, the disciples all say that you are the god of heaven and earth, and with you Kun-Lai will definitely rise straight up in a clear sky. So I asked what Qing and Yun mean together.”

“Don’t go online in the future.” Ji Yunlai said indifferently.

“…How could you treat me like this!” Qing’s voice was sad, “I thought you loved me.”

Ji Yunlai stopped drawing talismans and asked coldly, “Where did you learn this?”

“On the Net, here!” Qing pointed to a page in the sea of ​​consciousness.

Ji Yunlai swept it with his divine consciousness, silently took out the Main Net Charm from his sea of ​​consciousness, and found a place to bury it.

3. Forum

Question: I heard that if you don’t understand something, I can ask everyone here. I want to ask, what is the relationship between Qing and Yun?

First commenter: Blue is the color of the sky, and clouds are inseparable from the sky. What do you mean by this question?

Thread opener: He named me Qing, and there is the character Yun in his name, so I wonder if it means anything.

Second commenter: What is your relationship with him?

Thread opener: Well, no relationship. But if you insist on one, he is my jailor and I am his prisoner.

Third commenter: Prisoner, what evil deeds have you done?

Thread opener: It seems like—I want to have his body, does that count?

Fourth commenter: Eh, then have you succeeded?

Thread opener: No.

Fifth commenter: Then he got your body?

Thread opener: I think so? I can’t leave his body.

Sixth commenter: What should I do, everyone? A lot of nsfw content has popped up in my mind…

Seventh commenter: A lot of nsfw content has popped up in my mind +1

Eighth commenter: +2

Thread opener: So what is the answer?

Ninth commenter: What should I do, such a pure child, come and let me tell you, if his name is Yun and your name is Qing, then you are his sky, clouds follow the sky, rise straight up in the clear sky, he can’t live without you, and loves you very much, you know?

Thread opener: Really? It doesn’t seem right to describe it like that, he needs my body now, and when he finishes using me, he will replace me.

Tenth commenter: What, which scum is this? Say it and we’ll help you out.

Eleventh commenter: Yes, it’s too much. Replace you with another, is that his original words?

Thread commenter: Yes, so I’m trying to become stronger so that he doesn’t have to replace me.

Twelfth commenter: Thread opener, you are too stupid, what do you want with such a scum?

Thread commenter: Why do you say he is scum?

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4. Hobbies

“How come you don’t do that to me anymore?” Qing asked.

“What?” Ji Yunlai asked.

“Dragging me to the bed and making me change into the image you like…”

“Enough.” Ji Yunlai interrupted him, “I know.”

“Are we doing it?” Qing asked.

“Not in the mood.”

“Why, clearly when we did it, I felt that you liked it very much.” Qing asked.

“There is no point to fantasies. It doesn’t matter to you, but I have to face the reality.” Ji Yunlai said coldly.

“Face the reality?” Qing, who had no physical body, found it very difficult to understand what was the difference between doing it in the sea of consciousness and in reality, “You humans are so difficult to understand.”

“Then you still ask?” Ji Yunlai replied.

“I want to understand you.” Qing said.

5. Non-human

Haijing was established as a city for a hundred years, and was finally recognized by Kun-Lai.

For a time, the whole of Great Yan State celebrated.

They went back to the Sword Contemplation Cliff a hundred years later.

“They are very happy.” Qing was very excited in his mind, “I didn’t know why you wanted to cut through the mountain, but seeing that such a big city only took a hundred years to become so prosperous and lively, I now feel like you are too amazing.”

“They are happy, but what are you happy about?” Ji Yunlai asked mildly.

“You said that emotions can infect other humans.” Qing’s voice was filled with joy.

“You are not human.” Ji Yunlai said.

“…” Qing didn’t speak, and after a while, he asked with disappointment, “Yun, your Seven Emotion Swords are all stabbed in me, I’ll be happy in your place, okay?”

“You should hate me.” Ji Yunlai said lightly, “I trap you in my body, use up all your power, don’t give you freedom, and prevent you from going back to the Celestial Demon Realm. Hate is the emotion you should have.”

“But I’m not human,” Qing’s voice held a trace of confusion. “Without the demonic intent, I don’t seem to be able to understand the old me. Before you caught me, I would only lead countless celestial demons to search for cracks in the human heart, that world is chaotic and disorderly, we enter the consciousness of lifeforms, invade and take root like parasites, and return to the Celestial Demon Realm after death.”

His voice gradually became firmer: “Although I see with your eyes and listen with your ears, I like this kind of existence where I can control my own will.”

After thinking about it, he added: “I like being with you.”

6. Wishes

They didn’t speak any more, just stood quietly on the mountain, looking at the harbor that had yet to become as big as it would in the future.

The moon rose high in the sky, many people held lanterns and put them in the harbor, some came with their whole family, some were couples, and rarely was it just a single person.

For a while, countless flower lanterns floated on the sea, meandering and flickering, just like a starry sky.

“What are they doing?” Qing asked.

“Releasing flower lanterns.” Ji Yunlai said.

“I know, but why put it in the water?” Qing asked.

“Humans write their wishes on the lantern, and hope it will come true.” Ji Yunlai said.

“…” Qing didn’t speak anymore.

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“You want to try it?” Ji Yunlai asked.

“I want to.” Qing said, “I want to become a human after I die, so I can touch you.”

“You are a celestial demon, you can’t be reincarnated.” Ji Yunlai pointed out the problem.

“It’s just a thought.”

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Although he might have sent a peerless great celestial demon to be reincarnated, Ji Yunlai was still undecided about whether to keep the celestial demons locked up in that place.

It was not that he felt guilty. Anyway, it was not like these celestial demons came to him for a benign chat with tea. Even if powerful cultivators in the Synthesis Stage encountered those celestial demons, they would have a difficult time of it. If one was not careful, they would merge with the cultivator’s soul and body and become a monster of catastrophic proportions.

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So before he could find a way to open his sea of consciousness temple, it was better to keep them there for now.

When Ji Yunlai finally came out of the shell cottage his apprentice made for him after thinking about it all night, he found that his apprentice was actually sewing clothes.

The look in his eyes was so serious and focused, as he wielded the formless sword energy that could be both sharp and blunt, as a needle-shaped form to do the sewing. Sewing something that appeared to be a dark cloak with fur trims.

The cloak was very small, so small that it was clearly not for a person to wear at all, but it was the perfect size for his figurine self to wear! His apprentice was even concentrating on sewing a stylish and beautiful little pearl clasp around the neckline.

Thinking about the jade statue he was currently possessing, and that there were no clothes on it, just the lines of clothes carved into the jade, he found that it was actually quite fitting to wear the cloak over it…

No no no no!

…This was not right!

Ji Yunlai was stunned for a while, the image he arranged for his apprentice was the domineering CEO’s route of flying sword energy, not the Dongfang Bubai route of flying needles! (TN: Dongfang Bubai, literally “Invincible East”, is a fictional character in the wuxia novel The Smiling, Proud Wanderer by Jin Yong.)

No, this corner had to be turned back quickly, the jade man strode to stop in front of his apprentice, and finally caught his apprentice’s attention.

“Master!” The apprentice quickly sewed the last stitch, his elegant and handsome face full of smiles, “Please try whether the cloak I made for you fits…”

“Apprentice, shouldn’t you be focusing on your studies?” Ji Yunlai asked coldly.

“This apprentice did not slack in my studies.” Feng Qingxiu was stunned for a moment, then looked serious, and pointed a fingertip to the pattern on the small cloak, “Look, this is a defensive spiritual artifact, I embroidered the protective seal you taught me on it. Also, Master, I found that some parts of the seal would not connect smoothly after shrinking in size, you see, so I made a little modification. Can you take a look and see if it’s right.”

Emb-, embroidered on it? Ji Yunlai was heartbroken: “Apprentice, this is wrong!”

“What’s wrong?” Feng Qingxiu asked with confusion.

“Come, let me tell you what’s wrong first.” Seeing his apprentice’s face which was so clearly begging for praise, Ji Yunlai couldn’t bear to crush his apprentice’s hopes, so he could only change the subject, and secretly made up his mind that he would definitely use Kun-Lai’s sword techniques to weigh him down after this, leaving him with no free time to think about needlework.

But not long after, there was news that the head of the Lost Pearl Society that was caught by the Sect Leader had run away.

The flying peak was very tense for a while. The other party was an ordinary person who didn’t practice cultivation. If he could escape, then that meant someone on the flying peak had helped him escape!

The entire peak was checked over, but no one suspicious was found.

And the Great Yan State also sent people to search as well, but they didn’t find any sign of the escaped prisoner.

Feng Qingxiu thought that his master would search with his divine consciousness, but he found that his master did not do so.

“If I have to do it all, then what is the point in creating the Kun-Lai Sect?” Ji Yunlai replied to him, “The last time I took action, it was to save the day, but this time is there another country that is in danger of being flooded? If not, why should I take action?”

What his master said was very reasonable, but Feng Qingxiu himself couldn’t turn a blind eye, so he pursued it for several days, but there was still no gain, so he could only ask Great Yan to send more people to do the searching.

After all, the Dragon-Phoenix Selection was what they had come here to do in the first place.

On the last day of the investigation, the senior brother from Qingdi Peak came to tell him that the child named Yuan Lie had stabilized, and he might wake up in a few days, which made Feng Qingxiu feel happy for this new disciple.

Although he was born with an illness, there was always someone to help him in a critical moment. This future junior brother’s fortune was not bad.

At this time, his master suddenly lectured his apprentice to respect the teacher and respect the Dao!

Feng Qingxiu understood in seconds, that’s right, the last time they went walking it ended only halfway through, so the apprentice immediately took his master out to continue sightseeing.

***

After the lecture, Ji Yunlai put on the newly-made cloak and went out to play with his apprentice.

It was only after they stepped out of the flying peak, that he found that there were jellyfish, octopus, eels, turtles, tortoiseshells, starfish, etc. in the sea, and there were all kinds of wild animals on land, from rabbits to eagles, all peacefully surrounding them. If there was anything discordant, it was that they had a wooden sign hanging on their chests with practically the same demands.

“They are old spirit demons who have lived in Haijing City for many years. They want to give their sons and daughters a chance to attend the Dragon-Phoenix Selection. Every time the flying peak comes over, it would be surrounded by lobbyists and protesters.” Feng Qingxiu whispered to his master, “I encountered it the last time when I attended the Selection and passed by here.”

At the same time, he explained to him that Haijing City could almost be regarded as a huge city second only to Kun-Lai. For hundreds of years, many spirit demons have settled here. As the only port city in the land of the Western Continent, even Great Yan State itself did not expect such prosperity when it was first established. Taking spiritual stones as an example, the spiritual stones produced in the sea every year were already the largest source of spiritual stones in Kun-Lai in the Western Continent, not to mention the huge benefits of the more than 900 kinds of minerals in the sea that have been identified for spiritual artifact and pill making.

Therefore, a large number of spirit demons settled in Haijing, exchanged resources, guarded the city, and made countless contributions to this place.

But Kun-Lai was even more prosperous, so naturally it had become a place they yearned for.

Feng Qingxiu skillfully squeezed through the crowd while talking. A beautiful little beluga even blew a bubble at him from the water, so he couldn’t help but touch it. The little white whale who got moral support became even happier, and stood diligently in the sea with the wooden sign in its mouth, only it didn’t realize that it was actually holding it upside down.

After walking to the shore, the apprentice continued to introduce to his master that there were 28 waterways in Haijing City, which were designed to make trading easier for the sea clans from the very beginning of the construction of the city, constructed alongside the streets.

Walking on the road, one could see small bridges everywhere, people weaved densely by, and fish also flowed densely in the water.

A group of eagles carrying baskets, their whole bodies covered in burning flames, flew across the sky and towards Kun-Lai Mountain.

A huge whale swam to the port, sounded a distant whale call, and spewed a ten-meter-high water column. Only then did it open its huge mouth, and under it, a dozen groups of sea spirit demons walked out, carrying a large load of goods as they climbed up the shore.

Several fist-sized purple-gold bees were floating in the air, selling honey to pedestrians.

“The purple-gold honey is not bad,” Ji Mingyu’s voice sounded from the side, “It’s not as good as the honey found back home, but it’s enough to use as greeting gifts for the little disciples of the outer sect.”

“There is no need to give it to those newcomers, if you’re giving gifts, why not give the teachers instead.” Senior Sister Tu said on the side, “Let me tell you, the law enforcement officer Teacher Yan from the outer sect has a case of severe hair loss, and the hair on his head is actually just a wig. This honey combined with spiritual ginger can be made into a hair growth cream, which would definitely make Teacher Yan have a good impression of you!”

“Ah, even cultivation can’t save hair loss?” Ji Mingyu was extremely surprised.

“He possesses wood and fire spiritual roots, and the fire energy in him is too dense, plus there are many stressors in the outer sect. Anyway, this honey is cheap, so let’s buy it.”

“That’s true, three drops of moon essence syrup, here.” Ji Mingyu said with a smile, “Kaka, tell me some more, what other gifts should I buy?”

“Come on, let’s discuss slowly…”

Feng Qingxiu looked at his master who had suddenly become serious, and didn’t know what to say.

“After returning,” Ji Yunlai rubbed his chin and said lightly, “The first thing to do is to take away all the belongings of the new disciples in the lower school, and they are not allowed to be returned to them until they leave the lower school, especially the Net Charm.”

Uh, is this daughter really yours? Feng Qingxiu thought silently and nodded in support of his master.

Looking back again, he watched as the purple-gold bees tumbled in the air with joy, picked up baskets ten times larger than themselves, and flew away buzzing.

On the waterfront, several beautiful mermaids looked at their unsold goods and discussed what to do.

At this time, it was close to evening, and the sunset glowed in the sky, covering the entire city with a layer of golden light.

“Isn’t it beautiful?” a voice asked.

Feng Qingxiu turned his head and saw the pretty poisonous jellyfish girl, and nodded his head politely.

“This city will be mine in the future.” Miss Shui Lanlan looked into the distance and said softly, “Since I was born, others have told me that.”

Feng Qingxiu listened quietly.

“But I know it’s impossible. Since Haijing was built, it has experienced more than 20 plunders and invasions. In the eyes of many sea monsters, this is a huge piece of fat meat.” Miss Shui whispered, “My father is one of the top figures of Kun-Lai’s previous generation, if he hadn’t chosen to return here to protect Haijing, he could go to any peak on Kun-Lai Mountain. When he left, several people even said that the reason he came back was to break away from Kun-Lai, gain control of Great Yan and to increase prices or something…”

Feng Qingxiu somewhat admired this state’s ruler.

“But the Sect Leader at that time just said ‘let him go’.” There was a glint of moisture in Miss Shui Lanlan’s eyes, “Since my father told me about this past, I became determined to go to Kun-Lai. Do you know how much I want that? Do you know that feeling of being willing to give everything for something important to you?”

Feng Qingxiu thought about it for a while, and found that he didn’t seem to have such a feeling at the moment, so he didn’t nod his head.

“They all say that the longer you cultivate, the more heartless you become,” Miss Shui turned to look at him, “but I don’t think so, the Sect Leader is not heartless, otherwise the Western Continent would not be so prosperous as it is today. The spirit demons in this city don’t even care where they come from anymore, do you know just how united they are against foreign enemies? Do you know how proud we are of this city?”

Feng Qingxiu was speechless and could only nod his head.

“I heard that you are the head disciple and only apprentice of the Sect Leader.” Then Miss Shui lowered her head and said softly, “Can you pat my head?”

This request was too strange, so Feng Qingxiu hesitated.

“It doesn’t matter if you don’t want to,” Miss Shui didn’t force it, and raised her head proudly, “One day, I will have the Sect Leader pat my head and praise me, and it doesn’t matter if I don’t practice in advance.”

“I want to tell you that I am right to enter Kun-Lai! In order to gain the strength to protect this place,” she turned, pointing to the city under her feet and proudly said, “This is my city, and one day, he’d be proud of me! Kun-Lai will be too!”

As the little girl walked away, Ji Yunlai looked at her with praise, and even felt like he might want to go over and pat her head and praise her now.

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Then he turned his head and saw his apprentice’s worshipful gaze—not lacking in the slightest compared to that little girl’s.

“Master, I won’t lose to her, and you will be proud of me!” Feng Qingxiu said softly, he couldn’t come up short against the little girl just now!

Ji Yunlai touched his apprentice’s head and appeased him: “Apprentice, don’t say such things casually, it’s easy to set up a flag.”

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Yuan Lie didn’t want to pay attention to where the person who fell into the sea drifted to, oh you naive person, you are but someone else’s pawn. Back then, he had only found Yun Lai’s uncle Luo Qingxiao a long time later. He is not dead at all, so how could you be him!

You people just want to use a similar-looking person to pick open his scars!

How can I allow that?

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On the way back, he only felt extremely tired, and the surrounding aura of fortune seemed to blur and turn into countless double images.

He barely managed to return to the flying peak. He stopped involuntarily when he encountered the handsome, jade-like gentleman.

That was his new fellow disciple, Feng Qingxiu, who was now the head disciple of Kun-Lai.

Kun-Lai’s Head Disciple…

For a while, he felt as if his heart was being squeezed, and the voice of that person when they first met seemed to echo in his ears again, asking him if he would like to join the Kun-Lai Sect.

“It’s time for Kun-Lai to accept second-generation disciples, Xiao Li, would you like to be my first apprentice?” That person asked him, his expression always warm, like the sun in winter.

He rarely hit or berated his junior brothers, and even if he was irritated at how the old man kept picking up children from everywhere, he would still take good care of him.

How wonderful he was at that time, no matter how much hostility and wariness one had, it would slowly melt away by his care.

Why was I able to be so cruel to him then?

Yes, that person had the memory of his previous life, he could deduce the complete Three Lives Three Worlds Divine Codex from the fragments, he had supreme comprehension in the study of spiritual wards and talisman seals, he possessed great fortune, and his birth oracle was extremely similar to the High Priest!

But he was not the High Priest. Li Xianjing was very clear that he did not receive any news of the reincarnation of the High Priest. It was possible for a Human Immortal like the High Priest to live over 10,000 years so why did he so stubbornly and blindly think he was the reincarnation of the High Priest?

He had already given him the Three Lives Three Worlds Divine Codex, yet why did he still hang those Kun-Lai disciples on the mountain gate and make him watch them burn to death?

That person even knelt down and begged him, when he clearly had never begged anyone before.

When destroying his cultivation base and crippling his hands, he didn’t even utter a single plea in response.

Who was it that I want to take revenge on!

How could he have possibly lied to me?

No, he never lied to me—

What have I done.

The High Priest ruined his everything, so he wanted to ruin his everything too.

But I got the wrong person!

Mistaken the wrong person.

That person clearly tried to teach him before, he told him that his temperament was too obstinate, and one day he would hit a hard wall. That he shouldn’t be in a hurry when doing things, to think twice before doing anything.

Think twice!

Ha! Ha!

I made a mistake, but this mistake can’t be fixed, can you tell me what to do?

You were always willing to teach me!

I am very obedient now, I am like what you want to see the most!

I will be good to all those who are good to me, I will help those who I can help, and I will be good to those who love me.

You can kill me as many times as you want, as long as you can vent your anger.

I will protect you and never hurt you again.

So, I can still go to Kun-Lai, right? I just want to take a look at you, just one look…

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When he just returned to the flying peak, he met the sickly boy named Yuan Lie. Feng Qingxiu was about to assume the responsibility of being a good senior brother and ask him how he was doing, but found that the other only looked at him in a trance and did not respond to any greetings. Then suddenly after a few breaths, spurted out a mouthful of blood and fell to the ground—Feng Qingxiu hurriedly helped him up, and as soon as he felt the pulse, he found that he had the appearance of a dying man with both deficiency in blood and energy, and was instantly startled. He immediately took him to the clinics where he rested him on the bed, and quickly called in several Qingdi Peak disciples who were resident on the flying peak.

—A flying peak without Qingdi Peak disciples was not a complete flying peak, no matter how powerful the spiritual wards around it were, no matter how many high level cultivators there were.

“Ai? How strange.” The senior brother, who was feeling his pulse, lifted Yuan Lie’s eyelids with curiosity, and then used his spiritual energy to probe into the other’s core. Only then did he fall back in surprise.

“What’s wrong?” Feng Qingxiu asked with concern.

“His soul, it is estimated that only Boss Qingnu can treat it.” The senior brother looked at Yuan Lie greedily, but shook his head, “It looks like it was torn to pieces and then glued together, and even worse it is still incomplete. That he could survive to this day, I consider him a true man.”

“Is it a congenital deficiency in the soul?” This could almost be considered one of the most difficult to cure illnesses among cultivators. Feng Qingxiu glanced at the young man regretfully. His aptitude was not bad, so it was a pity to give him up for a lost cause, “Prescribe the medicine first. Stabilize him for now.”

“I can prescribe him some Soul Nourishing Pills to make him feel better, but you mustn’t say it’s the medicine I prescribed.” The senior brother didn’t want to reject the head disciple, so he took out a bottle of medicinal pills from the medicine box, “This kind of special patient is the favorite of Boss Qingnu, if you let her know that he was already treated by others, she will rip me a new one.”

“Of course, this is the medicine I bought to protect a Kun-Lai disciple.” Feng Qingxiu nodded and thanked him and handed over the money.

The senior brother left with satisfaction.

Feng Qingxiu helped the child tuck the quilt in and was about to leave, but the formless sword energy from his fingers suddenly drifted to the boy’s face, as if it was looking for something, and the boy seemed to feel something as well, crying out softly in his dream.

Feng Qingxiu immediately called back the sword energy, but keenly found that the sword energy now seemed to have a little extra something to it, and the sleeping young man also seemed to be much more relaxed.

Could it be that this child was also injured by the Calamity Sword, and his soul was accompanied by the celestial demonic energy, so it was difficult for his soul to heal, and because his own sword energy came from the same vein, it instead pulled out a trace of the old sword intent left in his soul?

That’s too much, who would harm such a child, it’s simply depraved.

Should he go and ask his master?

Feng Qingxiu pondered, returned to his room, and found that his master had not returned.

#Sitting and waiting for his master#

After a while, he looked at his empty desk and felt bored, so he took out the shells he bought today, picked out the largest shell, which was about a foot long, and cut the excess part below so that it could stand upright on the table. Only then did he begin the carving.

The Formless Sword seemed to be more and more easy for him to use, his fingertips did not tremble, and the speed was a hundred times faster than the initial construction of the old model house. In less than half an hour, a shell cottage decorated with pearls had already been made. The first floor was covered with white sand, and some small starfish and snails were strewn on it as embellishments, and then he used small stones to pave a road. In the center, a small door that could be opened and closed was carved out of a shell. On the second floor, there was a small window, and a small shell table with shell chairs was placed in the middle. A small tea set was also placed on top of the desk. A clam shell was used to make the bed directly, with small pearls to fix the back of the clam shell. Inside was covered with brocade filled with cotton, a small pillow, and also a carpet underneath. He then engraved brushes, inkstones and paper for ornaments, oh and there should also be paintings on the wall…

“You don’t look like it, but you are quite artistically inclined.” An indifferent voice sounded beside him.

Feng Qingxiu immediately showed a slightly shy and obedient expression: “Master, you are back.”

“Naturally.” Ji Yunlai landed on the table, glanced at the small house calmly, and said, “You are quite idle.”

It’s so beautiful, Xiao Qing would definitely be an excellent designer in modern times—but he can’t say that he liked it, Xiao Qing had become more and more cheeky with him recently, and he must maintain the character of the cold and aloof master.

“Being attentive to my master is what this apprentice should do.” Feng Qingxiu said firmly, “Although it is simple and crude, it can somewhat be worthy of my master as a temporary abode.”

Something seemed a little off… but Ji Yunlai couldn’t pinpoint what exactly, so he changed the subject: “Yes, your talisman seal carvings have become more and more advanced recently, but you can’t just practice connecting seals, you must also not forget to practice other things.”

“This apprentice understands.” Feng Qingxiu nodded, and then asked some questions about cultivation that he couldn’t understand.

Ji Yunlai answered them one by one.

Then Feng Qingxiu mentioned the matter regarding the sickly boy.

Ji Yunlai was also curious and followed him to take a look.

The young man’s face was thin, his complexion pale, and the flame that was his life and soul was as fragile as a candle flame in the wind, but the trace of sword intent left in that soul was indeed in the same vein as his celestial demon sword energy.

“Remnant souls can also be reincarnated?” Ji Yunlai was extremely curious, and his divine sense swept the boy up and down before he said, “This is a soul scattered by the Calamity Sword, and it is likely that he had reincarnated several times before slowly piecing his soul to its present state and can be considered to have quite a firm will. The Calamity Sword intent has already been removed by you, so it shouldn’t be a problem for him to continue living. Just let Qingnu have a look at him when we go back.”

“The Calamity Sword, could it be that he was your enemy?” Feng Qingxiu frowned slightly.

“It’s of no consequence, the previous life is the previous life, the present life is the present life, my Kun-Lai doesn’t care about this.” Ji Yunlai waved his hand, and said lightly, “Since he came here through the right and proper means, the rest shall depend on his fortune.”

“This apprentice understands, but Master,” Feng Qingxiu looked at the sword energy at his fingertips, a little puzzled, “Why is my sword energy so friendly to celestial demonic energy and me as well?”

“It should be due to your status.” Ji Yunlai said naturally, “If I guessed correctly, you were a very powerful demonic being in your previous life. After reincarnation, the sword energy refined by the essence of the celestial demons would naturally bow to you…”

Feng Qingxiu’s face suddenly fell in disappointment.

“It doesn’t matter, my Kun-Lai doesn’t care about this.” Ji Yunlai floated up to touch his apprentice’s forehead, “Those reincarnated and reborned annoys me the most, as long as you don’t harm others in this life, Master will take care of any problems for you in this life.”

“But I…” Feng Qingxiu was still a little worried.

“But nothing, you are Feng Qingxiu, my, Ji Yunlai’s, only apprentice, so who cares about what you did in your past life. For humans, being able to manage the present life well enough is already something to be impressed about.” Ji Yunlai said lazily, “Don’t think too much. Let’s go, the Dragon-Phoenix Selection is still being held tomorrow.”

“You’re right!” Feng Qingxiu nodded, who cares what he did in his past life, taking care of his present life was more important—hmm, he kept feeling like he was going to be spoiled rotten by his master.

Ji Yunlai went back to perch on his apprentice’s shoulders. His eyes swept over the boy on the bed, but got no impression, so he turned his attention away.

His apprentice however—he was almost ninety percent sure that twenty years ago, the one he protected in reincarnation should be a peerless great celestial demon, now known as his Xiao Qing.

In this way, it explained why a strand of sword energy from his Calamity Sword could be easily bent and used by his apprentice.

Speaking of, that great celestial demon was quite pitiful. The spiritual soul imprisonment ward that he used back then was actually based on the logic of a code used to kill Trojan horse viruses. He had extracted the seven emotional states from his soul to create a fake soul replica (virtual machine), expressly to attract celestial demons (trojan horses) after which he then began capturing and using them for his own purpose.

The Calamity Sword, to put it bluntly, was the essence of murdered celestial demons. Back then in order to get vengeance, establish his sect, or whatever the reason, he deprived himself of his seven emotions, formed a spiritual ward within his own soul, and fished for celestial demons every day. Having reeled in so many to the extent that there were celestial demons he had not used up still imprisoned at that place.

In the end, he likely caught a peerless great celestial demon, extracted his power for his own use every day, and then sent him to reincarnation after he was completely drained.

Eh, why did he feel like he was quite a scumbag?

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But that was all in the past, and it had nothing to do with Xiao Qing now.

So long as he was his apprentice then it was fine.

He petted his apprentice’s neck absentmindedly, feeling that his apprentice was the most sweet and obedient.

Celestial demons or whatever, as if he knew anything about that!

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