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Chapter 194 Even a kiss can be aloof.

As the Great Cold approaches, snow falls heavily in Shengjing City.

At this time of year, banquets were becoming more frequent in the city, and Ji You was invited to many banquets. However, Ji You, who always enjoyed attending banquets, never showed up. It seemed that the free food and wine had lost their appeal to him, which was puzzling.

Cao Jingsong has been somewhat anxious these past few days because the last few days of the month are the days when he receives his monthly salary.

But the expected robbers did not appear, which made him feel relieved but also puzzled. He wondered if this wicked disciple had changed his ways.

However, the news that Ban Yangshu brought later made Cao Jingsong realize something.

He said that someone had seen the figure of a woman in Ji You's courtyard.

The woman showed no signs of spiritual energy, so she was probably a mortal and was currently living in Ji You's room.

Some people also said they heard a woman's voice in Ji You's courtyard, as melodious as a silver bell.

In other words, he was held back by beauty.

And indeed, just as the rumors said, Ji You was too lazy to go out during the winter with Anwen and the little appraiser of Lingjian Mountain. She was tired of playing hopscotch by hand, so they drew animal cards for her, which were sticks hitting tigers and chickens eating worms.

"Tiger cards are not allowed to have tails drawn on them."

"?"

Ji You sensed the faint sword energy and thought to himself, "I don't understand, but I respect it."

Yan Shuyi, with her bare, white feet, stood on a mat covered with cotton padding. She only showed a satisfied expression when she saw that he didn't draw a tail.

"Want to place a bet?"

As soon as Ji You said this, he saw Yan Shuyi curl up her fair and delicate feet behind her.

At this moment, the gentleman felt offended: "This time, I won't gamble with my feet."

Yan Shuyi looked up at him in confusion, then suddenly realized he was staring at her red lips: "Oh, do you want to gamble with your life?"

"No, I think gambling is bad..."

At this moment, all the politeness and refinement stem from a lack of ability.

Ji You has now stabilized his current realm, and unless he does so intentionally, his aura is restrained and profound.

As for the opportunity to merge with the Dao, it is still shrouded in mystery. The only thing that can be continued to be cultivated is the physical body.

So after the card game ended, Ji You took out his cloak and hung it by the stove. Then he picked up a futon and prepared to go back to his room to study hard. Even if he couldn't win, he had to be able to endure it.

However, after thinking for a moment, he did not stay in the room, but returned to the main hall.

A moment later, the air around him began to roar and surge, and the spiritual fire that was surging between his meridians slowly surged outward, accompanied by a scorching wave of air spreading outward.

My previous feeling wasn't wrong.

After several attempts, Ji You discovered that the sense of constraint he felt before breaking through the realm had indeed weakened considerably as his realm improved.

It's as if the confining ring has shifted back significantly, leaving more room to move forward.

That means that the method of body refinement in the process of cultivating Tao is indeed not a wrong path.

Higher realms can be combined with stronger physical bodies to achieve greater combat power, because breakthroughs in realms not only enhance divine sense and spiritual energy, but also raise the upper limit of physical strength...

Yan Shuyi was admiring the snow outside the room. Her slender figure stood amidst the falling snow, her graceful figure ethereal, her eyelashes fluttering slightly, as she reached out her delicate white hand to catch the scattered snowflakes.

Her stunning beauty, combined with the refined elegance she cultivated from a young age, makes her an absolute beauty that could topple kingdoms.

As the heat wave swept in from inside the house, the young appraiser glanced sideways, her pretty face expressionless, but her mind was filled with a multitude of images.

Most of these images were drafts brought in by Zhuo Wanqiu after the Autumn Battle at Tian Shu Academy.

However, paintings are merely visual products; nothing compares to the allure of being there in person.

Yan Shuyi looked at it very tactfully, glancing sideways with an air of authority, looking down at the person in charge with a serious demeanor.

When Ji You usually held her around the stove to brew tea, she would often look around aimlessly. Thinking of this, her gaze became much more self-righteous.

During this process, the little appraiser suddenly understood why she liked being held by him so much.

Because after Ji You underwent body tempering, his body temperature continued to rise, making him feel like a furnace.

This stranger, is he doing this on purpose...?

The mortuary had two rooms, east and west, one for each of them, but he always insisted on practicing his body in the main room.

After the demon race and the human race began trading, Yan Shu also read a lot of information and learned that before the demon race's true spirit was awakened, in the era when they had not yet shed their race form, there existed a very beautiful race called Nan Ke.

When courting, the Nanke people raise and spread their tails to reveal their magnificent plumage in order to attract females...

As Yan Shuyi was thinking, she suddenly saw a black cat leap onto the wall, tiptoeing forward with its body arched, its slender tail swaying in the snow, its expression instantly becoming aloof.

A strange man who attracts attention...

After reading Gongshu Chou's masterpiece, she had some questions she wanted to ask, but she hadn't figured out how to ask them or whether she should ask them at all.

So she gently waved her hand, and a gust of wind instantly condensed, followed by thousands of snowflakes flying towards her palm, forming a snowball, her eyes filled with eager anticipation.

After a long while, Ji You slowly opened her eyes and gradually suppressed her aura.

Although the constraints have been weakened, the sixteenth micro-photograph will not be as quick as the first one. According to his estimate, it will probably take about twenty attempts to achieve results this time.

Then, with his body still burning hot, he left the room looking every bit the gentleman, pacing back and forth in front of the young appraiser who was admiring the snow.

Yan Shuyi knew he was doing it on purpose, and acted as if she didn't care about the heat emanating from him. Unexpectedly, her cheek was suddenly pinched, and her cold face quietly turned red.

But before she could unleash her temper, she suddenly felt a warm sensation wash over her.

When she came to her senses, Ji You had already draped her scholar's cloak over her shoulders, tied the two straps around her neck, and brushed the snowflakes from her hair.

Cultivators can use spiritual energy to ward off the cold, but since there wasn't much snow, the young master didn't circulate his spiritual energy at all, seemingly wanting to get closer to the winter snow.

At this moment, Yan Shu also turned his head to look at the room, at the place where the cloak had been hanging.

She had seen Ji You suddenly take out the cloak, but at that time she did not understand why Ji You insisted on hanging the cloak next to the stove. Until now, her eyelashes trembled slightly.

At this moment, Ji You turned her head and looked at the base of the wall, where there was a pile of scattered firewood.

Freedom, auspiciousness, longevity, purity, and desirelessness—the Heavenly Academy has five main halls, and he pondered which hall might have an unused crossbeam.

"I don't think body tempering is a wrong path."

"Do you intend to challenge the consensus of Qingyun Tianxia with your own understanding?"

"No, I just think some things should be considered from a different perspective. Could it be that the limitation of the body's connection with the heavens isn't because the physical body restricts the divine sense too much, but because the Heavenly Dao is too weak?"

After enjoying the snow in the evening, Ji You turned the stove up a bit and fed Yan Shuyi, who had just returned from outside, a sip of tea.

It was his own cup, but Yan Shuyi didn't seem to mind.

In fact, the two had been eating and living together for the past few days, and had already used the wrong cup several times.

Even during meals, food that Ji You had bitten but didn't finish would sometimes be inexplicably devoured by the little appraiser.

At this moment, Yan Shuyi sat down in front of him, took off her boots, and then gently raised her arm, feeling a hot chest press against her.

What does it mean that the Way of Heaven is too weak?

Ji You pondered for a long time: "Do you know about Wi-Fi? It's a kind of wave, similar to a communication platform. A high-quality communication platform can transmit messages from the snowy plateau to the whole country, but a low-quality one can only be used between prefectures and counties."

Yan Shuyi turned to look at him: "You mean to say that the waves emitted by the Heavenly Dao are so weak that they cannot be sensed if they are slightly obscured?"

"Yes, it shouldn't be this weak, but it is indeed very weak. As a result, its weakness has forced the human race to change its cultivation methods and abandon body refinement in order to ensure the continuation of the connection between heaven and man. This also fits the theory of the loss of human race's fortune."

"But Qingyun Tianxia does not have this history."

As the Junior Master of Lingjian Mountain is destined to become the next sect leader of the Immortal Sect, he has access to far more secrets than ordinary inner disciples like Ji You.

And if someone of her status doesn't even know, then there's probably no one like her.

Ji You watched her fall into thought before speaking: "After the ancient war, the Heavenly Dao abandoned the physically powerful demon race and chose the weak human race instead. In my opinion, it may not be a predetermined choice, but more like a compromise out of helplessness."

"Do you think the demon race is better than the human race?"

"That's the truth. Neither the demon race nor the barbarian race can compare to our human race, whether it's talent or physical strength. This is my personal experience after being sent on a mission to the snowy region."

"So the tail is good too? You really have to experience it firsthand."

Ji You was slightly taken aback, thinking to herself, "Why is it the tail again?"

Yan Shuyi couldn't help but speak up: "I only heard it from Gongshu Chou by chance. I had already forgotten about it, but you suddenly mentioned the demon race just now and that's when I remembered Young Master Ji's romantic past about the tail in the snowy region."

Ji You lowered his head and found that the young appraiser was looking at him with a cold and arrogant expression, holding a fire hook in his hand.

At this moment, some things gradually became clear in the depths of his mind.

For example, the heart-wrenching letter he received after returning from the snowy region, and the subsequent lack of reply.

Also, a few days ago when he went to the city to buy charcoal, he fed a stray cat and was given the cold shoulder for half a day. And today, when he was drawing a tiger card, he wasn't allowed to draw the tail, because he found out about the snowy region.

This isn't a case of "having already forgotten"; he's held a grudge ever since he returned from the snowy region.

Did Gongshu Chou say this? Fortunately, he didn't know much, only that the two of them went to the street to look at tails.

Ji You opened her mouth at this moment: "I have a friend who is very curious about the demon race. He asked me to inquire about whether demon women have tails when I go to the demon race."

"So you went to see the demon princess?"

"?"

"Just as everyone was puzzled, a beautiful figure appeared from the doorway, exquisite and graceful... May I ask, Princess, do demon women have round buttocks and tails? Ji Lang, would you like to see? The demon princess lifted her skirt, revealing a beautiful tail, and teased Ji You."

Ji You was stunned for a moment: "What kind of dirty thing is this?"

The young appraiser was quietly held in his arms, the fire hook in his hand glowing red from the heat, his beautiful eyes filled with innocence: "The Snow Region Travelogue written by Gongshu Chou."

Upon hearing this, Ji You suddenly recalled that night in Ji Village when Gongshu Chou was writing furiously.

It wasn't a love letter at all; it was a book of life and death written for him.

He was unaware that two detectives were on the carriage on the return journey that day, so he was very puzzled as to why Gongshu Chou knew that he had seen Feng Yang's tail.

Where was he at the time?

"Where is what?"

"Gongshu Chou".

Yan Shuyi blinked: "How would I know where he is?"

Upon hearing this, Ji You raised the corners of his mouth: "He was healing his injuries at the time, and so was I, yet he wrote as if he had seen it with his own eyes, and could even describe the shape of the tail. Didn't that mean the demon princess showed it to both of us? The appraiser thinks this has some credibility."

The young appraiser raised his beautiful eyes: "You mean to say that he wrote this nonsense?"

"Of course, none of the authors are good people."

"But there's an old saying in Qingyun: 'No smoke without fire.' Gongshu Chou is, after all, a cultivator with keen senses. Even if he didn't see it with his own eyes, it's unlikely to be entirely fabricated, and he certainly wouldn't dare to lie to me."

Ji You looked at Yan Shuyi and suddenly realized that the little appraiser really had been jealous all along.

But looking at her serious expression now, I suddenly felt that making her jealous might not be so bad. This tsundere, she pretends to be unfamiliar with me every day; I wonder how many years it would take to win her over with normal methods.

Yan Shuyi happened to meet his eyes at that moment, and her interrogative expression suddenly froze. She felt like the first wife who had just been deprived of favor by a concubine, and she narrowed her eyes instantly.

This is why she didn't know how to ask, as it would be beneath her dignity as the judge.

Just as she was thinking this, she suddenly felt her bottom leave the stool, and when she came to her senses, she found that Ji You had already pulled her onto his lap.

Although they started hugging each other on Lingjian Mountain, their posture was always that the person behind was holding the person in front.

They had never been held in such a way before, with their bodies completely embraced and sitting on someone's lap.

So those two snow-white feet were stuck in mid-air with nowhere to go, as exquisite as jade carvings, and the insteps shimmered with a hint of orange light in the flickering firelight.

Ji You looked at Yan Shuyi, who was sitting sideways in his lap, and then gently pulled the fire hook in Yan Shuyi's hand.

Without much resistance, the young appraiser released her hand, a hint of obedience flashing in her eyes.

Upon seeing this scene, Ji You suddenly noticed something interesting.

This proud fairy's aura would suddenly weaken once she was in close contact with someone, and she would completely disregard any so-called dignity of the appraiser.

Therefore, sometimes you can't go too far; you have to increase the intensity from time to time.

Otherwise, given her constantly conflicting personalities, it would be difficult for her to make much progress, since she has a very stubborn tongue.

Ji You held the fire hook, glanced at the furnace, and then bent down to poke it.

However, just as he bent down, the little appraiser in his arms suddenly blushed slightly, and a slender white hand pushed against his shoulder, as if to stop him from bending down, but the force he used was very weak and powerless.

"?"

"?"

Ji You was stunned for a moment, then saw Yan Shuyi quickly withdraw her hand. She was somewhat surprised, but her expression gradually became thoughtful.

At this moment, Yan Shuyi's delicate toes curled up instantly, and she fell into silence.

Silence, stillness.

The firewood crackled and popped as it burned, but it couldn't disturb the silence. The man and woman, pressed together, each had their own thoughts.

She thought they were going to kiss.

He wasn't going to kiss.

Ji You suddenly bent down, poked the stove again, and looked at her expression.

Yan Shuyi turned her head after hearing the sound, feeling somewhat annoyed. She thought he had realized she had misunderstood and was deliberately teasing her, so she turned back and met Ji You's gaze.

That stunningly beautiful face now revealed a cold and arrogant expression, showing no sign of flinching.

There was no misunderstanding that I wanted to kiss you, so don't overthink it.

Ji You then slammed the fire hook on the ground twice, deliberately making a noise to let her know that he was going to poke the stove. But as he bent down, he suddenly threw the fire hook away, pressed his face against hers, and accurately took her soft, sweet little mouth into his mouth.

With a gentle pull of his hands, the delicate and soft fairy was drawn deep into his embrace.

Yan Shuyi was still "staring at him proudly" when she was unexpectedly kissed, and her crystal-clear toes curled up even tighter.

But neither of them closed their eyes, and their gaze remained fixed on each other.

After a long while, Yan Shuyi finally came to her senses and realized that her lips were constantly changing shape during the increasingly forceful kiss. After thinking for a long time, she turned her gaze to the side.

On the right wall of the chamber was a painting that Cong Yi had given to Cao Jingsong, which was later stolen by Ji You.

Osmanthus flowers fall at leisure, and spring mountains are empty at night.

The moon rises to startle the mountain birds, and the time is mingling in the spring.

The young appraiser silently read the poem inscribed above, his lips involuntarily parting slightly as his tongue was caught in the folds, a soft smacking sound rang in his ears, and his body felt weak.

After reading the poem, she turned her gaze back, only to find that Ji You was still staring at her with his eyes open. So she gently bit his lip, but failed to bite him at all.

Helpless, she could only give up her attack and let him kiss her, but her eyes still drifted around with a cold arrogance.

In fact, this kiss was just a test for Ji You; she hadn't originally planned to kiss him so deeply.

After all, the woman in front of him was from the Yingtian Realm...

But he didn't expect things to develop like this, so when he heard the little appraiser's breathing gradually increase, he kissed her deeper and deeper.

After a long while, with a soft pop, Ji You released her sweet little mouth and saw Yan Shuyi panting proudly, his full chest rising and falling slightly.

"The sweet potatoes are almost ripe."

"?"

Ji You looked at her incredulously: "I remember we kissed just now, why are you reacting like this?"

Yan Shuyi tore away a sliver of shimmering liquid between them: "No."

"Are you a scumbag woman?"

"Anyway, there isn't."

The Master of Lingjian Mountain remained calm and composed, losing the argument but not the battle.

So, during their long eye contact, Ji You leaned down again and saw Yan Shuyi slightly open her mouth, reach out and hug his neck, curling up like a kitten, but her face was still cold and arrogant.

They kissed deeply for several rounds, during which the little appraiser even bit Ji You's tongue once, but did not continue to bite hard. This continued until the early hours of the next day, when the snow had accumulated to a thick layer, and their two little mouths were so hot that the snow could melt.

Before long, a disciple from the head of the academy knocked on the door and handed over a letter.

Kuang Cheng was making rice cakes in the courtyard today, a custom that comes close to the New Year, and he specially invited the two of them to be his guests.

But actually, inviting them wasn't the point; the point was inviting Wei Rui.

After all, it wouldn't sound good if a single man invited a young woman of marriageable age to his home.

Kuang Cheng was well-educated and reasonable from a young age, and had a compassionate heart, so he cared a lot about a woman's reputation.

Wei Rui was closer to Kuang Cheng's courtyard than Ji You was from Tian Shu Academy, so she arrived first. She was rolling up her sleeves and helping Kuang Cheng, who was holding a hammer, to turn the sticky glutinous rice that had been pounded.

They planned to make more, take some back to Ji You, and also send some to the children in the orphanage.

Just as the rice cake was taking shape, a knocking sound suddenly came from the door.

So Wei Rui got up, wiped her hands, and went to open the door, only to find that the visitors were Young Master Ji and Sister Yan.

But what puzzled Miss Wei was that Sister Yan was wearing a light veil today.

"Sister, what's wrong...?"

"It's nothing, my sister's face is just a little sensitive to the cold."

"I see."

Wei Rui didn't know whether she truly believed it or not.

Yan Shuyi stepped on Ji You's foot and walked into the courtyard, following Wei Rui into the house.

A mere gigolo.

Ji You stood in the courtyard, her expression somewhat strange.

After receiving the letter today, Yan Shuyi's lips turned bright red, but they were still hard, which made him both amused and exasperated.

What can we do but coax her?

Yan Shuyi's personality wasn't formed overnight; it's not that easy to subdue her in one go, especially since I can't beat her.

At this moment, Kuang Cheng stopped hammering. "Brother Ji, why is Fairy Yan so cold today?"

Ji You then approached him and said, "I've seen information about the demon woman's tail. Did you tell Gongshu Chou about it?"

"?"

"Didn't we say it together in the car?"

Ji You narrowed her eyes: "But I never said that person was a demon princess."

Kuang Cheng raised the corners of his mouth at this moment: "That day when you got out of the carriage to relieve yourself, Brother Gongshu and I discussed this matter. Actually, I was curious as to why you were not beaten, because only the husband can see the tail of a demon woman."

Ji You: "?"

"It's true. I saw this in some ancient documents. These documents have been passed down from ancient times and are already incomplete, but their authenticity is still very high. You know, back then, the demon race and the human race lived together."

Kuang Cheng, leaning on his mallet, said, "After I finished speaking, Brother Gongshu made a rigorous deduction and a calm judgment. He said that since you had been together for the past few days, it was impossible for you to have seen other women. Therefore, he deduced that it was the demon princess who showed you her tail when she was treating you."

Ji Youxin said, "You two are really detectives. Do you want to calculate when I can become the dean of the Heavenly Academy?"

But before he could even utter a single complaint, he fell into deep thought because of the first thing Kuang Shusheng said.

Is it true that only the husband can see the tail of a demon woman?
He suddenly remembered the strange expression on the demon princess's face when he asked her about the tail that day, and now he seemed to understand something.

Is she treating me like her husband?

Why?

If it were Feng Yang herself who came to help that day, it would be understandable, but that person was clearly her maid, so how could such a thing have happened?

No wonder Yan Shuyi got angry when he saw the tail after reading Gongshu Chou's masterpiece.

She truly is a femme fatale...

Fortunately, Ji You didn't have any ulterior motives; she was simply unaware of the huge misunderstanding.

Furthermore, we can't judge the demon princess's attitude solely based on this point.

The tail end of that day was actually not directly seen through the skirt, and besides, no one came to see me off after I left the snowy region that day.

Gongshu Chou's claims were purely baseless; his heart should never have strayed from its true intentions that day.

Kuang Cheng then looked at Ji You, pondered his expression, and asked, "Has Fairy Yan found out about the demon princess?"

"Ah."

"She hit you?"

"No, she's gentle, kind, and well-educated. Why would she hit me?"

Ji You glanced into the room, appearing calm and composed.

Yan Shuyi was sitting in the room at this moment. After hearing these words, she couldn't help but purse her red lips.

In the world of immortal cultivators, lineage and lineage are paramount, and the propagation of offspring is of utmost importance. This is no exception among immortal sects, leading to the prevalence of polygamy and the common occurrence of mothers gaining status through their sons.

However, even so, there are still women who like to be jealous. Yan Shuyi is a jealous person, even though she won't admit it.

(Ask for monthly ticket)

(End of this chapter)