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Chapter 201 Returning to the Mountain with Bites
"Hey, where's Yuan Chen?"

"Yuan Chen? Who is Yuan Chen?"

"Your brother."

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The morning after the new year ended was the day that the Dan Sect was originally scheduled to leave, and this time remained unchanged.

After all, it wasn't just the siblings who came; there were also two elders from their clan.

On the morning before her departure, Yuan Caiwei gave Ji You a final treatment, restoring his meridians, which had been distorted by the qi, to their original state, thus completely restoring Ji You's arm.

So the group descended from Mount Ni and bid farewell on the main road of the southern city on the right side of the sacred path.

"Brother-in-law, I'm leaving now."

"Be careful on the road, and don't run around anymore."

"Did I wander off? I didn't move an inch last night, but none of you remember..."

Yuan Chen looked aggrieved as he got into the car carrying a thick stack of manuscripts, then pouted and flipped through them for a while.

Last night, Shengjing was bustling with activity, and amidst the hustle and bustle, quite a few people lost their belongings.

Some people woke up after a night of drinking to find their jade pendants missing, others wandered around for half a day only to discover their purses were gone, some lost their shoes, and still others lost face.

Ji You and the others lost a younger brother, and they couldn't even remember what he had lost afterward.

This morning, just as dawn broke, Yuan Chen, looking aggrieved, found his way back to the Heavenly Academy on his own. The others suddenly realized why they felt something was missing last night, and a wave of fear washed over them.

Although Yuan Chen is not named in their love triangle, he is still a direct disciple of the Dan Sect.

Moreover, he has no combat ability, but he possesses the enviable skill of alchemy. If he were to be kidnapped by villains, half of the Qingyun world would probably be thrown into chaos for a while.

However, Yuan Chen didn't actually go anywhere last night. He stayed at the lantern shop listening to storytelling until late at night. When he came to his senses, he found that his brother-in-law and two older sisters were gone. Since he didn't know the way, he went home with the storyteller in the West Market lantern shop and forced the storyteller to tell stories all night.

It wasn't that I was particularly addicted to storytelling; it was mainly because the storyteller was telling a new story tonight, which was adapted from my brother-in-law's true experience of being sent to the snowy region.

How can I not hear the ending? I'd be suffocating if I didn't get to hear the ending!

The storyteller said I was just an ordinary man, already fifty-seven years old, and if I didn't sleep for a night, wouldn't I die?
Yuan Chen said he wouldn't die, and he'd give him a whole night's worth of energy-boosting pills.

Finally, the storyteller couldn't take it anymore and gave him all the manuscripts he had written in his lifetime, so afraid that he would rather change professions.

At the same time, Yuan Caiwei was also saying goodbye face-to-face to her "plastic best friend" Yan Shuyi.

When she saw the wound on Yan Shuyi's lip again, the resentment in her heart still could not be dispelled.

When she decided to come to the Heavenly Academy to deliver the pills, all she could think about was the two of them in one room, and three nights of undressing therapy.

But to her surprise, Yan Shuyi was also there, and she was even more surprised that her sister, the appraiser she had known for many years, was so jealous. As a result, some of the seduction attempts became difficult to carry out. Otherwise, she felt that she could have had a wound herself.

After saying goodbye, Yuan Caiwei got into the carriage. Her younger brother was sitting in the carriage, engrossed in the storybook in his hands.

She was a very strict older sister who usually opposed Yuan Chen reading these folk tales of the strange and supernatural, but this time she pretended not to see them and said nothing.

"Sister, please bring me the next one."

"Stop watching this kind of stuff..."

"Don't show me fake concern. I'm just a brother that nobody cares about. I have a brother-in-law and two older sisters, but not one of them remembers me."

Yuan Caiwei guiltily looked away, then handed him another book that was at her feet.

She is indeed not confident enough to teach Yuan Chen a lesson right now.

Because she didn't want to admit that her mind was filled with Mr. Ji yesterday, and she couldn't remember anything else while shopping with him. She didn't even realize she was missing a younger brother until she went back to the hospital to sleep.

Yuan Caiwei looked in the direction the carriage had traveled, her brow suddenly furrowing. She thought to herself that her father might not want her to marry Young Master Ji, let alone possibly become a concubine...

The fact that the barbarians wanted to form an alliance with the demon race to attack the Nine Provinces was the most provocative thing for the Dan Sect. Although the demon race did not agree, it did not mean that their ambitions had disappeared.

When the demon clan delegation first entered the Nine Provinces, they went to the Pill Sect and specifically requested to purchase pills.

If the Nine Provinces were to descend into chaos, their Dan Sect would be the least capable of resisting.

Before coming to the Heavenly Academy, her father had mentioned to her several times the son of the deputy head of the Chen Clan, a direct disciple of the Mountain and Sea Pavilion...

At this moment, Yan Shuyi was gazing at the main street of the southern city, his eyes flashing with golden light. He looked all the way to a hundred miles away and only felt relieved when he saw that the carriage had not turned around.

Actually, Yuan Caiwei is quite nice. After all, she hasn't had many sisters over the years, so it's not unreasonable that she can get along with her.

She's half a year older than me, so it's only right that I call her "older sister."

But these past few days, every time she heard her call her "Appraiser's Sister," she felt that the other woman seemed rather ambitious...

Yan Shu also withdrew her gaze and then followed Ji You back to the mountain. She then neatly folded the little floral jacket she had taken off and put it into Ji You's trunk.

She was already quite content to have been an innocent little girl in Shengjing for so long. Whether it was hibernating, throwing tantrums, or being jealous, it was all just temporary comfort for her.

She never forgot that she had not yet broken through to the next realm, nor did she forget that she was responsible for the entire Spirit Sword Mountain.

In other words, living in a courtyard with a strange man is like a beautiful dream, where you can let yourself go. But unfortunately, people can't live in a dream forever.

It's time for her to settle down, stop being Ji You's proud and aloof fairy, and instead become the little appraiser for countless disciples...

Ji You already knew that Yan Shuyi would be leaving after the New Year, since she had secretly come during her seclusion. At this moment, Ji You was roasting sweet potatoes that Yan Shuyi had specifically asked for when she suddenly felt a sword aura approaching.

Half an hour later, a beam of light, carrying the aroma of roasted sweet potatoes, shot into the sky.

Ji You waved her hand below, her previously intact left lip now bitten open and bleeding.

This girl even knows to leave a gift.

At midday in Lingzhou, the weather was warm. Zhuo Wanqiu decided to write a second letter to Xiangtian Academy. However, just as she put pen to paper, layers of clouds began to gather in the clear sky, with sunlight constantly howling behind the clouds, and then the wind and waves came in overwhelmingly.

The next instant, as the willows on the mountaintop, whose buds had not yet sprouted new leaves, bowed slightly, Yan Shu also landed gracefully, his eyes gleaming with golden light.

"It is the appraiser."

"The appraiser is finally back..."

Zhuo Wanqiu and Ding Yao immediately ran out of the hall and saw Yan Shuyi walking in from outside.

Having not seen each other for a long time, the two felt that the appraiser seemed to have gained some weight, probably because he had been taken care of by Young Master Ji.

However, what attracted their attention the most was the tooth mark wound on their appraiser's lips.

The shape of the wound after it scabs over is actually much more obvious than when it was first bitten; both the mark and the direction are very easy to identify.

Just by looking at the wound, they could imagine Ji You biting the appraiser's lip with a slight force, and they felt a mix of wanting to look and not daring to look, their eyes darting around.

They truly couldn't imagine what kind of expression a woman as aloof as the Judge would have when Young Master Ji held her in his arms and kissed her passionately.

The one who was most frightened was Zhuo Wanqiu, who had initially suggested that the appraiser go to Shengjing to visit relatives.

In just one month, the appraiser had already been tricked into having a sweet talk by the son-in-law. If it had been a few more days, she might have actually come back pregnant.

Yan Shuyi looked into their eyes and easily guessed what they were thinking.

That's how it is for humans. Before they can condense their immortal bodies, even if a cultivator recovers very quickly, they still have to go through the process of scab formation and shedding.

That night, when Ji You tried to bite her, she struggled and told him that he would be discovered and that the entire Lingjian Mountain would kill him, but he said he wasn't afraid.

The little appraiser is actually a person who doesn't have much of his own opinion and is easily swayed by emotions. After hearing him earnestly say that he wasn't afraid, he softened a little and couldn't help but let him bite him.

She herself didn't understand why, even though going back with such a wound would surely lead to speculation, she secretly hoped that he would bite her too.

"Shuyi is back?"

"I'm back, father."

Yan Shuyi raised his eyes and saw Yan Jingxiang walking out of the hall, so he gently answered.

Ever since his daughter went missing, Mr. Yan has come to inquire about her every day.

Zhuo Wanqiu told him that his daughter had decided to go down the mountain for a walk because she had encountered a bottleneck and was feeling frustrated. So he didn't think much of it, but he was secretly worried.

Seeing her return, I finally felt relieved.

However, when Yan Jingxiang walked out of the long steps of the main hall, he noticed the wound on his daughter's mouth, and his expression suddenly changed drastically, revealing a hint of shock in his eyes.

"Shuyi, you..."

Yan Jingxiang was speechless for a long time, and ultimately did not say the words "Who bit your mouth?"

As a father, he couldn't very well ask his daughter about such things, but even without asking, he could guess that his daughter had spent the past month away from the mountain meeting her lover.

In fact, Ding Yao had already told him via text message six months ago that her daughter had a crush on someone, but he didn't know who that person was.

Later, his daughter chose to go into seclusion to break through to the Boundless Realm and did not come down the mountain again, which made Yan Jingxiang feel a little more relaxed.

He thought Ding Yao was just repeating hearsay, and he also felt that a woman of his status wouldn't easily fall for a man. But only now did he realize that his daughter was truly caught in a love triangle.

After a long silence, Yan Jingxiang spoke: "You have been traveling for so long, have you cleared your mind of distractions?"

Yan Shuyi nodded calmly: "I feel much calmer now."

"That's good, that's good... Your mother has been talking about you a lot these past few days. You should rest for a bit, I'll go call her."

Yan Jingxiang hurriedly descended the mountain, while Yan's mother rushed to the Cloud Peak Palace after hearing what Yan's father had said about her daughter's lover.

Yan Shuyi had already changed into the Immortal Robe of the Appraiser and was sitting in his Phoenix Pavilion when his mother entered and looked at the teeth marks on the corner of his mouth.

That stranger really got him killed.

"Are you at peace now?"

"Yes, I will go into seclusion to break through my cultivation level upon my return. I had already made some progress before the Heavenly Dao Gathering."

"Who is that man? What's his name?"

Yan Shuyi raised her eyes slightly, looked at her mother, and gently shook her head.

Looking at her daughter's expression, Yan's mother finally frowned, unsure of what to say.

Who could have imagined that the next leader of Lingjian Mountain, the youngest weapon wielder among the seven great immortal sects, would secretly run away to meet his lover, and end up with his mouth bitten like this?

If this gets out, the entire Qingyun world will probably be shaken...

The day after the new year, the pills sent by the Pill Sect to Lingjian Mountain were counted and stored, followed by the pill-bestowing ceremony.

In previous years, Tianjian Peak took 60%, Xuanjian Peak took 30%, and Wenjian Peak took less than 10%.

However, due to the imperial decree issued by the appraiser this year, Tianjian Peak can only obtain 40%, and the extra 20% is allocated to Wenjian Peak.

The disciples of Tianjian Peak naturally had objections, especially with the Heavenly Dao Assembly approaching, which increased everyone's demand for elixirs.

At the instruction of Sect Leader Yan Zhong, the disciples of Tianjian Peak stirred up a commotion at the Pill Bestowing Ceremony, and voices of discontent gradually rose.

Then a figure dressed in the robes of an appraiser and wearing a glass crown appeared, holding a pill box and waving it out one by one.

The restless disciples suddenly quieted down, their eyes widening as they realized that this year, the Master himself had bestowed the pills upon them.

Suddenly, the entire Wangxiantai fell silent.

Upon seeing this, Sect Leader Yan Zhong's eyes sharpened, and he thought to himself, "What a brilliant move."

In recent years, he has noticed that Yan Shuyi's influence in Lingjian Mountain has grown stronger and stronger, even surpassing his own. As a result, disciples from Wenjian Peak, Xuanjian Peak, and Tianjian Peak all regard him as their spiritual belief.

Actually, he admired his niece somewhat and always regretted that she wasn't born on Tianjian Peak.

"It seems the appraiser's mouth is somewhat injured?"

"Yes, there are some scars."

"Several junior sisters were discussing it just now, saying it looks like she was bitten by someone..."

"Bite it in your mouth?"

Zhuo Wanqiu and Ding Yao were also given elixirs. Standing on the Wangxian Terrace, they naturally heard the discussions of the surrounding disciples.

Fortunately, the appraiser remained on the high platform, so the wounds were not very clear to them, and the disciples on the Wangxiantai platform did not dare to look directly at the appraiser.

"The appraiser should know that his return like this will definitely cause gossip."

"Yes, but she still let Young Master Ji bite her."

After returning from Wangxiantai, Ding Yao and Zhuo Wanqiu stood outside the Yunding Tianque Palace, whispering among themselves as they watched the Master of Appraisal enter the palace.

Their master's cultivation was already close to the Boundless Realm, while Young Master Ji had only just entered the Upper Realm of Profound Understanding. There was a difference of two major realms between them, so the gap in strength was naturally enormous.

Therefore, if the appraiser does not agree, Young Master Ji cannot even get close to her, let alone bite the appraiser's mouth.

Therefore, Ding Yao had no doubt that the appraiser was willingly bitten by Young Master Ji and did not resist at all.

She just couldn't understand why the appraiser wanted to return to the mountains with Ji You's teeth marks.

After pondering for a long time, Zhuo Wanqiu spoke up: "I think the appraiser actually wants people to know, right?"

Ding Yao looked at her: "Why?"

"Didn't Yuan Caiwei from the Dan Sect go to the Heavenly Academy a while ago? The disciples who traveled outside the mountain were still discussing it when they came back, saying that Young Master Ji was going to marry into Dan Mountain or something."

Ding Yao knew about this, but she still couldn't understand what it had to do with the appraiser.

Seeing Ding Yao's puzzled look, Zhuo Wanqiu spoke again: "Think about it, after hearing so many rumors about the son-in-law and other women, the appraiser must also want others to talk about her and Young Master Ji, and even hope that others will know that she is actually the first wife. The sword path of our Lingjian Mountain emphasizes cleanliness and straightness. The appraiser cannot deceive her own Dao heart."

Ding Yao was stunned for a long time: "But even if someone bit my lip, no one except us would know that it was Young Master Ji who bit me."

"It's precisely because there's nothing you can say that you sometimes want others to know. That's probably what the Master of Appraisal was thinking when Young Master Ji kissed him."

"Can this still happen?"

After pondering for a moment, Zhuo Wanqiu said, "Although it's just a guess, it's probably pretty close to the truth. Didn't you notice yesterday that when the Peak Master came out of the main hall, the Judge didn't even try to hide himself, clearly wanting to be seen?"

Ding Yao was slightly taken aback, and a young girl suddenly appeared in her mind.

At that time, the girl received a very beautiful sword, so she wore it on her waist all day long. She didn't say anything, but she liked to wander around and show it to people...

Thinking of this, Ding Yao couldn't help but raise the corners of her mouth, but then she couldn't help but frown.

"Miss should also know in her heart that she is not capable of marrying Young Master Ji."

Zhuo Wanqiu was stunned for a moment before realizing that the word "Miss" referred to the appraiser, which was Ding Yao's childhood name for the appraiser. She couldn't help but glance at her and ask, "Why?"

Ding Yao raised her head: "The Master of Appraisal is now the spiritual faith of the disciples in the mountains. But if these disciples see that their faith is going to marry a disciple of the Heavenly Academy who comes from a rural private cultivation background, it will definitely cause trouble. Heavenly Sword Peak will then add fuel to the fire and leave the Master of Appraisal helpless. At that time, Young Master Ji will also face a fatal disaster."

Zhuo Wanqiu thought for a moment: "We can just keep sneaking off, can't we?"

"Even if it goes undetected, what about the child? No matter how powerful the appraiser is, the bloodline still needs to continue."

"It's a secret pregnancy."

Ding Yao shook her head: "You don't understand. Illegitimate children have no right to inherit. If they can't inherit Spirit Sword Mountain, everything the Master is doing now will be meaningless. The Spirit Mirror and the position of Sect Leader will eventually return to the ambitious Heavenly Sword Peak."

Zhuo Wanqiu opened her mouth: "Is that so?"

After a long silence, Ding Yao nodded: "This is what the Peak Master called me over to talk about today."

"They want to know Young Master Ji's identity from you?"

“Actually, after the appraiser returned yesterday, they sent people to investigate, but the appraiser left very cautiously, using the spiritual mirror to erase all traces of his trip. That’s why they came to ask me. Although I didn’t say anything, I couldn’t help but agree with their thoughts.”

Ding Yao looked at the slowly setting sun: "Over the years, I have been very close to the Dao Seeking Sect. It is true that I wanted to gain some benefits for myself, but in fact, it was also because it was a good choice for the Appraisal Master."

Zhuo Wanqiu pursed her lips, realizing that she couldn't refute it either.

After a long silence, Ding Yao spoke again: "Young Master Ji is good in every way. He is the lord of Fengzhou and can even kill the King of Soldiers with his sword, but in the end, he lacks a certain status."

Zhuo Wanqiu actually wanted to say that Young Master Ji is a very good person and has great talent in cultivation. There are so many cultivators in the world, but he is the only one who can be famous for reaching the Tongxuan Realm. Look at him, he is like this and like that.

But she also understood that even if Young Master Ji did so much, it would ultimately not be enough to match the traditions and background that others were born with.

"Actually, Young Master Ji should be aware of this as well, right?"

"Ok?"

Zhuo Wanqiu raised her eyes: "Young Master Ji should also know that biting the Appraiser's mouth will definitely attract the attention of the people of Lingjian Mountain. If any clues are leaked, it will inevitably bring about his death."

After thinking for a while, Ding Yao nodded.

How could someone who could discern Qi Zhengyang's demonic sword heart simply by observing the killing intent within the sword energy, and thus help Xuanjian Peak obtain a sharp sword, not understand such a simple principle?

Zhuo Wanqiu spoke again: "He knew perfectly well, but he still bit it. He probably wanted others to know that the appraiser was his."

Ding Yao remained silent for a long time: "It's probably hopeless between you and that Danzong girl, young master."

"Even the Pill Sect would do this?"

"The barbarian and demon races are restless, and people often say that the Heavenly Dao has changed. The Dan Sect, which has no fighting power, is the one that needs marriage alliances the most. So why would they look favorably upon Young Master Ji?"

Zhuo Wanqiu nodded: "And she'll be a concubine."

Ding Yao turned her head and glanced at the hall: "Speaking of which, Yuan Caiwei and our Master once swore to be best friends for life. I wonder if that vow came true."

"When?"

"When I was about seven or eight years old, I didn't want to be the appraiser yet. I was very playful. The sect leader of the Dan Sect was invited to visit Lingjian Mountain and brought Yuan Caiwei with him. The two of them got along very well."

(End of this chapter)