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Chapter 384 Kill Me Until I Die

"The sect leader and the elders just agreed like that...?"

"Elder Dan Xunzi said that this move is not a compromise or concession, nor is it forgetting hatred, but for the sake of the human race, which is the great righteousness of our Dan Sect."

"But he agreed too readily; the Master Master didn't even say a word the whole time."

Behind the Tianji Hall of the Dan Sect, in the winding corridor of Changfeng Forest.

The disciples of the Dan Sect, who had just returned from the sect leader's palace, were gathered here, discussing how the sect leader had readily taken over the tasks entrusted to him by the five great immortal sects.

Their bewilderment stemmed not from the fact that the sect leader would agree, but from the fact that he agreed so readily.

Honestly, they thought the Dan Sect would definitely make those Immortal Sect disciples kneel before the Martyr's Monument to confess their sins before they would even consider agreeing to the matter of the Sacred Site of the Former Sages.

In reality, the reason why the five major immortal sects sent so many disciples was probably because they had the idea of ​​appeasing the anger of the Pill Sect. However, they did not expect that the sect leader would not put forward any conditions.

In fact, the sect leader didn't speak during the entire palace council meeting; all decisions were announced by Elder Dan Xunzi.

All of this sparked endless discussion among the disciples in the connecting corridor.

Meanwhile, Ji You, who had just left the sect leader's palace, was sitting in a tea pavilion on the northern mountain of the Dan Sect, looking out at the lush green forest.

This is the mountain where he fought with Elder Chen Ke of the Chen Clan more than a year ago. The huge ravines carved out by the sword energy are still visible on the outward-facing slope. They have been reinforced with ropes but have not been filled in.

He was actually somewhat surprised by the Dan Sect's positive response.

Because he was also prepared for the possibility that the Dan Sect would require the disciples of the five great immortal sects to apologize, but the disciples of the five great immortal sects would refuse, thus causing a small-scale conflict.

To everyone's surprise, everything went incredibly smoothly, and a mere half-hour meeting in the inner palace resolved everything.

Although it was unexpected, he did not think that Danzong had done anything wrong.

Because the five major immortal sects are unlikely to continue to make concessions, and the Pill Sect still lacks the ability to protect itself, it also needs to worry whether the immortal sects will turn against it after the Holy Land of the Sages is repaired.

However, even if no further conditions are mentioned, it wouldn't be unreasonable to leave everyone hanging for a few days.

He received a response the very next day, which was something he hadn't expected.

Danyangzi once said that the Dan Sect is a sect that remembers suffering, and such a reaction is clearly inconsistent with their temperament.

Just as Ji You was pondering, a series of footsteps suddenly came from the mountain path below.

Ji You turned her head and, after recognizing the person who had come, stood up, leaning on the table.

"The matter of the sacred site of the sages has been discussed by the elders of the sect for many days, and I have not been able to pay my respects to you immediately. Please forgive me."

"Sect Leader, you flatter me. After the five major immortal sects besieged Dan Mountain, the fact that Dan Sect was willing to reopen its gates already shows Ji You a great deal of respect."

Ji You responded, and then saw Yuan Li walking up the mountain and arriving at the tea pavilion.

The Danzong Medicine Pool has the effect of slowing down the aging process, so Yuan Li does not look old in terms of physique, but you can see the signs of aging in his expression.

According to rumors, this sect leader devoted his entire life to the sect, and only had Yuan Caiwei and Yuan Chen much later in life.

Perhaps it is precisely because of this that the generation gap between Yuan Li and Yuan Chen is so deep, to the point that his cheap brother-in-law always wants to run down the mountain and is full of rejection of the life arranged by his father.

Yuan Li sat down in the tea pavilion and, after thinking for a while, said, "Elder Yang received Young Master Ji yesterday and then returned to the palace to report to me. It is said that Young Master Ji made great contributions to the human race's disaster and can even be considered a benefactor of the Immortal Sect."

"Let's forget about the title of 'benefactor of the Immortal Sect,' it's a bit uncomfortable."

"It seems that you do indeed have some reservations about the Immortal Sect."

Ji You didn't know Yuan Li's purpose in coming, but he sensed that Yuan Li was eager to confide in him, so he poured a cup of tea and handed it to him: "Excessive combat power will make this world extremely unbalanced and difficult to develop further. The sages of a thousand years ago existed to establish the human race, but the Immortal Sect is a product that should not exist."

After hearing this, Yuan Li couldn't help but ask, "Has the young master ever heard of the Chu family?"

"The Chu family?"

"The story of how the Chu family's Seven Apertures Exquisite Body aroused the covetousness of the Immortal Sect is an old one."

Ji You then realized that this was what he meant, so he nodded: "I've heard of it. I even heard a piece of unofficial history that said the Chu family patriarch who was dissected as an experimental subject was dissected alive."

Yuan Li was slightly surprised, not expecting that he even knew about live dissection.

You must know, that was a very, very long time ago, and countless generations of people have passed since then.

Moreover, Youzhou was under the control of Xuanyuan Immortal Mansion, and few people dared to mention this matter. Even the Chu family's genealogy did not dare to write about it too clearly. Only those who had experienced that event and those who were closely related to the Chu family would know the truth.

However, when he learned that Ji You knew about the dissection of the Chu family patriarch while he was still alive, he became even more curious about Ji You's swordplay.

"Now that you know about this matter, did you hesitate when you drew your sword at the Heavenly Dao Altar?"

Why hesitate?

"Because the Chu family also sought revenge and to wash away centuries of humiliation."

That's not revenge.

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Ji You picked up her teacup: "If the Chu family's actions can be considered revenge, then they have avenged themselves, but who should the people they killed seek revenge against?"

After listening, Yuan Li remained silent for a long time: "Young Master, when will this cycle of revenge end? Which faction are you on?"

"No, I am the kind of person who always seeks revenge, but the revenge I believe in must be honorable and aboveboard, not one that involves the deaths of innocent bystanders, or that uses the pretext of slaying a dragon to do something that would actually make the dragon."

"If Young Master Ji were in the same situation as the Chu family, what would he do?"

Ji You looked up at Yuan Li: "If you can't kill the sect leader, kill his disciples; if you can't kill his disciples, kill the elders; if you can't kill the elders, kill their descendants."

Yuan Li gripped the teacup: "But the sacred artifact can suppress Qingyun; such revenge will inevitably lead to death."

"My revenge is to kill until I die."

Yuan Li's eyes trembled for a moment after hearing Ji You's words, and then he fell into astonishment and silence.

In fact, ever since last night, he had been pondering whether the Chu family's actions constituted revenge.

This matter was very important to him because if it was considered revenge, he would feel that the sins he had committed were not so heavy.

But only now did he realize that what the Chu family had done was not revenge.

Because revenge should only have two outcomes: his death or your death, not replacement, and certainly not countless innocent souls who sacrifice themselves for it.

Then, the sect leader of the Dan Sect began to understand his father.

My father secretly helped the Chu family establish themselves because the weak should have pity on the weak, and should not use the name of revenge to wantonly take the lives of the weaker.

"Regarding the calamity befalling humanity, it seems that Sect Leader Yuan is more supportive of the Chu family?"

"It's because the Dan Sect also experienced darkness and turmoil back then, so when I think of the Chu family's past, I feel a sense of shared sorrow."

Yuan Li sensed that Ji You seemed to have noticed something, so after explaining, he changed the subject and asked, "Young Master Ji, did you rest well at Danshan yesterday?"

Cough cough, Ji You choked on a mouthful of tea.

He hadn't expected Yuan Li's tone to change so quickly, nor had he expected him to ask this question.

This is actually a very common greeting, often seen in conversations between hosts and guests. It can also be considered a signal to end the previous topic, without carrying much practical significance.

The problem is that Ji You stayed in someone's daughter's room yesterday and made her whimper all night. Being asked this question suddenly is too frightening and makes him feel unable to answer.

At this moment, Yuan Li also thought of the disciple's report yesterday that Ji You had not rested in the backyard of Yuheng Hall, and his face darkened slightly as his eyes twitched.

However, he quickly composed himself and then said to Ji You, "I believe that Young Master Ji will certainly not let Caiwei be in danger in the future."

"Of course not."

"Then please, for Caiwei's sake, protect Yuanchen."

“Yuan Chen has called me brother-in-law for five years, and I will definitely not let anything happen to him.”

Ji You nodded in agreement, but her brows furrowed slightly. She felt that Yuan Li's words seemed to imply a sense of entrusting her son to someone else, but she couldn't tell if it was just her imagination.

In fact, what Yuan Li was worried about was still the fact that he had participated in the evil deeds committed by the ancient aristocratic families.

Because he still doesn't know who kidnapped his daughter and lured his son down the mountain, nor does he know where the person who came to Danzong with Chu Xiong is now.

There are no secrets in this world, and there are still people who know about this matter hiding in the world. It is natural for him to worry about being exposed. The meaning of entrusting his son to someone else in the previous sentence comes from this.

In fact, as early as when Ji You killed the five Wujiang on Danshan Mountain, Yuan Li knew that his daughter and son had found someone to rely on. Moreover, he had forcibly torn open the Heavenly Dao Sacrifice and killed Chu Xian, the previous generation's holy son of Xuan Yuan, amidst the baleful aura.

After finishing his tea, Yuan Li rose from the tea pavilion.

Opening up the sacred site of the ancients was not something that could be accomplished by one person alone, so repairing the cracked sacred site would be even more difficult.

Therefore, he needed to mobilize troops and generals to set off as soon as possible, so that the end of the thousand-year-old family's joint calamity could be quelled as quickly as possible.

Watching Yu Yuanli depart, Ji You poured the tea into the ditch, then packed up the tea set and headed down the mountain.

Besides asking the Dan Sect to repair the sacred site of the ancient sages, he also had another purpose in going to Danshan: to use the Dan Sect's medicinal pool to break through his cultivation barrier.

As his physical cultivation level continues to improve, the amount of spiritual energy he needs also increases, and ordinary places can no longer meet his needs. Last time when Ji Zhai was trying to break through, he had consumed a large amount of spirit stones and almost failed due to lack of energy. Of course, he would not let go of the opportunity to use the medicinal pool.

Ji You followed the path to the back mountain, and walked to the medicinal pond behind the bamboo forest building, where he could vaguely hear the sound of water.

As he pushed open the bamboo door, the rushing water stopped instantly.

In the misty pool, Yuan Caiwei sat in the medicinal pool, her fair skin glowing with a rosy hue from the steam. Upon seeing Ji You, her cheeks flushed and her eyes widened.

She got up early, but didn't dare to move until noon, so she hurriedly came to take a bath.

After being shy for a long time, she couldn't help but gently shift her body, moving from the middle of the medicine pool to the west side, revealing an empty space.

"..."

"Palace Master, a message from the Pill Sect."

"So fast?"

On a late afternoon during the Grain Rain season, in the Immortal Garden of Shengjing, Zuo Qiuyang was sitting on the observation tower watching his disciples discuss the Dao when he received a letter from the Head of Affairs.

At the same time, other disciples of the immortal sects also hurriedly ran up the connecting corridor to deliver messages sent by their own disciples.

The letter stated that the Danzong sect had agreed to restore the sacred site of the ancient sages and had already set off from Liangzhou, which surprised the readers.

It should be known that traveling from Shengjing to Danzong would take at least two days and nights, even with the carriages equipped with magical artifacts. If Danzong were to raise further conditions or deliberately keep everyone waiting, the negotiations would take at least half a month to reach a conclusion. Who would have thought the response would be so quick?

The news of the Dan Sect opening its gates quickly spread, immediately sparking heated discussions.

Many people are unaware of the inside story, but they are still puzzled as to why the Dan Sect could be summoned to open its gates even when it was under lockdown.

You should know that when they announced their closure, countless families rushed to the sect, fearing that they would no longer have any pills to use. Who knew that in the end they didn't even see half a disciple of the Pill Sect.

However, their doubts were soon answered.

Because only one day later, a disciple returned to Shengjing ahead of everyone else by riding the wind.

As these people returned, the story of what the five immortal sects encountered on their way to Dan Mountain gradually spread.

The disciples of the Immortal Sect encountered differential treatment when they went up the mountain, and the disciples of the Pill Sect looked at them with vigilance and hatred, which made many Immortal Sect members and aristocratic families furious.

But when someone mentioned the martyr's monument on Dan Mountain, the majestic statue that forever guards the mountain, and the five deceased elders of the immortal sect, everyone fell silent in astonishment.

Just like the people who went up the mountain back then, they also remembered that spring day when the five major immortal sects searched the entire city for people related to Ji You.

They also recalled that while everyone was mocking Ji You for finally offending the Immortal Sect because of his arrogant nature, he had openly appeared at the Immortal Tour Gathering.

They were unaware of the inside story at the time, and only now do they realize that Ji You had single-handedly killed five people, causing the five major immortal sects to retreat from Dan Mountain.

However, soon after, the Dao Asking Sect, the Mountain and Sea Pavilion, and the Chen Clan secretly issued an order forbidding any further discussion of the matter.

They naturally knew that sending disciples up the mountain would certainly incur the hostility of the Dan Sect, and that word might even spread that the Dan Sect was forcibly borrowing alchemists from the mountain.

But they never expected that the Dan Sect would erect a martyr's monument and even a statue of Ji You.

This matter damaged the reputation of the Immortal Sect, and they naturally could not allow the situation to escalate, so they could only rely on their power to suppress the discussions.

But as those who went to Danshan discussed on the mountain, Yongzhen not only suppressed the mountain, but also suppressed the hearts of everyone.

Especially Shang Xiyao, Huo Xingzhong, Chen Luo and other close disciples, who appeared at the subsequent Daoist discussion, all had very complicated expressions.

They are all the next generation leaders of their own immortal sects, so naturally they are qualified to have statues erected for them.

But they knew that having a statue erected at their own temple was nothing to brag about; what they could brag about was having a statue erected at someone else's temple that was recognized by the entire sect.

The three major immortal sects suppressed the discussions in the city, preventing the incident from escalating further, but they discovered that their own disciples were beginning to show signs of instability.

The high-ranking members of the immortal sects remained completely silent in response.

Being a holy child is destined to be respected, but in reality, their noble status comes more from the added advantage of their bloodline.

Because of their good birth and talent, they will become the most distinguished figures in Qingyun in the future, which seemed to be without any problem in the past.

But when someone of humble origins shines with the brilliance of the moon like these holy sons, their prestige is greatly diminished in comparison.

"Why does Shengjing seem to have lost several streets and gained several new buildings?"

"After the demons from the Immortal Realm attacked the Heavenly Book Academy, they destroyed several streets. Most of the buildings here were built later."

The sacred site of the sages is located in the southeast of Shengjing. You can choose to pass through Shengjing, or you can choose not to take this route.

Yuan Li was concerned about the situation at the sacred site of the ancient sages, so he headed directly north of Zhongzhou.

The Yuan siblings who followed Ji You changed their route and headed west. Before going to the sacred site of the ancients, they wanted to go to Shengjing first. The main reason was that Yuan Caiwei felt that she had not seen the young appraiser for a long time and wanted to see her sisters.

At noon, as the southbound carriage stopped in front of the Wulu Trading Company, the curtain was gently lifted, and Yuan Caiwei and Yuan Chen got off the carriage, waiting for Ji You to enter before slowly following.

Yan Shuyi was drinking tea in the courtyard when she saw Yuan Caiwei enter with Ji You. Her beautiful phoenix eyes narrowed slightly.

The last time they met was in Xinyuan two years ago, when they shared a bed because of the elixir. After that, they never saw each other again.

Having seen each other before, with their snow-white skin and watery eyes constantly whimpering, the two felt somewhat awkward during their meeting this time.

"Sister Appraiser, how have you been?"

"It's been a long time. I hope you've been well, Sister Caiwei."

After Yan Shuyi finished speaking, he secretly glanced at Yuan Caiwei's flat stomach, and then felt a little relieved. He then turned to look at Ji You, his eyes revealing a fierce sword aura.

"It's terrifying to see two older sisters meet." Yuan Chen touched his cold arm upon seeing this.

Ji You keenly sensed her brother-in-law trembling, and then focused on the scene of the two sisters' cheeks slightly flushed when they looked at each other.

Scary? Not at all. Don't be fooled by their serious and mysterious appearances; they're all terrible in bed.

"How long does Sister Caiwei plan to stay in Shengjing?"

"I made a detour to Shengjing specifically to see Sister Jianzhu. I'll be going to see my father in a few days. Where is Sister Jianzhu?"

Yuan Caiwei answered obediently and asked a polite question in return.

Yan Shuyi handed her the tea he had poured: "The Dao Discussion Conference is about to end, and I won't stay any longer. I need to return to the sect with my disciples."

"Has news of what happened in Shengjing reached Lingzhou?" Ji You couldn't help but look at her proud and arrogant friend after hearing the answer.

"The news was sent back a few days ago, and it's causing a lot of discussion in Lingjian Mountain, with the situation escalating. Although I don't need to explain my personal matters to my disciples, I can't let the rumors spread like wildfire in the mountain."

The young appraiser looked at his little disciple from the Heavenly Academy and couldn't help but mutter "scoundrel" to himself.

The so-called "Shengjing affair" refers to the relationship between the two of them. When the news of this reached Lingjian Mountain, it quickly shattered the illusion that Lingjian Mountain would form a marriage alliance with the Daodao Sect, and stirred up a great deal of public opinion.

After all, thanks to his father's painstaking efforts, the entire Xuanjian Peak had always been close to the Dao Seeking Sect.

Now that the winds have shifted dramatically, if she doesn't return to the mountain for a long time, those disciples who have long been close to the Daoist Sect will probably have different thoughts.

Ji You had discussed this matter with Yan Shuyi before heading to Danzong. At that time, he suggested that he return to the mountain with Yan Shuyi. However, the arrogant girl's response was that the little Tianshu Academy disciple was dreaming.

In fact, Yan Shuyi really wanted to take her back to the mountain, just like how she couldn't help but want to show off after everyone knew she had a husband.

But the relatives of Xuanjian Peak and the onlookers are different; this matter concerns their interests, so their attitudes will definitely be completely different.

She made the choice, and she has never been the type to hide behind a man when things go wrong.

As they were talking, Yuan Caiwei suddenly glanced at the jade pendant shimmering at her waist.

This jade pendant is attached to my father's possession, indicating that he and the elders have safely arrived at the sacred site of the sages.

"The aura has already spilled out of the forest. It seems there are indeed quite a few cracks. No wonder the five major immortal sects are so nervous..."

"Let's go in and check the situation first."

In the northwest of Zhongzhou, on the outskirts of the sacred site of the ancient sages, the disciples of the Danzong sect, who had disembarked from their carriages, began to enter the dense forest, rustling the piles of fallen leaves under their feet.

After a two-hour journey, they finally arrived at the valley filled with ravines and saw for the first time the void cracks that had been repaired all over the mountain.

Looking up, they could hardly imagine what kind of force could penetrate it from the inside out.

Yuan Li gazed at the hilltop for a long time before turning to Danyangzi: "Instruct your disciples to first ascertain the number of cracks and sort them according to their size."

"Yes."

In the dark mountains and forests of Zhongzhou, the disciples of the Dan Sect quickly dispersed and began their search, traversing mountains and rivers.

After half a day, they had recorded all the spatial rifts and assigned them serial numbers.

After everyone discussed it, Yuan Li ordered that they concentrate their efforts and plan to repair them one by one, from the smallest to the largest.

As countless rays of light surged from the mountain peak, a figure emerged from the shadows, observed for a long time in the forest, calculated the repair speed, and then quietly departed from the shadows...

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