“Sister Shen.”
Ji Yutang greeted Shen Zao with a bow.
Shen Zao looked at Ji Yutang with a smile and said, “Junior Sister Ji, are you here to fish too?”
Ji Yutang’s eye twitched.
The fish in this stream were once raised by the palace master, and most of the students in the academy maintained a dignified appearance.
Who else but Shen Zao would fish here?
She moved her lips but swallowed her words.
After a moment, she said, “I just happened to wander over here.”
Shen Zao raised an eyebrow and smiled, “That’s a kind of fate too.”
Seeing Ji Yutang remain silent, she put down her fishing rod, crossed her arms, and continued, “Since it’s fate, why not continue the literary duel that Yan Shouxia interrupted earlier?”
Ji Yutang was speechless.
The incident at Yu Family Village must have spread throughout the academy.
How could this senior sister still bring it up?
Or did she misunderstand?
“Are you thinking that Yun Chixin has done too much wrong, and why would I still think of her?”
Shen Zao saw through Ji Yutang’s thoughts and spoke leisurely.
Ji Yutang gave an awkward smile, a hint of embarrassment crossing her face.
Shen Zao remained calm and said, “If one day, your friends or family fall into the demonic path, you would still hold a sliver of hope to bring them back to the right path, even if you know it’s impossible.”
Seeing Ji Yutang not respond, she added, “You seem unconvinced, would you sever family ties then?”
Ji Yutang shook her head, “No.”
After a pause, she added, “I believe my friends won’t fall into the demonic path, but if that day comes—” She met Shen Zao’s gaze but didn’t finish the phrase “sacrifice family for justice.”
Demon Sect cultivators commit evil deeds and are to be eradicated by all.
If one truly falls into this path, it would be difficult to remove the demonic nature.
Shen Zao chuckled softly, thinking: Junior Sister Ji is still too young.
Indeed, most in the Demon Sect are evil, but are there no “hypocrites” in the Immortal Sect?
The distinction between the mystical and the demonic, the righteous and the evil, isn’t so easily made.
“Will you leave Bailu Academy once the blood fiend mark on you disappears?”
Shen Zao changed the topic.
Ji Yutang nodded, “Yes.”
She wasn’t a true disciple of Bailu Academy and naturally wouldn’t stay long.
To continue cultivating the Dragon Transformation Sutra, she must go to the North Sea to seek external medicine.
“Isn’t Junior Sister Ran a disciple of Taiyuan Dao Palace?
Will you travel together then?”
Shen Zao’s eyes flashed with curiosity.
Ji Yutang wasn’t close enough to Shen Zao to open up about her relationship with her “fiancée,” which wasn’t as others imagined.
“Perhaps.”
After giving an ambiguous answer, Ji Yutang couldn’t help but ask, “Sister Shen, do you still have thoughts of making the Heartless Conch sound?”
Shen Zao’s smile froze, and thinking of the “Heartless Conch,” she wanted to roll her eyes.
She sighed and said, “Yan Shouxia took it.”
Seeing Ji Yutang’s shocked look, she complained, “If you had responded faster that day, the result might have been different.”
Really?
Ji Yutang didn’t speak, but her eyes were full of doubt towards Shen Zao.
Sister Shen had no respect for Senior Sister Yan.
If she really wanted to keep something, could Senior Sister Yan have taken it?
“What kind of look is that?”
Shen Zao glared at Ji Yutang, speaking irritably.
Ji Yutang pondered for a moment and said softly, “I just think it shouldn’t be.”
Shen Zao chuckled, nonchalantly saying, “What’s wrong with it?
If you want something from me, just pay with a jar of wine.”
Hearing this, Ji Yutang couldn’t help but imagine, could it be that Senior Sister Yan got Sister Shen drunk?
But judging by Senior Sister Yan’s usual behavior, she probably wouldn’t do such a thing, right?
Curiosity piqued, Ji Yutang wanted to ask more, but Shen Zao was impatient and waved her away.
Just before leaving, Ji Yutang heard a question.
“If Junior Sister Ran falls into the demonic path, what will you do?”
Ji Yutang paused, and an answer immediately surfaced in her mind: What else could she do?
She would announce it to Jiuzhou and personally bring her to justice, to thank the world.
Although Spring and Autumn Heaven Palace was busy with the Demon God Stake incident, Ji Yutang was quite relaxed in the academy.
On one hand, she consolidated her cultivation, and on the other, she used the “Seal of Commanding the Vast Heaven” to refine the blood fiend mark on her.
It wasn’t until half a month later that the blood energy entwined around her completely dissipated.
Spring and Autumn Heaven Palace.
Ji Yutang and Li Jingyu were recommended by Yue Gantang to enter, and after removing the blood fiend mark, they naturally had to greet this palace master.
“Junior Nephew Ran is a true disciple of Taiyuan Dao Palace, but Junior Nephew Ji doesn’t have a sect master, right?
What are your plans for the future?”
Yue Gantang looked at the two disciples below with a smile.
Ji Yutang once had the idea of joining the Eight Great Immortal Sects, but the “Scattered Spirit Body” was particularly unique, and years of setbacks had made her see everything clearly.
Now, facing Yue Gantang’s inquiry, she was momentarily tempted but quickly dismissed the thought.
She calmly bowed and said, “I wish to travel the world.”
“Become a rogue cultivator?”
Yue Gantang’s eyes flashed with a hint of darkness, but since the Ji Family hadn’t intervened, she just mentioned it and didn’t dwell on it.
After nodding, Yue Gantang added, “Recently, the Demon Sect has become increasingly rampant.
Be careful when traveling.
But you’re not alone; with Junior Nephew Ran, you can look out for each other.”
Hearing the words “look out for each other,” Ji Yutang’s mind went blank.
She didn’t plan to travel with her “fiancée”!
Before Ji Yutang could respond, Li Jingyu interjected, “Senior Yue is right.”
Not giving Ji Yutang a chance to argue, she continued, “The Demon Sect has set up the Demon God Stake. Do they have a plan?”
“The Twelve Demon God Stakes plan is naturally to tap into the earth’s energy, causing turbid fiendish energy to rise.”
Yue Gantang’s eyes turned cold.
If it weren’t for discovering a Demon God Stake this time, they wouldn’t have known the Demon Sect had this idea.
Although they knew about the Twelve Demon God Stakes, the locations of the remaining eleven were still unknown.
In the future, disciples of the Immortal Sect will travel to investigate related matters.
The findings of Spring and Autumn Heaven Palace matched what Li Jingyu knew, but was Tianhai Demon Sect only after the Demon God Stake?
Suppressing her heavy thoughts, she smiled, “When Xiao Tang and I travel, we’ll also pay attention to these matters.”
Faced with the Demon God Stake issue, Ji Yutang put on a serious face.
Hearing the affectionate term “Xiao Tang,” she almost couldn’t hold it together!
She couldn’t show Li Jingyu a bad face in front of the elder, but after leaving the hall, she pulled Li Jingyu aside and said with a stern face, “When did I say I would go with you?”
Li Jingyu seemed not to hear Ji Yutang’s question, smiled gently, and said, “You’re cultivating dragon skills and need to gather external medicine, so you have to go to the North Sea, right? There are many dragon-blooded descendants there. Coincidentally, I also have matters to attend to there, so we can travel together.”
