How could such a legendary experience be evaluated as being able to bluff others? The doctor thought Jing Jiu was truly good at bluffing others. He took out a booklet and handed it to Jing Jiu. Then he glanced at Jing Jiu meaningfully, saying, "This is the third piece of information. The booklet is worth one hundred crystals. I think you need it."
Jing Jiu took the booklet and said after some thought, "I'll give you a piece of information in return. Zhao Layue will participate in the Plum Meeting."
The doctor's expression changed slightly, asking for confirmation, "Which one?"
"The last one, of course," said Jing Jiu.
The doctor said, "I'll inform you as soon as there is any progress regarding Fang Jingtian and Xiwang Sun."
He didn't ask who Jing Jiu was, nor did he discuss with Jing Jiu how to inform each other.
After Jing Jiu left, the assistant of the medical house came in and said while shaking his head, "We can't see his face, so we can't draw his portrait."
"Didn't you use the All-Light Mirror?" asked the doctor.
"Yes," said the assistant. "The conical hat is fine, but the black mask on his face is a bit weird."
The doctor thought it must be a magic treasure made by Shiyue Peak, so he said no more, "Zhao Layue will participate in the Cultivation tournament of the Plum Meeting."
The assistant took a pen and paper, writing it down as quickly as he could.
In many people's eyes, even though Zhao Layue had natural Dao quality, she had only practiced Cultivation for a short period of time, so she couldn't be a match for Lo Huainan, Tong Yan and the others. Moreover, she was now the master of Shenmo Peak, so she wouldn't participate in the Plum Meeting easily. As such, she would only be a spectator at the Plum Meeting, but unexpectedly she would participate in the Plum Meeting.
"The ranking on the booklet will be changed soon." The doctor said sentimentally, "There are problems between Shenmo Peak and Xilai Peak, and Bihu Peak. Since when has Aoyama been so chaotic? Send a message to all the departments to continue the investigation. All the information will be classified into the third class. "
The assistant agreed, and continued writing on the paper.
"The origin of Zen Master will be classified into the first class, top secret."
The doctor glanced at the assistant and handed him a new piece of paper.
The waiter understood what he meant and nodded repeatedly.
The doctor thought for a moment and said, "If this information is confirmed, give him the information we have on Xiwang Sun."
The shop assistant said, "Xiwang Sun is too cautious. He didn't even hire anyone from the Western Sea Sword School, and his personal attendants are all very mysterious. We don't have much information on them."
The doctor said, "I only promised to exchange information with him. I didn't say that we had a lot of information."
The attendant felt some sympathy for the young man in the bamboo hat who had just left and asked, "Just who was that person?"
The doctor said, "Yesterday Zen Master told the Duke Of He that the person protected by the auspicious cloud the night before was the descendant of an old friend. The key lies in two points: who is the descendant of the old friend? Why did they need Zen Master's help? Today, this person said that the leader of Xilai Peak was also present at the scene and wanted to investigate. Can't he tell who he is? "
The shop assistant was a little surprised and said, "Is he Jing Jiu?"
The doctor took a sip from the teacup and said, "That's right. Besides the personal disciple of the Immortal Jingyang, who else would know such an old secret code?"
The shop assistant seemed to have realized something, saying, "That's why you gave him those three pieces of information."
"Since he is going to participate in the Plum Meeting, he must like those three pieces of information, especially the last one."
The doctor couldn't help but shake his head when he thought of something.
It was obvious that Jing Jiu didn't know much about the affairs of the world. He wore a mask to conceal his identity, but it was full of loopholes.
Such a young man, even if he was a special talent in the sword work, wouldn't be able to go far. It was unknown whether it was worthwhile for the Curtain Rollers to befriend him.
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The night rain was soundless, but not annoying.
Jing Jiu went back to his room in the small courtyard and lay on the bamboo chair. He took out the booklet and browsed through it casually.
His expression was very calm.
If it were any other young Cultivation practitioner participating in the Plum Meeting, even someone like Tong Yan, he would have a grave expression on his face.
This seemingly ordinary booklet recorded all the information about the top one hundred candidates participating in this year's Plum Meeting. It didn't contain simple information like their Cultivation sects, birthplaces, ages, and genders, but the Cultivation methods, the magic treasures and flying swords they were good at, the analysis of their fighting awareness, the evaluation of their Cultivation states, and the prediction of their final ranking.
As for how the top one hundred candidates were determined, it came from the judgment of the Curtain Rollers.
Since the booklet was related to the Cultivation methods and fighting, it referred to the last event of zither, chess, calligraphy, and painting.
The Cultivation tournament.
Jing Jiu wasn't very interested in it, so he skimmed through it casually.
The top candidate was Lo Huainan.
This leading figure of the young generation of disciples of Zhongzhou School had reached the middle state of the Golden Pill six years ago, and it was unclear which state she had broken through by now. If he hadn't broken Guo Nanshan's Blue Ocean Sword, he might have been able to contend with Guo Nanshan by virtue of his State of Free Travel. But it was impossible for anyone to challenge him now.
It was reasonable that the Curtain Rollers thought highly of him.
To his surprise, the second candidate was not Tong Yan, Bai Zao, or a disciple of Shui Yue Nunnery, but a disciple of the Western Sea Sword School named Tong Lu.
Jing Jiu didn't pay much attention to it. He kept turning the pages, and finally saw the name of a disciple of Aoyama in the seventeenth place.
Yao Songshan.
Then he saw his own name in the fortieth place.
In many people's eyes, Jing Jiu's victory over Gu Han was an accident, and it didn't mean that his prowess was superior to Gu Han's.
Not everyone had been immersed in the sword work for many years like the masters of the nine peaks of Aoyama, so they could tell that he was extraordinary. Even the masters of Aoyama thought that if Gu Han hadn't been too confident and used the Locking Autumn by Cold Well to attack him, Jing Jiu wouldn't have been able to defeat him even if he was born with the Sword Body. The gap between the initial state of the Undefeated and the upper state of the Undefeated was too large.
This was a reasonable deduction, and Jing Jiu didn't care.
He was just thinking that the Curtain Rollers would definitely make changes to the booklet if they knew that Zhao Layue would participate in the Cultivation tournament. He wondered what the girl's ranking would be.
Suddenly, he was interested in the ranking of the chess tournament.
Of course, he didn't think it meant that his ranking in the tournament was too low.
When he turned to the section of the chess tournament, the first name he saw was Tong Yan. Her evaluation was just like the rumors, with all kinds of praises.
His name appeared after a dozen places, and the evaluation was very simple.
— First in the chess tournament of the Four-Seas Banquet, amazing calculation ability, but obviously a beginner. Even if he had made great progress in the past year, it was impossible for him to peek into the Great Path of the World.
In the early morning, Jing Jiu woke up. He washed his face with the sword fire, tidied up his clothes, and walked out of his room to the Flower Hall.
The family was having breakfast, which was simple porridge and steamed buns, with a big bowl of vegetable wonton in the middle that looked more delicious.
The young woman stood up to greet Jing Jiu, asking carefully, "Would you like to have some with us?"
"No need," said Jing Jiu. "A guest will come to see me later. I just wanted to let you know. Don't be nervous."
This family had lived here for a long time, so their relatives and friends often came to visit them. However, thinking that the guest was Jing Jiu, they couldn't help but feel nervous. Both the aged grandfather and the middle-aged couple showed anxious expressions on their faces, wondering what they should do later.
Only the child couldn't feel the atmosphere at home. He stared at Jing Jiu, his eyes rolling around curiously, wondering if this was his young uncle.
"You don't need to entertain that guest. Just do whatever you want."
Having said that, Jing Jiu was about to go back. But he thought of something and asked, "Will there be any gambling at the Plum Meeting?"
A young man sat by the table, who should be Jing Jiu's elder brother in name. He hadn't spoken a word in the last two days.
Hearing Jing Jiu's question, the young man explained hastily, knowing that his parents and wife didn't know about these things.
"The regular folks in Zhaoge City have no access to such a grand Cultivation event like the Plum Meeting. Even if those princes and chancellors held gambling games, they were worried that the immortal masters would be displeased. As such, the Imperial court has forbidden it. But it's only in the open; there are still some gambling games in private."
Jing Jiu said, "If there is a reliable gambling game, you guys can give it a try."
The young man was startled, asking, "What are we betting on?"
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