So many things had happened in the Grand Ceremony of the Sect Master of Aoyama that day that many people had neglected another strange event.
That was the Peak Master of Qingrong, Nan Wang, hadn't spoken a single word from beginning to end. She either looked at the distance or turned her back to them. Few people had even seen her face.
She shouldn't have behaved so nonchalantly, no matter whether she was the most favored young sister of the Immortal Liu Ci's generation or the rumored unruly princess of the south who hated Senior Master Jingyang the most.
Unexpectedly, she had followed Jing Jiu in secret and was the first one to come to the gate.
Gu Qing, Zhuo Rusui and Yuan Qu didn't know what had happened in the past, and they didn't understand why she stood in front of the gate. All they knew was that she exuded a dangerous aura, so they couldn't help but be alarmed, wondering if she was going to kill Jing Jiu with her own hands to wash away the humiliation of Aoyama.
Nan Wang turned around and walked toward the small courtyard.
Jing Jiu waved his hand to dismantle the formation, and followed her into the small courtyard.
Zhao Layue drew back the Thoughtless Sword, motioning for the others to stay where they were and not to disturb them.
Zhuo Rusui and the others didn't understand why Nan Wang didn't fear that something might happen to her since the murderous intent on her was so obvious.
Ada of course wanted to stay, but he was pressed tightly in Jing Jiu's bosom.
The fur around his neck was grasped so tightly by Jing Jiu that his face was deformed, and his eyes were tilted upward, showing a frivolous expression.
Gu Qing walked to the side of Zhao Layue, feeling worried and wanting to know what was going on.
Boom!!!
A sudden clap of thunder startled him.
The clap of thunder didn't come from the sky, but from the deep end of the courtyard. Though it was loud, it wasn't muffled, but rather crisp.
Gu Qing looked at the deep end of the courtyard in shock, wondering what was going on.
A cloud of smoke rose up in the deep end of the courtyard, making people feel uneasy.
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This manor house was built by the Gu Clan, and the marvelous formation that drew in the spiritual energy of heaven and earth by means of the mountain stream was designed by Jing Jiu, and the defensive formation was designed by Gu Qing himself. Gu Qing had learned the Inherited Heaven Sword style for many years. Though he was not as good as Zhuo Rusui and Liu Shisui, he had spent a few years setting up the formation, so it was still quite strong.
With the protection of the array formation, the three-story wooden building in the depths of the courtyard … did not completely collapse.
Only half of it collapsed.
The formation gradually disappeared and the dust settled, revealing the scene on the field.
Jing Jiu stood in front of the collapsed wooden building. His whole body was covered in sawdust, and he looked extremely pathetic.
The most embarrassing part was his face.
He had the most perfect face in the world. Even his enemies couldn't help but admit that it was a true work of art and couldn't bear to hurt it.
However, at this moment, a very clear palm print appeared on his face, and the red mark was slowly fading away.
It was obvious that he had been slapped by Nan Wang.
Ruthlessly.
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"Why didn't you hide from me? Do you feel ashamed of me? "Nan Wang asked expressionlessly.
She was the last disciple of Taiping Zhenren and the true god worshiped by the Southern Man Tribe. She had an amazing talent. Recently, she had started to cultivate seriously and entered the peak of the Broken Sea State in a few years, and tied with Shui Yue Nunnery. If she hadn't fallen in love, she wouldn't have stagnated for so many years.
"It's not that I feel guilty. It's you."
A teenager appeared in front of Jing Jiu.
The teenager liked to sit on the edge of the cliff and swing his long legs.
Many years ago, the teenager was very fat, but he gradually lost weight.
The whole of Aoyama knew why.
"Then why didn't you let him marry me?"
Nan Wang was still expressionless, staring at Jing Jiu without blinking her eyes.
It was unclear whether it was because she had stared at him for too long or for other reasons, but her eyes turned red slowly.
Jing Jiu said, "Liu Ci likes you, but you don't like him. How can you be his Cultivation companion?"
Nan Wang said loudly, "I told you at the time that I like him!"
Jing Jiu said after a moment of silence, "You want to marry him just to annoy me. Of course, I won't agree."
"You don't want to marry me, and you don't allow me to marry anyone. That's too domineering!"
Nan Wang couldn't stand it anymore, and raised her hand to slap him again.
Jing Jiu stood where he was without any intention of dodging or raising his cat. He just looked at her in Silence.
Maybe he couldn't bear to do it, or maybe he thought that she was his Senior Uncle.
Nan Wang's second slap didn't land on his face. It turned into a small fist and landed on his chest.
There was a loud bang.
The wind howled, and the remaining three floors of the wooden building all collapsed. Dust and smoke rose.
Outside the courtyard, Gu Qing, Zhuo Rusui, and Yuan Qu heard the thunder and felt the vibration under their feet. They were startled again.
They looked at Zhao Layue.
Zhao Layue closed her eyes, sitting on the ground and cultivating. She didn't pay any attention to what was happening in the courtyard.
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The dust settled again. A large pit several feet deep appeared in front of the ruins of the wooden building.
Nan Wang cried, "Only my Senior Brother spoiled me, and you didn't let me marry him. Now look! He's dead! You've become like this, and I'm still alone. Are you satisfied now? How could you be so cruel? "
Jing Jiu stood at the bottom of the pit, covered in mud. His white robe was full of holes, and he looked extremely miserable.
Ada wasn't lifted up to resist, so he was quite satisfied.
But he didn't have the slightest sympathy for Jing Jiu. He just raised his head and looked at Nan Wang, who was crying like a fool, thinking how pitiful the little girl was.
Jing Jiu didn't say anything, not because he was lazy or indifferent, but because he really didn't know what to say.
It was quiet for a long time.
The tears and emotions on Nan Wang's face were all blown away by the wind, leaving only a trace of sadness on her face. She asked, "You've never liked me, have you?"
Jing Jiu thought for a while and answered, "I like mountains, rivers, and everything in the universe. Of course, you are one of them."
Ada raised his head and glanced at him, wondering what he was doing.
"Pooh!"
Nan Wang spat at the bottom of the pit and said, "But I don't like you anymore. You look so ugly."
Having said that, she raised her arm to wipe the nonexistent tears off her face and turned around to leave.
Standing at the bottom of the pit in silence for a while, Jing Jiu asked, "Is my face still ugly?"
Ada sighed, thinking that Jing Jiu had become more normal when he heard Jing Jiu talking about mountains, rivers, and everything in the universe. It turned out that Jing Jiu was still the same as before.
It wasn't a matter of face at all.
No matter how beautiful your face is, it's not the face that Jingyang used to have.
But since you said you liked her, why did you treat her coldly for hundreds of years? Was it because she liked drinking and singing when she drank too much?
Hearing Ada's voice in his spiritual awareness, Jing Jiu said, "Since we will part in the end, why did we have to be together in the beginning?"
Ada was speechless again, thinking that what Jing Jiu had said and what he had said before were too romantic. It didn't sound like what Jing Jiu would say.
Jing Jiu didn't know what was on Ada's mind. He carried him back to the courtyard and said, "It's not good to be greedy."
Ada wondered who Jing Jiu was talking about. He ignored him and went to the eaves to bathe in the sun and calm his breath.
He swallowed Bai Rujing's flying sword on the top of Tianguang Peak. Even though he was in the Heavenly Arrival State against someone in the Broken Sea State, he still had some hidden dangers.
Jing Jiu said it was not good to be greedy. Was this what he meant?
The bright sunlight shone on the courtyard, making the three-story wooden building in ruins stand out, or in other words, dazzling.
He stood by the ruins in silence for a while, and waved his sleeves to send the broken beams and stones out of the courtyard.
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The Gu Family received the news and sent the most capable people to the outside of Cloudy Town as soon as possible to start the cleaning work.
More than ten big formations with magic treasures kept transporting the garbage. It didn't take long for the cleaning work to be done.
It was the Third Master of the Gu Family who was in charge of the cleaning work.
Seeing the ground at the downstream of the stream became empty again, he finally felt relieved. Then he started to think about what kind of flowers and trees he should plant.
He didn't know the real situation of this courtyard. He only knew that it was the order of the one in the mountain, so the family had to treat it as the most important thing.
But he didn't know why he felt something was wrong.
The reason why the Gu Family could leap from a medium family to one of the big families in Tiannan a hundred years ago was not because of Gu Han, the Old Master's favorite, but because of Gu Qing, the son of a concubine.
To be more precise, it was because of Gu Qing's Master.
Could it be that something went wrong over there?
The Third Master of the Gu Family was a bit worried, but then he felt his worry was ridiculous.
That was the Sect Master of Aoyama, what could happen?
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Zhao Layue walked into the courtyard with the other three people. She saw the big pit at first glance, and then pretended not to see it.
Jing Jiu had taken out a bamboo chair and was lying under the eaves, looking quite relaxed.
Zhao Layue walked to the eaves and knelt down.
It was the first time she knelt down in front of others.
Gu Qing quickly knelt down as well, and Yuan Qu kowtowed a few times.
Master was Master, Uncle-Master was Uncle-Master … but to the disciples of Aoyama, the name Jingyang was the most special.
Perhaps it was because of this that Zhuo Rusui knelt down very quickly today. His sincerity was genuine, and there was no pretense.
Jing Jiu waved for them to get up, and asked Zhuo Rusui, "Are you going to continue freeloading?"
Zhuo Rusui looked very innocent, and said, "You're the Sect Master of Aoyama, and also a disciple of Tianguang Peak. Even a drop of water should be distributed fairly. Moreover, you're Uncle-Master Jingyang, and as the most outstanding disciple of the third generation, it's my duty to serve you."
Gu Qing knew that his master didn't want to listen to these things, and asked carefully, "Do you want to rearrange the ranking in the sect?"
Zhao Layue had the same idea. She had always regarded herself as Jing Jiu's direct disciple, but she didn't make it clear in the past, and could only muddle along. Naturally, she couldn't continue like this now.
If the ranking was to be rearranged, then the disciples of Shenmo Peak would naturally be counted as Jing Jiu's disciples.
Zhao Layue would be the first, Gu Qing the second, Yuan Qu the third, and the little fellow who was forgotten in Yunxing Peak would be the last.
Thinking of this possibility, Yuan Qu's expression changed, and he quickly said, "That's not appropriate, is it?"
Becoming the direct disciple of Zhenren Jingyang was the dream of all cultivators, but the problem was … Zhao Layue was his master, how could she suddenly become the Eldest Apprentice-Sister?
At this moment, there was a sudden movement outside the courtyard, and the formation sounded a warning. Gu Qing walked out, and not long after, he brought in another person.
It was Liu Shisui.
Zhuo Rusui exclaimed in surprise, feeling that the commotion was getting more and more exciting, wondering how to arrange the ranking.
But Zhao Layue noticed that there were bloodstains on the edge of Liu Shisui's sleeves, and she asked, "What happened?"
Liu Shisui said, "I didn't have a token, so I was delayed when I left the mountain, and then … I ran into the people of Kunlun."
Why did he have to fight when he ran into the people of Kunlun?
Given his temperament, it must be because of Jing Jiu.
The courtyard became quiet.
Everyone was silent.
They left Aoyama, came to Cloudy Town not far away, and settled in this courtyard. Everything seemed to be going smoothly.
But there were many problems and even dangers waiting for them in the near future.
Those problems and dangers were different from those of Nan Wang.
Zhuo Rusui suddenly asked, "How did you know we were here?"
Liu Shisui was taken aback, and then said, "I asked around, and it seems … everyone knows."
Jing Jiu was not surprised.
Who didn't know he was here when there were several thunders and earthquakes?
Nan Wang did it on purpose.
He wanted to disturb him.
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(I like you, girls ~)
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