Chapter 4: Where did the inspiration come from?
Sanlipu is on the west side of Yuyang County, where there is also a monastery for cultivating immortals called Fengxian Villa.
Today at Chen time, Lao Qiu took his daughter to borrow food. When they arrived near the Baishui River, they happened to meet an immortal who came down from the mountain to collect the offerings.
At first, Lao Qiu didn't notice anything was wrong. He just felt that the leader of the immortal seemed to like his daughter very much. He looked at her again and again and praised her for her brilliance.
Lao Qiu originally thought this was a good thing.
It wasn't until he took his daughter home with a grain bag on his back that he met Niu Er, who was in charge of supervising the transportation of the offerings, and said that he would be exempted from paying 30% of the offering this year and that he only needed to send his daughter to the mountain. That he knew that the sky was about to fall.
Although it is not uncommon for living people to make elixirs in Daxia, the Qiu family never thought that it would be their daughter's turn.
At that time, neighbors, relatives and friends gathered at Qiu's house, while Lao Qiu was sitting on the stone pier with a dull expression and said nothing.
"What does it mean to have piercing spiritual light and boundless spiritual intelligence? Ruru has never even seen an immortal, so how can she have these things... Those immortal masters must have seen it wrong..."
"They are immortals. They say they are. What can we, the untouchables, do?"
"The laws of Daxia cannot control the immortals. Now that they have spoken, I am afraid no one can save Ruru."
Seeing her mother sitting in the yard crying bitterly, five-year-old Qiu Ru was frightened.
She was just being naughty and didn't listen to her mother and insisted on going to her grandpa's house in Sansanlipu. She thought it was because of this that she angered her mother.
Seeing her mother crying and out of breath, Qiu Ru ran over with her calves and hugged her neck: "Mom, I...I was wrong. I will be obedient in the future. Don't cry, I won't either." Naughty.”
"Now you know what's the use of being obedient? I told you not to go, but you have to go!"
Li Shuping was almost hysterical and pushed her daughter to the ground. Finally, she held her in her arms and cried bitterly.
After being silent for a long time, Butler Qiu raised his head and said with trembling lips: "I will go to the county government tomorrow to ask the master to find a way for us. When we were at Ji's house, we had an old relationship after all..."
Ji You heard the rumors in the restaurant before and went outside the city. He had been watching the crowd for a long time.
After traveling to Qingyun World, his life was a little harder, but overall it was relatively peaceful and stable.
He has no great ambitions. Why don't some good people study philosophy?
Anyway, he couldn't go back to the previous world. He just wanted to achieve success in cultivation and become a peerless gangster in two years, so that he could have enough food and clothing and have meat for three meals.
But he never thought that the seemingly peaceful and stable life was actually vulnerable.
Immortals come to the world. If they want you to live, you will live. If they want you to die, you will die.
The so-called stability is just that it has not yet fallen on oneself.
Ji You didn't stay too long. After all, sadness, unlike joy, is not an emotion that needs to be shared with everyone.
He returned to his ancestral home along the road, opened the door, and entered the second courtyard. The eccentric scholar next door was still sitting on the tree tonight, holding a volume and reading constantly. He got up immediately when he saw him coming back.
But this time, he didn't leave in a hurry, but looked down at Ji You.
"Something happened to the Qiu family."
The scholar's name is Kuang Cheng. He comes from a scholarly family in Yuyang County. He is also a young master from a wealthy family. His home is adjacent to the Ji family's ancestral home.
This person usually loves to carry water for widows and guide the blind. He is the type of other people's children.
In Yuyang County, he is very famous and is regarded as a humble gentleman with a warm heart.
Because the two families are adjacent to each other, he is one of the few Ji You knows in this world.
Back then, he had just come to this world and could not speak Yuyang dialect. He had to listen to the sound of his voice reading in the tree so much that he could barely speak.
This is a story that Ji You knows.
But what he didn't know was that the young master of the Kuang family and the young master of the Ji family had been inseparable friends when they were children.
But later on, the young master of the Ji family neglected his job, became a drunken and lustful boy, and became a crotch-playing boy, while the young master of the Kuang family studied poetry and books and was upright, so the two naturally parted ways.
But after knowing that something happened to the Qiu family, Kuang Cheng still looked through countless classics and found a way to break the situation, waiting for him here.
In his opinion, the Qiu family was kind to Ji You, and he was helping this old friend for the last time.
Ji You nodded after listening to the scholar's words: "I just came back from Qiu's house, and I already know about Qiu Ru."
"Now that you know it, you shouldn't still be here."
"Then where should I be?"
Kuang Cheng stood up from the tree branch: "You should be in Fang Mansion and ask Fang Ruoyao for help."
"Fengxian Villa is the master of Xuanyuan Immortal Mansion. Not to mention ordinary people, even ordinary people in the Immortal Sect may not dare to take care of this matter. However, Tianshuyuan has the responsibility of monitoring the way of heaven, and it is the Great Xia Holy Sect, so naturally it can."
"Fang Ruoyao has now entered Tianshu Academy and is a disciple of Tianshu Academy. As long as you can ask her to come forward, the Qiu family girl may have a chance of survival."
Kuang Cheng finished his words in one breath and looked directly at Ji You.
There is an old saying in the world of Qingyun: If the immortal wants you to die at the third watch, who dares to keep someone alive until the fifth watch, so this matter should be unsolved.
But the two immortals from Tianshuyuan happened to be in Yuyang Town, which was a variable, and variables usually meant the key to breaking the situation. In his opinion, the key lies in the county magistrate's daughter.
However, Fang Ruoyao had forced her to break off her engagement with Ji You. In his opinion, it was not easy to accept that Ji You begged her.
After Ji You heard this, he looked up at him: "Can you be saved by becoming a disciple of Tianshu Academy?"
"This is the only solution to this game."
"Where did Brother Kuang get this solution?"
"Of course I saw it in the book."
Kuang Cheng thought he didn't believe it, so he threw the book to him across the courtyard wall.
Touching the familiar pages of the book, Ji You couldn't help but think of himself when he first came here with his eyes darkened.
The idea Lao Kuang got from the book was right. If he wanted Fengxian Villa to give up, only Tianshuyuan could do it.
Seeing that he was silent for a long time, the scholar couldn't help but said: "Did you see it?"
"I saw it."
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Ji You closed the book and couldn't help but look at the fiery red sky in the north.
He saw that things in the world were unpredictable, he saw that fate was beyond his control, and he saw that the world of Qingyun would eventually lose a unique and talented gangster.
Kuang Cheng stood on the tree and looked at him inexplicably. He saw that Ji You did not go out and went straight to Fang's house. Instead, he opened the door and entered the house with a solemn expression, covering the doors and windows with black curtains.
When the lower three realms are perfected, one enters the immortal realm and is not subject to the laws. One can enter the Heavenly Academy...
He had previously been cultivating with the idea of becoming a peerless gangster, but he always felt that time was not urgent. However, now he was still two levels short of cultivating, and he only had two days left.
Ji You sat on the bed, and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth around him began to pour into his arms, burning like fire in his body.
In this state, he wants to draw the spiritual energy of heaven and earth into the spiritual spring, and he only has one day, which can be called a narrow escape.
At the same time, at Qiu's house outside the city, Lao Qiu, who was deeply worried, lay on the bed, listening to his wife's sobs, and stayed awake all night.
After finally waiting until dawn, he immediately drove the grain cart to the grain store in the city, converted all the remaining grain at home into money, packed it in a bag, and rushed to the mansion of the county magistrate Fang Zhongzheng, hoping to save his daughter's life.
But before Lao Qiu could approach Fang Mansion, he was stopped by the police officer guarding the intersection.
Today, Fang Zhongzheng and his daughter Fang Ruoyao are going to entertain the immortals from Tianshuyuan from Shengjing at their residence. The residence has been busy since early morning, with servants carrying all kinds of delicacies passing through the hall, just like celebrating the New Year.
It involves the future of his daughter and the rise and fall of the family. The master was afraid that some unruly people would disturb the immortal saint, so he issued a death order last night and no one will be seen today.
But Lao Qiu didn't give up. He knelt down on the long street, grabbed the ground with his head, and begged the sky for mercy. His cries gradually attracted a crowd of passers-by.
"Isn't that Qiu Zhong?"
"His daughter is going to be taken away to make medicine. She came here to ask for mercy from the county magistrate, but how can the magistrate dare to interfere with the immortal's affairs? Lao Qiu may kneel to death and not see anyone today."
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"Hey, why don't you see Ji You?"
"I heard that he secretly took a look outside the door last night, and then turned around and left in fright. You also know that he was so frightened when the Ji family offended the immortal."
From early morning to evening, the Fang Mansion's immortal banquet had long ended, but Qiu Zhong was still kneeling on the spot, unable to see his grand master.
At this time, a scholar in plain robes walked up the long street leading to the county magistrate's office, holding a volume of "Xia Lu Immortal Rules". Wherever he went, there was a humane shout of "Master Kuang".
He walked to the place where the police were guarding the road, and when he saw Qiu Zhong, who had knelt down and looked haggard, he felt two parts unbearable and seven parts resentful.
If it were Ji You who was kneeling here today instead of Qiu Zhong, this matter might still be solved.
Because the county prince forcibly broke off the engagement and left a bad reputation in the county, if Ji You couldn't afford to stay here for a long time, the Fang family would invite him in even for the sake of face.
And as long as there is a chance to meet the two immortals of Tianshuyuan, things will still have a glimmer of hope.
But since last night, Ji You has been hiding at home and never left the house.
Then he remembered that when the Ji family was in trouble two years ago, Ji You left his parents behind and ran away overnight, just like today.
He didn't expect that guy to have the courage to face the immortal directly, but he could not do it even if he risked his life to beg Fang Ruoyao for the sake of the Qiu family girl.
Kuang Cheng walked towards the policeman in front of the door with a sullen face: "Please tell me, Mr. Kuang, that I want to see Miss Fang."
"It's Master Kuang. My lady is having tea with the immortal from Shengjing. She doesn't have time to meet the guests."
"I can wait, no matter when. After all, I once had a friendship with Miss Fang as classmates. She will go north to Beijing tomorrow, and today is the only time I can say goodbye to her in person."
"This..."
When the officer heard that he was here to see the young lady off, he hesitated for a moment and said, "Master Kuang, please wait a moment. I'll go to the mansion to report it."
Kuang Cheng bowed: "Thank you."
(End of chapter)