The Romantic Cultivator

Yun Chi smiled all of a sudden as she looked pleasantly at Ji Yuan, “I believe you. Maybe she is being envious of me. That’s all.”

Ji Yuan smiled weakly with quick relief, “Haha…”

Shui Xisi was laughing softly as well behind her curtain veil, “Who says I’m envious of you? Do you think that you’re the only beautiful maiden around here?”

Ling Feiyue, Little Princess, Bai Qianfeng, Yu Jingjing and Feng Minyue had all formed a circle around Shui Xisi as they chuckled at the same time. “Sisi is indeed speaking the truth!”

They had all bet against Ji Yuan to win because they simply did not like this Yun Chi who was too mysterious and she was also too aloof.

Also Ji Yuan actually had the tenacity to dedicate a poem to Yun Chi in their presence.

This immediately invoked their irk for her.

Yun Chi smiled coldly, “I’m not?”

Shui Xisi giggled softly as she stepped forward, “Of course you’re not the most beautiful maiden around. Say, why don’t we have a competition too? But unlike the men, we are going to have a real fight.”

And she had already put her fingers on top of her curtain veil to remove her head dress…

But Ji Yuan was even faster than her fingers as he caught hold of her slender wrist, “Naturally you’re the most beautiful.”

He was not actually lying.

Shui Xisi is indeed very beautiful and she has already captured the hearts of many of the cultivators in the Desolate Celestial Fraternity.

“Oh? This should be interesting.” Yun Chi smiled. “Why not then?”

Ji Yuan turned to Yun Chi to say firmly, “Sisi is only joking with you. Please don’t put it to heart.”

Shui Xisi protested immediately, “I am not jo-“

Ji Yuan pulled her away as he whispered weakly, “I will write a personal poem for you.”

Then he whispered to the other maidens, “I will also write a personal poem for all of you.”

When Shui Xisi and the other maidens heard Ji Yuan, they were quickly appeased. “Alright then…”

Ling Feiyue giggled gently, “Actually we’re not that petty. You should know that we don’t like that Yun Chi.”𝔫𝚘𝑣𝞮𝓛𝐧𝗲xt.𝓒𝐎𝑚

And soon they were laughing jovially again.

Ji Yuan muttered weakly, “Women…are nothing but trouble…”

“Ji Yuan, what did you just say?” Bai Qianfeng asked him.

Ji Yuan chuckled, “Nothing. I’m just saying actually, I don’t like that Yun Chi either.”

Xiang Li and Fairy Anyang said at the same time in Ji Yuan’s soul sea. “Like real!”

Ji Yuan cursed them loudly in his soul sea, “I am not like the two of you who only think with your lower body. She is dangerous.”

Then he was muttering incoherently to himself, “I wonder what she really thinks of my poem?”

Xiang Li and Fairy Anyang were also muttering incoherently; they obviously can ‘see’ the conflicting emotions inside his soul sea.

Fairy Anyang whispered to Xiang Li, “It is better that we don’t tell him we know what is in his mind…”

Xiang Li giggled, “Better don’t. Men can be so complex.”

Yun Chi was quietly watching Ji Yuan and his group from afar.

She quietly put on her upper face mask before she slowly turned away.

As she turned away, she was rubbing her spatial ring and was slowly reciting Ji Yuan’s poem…

She sighed silently; to think that I’ve almost lost my cool earlier. This Sisi is not easy to be dealt with…

As she turned back to glance at Ji Yuan, she saw that Bai Qianfeng had also turned back to look at her.

She returned a pleasant smile to Bai Qianfeng before turning her back to walk away.

Bai Qianfeng hummed softly before she turned her back away as well and she was frowning silently; this Yun Chi really gives her the most uneasy feeling…

Feng Minyue was now whispering to Ji Yuan and the others, “Don’t forget that this is an S Rank Trial. There are many cunning traps that are set by the trial. Not only must we fight a battle of the wits with the trial itself but also with the many cultivators here.”

Ji Yuan nodded as he rubbed his chin, “This is the question that I’ve been thinking for some time too. The S Trial is divided into the black walls mountains outside and the red walls red mansion inside. But why? Isn’t it simpler to lure all the cultivators into the red mansion instead?”

“And there are thousands of cultivators that are outside the red mansion.” Ling Feiyue pointed out.

“But only the smartest one or the most enlightened ones will be willing to walk past the black walls mountains.” Little Princess said.

All of a sudden Ji Yuan gasped softly, “I get it now!”

All the maidens curiously looked at Ji Yuan as they asked, “You’ve discovered something?”

Ji Yuan weakly said, “Not entirely. But if I’m not wrong, none of us will be able to complete this trial.”

All the maidens: ???

Ji Yuan slowly said, “Because none of us will have enough Escape Talismans to really complete this trial. Therefore the only way to really stand a chance to complete the trial is to kill Number 404 for it. But even then, it may need several tries.”

All the maidens: ???

Then he quickly explained to them what Qin Shuang had told him the previous night, “I will lose an Escape talisman if I were to obtain a piece of the Fallen Gods Relic. Number 404 will need to sacrifice one Escape Talisman at the stone page for the entire faction to obtain one piece of the Fallen Gods Relic. At the same time, killing the Number 404 from the other faction will gain the other faction one Escape Talisman.”

Shui Xisi chuckled, “This isn’t too hard, am I right? Just kill all the Number 404 from the other factions for our faction and we can gain multiple Escape Talismans.”

Ji Yuan rolled his eyes before he said bitterly, “If you can even think of this, do you think that the other factions won’t think of this?”

“Maybe they aren’t that strong as our faction.” Shui Xisi laughed softly.

Yu Jingjing was also giggling softly, “Sister Sisi is right. We just need to kill all the other Number 404 from the other factions to gain us unlimited number of Escape Talismans.”

Ling Feiyue, Little Princess and Bai Qianfeng were also laughing softly.

Only Feng Minyue remained solemn.

Ji Yuan bitterly said, “Precisely because all of you can think of this, before you can even find Number 404, do you think that the Number 404 will be there for you to kill?”

Feng Minyue nodded with a weak smile, “Either the Number 404 has already used the Escape Talisman to exit the Greed Island or Number 404 is already killed by their own faction.”

Shui Xisi looked at Ji Yuan before she said weakly, “I really didn’t think of this.”

Then she chuckled, “But rest assures this. Before the other cultivators can get to you, I will give you a painless death with my sword. In this way, we won’t benefit the other factions as well.”

Ji Yuan: …

“Why am I so unlucky to be the Number 404…”

But he quickly said, “We will not kill the other Number 404 for any Escape Talisman.”

All the maidens: ???

Ji Yuan explained, “Although this is a trial but I don’t believe in killing any innocents just because they are Number 404. Unless they’ve provoked me unnecessary or in self-defense, it is against my honor to use my sword for this purpose.”

“I agree with Ji Yuan.” Feng Minyue nodded. “You are doing the right thing. You’re a good man.”

Ji Yuan laughed weakly but he was really delighted to receive praises from Feng Minyue.

Ling Feiyue nodded too, “I’ve to agree with my lord Ji Yuan and Maiden Feng. Although I am not an orthodox cultivator but we do have our martial honor. If we are so desperate to overcome this trial by any means then what is the point of the trial anyway? A trial is meant to test our hearts and temper our souls for our future ascension.”

Yu Jingjing, Bai Qianfeng, Shui Xisi and even Little Princess were all nodding as well as they said together, “I agree as well!”

Ji Yuan laughed jovially and he felt proud of them, “Then we just have to play this trial with our own rules.”

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Gong Xiaotian was now telling his inner group of cultivators, “We shall let Ji Yuan live for another night. Tomorrow, he will be a dead man.”

One of the cultivators asked, “What is the plan then?”

Gong Xiaotian smiled coldly, “Tomorrow you shall all know.”