The information given by Lu Shanjun was of course what Bei Mu said. Ji Yuan believed that this was definitely not the whole story, but it definitely gave a general idea.
"The Apocalypse Alliance should also know something, but it's definitely not as comprehensive as the Tianji Pavilion."
Ji Yuan was in deep thought, recalling the various scenes he had seen in the Tianji Palace not long ago. Currently, the cultivators in the Tianji Pavilion were trying to figure out the various meanings of them, and the things that the Apocalypse Alliance knew should not be more than what was presented in the Tianji Palace.
“Chirp~~”
When the little paper crane saw that Ji Yuan's attention had shifted away from Lu Shanjun's hair, it called out twice again, then pecked Ji Yuan's hand gently. Four Zhang Shi talismans floated down from under its wings and returned to Ji Yuan's hand.
Then the little paper crane pecked at Lu Shanjun's hair, raised its tail, and flapped its tail three times with its little wings.
“Chirp~Chirp~Chirp~”
"Oh? Mr. Lu Shan has made another breakthrough? Has he already cultivated to the three-tail state?"
Ji Yuan was cheered up. It was certainly a good thing to be happy about his disciple's improvement in cultivation. Then the little paper crane slapped one of the warrior talismans again. Suddenly, a ray of golden powder fell to the ground and turned into a normal-sized warrior in golden armor, which was none other than Jin Jia.
"Your Majesty!"
Jin Jia saluted Ji Yuan meticulously, then slowly stood up. The little paper crane flew to the top of Jin Jia's head, grabbed Lu Shanjun's hair with one claw, then pecked at Jin Jia's golden helmet, and its two little wings beat and hit each other.
"They had a fight?"
Ji Yuan looked up at Jin Jia.
"Jin Jia, have you ever fought with the owner of this hair before? Tell me in detail."
Jin Jia raised his eyes, reached out to catch a strand of hair dropped by the little paper crane, then looked at Ji Yuan and answered.
"In compliance with the law, before this, someone cast a spell to summon us to come and help..."
Although Jin Jia spoke slowly and his punctuation was sometimes strange, he had no problem expressing the entire process clearly. He also allowed Ji Yuan to understand a wonderful duel. Although it was very dangerous, the result was still good.
After listening to Jin Jia's description, Ji Yuan, who was sitting cross-legged on his knees, flipped over his right hand, picked up a chess piece, and then calculated with his left hand.
"Mr. Lu Shan has finally overcome the tribulation this time, not bad."
As he was muttering this, another hoarse and low voice came from Ji Yuan's sleeve.
"Ji Yuan, how about it, it's time to deal with that little devil? If you look closely, he didn't really reach an agreement, but at least I think there's nothing wrong with swallowing him. I've been with you for so long, I should do something for you, I'll just use a little bit of my magic power to help you get rid of this little devil."
"Wait."
Ji Yuan waited until Xiezhi finished speaking and then called him.
"Let's keep the North Demon. It's a good thing that he is afraid of this agreement now. Besides, Lu Shanjun now knows the situation of the North Demon. Maybe he will be of some use in the future."
"Ah? Let him go?"
Xiezhi's voice was filled with surprise and a little dissatisfaction.
"I'm not letting him go, I'm just not moving him for now. He is now considered Lu Shanjun's partner, and he is also a puppet of the True Demon. His status in the Apocalypse Alliance is not too bad. It is better to keep him for now than to kill him directly."
"What's suitable? I don't think it's suitable. It's better to swallow him!"
When the voice of Xiezhi was heard again, Ji Yuan felt his sleeves begin to heat up slightly, even getting hot, and wisps of smoke-like substance overflowed from the gaps in his sleeves.
Ji Yuan frowned, flicked his right sleeve with his left hand, and suddenly a faint light flashed, and all the changes came to an abrupt stop.
"Ji Yuan, what are you doing?"
"What are you doing? Why are you always thinking about eating?"
After Ji Yuan said this, Xiezhi stopped talking, but he could feel that the inside of his sleeves was still hot.
After a moment of silence, Ji Yuan said something tentatively.
"Last time when I was exploring the desolate sea with the dragon clan, I found some bodies of monsters that I didn't know if they were deformed tiger dragons. I kept two for research and the rest are for you."
The Xiezhi still didn't make any sound, but the hot feeling on Ji Yuan's cuffs was obviously reduced a little, so Ji Yuan added with a smile.
"There are still two fish left from the one that Fellow Daoist Lian gave me. I cooked them today. Would you like to eat together?"
"Hey, okay, that's fine!"
Hearing Ji Yuan's words, Xiezhi's tone was no longer low, and it spoke almost immediately after Ji Yuan finished speaking. Even Jin Jia could feel the obvious joy in its words, not to mention Ji Yuan and the little paper crane.
"Well, I will..."
"etc!"
Ji Yuan frowned.
"what happened again?"
Ji Yuan's cuffs were no longer hot, and he had no idea what Xiezhi was up to, and the latter asked in a somewhat strange tone.
"Ji Yuan, you are here to make trouble, you are not going to call the people with the surname Lian, Ju, and Jiang, and also call the headmaster and elders of the Tianji Pavilion?"
"Well... I won't call too many people, but I'm cooking fish here, and it's not good to eat alone, so I still have to call a few Taoist friends I know. It's their business whether they come or not, and I have to be polite on my side."
"Well, let's do this. I'll eat those weird-looking deformed tiger dragons first. You can make the fish after you leave here, when you travel alone or when you're at home."
Ji Yuan understood what Xiezhi meant, and felt a little amused. This ancient mythical beast was really cute sometimes.
"Okay, okay, let's do as you say, Mr. Xiezhi?"
"Hehehe, there's no need to be so polite between us. It's still awkward to hear the word 'master' coming out of your mouth, Ji Yuan. Just call me whatever you want."
"Well, that's it."
Ji Yuan chuckled, but he felt that his relationship with Xiezhi had unknowingly become closer. He had to say that this was a good thing. Sometimes when he asked Xiezhi something, the other party might not tell him, or simply pretended not to hear. Maybe it would be better in the future, after all, people who eat people’s food will be soft-hearted.
…
Ever since seeing what happened in the Tianji Palace, some senior cultivators in the Tianji Pavilion often gathered together to discuss important matters. There was also the old man with long beard who frequently went into seclusion in order to comprehend the mysteries of some of the contents in the Tianji Palace. From time to time, Lian Baiping or Xuanjizi and others would come to Ji Yuan's house to visit him in person, but the frequency was decreasing, because there were some things Ji Yuan didn't know, and some things he couldn't say, and the people in the Tianji Pavilion also understood this.
So Ji Yuan gradually changed from a participant in comprehending the secrets of heaven to a waiter, waiting for the great monks of the Tianji Pavilion to explain in detail the scenes of the Tianji Hall.
Afterwards, a group of female cultivators from the Weimei Sect arrived and were also received into the cave by the cultivators from the Tianji Pavilion. Then, together they prepared for the transformation of the Sky-Devouring Beast Xiao San, and were busy with setting up formations and healing his wounds.
On the contrary, Ji Yuan and Ju Yuanzi had some free time, so they wandered around Tianji Cave Heaven. Although the area was vast, there were no people living there. So, one month after the little paper crane brought back the news about Lu Shanjun, Ji Yuan, at the urging of Xiezhi, prepared to temporarily leave Tianji Cave Heaven. Ju Yuanzi actually wanted to follow him, but under Xiezhi's secret and strong request, Ji Yuan could only politely decline.
…
In Luliang State, located in the southwest of the central part of Nanhuangzhou, on an official road in a desolate mountain area near the secondary capital Jiangkou City, a man in a green shirt, with a black jade hairpin in his bun and long hair loose, was walking slowly along the official road in the south direction.
Ji Yuan didn't see many people on the official road along the way. After walking for a while, a tea stall appeared in his sight.
'That's it.'
Thinking of this, Ji Yuan quickened his pace slightly, but still at a moderate pace, and soon arrived at the tea shed. However, there were no customers or shop owners inside the tea shed. He glanced around inside and outside the tea shed and saw that some stools were overturned and the stove was also rather messy.
Ji Yuan slowly walked into the tea shed. There were several tea bowls and teapots on the tables. One of the teapots had its lid open and there were some moldy tea leaves inside. It looked like some passers-by saw that the tea shed was empty and made tea to quench their thirst. However, they did not clean up when they left, and it was impossible for them to leave any tea money.
"It seems he hasn't come back yet."
Ji Yuan picked up an overturned stool beside him, straightened a table, then put away the teapots and teacups on the nearby tables and put them back on the stove, then cleaned the stove.
"Yes, this place is perfect, Ji Yuan. There is a stove here and not many people around. I think we can cook the fish here."
"Well, that's fine. These two stoves are connected together. I can boil one pot of water for tea and use the other pot to cook fish."
When Ji Yuan answered like this, the Xiezhi in his sleeve started laughing “Hehehehe”.
The water tank next to the stove was almost dry, and there was still some dust and leaves in it. Ji Yuan did not use the water here, but took out a green bamboo tube. Since he wanted to get closer to Xiezhi, he still had to invest some money.
"Let's use it to boil water and cook fish today."
"The mountain spirit spring given by the mountain god? Good, good, good, good, I'm already drooling. Ji Yuan, please hurry up!"
Ji Yuan shook his head and smiled, and with a wave of his sleeves, the two not-so-clean pots were cleaned. Then he pulled out the stopper of the bamboo tube and continued to pour water into one of the pots.
"How about we braise two fish bodies and stew two fish heads today?"
"Hey, no problem, no problem. Just do whatever you want!"
Ji Yuan ignored the Xiezhi and started paying attention to the stove.
On the official road in the distance, little paper cranes were flying around in the mountains. Occasionally, they would catch insects and look for bird nests to feed their young. Occasionally, they would run around everywhere. Then, they suddenly flew back to the official road and watched in the distance a team of two carriages and some riders slowly approaching this side.
At the front of the procession, a man in black wearing a small crown and tight clothes was leading the horse. He looked at the end of the road from afar, then turned back and shouted something.
"There is smoke ahead. Perhaps we have reached a populated area."
The man drove his horse closer to the carriage in front and then whispered his discovery. The people in the carriage seemed very excited.
"Is there anyone here?" "Great, are we almost at the temporary capital?"
"We're almost at the river mouth?"
"Hurry, hurry up, let's go over there and take a look. There should be a bed for us to sleep in tonight!"
Someone inside the carriage gave an order, and the man outside on horseback bowed slightly and said "Yes!", then ordered the team to move forward quickly.
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