Please, Young Master, Slay the Demon!
Chapter 154 - 52: No 13 in the Ji Family? [Additional - for Monthly Tickets] _1

Chapter 154: Chapter 52: No 13 in the Ji Family? [Additional Chapter for Monthly Tickets] _1

The three ancient families of the Immortal Cultivation World.

The Xia Family is now a respected part of the Yu Dynasty’s Imperial Family, standing high above the rest, its might is needless to say; the Jiang Family suffered from a massacre and disappeared without a trace; while the Ji Family has always been mysterious and powerful.

If you track back their history, the Ji Family was the first to appear among these three families. Early on, there were people claiming that the Ji Family was the most powerful among the Three Great Ancient Families. Even after the Xia Family claimed the throne, this opinion still hasn’t completely subsided. Ultimately, it’s because the Ji Family is too mysterious. They often stay hidden within the Emperor Hong Valley, their family members rarely participating in worldly affairs and seldom having disputes with other powers.

They have kept a low profile.

However, the Large Immortal Sects of the Nine Heavens and the Ten Lands know more about the Ji Family, and their deepest impression of the Ji Family is not that they are "low profile," but that they are "arrogant".

The Ji Family’s arrogance is ingrained!

Their lack of interactions with the outside world is not because they are unsociable, but because they are disdainful.

Of course, all of this doesn’t really matter to Chu Liang; he was just delivering a letter.

From a distance, the so-called "Xuanyuan Villa" in the valley, under the hazy cover of the clouds and mist, was already surrounded by sprawling, towering buildings – in essence, it was a small city hidden in the mountain.

Could a family really reach such a colossal scale?

Chu Liang couldn’t help but be slightly surprised.

After all, this was his first visit here, and he was getting an awe-inspiring feel of the ancient family’s grandeur for the first time.

Not wanting to fly in the sky above, he landed the Golden Fur Beast early. For any major power, even flying casually over their territory is an act filled with provocation. If they encountered someone with a fiery temper, it would not be unjustified for them to shoot you down.

When he arrived at the Main Gate, he saw two tall stone pillars made of white jade in front of him, with the four golden letters of "Xuanyuan Villa" hanging high up, displaying an aura of grandeur and majesty.

The Golden Fur Beast was parked obediently at the entrance, and a doorman had already come to greet him.

Chu Liang stepped forward and said, "I am Chu Liang, a disciple of the Shu Mountain Sect, and I am here on someone’s behalf to deliver a letter to Miss Ji Lianhua, the Thirteenth Young Miss of the Ji Family."

Upon hearing his announcement, the Ji Family’s doorman also gave courtesy back and then said, "Our family currently does not have any "Thirteenth Young Miss." Young Hero of the Shu Mountain Sect, could you be mistaken?"

"What?" Chu Liang was puzzled.

The scholar had seriously instructed him to come to the Ji Family to deliver the letter to the Thirteenth Young Miss, surely he wasn’t joking with him?

Was there a mistake somewhere?

He then asked, "Could it be a distant relative? This letter is really important, so please help me think about it."

The doorman of the Ji Family pondered for a while and said, "Although there are many members of our family, there isn’t any ranked thirteenth ... How about you tell us who asked you to deliver the letter and leave the letter behind for now, so I can ask the steward about it."

"Well ... it’s not convenient to say who it was, but this matter is indeed important..." Chu Liang hesitated and said, "May I see the steward and ask him myself?"

The doorman nodded, "Very well."

Having said that, he led Chu Liang to a meeting house behind the gate. This grand and majestic village, similar to a city, divided into inner and outer parts, was not afraid of outsiders entering the outer areas.

After waiting for a while, a middle-aged man dressed in brocade came in and said to Chu Liang, "So you are the young hero from the Shu Mountain Sect?"

"I am Chu Liang," he stood up to greet him, "I’m sorry to have disturbed you."

"Hehe, not at all." The middle-aged man waved his hand, indicating for Chu Liang to sit down, and then asked, "I just heard that you are looking for Thirteenth Young Miss, but in our Ji Family, there is no Miss Ji Lianhua. Young Hero, could you be more specific?"

"Ah, I actually don’t know much either. " Chu Liang said helplessly, "I only have a task entrusted to me, and I have to personally deliver this letter to the Thirteenth Young Miss for me to fulfill this entrusted task with peace of mind."

"But since the young hero cannot leave the letter behind or reveal the identity of the entrusted person, it’s hard for us to find the person". The middle-aged man said, "So I’ll have to ask around the family if there’s anyone who has used the name Ji Lianhua to blend into the Jianghu world."

"Thank you, I appreciate your help". Chu Liang thanked him.

Since he had not met the person, it was impossible for him to leave the letter behind, so he could only leave.

The Ji Family had no such person, so it can’t be said to be his failure. Only the scholar can clear up what is actually going on here.

...

As he left the main gate, Chu Liang mounted the Golden Fur Beast again, intending to return before nightfall.

Suddenly, a call came from behind, "Hey, you on the beast!"

"Hmm?" Chu Liang looked around.

There was no doubt that he was the only handsome guy riding a beast.

So, he dismounted the beast and saw a figure draped in emerald green hiding behind a tree on the empty ground outside, waving to him.

Chu Liang, feeling curious, walked over to check it out.

He saw a young girl in a jade-colored gauze skirt half-crouched there. The dappled evening light bathed her, making her skin as white as mutton fat jasper, her slender petite figure, her lively brows and eyes, and in her pair of eyes, the pupils were golden.

Everyone knows that the different colored pupils are a mark of the Ji Family’s mysterious bloodline, the Xuanyuan Pupil.

This young girl was undoubtedly the core member of the Ji Family.

"Did the young lady call me?" Chu Liang asked a question.

"Yeah, it was you who came to deliver a letter to the Thirteenth Young Miss earlier, right?" The young girl asked.

"Correct." Chu Liang nodded.

"Give it to me, I’m her." The young girl stretched out her hand, revealing her palm.

Chu Liang gazed at the girl’s face, pondering for a moment, then suddenly burst into laughter: "Miss, don’t joke around, you’re not her! I can only pass it to the real Thirteenth Young Miss."

"Eh?" The girl was puzzled, "How did you figure out that I’m not the real one?"

"Hehe." Chu Liang laughed a little, "I didn’t figure it out initially, I was just saying. Since miss admitted it, now I can tell."

"Oh dear!" the girl furrowed her nose, "You’re so cunning!"

"I’ve been entrusted by someone, I can’t be careless. I hope you understand, miss." Chu Liang said.

Although this girl wasn’t the one he sought to deliver the message, she was genuinely related by blood to the Ji Family’s Xuanyuan Pupil. Chu Liang didn’t want to offend her, so he just smiled, planning to leave.

As he turned to leave, he heard the girl called out again: "I know who you’re looking for!"

"Oh?" Chu Liang stopped the motion of turning around and looked at the girl, "You do?"

His gaze made his intention clear.... please continue.

"My name is Ji Lingyu, the Ninth Young Miss of the Ji Family." The girl introduced herself, "I was passing by the Welcoming Pavilion earlier and heard that someone was looking for the Thirteenth Young Miss, so I hurried over to find you."

"Is that Ji Lianhua your sister?" Chu Liang asked.

"No." Ji Lingyu shook her head: "She is my aunt."

"Hmm?" Chu Liang furrowed his brows.

So he then thought that the reason why he couldn’t find her was because that Thirteenth Young Miss was from the older generation?

That didn’t make sense either.

He specifically came here searching for her, they should at least recognize the name, shouldn’t they?

He heard Ji Lingyu continue: "You are looking for Ji Lianhua. These latecoming relatives wouldn’t know her because my aunt has cut off ties with the Ji family thirty years ago."

"Why is that?" Chu Liang asked again.

He squatted down behind the big tree, gesturing Ji Lingyu to elaborate.

It seemed like there was more to this story.

"Sigh." Ji Lingyu said: "I also heard about it from the elders in private. Back then, my Thirteenth Auntie was the most loved daughter in the clan. She was extremely talented and intelligent, and was expected to have a bright future."

"But unfortunately, one year when she was out gaining experience, she returned and claimed to have fallen in love with an average cultivator with no affiliations." Ji Lingyu continued.

The outline of the story wasn’t hard to guess. This kind of non-mainstream cultivator naturally couldn’t win the approval of the elders in the Ji Family, Chu Liang thought.

The plot was pretty dramatic.

"The elders disapproved of Thirteenth Auntie’s marriage with that man, and Thirteenth Auntie pledged herself to that man only, causing a row in the clan."

"At this point, the cultivator actually came to challenge the best of the Ji Family’s own generation, hoping that if he won, the clan’s elders would stop interfering with their marriage."

"That day, he challenged seven elite members of the Ji Family’s same generation and amazingly won them all. However, he seemed to have used some disgraceful methods in doing so, hence even though he won, the elders still disapproved. In the end, they said they would let him marry Thirteenth Auntie, but only if he becomes a Grandmaster of the Seventh Realm."

"That man then boldly proclaimed at Xuanyuan Villa that he would definitely achieve Wen Dao within three years and return to marry Thirteenth Auntie!" As Ji Lingyu told this part, her eyes sparkled.

"Thirty years as a toad, thirty years as a locust. Never underestimate a young man’s potential..." Chu Liang found himself unconsciously muttering.

"Huh? How do you know what he said back then?" Ji Lingyu asked surprised.

"Ah..." Chu Liang laughed: "Doesn’t everyone make three-year promises in the same way... Nevermind, you continue."

"Sadly, the ending wasn’t too good. After making a three-year promise, he never returned in thirty years." Ji Lingyu seemed a bit disheartened, "I heard he went into the Mountains of Zhennan in search of some kind of opportunity, but there are countless dangerous places there, with an unknown number of people dying there every year...."

Sigh.

Chu Liang also quietly sighed. Real life doesn’t have as many heroic comebacks, does it?

"On the day the three-year promise expired, Thirteenth Auntie sneaked into the family ancestral temple, stole the family genealogy scroll, and publicly crossed out her own name in front of everyone." Ji Lingyu continued: "She said... If Gu Qingyuan doesn’t come to marry me, I will leave the Ji Family myself, never to return in this life or the next."

"Since that day, the name Ji Lianhua, Thirteenth Auntie, has become a taboo in the family. The elders forbade anyone from mentioning it, and her name was removed from the family genealogy. The later generations naturally didn’t know about her." Ji Lingyu said, "I’ve never met her either, but after accidentally hearing about her story, I admired her greatly and saw her as my role model!"

"Indeed, she is admirable." Chu Liang agreed, and then asked, "So, do you know where this Thirteenth Auntie is now?"

"I don’t know." Ji Lingyu said: "If I did, I would have gone to find her a long time ago. However, I guess, she must have gone to find Gu Qingyuan! A woman like her would never forget her lover!"

"I see..."

Chu Liang was quite helpless.

Could the scholar who asked him to deliver the letter be Gu Qingyuan?

After squatting for a while, his legs were becoming a bit numb, so he asked, "Miss Ji, why are you so insistent on hiding over here while telling me this?"

"I’m afraid they will find me..." Ji Lingyu said, her eyes gleaming, "I’m running away from home!"