Shennong Dao Master
Chapter 508 - 61: Intercepting Opportunity! Astounding Secret! (Thanks to the Silver League of the Undying!)_4

Chapter 508: Chapter 61: Intercepting Opportunity! Astounding Secret! (Thanks to the Silver League of the Undying!)_4

Even though Ji Zixuan was of royal birth, she had really never been worldly.

Murong Xue, on the other hand, had seen the world, but she too had never witnessed such a scene.

The spiritual beauty of this place was so rich that you could take a bath in it!

"The fire penetrating through the water will cause you to have illusions of lust. You both should set up an array and isolation measures by the hot spring yourselves."

"There are friends of mine at two hot springs to the southeast of the valley. But don’t worry, I will block out all probing."

After Ji Zixuan chose a hot spring, she gave Zhao Xing a radiant smile, "Thank you, senior brother. If you can’t find another hot spring, you are welcome to join me here."

"Shameless!" Murong Xue cursed inwardly.

She truly was the old witch’s disciple... Zhao Xing said expressionlessly, "Thank you for your kind offer, junior sister, but I have already bathed."

He then led Murong Xue to another spot: "Miss Murong, you may bathe here."

"Thank you." Murong Xue gave a bow.

Zhao Xing nodded and then flew into the sky, settling down to meditate on a cliff in the valley.

"Splash~"

Before long, sounds came from both hot springs, obviously the two had entered the water.

For the next quarter-hour, there was no further sound from Murong Qing’s side.

But from Ji Zixuan’s side, there was an intermittent humming noise.

Zhao Xing shook his head and simply cut off his hearing.

Ji Zixuan was truly daring, not taking any precautions at all, not even setting up a sound-proofing formation.

However, Ji Zixuan’s actions reminded Zhao Xing of certain things:

"In my previous life, I never heard of the old witch having any disciple, but she did raise a group of assassins. Could it be that Ji Zixuan is that Phantom Assassin?"

Speaking of which, Zhao Xing had been killed by that very Phantom Assassin.

Because he had accepted the old witch’s task but failed to successfully assassinate Liu Tianning’s right-hand man.

So the old witch sent ’Phantom’, to kill all the players who undertook these tasks.

How else to explain that both of these people’s illnesses are the same.

The old witch also had a tendency to chop people whenever she felt like it.

"Never mind, let bygones be bygones," Zhao Xing thought, "the old witch’s life last time was pretty miserable too."

Princess You Ruo did not marry Liu Tianning in her last life. During the Da Zhi Period, she was married off to the Southern Barbarians.

Emperor Jing’s campaign against the barbarians ended in defeat, and a peace treaty was signed. The Flame Light Royal Court proposed to marry a princess to show the good relations between the two nations.

Princess You Ruo was married off to the Flame Light Royal Court, which is the Babok Tribe of the Beast Tamer.

"Emperor Jing originally planned to pick just any princess to suffice, but to everyone’s surprise, Princess You Ruo volunteered to marry," Zhao Xing pondered, "Could it be out of spite against Lao Liu?"

He felt it was very possible.

Zhao Xing was quite puzzled back then as to why Emperor Jing would send Princess You Ruo to marry in such circumstances.

Even though Emperor Jing had lost the battle, it was only half of Yingyuan Prefecture that was lost. Great Zhou was still dominant, and there was no need to use his beloved daughter in a political marriage.

"Did she decide to marry far away into the Southern Barbarians because her heart was broken by Lao Liu?"

"Her marriage resulted in me fighting in the Flame Light Royal Court for nine bitter years," Zhao Xing lamented.

Why did Mr. Zhao feel such emotion? Because during Emperor Wu’s youth, he was brought up by Princess You Ruo.

In the subsequent ’Prince’s Trial’, Princess You Ruo’s help was significant to Emperor Wu.

Having his maternal figure who was like a mother and sister married off to the Southern Barbarians, Princess You Ruo often wrote to Emperor Wu about her hardships.

Before he ascended the throne, Emperor Wu swore to shatter the Flame Light Royal Court and bring his sister back home.

Therefore, Emperor Wu’s first goal in his campaign against the barbarians was to destroy the Flame Light Royal Court.

Mr. Zhao, in his previous life, fought with tears in the Flame Light Royal Court for nine years just to bring back the old witch.

"Ah, it turns out to be the karmic entanglement between you two, causing the players to suffer greatly," Zhao Xing finally understood.

...

Time passed, and an hour later.

In the Spiritual Beauty Hot Spring, Ji Zixuan pushed away the mist and looked in a certain direction.

There sat Zhao Xing on a hilltop, with his back to her.

"What a gentleman," Ji Zixuan’s face was flushed as she licked her lips, "He hasn’t sneaked even a glance for such a long time."

Ji Zixuan walked out of the hot spring; looking at her reflection in the water, she saw a beauty with skin as fair as jade and a perfect figure, looking extremely alluring amidst the mist of the hot spring.

Ji Zixuan touched her own cheek: "The teacher asked me to get close to him, but he doesn’t seem to be swayed at all."

Ji Zixuan had no resistance to Princess You Ruo’s arrangement. Despite her royal birth, her low status and weak maternal family meant that the slot in the Daoist Academy was hers only because of her own hard work.

Within the confines of the Prince Mansion, she couldn’t have avoided an arranged marriage in the future.

After reviewing Zhao Xing’s profile, she felt that he was a suitable match.

However... skilled at reading people, Ji Zixuan could tell that Zhao Xing was not interested in her, at least for the time being.

"His lack of interest now doesn’t mean he’ll never be interested," Ji Zixuan smiled slightly and quickly took a set of clothes from a nearby box.

She changed into a set of simple and elegant clothes, unlike the flamboyant ones she wore before.

Then she activated her cultivation technique, greatly altering her aura, no longer exuding any charm but rather an additional hint of valiance on her face.

After a quick rearrangement, Ji Zixuan flew towards Zhao Xing: "Thank you, senior brother, for your protection. I have absorbed as much as I could from this spiritual spring."

"Hmm." Zhao Xing didn’t even lift his head.

This time he wasn’t pretending to be disconnected, he genuinely couldn’t spare the attention.

Because the Mao Hour had arrived, and his thoughts were with the thirty-six odd peaks within the sea of clouds.

.....

Yin hour struck three-quarters past, and after finding a location, Zhao Xing, Xia Jing, Chen Shijie, and Ji Ziyun waited till 6:45 AM.

"Boom~"

At this moment, thirty-six peaks suddenly emerged from the vast sea of clouds.

The lush green peaks, like the natural foundation of an array, moved in a certain trajectory within the sea of clouds.