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"The scholar said you can't take the Heavenly Dao Cultivation Pill, which confirms you have a special cultivation method."
"And if I remember correctly..."
"Nonsense, that entry precisely involves enhancing one's Cultivation through lies and deception!"
"That's not it either."
Fat Long slapped his head, feeling like it was about to explode, and furrowed his brows, "But you haven't even spoken, how could you deceive others, and clearly your Cultivation hasn't reached the Golden Core, whereas the State Preceptor's Cultivation must have."
The scholar remained silent.
Fat Long had already overturned his own logic many times.
After that, Fat Long paid no more attention to the scholar's brother and also silently sat beside the campfire, beginning to ponder seriously. He always felt like his reasoning was correct, even if the State Preceptor wasn't the scholar's brother.
The State Preceptor's target might really have been the scholar from the beginning, and Ji Taiping was just a whetstone.
Otherwise, if the State Preceptor's target were Ji Taiping, why would Ji Taiping's realm be so unstable? The State Preceptor definitely wouldn't want a top Sword Cultivator with an unstable realm.
Proving this point was simple.
If one day Ji Renjian suddenly learned the truth and shifted his admiration to the scholar, letting the scholar leverage the effect of the Heavenly Dao Beauty to break through a realm in his understanding of Sword Intent.
Then it could be confirmed, the scholar was indeed the top Sword Cultivator of Da Xia, pushed forward by the State Preceptor.
Over these years, the State Preceptor must have been using various methods, giving psychological suggestions to Ji Renjian, telling him the one you truly love is not Ji Taiping, but the one who saved you, you just thought it was Ji Taiping, so you fell in love with him."
Fat Long, sitting beside the campfire, murmured in shock, "I think I might really have guessed how the State Preceptor did it..."
"Damn, how could I have guessed it? Could I actually be the State Preceptor?"
"Did I also seal my own memory and Cultivation?"
In the Capital, on "Qingfeng," Ji Renjian, alone, sat atop a mountain rock, his eyelids half-closed, listening to Ji Taiping's curses from the Sound Transmission Ring in his hand.
"I know you ran out to have fun last time, because I escorted you all the way, and you were moved."
"But can you not bring it up all the time?"
"I really hate you bringing this up all the time!"
Ji Taiping's voice in the Sound Transmission Ring carried a strong anger, leaving Ji Renjian at a loss on how to respond. His brother was still dealing with the war turmoil in the Hundred Countries, unable to come back soon, only able to contact through a Sound Transmission Ring.
Ji Renjian finally said softly,
"The State Preceptor prophesied that when I grew up, there would be a crisis, and in that crisis, someone would secretly protect me all along, and that person is my true love."
"I just want to tell you, the State Preceptor said you're my true love, and I will always, always love you."
After a long silence on the other end, Ji Taiping's hoarse voice came again: "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have lost my temper at you, it's mainly because things are hard to handle here. I will also love you always. Once things are settled here, I'll bring some specialties back for you, don't overthink."
"Wait for me in peace on Qingfeng, I'll come back soon."
After the Sound Transmission Ring cutoff.
Ji Renjian sat alone on the rock peak of Qingfeng, no longer speaking, only fiddling with her skirt hem, her expression somewhat lost and distant as she gazed at the ants moving house at the rock bottom.
In the Capital City Zhang Family.
The Zhang Family Patriarch sat with a grim expression in the patriarch's chair. A few days back, he had communicated with the palace, asking his Read the latest chapters on NovelHub - completely free!
To stop Ji Taiping from troubling Bai Yi.
Leaving it to them to resolve.
They aimed to capture Bai Yi and force out the secrets for a breakthrough to Nascent Soul.
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With heaven and earth as its allies, it was their best chance to strike at the scholar.
A few days ago, a sudden decree from the palace reached the Zhang Family, stating that the Heavenly Pride Leaderboard would soon commence, with the top talents from the nineteen provinces of Da Xia, including those from the Hundred Countries, gathering in the capital. They tasked the Zhang Family with the responsibility of safeguarding the capital's security.
No one from their family was allowed to leave the capital, not even a half step.
Otherwise, it would be dealt with as treason.
The palace seldom used such a stern tone in its messages; when it did, it meant the order left no room for refusal, and one must comply or be seen as defiance.
Thus, the Zhang Family was forced to stay within the capital these days, only able to watch the scholar make his bold moves everywhere, yet unable to do anything about it.
After a long while, the countenance of the Zhang Family Patriarch gradually returned to composure, a trace of coldness flashing in his eyes.
The palace was the strongest intelligence agency in Da Xia. Recently, through his palace Read the latest chapters on NovelHub - completely free! Chen Qiu was a Loose Cultivator who had suddenly risen, previously just a woodcutter in Fufeng City.
Lately, he had taken over a Magic Practitioner's inheritance and annihilated tens of thousands from the Evil Clan, completely owning the spotlight.
And Bai Yi claimed to be the Second Elder of the Chao Tian Sect, the one who claimed to be the Great Elder of the Chao Tian Sect being Fat Long, who had fled from the Flower Offering Sect as a fugitive.
Chen Qiu held a peak Foundation Establishment Cultivation, having seized the Magic Practitioner's inheritance, and might just arrive in the capital to join the Heavenly Pride Leaderboard. Since Chen Qiu would be there, Bai Yi would definitely come along, and then...