[Banana : In case anyone has forgotten, YangNing is where the Ji family and Zhao family located, just that one is on the mountain while the other in the town.]
YangNing has already been covered in heavy snow, like being wrapped in silver. The mountainous terrains were heavily covered, like silver snakes dancing in the mountain; there was no end to it. In this winter where everywhere were covered in ice, donât say common people, even cultivators couldnât bear to leave their house.
The taverns inside this little town were full with customers. There were common folks, as well as cultivators in the tavern but most of them would sit with their own community. After all, in the eyes of the arrogant cultivators, it was already a great honor for common people that they sat inside the same tavern. If they sat together, they afraid those common people would get their life span shortened. <sup>1</sup>
Unfortunately, most common people shared the same view with those kind of cultivators. They were extremely afraid of cultivators.
Sitting in the middle of the tavern was a few young cultivators from a small clan. Proudly glancing at the common folks around the tavern, they started discussing in low voices on the recent strange and interesting happenings in the cultivation world.
Listening to them for a long time and still havenât heard of his own name, the youth sitting at the corner of the tavern used the cover of his cup to poke the floating tea stems in boredom. The contrast of the pitch black tea cup has make the youthâs white slender fingers looked particularly nice. The man beside him couldnât help it and reached out to hold his fingers. The man brought the fingers to his lips and kissed on it. Meeting that light gaze, he smiled and said, âYour fingers are so cold, Iâll help you warm it up.â
You are lying with your eyes opened wide.
JiYuan was expressionless, but he doesnât mind the man being intimate with him in the public.
Ye Junchi proceed, being âgiven an inch and took a mileâ. He leaned into JiYuan and sniffed at his hair. Parting the loose hair scattered at his(JY) neck, Ye Junchi looked at the marks at his nape and said with some regret, âIt became lighter.â
He(YJC) blinked, a trace of something dangerous flashed in his eyes, âHow about I work hard tonight and make those marks deeper?â
JiYuan maintained his expressionless face, âWhat did you promised me?â
Sighing, Ye Junchi looked at the youth where he could only âsee but not touchâ, he felt kind of depressed in his heart. When he finally get to eat JiYuan a few days ago, he accidentally did it a bit too much. JiYuan laid on the bed for a whole day as the result, forced him(YJC) to make promise with clenched teeth that he(YJC) wonât touch him again within a month.
After listening for a while, those few young cultivators still didnât mention anything worthwhile. JiYuan frowned and said, âLet us change location ba.â
Ye Junchi nodded. Just as he wanted to get up, a little handsome cultivator from that table suddenly said, âOh yeah, the Zhao family Head still havenât wake up. I heard the Alliance Head daren has sent out a lot of people to search for miracle medicine. Martial brother Zhen, doesnât your family has a miracle medicine handed down from generation to generation? How about using that to try? If you managed to wake the Zhao family Head up, then your family will have a big backing in the future.â
âDonât speak nonsense.â
That âBrother Zhenâ berated him, then helplessly said, âMy familyâs ancestral medicine couldnât be considered as anything. One doesnât know how much of these things are collecting dust inside the warehouse of both Yun and Zhao family. Furthermore, the Zhao family Head was harmed by that demon Ye Junchi. How many cultivators in the human realm can help him?â
âYes yes yesâŚâ That little cultivator smiled in embarrassment, âBut talking about Ye Junchi, I heard the chaos at JinHeâs Jiang family was also done by him?â
âThat is not necessarily true.â
That âBrother Zhenâ pondered for a moment, âThe scandals of the Jiang family Head written in those letter, every each of them has eyewitnesses. I think the Jiang family Head did something bad to someone and caused that someone to do this as revenge. Really hard to believe that the rumored gentleman Jiang family Head was actually such a person.â
âDidnât they said the Jiang family Head has transactions with the demons, and also kidnapped talented children to send to demon realm? I say, this matter certainly has connection with the demon Ye. Maybe the Jiang family Head is actually transacting with the demon Ye. Really couldnât imagine what kind of hardship awaits those childrenâŚâ
A girl said it with concerns in her voice, secretly glanced at Brother Zhen.
Brother Zhenâs expression was solemn as usual, lightly said, âBefore the truth come to light, donât recklessly jump into the conclusion. 3 years ago when Ye Junchi started a slaughter in the MingXu Temple, everyone thought he was bloodthirsty. Didnât some also said that MingXu Temple was corrupted, aiding and abetting wicked deeds; resulting a massacre on them?â
âThat kind of evil demonâŚâ
âExcept from massacring MingXu Temple and murdered ZhaoYang, I donât think I heard of Ye Junchi doing anything else.â
Another girl at the side opened her mouth, âI think itâs strange. There are so many untraceable proof, why did he(YJC) get sentenced to a crime just like that? Moreover, ZhaoYang that kind of good-for-nothing, killing him is justâŚ.â
Brother Zhen frowned, âMartial sister Lin.â
Sister Lin knew that she spoke out of line, immediately shut up.
That young girl curled her lips, âWhat good thing would come from the demon race.â
âRight, plus the entire cultivation community is chasing that demon. Many entrance between the human and demon realms are guarded by numerous seniors. That devil probably knew his sins are deep so doesnât dare to appear.â
That little cultivator immediately matched up.
After a while, the group switched to another topic to talk about. JiYuan listening at a side couldnât help wanting to laugh. He threw a few more glances at Brother Zhen and Sister Lin, and then his eyes were covered. JiYuan pursed his lips, but didnât pull away the hand of someone surnamed Ye. Wondering if he(YJC) was eating vinegar(jealous) of that social influencer <sup>2</sup> , he lightly said, âPeople are saying something good about you.â
This was the first time he came across a human cultivator who would say something good about Ye Junchi.
Ye Junchi didnât object, he doesnât care how other people thought of him. Else, he wonât bring his demon armies to level MingXu Temple to the ground with a revengeful intention 3 years ago. Not a word of explanation, he burned that filthy place down and returned home.
Recalling back of something that JiYuan said before, he became a bit worried. He pinched his(JY) cheeks and said in a low voice, âYou are not allowed to glance at other people a few more times. Male is out of the question.â
Pausing, he added one more sentence, âFemale is also out of question.â
JiYuan donât know whether to laugh or cry, âI am already together with you, why are you still worried of woman?â
Ye Junchi released his hand, his gaze was a bit resentful, âWhen you rejected me last time, you said you liked woman and would want to get a wife and have children later.â
JiYuan : ââŚâ
What is this? âHitting his own leg with a stoneâ? âChickens come home to roostâ?
Locking gaze with Ye Junchi for a short moment, he helplessly said, âI was lying to you.â
Hearing that, Ye Junchi became happy and smiled joyfully.
The topic going on at the other table suddenly turned its focus back to JiYuan and Ye Junchi, so JiYuan quickly listened carefully.
â⌠oh right, the Alliance Head daren seemed to have arrived at YangNing yesterday.â
âYangNing? Isnât the Zhao family Head in South Lake now?â
âNot to the Zhao House, but to Ji HouseâŚâ
Sister Lin paused, pressing her voice lower and said, âI heard it is to catch people, that pair of brothers who have good relationship with JiYuan. One of them is also the top 10 finalist in the Immortal Sword assemblyâŚâ
âI heard this before!â
A young girl interrupted her words, âIt seems that if JiYuan and demon Ye still doesnât show their face there, they will kill them? Alliance Head daren was also helpless from being forced.â
Martial brother Zhen sighed, âNo matter what, capturing people as a threat is detrimental to the Allianceâs reputation. I heard that many Elders in the Alliance were persuading Alliance Head daren to release those three.â
⌠JiShen and JiChen?!
JiSiâs blood-stained face flashed through JiYuanâs mind. His(JY) expression immediately changed, and he quickly stood up.
Ye Junchi naturally knew that he(JY) put heavy importance on those cousins. Seeing someone looked over at their side, Ye Junchi put down the money for their tea on the table and pulled JiYuan to leave the tavern.
Outside the tavern, heavy snow was blowing and the surrounding was chilly. Rows of ice were condensed into the shape of hooks under the eaves of the houses, as if they are blades of sharp knife hanging upside down.
JiYuanâs expression was a bit ugly.
He instantly understood what Yun Wuxiu was intending â he(YWX) knew that JiShen was very important for him(JY), and he(YJ) was very important for Ye Junchi.
Yun Wuxiu⌠no, Yuqiu was forcing them to South Lake to save people.
His hand was covered by a warm hand, JiYuan helplessly looked at Ye Junchi. After knowing about the danger at South Lake, JiYuan doesnât want Ye Junchi to take any risk at all. But he couldnât put JiSi aside and ignore him.
Similarly, Ye Junchi wouldnât disregard him(JY) either, and he will not be able to hide from Ye Junchi to go to South Lake alone. If they want to go, they will go together. Otherwise, both of them wonât go.
Yuqiu wonât wait obediently for them to finish searching for evidence. The most likely situation could happen was Yuqiu running out of patience and directly kill off JiChen and JiShen.
It was chaotic inside JiYuanâs mind. At this moment, he suddenly found himself very selfish and shameless. When Yuqiu first captured only the original bodyâs father, JiYuan just felt that going to South Lake was for the sake of fulfilling the task, and taking the opportunity to return a favor for the original body, so it was not that urgent. But wait until the person being captured was someone he cared about, he couldnât help wishing he could appear in South Lake at the next moment.
âAh Yuan, donât worry.â
Ye Junchiâs voice was calm, âYuqiu wonât act for a while. Iâm guessing that he has been secretly trying to practice that demonic skills but it was not successful. Thatâs why there was not much children being harmed. He need my body to complete his plan, so donât worry. He wonât act now.â
JiYuanâs eyes met his quiet eyes, and strangely became calmer. Pausing a bit, he(JY) nodded.
Calmed down, he quietly let Ye Junchi led him by his hand. In his heart, he poked System and told it his thoughts earlier. He asked in a daze, âSystem, am I too selfish?â
System calmly said, âIf you rushed to save people the moment you heard JiXuan(father) being captured, and stepped onto the trap people set for you, then that would be stupid and pitiful. Donât think too much, no one is perfect. Coming so suddenly into this world, thereâs nothing wrong in treating strangers with a cold demeanor. You are JiYuan(your world), not JiYuan(this world).â
JiYuan thought for a while, and was a bit touched.
âSystem, how could I never know that you are actually so good? Recently you ⌠are more and more humane.â
âThisâŚâ
System continued, âTo tell you the truth, helping the host to fulfill the task is one way to get the bonus. Another way is to experience the emotions of human, and cultivate self-personality. I hoped you will stay back in this world because I have chosen the second option. If someone is selfish, that would be me.â
JiYuan doesnât feel anything wrong with that. After teasing System with a few words, he returned back to his sense and met Ye Junchiâs worried eyes.
âWhat is it? Iâve called you a few times but you didnât respond.â
Ye Junchi rubbed the top of his(JY) head, âYou are that worried about them? How about we rush to South Lake today? Itâs not a bad idea to reveal Yuqiuâs true face in the Allianceâs territory.â
JiYuan shook his head, âIâm worried about you.â
His(YJC) breath stilled, the gaze in Ye Junchiâs eyes was extremely gentle. Seeing that there was no one around, he bowed down and kissed his(JY) lips. His voice carrying a smile, âRest assured, nothing will happen to me. Searching everywhere for evidences is indeed too slow. Let us search for evidence while we walk to South Lake.â
JiYuan thought for a moment, then nodded.
Both people found an inn to rest their feet. Since they have done the most intimate thing already, JiYuan doesnât mind Ye Junchi secretly went to ask for only one room. The moment they stepped into the room, JiYuan who was still in deep thought was pressed against the door by Ye Junchi.
Raising his eyes to look at Ye Junchi, âWhat are you doing?â
Ye Junchi moved his hand to press lightly at JiYuanâs flat belly, and licked his earlobe. His tone was low, seemed to have some regret in it, âBaby still not pregnant yet, we clearly have done it so many times already.â <sup>3</sup>
JiYuanâs face immediately turned red. He pushed Ye Junchi away and said, âDonât mess around.â
âI wonât do anything.â
Ye Junchi blinked, his hand explored underneath his(JY) robe, âSince cannot eat, can I touch a bit?â
Being stared by Ye Junchiâs eyes turning green, JiYuan shivered, ââŚâ