After Cultivating With the Enemy
Chapter 19
In the hour after that, the rankings on the scoreboard changed rapidly, and the scores were constantly refreshed.
Among them, the fastest growing is Ji Chaoyun.
A sharp howl suddenly sounded in the forest. Ji Chaoyun's face pierced the beast's heart with a sword that didn't change his face. Amid the splash of blood, the scoreboard floating beside him changed again.
Ji Chaoyun, eight points, ranked tenth.
In just one hour, he jumped from the original forty-three to tenth.
Ji Chaoyun took a deep breath, retracted the sword, and continued to walk forward.
In the Secret Realm, he is not alone in paying attention to the ranking changes.
"Fuck, Ji Chaoyun is in the top ten?"
"Isn't he the latest secret realm to enter, what is the yellow-character group doing?"
"Go on at this speed, and I believe he won first place in the end."
...
"Shut up all to me." Xu Zixing stood with his sword in his arms, his eyes coldly removed from the scoreboard, "I haven't found a fierce beast. Do you still have time to care about others here?"
Standing in the forest for a while, someone smiled and said, "Senior Brother Xu, isn't this trying to vent your anger for you? Do you want Ji Chaoyun to stay in the academy?"
"Want to vent your anger for me?" Xu Zixing glanced over several people one by one, smiled lightly, "I have an idea, you all come over."
Several people gathered around, Xu Zixing lowered his voice, and whispered something in their ears, the small voices were covered by the rustle of wind blowing through the dense forest.
In Yanjianping, as the competition in the secret territory becomes more fierce, the atmosphere of watching the game becomes more heated.Several people sat cross-legged on the grass of Yanjianping, pointing to the light mirror and talking.
"It was really fast this time. Five fierce beasts have already killed two. It seems that they can complete the assessment before dawn."
"The yellow character level is still not grabbed, and it is inexperienced after all. It is too bullying for the young newcomer to compete with those experienced veterans."
"Don't underestimate the freshmen, who didn't come here like this. Besides, aren't there many great ones this year?"
"Speaking of which, what happened to Ji Chaoyun? The first hour I thought he was going to take first place in the yellow character, but after so long, his points basically didn't move?"
As soon as this statement was made, everyone noticed the ranking of Chaoyun in the previous quarter on the scoreboard.
Now three hours have passed, but Ji Chaoyun's score has only increased by three points, and he has fallen behind from tenth to more than thirty.
"Really? But I heard that as long as he doesn't fall to the third grade, he will be considered to pass. He is still far from the bottom five. It is understandable."
"But this assessment has just passed halfway, and the scores are so tight at the end, how dare he relax?"
"I heard that his cultivation base lacks spiritual power, isn't it..."
"No." A voice sounded behind him, and several people were shocked. Looking back, Feng Qi didn't know when he had been standing behind them.He raised his eyes and stared at the picture on the light mirror, and said coldly: "Someone is targeting him."
"His Royal Highness Feng Er?!" The few people stood up and nodded to him, "His Royal Highness also came to see the assessment?"
Feng Qi responded lightly.He had been staying in the woods not far away, so no one found him there.
Someone asked: "The bottom of the palace said that someone was targeting Ji Chaoyun? Why did you see it?"
Feng Qi: "In these three hours, Ji Chaoyun did not relax. He did not find any monsters at all. Because someone has been following him to clear away the monsters around him in advance. The record on the light mirror is clear. If you don't believe it, You can go to the Supervisory Examination Hall after the assessment is over."
Everyone looked at each other, no one dared to ask why Feng Qi was so clear about what happened to Ji Chaoyun in the secret realm.
There are more than fifty sides of the light mirror transcribing the secret realm situation. It can be understood so clearly, is this just staring at Ji Chaoyun from the beginning to the end?
"But... who would do this?"
Feng Qi snorted coldly without answering.
This answer is self-evident, there can be no one except Xu Zixing.
When Xu Zixing stole Ji Chaoyun's purse, Feng Qi only taught the man a lesson, and then made the other party lose money, instead of making the matter worse.Even Xu Zixing can't figure out why Feng Qi didn't tell Xianzun about it.
Feng Qi is to keep Ji Chaoyun.
If the pouch matter was stabbed out, Ji Chaoyun had hijacked Qi Xuan to go to Hongmeng Mountain, and the demonization out of control could not be covered.Therefore, he kept Xu Zixing until now.
Ji Chaoyun was right, repaying injustices was nothing more than an accident.
If it hadn't been for his unbearable temperament, Xu Zixing would not have used such hands and feet in the assessment of the secret realm.
Feng Qi stared at the light mirror. In the picture, Ji Chaoyun just looked up, as if through a light mirror, coldly looking at Feng Qi.
After three hours of nothing, Ji Chaoyun obviously couldn't stand his temper, and even forgot to hide the trace of hostility left by the demon in his eyes.
His brows wrinkled slightly, a blood stain was drawn from the end of his eyes to his cheeks, and his whole person revealed a dangerous and mysterious beauty.
Feng Qi's eyes softened, and he said softly, "Let you see if I can protect you."
Ji Chaoyun walked slowly in the dense forest, his eyes swept around randomly.Suddenly, a dark shadow flashed in front of him, and Ji Chaoyun's eyes moved slightly, silently pasting it.
A figure bent and hid behind the tree, poking its head and looking out: "Hey, where's the person..."
"Are you looking for me?" Ji Chaoyun walked around behind him and asked coldly.
The visitor shuddered in fright: "Chao, Chaoyun!"
It is Qi Xuan.
Ji Chaoyun hugged his sword and looked at him up and down: "Did Xu Zixing send you?"
Qi Xuan hurriedly explained: "No, no! Since that incident, I have not listened to him anymore, I really don't—"
Ji Chaoyun interrupted impatiently: "Then what are you doing?"
"I, I just want to tell you that Xu Zixing has always sent people to stare at you in secret." Qi Xuan said, "I met the seniors around him by accident, and I just met them by accident. I heard them leak, so..."
Ji Chaoyun's expression is not unexpected: "I know."
"You know? That's right, you are so powerful, how can you not know..." Qi Xuan hesitated for a while before saying, "Chaoyun, I always wanted to apologize to you, I don't know that thing is so important to you. No, no matter. I don’t know, I shouldn’t do this. But Xu Zi can do it..."
Qi Xuan: "I participated in the assessment of Hongmeng Mountain a hundred years ago, but... failed. If I was kicked out, I would have to wait another hundred years. I really didn't want to wait any longer, so I was confused..."
Ji Chaoyun closed his eyes and interrupted softly, "I accept your apology."
Qi Xuan was startled.
Ji Chaoyun: "Everyone has a reason to come here, and it's not easy. I almost made a big mistake before, and we were even."
"Thank you, thank you Chaoyun."
Ji Chaoyun gave an "um" and said: "By the way, would you like to do me another favor?"
After a while, the other side of Shanlin.
Xu Zixing has been searching for a long time in this cedar forest.This is the third time he has participated in the secret realm assessment. Based on experience, the most likely place for the next fierce beast to appear is nearby.
There was a strange noise from the depths of the jungle, and he drew his sword to chase him, but saw a wandering soul in a red dress floating in the woods.The wandering soul noticed him, his lips split in a strange arc, and blood was flowing down.
Just an ordinary monster.
Xu Zixing gave a "tsk" and was about to slay his sword.
Suddenly, the wandering soul of a sharp sword pierced from behind, and a sword pierced her throat.
Xu Zixing's movements suddenly stopped, he staggered back a few steps, and was almost hurt by the sharp sword intent.
The wandering soul dissipated in Xu Zixing's shocked expression, revealing the sword-holder behind him.
It's Ji Chaoyun.
Xu Zixing's expression changed drastically, and he calmly said: "What are you doing?"
Ji Chaoyun said quietly: "You have robbed me of so many monsters, I am robbing you of one, isn't it too much?"
Xu Zixing looked away: "I don't know what you are talking about."
"That's right, you dare not admit it." Ji Chaoyun took away the sword, and a sarcasm curled up on his lips. "But you think you really didn't leave any evidence?"
As early as the first half hour when he could not meet a monster, Ji Chaoyun realized something was wrong.However, the road in the dense forest is winding and rugged, the enemy is dark and he is bright, he has searched for a long time and has not found anyone who does it.
But this does not mean that he did nothing.
"...What evidence did I leave?"
Ji Chaoyun: "I can't kill the monster during the three hours you've been staring at. I can only do other things, such as... look at the light mirror that records the situation in the secret territory. Where are they?
Xu Zixing's face paled.
"I deliberately led the people you sent to follow me so that all of their actions will be recorded. Even if the disciples who are inspecting and watching the battle outside the Secret have not found any clues, they just need to find out afterwards and check the truth. Naturally." Ji Chaoyun slowly said, "Xu Zixing, you should know the consequences of cheating in the assessment, right?"
After driving out of Hongmeng Academy, you will never be allowed to step further.
Xu Zixing finally couldn't restrain the fear on his face. He stepped forward in a panic: "No, I can't be driven out of the college, Ji Chaoyun, you--"
Before he finished his voice, there was an unusual soft noise under his feet.
The two faces changed at the same time.
In the next second, the ground under Xu Zixing's feet sank without warning. He stepped on the air, and before he could make any noise, he stumbled and fell.
"..." Ji Chaoyun silently looked at the cave in front of him, feeling the unusual yin and evil spirit in the cave rushing towards him, a hint of hesitation in his eyes.
This should be what Feng Qi said, the mysterious area where the beast is.
There are five fierce beasts in the secret realm, and each beheaded one gets ten points.The fierce beast is extremely powerful and requires four to five talents to kill.Therefore, once a disciple finds the location of the beast, they usually send a signal to inform others.
but……
Ji Chaoyun unfolded the scoreboard and counted the point he grabbed from Xu Zixing just now, and now his score is 12, ranking 30th.
The difference is too far.
A faint light flashed in Ji Chaoyun's eyes, and he made a decision in a flash.
He put away the scoreboard and jumped into the cave.
The ground returned to its original state after he entered, and there was no trace of existence.
The cave was extremely dim, and Ji Chaoyun landed silently. There was a long and narrow corridor in front of him. At the end of the corridor, there was a stone cave.Xu Zixing stood in front of the cave, carefully looking inside.
Ji Chaoyun walked over and put his hand on the opponent's shoulder: "Hey."
"Hush!" Xu Zixing lowered his voice, "It's a black-spotted python, don't wake it up, you brought a few people in—"
He turned his head, but saw that only Ji Chaoyun was behind him.
Xu Zixing was frozen for a long time, and said in astonishment, "You... did you come in alone?"
"Yes." Ji Chaoyun said lightly, "Xu Zixing, make a deal."
The cave was dark and damp, and a giant python occupies the flat ground deep in the cave, sleeping lightly.
Ji Chaoyun and Xu Zixing walked forward silently, and the latter whispered: "Ji Chaoyun, you can think about it again, you can't send a distress signal. How could you and I have been able to fight--"
Ji Chaoyun threatened in a low voice: "If you dare to alarm anyone, I will tell you about your cheating and harm me."
"..." Xu Zixing was silent, before murmured for a while, "What a lunatic..."
Ji Chaoyun is now ranked too low, and he dare not rashly signal to assign the chance of scoring to any yellow-letter disciple.The Kexuan word level and the yellow word level are ranked separately. He and Xu Zixing are the best choice.
Ji Chaoyun asked: "Have you remembered what I just said to you?"
"Remember." Xu Zixing replied with a headache, "The black python is afraid of fire, first destroy his eyes with fire, and then you will entangle him, I will break his heart, right?"
Ji Chaoyun: "Just remember, we only have one chance."
"Of course I know, the question is how do you want to--"
Before he finished his words, Ji Chaoyun raised his hand and threw out two pieces of talisman paper.
The talisman exploded as soon as it covered the black python's pupils, and the black python's pupils ignited fire. It cried out in pain, and its body continued to roll and entangle in pain, its tail slammed against the stone wall, and the whole cave trembled wildly.
Ji Chaoyun drew his sword and pierced the black python head forcefully.
But this black python was covered with hard scale armor. Ji Chaoyun's full-strength sword did not hurt it at all, but was thrown out in the opponent's fierce struggle.Ji Chaoyun's back hit the stone wall, sharp pain came from behind, and the pain turned white in front of him.
Xu Zixing said loudly: "I said no, just your cultivation base—"
His voice stopped abruptly, because the black python's struggle suddenly stopped.
It was startled by the voice, raised its head, and turned to the direction where Xu Zixing was.The flames of the black python's eyes have faded, leaving only two burning hollows, which look very strange and terrible.
One person and one python looked at each other, Xu Zixing seemed to be nailed in place by some force, and a layer of cold sweat instantly oozes from his back.
The black python opened its jaw, let out a roar in its throat, and rushed towards Xu Zixing!
At that moment, Xu Zixing even felt the stench of hot smell in the black python's mouth.The expected pain did not come, Xu Zixing looked at the giant python that was so close at hand that he could almost swallow him in one bite, and realized something.
He tilted his head to look, Ji Chaoyun was standing in the depths of the cave, his hands tightly gripping the tail of the black python, his eyes were as clear as glass.
In the next second, his appearance changed.
Silver dragon scales quickly covered Ji Chaoyun's naked skin, and a dragon's tail stretched out from under him, tightening the black python's body.Ji Chaoyun's body changed rapidly in the dazzling silver light, stretched, and his clothes fell to the ground.
After the light faded, a slender and mighty silver dragon appeared in the depths of the cave.
The scales of the silver dragon's body are crystal clear, glowing with dazzling silver.The dragon is slender, the tail of the silver dragon is tightly wrapped around the body of the black python, and the sharp claws are deeply plunged into the scale armor, nailing the black python to the ground.
One dragon and one python entangled tightly, and the black python kept tumbling in the severe pain, but could not escape the restraint anyway.
Xu Zixing stared at the sight in front of him blankly, even his breathing almost stopped.
This is...Ji Chaoyun?
"What are you doing in a daze?" Ji Chaoyun's voice sounded. Yinlong held the struggling black python's head in one mouth, and suddenly lifted it up, revealing the weakness hidden in the depths of the scales, "attack it seven inches, quickly !"
Suddenly, Xu Zixing awoke, drew out his sword and leaped forward, and the blade instantly penetrated the black python's body.
The black python let out a painful roar, and finally gradually stopped moving under the control of the silver dragon.
"It... is it dead?" Xu Zixing asked with a trembling voice.
Yinlong maintained his original posture. Xu Zixing unfolded the scoreboard and saw that the two of them had increased by ten points at the same time: "Look, we succeeded, we—"
"Xu Zixing." Ji Chaoyun's voice was a little muffled, as if suppressing something, "You go out first."
"How are you..."
"Get out!"
Ji Chaoyun shouted angrily. With the sound of dragon chanting, Xu Zixing's steps to come forward suddenly stopped.Under the real dragon, even if the person's cultivation level is not high, the pressure of the real dragon is still terrifyingly strong.
Xu Zixing swallowed unconsciously, looked at the silver dragon deep in the cave hesitantly, and said for a long time: "Anyway, thank you for saving my life."
Ji Chaoyun did not answer.
"...I'm sorry for what happened before, go out from here, even if you want to report me, I will admit it."
After Xu Zixing said this, he turned and left the cave.
The sound of footsteps disappeared into the cave, and Yinlong's tight body finally relaxed.With a flick of his tail, he threw the black python's body to the corner of the cave, and then turned back into a human body.
Ji Chaoyun picked up a piece of clothing and put it on his body. This action seemed to consume his last strength. Ji Chaoyun fell to his knees and slowly curled his body on the cold ground, with an abnormal red on his face.
So hot……
The dragon clan will usher in a craze period on a regular basis. Perhaps this time is too tired, Ji Chaoyun did not notice it beforehand.It wasn't until he entered the secret realm that he realized that his craze period had advanced.
In these few hours, he forced his cultivation as a suppression. If there is no accident, he should be able to last until the end of the assessment.
But in order to deal with this black python, he had to show his true body.
The abnormal state of the body could no longer be restrained under the rapid consumption of spiritual power, Ji Chaoyun's consciousness gradually became chaotic, and then he was swallowed by the surging emotions.
In a daze, a golden light flew out from the clothes scattered on the ground and turned into a slender figure in front of him.
Ji Chaoyun's eyes were blurred, and he called out a name in a low voice: "Feng...Feng Xiao."