this...

He had no way to defend himself!

He did indeed have a special feeling for Ji Qiyin.

The system continued, "Host, the matter is already settled. So... let's just go with the flow, isn't that better?"

Now that you and Ji Qiyin have become Daoist partners, he will definitely protect you wholeheartedly. You don't need to worry about him betraying you.

Indeed, in Jiang Zui's opinion, slapping the protagonist in the face is both easy and difficult.

He had experienced some small worlds before, and he had disrupted the plots of those worlds, but the paper dolls would still walk back to their original paths.

He fears this time will be the same.

"System, I feel like you... approve of me and Ji Qiyin becoming a couple..." Jiang Zui cautiously probed.

"This...this system is simply providing the host with the simplest task route based on the current development status."

"Alright then." Jiang Zui didn't hold on to it.

The system took a deep breath and thought to itself: Thank goodness!

Ji Qiyin's original form—the Demon-Slaying Sword—was the key to controlling the Demon Soul Cave. Before leaving, Ji Qiyin reinforced the seal.

After leaving the Demon Soul Cave, Jiang Zui took Ji Qiyin directly to the mortal realm.

Although he is a member of the Lingyun Sect, he does not want to show himself yet, as he cannot participate in the competition for places among the four major sects.

However, there is another path to take.

The mortal realm is currently divided into three countries: Great Xia, Great Yan, and Great Jin. Each country is backed by a sect, forming a tripartite balance of power.

The Great Xia Dynasty is backed by the Spirit Medicine Sect, the Great Yan Dynasty has the Spirit Weapon Sect to support it, and the senior disciple of the Spirit Beast Sect is the fifth prince of the Great Jin Dynasty.

Apart from the Lingyun Sect, which prides itself on being the number one sect, it disdains to associate with the secular world.

Each of the four major sects has twenty people, the emperors of the three kingdoms each recommend four people, and the remaining eight spots are reserved for wandering immortals.

Forget about getting a spot as a rogue immortal; there are countless rogue immortals in the cultivation world, and he probably wouldn't be able to snag one even if he tried.

Therefore, the only option was to find a solution among the three kingdoms.

Fortunately, Jiang Zui's mother was the eldest princess of the Great Xia Kingdom.

Jiang Zui's mother, Xia Wei, was a mortal without spiritual roots. However, she fell in love with Jiang Zui's father, Jiang Huai, at first sight while he was away honing his skills. She then pursued him and eventually won him over.

Unfortunately, the lifespan of mortals is ultimately finite.

After Xia Wei's death, Jiang Huai was heartbroken and took Xiao Jiang Zui back to Lingyun Sect.

Jiang Zui vaguely remembered that the current emperor of the Great Xia Kingdom, who was also Jiang Zui's uncle Xia Ming, had been very kind to him when he was a child.

I think I should be able to mediate between them.

After arriving in the Great Xia Kingdom, Jiang Zui did not choose to go to Xia Ming immediately, but instead rented a house.

Jiang Huai left him so much silver that he wouldn't be able to spend it all even in his next life.

Ji Qiyin, having just arrived in the mortal world, was curious about everything and excitedly dragged Jiang Zui around everywhere.

"Jiang Zui, come here quickly, this sword tassel is so beautiful, I want it." Ji Qiyin said excitedly.

Perhaps because Ji Xiyin's prototype is a sword, he is quite interested in sword tassels.

At the beginning, after Jiang Zui explained the sword tassel, Ji Qiyin wanted every beautiful sword tassel he saw.

Jiang Zui once joked that Ji Qiyin was a sword that loved to show off.

Jiang Zui skillfully reached into his purse, ready to pay, but was interrupted by a sharp voice.

"Boss, I'll take this sword tassel. Wrap it up for me."

Jiang Zui looked up and saw a woman dressed in red with hairpins in her hair. She looked both expensive and tacky, like a nouveau riche who wanted to show off all her valuable possessions.

His sharp and sarcastic face was full of provocation.

"This..." The stall owner looked at Jiang Zui and hesitated.

The maid behind the woman suddenly stepped forward and said arrogantly, "Didn't you hear what my young lady said? Hurry up and wrap it up."

"This...but...this young master has already..."

The woman's gaze swept over Jiang Zui and Ji Qiyin for a moment, then she sneered, "Hmph! You two poor bastards, could you possibly afford it?"

Jiang Zui and Ji Qiyin were both exceptionally good-looking compared to ordinary people.

Therefore, when the two went out, they made their faces look ordinary, and they also wore clothes that women had never seen before.

Therefore, the woman in front of him mistook him for a poor man.

"Wait a minute," Jiang Zui said impatiently. "We were the ones who first took a liking to this sword tassel. Judging from your attire, you must be from a noble family. Don't you understand the principle of first come, first served?"

He paused, then added, "Or are you saying that, young lady, you're using your family background to bully the common people?"

Jiang Zui's voice was very loud, and with many people coming and going around, many passersby heard what he said.

The woman blushed and stammered, her face flushed red at Jiang Zui's words.

The woman's name was Li Qianqian, and she was the legitimate daughter of the Prime Minister of the Great Xia Kingdom.

Hearing that Crown Prince Xia Yuan of the Great Xia Dynasty would be here today, she dressed up specially to take the opportunity to bump into him, and casually pointed to something on a small stall.

In the past, she would never have looked at such cheap goods sold at street stalls.

"I am the Prime Minister's legitimate daughter, how dare you be so presumptuous!" Li Qianqian was furious and embarrassed, completely forgetting about Xia Yuan, and only thinking about teaching the two people in front of her a good lesson.

"The Prime Minister's eldest daughter? Is she very powerful?" Ji Xiyin tilted her head and asked Jiang Zui.

"I don't know, but... even if someone is powerful, can they be more powerful than the emperor?"

As soon as Jiang Zui finished speaking, Li Qianqian's face instantly froze.

Immediately afterward, Xia Yuan stepped out from the crowd and shouted, "Who dares to speak so rudely here?"

Upon seeing Xia Yuan, Li Qianqian immediately panicked and hurriedly bowed, saying, "Greetings..."

Before he could finish speaking, Xia Yuan interrupted, "I didn't know that since when has the Great Xia had a prime minister who calls the shots?"

Since the prime minister's youngest son was chosen by the Spirit Medicine Sect, he has become increasingly unrestrained and arrogant, sometimes even disregarding the emperor.

Thinking of this, a hint of something unreadable flashed in Xia Yuan's eyes.

"Your Highness, I...I misspoke. Please forgive me," Li Qianqian pleaded.

Xia Yuan: "Since you know you're wrong, why don't you apologize to the two young masters?"

Hearing this, Li Qianqian felt a little resentful, but with Xia Yuan present, she had no choice but to put on an act and reluctantly said, "I...I'm sorry, I won't buy this hairpin. You can have it."

Then, turning to Xia Yuan, she said, "Your Highness, I have other matters to attend to and will take my leave now."

He shouted, "Xiaoqin, let's go!"

After saying that, without waiting for Xia Yuan's reply, she swaggered away with her maid.

Seeing that the matter was settled, everyone dispersed.

In the end, only Jiang Zui, Ji Qiyin, Xia Yuan, and the stall owner remained.

The stall owner gestured to Jiang Zui with his eyes, "Sir, this sword tassel..."

"wrap up."

As he spoke, he took out a small piece of silver from his purse and handed it to the stall owner, saying, "Keep the change."

"Thank you, sir, thank you so much," the stall owner said repeatedly. "Here, your sword tassel."

Jiang Zui didn't even look at it before shoving it directly into Ji Qiyin's hand.

Then, Jiang Zui smiled at Xia Yuan and said, "Thank you for your help, cousin."

Ok? !

cousin?!

Xia Yuan was stunned when he heard Jiang Zui address him.

"you..."

Jiang Zui smiled and said, "I just heard that young lady address you as Your Highness, and only the Crown Prince can be addressed that way, so I..."

The rest of the sentence was left unsaid, but Xia Yuan already understood.

"You are... Jiang Zui, Jiang's cousin?!"

Although Xia Yuan had never met Jiang Zui, he had heard from the elders in the palace that his only aunt, Xia Wei, had married the immortal Jiang Huai and had a son named Jiang Zui.

Unfortunately, his aunt died young.

After that, his uncle Jiang Huai disappeared with his younger cousin.

"Mm," Jiang Zui nodded in response.

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