Aunt, please don't chase me. I don't want to be the emperor.

Ji Xian kicked off and continued to leap towards the top of the mountain. Ye Mingqiu leaped down and landed at the foot of Qiankun Mountain. He then looked up at the mountain to see what secrets it held that could prevent two masters from reaching the summit.

Ji Xian was still the same, constantly jumping and climbing towards higher iron stakes, but no matter how long he jumped, he seemed to be spinning in the same place, with no feeling of climbing higher.

However, the sound that seemed like the operation of a mechanism inside the mountain continued. To be honest, the sound was very small. If it weren't for Ji Xian's level of perception, most people probably wouldn't be able to hear it.

Ye Mingqiu, who was observing at the foot of the mountain, noticed some problems at this time.

"This is....."

Ye Mingqiu's eyes were focused, and the hand that was fanning him couldn't help but speed up.

Ji Xian danced for a long time before stopping and looking down the mountain: "Brother Ye, did you see anything?"

"I see some, but I'm not sure."

"How to say?"

"Brother Ji, please speed up, the faster the better."

"why."

"You'll find out soon."

Ye Mingqiu smiled and kept Ji Xian in suspense.

Although Ji Xian hated it, she still did it and said, "If you dare to play tricks on me, I won't forgive you."

3.12 His Majesty the Emperor's Rise

Ji Xian concentrated her spiritual power on her feet, then used her lightness skills to reach the top. Although she needed to hide her strength and did not display her Yangshen magical power, her speed was already as fast as the wind, like a streak of light running up the mountain.

As Ji Xian accelerated, Ye Mingqiu finally saw where the problem lay.

"That's it, that's it."

Ye Mingqiu smiled and said that the mystery that was originally unsolvable was finally solved, and his mind suddenly became clear.

In Ye Mingqiu's eyes, this towering and huge Qiankun Mountain, with iron stakes inserted into the mountain, came alive!

Oh no, it can't be said to be alive, it should be described as mysterious and exquisite. Because in Ye Mingqiu's sight, every time Ji Xian jumped onto another iron stake, the surrounding iron stakes would move.

That’s not right. It’s not the iron stakes that are moving, but the rocks on which the stakes are inserted that are moving!

The iron stakes and rocks around Ji Xian would move and change their positions constantly, but Ji Xian didn't see them because other iron stakes and rocks blocked his sight, so he didn't see the changes.

Since the surrounding iron stakes will change, Ji Xian's jumping route can naturally be changed, making it impossible for him to go straight up. He must bypass some areas where the iron stakes are too dense or there are no iron stakes, so that he can continue to climb.

Then, an even more magical scene was that this huge mountain seemed like a turntable, which would continue to rotate as Ji Xian jumped, thereby changing the overall order of the iron stake array, including Ji Xian's position.

Such changes in order, coupled with Ji Xian's inability to move forward in a straight line, have caused her to remain stagnant.

It's like filling a bottle with water and putting a fish in it. Even if the fish wants to swim out of the bottle, the bottle keeps spinning. If it can't find the correct direction in the rotation, the fish will never be able to swim out.

As Ji Xian continued to accelerate, the rotation and movement of the mountain rocks also accelerated. This law was finally completely mastered by Ye Mingqiu.

It's gossip.

No wonder this mountain is called Qiankun Mountain. So that's why.

After figuring out the trick and mastering the rules, Ye Mingqiu smiled and sent a message to Ji Xian: "Brother Ji, stop. I have mastered the rules of the formation of this mountain."

"Oh." Ji Xian stopped when she heard the voice and looked at Ye Mingqiu at the foot of the mountain: "What should I do next?"

"Brother Ji, do you know gossip?"

"Know something."

"Next, I will show you what to do based on the eight trigrams. Just follow my instructions." Ye Mingqiu looked at Ji Xian's current position, thought for a moment, and said, "Li, move up three poles."

Ji Xian used her lightness skills to jump straight up over three iron poles.

At an angle that Ji Xian could not see, the iron rod formation on the Qiankun Mountain was changing again.

"Xun, move two poles."

Ji Xian moved towards the upper left corner.

"Zhen character, move five poles."

"Kan character, three poles down."

"Dui word, retreat one pole."

At the Kan and Dui stages, Ji Xian was actually moving downward and backward, in other words, going in circles. But Ji Xian could clearly feel that she was moving upward.

I had been standing still, but now I am moving upwards.

The Bagua formation cast on the mountain would constantly change as the entrant moved, trapping them and preventing them from reaching the summit. However, if the entrant could control their movement during the formation's changes and follow the flow, they could even let the formation carry them upward, like a spiritual ladder.

Ye Mingqiu kept transmitting messages at the foot of the mountain, using the eight trigrams to instruct Ji Xian on how to proceed. Ji Xian executed perfectly, not missing a single step, and moving forward step by step!

"Kun, move two poles."

"The word 'Qian' means three strokes down."

Ji Xian used her lightness skills to jump to the position indicated by the word "Kun", but she did not step on the iron pole. Instead, she grabbed the iron pole and jumped again. After a somersault, she jumped to the position indicated by the word "Qian".

When the pole dropped, Ye Mingqiu's voice came again: "Li Zi, ten poles!"

Ji Xian kept jumping upwards, grabbing the iron pole and climbing up with lightness skills, step by step, getting higher and higher!

As they climbed higher and higher, Ji Xian's figure gradually became more and more relaxed and at ease, with a confident smile on her face. In some places, she even knew what to do without Ye Mingqiu's instructions. Her comprehension speed was very fast.

And all these scenes were seen by the Tianji Pavilion.

As the first group to land on the island, Ji Xian and Ye Mingqiu have been observed by the Tianji Pavilion using magic weapons and spells. Their every move is watched by the eight gate masters in the Tianji Pavilion's Observatory.

Seeing Ji Xian gradually moving forward, the leader of the Dui Sect, Ze Duizi, stroked his beard with satisfaction: "Not bad, these two little guys, they actually saw through the Tianyuan Bagua Formation so quickly."

This Qiankun Mountain was transformed by Jiang Shanggong thousands of years ago into a mountain of mechanical devices. The Tianyuan Bagua Formation was engraved on the mountain for the disciples in the pavilion to practice and study.

Now that the recruitment trial method has been modified, the Tianyuan Bagua Formation is used here.

Shui Kanzi also nodded and said, "Well, these two people must understand the method of Bagua, otherwise it would be impossible for them to master the rules in such a short time."

"Whether or not they are the Five Saints, these two are both very talented. I don't know how old they are."

"Yes."

The leaders of Tianji Pavilion began to discuss and were generous with their praise for Ji Xian and Ye Mingqiu.

Only Jiang Shanggong had been sitting deep in the attic, staring intently at Ji Xian projected on the star map. His eyes looked very serious, as if he was confirming something.

Jiang Shanggong was not confirming that the Five Saints were not destined by heaven. He looked at Ji Xian like this because he felt that Ji Xian's figure was very similar to a person, a person... who had once challenged his Tianji Pavilion's peerless master with just one sword.

At that time, the eight leaders of Tianji Pavilion came out together, and the eight Yang Gods joined forces to fight, but were defeated.

Even if he was Jiang Shang Gong, he could not defeat that man's sword.

Great Zhou, Ji Taibai...

Jiang Shanggong felt that the figure of the young man in red in the star map projection was surprisingly similar to Ji Taibai from back then. It wasn't his physical appearance, but his carefree and relaxed state of mind, his ever-increasing attitude.

Looks like, so much like...

.......

After about another stick of incense, Ji Xian finally climbed out of the range of the Tianyuan Bagua formation and climbed onto the normal part of the mountain. At this point, he no longer needed Ye Mingqiu's instructions; he could climb up on his own.

"Huh, finally reached the top of the mountain. Acting was really tiring."

After reaching the top of the mountain, Ji Xian muttered a complaint under her breath.

He had been acting the whole time. It wasn't that he needed Ye Mingqiu's instructions to move within the formation, but that he had other methods of breaking the formation but hadn't used them. Ji Xian's hidden method of breaking the formation was to use force to break the formation and cut a path through it.

With his strength and the sharpness of Princess Tianhui, it is enough to split the mountain directly.

If Ye Mingqiu hadn't been watching, and if Ji Xian hadn't been afraid of being discovered by the Tianji Pavilion, she would have done this long ago. How could she have been trapped in this Bagua Formation for so long?

But to be honest, the Tianyuan Bagua Formation is indeed powerful. If Ji Xian cannot break the formation by force but relies on clever methods, he doesn't know how long it will take to climb to the top of the mountain.

This is indeed part of the Tianji Pavilion trial, but as a trial, isn’t the difficulty a bit too advanced?

Forget it, I don’t want to think about it anymore. At least it has been confirmed that this is indeed part of the trial, so it’s not a waste of effort.

After reaching the summit, Ji Xian discovered that some spiritual fruits and vegetables were indeed planted and displayed on the mountaintop. He immediately took out the recipe book and selected the spiritual ingredients he needed based on the illustrations on it.

"This, this, and this..."

Ji Xian quickly picked out all the things, brought out a bag from the town of Jinhua Island, stuffed everything in it, then left the top of the mountain and jumped down to meet Ye Mingqiu.

After calculating the time, the two decided to go to Qingshui'an, Jinhua Island to catch fish and collect the main ingredients of silver flower fish cake.

3.13 His Majesty the Emperor starts cursing

Liuhua fish is a kind of marine fish. In terms of size and ability, it can only be considered as a relatively weak type among marine creatures, and is not much different from ordinary fish in the Central Plains.

But this fish has a characteristic, that is, it is extremely intelligent and can effectively avoid natural enemies and greatly increase its survival rate. In addition, its reproductive capacity is very strong, so this kind of fish is a very common type in the sea.

By nature, the Floating Flower Fish prefers to linger near islands during high tide, as larger fish in the ocean cannot approach shallow waters, while the Floating Flower Fish, with its small size, can navigate shallow waters. Hiding in the shallows during high tide allows them to effectively avoid predators, making them very safe during this period. They retreat to the deep sea during low tide.

But it is only very safe, not absolutely safe.

Because in addition to their natural enemies in the sea, there are also humans on land who specialize in catching them.

When Ji Xian and Ye Mingqiu arrived at the coast, they found that there were many ships and some contestants who had just landed on the island. Obviously, many people had already landed on the island.

However, the only person fishing at the moment is an old man.

The old man sat on the rocks on the shore, wearing a windproof coat and a hat on his head, holding a fishing rod in his hand, fishing in the rising tide, motionless like a statue.

When Ji Xian and Ye Mingqiu walked over, the old man turned around and looked at them. Before they could speak, he said, "Are you here to fish?"

"Yes." Ye Mingqiu stepped forward first, cupping his hands and saying politely, "Old sir, we are here to fish for mullet. Could you give us some advice? This fish should..."

Before Ye Mingqiu finished speaking, the old man reached out to the side and threw the fishing rod directly to the two of them.

Ji Xian and Ye Mingqiu took it, and then the old man said to them: "Just take the rod and find a place to fish. There is still an hour before the tide goes out."

However, Ji Xian looked at the fishing rod and found that there was no bait on the hook. She immediately shouted, "Old man, there is no bait on the hook. How can we fish?"

"He who wishes will take the bait."

The old man said these four words and then ignored Ji Xian and Ye Mingqiu.

This made Ji Xian and Ye Mingqiu very confused.

The two of them took their fishing rods and found a deserted beach. On the way, Ji Xian complained to Ye Mingqiu, "What's the point of 'a willing fish takes the bait'? Can this fish actually bite the hook on its own?"

Ye Mingqiu looked thoughtful, looking at the baitless fishing rod in his hand and said, "Historical Records, during the reign of King Zhou of Shang, there was an old man named Jiang in the Wei River. He often sat by the river, fishing with a baitless rod."

Upon hearing this, Ji Xian asked him, "Are you talking about Lord Jiang Shang?"

"Yes."

"Is Lord Jiang Shang mentally ill?"

"Ahem, Brother Ji, be careful with your words."

"Then why would he fish without bait if he had nothing to do after eating?"

Ji Xian's daily life was packed with reviewing memorials, practicing martial arts, attending classes on government affairs, presiding over the imperial examinations, and so on. She simply didn't have the time to absorb so many historical allusions. Consequently, he described Jiang Shanggong's deeds as a case of having nothing to do.

Ye Mingqiu had been well-read since childhood and was familiar with most of the ancient and modern events, so he knew this allusion.

So, Ye Mingqiu told Ji Xian: "Brother Ji, you may not know this story about Lord Jiang Shang. Back then, during the Shang and Qi dynasties..."

.....

At the end of the Shang Dynasty, Emperor Zhou was cruel and ruthless, and the people were living in dire straits. The princes from all over the country rose up and launched an uprising of an extremely large scale to resist the tyranny of the Shang Dynasty.

Among them was a prince named King Wu of Qi, who later became the founding emperor of the Qi Dynasty.

At that time, there was an old man named Jiang who often fished with a baitless fishing rod by the Wei River, attracting the attention of local people. The news gradually spread and reached the ears of King Wu of Qi, who sent people to invite him, but the old man ignored him.

Later, King Wu of Qi sent an official, but the old man just smiled and said, "I want to go fishing."

The officer asked, "Old man, your hook has no bait. No matter how long you wait, you won't catch any fish."

The old man still smiled and said: "The fish I want to catch is not an ordinary fish, it is the Ziwei star that has descended to the earth."

The official went back to report to King Wu of Qi, who then realized that the old man was a genius. So he fasted for three days, bathed and changed his clothes, and went to invite the old man in person with the courtesy of a thousand-year-old duke, asking the old man to come out of seclusion to help him end this turbulent and chaotic world.

The old man agreed to conquer the world with King Wu of Qi.