Martial God Development Plan

Ji Zhao looked calm and asked, "Why do you think about this?"

"Because of the bet." If Ji Tan had talked about this topic normally, she would have left out of shame. However, she seemed quite calm now, but her voice was a little low. "You made a bet with me a year ago. If you fall in love with someone, you lose... Now, you and Lie Lian have made an engagement. I shouldn't have mentioned this again, but now that there are only you and me here, you might as well tell me the truth. Even if I know, I will never tell anyone else. I will just regard it as a conclusion of the bet between you and me... Ji Zhao, what do you think of Gu Zhibai?"

Ji Zhao was silent, not knowing how to answer for a moment... Gu Zhibai, Ji Zhao's feelings for her were more than complicated. She was a Ning people, which was a demerit. However, as a destroyer from another world, Ji Zhao should treat Ning people and Yan people equally. He was unwilling to admit that he sympathized with the Yan people, so he quietly added a bit of partiality to Gu Zhibai in order to maintain his "equal" attitude.

Putting all this aside, what did that journey of misfortune in the Changchun Mountains mean to Ji Zhao?

Ji Zhao was aware of some of these emotions, but not even he himself was aware of some of them, and he could not tell Ji Tan even one tenth of them.

So, after a long silence, Ji Zhao finally responded.

"She is a friend... Miss Gu is my friend who has been with me through thick and thin. I have no improper thoughts about her."

Ji Tan did not show any doubt, nor was he happy or disappointed. He just asked, "Really?"

"......Um."

Ji Tan looked straight at Ji Zhao: "Don't lie to me."

Ji Zhao responded in a low voice: "I won't lie to you."

"Well, let's pinky promise." Ji Tan stretched out his white little finger... This action was a bit childish, but Ji Zhao didn't laugh. He also stretched out his little finger and pinky promise with Ji Tan.

Ji Zhao's palms were hot because of the hot water, while Ji Tan's hands were a little cold and stiff because of sorting medicinal materials. When the two touched each other, they could feel each other clearly.

Ji Tan hooked Ji Zhao's little finger and continued, "So, up to now, our bet has not ended yet?"

"Ah."

"You haven't fallen in love with anyone yet?"

"Ah."

"That is to say, I haven't won yet... Well, if you fall in love with someone, you must tell me." Perhaps because she leaned forward too much, a strand of Ji Tan's hair that had been behind her ear fell down and rested on Ji Zhao's arm. She spoke as if she didn't notice it, and said in a tone that could not be refused, "This is the condition of the 'bet', you must abide by it."

"......Um."

Ji Zhao still answered with this word. In his impression, he always said this word to Ji Tan, as if he didn't know how to refuse Ji Tan.

Ji Tan finally showed his first smile of the night, which was elegant and refined, like the cherry blossoms in bloom in March, making people unable to take their eyes away.

"Well, it's a deal then!"

Volume 5: The Escape of Humanity: Chapter 51: A Girl's Feelings Are Always Poetic

In the martial arts arena, Ji Zhao was instructing Fu Xieshi as usual.

In fact, after Lie Lian arrived, Ji Zhao was not so short of the money entrusted by Fu Caige. However, since he had accepted the commission, he had to see it through to the end. It was not Ji Zhao's style to abandon it halfway.

As for Fu Xieshi, after many days of training by Ji Zhao, she is now a completely different person. Her moves are more sharp and precise, and less complicated and bloated for the sake of looking good. So much so that Ji Zhao feels a bit struggling to deal with her now.

This kind of effort was certainly unusual. Fu Xieshi was not capable of beating Ji Zhao until he was sweating profusely. It was just because she was a woman, and there would inevitably be some physical contact between Ji Zhao and her, which was inconvenient. So, Ji Zhao always fought with the back of his hand, and his moves mainly relied on pushing away, and he only pointed out her mistakes with words afterwards.

Anyone with a little martial arts experience knows how difficult it is to fight the enemy with the back of the hand instead of the palm. It was okay before, but recently Fu Xieshi's skills have improved, and she saw through Ji Zhao's use of the back of his hand to fight the enemy. An ordinary woman would have been more restrained when realizing this to avoid triggering any embarrassing incidents. However, Fu Xieshi was extremely competitive, and instead of restraining herself, she took the opportunity to take advantage of Ji Zhao's weakness of not being able to use his palm and launched a targeted attack.

Ji Zhao was a figure of high status in the fighting world, so how could he not see through Fu Xieshi's little tricks? He knew that if he didn't take action now, Fu Xieshi would only go further and further in the future. So he didn't indulge her and took advantage of Fu Xieshi's kick to change his backhand to his palm and directly grabbed Fu Xieshi's slender ankle!

"Eh......?"

Fu Xieshi was stunned. She never expected that Ji Zhao, who had fought with her for such a long time without using his palms, would suddenly break the rules. For a moment, she could not think of any move to break the deadlock. On the other hand, Ji Zhao had experienced millions of life and death battles in a virtual world where the physical rules completely restored the reality. After catching the enemy, his body performed a combination of skills almost uncontrollably. He grabbed Fu Xieshi's ankle and pulled hard, causing Fu Xieshi to lose balance and stumble towards Ji Zhao.

Ji Zhao subconsciously raised his elbow. If it was a life-and-death battle, he should have hit Fu Xieshi in the face with his elbow, directly injuring her. However, now it was just a daily sparring that didn't even trigger the characteristics and didn't leave a mark. Ji Zhao retracted his strength and loosened his hand. He even patted Fu Xieshi on the calf to help her regain her balance. However, Fu Xieshi didn't understand Ji Zhao's intention at all. She even thought that Ji Zhao's pat was for some additional attack. She screamed in fright, and her body balance became even worse.

Normally, it would be fine for a warrior to be thrown around like this, and Ji Zhao usually didn't care about it. However, now Fu Xieshi had such a strong desire to attack that she used all her strength in every move, resulting in no energy left for changes. In addition, her legs were apart, and if she fell hard, it would probably be like a dancer who had just entered the industry and whose body was still relatively stiff being forced to do a complete split without any preparation. Something might happen, so Ji Zhao had to reach out and hug her, and his move was light, like a feather.

He exerted a little force to help Fu Xieshi stabilize his body, and then began to teach as usual:

"You used too much force and didn't leave enough time to change. It would be a good thing to catch others' flaws, but——"

Ji Zhao hadn't finished speaking when he was interrupted by Fu Xieshi.

"You...you're cheating!" Fu Xieshi puffed up her cheeks, her cheeks flushed red, and her eyes were a little flustered. As if to suppress this panic, she raised her voice a little and put on a menacing look, "I used to use the back of my hand!"

By the way, most of the people of Ji Zhao's age that he met along the way were relatively mature. The two most exaggerated ones were Gu Zhibai and Han Shou. One of them mastered top-notch martial arts in his teens and infiltrated the enemy country as an agent, and the other grew up in a tiny county town but developed a playboy-like character. In addition, Nan Xue looked mature, but was actually just autistic. Although she gave people the impression of being sensible in daily life, when she really encountered something, she might not know how to deal with it. To some extent, she was a case of 'poor children growing up early'.

Where there are mature ones, there are naturally less mature ones, such as ancient music and Fu Xie poetry.

As for the former, she is already a first-rate master rarely seen in the whole state. With her panel, Liu Wei has already followed Tang Cheng in the uprising and tried to overthrow the world. She might have even dreamed of becoming a king after the success. However, she is scolded like a grandson every day. As for the latter... In fact, the above sentence is enough to make people understand what kind of person this girl is.

"Are you stupid?" Ji Zhao poked Fu Xieshi's forehead with his index finger, making the little girl scream. "In the future, when you meet a mortal enemy, and he says let's have a fair fight, you punch me and I hit you back, and you do the same, and then he takes out a knife and stabs you to death. When you go to the underworld and people ask you how you died, you must not say you were stabbed to death. You should say you died of stupidity."

Fu Xieshi was upset when she heard this, but she couldn't find any rebuttal words for a while. If it was before, she would definitely lose her temper, but after staying in Luohe Pavilion for more than a year, her old bad habits have been worn away a lot. She just asked in a low voice: "Then, will you still use your palms in the future?"

"Maybe I'll even poke your eyeballs with my fingers." Ji Zhao threatened her, "Don't ask such stupid questions. There's nothing useless in battle."

Ji Zhao was about to ask Fu Xieshi to go back and stand up to start a new round of sparring when a disciple came over. He was a new student who had just entered the academy this year and shouted, "Senior Brother Ji, Master Mo wants you to go to the Sutra Library."

Ji Zhao asked: "Now?"

"Yes."

"I understand." Ji Zhao nodded and said to Fu Xieshi, "Well, let's stop here for today. We don't have classes the day after tomorrow afternoon, so we can practice then."

Fu Xieshi responded reluctantly: "Hmm..."

Seeing her like this, Ji Zhao thought that she was mad at him for not finishing the class, and found it a little funny. He said, "I will charge you for half a class. I'm not a shameless profiteer."

This sentence was reasonable, however, someone somehow annoyed Fu Xieshi. He was a little surprised at first, but then he reacted, his eyes showing a lot of anger. He glared at Ji Zhao fiercely, and without saying anything, he took medium-sized steps, stomped on the ground very hard, making a thudding sound, and walked away.

Volume 5: Escape 1: Chapter 52: Summer School Arrangements

When we arrived at the Sutra Repository, we saw a few freshmen who were doing horse stance so hard that their legs were shaking. This is considered a traditional activity of Luohe Pavilion.

Ordinary sects don't actually have such a thing as a Sutra Library, because they don't have so many skills and martial arts. Important secret manuals are either kept closely by important figures in the sect, or hidden in certain places. Those that have Sutra Library are either large sects with a long history like Shaolin Temple, or sects like Luohe Pavilion that started out by copying from the magic cults.

As for the protective measures of the Sutra Repository, Luohe Pavilion was not too concerned. Therefore, many freshmen who had just entered the pavilion would inevitably have some evil thoughts. For example, Gu Qu wanted to conspire with Ji Zhao to sneak into the Sutra Repository to learn peerless magic skills. Needless to say, the result was that the person who was caught had to squat in a horse stance until she could not walk. In the end, Ji Zhao carried her back to the dormitory. Fortunately, this person was like Ji Tan and Fu Xieshi, both of whom were born with a martial arts foundation and had no extra fat. If it was someone like Gu Zhibai, Ji Zhao would probably have to bite the bullet and say, "Brother Gu, why are your pectoral muscles so exaggerated?"

Ji Zhao's gaze did not linger for long, and soon fell on Mo Yu, who was reading a book with a stern face.

"Master Mo, are you looking for me?"

"Yeah." Mo Yu responded and knocked on the table. There was a letter on it. "Take a look."

Ji Zhao opened the letter, which came from the Yishan School. The general meaning was that a year ago, in Wuling City, Xiu Yiyin saw the scene of Ji Zhao fighting with Gu Zhibai, and he could not forget it. He had planned to visit him later, but he did not expect that the incident with Taoist Dong happened. Now Xiu Yiyin had been fighting outside and happened to return to Lizhou. Hearing that Ji Zhao had almost recovered, he wanted to go to Luohe Pavilion and have a sword fight with Ji Zhao.

Sword fighting is a term used in the martial arts world. It means not using internal energy during a fight, but only competing in fighting skills. It is a relatively niche form of fighting in the martial arts world. After all, a martial artist is a martial artist because he has internal energy. Not using internal energy is a bit funny.

Ji Zhao finished reading the letter and seemed to be thinking about something.

"What do you think?" Mo Yu obviously knew the content of the letter, "Do you want to fight?"

"I can do either, but fighting just for the sake of fighting is meaningless. It would be better if there were some prizes." Ji Zhao put down the letter, "However, this sword master is a belligerent. It's been more than a year, and he still remembers me... In a sword fight, he won't be happy if he wins, but if he loses, he will suffer."

When it comes to sword fighting, winning doesn't mean anything, but if you lose, you'll lose face. Although it may sound a bit hypocritical, it's the truth.

"They are willing." Mo Yu said succinctly, "A prize, right... I see. I will write them back later. They will come to Luohe Pavilion in about half a month. Sword fighting is not a formal martial arts competition. Xiu Yiyin is the future master of the Blood Lotus Sword and has practiced martial arts for seven or eight years more than you. You don't have to take this fight too seriously, whether you win or lose. Do you understand?"

It's hard to say who practices more...

Ji Zhao complained in his heart and said with a smile: "Yeah, I know."

"Well, that's it."

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It was late at night, the moonlight was bright, Mo Yu took some clean clothes and went to the bathhouse.

It was already late at this time, and almost all the disciples had gone to sleep. There was not a single female disciple in the bathhouse, except for Han Gongqiu and Huo Shuizhu who had just arrived.

"Good evening, Xiao Yu'er." Han Gongqiu had a towel folded on her head and spoke lazily. She was considered the most hardworking person in Luohe Pavilion. She had many duties and was exhausted every day. Therefore, she often targeted Yunxiao who was lazy every day, "Did you have a hard time today?"

Mo Yu entered the water. She had gotten used to Han Gongqiu's private address to her, and her voice was cold: "It's okay, just like before."

"You have a good side." Han Gongqiu sighed, "Can't Pavilion Master recruit two more people?"

However, a first-rate master with a clean background and no power is not a pushover. Han Gongqiu also felt that what he said was meaningless, so he changed the subject.

"Speaking of which, Xiao Yu'er, there seem to be some strange rumors circulating among the new disciples."

Mo Yu's eyes swept across the chests of the two silently, and she felt the great injustice of the Creator, and then she sank herself down silently until the hot water reached her chin, and then she said against her somewhat dull chest: "What?"

"It's Ji Zhao." Han Gongqiu laughed, "They said that you were very nice to Ji Zhao. Maybe you said something stupid like that."

Before Mo Yu could speak, Huo Shuizhu beside him was furious. He slapped the water surface next to him fiercely, causing a huge splash: "Who said that?!"

"Calm down, Shuizhu, you're always like this, making the Pavilion Master afraid to let you lead the team." Han Gongqiu, who was insulted by Shui Hua, sighed, wiped his face with a towel, and then waved his hand lazily, "But it's not difficult for me to understand these words. After all, Xiao Yu'er, you scold everyone you see, 365 days a year, and you always scold idiots, but you never scold Ji Zhao. You even said some encouraging words to him today. This is the first time, right? Many people stay here for three years, and only hear a good word from you on the day they leave the Pavilion."

Mo Yu's expression was calm, without any sign of anger: "Ji Zhao is intelligent, diligent, hardworking, gentle, and behaves like an elder brother. Although as a teacher, I shouldn't be partial, but no one is perfect. I am indeed very satisfied with him."

She said something that could easily be misunderstood, but her attitude was truly righteous and it seemed that she had a clear conscience. Seeing this, Han Gongqiu and Huo Shuizhu were too lazy to mention the matter again.

"...I feel quite strange." Han Gongqiu said, "From your perspective, it's a compliment to have the attitude of a brother, but from my perspective, it's not a good thing. He should not have the attitude of a Pavilion Master. Shuizhu, what do you think?"

Huo Shuizhu went straight to the point and said, "If Pavilion Master is not the Pavilion Master, a hundred lives would not be enough to die."

"You're welcome..." Han Gongqiu laughed, "But that kid is also troubled. I don't know how to arrange this year's summer school. I feel that if I don't handle it well, something bad will happen again. The Pavilion Master summoned me today and said that the summer school should just take this kid to the martial arts conference."

Mo Yu said: "Why not ask him to stay in Luohe Pavilion to practice? Why bother going all the way to Wangzhou?"

Huo Shuizhu said, "No, no... Master Mo, in my opinion, with Ji Minghui's luck, he will get into trouble if he stays in Luohe Pavilion. Maybe some remnants of the Demon Cult will come to attack us. It just so happens that the masters and disciples of Luohe Pavilion are out at that time, and the power inside is empty. This kid will be in trouble."

This was a bit outrageous. Luohe Pavilion was the police station of Wulin. If someone knocked on Luohe Pavilion's door, it would be tantamount to provoking the entire Wulin righteousness. However, after Huo Shuizhu said this, Mo Yu and Han Gongqiu fell silent, thinking that this statement made sense.

"This is the Three Days of Calamity, right?"

Finally, Han Gongqiu let out a long sigh. Because of Xiaoyaofeng's gossip, all the disciples and masters in Luohe Pavilion knew about Ji Zhao drawing out the Three Heavenly Evils. As for Ji Tan's Three Earthly Evils, since marriage was a matter related to women's secrets, it was kept tightly by several people.

"I don't know what sin that kid has committed to deserve the attention of God."

Volume 5: The Escape of the Human Race: Chapter 53: Seeing Xiu Yiyin Again

In early March, the future master of the Blood Lotus Sword, Yishan's chief swordsman Xiu Yiyin arrived at Luohe Pavilion.

During this year, this sword master made a name for himself. He fought from south to north and from west to east, and won almost all the victories, thus becoming famous. In the words of later generations, he is now a standard star player, and a person who has both strength and fame. He was one of the favorites to win the Youth Heroes Conference, and the fame of Gu Zhibai, who defeated him, also rose. Unfortunately, Gu Zhibai's fame was short-lived, and there was no news about her afterwards, leaving those who wanted to pay attention to her at a loss as to where to start, and she gradually became unknown.

The same is true for Ji Zhao. A year ago, he had the opportunity to be packaged as the reincarnation of Duke Wu'an by the court, but neither he nor the official took it seriously, so the matter was handled coldly. To this day, almost the entire Shenzhou knows that someone has activated Qingshan Bu Gai, but if the name Ji Zhao is mentioned in front of them, most people will still feel unfamiliar, and they have to be reminded of the key words before they can remember who this is. However, at least Gu Qu firmly believes that Ji Zhao is the reincarnation of Duke Wu'an. She has even constructed a set of self-consistent theories. God have mercy on her, how difficult this is for Gu Qu!

As for Luohe Pavilion, perhaps because they had exhausted their luck with the emergence of Liu Hanying, they hadn't produced a 'star player' like Xiu Yiyin for many years. Upon hearing that this person was coming to visit, everyone came over to see if he really had three heads and six arms.

As for why they are so enthusiastic, there are a few reasons. Firstly, many of them came to Luohe Pavilion for social tasks. If they have a chance to make friends, they must seize it. Secondly...it must be said that Xiu Yiyin's appearance is indeed outstanding.

It may sound a bit cliché, but we have to admit that appearance is the most primitive and direct way for one person to understand another. Xiu Yiyin has jet-black hair, an odd appearance, and is so handsome that it is difficult to tell whether he is male or female. He is a real hormone harvester. It is conceivable that if he were a woman, he would definitely be in the same class as Ji Tan and Fu Caige.

If this was the case, it would only attract the interest of the female disciples at most. However, when Ji Zhao passed by several male disciples, he heard that Senior Brother Lu Dangkoulu, who was usually very generous, said these words in a mysterious tone to those disciples who shouted "I really want to be scolded by Master Mo" when they were drunk.

"Do you think this sword master is a woman dressed as a man?"

There was actually a hint of restlessness in these words, which shocked Ji Zhao for a hundred years and frightened him so much that he accelerated his escape from these perverts.

Unfortunately, Xiu Yiyin didn't like being surrounded by a bunch of people, so the two eventually came to an empty courtyard, accompanied by a warrior from the Yishan school and Mo Yu. They were responsible for watching over the situation in the field to prevent any accidents from happening during the sword fight... Normally speaking, with the level of cultivation of Ji Zhao and Xiu Yiyin, there wouldn't be any accidents in a fight without using internal energy, and they could just burst out the internal energy at the critical moment. But some things still had to be guarded against, because when the sword fight really got intense, who would have the mind to hold on to prepare for the burst of internal energy?

"You said you wanted a little gamble?"

The two had met once a year ago. If someone who was eloquent and good at socializing had come over, perhaps they could have staged a long-awaited reunion and a joyful scene. However, Xiu Yiyin obviously had no such intention. He went straight to the point in a calm voice.

"It sounds like you are very confident in yourself."

"I've heard a saying," Ji Zhao said, "Even if a gambler is addicted to gambling, if all the chips are removed and there is no interest in winning or losing, then the gambler will soon get tired of it... I just don't want to fight a meaningless battle."

Xiu Yiyin's eyes narrowed: "Do you think that our fight is meaningless?"

This question is actually not easy to answer. If this battle is meaningless, why would Xiu Yiyin come to find Ji Zhao?

Ji Zhao said: "At least that's the case for me."

As he spoke, his eyes fell on Xiu Yiyin. After a year of high-intensity fighting, the common characteristics of Xiu Yiyin's martial arts literacy had grown sufficiently, and his comprehensive assessment had reached B. Now, if he were to face Gu Zhibai again, I'm afraid he would be able to win... Even a year ago, the strength of the two was actually about the same, but Xiu Yiyin suffered from underestimating the enemy and fighting in a repetition battle.

Xiu Yiyin said coldly: "Is it meaningless for you to hone your physique for bloody battles?"

Ji Zhao said: "Fighting with you can indeed hone my bloody fighting physique...but it's not a sword fight."

"Heh..." Faced with such impolite words, Xiu Yiyin was not angry, but sneered, "Okay, then add some spice... What do you want?"

Ji Zhao said: "Ru Meng Ling... I want Tianguan Ru Meng Ling!"

This is really an exorbitant request. Sword fighting should be considered a relatively friendly exchange, equivalent to a friendly match. Normally speaking, even if there are prizes, they will not be too expensive. And the value of Tianguan Rumeng Order... Let's put it this way, if there are enough Tianguan Rumeng Orders, Xiu Yiyin will not need to run around to challenge strong enemies.

The reason why Ji Zhao wanted the Tianguan Rumeng Order was because he felt that some of his public characteristics had reached their limits, and he could break through as long as there was a suitable battle. In reality, he couldn't find a suitable battle. Even if he did, he was carrying so many things and couldn't risk his life at every turn. Therefore, only the Tianguan Rumeng Order could help him.

Faced with Ji Zhao's huge demand, Xiu Yiyin agreed without hesitation. As the future master of the Blood Lotus Sword, he had the right to indulge himself occasionally... What's more, he had the same idea as Ji Zhao, that as long as they won, they wouldn't have to pay anything.

"Okay, but if you lose..."

Ji Zhao said: "Of course I will also pay you the Tianguan Rumeng Order."

"You have?"

"General Lie has it."