Why do you always want to be my Taoist partner?

"Nothing." Jiang Li smiled, "What were you doing just now?"

"I was practicing swordplay in the yard, and I saw Lingyin's disciple run into the room crying, and then run out crying again. What did you do to her?"

"Nothing." Jiang Li answered innocently, looking at Wen Liqing in front of him wearing a maid dress, "I want to sleep for a while."

"Ah."

Wen Liqing nodded gently, and Jiang Li followed her into the courtyard and came to Wen Liqing's room. Wen Liqing's room was very monotonous. Jiang Li ran to her bed and covered her with her quilt. Wen Liqing sat beside the bed and asked softly, "Do you want me to accompany you?"

"Yeah."

So Wen Liqing sat on the edge of the bed, took off her maid's long skirt, and hid her breasts in the white tube top under the skirt. She still wore white silk stockings on her legs. She also curled up in Jiang Li's quilt, lying on each side of Jiang Li. After a while, Jiang Li turned sideways towards her and buried his cheek in her chest.

Wen Liqing hesitated for a moment, then gently hugged Jiang Li and said in a gentle voice, "Go to sleep."

Her hand gently patted Jiang Li's back, as if she was coaxing a naive child.

Chapter 346: Chapter I've played it first

Ji Tongtong wiped away her tears before returning to the courtyard where she lived with her master.

Lingyin was standing under the tree at the moment, looking at the gaps between the leaves. She was so absorbed in her concentration that Ji Tongtong did not say anything. She stood quietly beside her for a long time until Lingyin turned her head.

"His piano skills..."

Ling Yin shook her head, indicating that Ji Tongtong didn't need to continue.

Although Ji Tongtong was a little surprised, she still kept her mouth shut. However, she thought of something else and a bit of shame and anger appeared on her face. "Master, that guy... doesn't look like a good person at first glance."

There was a helpless smile at the corner of Lingyin's lips.

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"Did you have a nightmare?" Wen Liqing was awakened by Jiang Li who suddenly woke up.

At this moment, Jiang Li was sitting on the bed, breathing heavily, with beads of sweat appearing on his forehead. After a while, he responded to Wen Liqing's words, "It's okay."

He just dreamed again of the knife that stabbed into his chest. The pain seemed extremely clear even in his dream, but what he was afraid of was not the pain, but the girl's tearful eyes.

Jiang Li hurriedly sat up from the bed. It was already evening. He opened the window. Outside the window, a spring rain was as heavy as oil, dotting the mountains in front of him with colorful lights.

Wen Liqing walked behind him, gently hugged his waist, and put her cheek against his back. She didn't say anything, but her embrace was very warm. After a while, Jiang Li turned around and said, "I'm fine."

Wen Liqing let go of the hand that was holding him and said, "Do you want to go to the Heavenly Road to have a look?"

"Let's go and have a look."

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Mu Xuezhi had gone to the Heavenly Ascension Road before, and her figure could be seen in the projection below the Heavenly Ascension Road. But at this moment, everyone's attention was not on Mu Xuezhi, but on another woman in a black dress.

It’s orchid.

Although she is only half a century old, her aura of cultivation almost suffocates all the disciples on the Road to Heaven. She has already reached the 962nd floor, and her steps do not seem heavy at all. Mu Xuezhi is now on the 700th floor, and it seems that this is not her limit yet. Her sword skills have actually become much stronger in recent times, and Jiang Li can sense this clearly.

It was also because of her improvement in sword skills that she was able to break through to the Second Level of Supreme Saint so easily.

Jiang Li and Wen Liqing appeared here and set foot on the road to heaven together. The restrictions of several hundred layers in front of the road to heaven were like nothing to them. However, after an incense stick of time, they had reached the 900th layer.

Jiang Li did not feel any obstruction along the way, even on the stairs going up to the 900th floor. When he reached the 985th floor, Youlan happened to stop there.

The two looked at each other, then looked away, speechless.

Youlan's eyes were as cold as a piece of eternal ice.

Jiang Li no longer looked at him and continued to move forward. He had previously promised to climb the stairs with Wen Liqing. Now the two continued to move forward and soon entered the 990th floor and above. With the combined efforts of the two, two hours later, Jiang Li and Wen Liqing stood on the steps of the 996th floor.

Jiang Li's face showed a solemn expression.

He thought that at this moment he had learned the sword skills of the Dark Moon Immortal and had completely mastered the rules of heaven and earth. Nothing with the sword skills on the road to heaven should be able to stump him. But at this moment, as he faced the last three steps, an inexplicable uneasiness arose in his heart.

"I advise you not to even think about climbing these three steps until you are fully prepared."

The voice of Dark Moon Immortal suddenly sounded beside Jiang Li's ears. Jiang Li was startled. "You have been here too?"

"I've sneaked in before."

"Where did you reach when you climbed the stairs?"

"That's where you are standing now."

"What exactly is the road to heaven?"

"It is rumored that if you can reach the top, it means that the rules of this world will no longer be able to restrain you. Then... you can ascend to the upper realm."

"Ascension?"

"There are many ways to ascend to heaven, and the Path to Heaven is one of them. If you can pass all the trials of the Path to Heaven, it means you have reached the point where you can ascend."

"No one has ascended in the past few thousand years."

"Why ascend?" asked the Dark Moon Immortal indifferently.

In fact, this is the truth. If one practices to the tenth level of the Saint, one can truly attract the thunder tribulation that breaks through the sky and overcomes the tribulation. As long as one can withstand that thunder tribulation, it is rumored that one can ascend to the upper realm. However, no one has ascended for thousands of years. In fact, the reason is simple. If Canglan Domain is a novice village, and one has already practiced to the maximum level in the novice village, why bother going to a bigger world to be a punching bag for others?

But Dabai said that sooner or later he would take this journey to the heaven and walk to the end of the road. Dabai... does he want him to ascend to heaven?

What is the purpose of ascension?

Jiang Li and Wen Liqing stopped here. Jiang Li could vaguely sense that the three steps behind the road to heaven were not something he could touch now. Wen Liqing had gained a lot along the way. Jiang Li accompanied her to the 996th floor again and taught Wen Liqing the trick to break through this level.

A few months ago, Jiang Li's sword skills were only slightly better than Wen Liqing's, but now the difference is almost like heaven and earth.

"You're walking too fast." Dark Moon's voice suddenly sounded in his ears.

"Too fast?"

"You are moving too fast, but you have never stopped to think about the purpose of your sword. You have talent but no sword heart. What's more, you have been obsessed with it. Be careful not to lose yourself one day."

"The purpose of holding the sword..." Jiang Li murmured silently in his heart, and then asked An Yue, "What about you? What was your purpose in holding the sword?"

"To repay a favor." Dark Moon replied calmly.

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On their way down the mountain, Jiang Li and Wen Liqing met Youlan again.

At this moment, Youlan was already standing on the 993rd step. She climbed the steps alone. Although she had the cultivation of a supreme saint, her situation did not seem to be much better. Jiang Li could feel her weakness at the moment and wanted to persuade her to have a good rest. But after thinking carefully, anyone could say this except him.

She is working so hard now just to take revenge on him.

So Jiang Li had to pretend not to see it and went down the mountain with Wen Liqing. He asked Wen Liqing about Youlan's recent situation. Wen Liqing's answer was that Youlan had been practicing very hard in the past six months, even to the point of being desperate. She had gone astray in sword practice several times and was pulled back every time. Until now, her sword skills could not defeat Youlan. If Youlan fell into obsession again in the future, she would not know what to do.

As the two were talking, they walked down the Heavenly Road. However, they saw that the Sword Sect disciples were all looking into the distance. In the distance, a spirit boat and a fire phoenix appeared in the sky. Jiang Li recognized the spirit boat; it was the Demon Emperor's spirit boat.

Jiang Li naturally recognized the Fire Phoenix as his dear Aunt Zhu.

Jiang Li was standing next to Wen Liqing at this moment. For some reason, he suddenly felt guilty. The spirit boat quickly disappeared. Su Jiuli landed with Su Yaoyao and Su Xixi, and the phoenix also transformed into a woman in a black dress and slowly landed on the ground.

The fox tail behind Su Jiuli was shaking, and Zhu Junhuang's eyes were gentle. The two women appeared in front of Jiang Li almost at the same time. Jiang Li naturally set his eyes directly on Zhu Junhuang.

Zhu Junhuang was wearing a black palace dress today, looking very imposing. As the Empress of the Northern Territory for many years, she looked more lazy and calm than Su Jiuli. Su Jiuli used to worry about the internal and external troubles of the demon clan, but as the Empress of the Northern Territory, Zhu Junhuang was the dictatorial monarch of the entire Northern Territory, and no one dared to disobey any of her orders. With different circumstances, her temperament was naturally somewhat different.

Jiang Li walked in front of Zhu Junhuang and blinked at her gently.

Then he took a step forward and gently held Zhu Junhuang in his arms.

Zhu Junhuang's body seemed to be trembling slightly. She leaned close to Jiang Li's ear, her expression seemed lazy and charming, but her words seemed to be a little shy, "There are so many people walking by and watching."

"Will Aunt Zhu be shy too?"

"Ask Aunt Zhu again and Taozhi Qiutang will deal with you tonight." Zhu Junhuang said angrily.

"Then I can't call you baby Jun Huang in front of everyone, right?"

"Call me Sister Junhuang."

"Wouldn't that mess up the order of generations?"

Zhu Junhuang's hand pinched her waist without leaving a trace. Just a moment later, Jiang Li realized that Zhu Junhuang was using spiritual energy to detect his body. Just as he felt something was wrong, Zhu Junhuang said, "There is a strange aura in your body."

"Is there?" Jiang Li looked at Zhu Junhuang innocently, but the suspicion in Zhu Junhuang's eyes was even stronger, "It seems... it's Su Jiuli."

She immediately shifted her gaze to Su Jiuli and broke free from Jiang Li's arms. However, she had only taken one or two steps towards Su Jiuli when Jiang Li hurriedly grabbed her hand and asked, "What are you doing?"

But Jiang Li couldn't hold back. Zhu Junhuang was now confronting Su Jiuli. If it were in the past, Zhu Junhuang would have suppressed Su Jiuli in terms of bloodline. But now Zhu Junhuang was of pure phoenix bloodline, and Su Jiuli was of Silver Moon Snow Fox. In fact, there was not much difference between them. But in terms of cultivation, Zhu Junhuang was at the fourth level of the Supreme Saint, and Su Jiuli was at the third level of the Supreme Saint.

"Su Jiuli." Zhu Junhuang called out Su Jiuli's name expressionlessly.

Su Jiuli naturally did not retreat a step, and also raised her face with a little pride, looking at Zhu Junhuang in front of her, "What's wrong?"

"Stop, I said stop."

Jiang Li stood directly between the two of them. He felt that if he said one more word to either of them, the atmosphere would become particularly bad. Zhu Junhuang stared at Jiang Li and asked, "Are you willing?"

Jiang Li thought, of course not, I was forced, but as soon as he said this, he felt that Zhu Junhuang would stand up for him and fight with Su Jiuli. He could only smile bitterly in his heart, "I will explain this to you later, be good."

But Zhu Junhuang was not so easy to talk to. She reached out and grabbed Jiang Li's collar, took a step forward, and stared at him with her beautiful eyes. It was hard to tell whether her voice was angry, resentful, or even a little aggrieved.

"You actually chose to practice dual cultivation with her first? Instead of with me?"

Jiang Li wanted to cover Zhu Junhuang's mouth immediately. It would be terrible if this matter got out. It would be fatal. However, Su Jiuli sneered at this moment, "What does it have to do with you what I do with him?"

Zhu Junhuang just sneered, "Who do you think you are? Are you worthy?"

"Oh, no matter if I deserve it or not, I've played it first, what can you do to me?"

The corners of Jiang Li's eyes began to twitch wildly.

...Don’t I have any face?

He took a look and saw that Mu Xuezhi was about to come down from the ascension path. If Mu Xuezhi got involved at that time, it would be beyond Jiang Xiaoli's control.

Chapter 347: Chapter Gathering

Jiang Li was about to fall into a coma.

Mu Xuezhi could not sense Su Jiuli's aura on him, but Zhu Junhuang could, because Zhu Junhuang also had the same blood as him. But as soon as she saw Jiang Li, she felt that Jiang Li's blood was impure. When they hugged, she secretly used her spiritual energy to test it, and sensed the aura of Su Jiuli in Jiang Li's body, and she immediately realized that something was wrong.

Home was stolen!

"This matter is very complicated, and it's not easy to talk about it here..." Jiang Li's voice sounded a little guilty. He felt wronged. He was obviously the one who was forced, and now he had to speak for Su Jiuli.

Wen Liqing glanced at the disciples beside him and said calmly, "You guys step back first."

The moment Wen Liqing's sword energy dissipated, these disciples all ran away like birds and beasts. No one dared to stay and watch, so now the only ones left on the field were Jiang Li, Wen Liqing, Su Jiuli, Su Yaoyao and Su Xixi, as well as Zhu Junhuang, and Zhu Taozhi and Zhu Qiutang behind her.

Mu Xuezhi still has one stick of incense time to reach the battlefield.

Zhu Junhuang's eyes fell on Jiang Li again, "Are you willing to practice dual cultivation with her?"

Jiang Li felt wronged.

"Yes." Jiang Li could only answer like this. He certainly didn't want to see Su Jiuli and Zhu Junhuang really fighting. If Su Jiuli lost, Su Yaoyao would be sad, and if Zhu Junhuang lost, he would feel distressed. He has flesh on his hands, so if you want to fight, hit me.

"Do you like her?" Zhu Junhuang always felt that Jiang Li seemed to be hiding something from her.

"Well, not really..." Jiang Li's voice was filled with guilt, "I just... helped her a while ago, and she didn't have much to repay me, so... we just briefly practiced dual cultivation together... to improve my cultivation..."

"You brought it up? Or did she?"

Jiang Li always felt that no matter how he answered this, it would be a failure. If he said that he proposed it, his image as a gentleman would collapse. If he said that Su Jiuli proposed it, he would collapse because he couldn't resist the temptation and lose Su Jiuli's face. Su Jiuli didn't seem like a shameless woman. This guy was also a little arrogant. Jiang Li had no choice but to answer, "I proposed it."

It’s better to save Su Jiuli’s face. He is thick-skinned anyway.

"What's so fun about foxes?" Zhu Junhuang glared at him complainingly, "Why don't you come to me if you want to improve your cultivation?"

Jiang Li couldn't answer. Once a lie was told, he would need countless lies to cover it up. He could only smile bitterly.

Zhu Junhuang turned her eyes to Su Jiuli again, "You are the one being played, why are you so proud?"

"It's hard to say who will play with whom." Su Jiuli was not afraid at all, and answered in a light tone.

"How about we both stop talking..." Jiang Li came close to Zhu Junhuang, who raised her eyebrows slightly, "You want to speak for her?"

"I'm not speaking for her, it's just... I don't know why you're suddenly angry...?"