Ji Yuan was pondering, but within his divine sense, he noticed someone approaching him... it was Zhi Yun from the Joy Palace.

Why is she coming?

Logically speaking, each of the three sects should have someone staying behind to guard.

For example, in the Water Dragon Sect, since Ji Yuan was here cultivating, Yang Taian stayed behind there.

On the Joy Palace's side, Danxia went to have fun with Xuan Weizi, so Zhi Yun should have stayed there.

At first, Ji Yuan thought she was here to cultivate, but after a while, he realized that after finding him with her divine sense, she walked straight over.

Ji Yuan felt it was neither right to leave nor to stay, so in the end, he just let her come over.

"Wu... Daoist Wu You, why are you in such a deep place?" Zhi Yun asked, seeming a bit embarrassed.

"Oh, it's Fairy Zhi Yun."

Ji Yuan took a step back without showing any expression, "It's quieter here, so I came here to cultivate."

"Is there something up front? Then I'll head back first." Ji Yuan was just about to leave.

"No."

Zhi Yun hurriedly reached out to pull... but didn't grab hold, as Ji Yuan reacted quickly and dodged away.

"Oh, then what is it?"

Ji Yuan seemed to breathe a sigh of relief.

"Is Daoist Wu You very afraid of me?" Zhi Yun tilted her head and blinked at Ji Yuan.

The innocent expression was extremely cute.

"Not really, it's just that I already have a partner... I hope Daoist can understand."

Ji Yuan took another step back.

"Oh, so Junior Brother has a partner."

Zhi Yun lowered her head, seeming a bit dejected, though somehow, the address had unconsciously changed from Daoist to Junior Brother.

"Precisely."

"Then I shall take my leave first."

Ji Yuan slightly cupped his fists, not giving Zhi Yun a chance to speak further, urging his steps like shadows, and left the place.

Zhi Yun did not run after him this time, but lowered her head slightly, her brows furrowed, as if pondering something.

On the other side, after getting rid of Zhi Yun, Ji Yuan not only didn't slow down his pace but even quickened it... Damn it, both appearance and figure are no match for Senior Sister Dong, and she still wants me to submit, not a chance.

Ji Yuan didn't think of himself as a good man, but neither was he a random one.

When he returned to the mine, Yang Taian was quite surprised to see him.

"Junior Brother, why did you come back so soon?"

When he asked this, his expression was somewhat amused, as he just saw Zhi Yun go to find Ji Yuan, and now he came back so soon...

Ji Yuan transmitted a voice in reply: "Daoist Zhi Yun asked me to call you back, Senior Brother, you better go, I have no such fortune."

"Really?!"

"Would Junior Brother trick you?"

Ji Yuan wasn't worried about getting exposed, after all, either it works out or it doesn't, and if not, he could just say he misheard.

"Then I'll leave this place to you, Junior Brother, you just need to use your divine sense to monitor these miners, they have experience and won't cause trouble."

Yang Taian said a few words and hurriedly left.

He looked rather eager.

The fame of the female cultivators in Joy Palace is indeed great.

Ji Yuan sat down on the spot and noticed Dan Chengzi across from him staring at him, "Daoist, is there something?"

"Nothing."

Dan Chengzi shook his head, closing his eyes to rest his mind.

Ji Yuan, on the other hand, released his divine sense to keep an eye on these miners inside, thinking that no matter what, nothing can go wrong... even if something happens, it shouldn't happen on his watch.

His divine sense lingered on the miners, accompanied by the "ding ding dong dong" sounds of them using specially-made mining picks to extract spirit stones.

Initially, the sound seemed noisy, but after listening for a while, it became quite pleasing, as each sound meant a low-grade Spirit Stone was going into the storage.

... How wonderful it would be if all these spirit stones were mine.

Ji Yuan inexplicably had this thought again.

Soon, Zhi Yun hurried back.

Her head was lowered, seemingly not daring to make eye contact with Ji Yuan.

Yang Taian didn't return; Ji Yuan swept with his divine sense and found he went to a secluded place to train.

It was at the moment Ji Yuan withdrew his divine sense that he seemed to notice an unusual aura flash by in the mine where Xuan Weizi and Danxia were.

But it was fleeting and immediately obscured.

Ji Yuan initially thought it was the dual cultivation technique of Joy Palace, but he wasn't sure, so he decided he would just keep an eye open in the future when encountering them.

Six days later.

Yang Taian returned from the depths of the spirit vein, leaving four days for Ji Yuan.

Just as Ji Yuan was about to leave to train, he heard Yang Taian's voice transmission asking, "Junior Brother, I heard you have a good relationship with Liu Yuan?"

Ji Yuan paused slightly.

"It's okay, why do you ask?"

"Nothing, just felt that Senior Sister Rou Yi is a bit too strict, sigh."

Yang Taian seemingly unintentionally tried to sow discord with Ji Yuan, but didn't elaborate further.

Ji Yuan smiled without responding, and instead went to the depths of the spirit vein to cultivate.

Yang Taian's thoughts were easy to understand, probably wanting to pull him toward the third elder, making a pledge to Xiao Chengyi, so that even if he couldn't apprentice under the third elder, the benefits wouldn't be lacking.

Unfortunately, there's no fate nor connection.

In the next four days, Ji Yuan cultivated while trying to open the [Spirit Vein], but to no avail.

Fortunately, Zhi Yun didn't come to disturb him again.

Four days passed, and Ji Yuan and his companions led the miners out of the spirit vein, back to the surface.

Everything was peaceful and uneventful.

Having already been down the spirit vein, according to Rou Yi's arrangement, on shift, next time would be Isle Master of Cloud Mist and Liu Yuan going together, while Ji Yuan and Yang Taian patrolled Liancheng Mountain.

The job is simple too.

When there's nothing to do, just take a ride on the Flying Boat for a leisurely tour, and afterward, find a quiet place to cultivate.

Having switched shifts a few times, Ji Yuan negotiated with Isle Master of Cloud Mist for a change of shift.

Thus, Ji Yuan was again with Liu Yuan, avoiding the entangling Zhi Yun and also evading Yang Taian's recruitment.

Otherwise, to keep him always with his "brother-killing enemy" would be a kind of harm for him, Ji Yuan thought.

Half a year passed.

Ji Yuan not only became familiar with Liancheng Mountain, but also with the surrounding territories.

Yet, on one day, half a year later, something strange happened.

Yang Taian died.

Died inside the spirit vein.

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