The Romantic Cultivator



When Gong Muk had taken Ji Yuan and Xuan Qiaoqiao out of the royal city, he began to turn back; it was because he had missed the great food that was in the royal city and moreover, he was extremely wealthy now.

He had no idea that the maiden that he was escorting out of the royal city was actually the Cardinal Priestess. 

Along the way, he kept sighing to Ji Yuan. "Are you sure that you don't want to stay in the royal city until you see what the Cardinal Priestess is really like? I tell you, the rumors are true. She is really a great beauty!"

Ji Yuan smiled weakly, "No thanks. I am not interested. Moreover, I have things to do elsewhere too."

Gong Muk sighed heavily, "Master Ji Yuan, I think that you must still be thinking that the Cardinal Priestess must be too ugly for your liking. I tell you, this isn't true… Once you have seen her, you will definitely change your mind about her!"

Xuan Qiaoqiao: !!!

I am ugly?! 

Ji Yuan had turned ashen immediately and he could sense a subtle killing intent from Xuan Qiaoqiao that was directed at him.

Xuan Qiaoqiao asked Ji Yuan coldly, "Ji Yuan, did you say that the Cardinal Priestess is too ugly for your liking?"

Ji Yuan weakly replied, "No…"

But Gong Muk drowned out his feeble protest and sighed heavily, "Of course Master Ji Yuan did! That is why I am trying to convince him otherwise!"

Xuan Qiaoqiao: !!!

Xuan Qiaoqiao: !!!

Xuan Qiaoqiao: !!!

Ji Yuan: …

Are you a pig in my team?

Ji Yuan quickly said, "Gong Muk, we are safe enough now. You should return back to the royal city now. If we have the chance, maybe we will meet again. Farewell."

Gong Muk looked a little disappointed that Ji Yuan was asking him to go back now especially when he was trying to convince him that of the great beauty of the Cardinal Priestess. 

Unlike most of the abyssals, Gong Muk did not feel any hostilities toward Ji Yuan. In fact, he felt that Ji Yuan was the only person that did not bully him and he was even his benefactor by giving him so many blood crystals. 

Xuan Qiaoqiao continued to ask Ji Yuan coldly, "Ji Yuan, is the Cardinal Priestess ugly or beautiful?"

Ji Yuan turned to her to reply weakly, "Of course the Cardinal Priestess is beautiful. No doubt about that. Haha…"

When Gong Muk had heard Ji Yuan, he was laughing jovially too. "Of course, the Cardinal Priestess is really beautiful. She is the most peerless maiden in the entire land…"

He had turned to the hooded Xuan Qiaoqiao to grin broadly, "Normally a maiden won't agree that another maiden is more beautiful than herself. Maiden, you have a magnanimous heart! Are you Master Ji Yuan's maiden? He must be so lucky to have you."

Xuan Qiaoqiao chuckled softly when she had received praises from Gong Muk, "Yes, he is my lord."

Ji Yuan weakly said, "Gong Muk, it is time for you to go."

Gong Muk sighed heavily as he reluctantly left, "Farewell Master Ji Yuan and this magnanimous maiden…"

Ji Yuan sighed with relief when Gong Muk had finally left them at the outskirt of a red forest.

Xuan Qiaoqiao giggled softly to Ji Yuan, "So ugly is your first impression of me?"

Ji Yuan: …

He weakly protested, "I didn't say that. Hahaha…"

Xuan Qiaoqiao pondered for a while before she giggled again, "So between Juan Xian'Er, Tang Manni, Little Jie'Er and me, which one of us is the most beautiful?"

Ji Yuan: …

Why did she have to ask this question all of a sudden?! 

If he answered wrongly then he would surely die a most horrible death. 

He did not want to die so young.

There was only one right answer for this question. 

Ji Yuan chuckled with sureness, "Of course it is my Xuan Qiaoqiao! She is the most beautiful maiden of them all. In the night sky where there are thousands of stars, she is like the only star that can catch my eyes because she is the most dazzling star."

When Xuan Qiaoqiao had heard Ji Yuan, she was secretly blushing behind her hood and she was overwhelmed by Ji Yuan's praises for her. 

"Alas, Ji Yuan… I believe you now…"

When Ji Yuan had heard her, he was secretly heaving soft sighs of relief.

Luckily for Ji Yuan, he was quite an expert in bluffing the maidens who seemed to like to ask this awkward question from him all the time.

Anyang warned him: Be careful my lord. One day, your bluffs will be exposed. 

Xiang Li asked curiously: What if two most beautiful maidens in your heart ask the same question at the same time? What would you say to them?

Ji Yuan: …

He smiled bitterly: Do you think that I will give them a chance to ask me this question at the same time?

Anyang chuckled: It isn't up to you. It is up to them to ask this question from you out of the blue.

Ji Yuan weakly laughed: Never! So far, I am pretty lucky. Hahaha…

Xuan Qiaoqiao curiously asked Ji Yuan, "What are you thinking? You seem to be lost in thoughts?"

Ji Yuan did not want to tell Xuan Qiaoqiao that he had two spirit fairies in his soul sea. At least not yet. 

But luckily for him, he spotted eight abyssals coming in their direction and they were all fierce looking. 

Xuan Qiaoqiao had also seen them and she was frowning, "They seem to be coming for us…"

Ji Yuan nodded, "They must have thought that we are some masterless slaves…"

"No, I don't think so." Xuan Qiaoqiao had suddenly said, "I recognize one of the abyssals. He is at the gate just now too. I think they had spotted Gong Muk going back and must be wondering where his slaves are. And that is why they have come to check us out." 

Ji Yuan smiled bitterly, "These abyssals all look alike to me…"

But he quickly said, "Come, let's go into the forest first and we try to see what they want."

Xuan Qiaoqiao nodded, "Good idea."

With that, the two of them had ran into the red forest. 

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Author Note:

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