The Romantic Cultivator

Ji Yuan pointed a finger at Yu Jingjing. "You don't even know who I am but yet you know who they are. If it isn't pre-planned then what is it?"

Yu Jingjing hummed coldly. "You can eat the wrong food but you can't say the wrong words!"

Ji Yuan began to roar heartily. "Young lass, when I start to lie, you aren't even born yet!"

"Hmph! As though you're an old man." Yu Jingjing hummed aloud.

Ji Yuan grinned. "Maybe not as old as an old hag like you."

Yu Jingjing: …

Yu Jingjing: …

Yu Jingjing: …

"Hmph! You will remember this! I am just lazy to argue with you!" Yu Jingjing picked up her zither before she stormed off.

Ji Yuan began to ignore her as he flashed toward Feng Minyue with a soft chuckle. "Maiden Feng, so we have met again. What a coincidence!"

Feng Minyue muttered. "Indeed it is. Where is the rest of your group?"

Ji Yuan whispered. "Behind me."

Indeed.

Shortly after Ji Yuan had flashed down, four veiled maidens had appeared on the cliffs above.

Everyone could tell that these four maidens had moving figures but this was not what got everyone excited; they had five newly arrival cultivators now and if they decided to touch the black stele and remain in the vicinity then the total number of cultivators in the vicinity would be 9999, 1 short of 10,000 for the trial entrance to open its black portal for them.

Feng Minyue asked curiously. "Why didn't you travel with them?"

Ji Yuan laughed. "I'll explain later…"

The reason why Ji Yuan was not traveling with them was not because he had got into a fight with Ling Feiyue, Little Princess, Bai Qianfeng or Shui Xisi but because Ji Yuan felt that he was a little unlucky recently.

So he said to them. "Why don't we pretend not to know each other instead? In this way, I can keep a low profile as well."

The other four maidens immediately agreed with him and they were secretly giggling among themselves; it was because they know Ji Yuan better than he knows himself.

Ling Feiyue was rolling her eyes and was already thinking. "I will make sure that you will regret your little decision by flirting with the other cultivators…"

All the other three maidens were all thinking the same as well as they exchanged soft giggling with one another; they wanted to make sure that Ji Yuan would regret this little decision of his and banged his head.

But at this moment Ji Yuan really did not know what they were up as he was feeling a little out of luck lately so he wanted to try to be in a low profile. Or so it seemed.

That was why Ji Yuan had appeared ahead of them.

Ling Feiyue was cursing Ji Yuan softly to the other three maidens, "He says he wants to maintain a low profile and that he was often the focus of attention when he was with us…"

"Yet he is making such a high profile appearance and making enemies left and right." Little Princess shook her head.

Shui Xisi giggled. "Ji Yuan is so funny."

Bai Qianfeng said all of sudden. "Can't you see that he is trying to shake us off so that he can court Maiden Feng?"

Ling Feiyue immediately made a small frown as the hard truth dawned upon her. "I should have known…"

Even Little Princess was gasping softly. "He is only trying to get Maiden Feng attention…"

"Did we get tricked by Ji Yuan?" Shui Xisi was also startled.

Bai Qianfeng smiled weakly. "I don't think it is so easy to trick him and to get his attention now."

"Why did we even agree to this in the first place?" Ling Feiyue sighed softly.

And so Ji Yuan was now left alone with Feng Minyue.

It seemed that his plan was almost perfect except for one little problem.

Mo Bei was now laughing as he said to Ji Yuan. "Since we are old acquaintances, why don't we party together?"

Ji Yuan could only smile weakly. "Welcome, welcome…"

Mo Bei turned to look at Feng Minyue as he stroked his beautiful long beard. "How do I address this beautiful maiden here? I'm Mo Bei, Ji Yuan's senior. Hahaha."

Ji Yuan: …

She's mine, you know…

Feng Minyue replied quietly. "Feng Minyue."

"Hahaha. Maiden Feng, I am pleased to know you." Mo Bei was grinning with great delight.

Feng Minyue ignored him and said to Ji Yuan, "Ji Yuan, hurry and go touch the black stele. This is an S Rank Trial and you're just in a nick of time."

"Oh?" Ji Yuan said before he walked slowly to the black stele.

As he walked to the black stele, he could hear hundreds of angry mutterings. "This guy walks too slow! Can't he hurry up?"

When he had reached the black stele, so did Ling Feiyue, Little Princess, Shui Xisi and Bai Qianfeng but they all pretended not to know each other.

Ji Yuan touched the black stele as he muttered. "This is really an S Rank Trial…and we have 9,999 cultivators in this vicinity now…"

"Hey, handsome cultivator! What is your name?" Shui Xisi had suddenly asked him all of a sudden.

Ji Yuan rolled his eyes; does her acting needs to be so exaggerated? I've thought that we must pretend not to know each other and yet she is trying to get acquainted to me? This is not part of the script…

So he replied coolly as he said aloud. "I'm truly the most handsome cultivator here but I've no interest in you."

Shui Xisi: …

She muttered almost incoherent. "Ji Yuan, you are dead. How dare you…"

Before she could finish, Ji Yuan had waved her goodbye as he said coolly. "Farewell and best of luck."

As Ji Yuan turned around, he was thinking; they must be completely impressed by my acting…haha…

Shui Xisi: …

Ling Feiyue folded her arms as she turned to whisper to the other maidens. "Ji Yuan has gone too far. He is taking this too serious. If we don't teach him a lesson, he may think that we can be bullied."

"Agree completely." Little Princess nodded unhappily. "He didn't even take a second look at me just now…"

Shui Xisi raised her fists. "He is too heartless!"

Bai Qianfeng said coldly. "Please count me in as well if you want to teach him a lesson. Low profile, my foot!"

As Ji Yuan returned to rejoin Mo Bei and Feng Minyue, he had a sudden sneeze and wondered if there was a secret plot against him…

But when he caught sight of Feng Minyue again, he was laughing heartily again. "This is merely an S Rank Trial. It won't be hard, am I right?"

All of a sudden Mo Bei patted his shoulder and pulled him to one side as he whispered to him. "Hey little brother. I know that you already have Ling Feiyue and my Niece Qianxue as your consorts but no harm trying to expand your circle, am I right? Even though they may be veiled but you can always make friends with them first to unveil them. Maybe they are really beautiful behind their veils, right?"

Ji Yuan immediately rolled his eyes; do you know that one of them happens to be Feiyue?

Mo Bei then added with a smile. "Even if you don't want to know them, you should at least introduce them to me later, am I right?"

Ji Yuan: …

Ji Yuan: …

Ji Yuan: …

Before Ji Yuan could say a word more, there were many excited shouts from the nearby cultivators.

"Look! The 10,000th cultivator has finally appeared!"

Indeed a lone cultivator had appeared within the vicinity but he was looking haggard and he seemed to have lost an arm.

When he saw so many cultivators, he began to speed panicky to everyone and said. "Everyone! I…am here to warn you that there is a murderous cultivator from the trial where I was at earlier. He killed everyone in that trial…"

But to his surprise, the nearby cultivators did not return a sympathy look and instead they were all shouting excitingly. "What are you waiting for? Hurry and touch the black stele! You're the final one already. Even if you are not interested to participate in the trial, please do us a favor by touching the black stele!"

As Ji Yuan and his allies were too far away, they could not hear what this injured cultivator was saying.

Instead Ji Yuan was thinking how he could bash up Mo Bei without letting Qianxue knows.

As for Ling Feiyue, Little Princess, Shui Xisi and Bai Qianfeng, they were so upset by Ji Yuan that they were gritting their teeth and was thinking how they should teach Ji Yuan a lesson.

Very few cultivators as a matter of fact paid any attention to the injured cultivator because they had seen worse things and this was a trial where mortality was real.

With a resigned look, the injured cultivator quietly walked to the black stele.

As soon as he had touched the black stele, he was gasping. "This is an S Rank Trial…Jade Mansion…"

Behind him, the thousands of cultivators broke into excited shouts as everyone was now preparing to storm into the shimmering black portal which had suddenly lit up…

"The entrance of the Jade Mansion is finally opened!"

"Finally!"

The injured cultivator had turned around to say weakly. "Everyone, I am here to give you a warning about a cultivator…"

But his voice was drowned out by everyone and moreover he had a weak internal profound foundation so he could not be heard by the thousands of explosive excited voices.

The most important thing was of course, no one care about an injured cultivator except that he was the last cultivator that they needed to enter the S Rank Trial.

Just as he was about to sigh in exasperation, a fabulous looking maiden had flashed next to him with a smile.

She was actually Yu Jingjing.

With a beautiful smile, she said to him. "You're a golden celestial so you will get back your arm in no time. Thank you for opening this trial for us. Best of luck!"

The injured cultivator: …

Just as he was about to give up in exasperation again, a cultivator with a heroic air had suddenly flashed next to him.

He was actually Ji Yuan and he was saying to him. "You look badly injured. Why don't you rest outside the trial instead? One less person is one less competitor. Haha."

The injured cultivator: …

He began to mutter. "Actually I am here to give you all a warning but I think all of you deserve to die."