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Translator: Amber.es | Editor: Bubbles | Proofreader: musk

Ji Chaoyun turned immediately sober. He pushed Feng Qi away and moved again just a few steps, vigilantly asking, “Why are you right here?”

“…” Feng Qi casually retracted his hand, coughing barely. “I’m simply passing by.”

“Passing by?” Ji Chaoyun, who had simply woke up from his sleep, was not as clear-headed as through the day. His eyes had been bloodshot, and he confusedly rubbed them in discomfort.

“Isn’t the teleportation array to the disciples’ courtyards within the east?”

He raised his head barely, his fingers instinctively defending his entrance, shedding his day-time look of piercing coldness. At that second, he appeared a bit confused and naive.

The low mild flickered on his good-looking face, comfortable mild scattering in direction of the garments that had been barely loosened due to his deep sleep. From Feng Qi’s place, he may even see a small sliver of the opposite’s delicate collarbone hidden beneath the lapels.

Feng Qi’s respiratory was in dysfunction. He appeared away.

There have been a number of scriptures unfold out on the lengthy bench. Ji Chaoyun ought to have been learning earlier than falling asleep.

Feng Qi gave it a tough look. Beneath the written notes, paper, a Yellow degree cultivation guide, and a candy, he precisely extracted the《Supreme Taoist Scriptures and walked in direction of Ji Chaoyun. Emboldened, he said, “I’m certainly right here to search for you — due to this.”

Ji Chaoyun was startled. With a uncommon responsible conscience, he probed, “You.. How have you learnt…”

“It doesn’t matter how I do know.” Feng Qi sat down on the lengthy bench and raised his chin to have a look at him arrogantly. “Should you don’t need anybody to know, don’t do it. Ji Chaoyun, you managed to steal all the best way to my gadgets. Shouldn’t you clarify?”

“I didn’t steal…”

“Taking with out asking. You took a guide assortment in Dengyu Tower with out telling me. If this isn’t a theft, then what’s?” Feng Qi tilted his head and smiled, his good-looking face uttering phrases that known as for a beating, “You dragons, you like to lie this a lot?”

“You—” Livid, Ji Chaoyun was about to refute, however seeing Feng Qi leisurely knocking on the scriptures unfold on the desk, he pressured himself to withhold his anger. He stiffly mentioned, “That is all my fault, and I apologize to you.”

Feng Qi gained an inch, and additional questioned, “A small apology is sufficient? How can there be such factor.”

“Then what would you like?”

“It’s possible you’ll not know what’s at stake,” Feng Qi slowly mentioned. “Since Dengyun Tower belongs to me, all the foundations are decided by me. Violators might be thought to be violating the tower’s guidelines, and are as much as me to punish. You and Xiao Jue stole from the library. What do you assume I ought to do with you two?”

Ji Chaoyun’s eyes moved barely. “This matter has nothing to do with Xiao shixiong. If you’d like somebody guilty, I’ll bear it alone.”

“Good. Have one particular person bear it.” Though he was pursuing the difficulty, Feng Qi didn’t have the slightest anger in his eyes. Quite the opposite, he even spoke with a joking tone. “However so far as I do know, it was Xiao Jue who lower first after which played1. When he handed over the gathering to you, you didn’t know that these got here from the Dengyun Tower, did you?”

Ji Chaoyun didn’t reply.

Feng Qi: “You entered the academy and realized that the Dengyun Tower’s assortment of books has by no means left its place, so that you rapidly contacted Xiao Jue to return the books to him. However why did you not return that single one quantity? Should you hadn’t left behind proof, you possibly can have merely denied till your dying breath that you’ve got by no means learn these books. I couldn’t have come to make hassle for you then, may I?”

“I… I haven’t completed studying.” Ji Chaoyun curled his fingers on his lap and eventually instructed the reality. “This guide is sweet for my cultivation follow. Aside from Dengyun Tower, there may be nowhere else to seek out it. As soon as it’s returned, it is going to be onerous to get it thereafter.”

Feng Qi fixedly checked out him, not figuring out what he was pondering.

After some time, he all of a sudden requested, “Why don’t you let Yao Guang change your residence for you?”

Ji Chaoyun was startled, uncertain of the rationale for this sudden change in matter.

Feng Qi: “Yao Guang takes excellent care of you, and even agreed to allow you to keep in a single day on this classroom. There isn’t a motive for him to not allow you to change to a different disciple courtyard. Why not search for him?”

“Immortal Elder has helped me rather a lot. He’s busy together with his affairs, there is no such thing as a want to hassle him with this little factor.”

“Little factor?” Feng Qi glanced at him, seemingly uncomprehending. “Then you definately would reasonably dwell right here?”

“It’s fairly good right here.”

Feng Qi couldn’t imagine it. “This shabby place is chilly and gloomy. If it wasn’t for the outdated man Tian Shu who forces me to return to class, I wouldn’t need to come. How can it’s good?”

“…”

At this level, Ji Chaoyun was really very pissed off after being woken up by Feng Qi’s disturbance; he stewed a stomach full of fireside. The one motive he had not but flared up was as a result of he was reigning it in.

Listening to Feng Qi speaking on and on, nevertheless, he lastly misplaced his mood. “Your Highness, do you assume everyone seems to be such as you, consuming from candy springs beneath the shade of paulownia trees2, gold items aplenty to be used?”

Up until now, there was nobody who dared to talk like this earlier than Feng Qi. He was instantly silenced.

“…There are nonetheless many homeless folks on this world. It’s a blessing to have shelter from the rain. Have you learnt, this shabby place you converse of, how many individuals want it?” Ji Chaoyun took a deep breath, and slowly said, “Neglect it. How can your form of folks, who’ve all the pieces from the beginning, perceive? These phrases are ineffective.”

The oil ran out, and the lamp extinguished; the one mild within the classroom rapidly disappeared. The moonlight shone previous the window via the pine forest, leaving shadows of the dancing bushes.

Feng Qi stared at Ji Chaoyun’s glowing eyes within the darkness. His coronary heart wavered.

Ji Chaoyun raised his hand so as to add extra lamp oil, however was all of a sudden caught by the wrist.

Ji Chaoyun instinctively broke away from him. “What are you doing?”

The pores and skin touched by his fingertips was delicate and comfortable. Feng Qi froze for a second, then tilted his head and mentioned, “Didn’t I say that it’s important to bear it alone? Include me.”

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The evening was silent, and the primary peak of Hongmeng Academy was quietly unoccupied.

Feng Qi walked slowly down the mountain highway with Ji Chaoyun. Ji Chaoyun requested, “Night time touring isn’t allowed within the academy. The place are you taking me?”

“Simply stroll with me. Why do it’s important to ask so many questions,” Feng Qi mentioned lazily, with out trying again. “I gained’t do something to you. Do you actually assume I’m all in favour of you?”

“…” Ji Chaoyun lowered his eyes and mentioned nothing.

Feng Qi’s look was good-looking and he had a transparent and good voice, however he all the time spoke leisurely. When he intentionally extended his tone like this, it particularly made folks need to punch his good-looking face.

Feng Qi turned and requested him, “Have been you about to say one thing?”

Ji Chaoyun: “It’s nothing, however I all of a sudden felt that it’s fairly lucky you might be from the Feng clan.”

“What do you imply?”

“To haven’t been crushed to dying till now, you ought to be grateful for this bloodline benefit,” Ji Chaoyun glanced at him and appeared away expressionlessly, “…and this face.”

After saying this, he rapidly walked ahead.

Fairly than being aggravated, Feng Qi stayed in a daze. He stroked his chin thoughtfully. “Can I interpret this as you pondering that I look good?”

Ji Chaoyun: “…”

Feng Qi smiled and caught up. “Talking of which, the primary time you noticed me, you could have thought I appeared good, in any other case why maintain looking at me.”

Ji Chaoyun: “…Go away.”

“Additionally in Wenqu Peak, I merely bought nearer and also you had been so frightened.” Feng Qi’s eyes twinkled, intentionally poking him from behind. “Hey, don’t inform me you want me?”

Ji Chaoyun’s footsteps slipped.

Feng Qi continued chattering behind him, “Is it proper? If it truly is—”

Ji Chaoyun turned his head abruptly, an odd mild faintly glowing inside his eyes.

He gritted his tooth, coldly saying, “Should you say one other sentence, I’ll…”

“What’s the matter?” Feng Qi was too carefree. “You’ll be able to’t beat me once more. What else are you able to do to me?”

“…” Ji Chaoyun shut his eyes, pressured his anger down, and nodded slowly. “You’re proper, I can’t beat you, so… I can solely shout for somebody.”

Feng Qi was bowled over. “Shout for somebody?”

Ji Chaoyun took a step ahead, a shallow arc forming on the nook of his mouth.

When he was not smiling, Ji Chaoyun appeared very icy. These many immortal households’ youngsters who had been born within the immortal realm couldn’t examine to his innate noble and chilly temperament.

Solely when he laughed like this, would he reveal the demonic aura and hazard that was synonymous and carved into the bones of demons.

Feng Qi’s heartbeat flattened, then galloped as if he was nailed to the spot by one thing.

Ji Chaoyun leaned in his ear and whispered, “I heard that the Feng clan pays essentially the most consideration to status. If I shout and say that Second Highness Feng has forcibly introduced me right here to do uncanny stuff, how do you assume your uncle would react?”

Feng Qi clearly didn’t assume that he nonetheless had this trick up his sleeve. He was surprised on the spot.

Ji Chaoyun took a half step again and adjusted his garments. “We’re born from demon clans, so we are able to solely use despicable means. Your Highness has seen one thing humorous.”

Really, if it was modified to another person, Feng Qi wouldn’t fear that a lot. At most, he can be fined just a few days in confinement. Essentially the most critical punishment would solely be expulsion from Hongmeng Academy. However this particular person was the one who precipitated Tian Shu to provide a thousand reminders to ‘deal with him in a well mannered way and assist with all of your coronary heart’…

In Feng Qi’s thoughts, it confirmed the image of him being pulled out by Tian Shu and getting hanged in entrance of the Academy’s gate by his phoenix hair as a present to the general public. His physique shivered.

Feng Qi didn’t reply for a very long time. Ji Chaoyun repeated his query, “The place are you taking me?”

“…Arrived.”

Feng Qi pointed to the entrance. Ji Chaoyun adopted his gaze. Within the distance, a luxurious dwelling3 was brightly lit and hidden within the clouds.

“Dengyun Tower?”

“Right.”

There was an enchantment positioned on the outside of Dengyun Tower. From the surface, the higher half of this splended constructing was hidden by the clouds, unable to be clearly seen.

Feng Qi led Ji Chaoyun contained in the tower. “Dengyun Tower has an enormous assortment of books and treasures, and additionally it is my second residence in Hongmeng Academy. Subsequently, that is the one place on the primary peak that may be brilliant all evening with no need to be held accountable.”

The primary flooring of the Dengyun Tower was used for receiving friends. Its format was beautiful and the ornament was luxurious, residence furnishings organized inside. Ranging from the second flooring, the center part was empty. From backside to the highest, a picket staircase may very well be seen winding across the constructing and lengthening upwards.

Ji Chaoyun questioned, “What did you convey me right here for?”

“You stole my guide, shouldn’t you make it as much as me?” Feng Qi didn’t reply, asking rhetorically as an alternative.

Dengyun Tower had seven flooring. The second to fourth flooring consisted of the guide collections, whereas the fifth to sixth flooring had been the treasure pavilion; additional up was Feng Qi’s residence. Within the library, a number of rows of tall bookshelves had been lined up one after one other, and all types of scripture books gave a blinding line up, inflicting one to be blinded.

There have been just a few small tables within the middle of the library, which ought to be a spot for disciples to review at.

Feng Qi didn’t even have a look at the environment, and immediately took Ji Chaoyun up the fourth flooring. The 2 shuttled between the bookshelves, and on the finish of the hall was a small heat pavilion.

“That is the place I normally learn books,” Feng Qi mentioned, opening the door and strolling in.

Second Highness Feng had by no means made issues powerful for himself at any time; even the furnishings of the nice and cozy pavilion for studying time had been of the best normal. The tables and chairs had been made from uncommon paulownia wooden, adorned with the best silk and treasured pearls. The out and in excluded a way of the Aristocracy.

The incense burner on the desk exuded a faint and heat perfume, the inside gauze tent stuffed with shadows, and a small sofa lined with a comfortable blanket was vaguely seen.

The one flaw was…

Within the heat pavilion, numerous scriptures and books had been scattered everywhere in the flooring and tables, as if that they had simply been looted.

Feng Qi turned a blind eye to the chaos, merely sweeping the scriptures on the desk to the bottom. He sat down on the desk. “How do you are feeling about this place?”

Ji Chaoyun couldn’t determine what he needed to do, and mentioned in truth, “Excellent.”

It was actually much better than good. There have been extra books right here than he had ever imagined. He adopted Feng Qi all the best way up, and he was about to get crossed eyes.

Ji Chaoyun’s coronary heart was shaken, however he nonetheless pretended to be detached and calmly checked out Feng Qi.

Feng Qi mentioned, “Dengyun Tower’s assortment has greater than 8,240 volumes, which is just greater than 2,000 volumes lower than the Jing Pavilion of the academy. Nonetheless, many of the Jing Pavillion’s books are associated to cultivation follow. Right here, there aren’t any restrictions on the kind of books. Most of those cabinets had been stuffed in by the homeowners of the assorted generations of Dengyun Tower. A lot of them have even turn into orphaned books.”

Ji Chaoyun endured forbearance, however he couldn’t maintain again. His eyes stared on the rows of bookshelves inside the nice and cozy pavilion. His throat swallowed unconsciously.

Feng Qi didn’t miss his impatient expression. He narrowed his eyes and smiled. “These 8,000 quantity collections have by no means been organized since I entered the Dengyun Tower, particularly the a part of the gathering associated to cultivation follow. For these that are essentially the most learn, they should be sorted out, and a few should be copied for maintaining. This little factor shouldn’t hassle you, proper?”

“What do you imply by this?”

Feng Qi mentioned, “I would like you to remain on this guide assortment pavilion sooner or later, to assist me manage the scripture scrolls right here. Additionally, in an effort to keep away from the recurrence of the earlier incident, I’m going to retire all of the serving disciples of the Dengyun Tower, and go away the cleansing inside and out of doors to you sooner or later.”

“…” Ji Chaoyun was silent for a second and gritted his tooth. “You’ll deal with me as onerous labor?”

“That is the punishment.” Feng Qi teasingly checked out him. “Should you actually refuse, I can solely hand this job to Xiao Jue. Sadly, in spite of everything his onerous work in serving to you, he nonetheless needs to be bought to me as a tough laborer. He met a foul particular person…”

Ji Chaoyun: “Don’t implicate him. I’ll do it.”

“Excellent.” Feng Qi smiled in satisfaction and mentioned, “However don’t fear, I’m not unkind. I do know that an important factor for you now could be to move the quarterly exams, due to this fact, I generally is a little lenient. You are able to do your day by day homework as common, however throughout your free time, you could come to Dengyun Tower. That features at evening too. Though this place is a bit easy, since you’ll be able to even sleep within the classroom, there is no such thing as a motive why you’ll be able to’t do it right here.”

Ji Chaoyun stood within the heat pavilion, which was much more richly adorned than the wealthy homes within the mortal world, and checked out Feng Qi as if he had been a freak.

Feng Qi appeared to be very happy with this association. His fingertips flashed a golden mild that streaked into Ji Chaoyun’s passage token. “This spell lets you freely move the boundary exterior of Dengyun Tower. To any extent further, this place is given to you to maintain.”

He easily grabbed just a few books on the desk, and slapped them into Ji Chaoyun’s arms. “Work effectively, no skiving. I’m leaving.”

Ji Chaoyun was silent for a second and replied in a low voice, “…I perceive.”

Feng Qi completed doing his stuff, rotated and left the nice and cozy pavilion. Solely when the opposite celebration’s footsteps fully disappeared, did Ji Chaoyun’s taut backbone calm down.

He sighed, and put the few books in his fingers again on the desk and stacked them up.

It was clearly the identical face, however how may the persona be so totally different? The mind additionally gave the impression to be not too good both.

If all of the descendants of the Feng clan had been like this, it might be horrible, Ji Chaoyun thought resentfully.

He was about to squat down and decide up the books scattered round, when out of the nook of his eye, he noticed one thing that made him freeze.

Ji Chaoyun’s non secular roots had been abysmal, and his cultivation progress was extraordinarily sluggish. What extraordinary folks may obtain in three months, it might take him at the very least three years. Together with his present cultivation degree, he was certainly unsure he may move the approaching quarterly examination.

That was why he wanted the《Supreme Taoist Scriptures》.

Few immortals possessed wonderful roots and bones, and the cultivation of sutra scrolls assorted from individual to individual, most of whom required extraordinarily excessive degree roots and quick processes, so Ji Chaoyun merely had no thought the place to begin. The《Supreme Taoist Scriptures》 was one of many uncommon books he’d discovered appropriate for cultivation, it taught from the shallow fundamentals to the deeper data. However by the fourth quantity, it was nonetheless a battle for him.

That was the rationale why he’d requested Xiao Jue to seek out just a few extra scripture scrolls as an assist.

The books Feng Qi had simply handed him, although they weren’t what he needed, occurred to deal with the fundamentals of cultivation as effectively.

Even higher than what he initially needed.

“Poor mind, however luck is sweet,” Ji Chaoyun muttered in a small voice. Kneeling on the bottom, he opened one of many books and studied it fastidiously.

A couple of moments later, Feng Qi peeked out from the again of a bookshelf.

By the hidden doorway of the nice and cozy pavilion, the slim determine sitting on his knees in entrance of the small desk may very well be seen. From this angle, one may solely make out the opposite celebration’s clearly outlined and beautiful profile, and the marginally curved corners of his mouth.

Not even a phrase of thanks, even secretly scolding me, this little dragon cub.

Feng Qi stared for a very long time. He calmly laughed as his determine disappeared behind the bookshelf.

The creator has one thing to say:

Phoenix: He thinks I’m handsome, retains looking at me. I leaned nearer and he was scared out of his authentic type. He should like me. [Full marks for logic]

Yunyun: …Get misplaced!