Chapter Thirteen: Ning City's Predicament

  "Junior sister Ji Luo Fei." Ji Luo Fei also felt that the woman in front of her had some connection with her, and if she hadn't disfigured herself, this feeling might be even more obvious.

  "You really are a member of the Ji family..." The woman's voice trembled as she spoke, and this sentence was obviously not spoken in an interrogative tone, but purely out of excitement.

  At this time, the two male cultivators of the Xian family who had accumulated six layers of Qi had already climbed up, and they cried out in alarm again, "Senior..."

  "How dare you hurt someone from my Ji family like this, looking for death." The woman's agitated emotions had nowhere to vent, and the two unlucky ones from the Xian family spoke again, instantly reminding her of how Ji Luofei was so badly injured. In an instant, she turned her head back, and two black lights shot out.

  Ning Cheng and Ji Luo Fei only heard two "puffs" on one side, these two cultivators who had condensed their Qi to the sixth layer were completely unprepared and directly turned into two dry skeletons. The flesh on their bodies actually disappeared without a trace under this dark light's impact in just a few breaths.

  Ning Cheng took a deep breath, he had never killed anyone before, but his courage was always great, and he rarely panicked in the face of danger. However, he too was shocked by this woman's terrifying methods, with just two flashes of black light from her hand, she turned two cultivators at the sixth layer of Qi gathering into nothing but dry bones. How frightening was that? Was this the terror of the Yuan Building realm?

  "What's your grandfather's name? What are your parents' names? How did you appear in Pingzhou's Cangqin country?" The woman killed two Qi-gathering sixth-layer cultivators and continued to ask Ji Luofei as if nothing had happened. At the same time, a dan medicine had already fallen into Ji Luofei's mouth, while Ning Cheng was also seriously injured, but she acted as if she hadn't seen anything.

  "Quickly, Ji Luo Fei replied, 'My grandfather's name is Ji Yuan Ying, my father's name is Ji Xuan Zhang, and my mother's name is Xiong Qi Hua. It was my grandfather who brought me to the country of Cang Qin back then. He said that my parents had an accident in the Da An Forest.'"

  The woman's eyes reddened as she couldn't help but pull Ji Luo Fei into a tight hug, saying "Luo Fei, I am your aunt Ji Yao Hu."

  "Auntie?" Ji Luo Fei looked at Ji Yao He with some disbelief, she really couldn't think of how she suddenly had such a powerful aunt, it was like a dream come true.

  Seeing Ji Luo Fei stunned, Ji Ya He immediately said, "Luo Fei, hurry up and take me to see your grandfather."

  "Grandfather Ji has passed away." Ning Cheng had already figured out the reason for this matter and helped Ji Luofei say a sentence at the same time. At the same time, he also put his mind at ease, thinking that with such an awesome aunt like Ji Luofei, it should be no problem for him to escape from Cang Qin country.

  "Who are you again?" Ji Yaohuo only then remembered Ning Cheng, previously she saw Ning Cheng and Ji Luofei's relationship seemed unusual, but never had the time to ask, now she finally thought of asking.

  Ji Luo Fei had recovered from the shock and hastily replied, "He is Ning Cheng, my grandfather and Grandfather Ning were good friends, after Grandfather passed away, he entrusted me to the Ning family."

  Ji Luo Fei's answer was very simple, without mentioning her relationship with Ning Cheng or the fact that Ning Cheng's grandfather had passed away. She still hasn't fully accepted this sudden appearance of an aunt, which is indeed quite strange.

  Ji Yaohuo understood Ji Luofei's emotions and said softly, "Luofei, when I was taken away from the Ji family in Yuanzhou to Huazhou back then, you were just a toddler. Your grandfather should be my fourth uncle. When I returned to Yuanzhou several years ago, the Ji family had already been destroyed, and no matter where I looked, I couldn't find any members of the Ji family. Fourth Uncle must have escaped from that disaster in the Ji family and come to Pingzhou. Luofei, from now on, you can go to Huazhou with your aunt and won't be pursued by anyone again."

  "Yes, Auntie." Ji Luo Fei's heart surged with a warm feeling as she called out, her aunt's sudden appearance making her no longer feel as lost as before.

  Although the aunt in front of her is not a close relative, they are all connected by blood. Ji Yaohua's last words were also a concern for her. Or maybe it was the first person who gave her a sense of dependence that left the deepest impression on her, and Ning Cheng's sentence "just listen to me" made her memory even more profound.

  "Auntie, Uncle Ning took me in back then. Now there's only Ning Cheng left in the Ning family... He stayed in Cang Qin country..." Ji Luo Fei hadn't finished speaking when Ji Yao He understood and immediately said, "Don't worry, I'll keep him safe."

  Ji Luofei felt a sense of relief in her heart. Her aunt seemed to be very capable, and since she said that as long as Ning City was safe, everything would be fine, then it must be true.

  Ning Cheng's heart sank, he wasn't as simple as Ji Luo Fei. If Ji Ya He just said to take him away, it would be fine, but Ji Ya He said she would keep him safe, there was some difference between the two, and it was better if he thought too much.

  "Come on." Ji Yahe swung out that lotus-shaped flying artifact again, saying to Ning Cheng and Ji Luofei.

  "Is this a flying artifact?" Ning Cheng asked in shock, he still had some understanding of artifacts. He had read the Ning family's inherited scrolls and knew that on the continent of Yi Xing, cultivators had magical treasures, and the levels of these treasures were numerous. Artifacts were the initial level of magical treasures, above artifacts were precious instruments, above precious instruments were spiritual instruments, and above spiritual instruments were true instruments.

  Ji Yaohuo said calmly, "That's right, this is a top-grade flight artifact."

  Ning Cheng looked at the buildings under the lotus flower, his heart was somewhat excited. These were all legendary things, and he had actually encountered them. Here, one could cultivate without saying, perhaps one day, he would really be able to fly in the air. Without any motive or mechanical structure, relying solely on an inexplicable magical instrument, one could fly.

  "Luó Fēi, is your appearance the downfall of the Xian family? In a moment, I will go and destroy the Xian family." Ji Yáo Hé's tone suddenly turned cold and severe when she mentioned destroying the Xian family.

  "Probably not, when I was still very young, it seemed like there were always people who didn't get along with the Ji family. The number of people under Grandfather's command gradually decreased for no reason, and finally one night, someone rushed to the Ji family again. That was the night I was disfigured by someone. Later, Ning Grandfather arrived in time and took me away before Grandfather passed away."

  Ji Luo Fei was speaking when the lotus flower once again appeared on the challenge arena of Cang Qin Academy.

  "Yaohe Shimei, what's this?" Wen Qi slightly saw Ji Yaohe bringing Ning Cheng and Ji Luofei over, and asked in puzzlement.

  Ji Yahe pointed at Ji Luofei and said, "This is my niece Ji Luofei. She followed my fourth uncle to drift in Cang Qin country back then. Now she's the only one left, I want to bring her back to Huazhou."

  Wen Qiluo didn't say much, and the male cultivator with a stiff face said, "Since Yaohe Shijie has found your niece and wants to take her away, then the ten of us will have to brush up on another one."

  The ten seeded players who were already on stage heard this and felt a sudden thud in their hearts. Now they understood that although they were seeded players, in fact, they had been chosen. Because the people from Xingxing Academy were afraid of trouble and didn't want to waste time on the challenge match, they probably wanted to leave as soon as possible.

  Now if they say to send another one down, it's obviously just calling out anyone among them. No one is willing to go down, only a fool would give up the opportunity to cultivate at the Five-Star Academy.

  Ji Yaohuo's eyes scanned the ten people and suddenly pointed at Gu Yiming, saying "You go down."

  As a cultivator of the Yuanjing realm, Ji Yahe felt a palpable tremble in Gu Yimeng's mind when she mentioned that Ji Luofei was her niece. It was a kind of apprehension. Regardless of why Gu Yimeng was apprehensive, it wasn't something she needed to consider; she simply pointed at him and demanded he leave the selected group of ten.

  Gu Yiming heard that he was going down and suddenly panicked. If he didn't go to the Xingxing Wuxing Academy, it would be absolutely impossible for him to reach a higher level.

  Thinking of this, he suddenly let go and clasped his fists, saying, "Fellow seniors of Meteorite Academy, I am one of the top disciples in Cangqin Academy. Going to Meteorite Academy is a lifelong dream for me. I hope you seniors will be impartial..."

  Gu Yiming hadn't finished speaking when a shadow appeared beside him, and he immediately felt himself being kicked flying out.

  "Get out when you're told to get out. What's with all the nonsense?" Gu Yiming, who was in mid-air, heard Wen Qi's slightly chilly voice.

  "Aunt, and Ning Cheng." Ji Luo Fei only then realized that even if her aunt was a teacher at the Meteorite Academy, it wasn't easy to follow her aunt wherever she went. So, she quickly mentioned Ning Cheng, having already reacted, previously her aunt had only said she would guarantee Ning Cheng's safety, but hadn't said anything about taking him along.

  The decision of the Meteorite Academy, no one dares to come out and make a fuss. Even if the King of Cangqin Country is sitting here, and the Dean of Cangqin Academy is also sitting here, they would not dare to stand up and refute it either.

  Upon hearing Ji Luo Fei's words, Wen Qi Lue furrowed his brow slightly before turning to look at Ji Yao He and saying, "Yao He shi mei, you've found your niece and want to take her away, that can be excused. We might not even need to inspect her spiritual root. However, this little guy's spiritual root is probably not very good. If he wants to leave, it's unlikely to be possible."

  Ji Yaohuo also furrowed her brow, but before she could speak, a man sitting next to the principal of Cang Qin Academy stood up. His face was as dark as a piece of rusty iron, extremely unsightly.

  "A few seniors from the Fallen Star Academy, and Vice President of Cang Qin Academy, Yong Changyan. This Ning City I do know, previously relying on being the young master of the Ning family, he would either beat or scold Miss Luo Fei, and completely treated Miss Luo Fei as a maid of the Ning family."

  The deputy dean simply said a few words, then bowed again and sat down. He didn't mention Ning Cheng's spiritual root at all, he must have known that Ning Cheng was going to the Meteorite Academy, and had to test his spiritual root.

  Ji Yaohuo's face immediately turned icy, staring at Ning Cheng coldly and saying, "You little brat, is that so? You dare to treat Luo Fei like a maid and order her around, do you not want to live?"

  Ning Cheng was suddenly speechless, and before his rebirth, it really was like this, how could he explain?

  "Looking for death." Seeing Ning Cheng unable to explain, Ji Yaohuo immediately knew that Yong Changyan was telling the truth, and waved his hand to give Ning Cheng a slap.