Chapter 81 Lifelong Fatherhood?!

This statement was not up for discussion. If Ji Yun wouldn't let her go, her only hope was Xuan Yuanji.

"There are reasons why you can't go. Stay obediently in the Ji residence," Xuan Yuanji replied in a calm voice.

"I won't!" Ji Yin stepped forward and tugged at Xuan Yuanji's sleeve. "As long as you agree, my father can't stop me. Take me with you, won't you? Master, you're my teacher—of course a disciple should follow her master."

"Even if you've broken through to the fifth stage, your father won't agree to let you go." Xuan Yuanji knew how precious Ji Yin was to the Ji family.

No one knew what was happening at Zhiyun Mountain; naturally, they wouldn't let Ji Yin take the risk.

"A teacher for a day is a father for life. Now, I'll listen to you." Ji Yin nodded solemnly.

Father for life?!

Xuan Yuanji felt a pang in his heart.

He glanced at Ji Yin's expectant eyes and said slowly, "You cannot go."

Seeing that even Xuan Yuanji would not negotiate, Ji Yin turned and ran outside. Watching her departing figure, Xuan Yuanji sighed softly.

"Young master, why do you sigh?" Wuyan looked at his master. Life had been peaceful, but ever since the seventh young master arrived, so many concerns had arisen!

"Do you think she'll really obey?"

"No," Wuyan answered immediately.

For life... as a father...

Xuan Yuanji wasn't thinking about whether Ji Yin would obey, but was chewing over those words, feeling a thousand uncomfortable emotions.

...

Ji Yin returned to her own courtyard and immediately asked for yellow talisman papers, picking up her brush and starting to draw. With her current strength, she could only use low-level magic talismans, so she needed to prepare plenty.

"Great Demon, if it's truly dangerous, maybe we shouldn't go and throw ourselves away."

"Fortune favors the bold, haven't you heard?" Ji Yin replied.

Demon Cauldron: ...

The Crimson Flame Mink lay on the windowsill, watching Ji Yin busy herself, its little head following her every move.

...

Ji Yun arrived at the Tianyuan Sect and immediately gave orders: all cultivators above the third stage, whether of spiritual or physical cultivation, were to assemble in the Tianyuan Hall.

Less than the time it takes to burn a stick of incense, over five hundred people had gathered in the hall.

Chu Yu glanced around, guessing it must be related to Zhiyun Mountain.

Ji Yun looked at the assembled crowd and spoke softly, "In a moment, please come forward in turn and place your hand on the Spirit Testing Stone."

The crowd still didn't know what was happening; whispers and discussions filled the hall.

Chu Yu was the first to step forward and placed his hand on the stone.

The Spirit Testing Stone immediately emitted a radiant glow.

Ji Yun nodded to the person responsible for recording. That person promptly wrote Chu Yu's name in the register.

One by one, people stepped forward, and the list of names grew longer.

"Du Wei, I remember you only just broke through the second stage, didn't you?" Ji Yun looked at the young man before him. Spiritual cultivators were rare, so Ji Yun knew all those in the Tianyuan Sect.

"National Teacher, I've just broken through to the third stage," Du Wei replied respectfully.

The people nearby were amazed. Heaven! Another genius? He'd just broken through the second stage, and now the third?

Ji Yun nodded. The Spirit Testing Stone had just confirmed it: Du Wei had indeed broken through the third stage.

"Stand over here."

"Yes." Du Wei moved to stand with Chu Yu's group.

Chu Yu glanced at Du Wei. He couldn't bear to hear the words "breakthrough"; every time he did, he felt unbearably uneasy, as if his heart was stuffed with dry grass. If Ji Yin hadn't drained so much of his soul power, he would've been close to the fourth stage himself!