9: Flower thief who preys on both men and women

Ji Mao and Ji Qiang, the two brothers, were both severely injured.

"Stop right there."

A furious roar sounded, and only then did the two brothers cease fighting.

Ji Chang arrived and slapped each of them. He said angrily, "How dare you fight in the Ji Family grounds! If word gets out, both of you will be punished according to the family rules."

Ji Mao said furiously, "Father, this beast slept with Ruyan."

Hearing this, Ji Chang looked at Ji Qiang in disbelief. Ji Qiang quickly explained, "Father, it was Liu Ruyan who seduced me first. She just wanted to cause strife between us brothers."

Slap!

Ji Chang violently slapped Ji Qiang again.

"You beast! I knew you were lecherous, but I never expected you to be so brazen as to lay hands on your sister-in-law! If this gets out, how will my lineage ever maintain a foothold in the Ji Family?"

"This matter must never spread. Otherwise, don't even dream of becoming the Ji Family Young Lord."

Ji Mao hadn't expected his father to still protect Ji Qiang at this point, and he left in indignation.

Ji Qiang said, "Father, there's something strange about this. Someone sent a message to Elder Brother in my name, telling him to come to Fuyao Pavilion. I suspect Ji Ang did it, or at least someone from his lineage."

Hearing this, Ji Chang, in a fit of rage, slapped him again.

"Father, why are you hitting me again?"

"Me hitting you is getting off lightly! It's bad enough that you were secretly intimate with Liu Ruyan, but you were actually discovered and manipulated by others. You are an idiot."

Ji Chang left, boiling with anger.

Soon, the secret affair between Ji Chang and Liu Ruyan came to light and spread throughout the Ji Family.

To suppress the matter, Ji Chang captured several servants who were gossiping behind his back and executed them publicly. Only then was the situation quelled.

Under pressure from his father, Ji Mao could only swallow his anger and dared not divorce Liu Ruyan. He had no choice but to leave the Ji Family, this filthy and despicable place.

"I didn't expect this guy to be able to suppress even a matter like this. I truly underestimated him."

Jiang Yunfan didn't plan to take further action; doing too much would expose him easily.

Improving strength was the most important thing.

Jiang Yunfan stayed indoors, hiding within the hall and diligently Cultivating. He was not in a hurry to Cultivate the Azure Wood Spiritual Heart Technique, but instead focused on Cultivating the Northern Darkness Profound Art.

He took a Spirit Stone out of his Storage Pouch and held it in his hand. He circulated the Northern Darkness Profound Art to absorb the Spiritual Qi within the Spirit Stone and Cultivate.

Only a Innate Realm Expert could absorb Spiritual Qi to Cultivate, but his ability to absorb the Spirit Stone was entirely due to the Northern Darkness Profound Art, which gave him an advantage others lacked.

Two days later.

[Today's Intelligence (white): The Zhao Family failed in their attempt to assassinate Jiang Beixuan.]

[Today's Intelligence (white): The Sixth Prince, Li Ji, obtained Imperial Dragon Qi during the ancestral worship ceremony, increasing his Luck and greatly raising his Cultivation Level. His Imperial Fate is now established.]

[Today's Intelligence (white): The Flower Thief is causing chaos, consuming both men and women. Is this the distortion of human nature or the decline of the Dao?]

"Jiang Beixuan truly has a strong fate; he actually didn't die."

"Li Ji is really lucky; he actually obtained Imperial Dragon Qi."

"The Flower Thief... consumes both men and women."

Jiang Yunfan shivered. This kind of person was too terrifying.

In these two days, he stayed indoors, Cultivating using Spirit Stones. The True Qi inside his body surged several times, and he managed to open up a quarter of his spinal Dragon, greatly increasing his strength.

Suddenly, Ji Yao walked out of the inner hall alone.

"Ji Yao, you've finally recovered."

Jiang Yunfan was happy for Ji Yao.

Ji Yao said, "If it weren't for you, I don't know when I would have recovered."

She felt gratitude toward Jiang Yunfan.

"Your Meridians have just recovered. I will clear them for you."

Jiang Yunfan did not hesitate to expend True Qi to clear Ji Yao's Meridians.

Ji Yao quickly stopped him. "Don't, this will deplete your True Qi."

"You are my wife. What does it matter if I expend a little True Qi to clear your Meridians?"

These words moved Ji Yao again.

A moment later.

Jiang Yunfan stopped transmitting True Qi. He was not weakened by the expenditure of True Qi, showing how vast his True Qi reserves were.

He feigned weakness from the True Qi depletion, speaking weakly, "How do you feel?"

Ji Yao was touched. "I am very well."

"Thank you, Yunfan."

She called me Yunfan! It seems I have already won her heart.

Jiang Yunfan struck while the iron was hot. "Yaoer, you haven't been out in a long time. I'll take you sightseeing to relax."

Ji Yao also longed to go out, so she nodded.

The two left the great hall.

Ji Lingxiao arrived.

"Father."

"Father-in-law."

Seeing that Ji Yao's legs had recovered, Ji Lingxiao was overjoyed. "Yaoer, you've finally recovered."

Jiang Yunfan said, "Father-in-law, I plan to take Yaoer out for a walk so she can relax."

Ji Lingxiao said, "It is time for her to go out and move around."

Jiang Yunfan and Ji Yao departed.

Seeing Ji Yao walk, many uninformed servants of the Ji Family were astonished.

"Isn't that the Eldest Young Miss? Am I seeing things? The Eldest Young Miss can walk now!"

"I heard the son-in-law found the purple bauhinia grass, and that's how the Eldest Young Miss's legs were able to recover."

Jiang Yunfan and Ji Yao arrived at the Stable and saw Lu Yun. Jiang Yunfan immediately panicked. Why had he brought Ji Yao to the Stable?

"Greetings, Eldest Young Miss, Son-in-law."

Lu Yun stepped forward to pay his respects, and then gratefully said to Jiang Yunfan, "Thank you, Son-in-law, for saving me."

Jiang Yunfan knew Lu Yun had misunderstood, but he didn't explain. "It was I who implicated you. If I hadn't ridden away on that Jiaolin Horse, you wouldn't have been whipped by Ji Qiang."

"The Young Miss and I are leaving. Go fetch the Jiaolin Horse."

Lu Yun immediately went to fetch the horse.

Lu Yun brought the Jiaolin Horse over.

"Yaoer, I'll help you mount the horse."

Jiang Yunfan helped Ji Yao mount the horse. He then swung himself onto the horse and sat behind Ji Yao. Ji Yao did not reject sharing a horse with him.

Giddy-up.

Jiang Yunfan rode away.

Fuyao Pavilion.

"third young master, the Eldest Young Miss's legs have recovered."

"So what if they recovered? Her Dantian hasn't recovered, so she's still a cripple. There's nothing to worry about."

Ji Qiang didn't take Ji Yao's recovery seriously at all.

"third young master, there is one more thing. The Eldest Young Miss and the son-in-law rode away on the Jiaolin Horse."

Hearing this, Ji Qiang's eyes turned cold. He had deeply remembered being defeated by Jiang Yunfan last time. Now that Jiang Yunfan had left the Ji Family, he wanted him gone forever.

Of course, he wouldn't act personally. He planned to borrow a knife to kill someone.

Jiang Yunfan took Ji Yao sightseeing, allowing the emotions she had suppressed for a long time to finally be released.

The feelings between the two gradually warmed up.

Not long after.

Jiang Yunfan brought Ji Yao to Beili City. Shamelessly, he took Ji Yao's hand. Ji Yao subconsciously tried to pull it away but failed, so she could only let Jiang Yunfan hold it.

The corner of Jiang Yunfan's mouth curved up; he had made another step forward.

Holding the Jiaolin Horse with one hand and a peerless beauty with the other, he became the most dazzling youth in Beili City.

The drop-dead gorgeous Ji Yao had a hundred percent turn-back rate, captivating men, women, the old, and the young alike.

"What a beautiful woman."

"Mom, that older sister is so beautiful! I must marry a woman as beautiful as her when I grow up."

Jiang Yunfan heard the words of the little boy on the side of the road and teased, "Your charm is too great; even children are captivated."

Ji Yao said, "It's just a superficial appearance."

Jiang Yunfan was speechless. She had killed the conversation instantly.

Ahead, an effeminate man holding a folding fan noticed Jiang Yunfan and Ji Yao, and his gaze was instantly drawn to Ji Yao.

What a beautiful woman.

Even in the Cultivation world, she would be a rare and peerless beauty.

She must be a supreme Cauldron.

The man beside her was also extraordinary, with vigorous vitality and abundant masculine Qi.

Both of them were supreme quality.

Jiang Yunfan noticed the effeminate man.

A freak.

That was Jiang Yunfan's first impression of the effeminate man.

The effeminate man smiled at him, instantly giving him goosebumps all over.

[Today's Intelligence (red): The effeminate man is the Flower Thief, and also a Demonic Cultivator. He Cultivates the Sunflower Demonic Canon, which involves harvesting Yin to supplement Yang and harvesting Yang to supplement Yin. He has Innate Realm Middle Stage Cultivation Level, and his methods are sinister and ruthless.]

Jiang Yunfan didn't expect to be so unlucky as to run into the Flower Thief.

He had thought the Flower Thief was just an ordinary thief, but he turned out to be a Demonic Cultivator with Innate Realm Cultivation Level.

He was so handsome, and Ji Yao was so beautiful; they were definitely his type.

Run!

Jiang Yunfan wrapped an arm around Ji Yao's slender waist and vaulted onto the horse.

Giddy-up.

Without a word, he rode away.

Ji Yao wasn't panicked. "What happened?"

Jiang Yunfan said, "I saw the wanted Flower Thief. He has Innate Realm Cultivation Level, so we can only run."

Ji Yao said, "His target is me. I'll ride the horse to draw him away, and you take the chance to escape."

Jiang Yunfan hadn't expected Ji Yao to draw away the Flower Thief for him, and his heart warmed. "Don't say such foolish things. How could I abandon you and run away alone?"

"That Flower Thief is a pervert who consumes both men and women. Since I'm so handsome, I'm also his target. Don't worry, the Jiaolin Horse is fast; even a Innate Realm Expert won't be able to catch up."