Chapter 12 Jiang Li's Identity
That night.
Midnight.
Baiyun Temple, Li Yu's room.
Li Yu sat on one side of the table, and on the other side of the table, sat a young girl.
The girl was about seventeen or eighteen years old, with thin eyebrows and a straight nose, crystal complexion, and as soft as jade. She was born to be a picture. Looking at the entire Baiyun Temple, no one could surpass her in beauty. Even Senior Sister Zhou had to give up her place to view the flowers.
The girl was cute and lovely, but when she looked at Li Yu, she felt shy and angry, and said angrily: "Didn't I tell you that no matter what time it is, you have to knock on the door before entering my room..."
Facing this girl who looked like Jiang Li, Li Yu was speechless.
He still couldn't accept the fact that the good brother who usually stood shoulder to shoulder with him, shared happiness and hardship with him, and even fought with him, was actually a woman...
The original owner of this body was a fool, right?
They lived and ate together and spent every day together for two years, but he didn’t know that his best friend was a woman?
Or did this guy already discover it and just pretend not to know?
Li Yu searched his memory carefully and found that he really didn't know.
Even after he traveled through time, he never had any doubts about Jiang Li's gender. Jiang Li usually acted timidly, and Li Yu just thought he was introverted, because Jiang Li at that time looked like a handsome young man.
But at this moment, the person sitting opposite him was an out-and-out woman.
He looked at the girl opposite him, and after a long silence, he folded his arms and said, "Tell me, little..., what is going on..."
Seeing Li Yu's serious expression, Jiang Li finally felt guilty, retracted his neck, and whispered: "I didn't mean to lie to you, it was my father and mother who were afraid that I would be bullied outside, so they asked me to dress up as a man..."
Li Yu still couldn't understand, so he asked again: "How did you manage to look so similar?"
Jiang Li put a jade pendant around his neck, and his whole temperament changed instantly, becoming the look that Li Yu was most familiar with.
A handsome young man with sharp eyebrows, bright eyes and an elegant appearance.
She took off the jade pendant and turned back into the beautiful young girl she was just now.
After a moment, Li Yu was playing with a jade pendant in his hand.
It's amazing that when Jiang Li takes off the pendant, she becomes a real woman. When she puts on the pendant, her temperament and voice change, and she looks more like a man, except that her appearance is a little feminine.
Li Yu never expected that the jade pendant that she never took off was actually a magical tool to conceal her identity.
In other words, Jiang Li’s identity was not the Crown Prince of Jiang State, but the Princess of Jiang State.
No wonder she doesn’t like Senior Sister Zhou. If Li Yu were her, she wouldn’t like her either.
After returning the pendant to her, Li Yu said nothing more. Although the two of them were already very familiar with each other, Li Yu still didn't know what attitude he should use to face her.
Jiang Li lowered his head and whispered, "Don't tell anyone else about this for now."
Li Yu nodded and said, "I really didn't mean it just now."
"Forget it, let's just consider it a draw." Jiang Li blushed slightly and changed the subject: "It's so late, what do you want from me?"
Li Yu also went with the flow and stopped talking about this topic. He said, "I want to borrow your cultivation method to see it."
Jiang Li said nothing, turned around and left, took back a thin book, handed it to Li Yu, and went back to his room, as if nothing had happened.
Li Yu closed the door and sat by the bed for a while, gradually accepting the fact that his brother was a girl.
Shaking his head, throwing away some complicated thoughts from his mind, Li Yu opened the booklet in his hand.
The basic water-attributed technique that Jiang Li practiced was called "Shuiyun Jue". The human meridian diagram on it showed that the water meridian started from Yufu and ended at Yongquan. The acupuncture point opened by the spiritual lotus was above the left chest, which was the Yufu acupoint.
In other words, three of the five spiritual veins in his body had been opened.
Of course, Li Yu cannot cultivate all three spiritual veins at the same time, as that would be a waste of time. With the same talent and the same effort, others have already reached the ninth level of Qi training, while he is only at the third level. Even if their magic powers are comparable, if he can take one step further in Qi training to the ninth level and successfully build a foundation, his strength will undergo a qualitative change, and most importantly, his lifespan will also double. Li Yu is very clear about the pros and cons involved.
After thinking about his experiences over the past few days, Li Yu lay on the bed and fell asleep with his clothes on.
A dreamless night.
The next morning, Li Yu was still asleep when he was awakened by a knock on the door.
He simply put on his robe, walked over and opened the door, and saw two figures standing outside.
One of them is Chen Ming and the other is Zhou Zixuan.
Li Yu yawned and asked, "Senior Sister Zhou, it's so early, is there anything wrong?"
Zhou Zixuan smiled slightly and said, "Junior Brother Li, I plan to go into the mountains to look for spiritual medicine. Do you want to come with me?"
In addition to helping mortals exorcise ghosts, finding spiritual medicines is another opportunity to earn spiritual coins. Some medicinal herbs that are old enough are worth a few to a dozen spiritual coins. If you are lucky enough to find spiritual medicines such as Zhuguo, you can become rich overnight. However, the probability is pitifully small, just like winning the lottery. In the two years at Baiyun Temple, Li Yu has never seen anyone find one.
After Zhou Zixuan finished speaking, Chen Ming also became anxious and hurriedly said, "Li Yu, I have a mission to go down the mountain to exorcise ghosts. It's worth forty spirit coins. Are you interested? After the mission is completed, you get 60% and I get 40%."
Zhou Zixuan frowned slightly when she heard this, and said to Chen Ming: "Senior Brother Chen, I was the one who invited Junior Brother Li first."
Chen Ming said indifferently: "There is no such thing as first come first served in this kind of situation. Li Yu can take any task he wants. It is his freedom."
Zhou Zixuan said dissatisfiedly: "Why would two people be needed for such a small ghost exorcism mission?"
Chen Ming asked back, "You can find the elixir by yourself, Junior Sister Zhou. You don't need two people. What are you thinking? Do you think I don't know?"
Zhou Zixuan stomped her feet in anger. Of course she was capable of searching for the elixir by herself, but she just wanted to create an opportunity to be alone with Li Yu. However, Chen Ming saw through her thoughts on the spot. As a girl, how could she still save her face?
Why is Chen Ming so annoying!
Chen Ming looked at Li Yu expectantly, waiting for his reply.
After what happened last time, he figured out one thing: the path of cultivating immortals is full of dangers. A strong man is far more useful than a beautiful woman.
It is better to be attentive to Li Yu than to Junior Sister Zhou.
Zhou Zixuan looked at Li Yu and asked, "Junior Brother Li, who do you want to go with?"
Of course Li Yu wanted to exorcise ghosts. Finding spiritual medicines was all about luck, and it was very likely that the trip would be in vain and he would not earn a single spiritual coin. Exorcising ghosts was different. He was guaranteed to earn more than 20 spiritual coins, and there was no danger. Even if there was an accident ...
Accidents are good things for him. With the mysterious incense burner, Li Yu is eager for a powerful ghost to appear. He will suck one if there are two, and then he can see what kind of magical use the incense burner can have after it is repaired...
Li Yu thought for a moment before saying, "I..."
Worried that Li Yu would be attracted by Junior Sister Zhou's beauty, Chen Ming immediately reminded him, "Li Yu, you have to think clearly. If you encounter danger, Junior Sister Zhou will be of no use. She will just stand by and watch. The last mission depended on the two of us. If you and I join forces, we can kill even the Qi Refining Stage ghosts..."
Zhou Zixuan's face turned red with anger when she heard this, and she gritted her teeth and said, "Chen Ming, you!"
Chen Ming refused to give in and said, "What's wrong with me? I'm telling the truth. Were you of any use in the last mission..."
Zhou Zixuan also retorted: "You are useful. If you hadn't used magic indiscriminately, exhausted your magic power, and been possessed by that female ghost, would there have been all those troubles later?"
Chen Ming had been laughed at by many people because of the incident of being raped by a female ghost. This incident became his Achilles' heel. When Zhou Zixuan brought up the past, he became a little annoyed and said, "Don't think I don't know what you are up to. Aren't you just coveting Li Yu's beauty? Li Yu, you have to be careful of Junior Sister Zhou. The road to immortality is long, and women will only affect the speed of our cultivation..."
