Chapter 180: Chapter 175: Master Jiu’s Warning

Lv Ji flipped open the thirty-first page of the Profound List.

He walked a few excited steps within the small pavilion, then managed to compose himself and said to Chen Xu:

“Brother Chen, look, you are ranked thirty-first on the Profound List!

In the entire ’Great Li’s Splendor Record,’ you are the only one who hasn’t achieved the status of a Scholar yet made it onto the Profound List.”

In fact, in the whole Great Li’s Splendor Record, except for Chen Xu, the lowest rank among scholars who made it to the list was a Scholar.

Xie Mingyi, who is the first on the Celestial List, is the top Scholar of the Capital District, and everyone expects him to participate in next year’s Spring Examinations.

He is also a popular candidate for Champion Scholar in next year’s Spring Examinations.

The second on the Celestial List is Zhaixingzi, who is not a scholar but a Daoist cultivator, a True Monarch in the Daoist Sect, at the Core Formation Stage!

And the third on the Celestial List, Pei Jingque, was last year’s newly appointed Champion Scholar.

He is the Champion Scholar, yet only ranks third on the Celestial List.

It makes one wonder how terrifying Xie Mingyi, the number one, must be.

But those brilliant figures are still too distant from the current Yunjiang Prefecture. Although Lv Ji had already calmed his emotions, he suddenly became excited again and said:

“Brother Chen, your inclusion on the list truly attests to your astonishing poetic talent.

One poem, two poems… six poems, in total, you have six Cyan Smoke Poems.

Eh, that’s not right… the Ghost King of Pufeng Mountain was actually vanquished by you, Brother Chen?”

Inside and outside the pavilion, the air suddenly became quiet.

Lv Ji looked at Chen Xu in astonishment, his expression incredulous, his gaze dazed.

He once again began to doubt his eyes; he had just recently gotten his hands on this Great Li’s Splendor Record.

He honestly hadn’t had time to closely examine the contents, especially since he was previously quite shocked by ’Pity the Farmer.’

His single thought was to befriend Chen Xu, treating the Great Li’s Splendor Record in his hand as a stepping stone, never expecting it to contain such astonishing achievements of Chen Xu.

Chen Xu was momentarily at a loss for words as well.

When he perused the achievements of others through the Great Li’s Splendor Record, he experienced a peculiar feeling of being a distant observer.

Now it’s his turn, so Chen Xu carefully looked through the descriptions within.

He saw only a few brief sentences: “At the Prefecture Examination, he once led a Bookworm to ring the bell.

During the Academy Examination, created Cyan Smoke with the poem ’Spring Mountain Moon,’ winning the top spot.

Has Cyan Smoke Poems ’Knight’s Journey,’ ’Flowers Are Not Flowers,’ ’Palace Poems,’ ’Pity the Farmer,’ ’Spring Mountain Moon,’ ’Farewell to Ancient Grass.’

Master of culinary arts, once single-handedly annihilated a cave of ghosts at Pufeng Mountain.”

Beyond that, there was nothing more.

There was no mention of gifting Ji Weizi ’For the Success of a General, Thousands of Bones Wither!’

Nor was there a detailed account of how Chen Xu ultimately annihilated the cave of ghosts at Pufeng Mountain, not even mentioning whether Xie Huaizheng was the Ghost King.

In fact, the title of Ghost King used by Xie Huaizheng was most likely self-appointed.

A true Ghost King would not be so easily declared.

However, “single-handedly annihilated a cave of ghosts at Pufeng Mountain,” even this brief sentence was already astonishing enough.

Lv Ji kept blinking vigorously until his eyelids nearly cramped.

Chen Xu, however, was quietly contemplating the recording capability of the Great Li’s Splendor Record.

He wondered whether everything recorded in this Splendor Record was manually collected or if there was some other mystery behind it?

No matter which, at least from the omission of ’For the Success of a General, Thousands of Bones Wither’ from this artifact, it could be surmised that the other party was not versed in the Netherworld!

This discovery allowed Chen Xu to feel a bit relieved internally.

His full hand of cards had not been revealed, making him quickly shift his mentality and no longer resent the appearance of the Great Li’s Splendor Record.

In fact, this thing could be beneficial to him!

Lv Ji was in a daze for a while until someone came to report from outside, finally bringing him back to his senses.

It turned out that a doorman hurriedly came to inform Chen Xu: “Mr. Chen, my lord sent a book over, instructing me to hand it to you.”

Chen Xu took the book brought by the doorman, and upon examining it, he wondered which one of those it was since it wasn’t another copy of the ’Great Li’s Splendor Record.’

After all, it seemed impossible that County Magistrate Feng’s information would be less informed than that of Lv Ji.

However, given County Magistrate Feng’s busy affairs, it wouldn’t be feasible for any tidbit to cause him to rush to Chen Xu every time.

Nonetheless, his timely dispatch of the Great Li’s Splendor Record was indeed very prompt.

Lv Ji hurriedly stood up, cupped his hands, and made a bow to Chen Xu, saying, “Brother Chen, I’ve often heard about the evil ghosts on Pufeng Mountain while in the city.

Your annihilation of that ghost lair is truly appreciated beyond words.”

Chen Xu immediately came to support him, but Lv Ji, stepping on the stairs, suddenly took a step back, missing a step entirely.

“Ouch!”

Lv Ji flipped over in a panic, falling with a thud to the ground.

That fall was truly embarrassing; his whole face nearly flushed to the color of pig liver.

However, he quickly got back to his feet and blurted out: “Brother Chen, I hear the aroma of your family’s pastries from next door every day. May I have a pastry to taste?

If I could eat a pastry, even the fall wouldn’t hurt.”

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Chen Xu was amused, finding Lv Ji to appear thin-skinned but unexpectedly witty.

The pastries were yet to be consumed, but the likes were already given.

Through this recent acknowledgment, Chen Xu learned that Lv Ji’s daily like limit was [35] points.

Even without having opened his Sea of Literature, merely cultivating Qi cultivation skills, his daily limit was still [35] points, suggesting that Lv Ji’s Qi cultivation must not be weak.

With the consumption of Spiritual Food, his limit should directly increase to [350] points.

Chen Xu did not employ the Microscopic Skill or the Technique of Watching the Tide on Lv Ji, yet the feedback from the Food Cauldron Celestial Book could still to some extent analyze the state of living beings’ cultivation.

Evidently, there are many functions of the Food Cauldron Celestial Book that can be further utilized.

Afterward, Chen Xu instructed someone to bring pastries to give to Lv Ji and gifted him a small gourd of Joy and Sorrow Wine as a farewell gesture.

Lv Ji, dazed and confused, took his leave of Chen Xu with his food box in hand.

After leaving the courtyard, he suddenly realized he had visited Chen Xu rudely, ending up eating and taking things without bringing any gifts himself—

The ’Great Li’s Splendor Record’ he initially intended to bring as a gift was taken back by him in its original form.

Standing at the courtyard entrance, Lv Ji regretted so deeply he could only hate himself for not slapping his own face.

“Oh, what is this nonsense!”

He hurried back home, searching frantically through boxes for something to return as a gift.

Unbeknownst to him, the reason for Chen Xu’s hurried farewell was his Spirit Garden Pouch.

The Spirit Garden Pouch began stirring at the same time County Magistrate Feng instructed someone to deliver the Great Li’s Splendor Record.

Chen Xu suddenly had an inexplicable, extraordinary sense of perception rise in his heart, so he hastened to send off Lv Ji and returned to his room.

Once he opened the Spirit Garden Pouch, a little mouse groggily crawled out.

Recently, Chen Xu had been using the Life-Reflected Fiend to absorb the mouse’s disease qi daily and feeding it Spiritual Food to help nourish its body.

Overall, Ah Shi’s physical condition was much better compared to before.

But after crawling out groggily at this moment, the mouse sat on the tabletop, eyes half-closed, suddenly emitting an old voice from its belly:

“Mr. Chen… I foresee your fortune changing soon, suggesting impending calamity!”

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