Tingyun Throws Herself at Him / What Kind of Normal Person Brings Someone Along on a Date?!

Before she could react, Ji Yuan had already walked away.

Watching him leave, Tail spoke in a puzzled tone:

"That kid... I can't tell whether he's a good guy or a bad guy. If he's bad, I really can't see where he's bad. But if he's good, he always looks like he's up to no good. We'll see after getting to know him better."

"Um, I think Mr. Ji Yuan is a good person."

Huohuo said softly.

Tail said irritably, "Good person, good person. One day you'll get scammed out of even your socks."

At that moment, the Suiyang tied up like a rice dumpling fawned over Huohuo. "Um, Your Honor the Judge, look how tightly I'm tied up. Could you loosen it a little?"

Hesitation appeared in Huohuo's eyes.

But at that moment, the Jade Steel Reaver directly grabbed the Suiyang in its hand. It then took out a special rope and bound the Suiyang even tighter.

Looking at the Jade Steel Reaver, Huohuo knew there was truly nothing she could do.

As a purely mechanical life-form, the Jade Steel Reaver was not swayed by emotion. In some situations, its authority was even greater than a judge's. Moreover, Huohuo was only a Probationary Judge, not yet an official one.

After tying it up, she and Huohuo headed toward the Ten-Lords Commission together.

Elsewhere, after seeing Huohuo and the others take the Suiyang away, Ji Yuan's expression immediately turned excited the moment he turned around.

He knew he could not keep this captured Suiyang. Huohuo might have been fine, but the other members of the Ten-Lords Commission would absolutely not allow a non-member like him to possess a Suiyang.

Rather than having someone force him to hand over the Suiyang, it was better to turn it in voluntarily.

After all—

The Suiyang disrupted the Xianzhou. You gifted a hidden Suiyang to the Chief Adjudicator of the Ten-Lords Commission. The Chief Adjudicator was deeply grateful. You have been rewarded with one Suiyang replica.

After handing over the Suiyang, he still had another one in his hands. The Ten-Lords Commission did not lose out, and he made a profit too.

He won. Everyone won.

Looking at the house he had just bought, Ji Yuan hummed a cheerful tune.

But after only a few notes, he abruptly stopped.

He had gotten too carried away today. What if someone in this area shot a few arrows at him and killed him?

Ji Yuan swiftly looked around and cautiously headed toward the Cloud Knights' outpost. Only after reaching it did he finally let out a sigh of relief.

"Safety. I have to pay attention to safety."

He silently repeated it to himself.

Escorting the Suiyang, Huohuo and the Jade Steel Reaver arrived at a secluded pavilion on the outskirts of Exalting Sanctum. At that moment, a gray-blue-haired woman with an exceedingly cold expression stood there waiting for them.

"L-Lady Hanya."

Huohuo spoke to the beautiful woman before her.

Meanwhile, the expressionless Jade Steel Reaver handed over the bound Suiyang.

Looking at the "rice dumpling" before her, Lady Hanya revealed a flicker of confusion.

She then said, "I didn't expect you to capture the Suiyang in Exalting Sanctum so quickly. Much earlier than I anticipated."

Hearing this, Huohuo hurriedly waved her hands. "Um, it wasn't my achievement. It was, it was my teacher..."

"Teacher?"

Lady Hanya asked.

"Yes, my teacher captured all the Suiyang today."

Huohuo nodded, then recounted everything that had happened that day to Lady Hanya.

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"Subjugating Suiyang? Such an ability is indeed extraordinary. The Ten-Lords Commission has several methods of restraining Suiyang, but this is the first time I've heard of a method capable of commanding them."

After hearing Huohuo's account, Lady Hanya tapped the tabletop a few times with her fingers before speaking.

"Yes."

Huohuo nodded.

After thinking for a moment, Lady Hanya immediately waved her hand and summoned several Youfu Warriors. She instructed them, "You will investigate the identity and background of this youth named Ji Yuan."

"Yes."

The Youfu Warriors nodded and turned to leave.

Watching them depart, Huohuo asked Lady Hanya, "Lady Hanya, are you planning to have Teacher join the Ten-Lords Commission as well?"

Lady Hanya shook her head. "If he truly possesses such abilities, I would certainly hope he could join the Ten-Lords Commission. But if he has family or close friends of his own, then he is not suited for it."

The work of the Ten-Lords Commission was cold and merciless. They dealt with life, death, and evil all year round, and they also had to maintain independence and purity. Those with family and friends would find it difficult to adapt to the Ten-Lords Commission's work. No matter how powerful such people were, they would not enter the Ten-Lords Commission.

Hearing Lady Hanya say this, Huohuo nodded with a slight sense of disappointment.

Normal people would not join the Ten-Lords Commission. Those who did were mostly orphans, oddballs, and the like. Lady Hanya's words reminded Huohuo of herself.

Lady Hanya stood and walked outside the desolate pavilion.

"In any case, return to the Ten-Lords Commission and await orders for now. Once my investigation is complete, I will inform you of your next course of action."

"Yes, Lady Hanya."

Ji Yuan cautiously returned to his dormitory. Only after returning to the dormitory guarded by the Sky-Faring Commission and the Cloud Knights did he finally relax.

"I absolutely can't be this bold next time, or how am I supposed to stay alive?"

As he spoke, Ji Yuan picked up his phone and made himself a note, warning himself that he had to be careful, careful, and even more careful in the future. Otherwise, it would be far too easy to die.

After making the note, Ji Yuan thought about telling his mother that he had bought a house today.

He opened his phone and sent a message to his mother, Suyi.

Ji Yuan: Mom, I've already bought my house.

Mother: It took this long? I thought you would have bought it several days ago.

Ji Yuan: Mom, I was buying a house, not cabbages. Was I supposed to walk out and buy one immediately?

Mother: That would work too.

Ji Yuan: Forget it, forget it. I won't say anything. I took seven days off. I spent four days buying the house, and I'll use the remaining three days to buy materials and renovate it.

Mother: Mm. Do you have enough money for the renovations? If not, I'll send you more.

Ji Yuan: No need, no need. I saved a huge amount on the house. I bought it for less than half the market price.

Mother: ?

Afterward, Ji Yuan told her everything that had happened that night, including the Suiyang in the house, his encounter with Huohuo, the Ten-Lords Commission's Probationary Judge, and how he had ultimately restrained that Suiyang.

The only thing he hid was the source of the Suiyang Subjugation Art in his possession. He could not mention the system, so he simply said it was a technique he had accidentally acquired while wandering through a market on the Luofu Starfaring Vessel.

Mother: I see. Mm, creatures like Suiyang are mainly handled by the Ten-Lords Commission. Since you are already going to teach that technique to a judge of the Ten-Lords Commission, there's no need to worry about anything else.

Ji Yuan: Okay.

After chatting for a few more lines, Ji Yuan closed the conversation. He had just planned to get some proper rest when his phone notified him of a friend request.

Hm?

Who wanted to add me as a friend?

Ji Yuan thought to himself.

He tapped open the profile picture, and upon seeing the pretty Fox Folk girl in it, Ji Yuan's hand trembled involuntarily.

It was Tingyun.

She was adding him as a friend.

He instinctively recoiled, nearly throwing his phone away.

Just as he had already made the motion to throw it, Ji Yuan came to his senses. He was about to die, and Tingyun was about to die too, but he had never heard of anyone dying because of communications on the Xianzhou.

After thinking it over, Ji Yuan tapped accept on the friend request.

Tingyun: Oh, Ji Yuan, you really weren't easy to find. I had to put in quite a bit of effort to track you down.

Ji Yuan: Um, sorry. Didn't I just arrive on the Luofu Starfaring Vessel? I really haven't added many people to my contacts.

Tingyun: So that's how it is. Weren't you buying a house recently? How did it go? Did everything go smoothly?

Ji Yuan: Mm, yes, everything went smoothly on my end. I've bought the house and completed the transfer procedures. Once I clean it up a little, I can move in.

Looking at Ji Yuan's words on the screen, Tingyun, who was lying on her bed at home, could not help but smile happily. At the same time, she smugly raised her little feet, her slender and graceful ankles and warm jade-like insteps glowing faintly, adding a touch of allure to her beautiful legs.

She did not know exactly why, but seeing Ji Yuan doing so well made her happy.

When she had added Ji Yuan earlier, Tingyun had remembered how distant he had been before and assumed he would not accept so easily. Yet his words did not carry that same sense of distance, and he was willing to share his life with her.

After thinking for a moment, she continued typing into the chat:

Tingyun: I'm resting these next couple of days too. Would you like me to accompany you tomorrow while you buy supplies?

Based on what he had said before, he should agree, right?

Tingyun thought to herself.

Then—

She saw Ji Yuan's reply.

Ji Yuan: Um, there's no need to trouble you. I can go by myself.

Tingyun froze.

Why had she been rejected?

No.

She was unwilling to accept this.

Tingyun's competitive spirit flared up again.

"After talking for so long, I almost agreed without thinking. That was close, that was close."

Thinking about how he had nearly typed the word "okay," Ji Yuan was struck by a wave of lingering fear.

Dangerous. It had been far too dangerous.

What if he agreed, went shopping for supplies with Tingyun, and then they got killed?

At that moment, another message from Tingyun arrived.

Tingyun: It's fine. I have nothing to do while resting at home anyway. And you just arrived on the Luofu Starfaring Vessel, so you probably aren't familiar with the markets and shops here, right? I know plenty of merchants, and whatever you need, I can help you find it. Consider it partial repayment for saving my life.

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Seeing Tingyun's message, Ji Yuan could not help but frown. Going shopping alone really would be rather troublesome. With Tingyun around, things would go much more smoothly.

But what about the danger?

Ji Yuan thought for a moment, then opened another contact.

Ji Yuan: Yanqing, do you have time tomorrow?

What Normal Person Brings Someone Along on a Date?!