Chapter 219: Are you Yang Ji, Brother Yang?
Immortal Leisure Pavilion, VIP Room.
"Young Master, that Immortal Fairy girl obviously has no interest in you. Your repeated visits seem to make no progress but instead have provoked her irritation," whispered the robed elder clad in black from the Mahayana realm.
"Yes, she acts warm on the surface, but I can feel it's just courtesy, perfunctory. I'm truly disappointed, disheartened, and upset," sighed Yang Ji, a look of desolation appearing on his handsome face.
"The owner of the Immortal Leisure Pavilion has been roaming the vast void for nearly ten thousand years. With no trace of him for so many years, he might well have perished. Why don't we have the elder make a move to capture that Immortal Fairy girl, snatch her Origin of Immortal Qi, and then it'll be a done deal. Once the rice is cooked, she will naturally accept it."
"Even if the owner of Immortal Leisure Pavilion returns later, he will have no room to criticize, after all, our Qi Family is not inferior to them. This alliance through marriage could turn out to be a great thing. If it can be achieved, both parties would be willing to see it happen. After all, who can refuse an ally with power and influence like the Red Dust Immortal?
In the face of such benefits, matters like marriage are trivial and not worth mentioning. Besides, you too are born with an Immortal Body and would not disgrace her, the Immortal Fairy," said the black-robed elder, expressionless.
"No, although I covet her Origin of Immortal Qi, I truly like her and genuinely want to become her cultivation partner. A cultivation partnership is about sincerity. Even if I gain her body, but never her heart, what's the point? If I can't see her tender smile at me, my world will lose its color," Yang Ji sighed deeply, "Elder Xue, you are devoted to cultivation, untainted by desires of the flesh.
You don't understand the emotions between men and women."
"She is a dagger that wrenches the heart; she is wine that intoxicates; she is agony and anticipation. Her gentle smile brings light to my world, and every little action of hers stirs my emotions. This taste is bitter, but having met her it gives one a place to put their heart."
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"This feeling is fulfilling, this feeling is anticipation, this feeling is the pluck of heartstrings. She is the fireworks in my life. Since I met her on the Battlefield of Inheritances, I fell deeply for her," said Yang Ji, his expression shifting from smiles to sighs to head-shaking.
"The entanglements between men and women, are they so complicated? If I truly liked someone, I'd simply take her. If she didn't like me back, then I'd control her, make her obedient and serve at my side," whispered the black-robed elder.
"Elder Xue, you don't get it. It's precisely because her soul is captivating that I adore her. Controlling her would be no different from having a puppet. Without seeing her myriad emotions, her shyness and laughter, it all becomes meaningless," Yang Ji glanced at the elder, "You've never been touched by love between men and women, so it's hard for you to understand this.
If you truly liked someone, would you want to control her soul and thoughts?"
"But the Immortal Fairy girl has no feelings for Young Master, I fear this will wear out your patience," the black-robed elder shook his head.
"Patience? In the long years of cultivation, everyone must have ample patience," Yang Ji said leisurely with a smile, "There's still over a thousand years until my Divinity Transformation deadline. In these thousand-plus years, I intend to touch Immortal Fairy's heart with my sincerity."
Yang Ji had a tall stature and was attractive, exuding an indescribable aura, especially the confidence in his faint smile which was utterly captivating.
If he sincerely pursued a woman, it would indeed be hard not to be moved by him.
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"Young Master Qi, please follow me." A woman dressed in brocade clothes led Yang Ji and another person through the courtyard, and soon brought them to a reception room.
"Young Master Qi, please have a seat. The lady is dressing up and will come to see you soon," the woman said softly.
"Don't we always meet at the Leisure Pavilion? Why did we come to the Banquet Immortal Tower today?" Yang Ji asked curiously.
"Oh, the lady said she had an important guest to meet today, so we switched to this even nicer Banquet Immortal Tower. It was to have you, Young Master Qi, come over as well, as an addition to the meeting," the woman explained.
"Oh?" Yang Ji's expression changed slightly. The woman's words were clear—Immortal Fairy was meeting someone else and simply included him.
He, the mighty Young Master Qi, had become an afterthought, normally not qualified to sit in the Banquet Immortal Tower. Today he was "incidentally" benefiting from the situation.
"Young Master, please come inside!" Just then, he heard another woman's voice from outside. Following that, Yang Ji saw Yang Ji being led by the woman to sit across from him.
As Yang Ji looked up, he also saw Yang Ji and the elder behind him, pausing for a moment in surprise.
He had come to purchase treasures, not to attend a banquet.
Such secretive dealings were best kept to as few people as possible, but now, with fruit and tea sets neatly arranged, it resembled a tea banquet.
He was not interested in it being too lively.
"Master, with only Divinity Transformation level of cultivation, what merits or abilities does he have to sit on the honored seat to the left? It seems Immortal Fairy is trying to embarrass you, to put you in an awkward position," the black-robed elder transmitted his voice.
"It doesn't matter! Immortal Fairy is probably deliberately trying to provoke me," Yang Ji smiled, not taking it to heart. He lifted his tea cup, gave a nod to Yang Ji, and started sipping his tea.