Chapter 119 Cave Ruins
"Fairy Shen, I haven't seen you for many years, but you are still as charming as ever." Hu Qingsong stood up to greet her and said with a smile.

Shen Yaoyu smiled slightly, and glanced at Hu Qingsong and Ji Chang: "Daoyou Hu, thank you for the compliment. Who is this Daoyou?"

"Oh, let me introduce you." Hu Qingsong pointed at Ji Chang and said, "This is Brother Han Lin, a first-class top-grade alchemist."

"Brother Han, this is the Daoist Fellow Shen Yaoyu whom I mentioned just now, a second-level formation master."

Upon hearing this, Ji Chang stood up and bowed, "So it's Fellow Daoist Shen. I'm so sorry for my disrespect."

However, Shen Yaoyu's reaction was not very enthusiastic.

She nodded slightly, her expression indifferent, her eyes just casually swept over Ji Chang, and then turned to Hu Qingsong: "Hu Daoyou, I haven't seen you for many years. Your cultivation has improved a lot."

Ji Chang felt Shen Yaoyu's coldness and felt a little embarrassed, but he did not show it. He just maintained a decent smile and sat quietly aside.

Hu Qingsong also noticed the subtle atmosphere. He sighed in his heart, knowing that Shen Yaoyu was not interested in a first-grade top-grade alchemist.

After all, Shen Yaoyu is different from him. She is a casual foundation-building cultivator and has no disciples. She does not need Ji Chang to refine foundation-building pills.

But Hu Qingsong didn't expect that Shen Yaoyu would ignore Ji Chang so much.

In his opinion, as Ji Chang is a first-class alchemist and a foundation-building cultivator, he will definitely be able to become a second-class alchemist in the future.

However, Hu Qingsong did not say anything, but just changed the subject to ease the awkward atmosphere.

After all, the relationship between him and Shen Yaoyu was not that close.

The reason why I invited her here this time was just to ask her to help explore the cave ruins that appeared in Yuzhou.

"Fairy Shen, have you thought clearly about the cave ruins in Yuzhou? Are you willing to explore with us?"

Ji Chang's heart moved when he heard this.

"It is indeed related to that cave."

During these days, Ji Chang would occasionally peek at Fairy Hong Ling and Zixuan Sanren to understand the extent of their exploration of the cave ruins.

However, the Hu family and Zixuan Sanren argued for several months and prepared for several more months before they began exploring the cave ruins half a year ago.

The progress of exploration is not slow.

The ruins of that cave are also quite extraordinary, and many of the formations there have even reached the second-grade upper level.

However, Zixuan Sanren is only a second-level low-grade formation master. Even with the help of the Hu family's formation-breaking magic weapons, it is still quite difficult to break the formation.

The Hu family naturally proposed to invite other foundation-building cultivators who were proficient in formations to come and explore the cave ruins.

Zixuan Sanren was not very willing to do so. After all, if one more person came, the benefits he could get would be much less.

Moreover, there are too many foundation-building cultivators in the Hu family. If they invite a formation master to help, wouldn’t they be able to kick him out?
So, after several months of wrangling, the two sides finally reached a temporary settlement.

Ji Chang estimated that if he continued at this pace, it would take an unknown amount of time to successfully explore the cave ruins.

If I hadn't given up the opportunity to explore the cave because of my lack of strength at the time, I would have wasted a lot of time because of this.

After listening to Hu Qingsong's words, Shen Yaoyu raised her eyebrows slightly.

She did not answer Hu Qingsong's question immediately, but turned her gaze to Ji Chang.

Ji Chang felt Shen Yaoyu's gaze, and his heart moved slightly. He knew that Shen Yaoyu wanted him, an outsider, to leave.

Ji Chang didn't want to be an eyesore here, so he smiled and stood up to say goodbye: "Brother Hu, Fellow Daoist Shen, since you have important matters to discuss, I won't disturb you anymore. I'll take my leave first."

Seeing this, Hu Qingsong waved his hand and said, "Wait a minute, Brother Han! You were also at the scene when the cave appeared, so you must know something about the ruins. Fairy Shen is also going to explore the ruins, so there is no need to be shy."

However, Ji Chang shook his head and insisted, "I appreciate Brother Hu's kindness, but I don't know much about the ruins. I also agreed to give up exploring the cave at the beginning. I'd better say goodbye first."

As he said this, he bowed, turned around and prepared to leave.

Seeing this, Hu Qingsong looked like he wanted to persuade him again, but he was relieved in his heart.

Although Ji Chang chose to give up the opportunity to explore the cave, Hu Qingsong was still worried that Ji Chang had not given up on it secretly after learning about it.

Instead, he contacted a few fellow Taoists, hid in the dark, and waited for them to finish exploring the cave before picking the fruit.

Because of this, when Shen Yaoyu came just now, Hu Qingsong grabbed Ji Chang who was about to leave, in order to test him.

Now it seems that Ji Chang has really given up the idea of ​​​​the cave ruins.

Seeing Ji Chang's indifferent look towards fame and fortune, Hu Qingsong couldn't help but think of Ji Chang's petty look when he was negotiating with Zixuan Sanren a few days ago.

This made Hu Qingsong sigh in his heart.

"It would be great if the old thief Zixuan could be like Han Daoyou."

But Hu Qingsong didn't know that he had inadvertently guessed Ji Chang's thoughts.

Ji Chang just wanted to reap the benefits by letting them explore the cave desperately, while he would secretly spy on them and wait until he got the inheritance to pick the fruits directly.

It’s just that Ji Chang has the seed of voyeurism in his body, so no one will notice if he wants to peek.

Hu Qingsong stood up to see Ji Chang out of the cave, but Shen Yaoyu simply stood up, bowed to Ji Chang, and then sat down again.

Shen Yaoyu watched Ji Chang's back as he left, and her opinion of Ji Chang dropped to a lower level.

In her opinion, Ji Chang, like herself, was a casual cultivator, but he seemed to lack the adventurous spirit of forging ahead.

Faced with the cave ruins left by his predecessors, he chose to retreat, and gave up the opportunity that could have belonged to him.

Shen Yaoyu couldn't help but sigh in her heart, how could such a timid person go further on the path of cultivating immortals?

Without the courage to explore and strive for it, how can one obtain the inheritance and legacy of predecessors and take one's own cultivation to a higher level?
She thought that although Ji Chang had already reached the foundation-building stage, his alchemy skills were only at the level of a first-class top-grade alchemist.

This may be due to his personality. If he had the courage to explore the caves of his predecessors, he might be able to inherit the second-level alchemy from them.

At this time, he might have already become a second-level alchemist.

At the same time, after saying goodbye to Hu Qingsong, Ji Chang returned to the cave with his housekeeper Liu Xuexuan.

On the way back to the cave, Ji Chang's heart moved slightly, and his spiritual consciousness surged into the peeping Tao seed in his sea of ​​consciousness.

The next moment, the scene around Shen Yaoyu appeared in Ji Chang's mind.

Just now, Ji Chang had already planted the mark of peeping on her.

(End of this chapter)