Phi-Fic Chapter 223 It’s too late
Chapter 223 It’s too late
"Cough cough..."
"Although Xiao Qiao looks petite, she is already twenty years old this year."
Noticing Xi Shi's strange look, Jiang Mingche coughed twice before explaining.
"Really?"
Xi Shi looked Jiang Mingche up and down with some suspicion, and didn't believe what Jiang Mingche said in her heart.
Others may not know, but doesn’t she know?
This guy Jiang Mingche has no moral integrity at all!
Maybe this cute little sister was abducted by this guy from somewhere.
"What my brother-in-law said is true. I am already 20 years old..."
Xiao Qiao spoke in a baby voice, her voice carrying a hint of cuteness and childishness.
After hearing this, Xi Shi completely dispelled her doubts and invited the two to sit down on the stone bench under the peach tree.
Then he made a pot of tea and poured a cup for each of them.
Looking at Xi Shi busying around, Xiao Qiao finally relaxed and felt relieved.
It seems that I was completely overthinking it. Just like Jiang Mingche said, Xi Shi is still very easy to get along with.
Perhaps because she looked rather young, Xiao Qiao could clearly feel that Xi Shi was always full of kindness towards her.
The way he looked at me was like looking at a little girl….
"Did you come back this time to ask the Three Sages for something?"
After sitting down next to Jiang Mingche, Xi Shi glanced at him and asked curiously.
Xi Shi didn't believe that Jiang Mingche came back just to see her.
"There are indeed some things I need to consult the three sages..."
"By the way, have you heard of Ji Xiaoman?"
Taking a sip of the warm tea in the cup, Jiang Mingche suddenly asked.
His intuition told him that the pretty girl he met in front of the mountain gate just now was definitely not an ordinary person.
"Why are you suddenly asking about Senior Ji?"
Looking up at Jiang Mingche, Xi Shi asked in surprise.
When Jiang Mingche was in Jixia Academy for more than a month, she was with Jiang Mingche every day. At that time, Jiang Mingche and Ji Xiaoman didn't know each other at all.
Although they are of the same age, both are twenty-year-old girls, but because Ji Xiaoman entered school much earlier than her, Xi Shi still has to call her "senior sister".
The Jixia Academy opens its gates to recruit students in early spring every year.
By then, all the young talents from the King's Continent will come to Jixia Academy to take the entrance examination.
If you pass the entrance examination of Jixia Academy, you will really soar to heaven!
After all, compared to the outside world, Jixia Academy has many resources, guidance from famous teachers, and maybe even instruction from the Three Sages.
Moreover, everyone is equal in the Jixia Academy, and students here have the opportunity to come into contact with a class that they as ordinary people will never be able to reach in their lifetime.
During the entrance examination, those who are 18 years old or above and have reached the silver level of cultivation can pass the first round of selection.
After passing the first round of selection, the next step is to test talent. Those who pass the final assessment will be sent by Zhuang Zhou into a shallow dream duel. The final 5,000 winning talents will have the opportunity to enter the Jixia Academy to study.
Every year, countless candidates come to Jixia Academy to study, and hundreds of thousands of people participate in the annual examination competitions.
Selecting five thousand people from hundreds of thousands of people can be said to be a very harsh condition.
Of course, this is just an assessment for ordinary people. If you have connections, as long as you have reached a certain level of cultivation and have good character, you can also go through the back door to enter the Jixia Academy to study. These things are open to the public.
There are about 500 instructors and elders in the Jixia Academy's martial arts, magic, and mechanical academies.
Each of these five hundred people has ten qualifications for exemption from the test.
So the Jixia Academy actually enrolls about 10,000 students every year.
Xi Shi did not take the entrance examination at the beginning. She was picked up by Zhuang Zhou from the uninhabited land in the southern wilderness.
Ji Xiaoman, mentioned by Jiang Mingche, also entered the Jixia Academy through the back door.
When she entered school, Ji Xiaoman was only twelve years old. She had been held back for eight years at the Jixia Academy, and everyone who saw her had to call her "senior sister."
Jiang Mingche told Xi Shi everything that had just happened at the mountain gate.
After listening to Jiang Mingche's story, Xi Shi pondered for a while before slowly speaking.
"Senior Ji is from Xuanyong Qin State, and is the daughter of Xuanyong General Ji Yunchu."
"Senior Ji was sent to Jixia Academy when she was twelve years old."
"Her talent for martial arts is so terrifying that even the Master is full of praise for her, saying that she is a martial arts genius that is hard to come by in a thousand years. She will definitely be able to cultivate to the pinnacle of Star Glory in the future!"
"Senior Ji is lazy, doesn't like to practice, and is always lazy..."
"Even so, Senior Sister Ji still tops the martial arts rankings for many years, and her cultivation has reached the level of Diamond III..."
"But because Senior Sister Ji has always lived in seclusion, everyone knows her name, but few people have seen her."
Having said that, Xi Shi showed a bitter smile on her face, and her expression was a little depressed.
Apart from Jiang Mingche, Ji Xiaoman is definitely the most enchanting person she has ever seen!
At the same age of 2, she relied on Jiang Mingche's elixirs and practiced diligently, and only then did she barely cultivate to the Platinum level. She was considered a talented girl among the top students of this Jixia class.
But compared with Ji Xiaoman, she is not as good as others.
Even if Ji Xiaoman fishes for three days and rests for two days, his cultivation is still much stronger than his own.
The Master once said that if Ji Xiaoman had practiced diligently, he would have successfully broken through to the Star Glory realm at this age...
"Ji Yunchu, General Xuanyong..."
"A martial arts genius that is hard to come by in a thousand years..."
After listening to Xi Shi's story, Jiang Mingche thought to himself.
The last time I heard about the rare genius of magic in a thousand years was Jiang Ziya’s evaluation of Wu Zetian.
It seems that Ji Xiaoman's talent is probably comparable to Wu Zetian's. One is a genius in martial arts, and the other is a genius in magic.
When Wu Zetian was twenty years old, her cultivation had already reached the level of Star Glory, and when she was twenty-three years old, she had reached the pinnacle of Star Glory.
Even if Ji Xiaoman practices a little, he will probably be able to reach the peak of Star Glory around the age of 25.
If Jiang Ziya had been deified, he could have easily achieved the status of a god and added ten thousand years to his lifespan.
"System, who is this Ji Xiaoman?"
"Is she a hero in the King's Continent?"
Jiang Mingche communicated with the system in his mind.
With such amazing talent, he didn't believe that he was not a hero of the King's Continent.
"Replying to the host, Ji Xiaoman is indeed a hero of the King's Continent."
"Is that a new hero? That's why I didn't have any impression of it before..."
"Yes."
After listening to the system's explanation, Jiang Mingche finally understood something.
He said, how could such a talent not be a hero of the King's Continent.
"Then can you transmit her background story to me?"
"OK.."
As the system finished speaking, Jiang Mingche's mind immediately popped up with Ji Xiaoman's past and life, as well as various introductions.
This can be considered one of the incredible abilities of the system. As long as he is a hero in the King's Continent, Jiang Mingche can know his life story and all his background stories at any time.
"When it is prosperous, it overflows; when it is Xiaoman, it is peaceful; Ji Xiaoman..."
In less than three seconds, Jiang Mingche completely digested all of Ji Xiaoman's background story.
Ji Xiaoman was born in Xuanyong Qin State. His father Ji Yunchu was a famous hero of Xuanyong Qin State and the most powerful general under General Meng Tian.
My mother comes from a magic family in the Sunset Sea of the Western Continent.
Their love spanned the entire King's Continent and extended across thousands of miles of territory.
In Xuanyong Qin State, whenever Ji Yunchu and her wife were mentioned, everyone talked about it with relish.
Ji Yunchu is a hero known to everyone in the Qin State of Xuanyong.
He named his daughter Ji Xiaoman, which means that the Xuanyong Qin State has always been peaceful and prosperous.
Because the Xuanyong Qin State at that time had been in turmoil and was harassed by the other six surrounding countries, and it also needed to suppress the unrest in the gully.
Moreover, Ying Zheng had just taken control of the government at that time, and the real power was still in the hands of his grandmother Min Yue.
In order to gain eternal youthful appearance, Min Yue colluded with the vampire Xu Fu, making life miserable for the people of Xuanyong.
Ji Xiaoman's understanding of Xiaoman is that "family happiness" means safety and danger, and her family members are safe and sound.
Unlike his father who is concerned about the country and the people, Ji Xiaoman never thinks that being a hero is a good job.
Because Ji Yunchu was always on the battlefield, he had very limited time to spend with his daughter. He could only stay at home for a month or so a year.
They are all very good.
Therefore, the relationship between father and daughter is not very good, and there is even some estrangement between them because they cannot see each other for many years.
However, with his mother by his side throughout his childhood, Ji Xiaoman was carefree since childhood.
The accident happened when Ji Xiaoman was twelve years old. On a midsummer evening, Ji Xiaoman was playing in the garden with General Meng Tian's son Meng.
When she returned home, Ji Xiaoman saw her mother's face was more serious than ever before... Her mother told her to go back to the room and not to make any sound no matter what she heard.
Although Ji Xiaoman was a little confused, he still agreed.
After returning to the house, Ji Xiaoman finally couldn't resist his inner curiosity and secretly poked a hole in the window to take a look.
In the courtyard of the general's mansion, a group of men in black mysteriously tore through space and came out of the void, and without saying a word, they started fighting with their mother.
It was at that time that Ji Xiaoman realized for the first time that his mother was also a hidden master.
Unfortunately, the other side had more people and his mother could not resist at all. In the end, it was General Meng Tian who arrived and rescued his mother.
Since then, my mother has been bedridden.
Ten days later at dusk, my father rushed back from the battlefield, but was unable to see my mother for the last time.
That day, my father's hair turned white overnight.
Ji Xiaoman had never seen her father, who remained calm even in the face of a catastrophe, lose control of his emotions like this.
After taking care of his wife's funeral, Ji Yunchu resigned from his position as general and sent Ji Xiaoman to the Jixia Academy.
After agreeing with Ji Xiaoman to return when she turns 18, Ji Yunchu sets out on a journey alone to investigate the truth behind his wife's death and the mysterious black organization...
Only at this moment did he fully realize that the family happiness his daughter talked about was the real Xiaoman Festival.
Unfortunately, it's too late.
Ji Xiaoman waited for his father's return at the Jixia Academy, day after day, year after year.
On the day of her 18th birthday ceremony, Ji Xiaoman was full of anticipation and got up early to dress herself up.
However, she did not wait for her father Ji Yunchu, but only waited for the solemn General Meng Tian and the bad news about her father...