The Romantic Cultivator

Ji Yuan and his party had entered the uber labyrinth.

They soon found themselves in another platform which was the safe zone. There would always be a safe zone at every section of the labyrinth.

Looking around them, they saw that there were six passages that were laid in front of them.

As there were no desolate beasts on sight, they soon lowered their guards to say to one another. “So which way to take? Ji Yuan, what do you think?”

Ji Yuan smiled weakly, “Why are you looking at me like this? It is not like I can decide which way to take…”

Ling Feiyue laughed. “You are the leader. Of course you get to pick which way to take. We are now depending on you to find the gold keys and the way now.”

Shui Xisi chuckled. “That is right.”𝓞𝓋𝓵xt.𝒞𝓞𝑀

Ji Yuan: …

He protested weakly. “Can I not be the leader this time?”

Little Princess raised her fingers to shook in front of Ji Yuan as she laughed. “Oh no. Not only must you be the leader, you must also be the scout as well.”

Ji Yuan smiled awkwardly. “I have suddenly realized that being leader isn’t fun at all.”

All the maidens were laughing gently, including Feng Minyue.

Ji Yuan pretended to sigh weakly. “Well, this job is a man’s job and I am the only one that is qualified to take this job.”

He was finally the official leader now!

“So which one should we take?” Bai Qianfeng asked curiously.

“Hm…” Ji Yuan muttered as he stared at the six passages. These six passages all looked identical. If he said that he wanted to choose by tossing a dice, he would surely get killed by them.

But in front of them, he had to pretend he is a man of wisdom so he laughed aloud. “Well, we shall pick the first passage.”

Feng Minyue asked curiously. “Why is that so?”

Ji Yuan smiled weakly.

That is because the first passage is the passage that is to the extreme left and he likes to pick left…

But he said with a soft laugh. “Haha. Usually the first option is the most obvious so if you are the designer of this labyrinth, you don’t want to make it so obvious so you will want to confuse people with more passages.”

Ling Feiyue pondered quietly. “This makes sense…”

“This sounds right…” Little Princess muttered.

“My lord is always right…” Bai Qianfeng muttered as well.

Shui Xisi smiled weakly; did they get brainwash by him? He is obviously picking the left passage that he always favored…

Feng Minyue sighed silently; Ji Yuan’s choice doesn’t make any sense to her…

But Ji Yuan caught her expression and asked with a soft laughter. “Maiden Feng, what are you thinking about?”

Feng Minyue smiled weakly before she pointed at the ground. “Nothing. Just thinking that maybe we are the first to arrive here since there are no dusts on this platform.”

Ji Yuan rubbed his chin before he replied. “It does appear that we are the first to arrive here but this may not be the only entrance to the uber labyrinth.”

“Oh?” Feng Minyue was surprised as did the other maidens.

Ji Yuan explained. “There are no reasons for there to have only one entrance given that this whole place is so vast. Rather, I think that there may be multiple entrances here.”

“So there are multiple entrances to complete this trial as well?” Ling Feiyue asked curiously.

“No, there is only one final entrance to complete this trial but there may be multiple golden keys to be found.” Ji Yuan laughed.

Ling Feiyue returned a perplexed look at Ji Yuan. “Why so? I don’t understand.”

Ji Yuan said slowly. “This is only just my guess. The last part of this trial will be much more difficult and is the real trial. Therefore there should be multiple entrances here to test the cultivators but at the same time, the trial is designed to weed out the weak from entering the final trial. Or else why will there be a seventh rank profound desolate beast guarding the entrance to the uber labyrinth? The purpose is very clear and that is to defer the weak from entering.”

Feng Minyue nodded slowly as she thought; maybe I’ve wronged him. He isn’t a simpleton after all…

Ji Yuan saw her eyes looking at him and he was actually thinking. “Maybe she saw through me and probably thinks that I am a simpleton. All my good impressions are wiped out now…”

He shrugged his shoulder with a look of disappointment as he muttered. “Let’s go. We are only wasting time here.”

As Ji Yuan walked to the first passage, the maidens behind him quietly followed him.

The new passage in the uber labyrinth was not any different from the nightmare labyrinth. However Ji Yuan was cautious as he moved in an unhurried pace.

As he walked, he took out a wine gourd and was sipping from it.

“You are not sharing it?” Feng Minyue suddenly said from behind him as she raised her nose to sniff. “This is really good wine.”

Ji Yuan smiled weakly. This was indeed a good wine because he had spent all his spirit stones to obtain this wine just before he had entered the Empyrean Warrior Labyrinth. Other than appreciating beauties, he appreciated good wines as well.

“This wine is a little strong for you, even if you are a great saintess.” He said.

Ling Feiyue nodded. “It is a seventy percent alcohol wine and is an extremely powerful brew. Even if you are a golden celestial, you may not be able to purge it from your body in time and you will be drunk in no time.”

“The name of this wine is the Dangerous Liaisons Wine. I won’t suggest for you to touch it even if you are a good drinker or however tempting it may look like.” Little Princess nodded.

Shui Xisi giggled. “Or unless you want to be taken advantage by this lecherous Ji Yuan.”

Feng Minyue smiled gently. “I am always a good drinker. Please do not underestimate me.” With that she had grabbed Ji Yuan’s wine gourd and drunk from it.

This shocked Ji Yuan because he was used to drink himself silly with his drinking brothers and he knew that this wine was really strong. The last time that he had drunk from it was 300 years ago and he had got himself into trouble with an encounter with Little Princess.

Feng Minyue slowly returned the wine gourd to Ji Yuan and smiled. “This is nothing at all.”

Ji Yuan: …

He took a long look at her and waited for her to show signs of drunkenness.

But to his astonishment, Feng Minyue merely chuckled. “What? Are you expecting something to happen? I have been drinking strong wines since I was thirteen. Do you really think that I will be drunk just like this?”

Ji Yuan smiled weakly. “You’re definitely not drunk…”

“Naturally I am not drunk.” Feng Minyue hummed coldly. “When I was a young maiden of twenty-five, my mother consort used to warn me that I cannot get married if I continued to drink better than any men. She used to say that no men will like to marry a drunkard. Do you think that this is the most ridiculous thing to say?”

Ji Yuan blinked his eyes slowly…

And so did the other four maidens…

“Who wants to marry a man? If he doesn’t love me because I drink then he isn’t someone who is suitable for me. Moreover, do I even need a man when I’ve already cultivated as a great saintess now? All men are lecherous. Do you agree with me?” Feng Minyue laughed softly.

Ji Yuan smiled weakly as he replied. “Actually, I am now thinking that you’re drunk now…”

“She is definitely drunk…” Ling Feiyue and Shui Xisi said at the same time.

Little Princess shook her head. “Ji Yuan, what have you done? You have made her drunk…”

“I am not drunk.” Feng Minyue protested as she pointed her fingers at Ji Yuan. “Do you really think I will be drunk? My mind of state is clear!”

Ji Yuan sighed softly. “You’re definitely very drunk now because no drunken person will ever claim that they are not drunk…”

Feng Minyue suddenly muttered to Ji Yuan with flushed countenance. “Ji Yuan, do you think that I am beautiful or not?”

Ji Yuan was stunned by her sudden question…

Bai Qianfeng inhaled softly. “She is really very drunk now…”