After rebirth, I picked up my mortal enemy as my apprentice Chapter 042

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Jin Wei led Ke Jiu to an ancient and elegant guest room.

The furniture in the room is made of fine rosewood, carved with exquisite patterns and exuding a faint sandalwood scent.

In the center of the room stands a square table made of polished mahogany, on which are placed exquisite tea sets and ancient blue and white porcelain, each piece of which is three-dimensional and exquisite.

Various ancient books and collections are neatly arranged on the small bookshelf, and it can be seen that the person who decorated the guest room has good taste.

“Miss Ke’s visit really brings honor to our Ji family!”

A tall, middle-aged man in martial arts uniform came forward. It was Ji Quan, the third master of the Ji family, who had a feud with Ke Jiu before.

But now he had no trace of his previous grudges at all, and came forward with a smile on his face.

“It’s not that humble. The Ji family’s house is much more luxurious than the cave I live in in the sect.”

Ji Quan’s expression froze for a moment, but he recovered immediately.

“Heh… Miss Ke, please sit down first. My son has offended me before. After returning to the family, I have punished him to sit in the confinement room and reflect on his actions. Please don’t take it personally, Miss Ke.”

As he spoke, Ji Quan glared at Jin Wei and said, “How are you going to entertain a distinguished guest? Why don’t you go and get some top-quality Pu’er?”

Jin Wei shuddered and quickly lowered his head to respond.

Ke Jiu was not interested in seeing him showing off in front of his servants.

“No need for that. You should save the fine tea leaves of your Ji family to entertain other distinguished guests.”

“As for my visit, Master Ji San, you also know why, right?”

Ji Quan waved his hand quickly: “Miss Ke, please don’t. The name Third Master Ji was given by those ignorant people outside the family. You are really embarrassing me by calling me like that.”

“If you don’t mind, you can just call me Uncle Quan like Master Luo.”

“As for Miss Ke’s visit, she probably wants to know about the attack on our Ji family by the people of the Demon Sect that day, right?”

Ke Jiu didn’t comment and took a sip of tea.

“It’s just a title, I don’t think it’s embarrassing, why should Master Ji San take it seriously?”

“I am indeed here because of the Demon Sect incident. Master Ji San, can you tell me the details of the incident?”

Ji Quan carefully observed Ke Jiu’s expression and saw that she looked normal, neither happy nor sad.

He secretly breathed a sigh of relief, it seemed that they were really here for official business. He was really a little afraid that Ke Jiu would take his son’s disrespectful behavior a few days ago into account.

This person is from one of the ten major immortal sects. I heard that he is also the direct disciple of the master of the Jinghang Sect, one of the seven peaks in Zhongzhou and the most mysterious one. The Ji family really can’t afford to offend him at all!

Ji Quan frowned, as if lost in memory. “Speaking of the Demon Sect’s attack, it happened on Su Yue a month ago. At that time, the elders and heads of each hall of our Ji family were holding a meeting in the ancestral temple.”

“Suddenly, I heard someone shouting that the storehouse and the guest garden were on fire. In the chaos, I went to the East Garden to direct the firefighting, while my eldest brother, the current head of the family, and my father went to check if there was any theft in the treasury.”

“Soon after that… we heard my brother calling for help. When we arrived, we saw a giant man dressed in black, about eight feet tall, and a sinister man covered in a gray cloak.”

“They attacked my father and my brother, but after our elders and priests came to support them, they quickly evacuated.”

“After the attack, my father was seriously injured and fell into a coma. My brother, who is now the head of the family, was treated by a doctor a few days ago and is now feeling better.”

Ke Jiu thought for a moment and asked, “You didn’t see the attackers’ faces clearly, did you? How did you determine that the two mysterious people who attacked your Ji family were from the Demon Sect? Is it possible that they were other enemies pretending to be them?”

“No, they must be from the Demon Sect,” Ji Quan said with certainty, “The true qi they use is sinister and treacherous, especially that gray-robed man, who is full of yin energy. I suspect that he is not a living person, but most likely a Yin corpse used by the Demon Sect!”

“So, based on your battle with the Demon Sect, what was the level of the demon cultivator who attacked that night?”

Ji Quan’s face was solemn: “At least one of them is in the Xiantian realm! To be honest, my father was once a disciple of the Ten Great Immortal Sects. He was fortunate enough to break through to the Xiantian realm, but he left the sect and returned home in his later years.”

It turns out that the Ji family has someone in the innate realm in charge. No wonder…it is more than enough to be a wealthy family in this place.

Ke Jiu nodded slightly, but she immediately asked a question: “But don’t you think the Demon Sect’s attack this time is a little strange?”

Ji Quan was slightly startled and asked, “Miss Ke, could you please give me some advice?”

Ke Jiu recalled the brutal methods used by the Demon Sect to massacre the Tiangang Sect. They were definitely not the kind of people who would give up easily. They launched a sudden attack, gained nothing, and instead alerted their opponents, and then they just left so easily.

“Purpose?” Ke Jiu rested his chin with his right hand, thinking, “Do you think the people from the Demon Sect set fire and carried out attacks, and spent so much effort just to hurt someone and then ran away?”

“Miss Ke, what you mean is… the Demon Sect’s attack this time might be a diversion?”

“Their purpose is not the attack itself, but to divert the attention of our Ji family so as to cover up their doing something else that is easy to be discovered?”

“Yes, I think it’s possible,” Ke Jiu nodded, “and I think this attack must have other purposes. Their attack may be a prelude to planning something bigger.”

“Something bigger?” Ji Quan lowered his head in thought, quickly thinking in his mind, what big event was going to be held by their Ji family recently?

Ji Quan seemed to have thought of something, and suddenly asked in surprise: “Is it a martial arts meeting? Our Ji family is holding a martial arts meeting recently, gathering heroes from all over the world to gather here. After the people from the Demon Sect injured the head of our Ji family and the elders, they took advantage of Wuxia’s time to infiltrate the martial arts meeting and carry out their conspiracy?”

Ke Jiu nodded: “This is very likely. I think we need to keep a close eye on the participants of this martial arts competition. The demon cultivators may disguise themselves as ordinary warriors and blend in among them.”

Ji Quan was slightly startled: “Then what should we do? It is very difficult for ordinary warriors to distinguish the true and false demon cultivators. If I publicize that there are demon cultivators sneaking into the martial arts competition and ask the contestants to identify them, I am afraid it will only alert the enemy.”

“If we accidentally anger the demon cultivators, they might start a massacre and cause a bloodbath!”

Ke Jiu raised her eyelashes slightly, looked at Ji Quan, and said in a clear voice: “So we need someone who is powerful and familiar with the Demon Sect to disguise his identity and participate in this martial arts meeting to catch these Demon Sect insects who may be hiding in the martial arts meeting!”

Ji Quan looked at Ke Jiu with hesitation in his eyes: “Miss Ke…what are you thinking?”

Ke Jiu smiled slightly, calmly and confidently: “As you think.”