Chapter 655 The Gambit (2)
Old Reverend Beiyuan turned to the Grand Holy Saintess Qi Yuexing, "So Junior Sister Yuexing, are you going into the portal first?"
When he had said that, there were a look of disbelief in Ji Yuan's golden eyes and were Yun Chi, Bai Qianfeng, Shui Xisi and the Lovely Empress.
Just as Ji Yuan was about to blurt out why Old Reverend Beiyuan did not want to go first, Grand Holy Saintess Qi Yuexing had turned coldly to look at Old Reverend Beiyuan and said deadly cold. "You are my senior, why don't we try your theory works or not first."
Old Reverend Beiyuan laughed, "Hohohoho, I can't allow myself to be right all time so I'm giving my Junior Sister Yuexing a chance to prove yourself."
Grand Holy Saintess Qi Yuexing hummed before she turned around to the center of the hallway and started to meditate without saying any word.
This stunned Old Reverend Beiyuan, "Junior Sister Yuexing... erm... Yuexing, you are not going first this time?"
Grand Holy Saintess Qi Yuexing looked up unhappily before saying slowly, "You didn't bother to help me just now when I am fighting the abyssal creature. Naturally my profound strength is depleted. Therefore I need to cultivate back my profound strength first. Maybe I am wrong. So Old Beiyuan, why don't you go first instead?"
Old Reverend Beiyuan returned an awkward look before turning to look at Ji Yuan and his group, "Well, this time round is my turn. Wait for me here and don't wander around."
Ji Yuan answered weakly, "We won't so don't worry about this. Take care."
"Hohohoho, I won't. If I didn't return after a day, jump inside the portal after me!" Old Reverend Beiyuan laughed jovially before flashing into the portal that he supposed was right.
Ji Yuan smiled weakly as he watched Old Reverend Beiyuan flashed into the portal in the middle before he turned to smile bitterly in the direction of Shui Xisi and the Lovely Empress.
"You know, I didn't want to bust his bubbles but we won't succeed in reaching Room 33."
"Why?" Shui Xisi giggled softly.
The Lovely Empress giggled as well, "The plan sounds good. At least we don't have to take any risk. "Are you worried if one day is not enough for us to validate if this portal is safe
Ji Yuan turned to look intently at the Lovely Empress, "You mean you didn't figure one day isn't enough yet?"
The Lovely Empress frowned softly, "He looks strong. Even if that is not the right portal, I'm sure that he would be back in less a day very soon."
Ji Yuan rolled his golden eyes and said bitterly, "There isn't the point. The point is that even if he is right in picking all the portals, we don't have 13 days to wait for him. Moreover, we are left with 6 days remaining now."
When the Lovely Empress had heard Ji Yuan, she was gasping softly and so was Shui Xisi.
Even Yun Chi and Bai Qianfeng were startled; it was because they were being distracted by the intricate runes in the dome above that they were not paying any attention to Old Reverend Beiyuan plans.
It was precisely because it was Old Reverend Beiyuan's plans that no one was paying particular attention to it except for Ji Yuan of course.
Shui Xisi blurted out, "Then why didn't you say so earlier?"
Ji Yuan bitterly said, "He didn't let me say anything and he was not interested to talk to me except for his junior sister."
He turned to look at the meditating Grand Holy Saintess Qi Yuexing and said weakly in her direction by raising his voice. "Erm, surely you have already known of the flaws in God Immortal Old Reverend Beiyuan plan by now. So we need a new plan, right? I mean, surely you've already known of his flawed plan and already has a new plan for us. And you have sent him inside just to punish him for not aiding you earlier, right?"
Grand Holy Saintess Qi Yuexing opened her misty golden eyes and lifted her head to look intently at Ji Yuan seemingly in a new light, "You are right, celestial. His plan indeed has a flaw. However, I didn't think there is such a flaw in the first place and I've no other plans. I've a whole year to reach Room 32 again while you have only 7 days. This is something that I've failed to consider."
Ji Yuan: ...
Yun Chi, Bai Qianfeng, Shui Xisi and the Lovely Empress: ...
Ji Yuan muttered weakly, "So what are we supposed to do now? We can't possibly take a gambit in each room, right? We only have 6 days left."
Grand Holy Saintess Qi Yuexing asked softly, "What do you supposed is the better plan then?"
Ji Yuan was stunned, "You are asking me for a plan, right? I didn't hear you wrongly?"
Grand Holy Saintess Qi Yuexing did not look awkward and instead she was nodding slowly to say, "Indeed. What do you propose?"
Ji Yuan blinked his golden eyes in disbelief and he turned around to look with equal disbelief at Yun Chi, Bai Qianfeng, the Lovely Empress and Shui Xisi to look for a way out of this question.
Bai Qianfeng said panicky, "My lord, surely you have a better plan, right? You always have a plan."
Shui Xisi was suddenly giggling again, "I've forgotten that this is Ji Yuan that we are talking about. Ji Yuan always has a plan or else he won't be mentioning it. After all, he is the one that have gotten us so far deep into the Empyrean Warrior Labyrinth without a lot of troubles."
Yun Chi was smiling too, "I must admit that Ji Yuan is good in overcoming the trials of the Empyrean Warrior Labyrinth."
When the Lovely Empress had heard them, she was looking with a great sense of relief. "I know it."
Ji Yuan inhaled deeply before returning a sheepish look at the maidens, "Actually, I don't have a plan and that is why I am asking you this question."
The Lovely Empress: ...
Shui Xisi: ...
Yun Chi and Bai Qianfeng: ...
Even the Grand Holy Saintess Qi Yuexing had a slight movement in her meditating pose when she had heard Ji Yuan.
Ji Yuan muttered weakly, "Are you all not going to help with forming a new plan?"
Shui Xisi looked stunned before she bitterly said, "If only my Sister Feifei is here, she can help us to form a good plan."
Ji Yuan sighed softly at the mention of Shui Xisi's sister: Indeed, if only my Jiajia is here, she always has a plan. Now where all the smarter maidens now like Shangguan Yan and Xue Qianxue?
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Author Notes:
1. Feifei is also Jiajia and Saintess Fang Zhenfei.
2.This is the wiki link for The Romantic Cultivator: https://the-romantic-cultivator.fandom.com/wiki/Ji_Yuan
Updated it in the World Glossary for easy acces.
3. Almost accidentally the contract pop up for The Carnation Goddess; they have changed the system when webnovel forces ppl to be contracted to them.
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