The Peerless Beauty Stuck With Me

Yes, Tang Rao gave A Ji a surname, and the choice of the surname Qiu is taken from the upper half of the character "Yue."

During his time in the Nine Realms and the Seventy-two Domains, Tang Rao had a friend named Yue Chong.

That guy was strange, he said he was looking for a woman, one he might never be able to catch in this lifetime.

Yet he kept searching, kept asking around.

Later, he found this woman, who still loved him, but did not choose to stay with Yue Chong.

The last time Tang Rao saw Yue Chong, he no longer went by the name Yue Chong, but what he was called was not important. What mattered were the words Yue Chong said to him.

He said: Since it's already the past, I will no longer be called Yue Chong, so the Yue Chong she loved can be considered dead. Some things are destined to vanish like smoke and dissipate like clouds.

After that, Tang Rao never saw this friend again.

In Tang Rao's view, A Ji was the exact opposite of Yue Chong. Yue Chong gave up his name in hopes of being forgotten; whereas A Ji, he needed a name because A Ji hoped to be remembered.

And not just to be mentioned with the mere two words, A Ji.

That's not a name, it's a term of address.

"Qiu Ji, can I still call you A Ji in the future?" Tang Rao asked.

"Of course." A Ji nodded, seemingly very pleased.

From the time he could remember, he was called A Ji. Originally, he didn't care.

But then, one time on the street, a child asked him his name, and he said he was called A Ji.

The child ridiculed him, saying he had never heard of a surname A; the child also told him that there were many A Cats and A Dogs within ten miles, and many orphans were also called A Ji.

Since then, A Ji began to hate the two characters A Ji; he grew to loathe Jin Muyang because Jin Muyang always called him A Ji, as if calling a dog.

But Tang Rao gave him a name, Qiu Ji.

Now, A Ji is his nickname, an endearing term...

Sometimes, loathing and liking come in just an instant—when Tang Rao called him Qiu Ji, A Ji started to like the two characters A Ji again.

"A Ji, do you think there's a chance that I could also recruit Ah Xi?" Tang Rao asked.

"Ah Xi is a real dog," A Ji said, shaking his head.

Tang Rao: "..."

Well, A Ji does speak with blunt honesty.

Tang Rao didn't think of restricting A Ji in any way, besides, faced with an Eighth Layer Heaven Immortal, he wasn't sure how to restrict him.

However, Tang Rao was quite confident in A Ji; he shouldn't betray him.

If Tang Rao was wrong, then he could only say that A Ji was a great actor, a real expert driver. In that case, losing to him wouldn't be too bad.

"Jin Muyang should be coming soon. If I don't return, he will definitely be suspicious and come in person," A Ji said.

Tang Rao nodded, he had already made that judgment.

Jin Muyang was indeed formidable. Silently raising two Eighth Layer Heaven Immortals, A Ji and Ah Xi—even if Tang Rao hadn't pinned the death of the Lingxiao Mountain cultivators on Yijian Sect, it wouldn't take long for Yijian Sect to launch an attack.

Don't tell me Jin Muyang raised two Eighth Layer Heaven Immortals just for show...

"But I still feel that Kao Shan Sect won't be able to hold on," A Ji said earnestly.

"That's hard to say. Alright, get up, I'll treat you to a meal," Tang Rao said with a smile.

A Ji was momentarily stunned, then stood up from the bed with some astonishment. He felt his body, the toxins from before had all been purged, and no restrictions seemed to have been placed on his person.

He had originally thought... that he had been completely controlled by Tang Rao.

After tasting Tang Rao's barbecue and beer, A Ji was thoroughly conquered.

He no longer harbored even the slightest sense of shame for betraying Yijian Sect; jokingly, with such delicious food, who cares about honor or disgrace.

Another one conquered by barbecue and beer.

...

"What? A Ji hasn't come out either?" Yijian Sect, Jin Muyang was truly frightened this time.

What Realm is A Ji? Eighth Layer Heaven Immortal! Just one step away from being a Ninth Layer Heaven Immortal.

Impossible!

If that really is the Sect Protection Array set up by Kao Shan Sect, then what exactly has happened to Kao Shan Sect?

An Array that could block and prevent an Eighth Layer Heaven Immortal from returning, even Yijian Sect does not have. Even the higher-level sects rarely possess such a level of Sect Protection Great Formation.

"Could it be that kid Tang Rao is behind this?" Jin Muyang murmured with a headache. He had already investigated Tang Rao, who had recently ascended from a lower realm called the Seventy-two Domains, and apparently, he was of the transparent Energy Circle, the most trash level.

But the reality told him that not only is Tang Rao not trash, he's incredibly against the odds.

"Damn it, he better not be an avatar of some deity," Jin Muyang muttered.

This possibility was not out of the question; if it was indeed an avatar of some deity, then the trouble would be significant.

Angering those deities, one can only imagine the outcome.

"However, the likelihood is probably not high..." Jin Muyang muttered again; generally speaking, these deity-level figures have their legacy in the Land of Immortals. Only after accumulating enough will they allow their lower realm avatars to ascend; otherwise, how hard would it be to get by.

Tang Rao's appearance in a fringe power like Kao Shan Sect probably wouldn't be that of a deity-level figure.

Of course, if he has some weird hobby of slowly making his way up, then I, Jin Muyang, will admit defeat.

"Ah Xi, gather the Cultivators, follow me!" Jin Muyang called out.

"Yes." Ah Xi emerged from beside him and then quickly left the hall.

"Pity..." Watching Ah Xi's retreating figure, Jin Muyang suddenly felt sentimental.

In fact, he preferred A Ji comparatively.

A Ji's talent clearly surpassed that of Ah Xi, and A Ji was a simple man, not like Ah Xi — although a dog, he was one with many schemes.

Within Ah Xi's so-called loyalty, Jin Muyang could see ambition.

...

"Sect Master, Yijian Sect is making a move; Jin Muyang is already gathering Cultivators, preparing to come here," Sun Kuangjiang rushed to find Tang Rao at the new location of Kao Shan Sect, with an urgent expression.

No one expected Jin Muyang to lose patience so quickly, and he was actually bringing people directly here.

Now Kao Shan Sect was weak, with no way to deal with Yijian Sect other than the Array constructed by Tang Rao.

With only him being an Fifth Level Heaven Immortal in the sect, what use could he be?

Oh right, it seemed the Sect Master had persuaded A Ji from Yijian Sect, but one A Ji was of no use. Yijian Sect also had a Ninth Layer Heaven Immortal and another Eighth Layer Heaven Immortal, A Ji alone couldn't hold them off.

"Let them come, just gather our people too, and follow me, the Sect Master, and see," Tang Rao waved his hand indifferently, Yijian Sect was just that, a Sect!

If he couldn't flip over such a trashy power, how could he overturn the entire Land of Immortals!