Chapter 189: Compromise
"Uncle master..." The sect master started, but Yang Xu interrupted him.
"My disciple and junior Jiang have entered a small secret realm. They won’t be out for some years."
Sect master Wen frowned when he heard that.
He originally thought the marriage would go smoothly and the two regions would become allies.
However, the matter had derailed for three years and couldn’t be settled without another few years.
"Which secret realm?" Elder Chen asked. Her eyes were narrowed angrily, and she looked like she didn’t believe Yang Xu.
"I am not clear on this. It should be some family’s small secret realm." Yang Xu shrugged nonchalantly.
In fact, he wasn’t lying about this matter.
For safety, Jiang Yue only said they were okay but didn’t mention their exact location.
"A family’s secret realm..." The sect master frowned.
"They should return to the sect in time for the Ice Palace meeting." Chu Pengju said.
’I was wondering when he would jump in to make things worse.’ Yang Xu thought and glared at the fourth peak master.
Their relationship had never been good, and it worsened after Nianzhen refused to join the sword peak.
"Uncle master, what do you think?" The sect master asked, and Yang Xu frowned.
"That’s not necessarily true. The two may go to the Ice Palace region from wherever they are."
"Why not use the Ice Palace meeting to settle this matter? Let the young girl challenge the boys during the meeting. The outcome will decide this matter." The first elder stated.
He hated these things that had nothing to do with becoming stronger.
However, he was the master of the first peak and couldn’t avoid these matters.
"I agree with the first peak master. Let the juniors settle their own matters." The fifth elder said.
"What do our friends from the beast region think?" The sect master asked.
Everyone turned to the five from the beast region and hoped they would agree to the compromise.
At this point, everyone was tired of the matter.
If the beast region insisted on finding the two boys, no one would be happy.
However, the beast region was a little apprehensive.
A challenge at the Sea Cloud region was different from a challenge at the Ice Palace meeting.
If their beast princess challenged and lost, not only would she lose her husbands, she would also be disgraced.
"I think we can resolve the matter in this way. My disciple and disciple-in-law are not afraid to accept a challenge from the beast princess." Yang Xu said.
When she heard that, the leader of the beast region delegation sneered.
"Our princess will challenge them at the Ice Palace meeting." She sneered and took her people to leave the hall.
Since the matter had come to this, they needed to inform the royal family.
After the beast people left, the sect master and elders tried to question Yang Xu, but he said nothing they didn’t already know.
"Speaking of the conference, has the uncle master decided?" The sect master asked.
His voice was filled with concern, and Yang Xu rolled his eyes.
He knew the sect hoped his engagement would be broken.
In this way, they wouldn’t have to worry that the Ice Palace would support him in the future.
However, they didn’t need to worry about this matter.
Even if he married Bing Lan, Yang Xu had a feeling that the Ice Palace would never leave it at that.
With such thoughts, Yang Xu sighed, and his eyes were stained with a little melancholy.
"I will leave it to my disciple." Yang Xu said, shocking the elders.
"Uncle master, junior Yu is a genius of his generation, but he is only at the origin forging realm." The seventh elder stated the obvious.
"The seventh junior sister is right. There are many origin-tempering realm disciples in the sect. Uncle master can choose among them." The sect master added.
"My sword peak has a few good seedlings. Uncle master is welcome to them."
"Forget the fourth peak, my first peak is more capable."
"Dugu Qiaofeng, what do you mean?" Chu Pengju shouted in anger.
"Do you want to fight?" The first elder asked.
"First peak master, fourth peak master, this is not the time." Elder Chen said with a frown on her beautiful face.
The sword peak and martial peak were always at each other’s throats. They would fight whenever they had a chance, but this was not the right time.
"Uncle master, what do you think? We can hold a competition to choose a few representatives." The sect master said.
Although he wanted the engagement to be nullified, he didn’t want Yang Xu to lose too badly.
After all, he was still a supreme elder of the Sea Cloud sect, and his loss was the sect’s loss.
"If the sect master thinks it’s necessary..." Yang Xu said and smiled.
There was no limit to the number of representatives he could take to the conference.
If the sect wanted to give him a few more, Yang Xu didn’t mind, but he wouldn’t place any hope on them.
"Uncle master can leave it to me." The sect master said, and Yang Xu left the main hall.
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In the Lu family’s secret realm, Jiang Yue opened his eyes and frowned.
"XiaoLan." He called, and a blue butterfly flew onto the palm of his hand.
"Has he come again?" He asked.
"Yes, master."
Jiang Yue’s frown deepened when he heard that.
After four months, he slowly made his way to the gravity stones mine.
However, he was unlucky and encountered Qi Shuo as soon as he entered the mine.
Jiang Yue originally didn’t care about the person, but the young master would not leave him alone.
He often came to visit him and insisted on mining the same area as Jiang Yue.
’If I knew he was this annoying, I would have found another way to enter the secret realm.’ He thought and waved his hand to open his protective formation.
A moment later, Qi Shuo entered the formation and walked to Jiang Yue.
"Young master Qi, is there something?" Jiang Yue asked.
"Is Yeying doing fine?"
"I am fine. How about young master Qi."
The man smiled at the question, and Jiang Yue sighed in resignation.
If Qi Shuo expressed his thoughts, Jiang Yue could refuse him.
However, the person had not said anything, and Jiang Yue couldn’t reject an unspoken confession.
Qi Shuo was also Yeying’s fan, and he helped him enter the secret realm. For these, Jiang Yue couldn’t be rude since the person had yet to do something wrong.
’He knows how to walk a thin line.’ Jiang Yue thought grudgingly.
"I came with some news." Qi Shuo said and took the initiative to sit across from Jiang Yue.
"News?"
"Do you want to hear it?"
Jiang Yue sighed and shook his head.
He didn’t want to owe any more favours. If he could, he wanted to dispatch the favour he already owed.
Unfortunately, he had yet to find an opportunity to repay the favour.
"Does Yeying really not want to know? If you share your wine, I will sell you the news." The man said and pointed at a wine gourd in front of Jiang Yue.
"This wine was made by my Taoist companion; I don’t want to give it to other people." He categorically refused.
He then collected the wine gourd into his storage ring, as if afraid that Qi Shuo would steal it from him.
’Damned Taoist companion.’ Qi Shuo thought and clenched his hands.
He only wanted to have a cup of wine with Yeying and didn’t expect the conversation to turn to the Taoist companion.
When he thought that Yeying always found a way to remind him that he had a Taoist companion, Qi Shuo couldn’t help but be angry.
His hatred for the unknown companion grew every day, and he couldn’t wait to kill the person. At that time, Yeying would be free to become a couple with him.
"I can give you spirit stones for the news." Jiang Yue said as he tried to hide the smile in his eyes.
Qi Shuo thought his methods were clever, but Jiang Yue used to be in the entertainment industry.
He had seen all the tricks in the book, and he knew how to deal with Qi Shuo without tearing their faces.
"I don’t lack spirit stones." The man said with an ugly look on his face.
’What a prodigal.’ Jiang Yue complained and thought about robbing the young master.
However, this thought was soon erased from his mind.
If he wanted to rob, he had to wait until after he repaid the favour.
"How about gravity stones?"
"I don’t need them either."
With a sigh, Jiang Yue stopped playing along, "if the young master has nothing to say, I want to cultivate before I continue digging."
Qi Shuo looked at the person he liked and felt bitter.
He was handsome, had a good background, and his cultivation talent was among the top of his generation.
However, all these were meaningless in front of Yeying.
