Chapter 234: Spirit Stones Under the Bed
The Ice Palace sect was like the fairylands often described in western novels.
It had many mountains and each had a castle at the top.
The castles were made of translucent ice that and their turrets reflected light forming rainbows and auroras.
"This..." Jiang Yue intoned and couldn’t help but look around.
He felt like he had entered a storybook and wondered if he would see royal elves in the next moment.
"Does young master Jiang think our Ice Palace is beautiful?" Bing Mei asked.
Her voice was full of pride and her eyes shone brightly.
"It is beautiful." Jiang Yue nodded and didn’t deny it.
Unfortunately, they didn’t come to the Ice Palace sect for sightseeing.
"Is the banquet about to begin?" He asked.
"In two hours." Bing Mei said and her mood dampened a little.
"Where is my master?" Yu Nianzhen asked.
"Ancestor Yang is in the Sea Cloud peak."
"Sea Cloud peak?" Jiang Yue couldn’t help but raise his eyebrows.
He didn’t think the Sea Cloud sect would have an exclusive named peak in the Ice Palace sect.
"The sixteen regions often compete with each other. It is said that each region maintains many guest peaks for other region delegates."
"Is that so..." Jiang Yue muttered and then tried to recall the layout of the Sea Cloud sect.
When they first joined the Sea Cloud sect, they stayed for one month in the outer region.
After that, they entered the inner sect and didn’t bother about the outer region.
However, when he thought about it now, he remembered there was a guest area in the outer region of the Sea Cloud sect.
This guest region had many mountains and was frequently maintained by the sect’s odd-job disciples.
’It makes sense that visitors aren’t allowed to live in the inner region.’ He thought and looked at Yu Nianzhen.
Yu Nianzhen nodded and then turned to Bing Mei.
"We have just arrived and don’t know what is happening in the Ice Palace sect. What can junior Bing tell us?" He asked.
Bing Mei seemed to have been waiting for this question and she wasn’t shy.
"The Great Zhu empire was the first to arrive three months ago."
"How come?" Jiang Yue was a little shocked.
He met many cultivators from the Great Zhu empire in the Thousand Herbs Garden.
From his impression, cultivators from the empire were arrogant and liked to look down on others.
It seemed unlikely they would arrive ahead of everyone else.
"Senior Jiang doesn’t know. Most cultivators in the Great Zhu empire cultivate ice-related techniques. The environment in the Ice Palace region is very suitable for ice cultivators."
"That makes sense." Jiang Yue said and nodded.
"Are there any famous heroes from the Great Zhu empire?"
"The group from the Great Zhu empire is led by the young emperor, Zhu Bing. He is at the seventh level of the qi transformation realm and won’t participate in the martial contest."
Jiang Yue and Yu Nianzhen looked at each other and saw recognition in the other’s eyes.
They still didn’t know what happened to the Zhu Bing they met in the Sea Cloud sect.
However, their meeting was a passing fate.
Although they were curious, they didn’t plan to actively search for answers.
"What about others?" Jiang Yue asked.
"There is Zhu Zheng at the peak of the origin tempering realm. He practices an ice palm technique. I heard his ice qi is poisonous."
"Aside from Zhu Zheng, there is Zhu Yang and Zhu Guang. They are not as famous as Zhu Zheng but they are both at the late stage of the origin tempering realm."
"Which region arrived next?"
"Cultivators from the Thunder God Temple arrived one month after the Great Zhu empire."
"Why so early?"
Bing Mei frowned and didn’t know what to say.
In fact, everyone was curious about this but no one could say for sure. All they knew was that the temple’s lead monk had a private meeting with the palace master.
"I don’t know this." Bing Mei said and shrugged.
"Are there famous monks who will take part in the martial contest?"
Bing Mei sneered and looked at Jiang Yue like she was looking at a fool.
"Does senior Jiang not know that monks don’t take Taoist companions? It is forbidden to engage in lust."
Jiang Yue was very embarrassed when was reminded of this matter.
Yu Nianzhen looked at him and chuckled before rubbing his hair.
’I blame Xuan Ke for being an immoral monk.’ He thought and sighed.
"The other regions arrived one after the other. The last to come was the gu region which arrived three days ago."
Jiang Yue shuddered when he heard about the gu region.
When he read cultivation novels in his previous life, he always thought that gu cultivators were the most terrifying.
Now that he was about to encounter them, he couldn’t help but worry a little.
"I thought righteous and evil cultivators don’t get along." Yu Nianzhen stated.
"Senior Ye is right. However, one-third of all cultivators in our Cangxing world are evil cultivators and it’s difficult to fully exclude them."
Jiang Yue and Yu Nianzhen sighed when they heard that.
Although righteous and evil cultivators could not tolerate each other, they were forced to during major events.
This was because they were equally powerful.
Unless one of the neutral regions chose a side, neither the righteous nor evil factions could overwhelm the other.
The alternative was if a powerful cultivator was born in either faction.
If someone like Yang Xu rose from either faction, they could overwhelm the opponent.
Unfortunately, Yang Xu was injured and the evil faction took the opportunity to rise again.
"Senior brothers don’t have to worry. The evil cultivators are not allowed to attend the birthday banquet."
"What about the martial contest?" Yu Nianzhen asked and narrowed his eyes.
"It can’t be helped." Bing Mei said and clenched her hands.
She didn’t understand why the evil cultivators were allowed to choose a Taoist companion from the Ice Palace sect.
Wasn’t that sending one of the girls to misery?
The Ice Palace sect was a righteous sect and Bing Mei couldn’t understand why the palace master did this.
After all, the martial contest was not an event initiated by the Cangxing world.
In that case, the Ice Palace could choose to exclude evil cultivators from the selection.
Unfortunately, she was not in a position to do anything about it and could only accept it.
However, when she thought that her master could be given to an evil cultivator, Bing Mei couldn’t help but hate the palace master.
Her master was so beautiful and talented. She deserved the most handsome and talented man.
"What’s the matter?" Jiang Yue asked.
He noticed the girl’s sudden anger and hatred.
Although he wasn’t interested in other people’s business, he was a little curious since they had just been talking about evil cultivators.
"I am just worried about my master." She said.
"Master?"
"My master is Bing Lan." She said.
Her voice was filled with pride and her chest was a little puffed out.
When they saw that, the two men looked at each other and chuckled.
"Are there any powerful evil cultivators?" Yu Nianzhen asked.
"There are." Bing Mei said through gritted teeth and her eyes turned red.
"Gu Meng, the young master of the Ghost Valley plans to participate. He is at the peak of the origin tempering realm and can break through to the core formation realm at any time."
"I heard he is the most likely to win the martial contest."
"Has junior sister heard about the betting pool?" Jiang Yue asked a little excitedly.
"Everyone has heard about it." She sneered.
"What are the odds for Gu Meng?"
"His odds are one to one."
"What about master Yang?"
Bing Mei looked at the two and was a little embarrassed.
After thinking about it, she muttered something under her breath.
"What did you say?" Jiang Yue asked.
"She said one to two hundred." Yu Nianzhen said and clenched his hands.
"I see." Jiang Yue said and was a little depressed.
However, he soon got over his bad mood.
With such low odds, wouldn’t they make a fortune?
When he thought their three billion spirit stones could turn into six hundred billion, Jiang Yue couldn’t help but laugh.
He could already picture himself lying on a bed of spirit stones.
’Maybe we could even...’ He looked at Yu Nianzhen and blushed.
’Spirit stones are hard and it would be too uncomfortable.’ He thought and shook his head.
However, the thought would not go away.
Even if they couldn’t directly do it on the spirit stones, maybe they could pile them up under the bed?
It was about the same, wasn’t it?
As his thoughts ran wild, he giggled happily and the other two couldn’t help but look at him strangely.
’What is he thinking?’ Yu Nianzhen wondered and glanced at his husband.
