Chapter 241: XiaoLan’s New Ability
Right after the first round ended, numbers eleven through twenty went on stage.
At the same time, Jiang Yue slipped out of his seat when his master wasn’t looking.
He rushed away from the Sea Cloud area and didn’t stop until he was a distance away.
’What should I do?’ He thought and leaned on a wall to think.
He wanted to get to the Ice Palace sect sitting area to speak to Bing Lan.
However, the Ice Palace sect was the focal point.
Not only were many eyes on Bing Lan, but the palace master was also sitting close to her.
Other than her, there was another elder at the nascent soul realm and many at the core formation realm.
No matter what, Jiang Yue couldn’t think of a way to get close to Bing Lan without being noticed.
At a loss, he released Hongzhu from the ancient palace and the girl glared at him angrily.
"Young master Jiang, why did it take so long?"
"I didn’t have a chance before." Jiang Yue said but felt a little guilty.
In fact, he had forgotten about Hongzhu and didn’t think of her until he wanted to brainstorm.
"Enough about that. I want to go to the Ice Palace sect sitting area to talk to master Yang’s intended. Can you think of a way?"
Hongzhu glared at Jiang Yue for good measure and then sighed.
"Although I am a class five demonic plant, there are many nascent soul realm cultivators. If I get too close to one, I will definitely be noticed." She said.
"Do you know any invisibility techniques that won’t be detected?"
Hongzhu shrugged and shook her head.
She was only a demonic plant.
Originally, she was just an ordinary bamboo that couldn’t cultivate.
One day, two fire-origin cultivators fought over a heaven and earth treasure, close to where she grew.
Both cultivators fell and the place became a blessed land of the fire element.
At the time, Hongzhu was not sentient and she absorbed the fire element passively.
After many years of passively absorbing the fire element, she became sentient and recalled everything that happened.
She continued to cultivate and more than a hundred thousand years later, she finally became a class-five demonic plant.
Unfortunately, Hongzhu was not lucky.
Just when she took human form, she was coveted by a human cultivator and chased all over the place.
This chase lasted for more than ten years and she couldn’t escape injury.
When Li Futian found her, Hongzhu was injured and hiding in a cave.
Li Futian made an equal contract with her and after more than ten years, most of her injuries had healed.
However, she was yet to heal to her peak.
At the moment, she could only transform into a little girl which wasn’t her original form.
Until the rest of her injuries healed, her cultivation would be stuck at the early stage of class five and her appearance would remain that of a young girl.
Since her pedigree was not good, Hongzhu didn’t even have inherited memories.
This meant she didn’t know any invisibility techniques that could help Jiang Yue.
After explaining, the two fell silent and Jiang Yue was at a loss.
He had asked Yu Nianzhen to leave the matter to him but when it came down to it, he couldn’t do anything.
Just when he was beginning to feel lost, a voice resounded in his mind.
"XiaoLan?" He called.
"It’s me, master. XiaoLan has a way." The young voice said excitedly.
It was almost ten years since her master contracted her.
However, in that time, her master had never needed her and she usually stayed in the contract space to cultivate.
At this time, she couldn’t help but feel a little excited when she thought she could finally do something for her master.
"You have to make me invisible?"
When she heard the question, XiaoLan deflated.
"If XiaoLan had a higher level, making the master invisible wouldn’t be a problem. Unfortunately..."
Sensing his contract beast’s low mood, Jiang Yue immediately interrupted.
"How can XiaoLan help?" He asked.
"Although I can’t help the master become invisible, XiaoLan can become invisible and deliver a message for master." XiaoLan said proudly.
She was the descendant of the Blue Illusion butterfly after all.
The invisibility ability was an original ability of the Blue Illusion butterfly.
XiaoLan had just excavated it from her bloodline and was eager to show it to her master.
"Won’t you be noticed?" Jiang Yue asked and frowned.
XiaoLan was his contract beast.
If something happened to her, he would also be injured.
Thinking of that, he couldn’t be careless and directly send her to Bing Lan without understanding the situation.
"Master doesn’t need to worry. XiaoLan is now a class three demonic beast. My invisibility ability can’t be seen through by those below the reincarnation realm."
Jiang Yue was shocked when he heard that.
He didn’t expect XiaoLan’s ability to be so powerful and his heart couldn’t help but skip a beat.
When he remembered how hard he and Yu Nianzhen worked to enter the Lu family’s treasure house, he was a little envious.
’I also want to excavate the invisibility ability.’ He thought and sighed.
Since he had the bloodline of the Blue Illusion butterfly, he also had a chance to awaken the invisibility ability.
However, awakening bloodline abilities was not something he could control.
Jiang Yue had already awakened illusion eyes and couldn’t awaken another ability unless XiaoLan’s bloodline improved.
’I will work harder to find treasures to purify her bloodline.’ He promised himself and then dropped the matter.
"Are you sure no one will notice you?" Jiang Yue asked.
"I am sure."
After receiving the reassurance, Jiang Yue went silent.
He and Bing Lan had never been introduced.
As such, he had to be careful what he said. Otherwise, Bing Lan would mistake him for an enemy and refuse to cooperate.
After an incense stick, Jiang Yue crafted a message and XiaoLan flew away.
"Hongzhu, what do you plan to do?" Jiang Yue asked after XiaoLan left.
"I want to watch the contest." Hongzhu said without hesitation.
She wanted to help her master wake up but there was nothing that could be done for the time being.
In that case, she could only watch the contest and take note of the things her master told her.
"Later, I will introduce you to brother Xuan. When the contest is over, we will return to our cave at the Fair Plum inn to discuss things."
"Okay." Hongzhu said and nodded.
Jiang Yue couldn’t disappear for too long so he separated from Hongzhu and returned to the Sea Cloud area.
Chen Qing saw him return and her face went a little ugly but it soon returned to normal.
She didn’t say anything and continued to talk to the elder beside her.
Jiang Yue heaved a sigh of relief and walked to the second row to take a seat.
Although he had prepared an excuse for his absence, he was still glad that his master didn’t ask.
As Jiang Yue settled down, XiaoLan arrived where the members of the Ice Palace sect were sitting.
She flew to Bing Lan’s shoulder and identified herself as her master had taught her.
"Mistress Bing, my name is XiaoLan. I am the contract beast of Jiang Yue who is the Taoist companion of your fiancee’s disciple." She said.
Bing Lan listened to the voice transmission but her expression didn’t change.
She only swivelled her eyes to make sure that no one had noticed XiaoLan.
Fortunately, no one, including the palace master had noticed anything wrong.
"My master wants to know if there is something wrong." XiaoLan said.
When Bing Lan heard the question, her hands shook lightly and the face hidden under her veil paled.
"Tell him that the palace master has made a deal with the Thunder God temple."
After transmitting that, Bing Lan looked around and sighed in relief when she saw no one had noticed.
She was only at the origin tempering realm.
If someone discovered her abnormality and paid attention, a higher realm cultivator could eavesdrop on their conversation.
Because of that, Bing Lan didn’t plan to talk too long with XiaoLan.
"A yang physique has appeared in the Thunder God Temple. It doesn’t matter who wins this contest, the palace master will not let anyone else marry me."
As she said that, anger filled her heart.
Originally, Bing Lan thought her marriage was only a way to strengthen the Ice Palace region.
However, she overheard some things and realised her thinking was too naïve.
She regretted sending the letter to Yang Xu, but it was too late.
When the palace master discovered that she knew things that she shouldn’t know, Bing Lan was imprisoned in an ice cave.
She had no way to warn Yang Xu and could only watch as he walked into danger.
At the moment, she accepted that she was doomed and only hoped that Yang Xu would not be implicated.
’It’s enough to see him one last time.’ She thought as her eyesight penetrated the space and fell on Yang Xu.
