Chapter 249: Planning to take the Initiative
As soon as the eleventh cultivator was eliminated, the tenth round ended.
Yu Nianzhen left the martial platform and walked to the participant area.
His plan was to first recover his qi and then meditate to absorb the experience gained during the day.
However, his plan did not keep up with the changes.
When he got off stage, he found Jiang Yue waiting close to the martial platform.
"XiaoYue, is something wrong?" He asked.
Jiang Yue shook his head and took Yu Nianzhen’s hand.
The two walked to an unoccupied place in the participant area and Jiang Yue set up a few simple formations.
"Azhen, I talked to master Yang."
At that, Yu Nianzhen remembered that Jiang Yue discovered a divine sense marking in Bing Lan’s body.
"How is it?"
Jiang Yue sighed and shook his head.
"It’s not good. Master Yang said that his divine sense regressed after being injured. If the divine sense marking was left by a nascent soul realm cultivator, it will be difficult to remove it."
Yu Nianzhen had expected this outcome but was still a little disappointed.
If given a choice, he didn’t want to bother senior Niu with this matter.
However, it seemed they had no other way.
The divine sense marking had to be removed otherwise the mistress would be found as soon as they rescued her.
"It seems that we have no other way. We need senior Niu’s help."
"I have already asked him and he has agreed."
"That’s good."
After saying that, Yu Nianzhen looked outside the formation and saw that a lot of people were shuttling around urgently.
"What’s going on outside? Why did you come down?"
"What do you mean ’why’? Didn’t you want to see me?" Jiang Yue asked aggressively.
"How can that be? I want to see you every moment." Yu Nianzhen spoke hurriedly and rubbed his husband’s hair.
It had only been a few days since the contest began but Yu Nianzhen felt like a lifetime had passed.
He missed Jiang Yue and couldn’t help but pull the person into his arms.
"I missed you very much." He said and his arms tightened around the person.
"I missed you too."
For a long time, the two held onto each other and their hearts eased a little.
However, when their hearts calmed down, other feelings took over and they looked at each other longingly.
Without meaning to resist, Yu Nianzhen held Jiang Yue’s chin with his right thumb and index finger.
A moment later, he leaned down and their lips touched.
The kiss was light but it touched all the nerves in their body.
A sense of urgency pooled in the pit of their stomachs and they almost forgot the time and place.
"I can’t wait for the contest to be over." Jiang Yue muttered against Yu Nianzhen’s lips.
"Do you remember our promise?"
"I remember." Jiang Yue said and nodded.
After the martial contest, the two planned to spend some time together.
Their plan was to relax and take things easy until the Nine Treasures secret realm was opened.
"Good."
"Azhen, you should have noticed, ..." Jiang Yue began and pulled Yu Nianzhen to sit down.
"I noticed." Yu Nianzhen said and frowned.
"While you were fighting in the arena, the Death Flower Ascension Front began to move."
Since Yu Nianzhen discovered that the Dao of heaven was trying to get rid of the Death Flower Ascension Front, he knew the flames of war would soon ignite.
However, he was still taken aback when he heard Jiang Yue’s words.
"A lot of talents have already been captured." Jiang Yue said with a frown on his lips.
Initially, everyone was a little numb and didn’t react to the list of names urgently.
Unfortunately, this numbness gave the Death Flower Ascension Front a chance.
While everyone was trying to figure some things out, members of the Death Flower Ascension Front captured a few genius disciples and escaped from the Ice Palace sect.
"Disciples of the law enforcement palace are already in pursuit. However,..." Jiang Yue didn’t need to finish that sentence.
No one had ever survived after being captured by the Death Flower Ascension Front.
It was highly unlikely that the captured people could be recovered before they lost their lives.
"XiaoYue, you have to be careful." Yu Nianzhen implored.
"I know, don’t worry." Jiang Yue said and quickly nodded.
He was so focused on Bing Lan’s matter that he ignored the threat of the Death Flower Ascension Front.
Fortunately, he didn’t leave the martial arena and didn’t give the enemy a chance to capture him.
"What about your master?"
Jiang Yue sighed and looked towards the sitting area of the Sea Cloud sect.
Since everything was revealed, everyone in the Sea Cloud sect was in a bad mood.
Elder Chen was even more affected and her impatience had reached a new height.
"I will stay away from her for the next short while."
"It’s good that way." Yu Nianzhen encouraged.
Although elder Chen was not a member of the Death Flower Ascension Front, her taoist companion was.
Originally, Yang Xu told his disciple that one of the titles on the bounty list belonged to the sect master of the Sea Cloud sect.
After hearing that, Yu Nianzhen was prepared for strife and danger.
However, he didn’t expect that the list included more than the sect master.
"The Sea Cloud sect has more than ten elders and thousands of disciples in the bounty list." Jiang Yue said and frowned.
"The Sea Cloud sect may not be able to overcome this difficulty." Yu Nianzhen said.
As far as he knew, none of the other regional leaders was on the bounty list.
With a leader, the regions could avoid falling into chaos.
However, that was not the case for the Sea Cloud sect.
The sect master of the Sea Cloud sect was involved with the Death Flower Front.
It wouldn’t be too difficult for the Death Flower Ascension Front to take over the sect while everyone was away.
"We may be unable to return to the Sea Cloud sect." Yu Nianzhen stated.
"You don’t sound nostalgic."
"I am not, but I feel a little sorry for master. You and I are not attached to the sect, but master is different. The Sea Cloud sect is what he has guarded for many years. He won’t want to see it destroyed."
Jiang Yue sighed when he heard that.
He also understood that everything was about to change.
Their background as disciples of a regional ruler was essentially gone.
If things went wrong in the Ice Palace region, they would have nowhere to retreat.
"Do you believe my master didn’t know anything?"
"How can that be possible? Elder Chen should have noticed a long time ago but chose not to say anything."
"I also think so." Jiang Yue said through gritted teeth.
"It’s good that my master didn’t agree to join the Death Flower Ascension Front when he was given a chance. If he did, things wouldn’t be as they are."
"By the way, I didn’t see Bei Chengling’s name on the bounty list but I saw Wang Hui’s." Jiang Yue said a little excitedly.
While waiting for XiaoLan to deliver news, Jiang Yue spent his time perusing the bounty list.
Initially, he was looking randomly and then started to search for people he knew.
After searching for a while, he discovered Bei Chengling’s absence and Wang Hui’s presence.
"It looks like everything that happened in the Thousand Herbs Garden was staged. It could be that the BlueStar Treasure pavilion wanted to infiltrate the Death Flower Ascension Front using Bei Chengling."
"I agree." Jiang Yue said and nodded.
"Anyway, we both have to be careful. Now that the Death Flower Ascension Front is in the open, they will be less scrupulous when doing things. We can’t allow ourselves to be affected."
After talking for a while, Jiang Yue planned to return to the sitting area of the Sea Cloud sect but Yu Nianzhen didn’t agree.
Although elder Chen was not a member of the Death Flower Ascension Front, Yu Nianzhen felt that she couldn’t be trusted.
Since he had such a feeling, he didn’t allow his lover to take risks.
With such thoughts, Jiang Yue joined Yu Nianzhen to stay in the participant area.
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At the same time, millions of cultivators in the Cangxing world received a secret communication.
The communication informed the recipients that their dealings had been revealed.
However, the sender assured them that there was no cause for worry.
Since the Cangxing world couldn’t tolerate their Death Flower Ascension Front, they would also not tolerate the orthodox cultivators.
The sender asked the members to recruit a few people and then make their way to the Sea Cloud region.
When the members received the mission, they didn’t hesitate.
Most of them were already being hunted and had already forged a grudge with other cultivators in the Cangxing world.
Since this was the case, it was best to go to the Sea Cloud sect to arrange how to take the initiative.
