Chapter 260: Obsession
Time passed quickly and the round of games soon came to an end.
In this round, one person died which meant that four people didn’t have opponents in the next game.
"The top five will be decided if another person dies in the next game." Jiang Yue observed and Xuan Ke nodded.
"I guess the Ice Palace sect didn’t expect so many to die in the round-robin."
"Everything is because of their plot in the third round. If most of the powerful participants weren’t eliminated during the third round, the fourth round wouldn’t be so messy." Jiang Yue said.
However, he didn’t care too much.
Since there were only a few strong opponents in the fourth round, Yu Nianzhen didn’t have to work too hard.
When his time came, Yu Nianzhen flew to the stage and stood on one side.
His opponent was an ordinary-looking man from the beast region and his cultivation was at the sixth level of the origin tempering realm.
Although the person looked ordinary, Yu Nianzhen knew that his strength wasn’t.
From watching previous fights, he knew the man could turn into a bull monster.
The bull had a strong body, sharp horns, and iron hooves.
It could breath fire and its speed wasn’t affected by its large body.
However, Yu Nianzhen preferred this opponent to Yin Jun.
When facing this kind of opponent, he didn’t need to think too much but Yu Nianzhen wasn’t careless.
After all, he didn’t want to make a mistake and capsize in the gutter.
With the necessary caution in mind, Yu Nianzhen prepared to fight as soon as he stepped on the platform.
However, things did not develop as expected.
As soon as the man saw his opponent, he immediately fell on
his knees and bowed to Yu Nianzhen.
"What are you doing?" Yu Nianzhen asked in shock.
"Your highness, please allow this slave to surrender." The man said without getting up.
"Your highness..." Yu Nianzhen muttered and a proud girl appeared in his mind.
When he arrived in the Ice Palace sect, his master explained everything that happened while he was away.
This included the matter with the beast region and the plan to challenge him.
However, so many things had happened and Yu Nianzhen hadn’t been approached by someone from the beast region.
After some days, he began to think that Lin Huang had given up on him and Jiang Yue.
Unexpectedly, the inexplicable woman hadn’t given up and had gone so far as to warn her people.
’What a headache.’ Yu Nianzhen thought and rubbed his right temple.
He had a lot to deal with and wished he didn’t have to deal with Lin Huang’s issue.
Unfortunately, the woman didn’t want to let him go and Yu Nianzhen had to deal with the problem.
"Fellow Daoist, I am not from your region and have no plan to join your beast region." Yu Nianzhen said and hoped the person would understand the vague implications.
Although he wanted to be clearer, each debt had its creditor.
Since the matter had nothing to do with the man, Yu Nianzhen didn’t want to involve him.
What he planned was to find Lin Huang after the game was won.
When he did, he would make himself clear and bring an end to her nonsense.
"If there is nothing else, this slave will leave the stage now." The man said and made to stand up.
"Wait." Yu Nianzhen called.
"Is there something that his highness wants?"
Yu Nianzhen gritted his teeth and had the urge to beat the man to a pulp.
However, he restrained himself and looked at the person.
"Let’s fight."
"Your highness, please don’t embarrass this slave."
After saying that, the man didn’t wait for Yu Nianzhen to say anything else.
He immediately rushed out of the martial platform and Yu Nianzhen won without fighting.
With a sigh, he left the stage and millions of eyes followed his path to Jiang Yue.
"When did the Sea Cloud region have a royal family?" Someone asked.
"Weren’t you listening? That person is not from the Sea Cloud region but from the beast region."
"If that’s the case, why is a person from the beast region referring to elder Yang’s disciple as ’his highness’?"
"Is it an illusion attack?"
"It must be an illusion attack."
"No matter how you look at it, it’s not an illusion attack. We seem to be missing something."
"Of course, you are missing something. I happen to know what is going on."
"What do you know?"
"My third cousin heard from his fifth uncle who heard from the nephew of his brother’s sister-in-law. It is said that the princess of the beast region fell in love with elder Yang’s disciple in the Thousand Herbs Garden."
"Is there such a thing?" A young woman asked excitedly.
She looked at where the people from the beast region sat and then turned to Yu Nianzhen.
At this time, Yu Nianzhen had already arrived in front of Jiang Yue and was hugging him intimately.
"Your news is not complete." Someone sneered when they heard the gossip.
"I swear this is what I heard from my third cousin. He also swears his news is complete without any omissions."
"The news I received is not just this."
"Tell us quickly."
"The cousin of my sixth brother’s taoist companion said that Lin Huang not only fell in love with Yu Nianzhen but also fell in love with Jiang Yue."
"Lin Huang is too powerful." The young woman said and sighed.
She also wanted a harem of beautiful men.
Unfortunately, she wasn’t beautiful and her background was ordinary.
If she dared to covet people like Yu Nianzhen and Jiang Yue, she wouldn’t know where she died.
"No matter how I look at it, fellow Daoist Yu and fellow Daoist Jiang seem to be a taoist couple." Someone observed.
"I also think so."
"What does it matter? Isn’t it okay to have many partners?"
No one spoke after that.
Marrying multiple people was common but it was uncommon for a woman to marry many men.
"The Thousand Herbs Garden has been closed for ten years. Do you know what happened after that?"
"How would I know?"
"That person acknowledged fellow Daoist Yu as his highness. Yu Nianzhen likely fell into the hands of fellow Daoist Lin."
"I don’t think so. Yu Nianzhen didn’t accept the greeting."
While the audience was talking, the atmosphere in the sitting area of the beast region was tense.
"Your highness was too impulsive." A core formation realm elder admonished.
"I have already been waiting for ten years. I don’t want to wait any longer." Lin Huang said arrogantly.
Her hot eyes landed on Yu Nianzhen and the blood in her veins boiled.
She wanted that man and couldn’t wait to be together.
"Your highness, Yu Nianzhen is not easy to deal with. We agreed to challenge him during this contest but I am afraid that none of our people can beat him."
When she heard that, Lin Huang waved her hand in dismissal.
Initially, they couldn’t be reckless because of the Sea Cloud sect but they no longer needed to care about the sect.
"Forget about the contest. Prepare to grab the person when there is an opportunity."
"Princess..." An elder began but had to stop.
This was because a layer of fire had appeared on Lin Huang’s skin and the temperature was getting higher.
"The people I want, no one can take them away from me." She said arrogantly.
She had long decided that Yu Nianzhen would be her first husband and Jiang Yue would be her second husband.
When she returned to the beast region from the Thousand Herbs Garden, she went into retreat but didn’t forget to give some instructions.
In the Thousand Herbs Garden, she saw that Yu Nianzhen and Jiang Yue were very close.
Since they liked each other, Lin Huang prepared one palace for them.
When she married them, she would be generous and allow them to stay together in the palace.
"Princess, his highness has a chance of winning the martial contest. It is not good to grab people from the Ice Palace sect."
"Nianzhen is only representing master Yang. Bing Lan’s marriage has nothing to with him."
"The Ice Palace wants to make a few connections through marriage. They may offer another maiden to Yu Nianzhen."
"They dare." Lin Huang said angrily and her eyes turned red.
Lin Huang was a phoenix and beasts were territorial.
She didn’t allow anyone to covet what she thought as hers and this time was no different.
"Princess, we should negotiate with the Ice Palace sect and let them not think about his highness."
"I will leave this matter to elder Lin." Lin Huang said and looked at a nascent soul realm cultivator.
Elder Lin nodded and stood up.
Initially, he didn’t want the princess to marry a human mate.
However, Yu Nianzhen was exceptional.
Although he was only a human, he was powerful and their cubs wouldn’t be inferior.
As elder Lin went to find the palace master, Lin Huang watched Jiang Yue and Yu Nianzhen.
’The two of you can only be mine.’ She thought.
