Chapter 381: Eavesdropping
Like most places in the Ice Palace sect region, the buildings in Frost Lake City were made of ice blocks.
They gleamed in the morning sun, creating a clean and cool atmosphere that could not be found in other places.
"Where do you want to go first?" Yu Nianzhen asked as soon as they entered the city.
Hearing this, Jiang Yue did not answer.
Instead, he pulled Yu Nianzhen and walked towards one of the taller buildings in their vicinity.
"Two guests, where do you want to sit?" A waiter asked when the two entered the restaurant.
"The open hall on the second floor." Jiang Yue answered.
"Please follow me."
With that, Jiang Yue and Yu Nianzhen followed the person to the second floor.
After taking a window table, the waiter left them with a menu.
"It’s not lively enough." Jiang Yue complained.
"It’s too early." Yu Nianzhen comforted and rubbed his husband’s hair.
"I wanted to eat and listen to gossip."
"We can come back later if you want."
"Azhen, look at the menu and see what you want to try."
"Why don’t you choose for me?"
"Okay."
After that, Jiang Yue focused all his attention on the menu.
As expected, there were many frost fish dishes but what surprised him was the large selection of warm wines.
"Azhen, do you want to buy a few for master?"
"That’s my plan."
Soon after, their order was served and the two ate happily before leaving the restaurant.
"Let’s walk around before finding an inn." Yu Nianzhen suggested.
"Okay." Jiang Yue happily agreed.
More than finding an inn, he wanted to walk around with their treasure compass.
In the past eight months, the two found several treasures.
Unfortunately, none of the treasures were suitable for them and could only be kept in their storage rings.
However, the two weren’t too disappointed.
After all, the things they found were not useless.
When the time came, the things could be sold at auction or exchanged for useful things.
Time transitioned from morning to afternoon as the two walked around.
Around when they were planning to find an inn, the two encountered a group of people.
The group consisted of seven male cultivators and four female cultivators.
Among the eleven, three were dressed in pale blue robes, five were dressed in green, and the remaining three were dressed in white.
Although they stood together, they clearly did not trust each other and seemed ready to fight.
[What do you think is going on?] Jiang Yue transmitted.
[Send XiaoLan to listen.] Yu Nianzhen said and his lover’s eyes brightened.
A moment later, an invisible butterfly flew to the group and floated above the shoulder of one of the female cultivators.
"I want to ask senior brother Rong to come with us." One of the female cultivators said.
"Senior brother Rong belongs to the Rong family. If we let him know, the Rong family will control everything." A male cultivator refused.
"Junior sister Wei, don’t think I don’t know what you are thinking. Even if you make a great contribution to the Rong family, young master Rong won’t marry you as the main wife. The Rong family has an agreement with the Chen family and they won’t break it for you."
When junior sister Wei heard that, she wasn’t pleased.
She had liked Rong Yu for many years.
However, her background was ordinary and couldn’t get in the eyes of the Rong family.
This time, she and several others accidentally discovered a cultivator’s tomb.
From the formation outside the tomb, it was clear that the owner had a high cultivation realm.
Thinking that this was her opportunity to enter the Rong family, she wanted to tell Rong Yu.
Unfortunately for her, her companions were sane.
They knew that telling the Rong family would only bring disaster.
Even if they weren’t killed to silence them, they were unlikely to receive a share of what was found in the tomb.
"If we don’t tell senior brother Rong, how do you plan to deal with the formation?" Junior sister Wei asked proudly.
She knew what was in everyone’s heart but the problem still remained.
Among them, there was no formation master.
Without a formation master, they couldn’t enter the tomb to gain benefits.
"I don’t agree with inviting young master Rong." One of the green-robed cultivators said.
"We can post a task at the border guard arena or city lord’s residence."
"I agree with senior sister Yang. Let’s post a task to invite an unrelated formation master."
No matter how much junior sister Wei disagreed, the others made a decision and she couldn’t change their minds.
"Are you interested?" Jiang Yue looked at Yu Nianzhen and asked.
"Let’s go if you want to go." Yu Nianzhen answered with a soft smile in his eyes.
He could see that Jiang Yue was interested.
Since his lover wanted to go, Yu Nianzhen had no opinions.
After all, they were not in a hurry to get anywhere.
Even if the tomb didn’t yield anything useful, the experience was a way to temper their state of mind.
"Okay, let’s follow them to the border guard arena." Jiang Yue said excitedly.
In this way, the two secretly followed the group and watched them enter the border guard arena.
Less than half an hour later, the group came out and the two hurried into the task hall.
As expected, the task had just been put up and Jiang Yue immediately accepted it.
"They plan to recruit three formation masters and I should be the first." Jiang Yue muttered.
"It will take a while to recruit the remaining two. Let’s find an inn to wait." Yu Nianzhen said and took Jiang Yue’s hand.
The two found an inn close to the border guard arena and opened a room on the third floor.
When they entered the room, Jiang Yue couldn’t help but look around.
"It’s been a while since we stayed in an inn." He said.
In the past eight months, they mostly stayed in the ancient palace or the bullock cart.
Opening an inn room was somewhat unfamiliar and a little exciting.
Looking at Jiang Yue’s excitement, Yu Nianzhen couldn’t help but chuckle.
"Are you so excited?" He asked with a sly look in his eyes.
"A little bit." Jiang Yue answered and winked at the swordsman.
As if injected with chicken blood, Yu Nianzhen pounced on him and the two rolled until dawn the next day.
After resting for a while, the two left the inn and went to the previous restaurant for lunch.
This time, the hour was right and there were a lot of people in the restaurant.
[Are you happy now?] Yu Nianzhen transitted.
[Happy.] Jiang Yue didn’t deny and Yu Nianzhen chuckled in amusement.
Like the previous day, the two sat at a window seat and ordered some of their favourites from yesterday.
As they were waiting for their order to be brought out, the two listened to gossip and soon heard something interesting.
"Is it true that the new Ice Palace sect master has broken through to the nascent soul realm?"
"I heard it from my sister’s maid’s cousin’s fellow villager who works in the city lord’s residence. It should be true."
"It is said that the previous Ice Palace sect master fell in the war." A young lady said but someone snorted in derision.
"What do you mean?" Everyone looked at the person.
"What war." The young man sneered.
"What do you know?"
Before speaking, the young man looked around and leaned closer to the others.
"Do you remember the Ice Palace contest more than one hundred years ago?"
"I remember."
"I also remember it. My brother went to participate."
"What you don’t know is that the Ice Palace sect master was near the end of her life during the contest. I heard that she wanted to seize palace master Bing Mei but was seized instead."
"How is that right?" One of the companions frowned.
"If I remember correctly, palace master Bing Mei was only at the origin forging realm during the contest. How could she seize palace master Shui Qingqing?"
"I don’t know about that but what I said is true. Palace master Shui Qingqing died before the war but the Ice Palace sect kept it hidden."
"If what you said is true, isn’t palace master Bing Mei too terrifying?" A girl said and shuddered.
"Anyway, this kind of thing doesn’t need to be said. We only need to know it in our hearts."
After that, the group fell silent while Jiang Yue and Yu Nianzhen looked at each other.
All along, they thought Shui Qingqing successfully seized Bing Mei.
This new information made them a little curious but also wary.
[As long as she doesn’t deal with us, the affairs of the Ice Palace region have nothing to do with us.] Yu Nianzhen said.
In the Nine Treasures secret realm, they met Bing Mei several times.
However, the two groups did not interact and didn’t care about each other.
