Chapter 438: Mountain Master
Cangxing Mountain Ranking:
1. Supreme Sword God (Yu Nianzhen) – 3,003 points
2. Lord of Infinite Illusions (Jiang Yue) – 2,457 points
3. Nine Suns flame master (Yang Xu) – 720 points
Seeing the difference between the second and third place, everyone couldn’t help but be shocked.
"Why is the difference so big?" Someone asked.
"Even if the first two are powerful, the gap shouldn’t be so big." Another said.
In fact, Yu Nianzhen and Jiang Yue were also shocked.
Although they expected to be more powerful than Yang Xu, they didn’t expect the gap to be so big.
[What’s going on?] Jiang Yue secretly asked.
[I don’t know.] Yu Nianzhen said with a frown on his face.
"We can think about it later." Yang Xu suddenly said and pointed at the stone monument.
"Congratulations." Li Futian said with a small smile on his lips.
"Congratulations?" Jiang Yue didn’t understand so he hastily turned to the stone monument.
When he was not paying attention, another title appeared beside his and Yu Nianzhen’s names.
"Cangxing mountain master, Cangxing mountain deputy master..." He read.
"Congratulations, brothers." Xuan Ke also congratulated.
"Thank you." Jiang Yue said and Yu Nianzhen nodded.
"What does a mountain master do?" Bing Lan couldn’t help but ask.
"Since there is such a role, there should be a need for a mountain master." Yang Xu said.
"What mountain master? Don’t think you can order us around." Someone shouted and everyone turned to look at the person.
The person was a male cultivator who wore the clothes of the Corpse Yin sect.
As an evil cultivator, he stood with others of the same faction and they nodded in approval.
Hearing this, none of the righteous and neutral cultivators said a word.
After all, they were all in the nascent soul realm and Yu Nianzhen was too young.
No matter what, they didn’t want to be controlled by a young man who was less than one thousand years old.
However, Yu Nianzhen had never been the kind to shirk his responsibilities.
Since the stone monument had appointed him as the mountain master, he would fulfil his responsibilities.
"When the time comes, you will listen or you will show us what right you have to refuse." Jiang Yue narrowed his eyes and said.
"Isn’t Junior Jiang too domineering?" An old man from the Ghost Valley asked.
"Junior?" Jiang Yue chuckled and a trace of cruelty flashed in his eyes.
"Is the old man picking a fight?" He questioned.
Hearing this, the old man trembled.
Although he was dissatisfied with the current situation, he wasn’t stupid.
He knew he wasn’t Jiang Yue’s match and didn’t intend to fight the person.
"Fellow Daoist Jiang is younger so he is naturally a junior."
"Seniority has always been based on strength." Jiang Yue said with a playful smile in his eyes.
’You want to use your age to suppress me? Stop dreaming.’ He thought.
"The matter of the mountain master can be discussed at another time. For now, let’s settle down." A cultivator from the Great Zhu empire spoke.
’What’s there to discuss?’ Jiang Yue sneered but didn’t say anything.
In the end, he was also eager to settle down and didn’t want to waste time on a meaningless argument.
"Where are the jade cards?" Someone asked.
From the previous writings on the stone monument, everyone knew they needed jade cards to enter their cave houses and pass through the mountain guarding formation.
"Mountain master, can you tell us where to find the jade cards?" A male cultivator asked in a mocking voice.
"That’s right, the mountain master should..." Another started but stopped midway.
A moment later, hundreds of jade cards flew out of the stone monument.
The jade cards were like clumps of light and soon after, one stopped in front of each cultivator.
"They have numbers on them." Someone noticed.
"Cave house numbers?"
At the same time, several figures rushed towards Yu Nianzhen, Jiang Yue, and their group.
"Know your place." Yu Nianzhen snorted and pointed at the three people in front of him.
A moment later, three strands of sword intent flew out of his finger and attacked the three people.
In the blink of an eye, the three stopped mid-flight and their bodies turned to blood mist.
"Don’t test my patience." Yu Nianzhen warned and several people swallowed.
"I also wanted to grab the number one jade card but I was too slow to react." A female cultivator whispered to the person beside them.
"He is ranked first. Are you looking for death?"
With a last glare at the people who were eyeing his jade card, Yu Nianzhen stretched his hand and grabbed the card.
Seeing this, Jiang Yue chuckled and also did the same.
Soon after, they used their soul power to recognise the lord and a lot of information flooded into their minds.
A moment later, they looked at each other and simultaneously nodded.
[Let’s talk about it when we settle down.] Yu Nianzhen transmitted.
[Good.] Jiang Yue nodded.
"Master..." Yu Nianzhen called and looked at his master uncertainly.
"Let’s find our cave houses first." Yang Xu said.
After the initial shock, he quickly returned to normal.
In the end, it didn’t matter.
As long as the two children were well, Yang Xu was satisfied.
With the jade cards, everyone was able to enter the mountain but could only move around in the first layer.
"Our caves should be near the centre of the mountain." Jiang Yue said and Yu Nianzhen nodded.
Less than a cup of tea later, they found the number one and number two caves.
"Axu’s cave house is also here." Bing Lan pointed at another cave house.
In this way, the group found their caves and quickly separated.
[Azhen, I will come to your place after I activate the defences in my place.]
[Okay.]
After saying that, Yu Nianzhen hugged his husband and then went to the number one cave house.
From a distance, one couldn’t tell that each cave house had a defence formation.
However, after getting closer, the thrumming of the formation was impossible to ignore.
Using his jade card, Yu Nianzhen passed through the formation and arrived at the door.
The door was made of an unknown material and had a handprint in the centre.
’Am I supposed to place my hand on the handprint?’ Yu Nianzhen wondered and immediately did the same.
A moment later, he felt a pain in his palm and a drop of blood fell on the door.
Soon after, a door knob appeared and he used it to open the door.
"The qi inside and outside are quite different." Yu Nianzhen observed as soon as he entered the cave house.
The cave house was about thirty square metres.
It had a jade bed on the East side, a low jade table and two jade mats at the centre, a sunken bath on the North side, and a cultivation mat near the south wall.
"Its appearance is simple but everything is made of precious materials." Yu Nianzhen couldn’t help but admire.
The walls, ceiling, and floor were made of qi-focusing stones while the bed, table, and sitting mats were made of mind-relaxing jade.
However, the bath and cultivation mat were more special.
From what Yu Nianzhen could tell, the sunken bath was lined with a special jade that had the effect of removing impurities and healing injuries.
Most importantly, Yu Nianzhen could sense a trace of the dao on the cultivation mat.
As long as he cultivated on the mat, he would achieve twice the results with half the effort.
"It’s an excellent cave house." Yu Nianzhen couldn’t help but feel excited.
In addition to the qi-focusing stones, the cave house had a qi-gathering formation on the ground.
Because of this, the reincarnation qi in the cave house was several times richer than the outside.
After examining the things in the cave house, Yu Nianzhen sat down and read a jade tablet that was placed on the table.
A while later, the jade tablet disintegrated and Yu Nianzhen sighed.
"As expected." He said.
While he was deep in thought, he felt a change in his surroundings and Jiang Yue appeared.
Looking up, Yu Nianzhen saw a cultivation mat in his lover’s arms and he smiled in nostalgia.
"What’s wrong?" Jiang Yue questioned.
"Come here." Yu Nianzhen said and patted his lap.
Hearing this, Jiang Yue didn’t hesitate.
He walked over and directly sat on his husband’s lap.
"I suddenly remembered when we first arrived in the Sea Cloud sect." Yu Nianzhen said.
"When we settled in the outer sect, you also took your cultivation mat and came to my room."
"Do you have a problem?" Jiang Yue questioned with narrowed eyes.
"How come?" Yu Nianzhen said and hugged his husband closer.
"I am happy we can be together even when we are cultivating."
Hearing this, Jiang Yue smiled and lightly kissed his lover’s lips.
"I love you too." He said, his eyes shining with undisguised warmth.
