Chapter 444: Bait
"This plan not only works for the high-grade mine but also the other mines." He said.
"Azhen, you are too daring." Jiang Yue chuckled and lightly punched the other’s shoulder.
"Don’t you like it when I suppress everyone? This is how I will do it."
Hearing this, Jiang Yue turned solemn and carefully looked at Yu Nianzhen.
"It will be dangerous." He said.
"It’s an opportunity for myself and our Cangxing world." Yu Nianzhen stated.
"When?"
"One hundred years from now." Yu Nianzhen answered after a moment of thought.
"Where?"
This time, Yu Nianzhen didn’t answer right away.
His plan was to open a challenge.
Since he was in the first level of the reincarnation realm, he planned to accept challenges from first-level and second-level reincarnation realm cultivators.
However, issuing a challenge would not be free of charge.
For each first-level challenge, he planned to charge one million low-grade reincarnation stones and ten thousand mid-grade reincarnation stones for second-level challenges.
Similarly, winning and losing had consequences.
If Yu Nianzhen lost a challenge, he would give up the Cangxing mines to the winning cultivator’s world.
In the same way, if he won against a world representative, the world would lose the right to challenge the Cangxing mountain for an additional one thousand years.
Thinking of his plans, Yu Nianzhen narrowed his eyes and finally decided.
"Let’s do it near the third mine." He said.
"Makes sense." Jiang Yue nodded and then looked at his husband inquisitively.
"Will it work?" He asked.
"It will work." Yu Nianzhen nodded confidently.
"From the perspective of other worlds, the terms are leaning towards them."
"How so?" Jiang Yue asked with a frown on his face.
"Our Cangxing people have only been in the Reincarnation World for a short time and one hundred years is barely enough time to stabilise the cultivation at the first level of the reincarnation realm."
"Most importantly, the winning conditions are unfavourable to the Cangxing world." Yu Nianzhen said with a cunning smile on his lips.
"What do you mean?"
"With the terms I am offering, anyone in a world can defeat me to win a mine. However, our Cangxing world can only win if I defeat a world representative. Also, the ’no challenge’ agreement is not a lifetime contract but limited to the next block of one thousand years."
"You are right, the terms are against our Cangxing world." Jiang Yue nodded.
"If we win, our gains will be immeasurable but if we lose, our losses will be catastrophic. It’s a high-stakes gamble."
"Azhen, should we bundle the three mines into one challenge?" Jiang Yue asked.
"I considered it but it’s not a good idea." Yu Nianzhen said and then explained.
"A lot of low-grade and mid-grade worlds may choose not to vie for the high-grade mine. If we bundle the three mines into one challenge, we will lock out a lot of the worlds. After all, winning the mines is one thing and keeping them is another."
"Different challenges?"
At that, Yu Nianzhen nodded and smiled at Jiang Yue.
"The worlds can challenge for any of our three mines but other terms and agreements are the same."
"That’s good. In this way, we can attract most of the worlds to challenge." Jiang Yue agreed with a sly smile on his lips.
"What are you thinking?" Yu Nianzhen questioned.
"Won’t it be a waste if we don’t set up a gambling hall?"
Hearing this, Yu Nianzhen laughed and a doting smile softened his eyes.
"Are you so confident?" He asked.
"My Azhen will never lose." Jiang Yue said with no uncertainty in his eyes.
"There is a big difference between the first and second levels of the reincarnation realm. It will be difficult to deal with second-level challengers." Yu Nianzhen said with a solemn look on his face.
"You know that but you still plan to accept second-level challenges." Jiang Yue stated and raised his eyebrow in question.
"The more unfavourable the conditions, the higher the chance of attracting more worlds to participate."
"I understand." Jiang Yue nodded and sighed.
"If everything goes well, our Cangxing mountain will gain a lot of cultivation resources. With an additional one thousand years, we can urge most of the Cangxing people to the second level of the reincarnation realm."
"Our Cangxing mountain is lucky to have such a dedicated mountain master." Jiang Yue teased.
Hearing this, Yu Nianzhen chuckled and rubbed his husband’s hair.
"If someone didn’t ask me to stand out, would I work so hard?"
After that, the two rested in the cave for one day and then hurried back to the Cangxing mountain.
When they arrived, they were just in time for Meng Zihua’s tribulation and they stood to the side to watch.
"Fellow Daoist Meng is the young leader of the BlueStar Treasure pavilion and is skilled in arranging things. We should talk to her when we have a chance." Jiang Yue suggested.
"Good." Yu Nianzhen agreed.
Although he was the mountain master, he didn’t want to spend too much time dealing with logistics.
Since there were people who could deal with trivial matters, Yu Nianzhen planned to delegate.
"We can issue tasks. Let our people start preparing for one hundred years later." He continued.
"An arena has to be built so we need people to start collecting building and formation materials." Jiang Yue added.
[XiaoYue, how is your formation inheritance?]
[Don’t worry, the inheritance is complete. I am already studying sixth-level formations.]
[That’s good.]
[I plan to prepare a fifth-level and sixth-level formation inheritance. The inheritance will be placed in the library.]
[Are you really willing?]
[My inheritance is a legacy of the Cangxing world and it’s only right to use it for the Cangxing world. However, the inheritance jade won’t have all the formation maps.]
"Okay." Yu Nianzhen nodded and held Jiang Yue’s hand.
In the following months, Jiang Yue and Yu Nianzhen made all the necessary preparations.
They arranged for several nascent soul realm cultivators to build a task hall and a library.
After that, they issued hundreds of tasks related to inheritances and the upcoming event.
When that was done, they spoke to Meng Zihua and then headed to the stone monument.
"Are you ready?" Jiang Yue asked.
"Mmmm." Yu Nianzhen nodded with a solemn look on his face.
As the mountain master, Yu Nianzhen could use the stone monument for more than testing his strength.
Before, he used the stone monument to convey a message to everyone in the Cangxing mountain.
However, this was only a basic function.
Other than that, the monument could be used to communicate with other world mountains.
At this time, Yu Nianzhen poured his soul power into the stone monument and golden writing appeared on all the stones in other world mountains.
In the communication, Yu Nianzhen detailed the upcoming event.
He explained the time, place, terms, stakes, and qualifications for participating.
At the end of the message, he invited the different mountain masters to confirm their world’s participation by leaving a message under the invitation.
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In the Water Heaven Mountain, the mountain master had just left seclusion when he heard a burst of loud noises.
With a frown on his face, he flew out of his cave house and rushed towards the source of the noise.
"What’s going on?" He asked.
"Mountain master." Someone greeted and gave a brief bow.
"What’s the matter?" The mountain master questioned again.
"The Cangxing mountain master has issued an invitation." The person answered and pointed at their mountain’s stone monument.
Hearing this, the Water Heaven Mountain master looked at the stone monument and quickly understood the situation.
"A first-level reincarnation realm cultivator dares to accept challenges from second-level cultivators. Newborn calves are not afraid of tigers." He said with a sneer on his lips.
However, he had a flexible mind and immediately recognised the opportunity.
Although he didn’t accept the invitation right away, his mind was already made up.
A moment later, he injected some soul power into the stone monument and made two mountain-wide announcements.
The first announcement was to let everyone prepare for the event. However, he made it clear that the Water Heaven Mountain would not pay the participation fee.
However, if an individual won, the mine would belong to the world and the person would receive a percentage of the mined reincarnation stones. As for the exact percentage, an announcement would be made after further consideration.
Following the first announcement, the Mountain master announced a tournament to be held ninety-nine years later.
In the tournament, their world’s paladin would be chosen.
This person would challenge on behalf of the Water Heaven world and their participation fee would be paid by the Water Heaven Mountain.
’It’s too bad I am not in the first or second level of the reincarnation realm. Otherwise...’ The mountain master thought as he walked away from the stone monument.
At the same time, similar scenes happened in other world mountains.
Like the Water Heaven Mountain master, some mountain masters made up their minds but did not communicate their acceptance of the invitation.
However, some masters were more decisive and immediately expressed their acceptance.
