Chapter 487: Precedent
Twelve cultivators sat at a round table.
Some looked solemn, others looked angry, while others were excited.
At a glance, it was clear that the twelve had different motives and personalities.
These twelve were the mountain masters of the twelve top-grade worlds.
Less than one hundred years ago, they sat at the same table and discussed the Cangxing Mountain.
One hundred years later, they returned to the same table, and the topic of discussion was still the Cangxing Mountain.
However, the direction of the conversation had changed.
Back then, none of the twelve mountain masters took the Cangxing mountain seriously.
Unexpectedly, they were all slapped in the face.
It had been ninety-eight years since the challenge event began.
During that time, each of the twelve mountain masters sent a few world mates to challenge the Cangxing mountain master, the deputy, and several outstanding cultivators from the Cangxing mountain.
However, the results were unsatisfactory.
"The Cangxing mountain master is really something." Han Lexi said with a smile on her beautiful face.
Han Lexi was the mountain master of the Flowing Clouds Mountain.
Back then, she planned to watch a good show.
One hundred years later, her attitude was still the same.
Although some of her world mates lost to Yu Nianzhen, Han Lexi didn’t care.
As long as she didn’t lose, what happened to others had nothing to do with her.
After all, the existence of the Cangxing Mountain did not affect her Flowing Clouds Mountain.
Until it did, Han Lexi planned to continue watching a good show.
"Fellow mountain master Han is quite relaxed." Huo Ren sneered.
Huo Ren was the mountain master of the Raging Flames Mountain.
Before the challenge event, his people encountered Yu Nianzhen and Jiang Yue in the Boundless Mountain range.
Since then, the two sides forged a grudge, and Huo Ren was impatient to kill Jiang Yue and Yu Nianzhen.
Unfortunately, his world mates were unsatisfactory and failed to defeat the two people.
"If mountain master Huo is in a hurry, he should take the stage." Han Lexi suggested with a smile on her face.
Hearing this, Huo Ren and the rest fell silent.
Originally, refusing to take the stage was because no one wanted to lower their status.
However, after the events of the past ninety-eight years, no one could talk about status.
At the moment, no one was certain they could defeat Yu Nianzhen.
This possibility of losing cooled their hot minds and impatient hearts.
As such, the twelve mountain masters could only complain, but none dared to challenge Yu Nianzhen.
"He is only relying on the suppressing formation to defeat others." Jun Jinglong sneered.
Jun Jinglong was the mountain master of the Profound Crystal Mountain.
In the early days of the competition, Yu Nianzhen defeated Yu Shi, a young genius from the Profound Crystal world.
Since then, Jun Jinglong disliked the Cangxing mountain master and couldn’t tolerate him.
"Fellow mountain master Liang, what do you think?" Han Lexi suddenly asked.
One hundred years ago, Liang Shi worked hard to incite the top-grade mountain masters.
However, he was uncharacteristically quiet during this meeting.
After being questioned, Liang Shi didn’t speak right away.
Compared to the other mountain masters, Liang Shi was a swordsman and had a more intrinsic understanding of Yu Nianzhen.
In the match between Yu Nianzhen and Zhang An, Liang Shi glimpsed a sword world.
From early on, Liang Shi guessed Yu Nianzhen had a sword domain but didn’t expect the domain to have already evolved into a sword world.
This alone gave him pause.
Although it was difficult, breaking a sword domain was possible.
However, a small world was different.
Small worlds already contained laws and a trace of the way of heaven.
Without exceptional methods, breaking out of a small world was impossible.
When Liang Shi considered this, he couldn’t take Yu Nianzhen lightly.
"I have recently been practising a new sword art and don’t have time to challenge the Cangxing mountain master." Liang Shi said, and Han Lexi chuckled.
"What about fellow mountain master Murong?" Liang Shi asked and looked at the mountain master of the Eternal Light Mountain.
"I don’t have time to waste on irrelevant people." Murong Fei said, and everyone turned solemn.
In truth, Murong Fei was dissatisfied with the Cangxing mountain master and wanted to teach him a lesson.
However, it was also true that she didn’t have time.
This was because the competition for the transformation pools was about to begin.
Although Murong Fei was the most powerful cultivator in the Reincarnation world, the competition for the transformation pools was multifaceted.
Having strength was an advantage, but if she lacked on other fronts, she would fail to secure a transformation pool.
When the mountain masters were reminded of the transformation pools, they became more solemn.
There were only nine transformation pools in the Reincarnation world.
This meant that only nine cultivators could get the opportunity to enter the pools and transform their qi into immortal qi.
As for the losers, they could only work hard for several thousand years before they could advance to the immortal realm.
"Fellow mountain master Murong, are you confident?" Bi Wan’er suddenly asked.
Bi Wan’er was the mountain master of the Deep Abyss mountain.
Due to the nature of their cultivation, she and Murong Fei didn’t get along.
However, they recognised each other’s abilities.
At this time, Bi Wan’er couldn’t help but inquire about her rival.
After all, she was likely to face Murong Fei in the transformation pool struggle.
"Fellow mountain master Bi should also be confident." Murong Fei said, and Bi Wan’er chuckled.
"Fellow mountain masters, are you ignoring something?" Han Lexi suddenly asked with a teasing look in her eyes.
"What do you mean?" Zhong Lei, the mountain master of the Heavenly Purple Lightning mountain, asked.
"In recent years, ninth-level reincarnation realm cultivators have won the struggle for the transformation pools. However..." Han Lexi didn’t need to finish her words because everyone understood.
As she said, in the recent past, ninth-level reincarnation realm cultivators won the opportunity to enter the transformation pools.
However, it wasn’t always like this.
From ancient records, the mountain masters knew there was precedent for lower-level reincarnation realm cultivators to enter the transformation pools.
"This..." Zhong Lei started but couldn’t continue.
"Impossible." Huo Ren roared.
"This kind of thing hasn’t happened in more than one hundred thousand years." Jun Jinglong said.
"Several Cangxing mountain cultivators are not ordinary. Who knows what will happen." Han Lexi said and shrugged.
"Even if they get the qualification to fight for the transformation pools, they might not survive." Liang Shi argued.
Nothing in the world was without a price.
From ancient records, he knew that several extraordinary figures could contend for the transformation pools before they achieved the ninth level of the reincarnation realm.
However, few of those figures survived.
"I have a feeling it won’t be like that." Han Lexi said and smiled.
"I agree with fellow mountain master Han." A female voice said, and everyone turned to look at the person.
The female cultivator was Tian Shishi, the mountain master of the Spirit Eye world mountain.
"What does the fellow Daoist mean?" Jun Jinglong asked in a cautious voice.
In the Reincarnation world, the Spirit Eye world had a transcendent status.
This was because the heavens favoured celestial cultivators.
As soon as Tian Shishi spoke, everyone knew the fight for the transformation pools would become complicated.
"There is no need to say more." Tian Shishi said and fell silent.
However, everyone understood.
"We should kill them as soon as possible." Huo Ren suggested.
At first, the twelve mountain masters didn’t have a life-or-death grudge with the Cangxing mountain cultivators.
Unfortunately, the existence of Yu Nianzhen and the rest had suddenly become a stumbling block.
"This matter can’t be done during the challenge event." Liang Shi said, and the others agreed.
"We can find an opportunity after the event." Jun Jinglong suggested.
Hearing this, Tian Shishi shook her head but didn’t say anything.
’What will be will be.’ She thought.
.....
While Yu Nianzhen was consolidating his gains from his fight with Zhang An, an opponent stepped onto Jiang Yue’s stage.
The opponent was a burly man whose cultivation was in the sixth level of the reincarnation realm.
At a glance, the person had an honest face and looked a little reluctant to face Jiang Yue.
’If you are reluctant, why did you come up?’ Jiang Yue couldn’t help but wonder.
However, he didn’t say anything.
Instead, he smiled and introduced himself to the person.
"I am Fang Qian." The person also introduced himself but frowned.
"What does the fellow Daoist want to challenge for?" Jiang Yue asked.
Hearing this, the man flinched and gazed outside the martial stage.
Seeing this, Jiang Yue also turned to look but couldn’t tell what the man was looking at.
However, the man seemed to have found his backbone outside the stage.
When he looked at Jiang Yue again, his eyes were firmer, and he looked ready to go.
A moment later, the man spoke, and Jiang Yue’s face turned extremely cold.
