Chapter 195 – Returning

“After all, Burning Jiechen is from the Burning Sky Sect, and is still the son of the Sect Master, so if he fights on behalf of our Cangfeng Xuanfu this term, he’s bound to stir up controversy. Moreover, even if he really kills his way into the top 100 this time, and even defeats Burning Jiebi, no one will agree that this is a ranking that belongs to our Cangfeng Xuanfu and the royal family, instead, it will attract shame, and Father will never feel honored by it…….What does Mistress Qin think?” Cang Yue calmly said.

“What Your Highness has said is very true, it will indeed attract a lot of criticism and even shame,” Qin WuXian nodded his head, but then helplessly said, “But the reason why Burning JieChen has joined my XuanFu is waiting for this CangFeng Ranking Battle, he wants to defeat Burning JieBi at the Ranking Battle, to wipe out the previous shame, and this is something that the Third Prince has also purposely authorized it, plus he is also now indeed the identity of a disciple of my House, to kick him out, I’m afraid ……”

“In that case, let him be. On Father’s side, I’ll go talk to him.” Cang Yue closed the list and said directly. The tone was casual and feeble, as if he no longer cared about this list, or even this session of the Cang Feng Qualifying Battle.

Cang Yue’s reaction caused Qin Wu Xun to sigh once again, hanging his head and saying, “Everything is according to what Your Highness said. There are only three days left before the qualifying battle begins, so how about we set off early tomorrow morning? I wonder which hour is more convenient for Your Highness?”

“Me?” Cang Yue shook her head and said grimly, “I forgot to inform the Qin Mansion Master earlier. I won’t be going to this session of the Cang Feng Ranking Battle. Please also bother to ask Mistress Qin and Mistress Dongfang to lead the team.”

“Ah? This …… “Although Qin WuXian vaguely guessed this from Cang Yue’s reaction, but saying it so indifferently from Princess Cang Yue’s mouth, his heart still thumped and his face showed a difficult expression, “But Your Highness, House Master Dongfang has always come and gone without a trace, and ever since His Majesty became seriously ill, he has rarely stayed at the residence. Since the Emperor’s illness, he has rarely stayed in the mansion, and after he went out on a trip more than a year ago, no one has ever seen him again, and he cannot be contacted by a sound transmission note.”

“Moreover, even if the Eastern Mansion Lord could return in time, it would be extremely inappropriate for the Eastern Mansion Lord and I to lead the team. The Cangfeng Ranking Battle is the highest level event of the Cangfeng Empire’s strength competition, even the top ten clans of the mighty world, all of them are at least led by the Grand Elder level, or even the Patriarch himself, our royal family used to be led by at least one imperial son or daughter, and sometimes the Emperor himself would also lead the team, if this time, only by the Mansion Master, I’m afraid it will make the clans in the world think that our royal family has a feeling of belittling the world’s group of heroes, and the Heavenly Sword Villa in particular, will also be might have a grudge because of this.”

“The Emperor’s dragon body is in poor health. Several imperial princes are immersed in power struggles and are simply unwilling to get involved in this matter. The only way for this matter to be resolved is by Your Highness the Princess. Three years ago, although our royal family was only ranked two hundred and twenty-third, Your Highness’s elegance stunned the entire audience, completely covering up the royal family’s dismal results. This term, also please Your Highness the Princess condescend to go, otherwise …… I really don’t know what to do.”

In the past several Cang Feng Qualifying Battles, Cang Feng Emperor Cang Wan Gul was personally supervising the selection, personally deciding, and even personally leading the team many times. Now that Cang Wan Gul fell ill and was unable to preside over it, although the many imperial sons were bent on competing for power, they were by no means unaware of the importance of the Cang Feng Ranking Battle within the scope of the empire, but the imperial family’s results had always been incomparably dismal, and when they went to the Heavenly Sword Villa, every time, they returned with a loss of face, and none of them were willing to take it over. That was why the Cang Feng qualifying battle three years ago was led by Cang Yue.

This time, the situation was even simpler than the one three years ago. The only person Qin Wuhuang could count on was Cang Yue.

Yun Che’s matter had caused Cang Yue to be sad and exhausted, and she had even felt a sense of despair that she had never felt before, so she really didn’t have the heart to care about the Cang Feng Qualifying Battle anymore. However, Qin WuXian’s words had already reached this point, Cang Yue could not make any other choice. The face of the royal family could not be disregarded, and the maintenance of the relationship with the Heavenly Sword Villa could not be compromised in any way. She could only nod her head slightly, closing her eyes and saying, “I know …… prepare the flying Xuan Beasts, let’s leave tomorrow at the hour.”

“Yes.” Qin Wuhuang finally breathed a sigh of relief.

At the hour of the next day, Cang Feng Xuan Fu’s inner mansion.

The sky was already bright, and the inner mansion was quiet. Although it was still early, basically all the inner mansion disciples had already entered the Gathering Xuan Tower. In the Inner Mansion, usually before dawn, Inner Mansion disciples would get up and enter the Gathering Xuan Tower, with some not coming out for days and nights. Every second of cultivation in the Gathering Xuan Tower was extremely precious, and they would never want to waste it. When they left the Cangfeng Xuanfu, it would be basically impossible for them to enter it again.

In front of the Taixuan Hall, three Giant Snow Eagles were standing there majestically, their entire bodies releasing a faint cold aura. With the speed of the giant snow eagles, if they traveled day and night, they could travel thousands of miles in a day, and could arrive at Heavenly Sword Villa in two days at most. Next to the three Giant Snow Eagles, Qin WuXian was already waiting there, and to his right, there stood two young men in Inner House disciple attire who looked to be in their early to mid twenties. The two were plain looking, but their gazes contained hidden arrogance, and when they looked at each other, they both carried obvious hostility.

These two were Feng Bufan and Fang Feilong, who had occupied the second and third places in the Inner House Tian Xuan Ranking for a long time. Although they were only twenty years old, they were the objects of admiration of all Xuanfu disciples, and were the well-known figures and recognized top geniuses of the entire Cangfeng Imperial City, and even more so, they were the red men beside the Crown Prince and the Third Prince, who would surely hold great power in the future. This kind of age has such achievements, enough to let the Cangfeng Empire more than ninety-nine percent of young people envy incomparably, their arrogance, is also from this.

But they belonged to the camp of the Crown Prince and the Third Prince respectively, and were naturally incompatible. Not only did their eyes show hostility, their words were also constantly mixed with sneers and sarcasm.

At this time, Cang Yue finally came, without heavy clothing, without powder, without any entourage, came alone.

Qin WuXian hurriedly stepped forward, ”Greetings, Your Highness. Princess, what are you …… How did you come alone? How come there isn’t a single person around for protection.”

Cang Yue reluctantly smiled and slightly shook her head, “No need. Going to the Heavenly Sword Villa, people are also less and not more, and with the Qin Mansion Lord on the side, it is better than thousands of attendants …… These two, they are Feng Bufan and Fang Feilong, right?”

Feng Bufan and Fang Feilong also stepped forward to pay their respects to Princess Cang Yue. But although they were respectful, they completely lacked the kind of trepidation and excitement that a commoner would have in front of a princess. Having followed the Crown Prince and the Third Prince, they were well aware of how little weight this Princess Cang Yue carried in the royal family’s battles. She had no power, only the honorable status of a princess, and perhaps the only thing she could rely on was the slight power left by the current emperor – which included this Cangfeng Xuanfu. When the Emperor passes away and the battle between the Crown Prince and the Third Prince is decided, the fate of this Cang Yue Princess will also be sealed. Speaking of which, even if she was not favored by the Burning Sky Sect’s Burning Jiecheng, whichever of Cang Lin or Cang Shuo came to power in the future would inevitably dispose of her as some sort of bargaining chip to gain benefits.

“Where is Burning Jiecheng?” Cang Yue asked as she glanced around.

Qin Wuhuang shook his head and said helplessly, “Yesterday, it was known that Burning Jieduan would be waiting here at the hour. However, we have already waited for half an hour, but never waited for him. Burning Jie Dust is high-minded and proud, never bothering to wait. Perhaps he will wait until the end of the hour. Other than that, everything has been prepared, Your Highness can rest assured.”

“Mistress Qin personally arranged everything, so I am naturally at ease.” Cang Yue blandly said, “Since that’s the case, let’s wait here for a few moments, if after the end of the hour, Burning Jedi Dust still hasn’t come right, then there’s no need to wait.”

Cang Yue was originally unwilling to have Burning Jie Chen represent their royal family in the ranking battle, and she naturally had no good patience for him either.

“Yes.” Qin WuXian respectfully agreed. However, he was certain that Burning Jiechen would definitely arrive within the hour. This was because he had been desperately cultivating day and night in the Xuanfu, in order to be able to defeat Burning Jiebi in the Cangfeng Ranking Battle and wipe out his former shame. In the year leading up to the Cang Feng Ranking Battle, the intensity of his cultivation in the Gathering Xuan Tower had reached an almost brutal level, and every day he was like a madman desperately trying to raise his Xuan Li Xuan Gong. And also in just a little over a year’s time, he had directly crossed four levels from the first level of the Spirit Xuan Realm to the current fifth level of the Spirit Xuan Realm …… Such crazy progress made Qin Wuhuang have a feeling of heart-stopping trepidation. These also convinced him that as far as talent was concerned, Burning Absolute Dust was by no means inferior to Burning Absolute Cliff, and even greatly superior! If his age was comparable to Burning Jiebi’s, Burning Jiebi would not be a match for Burning Jiechen.

As they spoke, a silhouette appeared in the direction of the entrance to the inner mansion, walking this way without haste.

“Oh, it should be Burning Jedi Dust coming.” The silhouette in the distance of his sight caused Qin Wushan . Spirit slightly shaken, and said to Princess Cang Yue. Immediately, however, he frowned again, a deep astonishment appearing on his face.

The silhouette was getting closer and closer, gradually becoming clear in their line of sight. It was a seventeen or eighteen year old teenager, dressed in simple white clothes, stained with wind and dew, looking as if he had been bathing in the night wind and night dew for the whole night. His body didn’t have any outgoing aura at all – at least not as arrogant as Burning Jie Chen’s, his face was handsome and white, completely devoid of the intimidating aura of a Xuan Shi, rather it was like a milk boy.

This person, is not Burning Dust.

Instead, it was Yun Che who had rushed back in stars and moonlight!

From the center of the Death Wasteland to leaving the Death Wasteland, Yun Che had used eleven whole days. These eleven days could be described as step-by-step frightening for Yun Che. Especially in the area of the Heavenly Xuan Beasts and Earth Xuan Beasts, every step he took forward was extremely cautious and difficult. And he experienced no less than a hundred crises that were fatal, all of which he avoided and escaped. In this way, in eleven days’ time, with the strength of the True Xuan Realm, he managed to traverse half of the Deadly Wasteland that even a Heavenly Xuan Realm powerhouse would find it difficult to cross peacefully. Then after traveling day and night for six days, he finally returned to the Cangfeng Xuan Mansion early this morning.

After returning to the Cangfeng Xuanfu, the first person he encountered was Qin Wuyou …… and when Qin Wuyou saw him, that expression was simply like seeing a ghost alive in broad daylight, he realized that the matter of him entering the Deadly Wilderness had been rumored at some point, and all thought that he had already died in the Deadly Wilderness.

Following that, he heard from Qin Wuyou that the team going to Heavenly Sword Villa to participate in the Cang Feng Ranking Battle had gathered in front of the Inner Mansion Taixuan Hall and was about to depart, so he immediately left Qin Wuyou behind and rushed over as fast as he could.

As soon as he arrived, he saw Qin Wuyou and Cang Yue with dull expressions.

“Mistress Qin, Senior Sister, it’s been a long time since …… I’ve returned.” Yun Che stood in front of them and said with a smile.