Since the Ancestral Dragon Lantern was linked to stopping Yaoyao’s death, Zhou Yuan absolutely wouldn’t give up.
Chi Jing glanced at Zhou Yuan with admiration. His fighting spirit and courage were indeed commendable. Since this was her master’s task, she would naturally do her best to help.
“You’re courageous. Then, before the Nine Regions Meeting, I think you should be competing for the position of pavilion master.” Chi Jing nodded, as if this was the most natural thing to do.
“Then what should I do?” Zhou Yuan uttered in an embarrassed voice.
“If our master was around, he could have made you the chief pavilion master of the four pavilions right away, but I don’t have that authority. So you have to rely on your achievements, and I can only help you push away the waves and make the Heavenly Spirit Sect unable to say anything.
“I have already appointed you as the deputy pavilion master of the Wind Pavilion, so I think your next task is to become the Wind Pavilion’s pavilion master first.
“After all, only the four pavilion masters are qualified to compete for the position of chief pavilion master.”
“Currently, besides you, there are two other deputy pavilion masters called Chen Beifeng and Ye Bingling, respectively. Chen Beifeng was sent by the Heavenly Spirit Sect, and Ye Bingling is one of my people.
“Some time ago I was going to appoint a commander from the Wind Pavilion as deputy pavilion master, but now that you’re here, it can be you.”
“Chen Beifeng and Ye Bingling...how strong are they?” Zhou Yuan asked.
“Mo Yuan, who you defeated, is ranked in the 500s on the Divine Dwelling List of Hunyuan Heaven, while Chen Beifeng and Ye Bingling are in the top 100. They are also extremely famous heaven prides in the Tianyuan Region.
“But you don’t have to be worried about making it onto the Divine Dwelling List, that’s a lot to do.”
Zhou Yuan inwardly sighed. As expected, Hunyuan Heaven was indeed the most powerful heaven. Even Mo Yuan was only ranked in the 500s. This was simply frightening.
“So, my main competitor is Chen Beifeng, right?”
“Yes, but Ye Bingling is also arrogant and prideful. If she thinks you aren’t strong enough, she won’t comply with you,” Chi Jing said with a smile.
Zhou Yuan calmly nodded. If she didn’t comply, he would beat her until she does.
“Tomorrow, you will formally serve in the Wind Pavilion. As long as you can win the position of pavilion master and then take the position of chief pavilion master in the future, we will dominate the four pavilions. And we will have the qualification to compete with the other eight regions in the Nine Regions Meeting.
“Is there a problem with this?” She stared at Zhou Yuan.
Zhou Yuan pondered for a moment, then suddenly lifted the Heavenly Yuan Brush and said, “The Heavenly Yuan Brush is a weapon unique to our master, if I were to use it in Tianyuan Region, wouldn’t someone notice?”
“You don’t need to worry about this. There are numerous people in the Tianyuan Region who respect our master, so his unique weapon is no longer new. There are now many brush-type weapons.
“But the nine Genesis Runes on the Heavenly Yuan brush are very special...”
She took the Heavenly Yuan Brush and gently wiped her slender palm over the mottled brush’s body. The nine ancient Genesis Runes disappeared immediately.
“I will conceal them. As long as the brush doesn’t fall into the hands of other Law Domain experts, it is impossible to recognise it.”
Zhou Yuan examined it and was relieved to find that the nine ancient Genesis Runes were only obscured, not erased. “Thank you, senior sister.”
She waved her hand. “It’s nothing, it’s for our master’s mission.”
“By the way, do you need me to arrange accommodations for you?”
Zhou Yuan shook his head. “In order to prevent others from knowing our relationship, we can’t act too close, so I’ll stay with elder Yi Yan for now.”
“It’s because of his beautiful granddaughter, isn’t it? Yi Qiushui isn’t bad, I am also very optimistic about her,” Chi Jing teased. She seemed to have the potential to be a gossip.
Zhou Yuan shook his head helplessly, and they continued to chat for a bit before he said goodbye.
Watching his rear figure as he left, Chi Jing pressed her palm against her chest. An extremely rare look of joy came to her eyes, which was completely different from her usual cold and imposing expression.
“My master is fine...”
A huge weight was finally off her mind. What she had been most worried about over the years was finally settled.
“This little junior brother has a pretty good personality.”
Chi Jing had a very good impression of Zhou Yuan after their first meeting, but whether or not Zhou Yuan could successfully establish himself in the Wind Pavilion and seize the position of pavilion master, she wasn’t too certain.
After all, numerous remarkable heaven prides of the Tianyuan Region were gathered in the Wind Pavilion. They were all arrogant and unruly, and they hardly listened. Otherwise, the position of pavilion master would not have been left vacant for so long.
But she believed in Zhou Yuan because he had to have outstanding qualities if he was able to become her master’s disciple.
“I can help you withstand other pressure, but in the Wind Pavilion, you will have to rely on your own abilities...”
Chi Jing’s murmur sounded inside the golden palace hall.
Chapter 786 Wind Pavilion
Zhou Yuan left the golden palace hall and saw Yi Qiushui and Yi Yan anxiously waiting outside. The two immediately darted over.
“Zhou Yuan, what happened? Is Lady Chi Jing really going to let you become the deputy pavilion master of the Wind Pavilion?” Yi Qiushui asked hurriedly when she saw Zhou Yuan come out.
Yi Yan caressed his beard and stubbornly didn’t show too much eagerness, but his eyes fixed on Zhou Yuan’s were enough to show how restless he was.
“Lady Chi Jing has already said it, so how can she take it back?” Zhou Yuan laughed.
Yi Qiushui’s eyes went wide. “Then you really will become a deputy pavilion master of the Wind Pavilion?”
She found this hard to believe. In the Tianyuan Region, the position of deputy pavilion master of Wind Pavilion was more important than the Prefecture Lord of Xiaoxuan Prefecture. And when Zhou Yuan really becomes the pavilion master, his status would be equivalent to her grandfather, who was an elder in the Elder Committee.
But Yi Yan was an expert of the Nascent Source stage! It took him a lot of work and effort in the Tianyuan Region to climb to that position, but Zhou Yuan—it was his first time in the Tianyuan Utopia!
Even Yi Yan couldn’t help pulling out two strands of hair from his beard. He uttered, “Why does she value you so much?”
Zhou Yuan revealed a bewildered expression and shook his head.
Yi Yan thought for a while and said, “It seems as I thought, master Chi Jing can’t stand the Heavenly Spirit Sect, so she is using you to counter them.
“But, kid, your luck is really good. You must remember in your heart the favour Lady Chi Jing has done for you.”
Yi Yan sighed. He had hoped to fight for the position of deputy commander in the Wind Pavilion for Zhou Yuan, but who would have thought that Zhou Yuan would instead become the deputy pavilion master!
This jump was incredibly large.
Zhou Yuan nodded with a smile. “Lady Chi Jing has asked for you to take me to Wind Pavilion tomorrow to start my post.”
“Of course,” Yi Yan said.
A slightly bitter look crossed Yi Qiushui’s beautiful face. “That means you’ll become my superior.”
“Qiushui, you’re also going to the Wind Pavilion?” Zhou Yuan asked in puzzlement.
Yi Yan smiled and said, “The four pavilions are the dream places of all the youngsters in the Tianyuan Region. Qiushui is no exception. But because she is the lord of Xi
aoxuan Prefecture, she does not have a position in Wind Pavilion and is simply just training there.
“As for the affairs of Xiaoxuan Prefecture, the Yi clan will help take care of them.”
“Not only me, Liu Zhixuan will also enter the Wind Pavilion. I wonder what his reaction would be when he sees you’re the deputy pavilion master of Wind Pavilion,” Yi Qiushui laughed.
Zhou Yuan nodded. It was a good thing to have some people he knew there.
Yi Yan smiled. “Zhou Yuan, you don’t have a place to stay, do you? You can stay at mine for now.”
Yi Yan’s attitude towards Zhou Yuan had visibly become friendlier because he knew very well that with Zhou Yuan becoming a deputy pavilion master of the Wind Pavilion, Zhou Yuan was no longer the former lonely person without any background.
Zhou Yuan could be said to be in the middle class of the Tianyuan Region. In the future, he might even rise another level and could be described as a new star.
So it was understandable that Yi Yan wanted to pull Zhou Yuan to his side.
“Then thank you, elder Yi Yan.”
Zhou Yuan smiled and expressed his gratitude.
Seeing that Zhou Yuan hadn’t become arrogant even after he struck up a relationship with Chi Jing, Yi Yan couldn’t help but like him even more.
......
The next day.
Outside the Yi clan’s garden.
The carriage drawn by the white lion soared into the sky, heading southwest of the Tianyuan Utopia with lightning speed.
After an hour, the speed of the white lion carriage slowed down, and Zhou Yuan peered through the gap between the curtains to see a floating island appearing in the sky. The island was a bit smaller than those he had seen before, but around the island were countless raging storms.
The howl of violent wind could be clearly heard even from a distance away.
Above the sky, there were constantly streams of light landing onto the island surrounded by storm.
“The four pavilions, Wind, Forest, Fire and Mountain, each occupy an island. This is where the Wind Pavilion lies, the Wind Island,” Yi Yan’s voice sounded from behind.
Zhou Yuan was slightly surprised.
The whole island belongs to the Wind Pavilion? It seems that the Tianyuan Region really attaches importance to the four pavilions. Who did not know that an inch of Tianyuan Utopia was worth an inch of gold?
Yi Yan flung his sleeve, and the white lion roared, dragging the carriage down from the sky. As it passed, the storm immediately dissipated.
After passing through the numerous storms, the landscape of the island became clear. The mountains extended forever into the distance like a crouching dragon, and between the mountains were towering straight trees. The giant branches of those trees were like metal, shimmering and glowing, and no matter how the violent wind howled between heaven and earth, it couldn’t shake them in the slightest.
And among the mountains were endless azure buildings.
Yi Yan steered the white lion down onto a huge square in the center of the mountain.
....
A huge crowd was gathered within the square paved with bluestones, and a boiling cauldron of voices could be heard. From a rough estimate, there were at least one thousand people.
And they were all young and magnificent and exuded imposing manners. They were members of the Wind Pavilion, and their strength, without exception, was at least at the level of the Divine Dwelling stage.
At this moment, the thousands of figures gathered here had each formed their own circle of people.
And in the front of the thousands of people stood alone two figures. A man and a woman. The man stood tall and straight. His single-lidded eyes were narrow and cold, and his whole body exuded a sharp aura.
The woman, wearing a long white dress, was graceful and exceptionally beautiful, but she had an icy air of arrogance, like an iceberg snow lotus that made people afraid to approach her.
While the man and woman stood at the very front, everybody’s eyes were filled with awe as they gazed at them. They dared not step forward to disturb them.
This was because these two people were the present deputy pavilion masters.
Chen Beifeng and Ye Bingling.
Hunyuan Heaven’s Divine Dwelling List brought together the most outstanding youngsters in the entire world. The competition for every position on the list was incredibly fierce, and the fact that Chen Beifeng and Ye Bingling were both ranked in the top 100 was enough to show their strength and talent.
Therefore, even if the members of the Wind Pavilion were incomparably arrogant, they still acknowledged the strength of these two people.
Not far behind the two was the most popular circle. In the center stood a golden-robed man who seemed to be in high spirits. He was like the moon surrounded by stars.
“Haha, I heard a little piece of news that today there will be a third deputy pavilion master in the Wind Pavilion. If my information is right, it should be commander Jin Teng.”
“I’m not surprised. Commander Jin Teng has met with Lady Chi Jing before, and she highly values him. Currently in the Wind Pavilion, the strength of commander Jin Teng is second only to the two deputy pavilion masters. So if I were asked who is most qualified to be the third deputy pavilion master, I would say commander Jin Teng.”
“……”
Listening to all the flattery, the man in the golden robe gave a modest smile, and he even shook his head, but in the depths of his eyes was a trace of smugness.
“It’s not certain yet, don’t joke around.” Jin Teng smiled.
He peered through to the beautiful white-clad figure at the front of the crowd. He had long admired Ye Bingling, and if he could become a deputy pavilion master, from this view, he could finally match up to her.
“But I heard some rumours that the third deputy pavilion master is coming by air,” a voice suddenly rang out.
Everyone fell silent.
“After all, all the young heaven prides in the Tianyuan Region are gathered in the four pavilions. How could someone else suddenly appear?”
He shook his head, “If that’s the case, I won’t agree.”
The members of the Wind Pavilion all nodded at the same time, echoing, “Yes, we will not agree!”
While the crowd was clamouring, Ye Bingling slightly closed her beautiful eyes, and her eyebrows knitted together because she had received news that the third deputy pavilion master was appointed by Lady Chi Jing...and it was not Jin Teng.
“This indeed breaks the rules of the Wind Pavilion. Lady Chi Jing always does things with principles, but how come this time...”
She pursed her red lips. She had always had a huge amount of respect and admiration for Chi Jing, and Chi Jing was the goal that she had been working hard towards.
And because of this kind of worship, Ye Bingling, whose heart was always as calm as still water, was stirred when she had learnt of this. This was because even she hadn’t been selected by Chi Jing back then.
“Hopefully this third deputy pavilion master won’t let me down, otherwise...”
Her beautiful eyes flashed. She didn’t want to let him become a small stain on Lady Chi Jing’s perfect image.
It was at this time that a white lion in the sky let out a deafening roar, and several figures flew out of the carriage and landed on the platform on the square under countless watchful gazes.
Chapter 787 Storm
Roar!
The white lion’s thunderous roar resounded across the void.
Three figures landed on the high platform under many gazes.
Yi Yan scanned the audience, his gaze pausing on Chen Beifeng and Ye Bingling.
“We pay respect to elder Yi Yan.” Chen Beifeng and Ye Bingling both gave a cupped fist salute. Before they become the pavilion master, their status would be lower than Yi Yan’s.
Yi Yan nodded slightly at the two.
Then Ye Bingling cast her beautiful eyes at the man and woman behind Yi Yan
. But she only simply glanced at Zhou Yuan before she fixed her eyes on Yi Qiushui.
“She is the new deputy pavilion master? Although she isn’t weak, she isn’t strong enough to become a deputy pavilion master,” Ye Bingling muttered to herself as she scrunched her brows.
At the same time, Zhou Yuan’s gaze also ran across the thousands of extraordinary young figures in front of him. Seeing so many young heaven prides gathered together, he couldn’t help but marvel at the fact that Hunyuan Heaven was indeed blessed by heaven...
“Ahem...”
Yi Yan suddenly coughed slightly and attracted all eyes to him. Then he smiled faintly and said, “Presumably, everyone knows that there will be a third deputy pavilion master of the Wind Pavilion today.”
The smile of the man named Jin Teng grew wider. He had also quickly studied Zhou Yuan and Yi Qiushui, who were behind Yi Yan. He had only glanced at Zhou Yuan, who was at the intermediate Divine Dwelling stage, but had paid more attention to Yi Qiushui, who was at the advanced Divine Dwelling stage.
However, after a cursory glance, he knew that Yi Qiushui’s Genesis Qi foundation wasn’t as strong as his. He quickly threw away his previous worry because he knew that Yi Qiushui had no qualification to take on the post of deputy pavilion master.
And since it wasn’t her, who else but Jin Teng would be a suitable candidate?
“Next I’d like to introduce you to...”
Yi Yan stroked his beard and took a step sideways to let Zhou Yuan come forward.
Low sounds of disturbance arose in the courtyard, and numerous eyes went wide with disbelief.
“This is the third deputy pavilion master of the Wind Pavilion, Zhou Yuan. He was appointed by Lady Chi Jing.” Yi Yan didn’t deliberately keep everyone in suspense, and he finished speaking in one breath.
The smile on Jin Teng’s face faded, and his face stiffened.
All commotion in the square halted suddenly, and only the howling wind could be heard.
With difficulty, Ye Bingling shifted her gaze from Yi Qiushui to Zhou Yuan, whom she had ignored from the beginning. At this moment, she felt a sense of absurdity.
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