Jiang Lan then returned to the Netherworld Cave.

He wanted to continue cultivating.

The result was out. His marriage with Ao Longyu was almost set in stone.

But he still had five years.

He had to learn everything he needed to learn in these five years before he hid in the Ninth Summit.

He would then wait until he was going to become an immortal before he would go out to train.

After becoming an immortal, he would return to continue his seclusion.

If possible, he would wait until he was invincible before leaving the Ninth Summit.

Five hundred years.

This amount of time was sufficient for him to become much stronger.

When the time was almost up, he could see if he wanted to advance to immortality on the surface.

Things were still far away, so he wasn't in a hurry.

The most important thing now was to become an immortal.

However, before becoming an immortal, the demons would probably cause him trouble.

There were still a few decades before the entrance to the Netherworld became active.

He had to make sufficient preparations during this time.

The Ninth Summit had to have a powerful array formation to prevent future troubles.

After that, he would learn the Dragon Slaying Sword.

By then, his overall strength should be much stronger.

Of course, the most important two skills were still his Nine Steps of Heavenly Travel and Power of Nine Bulls.

His Power of Nine Bulls had already been cultivated to the pinnacle and he was unable to use its superior spell technique, Power of Nine Tribulations for now.

Therefore, other than familiarizing himself with the advancement, he did not need to care too much.

His Nine Steps of Heavenly Travel still could not be used to its fullest extent. He could only familiarize himself with it occasionally in seclusion.

He was already familiar with the rest of his techniques and spells. He just had to wait for his advancement.

It was the same for Dharma treasures.

Right now, the first thing he needed to learn was still array formations. This could not only strengthen the Ninth Summit, it could also be of some help during his tribulation.

The Dragon Race should have started keeping an eye on him after the engagement was set. The Dragon Slaying Sword was a deterrent tool for him.

Although he was weak, he had the Dragon Slaying Sword. The younger generation of the Dragon Race should not find trouble with him for no reason.

However, it was also possible that they were hostile towards him.

But with a sword in his hand, they would definitely weigh their benefits before coming to find trouble with Jiang Lan.

After that, Jiang Lan continued cultivating.

He no longer cared about what happened outside Kunlun.

He also didn't care about the humans and demons that were close to Kunlun.

In short, with his One Leaf Vision, no one would be able to spy or do anything to him for the time being.

No matter what happened outside, it would not affect him who was in the Ninth Summit.

…

Jiang Lan did not care about anything outside the Ninth Summit.

But the people outside were asking about the results of the negotiation between the Dragon Race and Kunlun.

Just as they were trying their best to find out, a piece of news suddenly spread out of nowhere.

"I heard from a personal disciple that this matter is related to the Goddess. Do you know what it is?"

"What is it?"

"You know that the Goddess belongs to the Dragon Race, right?"

"No shit. Get to the point."

"With a Dragon as Kunlun's Goddess, it's disadvantageous to Kunlun. The Summit Leaders seem to want the Goddess to marry a disciple from Kunlun and form a marriage alliance with the Dragon Race."

"The Goddess is also from Kunlun. How can this be called a marriage alliance?"

"Isn't the main point about the Goddess getting married?"

Just like this, the news spread like wildfire.

In the other summits.

"I heard that the Goddess is getting engaged. It's said that she can choose her own husband."

"It's also because of this that Kunlun and the Dragon race nearly got into a fight."

"Who will the Goddess choose if she chooses herself? Is everyone eligible?"

"Who knows? But no matter how you look at it, he must be a personal disciple, right?"

"Not necessarily. What if the Goddess likes ordinary disciples?"

"Then how would she choose?"

Jing Ting felt a headache when he heard this news.

He asked some of his Senior Brothers, but no one knew about this.

He did not know where this news came from.

But there was one thing that should be true, and that was that the Goddess was getting married.

As for who she would marry, it was definitely not the Goddess who could choose.

She could only marry someone suitable for Kunlun and her.

"I wonder if it's some Senior Brother."

Jing Ting felt that it was most likely someone from the First Summit.

This was because the most outstanding disciples were all on the First Summit.

Mu Xiu looked at Jing Ting and said coldly.

"Stop dreaming. The status of the Goddess is special. She definitely doesn't choose only based on whoever is outstanding."

"Let's ask Junior Sister Lin. Junior Sister Lin is the most familiar with the Goddess. The last time she said that she doesn't know of the matter, it's most likely because she couldn't tell us. Now, she should be able to more or less reveal a little," Jing Ting said.

Then, they went to ask Lin Siya.

"Wedding partner? How are you sure Senior Sister is really getting married?" Lin Siya asked Jing Ting and Mu Xiu.

"There's no smoke without fire," Mu Xiu said calmly.

"Can you tell me?" Jing Ting asked.

All three of their cultivations were about the same.

They basically had the same cultivation realms.

Hence, they were more familiar with each other.

Lin Siya thought for a moment and said.

"You'll know soon enough."

"Is it someone from the First Summit?" Jing Ting asked immediately.

"Is it the Second Summit?" Mu Xiu asked immediately.

Lin Siya rolled her eyes at them. She had already clearly said her piece. Had they been daydreaming?

"Is it Senior Brother Lu Jian from the Eighth Summit?" Jing Ting asked.

Recently, the reputation of the Senior Brother from the Eighth Summit was the greatest.

This was especially so since the Summit Leader of the Eighth Summit was personally involved in the negotiations.

"You guys can continue guessing," Lin Siya said and ran off.

If they were to guess one by one, wouldn't they be able to guess the person in the end?

Lin Siya was actually very surprised by this candidate.

It was completely unexpected.

She did not know why either.

However, the Summit Leaders of Kunlun had all chosen him.

"I wonder what Senior Sister is thinking. Let's go see her."

Previously, she had seen her senior sister crying in secret.

Now that this matter was set in stone, she would probably be sad for a while.

…

Ao Longyu sat beside the Jade Pool.

She had gotten the news.

In the end, she had failed to escape fate's arrangements.

She lowered her eyebrows and looked at the ground. She did not know what she was looking at.

She also did not know why she had to look down.

Perhaps it was because she was a little afraid.

Or perhaps, it was because she felt wronged.

Finally, Ao Longyu took a light step forward and hid in the Jade Pool.

She was worried that she would cry.

…

…

Time passed very quickly. The rumors in Kunlun had been spreading for a long time and many people had been speculating about the candidate.

Some people were even wondering if it was them.

However, none of the summits gave an answer to these rumors.

It was as if they were allowing these people to continue spreading the news.

Three years passed.

Finally, the spreading of this news seemed to have died down.

However, it would still be mentioned occasionally. It was said that it wouldn't take long before the answer would be revealed.

However, this was said three years ago.

However, Jiang Lan had no idea about this.

Today, he woke up from his cultivation.

For the past three years, he had basically been looking at array formations during the day and cultivated at night.

Occasionally, he would familiarize himself with the Power of Nine Bulls and try out the Power Of Nine Tribulations.

As expected, there was no progress in the Power Of Nine Tribulations.

However, he was even more familiar with the Power of Nine Bulls now.

He was also stronger than before.

He was becoming stronger day by day.

Cultivation had never stopped.

"Master has sent a message, telling me to go to the Fifth Summit to look for Martial Aunt Miao Yue."

Jiang Lan had received the news he had been waiting a long time for.

He could start receiving guidance on array formations today.

He had been waiting for this day for a long time.

He had been preparing for this for the past three years to ensure that he would not appear rude or offend Martial Aunt Miao Yue.

"There's still two more years. I hope that that's enough."

With these thoughts in mind, Jiang Lan left the Netherworld Cave.

This time, he went out with the vegetative egg and the Udumbara Flower.

It was time to bask them in the sun.