Chapter 1644: Scrambling for the Spiritual Lands

Jiang Qingyu and Gao Yue were sitting at the table. They were at home, but they both felt uneasy.

They had always thought icy beauty was just a dramatic way to describe women. However, to their surprise, icy beauties did exist in this world.

Soon, Gao Yue was grinning from ear to ear. She was very satisfied with this future daughter-in-law. Because she had understood that Ye Xue’s aloofness was only due to her spiritual power.

Sitting there, Ye Xue had been even more nervous than Gao Yue and Jiang Qingyu were.

All of a sudden, Gao Yue looked at Jiang Chen. She said in an unhappy voice, “I’ve heard nothing from you over the past three years. And now you suddenly show up out of the blue. You are really very good at causing trouble.”

And even though that sounded like a criticism, she sounded very loving.

“It’s only because I missed home too much,” Jiang Chen said with a smile, embarrassed.

“You should have let us know so that we could’ve made some preparations. You arrived back home so suddenly with Ye Xue. That’s not a proper thing to do with a decent young lady,” Gao Yue said.

In theory, it was true that Jiang Chen should have told them about it in advance.

Then the Jiangs could have decorated the house properly and prepared some delicious food to entertain Ye Xue.

However, Jiang Chen had arrived just at the moment when they were having breakfast together. Only an unconventional person like Jiang Chen would have done things in this way.

“It’s all right. It’s not…it’s not a problem for me,” Ye Xue said immediately. She was so nervous that she didn’t even know where to put her hands.

If people had seen the aloof Icy Spirit King acting like this, they would’ve assumed that there was something wrong with their eyes.

“Our son is, after all, an extraordinary personage now. Why would he think about these silly customs?” said Jiang Qingyu.

“Even though he’s an extraordinary personage, he is still my son.”

Gao Yue was very proud. She said something to Ye Xue in a gentle voice so that the latter would relax a little bit.

Gradually, the atmosphere at the table grew more harmonious. Ye Xue would even show a small smile occasionally.

Then she didn’t look so much like a fairy maiden, but more like a human being. It was a different kind of beauty.

Seeing this, Jiang Chen felt extremely relaxed.

Then Jiang Chen and Ye Xue got engaged formally. They would be husband and wife very soon. All they needed to do was to pick an auspicious day to get married.

Of course, for strong people like Jiang Chen and Ye Xue, it was a mere formality to make his parents happy.

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The next day, Jiang Chen and Ye Xue went back to the Cloud Reaching Hall to see Wu Ming, who had returned from his battle with the former inhabitants of the Worlds of Meson.

As he had thought, without their Venerable Sovereigns, the Jet Black Snakes, the Barbarians, and the Wizard Monsters had been too weak to fight back.

“We didn’t kill all of them. Instead, we only drove them away,” said Wu Ming.

“Yeah. That was the right thing to do.”

In this world, the weak are the prey of the strong. If he hadn’t returned, it would have been the Heavenly Palace that would have been driven away.

“Jiang Chen, you must’ve heard about the changes in the Heavenly Defense Field. There are many more opportunities for us. But similarly, there are many more challenges too.”

Wu Ming started to talk about the things that were really important. He didn’t try to hide anything from Ye Xue.

“There will be a battle to scramble for the Spiritual Lands, won’t there?” Jiang Chen had heard about this from Tang Fan.

“Exactly.”

That was what Wu Ming wanted to talk to him about.

The independent Spiritual Lands in the Middle River had been counted up and divided. In summary, there were Eight Peaks, Four Lakes, and Five Regions.

“Our Heavenly Palace was barely able to take care of ourselves, so we didn’t want to participate in it. But there comes an inevitable question.”

“Due to the geographical position of the Heavenly Defense Field, there are a few Spiritual Lands that could have a big effect on us. If some of the groups from the three great forces get these lands, we won’t be able to go on expanding.”

Since all forces were on the same continent, it was natural for them to want to expand their territories.

However, according to Wu Ming, there were a few independent Spiritual Lands whose positions could be quite crucial for the Heavenly Palace.

Once others took control of them, it could be a hindrance to their plans for expansion in the future.

The Heavenly Palace had been too weak to compete for anything in the past while Jiang Chen wasn’t here, so they had had to let things slide. However, now that Jiang Chen was back, everything was starting to look different.

“At the same time, the celestial palace is in an even worse situation. They were forced to participate in the battle to scramble for the Spiritual Lands.”

“It’s time for me to pay the celestial palace a visit,” Jiang Chen said, nodding.

He was actually just as concerned whether he was thinking of the Heavenly Palace or the celestial palace. Now, since the celestial palace was in a bad situation, he knew he had to go give his support to the celestial palace.

“So, what are the rules for the battle?” asked Jiang Chen.

At the mention of this, Wu Ming seemed to get very excited.

“Numerous valuable treasures have been discovered since the Endless Continent was formed. The “Painting of Mountains, Rivers, and the State” is among them. This painting has the whole universe in it. It can transform all creatures. It is extremely mysterious.

“And the battle will be held inside the “Painting of Mountains, Rivers, and the State.” It is the landform of the Middle River that will be used. The Eight Peaks, the Four Lakes, and the Five Regions are all included in it.

“Each force will send a person below the age of 35 to go inside the painting. If anyone occupies any Spiritual Land in the painting, this Spiritual Land will belong to the force of that person in the real world.”

What Wu Ming was most excited about was not the rules of the battle, but the fact that there was such a treasure in the world.

“The ‘Painting of Mountains, Rivers, and the State’? I haven’t heard this name or even thought about this for such a long time.”

Jiang Chen felt very emotional, but no one knew what it was all about.

“Supreme Venerable, we have got many visitors outside.” Someone came inside to report to Jiang Chen at this moment.

Jiang Chen and Wu Ming exchanged a look. Due to what had happened last night, it was normal that they had visitors. They were curious to see who was behind the rout of the three forces.

Jiang Chen saw the faces of the race which bore him a deep hatred as soon as he went outside: the Wizards!

But it was not only them. The Sovereign Spirit Palace and the Xia had also come. There were more than 100 people in all. They were all acting aggressive and unkind.

“Heavenly Palace, you are way too cruel! Where the three forces were residing was where the Worlds of Meson had originally been. It belonged to them. Are you trying to kill all of us?”

A well-proportioned woman with hair that fell past her waist came forward from the Wizards.

“What did you say? Louder. I couldn’t hear you.” Jiang Chen responded snottily. Then he raised his right hand, and the Devil Slaughter Tower flew into the air.

WOW!

All these people recognized this weapon. They were so scared that they involuntarily took some steps back, including that female Wizard.

“When the Endless Continent was formed, all the forces agreed that it was forbidden to attack the incorporated Worlds of Meson,” someone said in a loud voice.

“Oh? So, were they allowed to attack us in the Heavenly Palace? What were you doing then? And do you need me to remind you how the Endless Continent came into existence?” asked Jiang Chen with a cold smile.

His last question made everyone speechless.

Rumor had it that Jiang Chen had been saved by the Will of the Natural Law and that it was he who had rescued the Black Yellow Great World. And this rumor had been widely spread.

Some people bought it, while others did not.

However, it was the allied forces of all the races who had witnessed that miracle with their own eyes.

One person told it to ten people, and then those ten people told it to 100 people. In this way, the news spread really fast. It was impossible not to believe it.

Actually, there were witnesses of that miracle among those visitors standing here today.

“Are you trying to say you saved the Black Yellow Great World? Huh, not even one force has confirmed that.” This female Wizard was being very hostile to Jiang Chen.

It wasn’t weird. Jiang Chen had killed many talented Wizards, and even their Wizard King had been killed by the Devil Slaughter Tower.

The Wizards had been so enraged back then. They had even gone to the Realm of Nine Heavens, intending to kill all of Jiang Chen’s friends and family members.

They really had some grudges that would probably never be reconciled.

To make these hostile Wizards believe that Jiang Chen was the one who had saved the world, it would probably be easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle.

“Jiang Chen, we’re not here to talk about this.”

No one wanted to waste their time on this topic.

If Jiang Chen had been dead, then they would have been more than happy to admit that Jiang Chen was the world’s savior. Anyway, he was a dead man. No matter how many honors he’d had, it wouldn’t matter.

The thing was Jiang Chen was still alive. If the whole world praised him to the skies, he would be another Long Xing, and even greater than Long Xing.

“Then what are you here for? To back up those three forces and eliminate us in the Heavenly Palace? Just you, a little more than 100 people?”