Chapter 1143: You Became a Daoist Venerable?
Jiang Cheng paid no heed to the matter of slaying the Cloud Wave Flowing Rain Beast.
But the female immortals nearby were in no mood for celebration.
Bai Yan and Yue Zhi both wore bitter expressions, looking at Brother Cheng with nonchalance, unsure what to say at the moment.
Is this person’s heart really that big?
On the other hand, Nan Zhuo directly proposed to take her leave.
"Fellow Daoist Jiang, I have urgent matters to attend to!"
She bowed expressionlessly.
"I won’t be attending your housewarming banquet."
"Also, let’s just pretend I was never here this time."
Ah, this.
Jiang Cheng was not foolish; he could clearly discern her intent to keep a distance from him.
She feared that getting too close would lead to being implicated when the Divine Thunder Bureau retaliated, ending up splattered with blood.
"Sis, you don’t have to do this."
"I’m very strong and have a high status, the Divine Thunder Bureau is nothing at all..."
To Nan Zhuo, his words were absolutely unreliable.
She didn’t even say goodbye, she just turned and quickly left.
Not just her, but more than twenty other female immortals also hurriedly flew away without a word.
The ones remaining were basically the female immortals from the Dance Consort Department and Music Department.
And at this time, they too wore various expressions, some fearful, some worried, and some sympathetic.
Brother Cheng sighed.
Forget it...
"Anyone else who wants to leave, now is the time."
"I, Jiang Zhang, handle my own issues and won’t involve any of you."
Bai Yan and Yue Zhi exchanged glances, and their expressions gradually turned calm.
"Elder Jiang, you helped us out earlier."
"To uphold justice at your own cost, it would be heartless for us to escape like this."
"Don’t worry, when the Divine Thunder Bureau comes, we will collectively plead on your behalf..."
Their words made Brother Cheng feel a rare mix of emotions.
Who would’ve thought that a group of dancing girls and songstresses would be so honorable?
He nodded without saying anything further.
The banquet finally concluded in a rather lukewarm atmosphere.
After the female immortals returned, Jiang Cheng and Yan Yi, along with the Three-Eyed Tiger, each found a palace to settle down.
Sect Leader Jiang, who hadn’t leveled up in a while, also decided to properly digest his recent gains.
From his trip to the frontline, he had already acquired a substantial amount of spoils, and later profited from both Yu Jin Daoist Venerable and Yan Mu Daoist Venerables.
Add to that the pills exchanged with 1.79 million Celestial Dao Points and resources won from Yaolang Daoist Venerable.
The pills he possessed could not only create a Celestial Venerable but possibly even a Daoist Venerable.
However, considering his foundation of three thousand door Profound Patterns, Jiang Cheng dared only aim for Emperor Realm Ninth Layer Mid-stage.
As the massive pill consumption process began, his cultivation started to rise rapidly.
After consuming several thousand bottles of sixth-grade Emperor Pills, he finally successfully broke through to Emperor Realm Eighth Layer Late-stage.
And he didn’t intend to stop; he pressed on undeterred.
Time passed bit by bit.
When he had exhausted all his Emperor Pills, he surprisingly broke through to Emperor Realm Ninth Layer Late-stage, surpassing his initial expectation by a small realm.
At this point, he could already be considered a true Venerable.
And the strength increase brought by this breakthrough was exponentially more than a regular Emperor Realm Ninth Layer.
The immortal power within him had reached the level of Late-stage Celestial Venerable.
Yet the biggest transformation was the origin.
Before this, the trace of ice origin Jiang Cheng could wield was on par with a Celestial Venerable.
Merely, as the origin belonged to him, he could control it perfectly.
However, now with his cultivation ascending four small realms in succession, the ice origin he could draw from the origin core burgeoned.
When he extracted the strand of origin that had grown over a dozen times stronger than before and manipulated it to swirl and shuttle around him, even the Three-Eyed Tiger and Yan Yi hurried over.
The profound origin aura alarmed them as well.
Witnessing the newfound ice origin, the Three-Eyed Tiger couldn’t help but exclaim.
"My gosh, this thick?"
Jiang Cheng’s strand of origin almost matched the combined strength of their four origins.
If last time during the battle with Venerable Gu Fan, Brother Cheng’s origin had been this robust and powerful, he could have won using the origin alone.
No need to activate the Resurrection Skill.
"Have you become a Daoist Venerable?"
Yan Yi’s eyes brimmed with jealousy and disbelief.
Jiang Cheng’s ice origin was nearing Daoist Venerable strength.
But she quickly shook her head.
"No, that’s not right, the momentum of breaking through to Daoist Venerable is great."
"Besides, a Daoist Venerable couldn’t possibly have only one origin!"
She squinted her eyes, staring intently at Jiang Cheng.
"What kind of freak are you?"
Brother Cheng didn’t reply to her as he was busy practicing controlling the new origin, thoroughly enjoying himself.
During his ’cultivation’ period, the surrounding atmosphere gradually turned subtle.
The news of the death of the ’Cloud Wave Extreme Saint’ spread gradually.
Upon learning that the menace of Luoyan Lake was eradicated, numerous Immortal Officials nearby celebrated covertly, feeling secretly gleeful.
They had suffered much from that creature before.
But at the same time, they mourned the bold warrior who took action.
Having offended Venerable Shang Lian of the Divine Thunder Bureau, it seemed that his remaining life might end prematurely.
Merely three days later, indeed, unexpected guests arrived at Luoyan Lake.
Who could it be but the fierce Venerable Shang Lian?
And not far behind him stood Nan Zhuo’s figure.
Seeing this scene, Bai Yan and Yue Zhi, who came upon hearing the news, both frowned elegantly.
Their faces turned somewhat unsightly.
"Nan Zhuo, you..."
Before their accusation could start, Nan Zhuo interrupted them.
"Yes, I went to notify Venerable Shang Lian voluntarily."
"The matter of the ’Cloud Wave Extreme Saint’ being killed can be concealed for a while but not forever; it would soon reach Venerable Shang Lian’s ears."
"What if Jiang Cheng escaped before that?"
"What if we were deemed the culprits?"
"This matter must be resolved quickly; I don’t want to be misunderstood!"
Such a breezy way to state her whistle-blowing left Sect Leader Jiang, even as one who had seen much, speechless.
Venerable Shang Lian glared viciously at Jiang Cheng, his murderous intent crystal clear.
"You have such audacity, daring to kill my mount..."
Brother Cheng was a bit puzzled.
He, a dignified Hidden Emperor, hadn’t this guy heard of him?
Daring to come here to pick a fight.
It’s been so many days, yet he hasn’t become well-known and widely acknowledged in the Celestial Palace?
What is this Celestial Palace doing?
He had forgotten; how could the Celestial Palace openly publicize Jiang Cheng becoming the Hidden Emperor?
Such an event wasn’t something the Celestial Palace would find prestigious, right?
Moreover, those who witnessed that day at the Reception Department, having knelt and called him grandpa, even wished everyone’s memory from that day could be erased entirely, were even more unlikely to mention him.
Because of these reasons, the matter of his becoming the Hidden Emperor wasn’t widely known at all.