Chapter 22: Wedding Invitation

"Ice Venerable is getting married?" Inside the dim and cold great hall, a hair-raising voice suddenly rang out.

"How is this guy still so restless!" The tone carried some impatience, but even more playfulness.

He counted as a top-tier Venerable, at least, so he was worth a little attention. Although, to him, it was nothing more than something that could be extinguished with a wave of his hand.

But in the life of Hun Miesheng, geniuses like Ice Venerable were not often seen; even among those Ancient Races, he would be ranked at the top.

What was even more bizarre was that his growth history was extremely mysterious. The specific information that could be found only dated back to after he became a Dou Zong.

And before that, even with the intelligence network of the Soul Hall, there was no information in this regard. This made him feel somewhat astonished.

If it were not for the fact that this person did not possess any Dou Di Bloodline, he would have suspected that he was a secret move prepared by other Ancient Races.

The other one was that Medicine Venerable, whose alchemy strength truly did not live up to his reputation.

Even within the Yao Clan, which was famous for the strength of its alchemists, he was enough to be ranked at the top. And to be able to achieve this level with the cultivation of a Peak Venerable.

From this perspective, he had already surpassed everyone in the Yao Clan. One wonders if those pedantic old fellows of the Yao Clan regretted it.

"However... a hundred years? His strength...?" I do not know if Xiao Han should be honored. By some accidental opportunity, his intelligence was noticed by the Soul Hall Hall Master, and after curiosity arose, it had been followed up until now.

It was precisely for this reason that the Soul Hall Hall Master began to suspect Xiao Han's strength.

However, having doubts was normal; now, many people had already been frightened by the former name of Ice Venerable.

One must know that the founding of Langya Pavilion was not all peace and harmony. And the reputation of Ice Venerable was also built that way.

One Hall, one Tower, two Sects, three Valleys, and four Pavilions; the first two forces were too vast, so Xiao Han did not dare to go.

The Starfall Pavilion Master was Medicine Venerable, and falling out with the continent's number one alchemist was not worth the loss, so he did not go there either.

Apart from that, he had successively fought the Sect Master, Valley Master, and Pavilion Master of the Tianming Sect, Ice River Valley, Burning Flame Valley, and the other three pavilions of the Four Directions Pavilion besides Starfall Pavilion, and won outright.

Fortunately, this was a private act; otherwise, it would have caused some old monsters to come out.

But this matter was not a secret among all the high-level forces in the Central Plains.

To reach that level with the strength of a Peak Dou Venerate was truly terrifying.

Among them, the two most famous battles were the fights against the former Valley Master of Ice River Valley—the Peak Dou Venerate Hantian Zunzhe—and the former Valley Master of Burning Flame Valley—the current Huo Yun Lao Zu.

The former goes without saying; Hantian Zunzhe was directly beaten into depression by Xiao Han and died in low spirits not many years later. This caused his incompetent Disciple, Bing Zunzhe, to inherit the position of Valley Master.

And the latter battle was the key to establishing Xiao Han's name. Although the Huo Yun Lao Zu at that time was already a Half-Saint.

But being warlike, he suppressed his own cultivation and fought Xiao Han as a Peak Dou Venerate.

In the end, it shocked all the experts in the Central Plains. The inherited Exotic Fire of Burning Flame Valley—the Nine Dragon Lightning Flame, ranked twelfth on the Exotic Fire Ranking, an Exotic Fire with powerful might that had been painstakingly cultivated by generations of Valley Masters—was actually directly frozen by Xiao Han's Dou Qi during the battle.

With Dou Qi so cold that even Exotic Fire could be frozen, the title of Ice Venerable spread like wildfire throughout the Central Plains.

It could be said that this fame was entirely built by stepping on Burning Flame Valley.

Therefore, the relationship between Langya Pavilion and Burning Flame Valley was quite bad; although they had not fought, it was almost the same.

When Disciples from both sides met outside, they either looked at each other coldly or started a big fight, but they had never killed anyone.

On the hatred list of Langya Pavilion Disciples, Burning Flame Valley was second only to the Tianming Sect.

This was also Xiao Han's good luck, running into an upright expert like Huo Yun Lao Zu; otherwise, he would have very likely been crushed by cultivation and killed directly.

This also led to such a phenomenon: after the two battles, many practitioners of Ice Attribute Dou Qi joined Langya Pavilion directly.

Besides this, Xiao Han also had a good relationship with the Sound Valley Master of the mysterious force—Tianyin Laoren.

There was also a joke here; someone once asked Ice Venerable why he didn't go to the Flower Sect to challenge them.

He answered like this: "I don't like fighting with women."

The result was a severe denunciation from the Flower Sect, and the Supreme Elder of the Flower Sect almost visited in person. Just because of this one sentence, during that time, Langya Pavilion Disciples could not hold their heads up outside.

Yi Huang, who was inside, also had a cold war with Xiao Han for a long time.

Therefore, to many forces in the Central Plains, Ice Venerable was almost invincible, so they subconsciously regarded him as their peer.

But they forgot that Ice Venerable was only a junior back then; with such powerful talent, how could he have no breakthroughs in these hundred years?

So forces like the Pill Tower and Burning Flame Valley guessed that Xiao Han's strength had improved. They just didn't know how much it had increased. They had been waiting for those blind ones to go and test him.

"Perhaps this is a good opportunity!" Hun Miesheng touched his chin and laughed gloomily.

The laughter echoed in the great hall and did not dissipate for a long time.

Tianming Sect headquarters, Sect Master's great hall.

Examining the invitation in his hand, the Tianming Sect Sect Master, Tianmingzi, fell into deep thought. The other Elders were also speechless as they looked at each other.

There was no other reason; it was just that this invitation was too terrifying. Not only did they not know how it appeared on their table, but it was also an invitation to Ice Venerable's wedding.

Who was Ice Venerable? A person who feared nothing. He had almost beaten all the major forces in the entire Central Plains.

And the relationship between the Tianming Sect and his Langya Pavilion naturally could not be considered good; there was even a blood feud.

But why send an invitation to the Tianming Sect? He wasn't afraid that his subordinates would fight.

"What do you think about this invitation?" After deep thought yielded no results, Tianmingzi began to ask his group of "wise men."

The many Elders were also extremely confused; there was no way, with the hatred between them and Langya Pavilion, it was difficult to resolve, so could this be an attempt to reconcile?

The atmosphere fell into silence for a moment.

"Sect Master, why don't we ask the Ancestor for instructions?" Finally, an Elder spoke up.

"Hmm...", Tianmingzi pondered for a long time and finally made the decision: "I will go and ask the Ancestor for instructions now."

"You said this invitation was not delivered personally by a Langya Pavilion Disciple?" Tianming Laoyao asked with a look of astonishment.

"That's right," Tianmingzi echoed.

"It seems someone is using our Tianming Sect as a spear!" Tianming Laoyao said thoughtfully.

"What does the Ancestor mean by this?" Tianmingzi looked puzzled.

"How did you become a Sect Master?" Tianming Laoyao looked at Tianmingzi with contempt.

"What is our relationship with Langya Pavilion? With Ice Venerable's character, how could he send us an invitation?"

A look of disappointment at someone failing to live up to expectations.

However? Hmm? Tianming Laoyao suddenly noticed some anomalies; if he did not possess the cultivation of an Advanced Half-Saint, he truly would not have discovered them.

From the perspective of Tianmingzi, his own Ancestor had just suddenly stopped speaking, frowned, and then abruptly revealed a look of joy.

"Prepare a grand gift; this Ancestor will arrive on time to offer them congratulations."

"Yes." Although still confused, since the Ancestor had spoken, it naturally had to be obeyed.