Chapter 232: Five Great Ancient Sects, Disciples of the Blood Valley

Damn!

Zhongli Lingyu!

You big-mouthed woman, you really just blurt out everything!

Jiang Xun cursed inwardly upon hearing this.

"What Jiang Xun... and who is Zhongli Lingyu? I was lying to you."

Jiang Xun forced himself to stay calm as he spoke.

"Zhongli Lingyu is of the Dragon Race, and Ice Soul Valley is the one thing her clan fears most, bar none; she wouldn't dare lie to me," Bing Yanyan shook her head and smiled.

"You don't need to lie either. I can uncover your identity, and the Tianyu Holy Emperor can uncover it just the same. Besides, didn't you already meet with Tian Yueling, Tian Mingjue, and Tian Wushuang at Wangyue Pavilion? Once you return to the Tianyu Dynasty, do you think they won't recognize you?"

"You've really investigated thoroughly," Jiang Xun said with a helpless smile upon hearing this.

"I originally thought your goal was to save the Lingerie-Sect, but I didn't expect the Lingyun Dynasty to also be aiming to save the Lingerie-Sect. That actually works out as you wished, but what do you plan to do next? Once you go to the Tianyu Dynasty, how will you explain your identity?"

"That's why I need to make friends with the Island Master. When the time comes, even if the Tianyu Holy Emperor knows my identity, he'll still have to give the Island Master some face, right?" Jiang Xun laughed.

"The Island Master isn't someone a kid like you can use. She won't see you today, and she won't see you tomorrow either. To make friends, you have to be sincere, don't you?"

Bing Yanyan smiled.

"What you said... is the Island Master also from Ice Soul Valley?" Jiang Xun asked tentatively.

After all, for someone to be from Ice Soul Valley, willing to lower themselves to stay on Tianwai Island, and remain respectful to the Island Master, it could only prove that the Tianwai Island Master was also from Ice Soul Valley, and held a higher status than Bing Yanyan.

"Yes," Bing Yanyan did not deny it: "I've told you so much, don't you intend to be honest with me?"

Jiang Xun was stunned for a moment upon hearing this, then began to take off his clothes.

"Are you sick? Is that the kind of honesty I meant?"

Bing Yanyan frowned and scolded him upon seeing this.

"Uh..." Jiang Xun put his clothes back on, feeling somewhat awkward: "Just a joke, trying to lighten the mood."

Bing Yanyan rolled her eyes at Jiang Xun, but the aura around her body did indeed diminish significantly, making Jiang Xun feel less cold.

"Let me ask you something," Jiang Xun said, sitting on a stone chair nearby: "Since you're talking to me about this, it proves that I'm still of great use to your Ice Soul Valley, right?"

"Naturally," Bing Yanyan nodded.

"So, right now, you are, should be, probably, possibly, maybe, wanting to help me?"

"It's a conditional exchange."

"Care to elaborate?"

"A thousand years ago, Ice Soul Valley cultivated an Ice Flame Spirit Stone, and the Ice Flame Spirit Stone required an ordinary person with a Mixed Spiritual Root to nurture it long-term. So, we implanted this Ice Flame Spirit Stone into the body of a child in Tianji City named Jiang Xun, using this child as a vessel to nurture the Ice Flame Spirit Stone."

"Unexpectedly, this child later joined the Lingerie-Sect, and after a thousand years became the Hehuan Young Master. Through a twist of fate, the Lingerie-Sect became a Demonic Sect, and just at that time, the Ice Flame Spirit Stone finished its cultivation, forming a Spirit Root inside Jiang Xun's body."

"With the help of this power, Jiang Xun entered Tianwai Island by impersonating the Tenth Prince of the Tianyu Dynasty and won the top spot, all to save the Lingerie-Sect."

"After meeting me, he learned his true identity and became a registered disciple of Ice Soul Valley. Now, he is cooperating with the Tianyu Dynasty, continuing to impersonate the Tenth Prince, Tian Zeyan. Do you think this story is plausible?"

Bing Yanyan looked at Jiang Xun and spoke in a measured tone.

"... So you've already made it all up, and now I'm a person of Ice Soul Valley?"

Jiang Xun twitched the corner of his mouth upon hearing this.

"With the identity of Ice Soul Valley as a cover, the Tianyu Holy Emperor won't touch a hair on your head; on the contrary, he will give you more help, and the Lingerie-Sect will also be able to act freely, unrestricted by the Tianyu Dynasty. What do you think?"

Bing Yanyan nodded.

"But what?" Jiang Xun pressed.

"But, once the matter is accomplished, you must return to Tianwai Island as soon as possible, and I will take you to Ice Soul Valley."

"... You aren't going to skin me and pull out my tendons to dig out the Ice Flame Spirit Root, are you?"

Jiang Xun got goosebumps all over.

"? Demonic Sect disciples really do have filthy minds," Bing Yanyan looked at Jiang Xun with a look of contempt: "We won't do that. Besides, if the Ice Flame Spirit Root couldn't be used after leaving your body, it would be a loss for us as well."

"Then what do you want?" Jiang Xun asked.

"You only need to know that your life won't be in danger, and that's enough."

Bing Yanyan said, looking at Jiang Xun.

Jiang Xun stared into Bing Yanyan's eyes for a moment, then said: "Swear it."

"My oath is useless. Once you go to Ice Soul Valley, the person you'll be dealing with won't be me," Bing Yanyan shook her head.

"Then swear that if I die in Ice Soul Valley, you'll be buried with me."

Bing Yanyan glared at Jiang Xun upon hearing this: "I am the one giving you an opportunity right now; don't be ungrateful."

"See, you can't even guarantee I won't die if I go!" Jiang Xun jumped up and pointed at Bing Yanyan, shouting.

"I just don't like making oaths. When you make too many, you forget them quickly. One day you might die under an oath and not even know which one it was," Bing Yanyan said flatly.

"... What you said makes sense," Jiang Xun nodded upon hearing this. It was true; he had already forgotten many of the oaths he had made himself.

"Will what we're saying now be heard by anyone?" Jiang Xun asked next.

"I already set up a Soundproof Barrier when I was playing the zither," Bing Yanyan shook her head: "There is a guardian sent by the Tianyu Holy Emperor to monitor you and protect you on the side; they are at Integration Great Perfection."

"The old guy is really going all out," Jiang Xun was quite surprised upon hearing this.

For a dynasty, an Integration Great Perfection is an absolute treasure; after all, that is the most formidable combat power in the dynasty besides the Holy Emperor.

"Then can I make friends with the Island Master now?"

Jiang Xun asked afterward.

"We'll talk about that after you come to Ice Soul Valley," Bing Yanyan shook her head.

"Fine, then I'll head straight to the Tianyu Dynasty tomorrow," Jiang Xun nodded helplessly. He really did want to see what that Island Master looked like.

"Then the agreement is formed. You had best not harbor any crooked thoughts, and do not reveal my identity or the Island Master's, otherwise I will let you know the methods of Ice Soul Valley," Bing Yanyan nodded, stood up, and then vanished before Jiang Xun's eyes.

The Soundproof Barrier surrounding them also disappeared along with Bing Yanyan.

"Ice Soul Valley, Thunder Valley, Flame Valley, Blood Valley, and Light Valley; these five are the existing Ancient Sects. Under normal circumstances, you would absolutely never see them. They prefer to live in seclusion, and to this day, no outsider knows the locations of these sects."

"Among the five sects, there is more than one sect that possesses a Supreme, but it is unknown specifically which ones they are, or how many there are."

After Bing Yanyan left, Si Yuyan explained the details to Jiang Xun.

"Blood Valley?" Jiang Xun had a guess upon hearing these three words.

"That's right, Heavenly Net Soul-Urging is a secret technique of Blood Valley, and the location of Blood Valley is likely in the Northern Wasteland. Back then, Jun Tianling learned Heavenly Net Soul-Urging there and eventually became a Saint," Si Yuyan nodded.