Chapter 267: Heavenly Origin Grand Ceremony

Sun Hanhua's words left the hall in complete silence.

Before Sun Hanhua could say anything, Ji Lingxiao, who had regained his composure, let out a sigh.

He then looked at Sun Hanhua and said helplessly:

"Hanhua... you should know, smiling at others just means you're happy; it doesn't mean that smiling at someone means you like them."

"It's even less likely that a brief smile means you want to marry that person."

Ji Lingxiao felt somewhat helpless.

Actually, cultivators are not all like Sun Hanhua.

Sun Hanhua is truly just an exception.

Even a normal cultivator, even if a genius, at the age of seven or eight hundred bone years, would have gone out for training several times.

Even if not going to the mortal markets, they would still have much interaction with other cultivators.

After all, cultivators need interaction to progress faster.

And Sun Hanhua mainly studies alchemy, and with his exceptional talent, he also doesn't need to go out for training.

So, even with a bone age of seven or eight hundred, he is still like a little girl.

Speaking of which, the South Azure Continent might have only Sun Hanhua as such an exception.

Sun Hanhua sat upright at the side, glancing at Ji Lingxiao and blinking.

Is that so……

Seeing Sun Hanhua like that, Ji Lingxiao let out a sigh and said softly:

"Later, I'll talk to your master; occasionally I also need to go out and meet people."

Sun Hanhua listened to Ji Lingxiao's words without speaking.

Meanwhile, Su Liyan, who had regained her composure nearby, knew her senior sister's problem and thus had little reaction to what was just said.

After the porridge and dishes were brought out, everyone then gathered around a small low table to have breakfast.

Not to mention, my wife's cooking skills are truly impressive.

Of course, it's mainly because the ingredients are different here, and I don't know if anything especially precious has been added.

Lu Yuan drank while praising, causing Su Liyan's happy, bewitching, alluring beautiful eyes to curve into crescents.

"Lu Yuan, when do you plan to leave?"

Ji Lingxiao lowered his head, took a sip of congee, and then suddenly said.

Everyone at the table ate quietly, unlike Lu Yuan, who ate noisily while exclaiming how delicious this and that were, making a racket.

This is impolite behavior, whether in the cultivation world or the mortal world.

Fortunately, the other three women at the table wouldn't blame Lu Yuan for this; we're a family, so no one minds.

Ji Lingxiao's words left Lu Yuan stunned for a moment.

Before Lu Yuan could say anything, Ji Lingxiao seemed to feel that his remark was a bit inappropriate.

Immediately, Ji Lingxiao looked at Lu Yuan and said:

"I don't mean to rush you away; I mean, the Heavenly Origin Grand Ceremony is about to start, lasting over two months, a rare bustle in the cultivation world."

"If you have nothing else to do, stay a few more days and leave after the Heavenly Origin Grand Ceremony ends."

Heavenly Origin Grand Ceremony?

What is that?

Lu Yuan gave Ji Lingxiao a strange look, then turned to look at his wife beside him.

Su Liyan hurriedly looked at her husband and said in a coquettish voice:

"Brother~ it's just like a martial arts tournament~ I'll be participating too~"

Oh~

Saying that, Lu Yuan understood; indeed, the cultivation world always has something like this.

Just as it's classic for fantasy novels to inevitably have an auction house.

Lu Yuan naturally wants to see this, after all, he loves watching bustling scenes.

But two months is too long.

Now it's late summer to early autumn, winter is coming soon, and the Great Zhou is still waiting for me to return to settle the Engraved Gold Dynasty.

I can't linger here too long.

Moreover, the most important thing is that the second daughter-in-law is also pregnant; I won't mention her identity, for fear others might discover the situation.

Just saying, as a husband, Lu Yuan, with his wife pregnant and big-bellied, it's definitely not okay for him to go out and play.

That's simply unacceptable.

Lu Yuan originally planned to stay here for just ten days, half a month, and then return.

Two months or more is out of the question.

Su Liyan beside him also thought of something, then looked at her husband and blinked, saying:

"Brother, my matches are all coming up; at the latest, one month, you don't need to stay here for two months."

Just being able to come see her makes Su Liyan very happy; she doesn't even hope for her husband to stay and keep her company all the time.

Moreover, Su Liyan also knows that Sister Wan is pregnant.

Although Sister Wan's personality isn't the type to like clingy women, after becoming pregnant she still hopes her man stays by her side.

Su Liyan has been pregnant before, so she knows what that feels like.

She wishes she could follow her husband around every day.

Ji Lingxiao found the scene before him somewhat strange.

How come?

Lu Yuan is still eager to go back; he doesn't want to stay a few more days with Liyan?

Ji Lingxiao still thought Lu Yuan just wanted to stay here as long as he could.

But upon reflection, that makes sense; even if he wanted to stay a few more days, doesn't he have things at home?

Moreover, the empress of the Great Zhou Dynasty...

Thinking of this, Ji Lingxiao suddenly winked at Su Liyan and said:

"Liyan, do you want to join the Brave Martial Group or the Divine Might Group this time?"

"If you want to join the Divine Might Group, then you should hurry up a bit—the Divine Might Group competes first, and it ends in half a month."

Lu Yuan, standing nearby, looked curiously at Ji Lingxiao, not knowing what that meant.

Soon after, Ji Lingxiao explained further, and Lu Yuan understood.

Just mentioned, the Tianyuan Grand Ceremony is a martial tournament, and any such tournament naturally has divisions.

Like boxing and fighting on Earth, aren't they divided by the athletes' weight?

While cultivators' competitions are limited by spiritual bones.

The Brave Martial Group is the lowest tier, limited to cultivators with up to five hundred spiritual bones.

The Divine Might Group is limited to cultivators with up to fifteen hundred spiritual bones.

Of course, there is also the Heavenly Initiation Group, limited to cultivators with up to three thousand spiritual bones.

The Brave Martial Group represents the number of geniuses a sect has produced in recent years.

The Divine Might Group represents the sect's current rising stars.

The Heavenly Initiation Group represents the sect's mainstay.

As for those with forty-five hundred spiritual bones, they are elders in their sects and naturally would not compete.

For someone like my wife, in such a competition, it's nothing short of a dimensional strike—a true dimensional strike.

My wife's spiritual bones are less than a year old.

Even in the Brave Martial Group, the most talented person in South Qing Lingzhou with five hundred spiritual bones at most is only an early Golden Core cultivator.

And my wife?

She has already broken through Nascent Soul and reached Spirit Transformation!!

What does that mean? Just by her presence, even without lifting a finger, she would scare those people to death.

If my wife went up and blew a breath, those people couldn't withstand it.

So, if my wife were in the Brave Martial Group, she would definitely be the top scorer, the first place.

But, according to common sense, that's how it would be.

However, Ji Lingxiao has a somewhat different idea.

According to Ji Lingxiao's meaning, that is, he wants Su Liyan to join the Divine Might Group.

"Liyan, you see, although you have quite a gap with the top players in the Divine Might Group, it's not that exaggerated."

"Moreover, the most important thing is that we're not going there to fight for first place; your excellence, Su Liyan, is already known throughout the South Qing Continent."

"You don't need to prove anything; you just need better experience."

"Although there's a saying, 'Better to be a chicken's head than a phoenix's tail,' if it's just to win the Brave Martial Group's top scorer, that's really unnecessary, as the master said, you already don't need to prove anything."

"In the South Qing Continent's cultivation world, peace prevails; sects rarely have conflicts, and it's almost rare to have all-out battles with others."

"So the master thinks, Su Liyan, you might join the Divine Might Group to spar with those strong individuals; that would give you deeper insight, absolutely better than staying in the Brave Martial Group."

Having said that, Ji Lingxiao paused, then looked at Su Liyan again and said:

"Moreover, the opening groups of the Tianyuan Grand Ceremony are all warmed up by the Divine Might Group, with the Brave Martial Group in the middle and the Heavenly Initiation Group closing the curtain."

"If Su Liyan you join the Divine Might Group, at most a month and a half, the competition will be over, and Lu Yuan can return earlier."

Ji Lingxiao's meaning is simple; Lu Yuan understood it, and Su Liyan naturally understood it even more.

As for this matter, Su Liyan doesn't care; whatever is fine. Since she came to cultivate, she naturally follows the master's words and does as he says.

Immediately, Su Liyan nodded and said:

"Alright, then I'll sign up for the Divine Might Group."

Lu Yuan blinked his eyes curiously beside her and said:

"When does the Tianyuan Grand Ceremony start?"

Ji Lingxiao took a sip of the white porridge in his bowl and said softly:

"In three days."

……

Over the next three days, nothing major happened; Lu Yuan was just led around by his wife every day.

Come to think of it, the number of people from the Linglan Sword Sect coming these days has been increasing.

In the sky, everywhere were people riding various things, or various colorful flying boats.

The clothing and attire of those above were all sorts of varieties.

One can tell they come from various regions, and their clothing styles differ greatly.

But these have nothing to do with Lu Yuan.

Lu Yuan and Su Liyan also had no interaction with these people; they just did their own thing.

As for Sun Hanhua, after that day, Lu Yuan hasn't seen him.

Taken away by Ji Lingxiao, Lu Yuan hasn't seen Sun Hanhua at all these three days.

Anyway, during these three days at the main peak, it was just Lu Yuan and his wife.

He was quite content with the leisure.

It felt just like being back home.

This morning after they got up, Su Liyan did her morning cultivation first, while Lu Yuan began researching various materials.

The materials Lu Yuan had wanted earlier have all been delivered by Ji Lingxiao.

Lu Yuan now basically just burns this, burns that.

As for the effect.

So far haven't seen it.

Of course, Lu Yuan also didn't plan to produce it in just a day or two; it also seems unlikely.

Take it slow.

Anyway, writing oneself can still cultivate; there's still plenty of time, so there's nothing to fear.

The morning passed like that; after lunch at noon, the two went out for a stroll in the afternoon.

Not only at the Cold Ripple Sword Sect, but also in some nearby cities and towns, the two also went to play.

Three days later.

The Tianyuan Grand Ceremony arrived as scheduled.

This year I've been spending, feeling dizzy and swollen, running around everywhere.

After the fifth day it'll be fine; when the time comes, updates will be normal.

(End of chapter)