Chapter 159: Chapter 159: Calm After the Storm
Ji Chen did not treat anyone differently and courteously invited the other party to sit down.
Though the Ape Prince is arrogant, he does not deliberately target anyone.
He treats the Human Race this way, and the Ancient Race the same, treating everyone equally.
This is a race that is extremely belligerent, having defeated numerous young kings of the Ancient Race over countless years.
Gu Hao, Li Yiran, and others sat with the Ape Prince, and there was no division due to racial differences; instead, they chatted casually.
"Your Human Race has indeed produced many young kings this generation, Dao Body, Sun Body, Hongmeng Body, and so on..."
The Ape Prince took a swig and continued, "Each physique is not to be underestimated by my Ancient Race, and looking at my Ancient Race, what Ape Prince, Dragon Heir, they’re all pushovers, collapsing at the first touch. Now that the empire’s machinery is about to appear, I fear the Ancient Race cannot compete with you..."
When speaking of the empire’s machinery, Si Ruyan could not help but ask, "In recent years, many Ancestral King-level figures in your Ancient Race have awakened from the Divine Source. Is it really as our Human Race’s Ancient Saints speculated, that this era will see the appearance of the empire’s machinery?"
The Ape Prince nodded, "I don’t know much, but Father once said that the empire’s machinery appears once every tens of thousands of years, but every time only one person can become an emperor. Since ancient times, the empire’s machinery has appeared many times, either being seized by our Ancient Race or being contended by your Human Race."
"In any grand era of heroes vying for supremacy, only one is destined to become the emperor. However, this time seems to be different."
"Oh?"
Hearing this, Gu Hao and others couldn’t help but feel puzzled. After exchanging glances, they couldn’t help but ask, "What’s different?"
The Ape Prince shook his head, "I’m not sure either. Father didn’t elaborate, but from his words, I speculate that this era might see a situation with dual emperors, or even more!"
These words left everyone astonished.
Dual emperors in the same era is something that has never happened throughout history.
Because in any era, the Spiritual Qi available in the heavens and earth is not enough to produce two Ancient Emperors.
If one becomes an emperor, almost all the heaven and earth Spiritual Qi in the world would be absorbed, taking tens of thousands of years to recover.
"Actually, that might be good. Otherwise, if only one becomes an emperor, wouldn’t it be quite lonely?" the Ape Prince said.
He is also one of the contenders likely to become an emperor in this era. In the eyes of the Ape Prince, to seek the pinnacle of the Dao, one must battle across the world, overpowering all peers.
Ji Chen and others frowned; it seems the Ancient Race knows some things unknown to them. What exactly will happen in the future? No one can say clearly now.
...
This wedding banquet lasted three whole days and nights.
During the period, many significant figures successively descended into the Lingyun Sect.
Including the Kunlun Saint Master, Taixu Saint Master, and some older generation powerhouses comparable to Saint Master Level figures, who also appeared.
These Saint Master Level older powerhouses were mostly old friends from Nangong Ao’s past.
They are called Saint Master Level powerhouses because they possess strength comparable to a Saint Master, yet they are not Saint Masters of any Sacred Land, nor are they elders of any Ancient Family, or hidden for years.
Liu Qingcheng naturally came as well. She had known Qu Luoning for many years, their relationship like sisters; there was no reason to be absent.
At the banquet, Ji Chen even drank a few cups with her.
Nowadays Liu Qingcheng seems much more mature compared to the past, not just in mindset but in many aspects.
She even took the initiative to chat with Ji Chen about the matter of annulling their engagement years ago and apologized for her arrogance back then.
It’s not that Liu Qingcheng regrets annulling the engagement with Ji Chen, but she feels she shouldn’t have been so arrogant back then, underestimating the Lingyun Sect and wishing to make it a vassal force of the Purple Cloud Sect.
This is the real mistake Liu Qingcheng made.
There was no emotion between her and Ji Chen, so where does the talk of regret come from?
At the end of the banquet, she stood up and left, bidding farewell after meeting with Qu Luoning.
On the fourth day, the wedding banquet completely ended.
Guests from various quarters departed one after another, and Ji Chen personally saw off Gu Hao, Si Ruyan, and others.
During the grand wedding, surprisingly, no Ancient Race member came to cause trouble, which was unexpected for Ji Chen.
But thinking it over, since Nangong Ao was stationed within the Lingyun Sect, and with the existence of the Mountain Protection Array, plus the formidable Holy Weapon of the Ye Family in hand, along with top Human Race powerhouses like the Kunlun Saint Master present in the Lingyun Sect, how could the Ancient Race dare to invade easily?
...
In the blink of an eye, a month had passed.
Everything was calm and peaceful.
Over the past month, nothing significant happened, and even the conflicts between the Human Race and the Ancient Race seemed to lessen.
Ji Chen’s cultivation advanced by leaps and bounds, now reaching the Ninth Layer of the Returning Ruins Realm, just a step away from the Celestial Essence Realm.
Additionally, during this month, he personally guided Yanyan to start her cultivation practice.
The little girl is almost four years old, obedient and sensible, and most importantly, she shows considerable talent in cultivation. But to know for certain, they must wait until her Spirit Vein forms to see how many Spirit Veins can be condensed in her Spiritual Sea.
"You’re going to the Holy City?"
One day, within the Drunken Ink Residence, Qu Luoning learned of this matter.
Ji Chen nodded, "Going to fetch some herbs, will return soon."
In the past month, Ji Chen had been fiddling with an elixir called the ’Transformation Pill.’
Although this elixir is of the Eighth Grade, with Ji Chen’s current Spiritual Power, he can naturally refine it.
Over the years, due to the Supreme Scripture, his Alchemy Dao accomplishments have also progressed rapidly, and according to Ji Chen’s own estimates, in about a year, he could become a Ninth Grade Alchemist.
At such a level of attainment, even looking across the Profound Domain, Beiyou, Eastern Desolation, Southern Region, and Western Desert, it would probably be hard to find many.
And this Transformation Pill he was to refine is naturally not for himself, but to prepare for Ao Tian.
Years ago, after passing the Alchemy Master Alliance’s assessment, the Alliance presented Ji Chen with a Flying Demon Beast, which he named Ao Tian.
Over the years, Ao Tian has stayed mainly in the Lingyun Sect; now its intellect is quite high, comparable to a human child of about ten, and able to understand human speech.
Ji Chen plans to refine a Transformation Pill for it, allowing Ao Tian to transform into human form.
This kind of elixir was known from Ji Chen’s previous life and is possessed by no one else in this world now.
However, for a demon beast like Ao Tian, transformation is a great tribulation; success or failure still depends on its own fortune.