Chapter Eighty-six: Cyan Spirit Jade Token, Divine Palace Gambles

  "Not true!"

  Suddenly opening her eyes, she forced herself to swallow back the words that had reached her lips.

  "This is within the Jiukong Stone Boundary, and outside it's Chaoyang Town. Firstly, we can't make too much noise here, and secondly, the spiritual energy here isn't abundant enough."

  "Don't be in a hurry."

  Ning Feng wiped away a non-existent cold sweat, recalling the scene when he was casting the Sun Bone. If that noise were to happen again in this quiet town at night, it would be disastrous.

  "It should be feasible, right?"

  The wind calmed down, gazing at the golden pool in front of him, his heart ached with longing. "With two pools of golden water to make a wish, seeking to unblock the meridians and guide the spiritual energy of heaven and earth into the body, to boost cultivation, I wonder what effect it will have? Can it be pushed to the middle stage of Qi refinement?"

  Thinking of this, his heart was like having seven or eight monkeys scratching hard, and he almost couldn't hold back from trying.

  "If it's really feasible, Jiuyou Stone will become my greatest wings, able to stir up a hurricane and help me soar to the ninth heaven."

  Ning Feng strongly lifted his head, pulling his gaze out of the golden pool. After hesitating for a moment, he himself had the idea to jump down.

  "Wait till dawn."

  While constantly persuading himself in his heart, Ning Feng looked at the green mountain in front of him, trying to distract himself.

  "Right, last time I couldn't go forward, how about this time......"

  He wanted to take a step forward, but his heart was hesitant: "What if it's like the first time and all the golden water is consumed?"

  This is an unknown attraction and temptation, after nine deaths, what else?

  That head is an immediate necessity in front of you.

  Both of them still had Ning Feng's words in their hearts. A strange feeling surged up in their minds.

  "It seems...". Ning Feng sighed with a bitter smile, "No need to try anymore."

  He had just thought of going up the mountain to try, but before he made a decision and took a step forward, an invisible barrier appeared, as if shouting "no" loudly.

  "It seems that if I don't reach the state of being on the verge of death nine times, I won't be able to see the scenery ahead."

  "It's better this way, saves me from being in a dilemma."

  After this incident, Ning Feng relaxed instead. He turned his head, turned around, and stepped out of the Jiukong Stone Boundary with one step.

  "Tomorrow..."

  His figure slowly faded away in this land, leaving only his last voice echoing for a long time...

  The next day was sunny and fine.

  The east side had just turned into a fish belly white, and Ning Feng's figure appeared at the foot of Tianyun Peak.

  He patted the somewhat dispirited crane and discovered a strange thing.

  "Huh?"

  "There seem to be more people on the mountain today."

  Ning Feng turned his head to take a look, and the crane next to him nodded repeatedly, with a wronged expression on its face. Even its feathers were drooping, looking listless.

  I'm tired.

  Just looking up from the foot of the mountain, he saw many people who didn't belong to Tianyun Peak wandering around.

  "That's strange..."

  The wind left a careful eye. Choosing a place with few people, quietly and silently climbing the mountain, going straight to the water clouds.

  "Little brother, let me take you one step further."

  Just as Ning Feng's hand touched the edge of the Water Clouds, a gentle voice entered his ears.

  "Senior brother."

  He suddenly turned his head and indeed saw Shen Zhaoxuan smiling there.

  Unlike usual, Shen Zhaoxuan's smile had a hint of playfulness in it.

  "Big brother, what's going on? What's with all this commotion?"

  Ning Feng pointed to the area outside of Shui Yun, where there were noticeably more people than elsewhere, peeking out and looking around, and couldn't help but ask in puzzlement.

  "It's not like I came here for you, junior brother."

  Shen Zhaoxuan shrugged his shoulders, he was indeed spoiled by Ning Feng. Since seeing Ning Feng do this action, he had been doing it non-stop and it seemed to have become a habit.

  "Come on, younger brother, you follow me in first."

  Shen Zhaoxuan's hand rested on Ning Feng's shoulder, and in an instant, he transformed into a rainbow and disappeared, plunging directly into the water clouds.

  A brief moment, fleeting and gone, just an instant.

  At that moment, Ning Feng seemed to hear the sighs and regrets of those outsiders below.

  He strained his eyes to look down and saw that many people were rushing over, many of them pointing up at the sky, clapping their chests and stamping their feet, as if they had missed something important.

  "Big brother, what's going on here?"

  Just as Ning Feng had calmed down and regained his composure, he returned to the middle building of Shuiyunjian, still in a daze, completely unable to understand what had just happened.

  "Huh?"

  "Here..."

  Ning Feng hadn't even waited for Shen Zhaoxuan's response when he started looking around left and right.

  The quiet room where he had been in seclusion before had undergone a great change at this moment.

  The floor is made of red copper, and the walls are also made of it. On top of that, there's a thick crystal that refracts sunlight, making it impossible to hear any noise from outside when you're inside, and voices from inside can't be heard outside either.

  When Ning Feng spoke up for himself, his voice echoed faintly, as if everything was sealed in this quiet room, isolated from the outside world.

  Last time he cast the Sun Bone, it damaged the room. Afterwards, he had the idle villagers repair it. Now it doesn't just look like a repair job, but rather a complete replacement with a real cultivator's closed-door meditation chamber.

  "Little brother, are you satisfied with what you see?"

  Shen Zhaoxuan smiled slightly and walked to the front of the cloud bed, saying.

  The cloud bed was filled with a misty atmosphere, it was a complete piece of milky white jade, on top of which a bright yellow velvet cushion was laid out, and in front of it was placed a Qingling jade plaque.

  Shen Zhaoxuan's voice fell, and he handed over the Qingling Jade Plate with a wave of his hand: "Junior brother, this quiet room has an array formation. This is the array disc. When you close your eyes to meditate, use it to activate the array formation. Only the one holding the array disc can control the array formation and enter or exit freely."

  Ning Feng took over the Qingling Jade Token, and in his ear, he heard Shen Zhaoxuan continue to say: "This is a universal formation set up by our Sun God Temple in the quiet room. If you find other formations in the future, you can re-arrange them yourself."

  That's a matter of monkey year and horse month!

  Ning Feng responded casually, his heart itching with impatience as he input spiritual energy into the Cang Ling Jade Token.

  The next moment, a green light burst out from the Qingling Jade Token and thundered into the void.

  "Boom!"

  Ning Feng heard a deafening roar like countless spiritual energies being compressed and colliding with each other.

  Under his feet, the copper floor was flowing with bright light. The complex and mysterious patterns converged, covering every corner of the quiet room, crawling up the four walls, and finally pouring into the crystal on the top of the head, bursting out with a dazzlingly bright light.

  "The formation has been activated."

  Ning Feng looked at the restored quiet room, and although it seemed like nothing had changed, he could clearly feel an invisible barrier enveloping him as he held the Cang Ling Jade Plate.

  Like the vault of heaven, it is thick and heavy. As long as there is an external force to stimulate it, it will burst out with a loud noise. Internally, it protects and holds, externally, it resists and rejects.

  "Good feng shui."

  Ning Feng lovingly toyed with the Qingling Jade Plate, this was his first set of formations after all.

  Shen Zhaoxuan clearly understood his emotions and patiently watched as Ning Fengruo played with the object like a child who had just received a new toy.

  Deng Ningfeng finally put down the Cang Ling Jade Token with a satisfied heart, and Shen Zhaoxuan opened his mouth with a smile: "Younger brother, those people outside are all waiting to take a look at you."

  "Look at me?"

  Ning Feng asked back in surprise.

  What's so special about him? He's just got a pair of eyes, two ears, and a nose and mouth on top and bottom. What's there to look at?

  "Alright, watch you."

  Shen Zhaoxuan showed a mixture of anger and amusement on his face, shaking his head and saying: "Take a good look at you. How can they judge your strength and place bets?"

  "Bet?"

  His eyes were about to pop out of his head.

  If it weren't for the two of them being here, you could hear a pin drop. He was so quiet that he almost had an urge to dig his ears out.

  What's going on?

  The majestic Temple of the Seven Suns, the greatest under heaven. What's the bet? It's not a casino!

  After Ning Feng's astonishment passed, he somewhat regained his composure and swallowed a mouthful of saliva before saying: "Senior brother, they wouldn't be betting on Xiao Bi, would they?"

  Shen Zhaoxuan nodded sympathetically, it was clear that he had guessed correctly.

  Ning Feng was suddenly speechless, he raised his head and looked up at the sky, the thick crystal reflected light, dazzling him.

  Shen Zhaoxuan's voice was clear and crisp: "Junior brother, in our Divine Palace... cough, cough, it has always been a tradition. Every time a new batch of disciples have their first small competition, many fellow disciples place bets."

  "Doesn't the teacher care?"

  Ning Feng couldn't help but ask.

  This is really too disillusioning, is this still the Temple of the Sun God? This atmosphere is really down-to-earth.

  "Turn a blind eye." Shen Zhaoxuan spread his hands and said, "Many seniors have placed their bets themselves, there's no way to control it now."

  "Outside, most of them are seniors or juniors from other peaks, or their direct descendants and followers, who have come to inquire about the truth."

  Shen Zhaoxuan said up to here, cupped his hands and said: "Younger martial brother, it seems they have taken a liking to you."

  Ning Feng rolled his eyes and honestly didn't think there was anything to be congratulated about.

  He let out a sigh, thinking to himself: "It seems that not only do I have to let the new outer sect disciples watch the monkey show, but also be used by the older disciples for gambling. This little competition is really..."

  Ning Feng let out another sigh, he couldn't think of a good description anymore.

  At the same time, he somewhat understood why Shen Zhaoxuan had gone to great lengths to bring him in.

  "Big Brother Shifu probably feared that my true abilities would be exposed too early, so he deliberately waited outside and used the 'Rainbow Bridge' technique to bring me in."

  Ning Feng looked at Shen Zhaoxuan with excitement, and Shen Zhaoxuan happened to look over as well. With a serious face, he asked him: "Younger brother, what is your goal for this small competition?"

  "At least top three."

  He took a deep breath and puffed out his chest, regardless of whether he had any confidence or not, this was something he had to do.

  Nothing else, Lao Die's betrothal gift can't be taken down without the top three rankings.

  "You have spirit."

  Shen Zhaoxuan's face broke into a smile, and he nodded repeatedly, asking: "Are you sure?"

  "Seize..."

  Ning Feng thought of the two golden pools swaying gently in the Nine Apertures Stone and nodded heavily, "Yes!"

  "Good!"

  Shen Zhaoxuan clapped his hands and laughed, turning around to leave. "Junior brother, focus on your closed-door cultivation. Everything you need will be sent to the door by the servants. Just take what you want."

  "Huh? Where is Big Brother going?"

  Ning Feng asked strangely, Shen Zhaoxuan was in a hurry to leave, and his departure was somewhat hasty, which was quite unusual.

  Shen Zhaoxuan's footsteps didn't stop, his sleeve swung back and a beam of light shot out, landing on the Cangling Jade Tablet, triggering the formation to crack open a gap. He strode out with his sleeves fluttering behind him.

  At his back, a voice came over, and in an instant, Ning Feng was flustered, feeling that he was not himself.

  "Place your bets!"