Chapter 1697

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　　Upon hearing this, Huang Que and Du Gu Qing Xiao looked at each other and then said in surprise：
　　“To actually attract so many people all at once？”
　　Du Gu Qing Xiao said：
　　“There are already over ten thousand True Martial Heavenly cultivators in Liuxian Town. Coupled with the cultivators from several other regions, the total number is at least thirty thousand.”
　　“If the competition is exciting, it is indeed not a problem to fill the stands on Qilin Peak.”
　　After calculating in his heart for a while, Huang Que also nodded.
　　After a little thought, Huang Que picked up the jade slip that was used to communicate with Elder Yu of Qilin Peak and transmitted his voice：
　　“Elder Yu, can we postpone this Sword Questioning for half a stick of incense on the pretext that Jinzhu Furen of Wangyou Valley damaged the Great Array of Sword Flat？”
　　Before long, the reply from Elder Yu sounded in the jade slip：
　　“It can be postponed for half a stick of incense, but if the Sword Questioning does not start after half a stick of incense, the Sword Ranking List will probably hold our nine mansions accountable.”
　　As soon as he heard that the “Sword Ranking List” would hold the nine mansions accountable, a layer of fine cold sweat broke out on Huang Que’s forehead.
　　For someone like Huang Que, who has already entered the upper echelons of the Nine Mansions, he is very clear that the Sword Supreme List is far more than just a list.
　　As long as it is related to the True Martial Sword Supreme Assembly, if the Nine Mansions violate any regulations, the Sword Supreme List will impose penalties.
　　Similarly, if the Nine Mansions encounter any troubles when preparing for the Sword Supreme Assembly, the Sword Supreme List will also take action to help.
　　Huang Que has experienced such things no less than ten times during the sixty years when the Nine Mansions prepared for the Sword Supreme List.
　　So Huang Que very solemnly transmitted a voice to Elder Yu to guarantee and said：
　　“Elder Yu, don’t worry. At most, it will be half a stick of incense, and it will never be delayed any further！”
　　Immediately afterwards, Huang Que heard Elder Yu’s voice booming in the sky above the Sword Flat of Qilin Peak——
　　“Everyone, the great array on the Sword Flat of Qilin Peak was just damaged. To ensure the fairness of the sword-questioning, the Nine Mansions must postpone the competition for half a stick of incense to repair the great array on the Sword Flat.”
　　“During this half a stick of incense, if any of you have fellow disciples who want to come and watch the battle, you can inform them.”
　　After hearing Elder Yu’s voice, Huang Que first let out a long sigh of relief, and then looked at Du Gu Qingxiao very excitedly and said： “Brother Qingxiao, according to this momentum, the Nine Mansions don’t have to worry about not being able to get their capital back at least！”
　　Du Gu Qingxiao asked Huang Que a little curiously：
　　“Brother Yellow Finch, how much gold essence money has your Nine Mansions invested in this Sword Champion Conference？”
　　Yellow Finch said helplessly：
　　“The specific cost, except for the Mansion Lord, no one knows.”
　　Having said this, Yellow Finch lowered his voice a little more, and then leaned closer to Du Gu Qingxiao and said in a low voice：
I only know that in order to organize this Sword Champion Conference the Mansion Lord mortgaged a gold essence stone mine to Youyun Mansion in Youyun Heaven.”
　　Upon hearing this, Du Gu Qingxiao said in surprise：
　　“Actually mortgaged a gold essence stone mine？”
　　Although there are many gold essence stone deposits in True Martial Heaven, because the mining difficulty is extremely high, even if there are mines, not much can be mined every year.”
　　So after the True Martial Barrier was lifted, the Nine Mansions would jointly mine the gold essence mine with the Immortal Alliances of several other worlds.”
　　But such an act of mortgaging a gold essence stone mine at the beginning is very rare.”
　　If it weren’t for being forced into a corner and really lacking gold essence money, the Nine Mansions would definitely not do this.”
　　Yellow Finch nodded and said：
　　“After mortgaging that gold essence mine, it was also promised to Youyun Mansion that once the Nine Mansions could not repay this gold essence money after the True Martial Sword Champion Conference, Youyun Mansion would have the right to mine on that mine for a period of sixty years.”
　　Hearing this, Du Gu Qingxiao finally understood why Yellow Finch would be so concerned about the number of people present to watch the battle.”
　　“Buzz　buzz　buzz…”
　　And just as the two were talking, the jade slip tied to Huang Que’s waist, which was only used to contact the people of the Nine Mansions, suddenly let out a tremor sound.
　　This jade slip would never light up unless there was a major event.
　　So Huang Que immediately picked up the jade slip.
　　And as lines of golden characters rapidly emerged on the jade slip, Huang Que’s face gradually became gloomy.
　　Du Gu Qing Xiao, who was beside him, curiously asked Huang Que：
　　Brother Huang Que, what’s the matter？
　　Huang Que first handed the jade slip to Du Gu Qing Xiao, and at the same time explained to Du Gu Qing Xiao：
　　A walker arranged by the Nine Mansions in the dark just sent a message to me, saying that the Wangyou Valley has issued a reward in the old dragon court of the Ku Shi Sea. Any cultivator who can ask the sword of the casual cultivator Chu Ping’an of the True Martial Heaven in the True Martial Sword Championship will.
　　Regardless of winning or losing, they can receive a reward of 300,000 gold essence coins from the Wangyou Valley.
　　If they win, they can not only obtain a reward of 1 million gold essence coins, but also choose any one immortal-level talisman, pill, weapon or cultivation method from the treasures of the Wangyou Valley.
　　If someone kills Chu Ping’an, on the basis of the above rewards, they can also add a supreme-grade cultivation mental method of the Wangyou Valley, the ‘Wangyou Jing’.
　　Almost at the same time as Huang Que’s voice fell, Du Gu Qing Xiao had also finished reading the words on the jade slip.
　　Immediately afterwards, one could see that Du Gu Qing Xiao’s expression was cold as he said：
　　“This Wangyou Valley, which boasts itself as a first-rate sect in the Jueding Heaven, has actually resorted to such despicable acts in order to deal with a junior！”
　　Huang Que also furrowed his brows and said：
　　“I also didn’t expect that a dignified first-rate sect would use such despicable means.”
　　Du Gu Qing Xiao then asked Huang Que：
　　“Offering a reward for the asking-sword cultivator, this should not conform to the rules of the True Martial Swordmaster Competition, right？”
　　Upon hearing this, Huang Que smiled bitterly and said：
　　“Actually, there are no clear rules for the Swordmaster Ranking. There are only the rules summarized by our nine prefectures according to the previous Swordmaster Competitions.”
　　Du Gu Qing Xiao said：
　　“You mean that whether this act of Wangyou Valley is compliant or not depends entirely on the Swordmaster Ranking to decide？”
　　Huang Que nodded very seriously and said：
　　“If it is not compliant, then anyone who asks a sword to Chu Ping An in the future will be expelled from the Sword Terrace by the Swordmaster Ranking.”
　　After listening to Huang Que’s explanation, Du Gu Qing Xiao’s gaze then fell on the Sword Terrace again.
　　And Huang Que said with a look of regret：
　　“We shouldn’t have postponed that half an hour just now. Otherwise, that Wangyou Valley definitely wouldn’t have had the time to issue a reward order in the old dragon court of the Kushi Sea.”
　　Du Gu Qing Xiao nodded and said：
　　“Even if there is time to issue a reward order, the news will not reach here immediately.”
　　Just at this time, Du Gu Qingxiao had already seen that on the Sword Terrace, the expressions of several sword-questioning cultivators from other worlds showed changes.
　　Obviously, they had received messages from the outside world.
　　And because of the spread of this matter, more and more cultivators wanted to go up to Qilin Peak to watch the battle.
　　In the jade slip in Huang Que’s hand, the upper echelons of various sects kept asking him about the seating on the stands.
　　But at this moment, Huang Que was not happy at all.
　　“Sorry to have kept everyone waiting. The Sword Terrace formation has been repaired, and this round of sword-questioning will continue！”
　　Just at this time, Elder Yu’s voice resounded again over the Sword Terrace.
　　Immediately afterwards, the Illusory shadow of the huge Sword Ranking also appeared again over the Sword Terrace.
　　Not　long　after.
　　The name of a cultivator named Lu Hu from Chaolu Sect in Chenglongtian appeared on the Sword Ranking.
　　Seeing this scene, both Huang Que and Du Gu Qingxiao’s hearts tightened.
Because next, as long as the Sword Ranking granted that Lu Hu’s sword-questioning request it would mean that the move of Wangyou Valley did not violate the rules of the Sword Ranking.
　　At this time, I saw that Lu Hu of Chaolu Sect walked to the center of the Sword Terrace, raised his head and cupped his hands towards the Sword Ranking above and said from a distance：
　　“With the True Martial Great Emperor above, Lu Hu of the Zhaolu Sect desires to challenge the casual cultivator Chu Ping’an of the True Martial Heaven. Please grant your permission, Great Emperor！”
　　Once these words were spoken, the entire field fell into a deathly silence.
　　Because the cultivators present, like Huang Que and Du Gu Qingxiao, were also waiting for the reply from the Sword Champion Ranking.
　　And in the midst of this deathly silence, above the True Martial Sword Champion Ranking, a golden character suddenly emerged – “Approved.”