The Emperor of the Three Realms
chapter 58
Heh heh, have you heard of it? The ten-year competition of the Argus Star Palace will begin within three days. It seems that the Southern Sect and the Northern Sect think that their victory is certain.”
“Sst. How could a group of women from the Northern Sect win over the ferocious beasts of the Southern Sect. They had never won against the Southern Sect for the past sixty years.”
"What happens then happens. It was said that Sectmistress Jade of the Northern Sect had obtained some disciples whose potential was quite good. Everything was beautiful due to a mistake, and there was great hope for the sect to win over the Southern Sect this time.”
"Anything! Either the Southern Sect or the Northern Sect wins, it is not our turn to stay in the Argus Star Palace. It was just a group of men who turned into a group of women.”
Jiang Chen heard footage of this conversation from the next table in a tavern.
In the days after he arrived at the Great Stone Country, he had heard a lot of information about the Northern and Southern Sect of the Argus Star Palace.
The winner would be able to stay in the Star Argus Palace, and the loser would have to set off and find another location to settle in.
Of course, this happens once every ten years. If a sect lost, then they would only need to make a comeback at a later time.
Jiang Chen drank alone, but his hearing was focused to all sides. “His Zephyr” ears are now at the third level and his hearing is at least two to three times stronger than the average practitioner.
All sorts of information and messages were flowing in right now.
Argus Star Palace, Northern Sect, chick, pretty…
Useful information was constantly filtered and imprinted separately by Jiang Chen.
Resting his wine cup, Jiang Chen put down some silver and floated out the door. He decided to stop by the Star Argus Palace.
If the Lotus Harvester were to make an incident lately, then there was no more suitable location in the entire Tianhu region than the Argus Star Palace.
Beautiful disciples, this item alone was already quite interesting.
The law of rapists is the higher the level of victim training, the better. Therefore, trained girls are a favorite of rapists.
And where else in the Great Stone province has more beauty than the current Argus Star Palace? Not to mention the fact that they were all practitioners, it would be a great harvest if these girls were picked.
Jiang Chen pondered things from the point of view of the Lotus Harvester and felt that even though the Lotus Harvester had not done an incident, he would definitely come out and pluck something.
Jiang Chen used some materials to make some adjustments and disguised himself after leaving the capital. His face currently looked like a man in his thirties who was wandering gallantly.
This kind of prowess and vagrant character numbered at least eight hundred million, even a billion in the Eastern Kingdom. Jiang Chen's disguise was truly extraordinary. It was the type that would not be chosen if thrown into the middle of the crowd.
The topography of the Argus Star Palace is ideal. A city called Star City had formed within 50 km around the Star Argus Palace, and was built in reliance on the Star Argus Palace.
The existence of a sect, even an ordinary sect, would bring a wide influence to the surrounding environment.
Two days later, Jiang Chen arrived at Star City and learned that not just anyone could witness the competition between the Northern Sect and the Southern Star Palace Argus.
Only three hundred spectators are allowed. After the predetermined quota was eliminated, there were only about a hundred places left for outsiders.
The number of valiant nomads that surged into Star City the past few days numbered over a hundred thousand.
Over a hundred thousand people were competing for around a hundred places equivalent to one in a thousand. This is not just an ordinary level of difficulty.
However, Jiang Chen knew that in order to investigate the Lotus Harvester, he would have to obtain an observation point.
If Jiang Chen were to reveal his status as the heir to the rank of a duke, he would definitely cause a commotion in Star City. Getting an observation deck is not difficult.
However, if he did, it would mean breaking the rules, and he would be immediately kicked out of the competition.
Jiang Chen arrived at the Star Argus Palace headquarters stationed in Star City. There is already a sea of humanity and it is full of humans.
“I will pay thirty thousand silver, who is willing to give me a place?”
“Sst. Dude, did you just wake up from your dream? One hundred thousand silver could not even buy a place now, how could you offer the price of tens of thousands?
"Eh..."
“I am from five meridians true qi, don't I have the right to watch the battle?”
“Sorry, our rule is unless you have the right to enter only if you are from the actual six qi meridians.”
“My brother, I have a relationship with Xie Qiang of the Southern Sect. Make an exception for me?”
“Who Xie Qiang? We only acknowledge relationships with Sectmasters and elders.”
“My brother, I am the boss of Thousand Horse Hall. Your Star Argus Palace has also been in business with me. This observation spot..”
“Sorry, business is business and relationships are relationships. If you have money, there are still some places that are sold. One hundred thousand silver for one.”
“Gah, I'll buy one!”
Jiang Chen did a hearing check and comments like this went into his ears. The whole scene went haywire. Everyone tried their hardest and tried their hardest to get an observation spot.
“Ai, when a person is poor, his ambition will not be achieved. It seems like we are destined to be unlucky to witness this ten-year competition between the Northern and Southern sects.”
“What can we do, Argus Star Palace is arrogant. Apparently the participating disciples this time were all disciples of five true qi meridians.”
“Ck ck, the power and influence of the leading sects in the Tianhu region is fine. This genius disciple might not lose even when placed among the sons and disciples of various nobles?”
“This.... they may be on the same level?”
However, this Star Argus Palace was only a sect in the Tianhu region. It was something to be proud of and dignified as they boasted so many disciples of the five true qi meridians.
Jiang Chen stood in the corner, arguing over how to obtain an observation invitation.
He was deliberately disguised as a true qi independent practitioner of three meridians with humble strength. He had no desire to reveal his talent and attract the attention of the Lotus Harvester.
Hence, he was completely unable to reveal his true strength.
After thinking for a while, Jiang Chen came up with an idea.
“Brother, my strength in martial dao is mediocre, but my potential in spirit medicine is quite high. I am also very proficient in the dao of alchemy. I can help if there is a knife wound that resulted in the process.”
“High potential in spirit treatment? It will only be proven through tests. If you really have such capabilities, then it is fine to get an invitation.”
Jiang Chen took the spirit medicine test according to the instructions of the others. It was practically as easy as eating for Jiang Chen.
Jiang Chen was treated as an honored guest in less than fifteen minutes. His spirit medicine even caused the spirit medicine administrator of the Argus Star Palace, who took over personal command of the region, to even slightly admit defeat.
This way, an invitation was already in hand and “Great Master of Chen” Spirit Medicine was written on it.
Jiang Chen had shaken himself and become “Great Master Chen”.
Jiang Chen's status immediately improved greatly with the invitation, becoming an honored and honorable guest. A person specially tasked with taking him to the headquarters of the Argus Star Palace and arranging a first-rate living room for him.
“Heh heh, it seems like someone should have expertise in one area of expertise. One would not even be able to enter the door without a certain special skill.”
Jiang Chen laughed self-deprecatingly and sat cross-legged on the bed.
Obviously it was not the thing to do if he started practicing the technique in a powerful and dynamic way while in the territory of others. Jiang Chen meditated for a while and started circulating huge waves of true qi in his body, strengthening his meridians.
After strengthening his meridians, Jiang Chen began training three abilities “God” Eyes, “Zephyr” Ears, and “Hati Boulder”.
As of now, Jiang Chen had trained “God”'s eyes to the peak of the third level, and “Zephyr”'s ears to the peak of the third level as well.
Progress is still slow at “Boulder's Heart”, as he has just entered the second level.
“Said that this ability can break through Thirty-Three Heavens (2), therefore there should be 33 levels. I just started from zero.”
Jiang Chen also knew that the earliest stage of training was the easiest. Unfortunately, this will become more difficult as it progresses.
The distance that can be reached by “Mata Dewa” and “Zephyr” ears is only a thousand meters radius.
Further would be beyond his control.
The mental strength of "Psychic Head" could not be defined quantitatively, yet Jiang Chen could clearly sense that his mental state had improved greatly.
The mental state can only be perceived in the most subtle detail. It was an instinctive power, a sixth sense, a seventh that exceeded the five senses…
Jiang Chen woke up early the next morning because the ten-year event of the Argus Star Palace started today.
As a “Great Master Chen” in the spirit medicine world, he had actually gotten a second-rate seat. This chair is quite ideal and is located just behind “tall and mighty” people in the first row.
Jiang Chen used “Dewa”'s eyes to observe a bit and found that those sitting in front all had strength that was not inferior to the Northern and Southern Sectmaster/lady of Argus Star Palace.
They were mostly at the seven meridians of true qi.
“It looks like the martial dao culture is growing rapidly in Batu Besar province. It was a rare sight to present so many seven true qi meridians practitioners.” Jiang Chen evaluated silently, but was also a little worried. “With so many true qi practitioners of seven meridians holding back the fortress, even with the true qi of eight meridians Lotus Harvester, he probably wouldn't dare to do something rash?”
Jiang Chen's emotions were quite complicated. He both hoped for the Lotus Harvester to appear, but also did not want the female practitioner to be targeted.
As he was worried, a group of people walked out of the hallway on both sides.
One side was wearing all-black clothes, they were from the Southern sect.
One side were all female and mostly wore fluffy yellow clothes, clearly the Northern Sect.
The Southern Sectmaster was named Shen Rong and was around forty years old. Its long whip as well as its thin and slender face, gave off an impression of dignity.
Everyone called the Sectmistress of the Northern Sect as “Mrs Jade”. She was a young married woman and was actually only around 27 or 28 years old. A pair of pointed almond eyes adorned his face and he was very alluring. No one knew whether it was his actual age or whether he was skilled at making himself look youthful.
As a guest, Jiang Chen could not help but respect and observe the two heads of their sects through “God's eyes”. But from his outer appearance, both of them were actually in the advanced realms of true qi.
As for whether it was seven meridians true qi or eight meridians, Jiang Chen was also unable to measure them, without looking closely.
“Heh heh, sister of Jade, it has been ten years but your elegance remains the same as before.” Shen Rong chuckled and led the conversation.
“Save a blank chat Shen Rong. In the competition this time around, my Northern Sect will actually take back control of Argus Star Palace.” Madame Jade's delicate eyebrows curved up and her jade-like voice sounded.
“Alright, let our disciples fight firmly!” Shen Rong smiled freely and easily.
The Land of the Thirty-Three Heavens is a desirable god realm in Buddhism.
