Chapter 654 The Gambit (1)
Chapter 654 The Gambit (1)
The next few rooms were almost identical to the first 3 rooms, with the same golden hallway but having 1 more portal each time that Ji Yuan and his group were in a new room.
Another thing that was identical was that the Boundless Sovereign Demon God was always in the canvas above the hallway dome. As for the Great Beyond Goddess, sometimes she was there and sometimes she was not. There was also sometimes the depiction of the other God Immortals as well and when they did appear, it was always a battle between them and the Boundless Sovereign Demon God.
It was relative quick for the first few rooms since Grand Holy Saintess Qi Yuexing and Old Reverend Beiyuan had already been here previously.
After Room 18, it was actually Old Reverend Beiyuan that led the way and he was laughing jovially as he led them through to the right portals in Room 18 and Room 19.
There was a look of displeasure on the countenance of Grand Holy Saintess Qi Yuexing as she followed Old Reverend Beiyuan into the portal but she said nothing.
Ji Yuan and the rest of his group, Yun Chi, Bai Qianfeng, Shui Xisi and the Lovely Empress were always behind them.
He was as usual was supported by Shui Xisi and the Lovely Empress even though he had completely recovered from his ordeal in Room 1. However, it did not hurt him to continue on his little act.
But still he could not resist laughing softly and looking at both Shui Xisi and the Lovely Empress with great tenderness.
Yun Chi and Bai Qianfeng on the other hand were excited and they were looking at the picturesque canvas on the top with great interest, especially the ones with the cultivators displaying their gestures during their battle with the Boundless Sovereign Demon God; they were in awe of the power of the God Immortals Race and they were even more in awe with the Boundless Sovereign Demon God and the golden runes that were being displayed in sequence which they had never seen before.
Both of them immediately proceeded to memorize as many of the runes as possible that were being displayed by the God Immortals and the Boundless Sovereign Demon God since this could shed a breakthrough in their cultivations.
The two of them seemed to have agreed silently that this trip was really the worthiest trip in the Empyrean Warrior Labyrinth and they were excited at the number of new cultivation techniques that they had picked up.
When they were in Room 20, Grand Holy Saintess Qi Yuexing and Old Reverend Beiyuan had paused for a while to evaluate the canvas imagery above them.
There were 22 portals this time and there were 9 on the left, 7 in the middle and 6 on the left.
This time there was only the Boundless Sovereign Demon God and there were a dozen demonic eyes on his demon sword and his sword was pointing left and he was looking to the middle.
Old Reverend Beiyuan had turned to look at the Grand Holy Saintess Qi Yuexing, “So which way should we go now?”
However the Grand Holy Saintess Qi Yuexing did not reply to him and she was studying the canvas imagery intently.
It was only then that Yun Chi and Bai Qianfeng had also turned around to see that Ji Yuan was chatting softly with Shui Xisi and the Lovely Empress.
Yun Chi smiled and said softly to Bai Qianfeng, “I knew that he is putting on an act ever since. He doesn’t look like an injured man. These two maidens just throw themselves at him. They are too shameless and moreover one of them is my disciple and the other one is the daughter of my enemy the Great Goddess Alice.”
Bai Qianfeng smiled awkwardly and replied defensively, “Our lord just needs some attention. Maybe he is just bored.”
Yun Chi took another look at Ji Yuan and sighed, “He doesn’t look bored anymore and he seems to be enjoying himself.”
She was right.
Bai Qianfeng began to fluster immediately as she obviously knew what was going on.
Shui Xisi and the Lovely Empress were both flushing hotly around Ji Yuan and it was because he did not keep his unclean hands from groping them from behind even though they had others in their group.
Old Reverend Beiyuan was suddenly laughing jovially, “Hohoho, I think we should go…”
The Grand Holy Saintess Qi Yuexing had suddenly said, “Left. We should go left.”
Old Reverend Beiyuan frowned, “We should go middle and pick the most left portal.”
The Grand Holy Saintess Qi Yuexing hummed coldly, “We should go left and pick the middle portal instead.” 𝑛𝒪𝗏𝔢𝐋𝒩𝑬xt.𝒸𝑶𝑚
“Middle!”
“Left!”
All of a sudden they were quarreling over the directions.
Ji Yuan, Yun Chi, Bai Qianfeng, Shui Xisi and the Lovely Empress were suddenly smiling weakly; it was because if these two God Immortals had picked the wrong choices, then this would mean the end of their cultivation life.
Bai Qianfeng and Yun Chi had no mood to study the canvas imagery at this time and they were staring at the portals and the clues given so that they would find the correct portal.
The Lovely Empress Lu Jiangsu asked nervously, “What is this trial that we will be facing if we pick the wrong portal again?”
Ji Yuan weakly said, “I didn’t think that they mention it.”
Shui Xisi smiled bitterly, “I think they did say that we can’t survive any of the trials as far as I can remember.”
Old Reverend Beiyuan had suddenly turned around with an awkward look, “Don’t worry. I have a plan for this.”
Ji Yuan said bitterly, not knowing if he should laugh or cry. “So, what exactly is your plan?”
Old Reverend Beiyuan laughed weakly, “Grand Holy Saintess Yuexing and I will take turn to enter the portal, of course. In this way, your group won’t have to take any of the trials.”
Yun Chi said weakly as she interrupted, “Then how do we know if the choice that you’ve picked is the right one? How do we know if we should follow after you?”
“That’s right.” Ji Yuan added in with a bitter smile. “What if you’re wrong?”
The Lovely Empress Lu Jiangsu weakly said as well, “Yea, what if you are wrong? Don’t tell me you have a way to tell us that?”
Old Reverend Beiyuan laughed weakly, “Of course I do have a way. All you need to do is to wait me in this place for a full day. I will be back as soon as possible. Isn’t my plan brilliant or not?”
Ji Yuan raised his golden eyes to look with shock at Old Reverend Beiyuan, “Have you ever considered the possibility that you will die inside that portal and you will never come back?”
Old Reverend Beiyuan looked a little shock, “Indeed, I’ve never considered that as a possibility.”
Ji Yuan: …
Yun Chi, Bai Qianfeng, Shui Xisi and the Lovely Empress: …
Old Reverend Beiyuan laughed weakly, “But there is a possibility that I may be too serious injured. Maybe you should wait for me for 2 days or more? Just in case, I couldn’t muster the profound strength to enter the Goddess Star Palace again. You should know how tough the gates of the Goddess Star Palace are right? Also, I may need more days if I keep failing to pick the portals. There are no way my profound cultivation pills can regenerate my profound strength so quickly too.”
Ji Yuan: …
Yun Chi, Bai Qianfeng, Shui Xisi and the Lovely Empress: …
Ji Yuan exclaimed weakly, “This sounds better like having no plan at all.”
Old Reverend Beiyuan began to laugh jovially, “I’m glad that you like my plan after all.”
The Grand Holy Saintess Qi Yuexing hummed coldly, “Can’t you tell that this Ji Yuan is being sarcastic?”
Old Reverend Beiyuan: …
Ji Yuan laughed weakly, “Hahaha…”
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Author Note:
1. This is the wiki link for The Romantic Cultivator: https://the-romantic-cultivator.fandom.com/wiki/Ji_Yuan
Finally a list of heroines now after several requests ^___^;