The Romantic Cultivator

Chapter 1028 The Argos Palace (1)

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The bared back of Xuan Qiaoqiao had spurted forth feathery wings and she was now carrying Ji Yuan up the steep mountains of the Nightfall Heights.

Ji Yuan was once carried by Little Jie'Er in the air but compared to them. Xuan Qiaoqiao had effortlessly lifted him with her profound aura around him and they had taken flight up the steep mountains.

He was beginning to suspect that she actually had the profound strength to fly him all the way from the Nefarious Royal City to the Nightfall Heights and it was also no sweat for her.

Although Ji Yuan was quite speechless that they had actually run 3000 miles over the past 3 days to this place, he resisted the urge to question her as they were still in mid-air.

He was a little afraid that she may just decide to drop him in mid-air by saying that she was too exhausted or he was too heavy.

Xuan Qiaoqiao smiled wryly to him, "So, are you afraid of heights?"

Ji Yuan smiled weakly, "No…"

He was actually not afraid of heights as he used to climb down to the desolate mists with his bared hands. But he was a little afraid that she may drop him from such a great height instead.

In just a short time, they had traversed 30 miles and were on top of the Nightfall Height Mountains.

As soon as they emerged from the clouds, Ji Yuan immediately saw dozens of white palaces on the top of the flat plateau of the Nightfall Height Mountains.

At the same time, he saw hundreds of winged Ancient Old Ones in helmets and armors had already surrounded them; their approaches were not undetected as there were numerous subtle defensive arrays in the Nightfall Heights.

Xuan Qiaoqiao however was not bothered by their presence.

Instead she gently put Ji Yuan down to the ground and her gazes were piercing.

The hundreds of winged Ancient Old Ones were now slow to quicky showed their deference to Xuan Qiaoqiao whom they had already recognized when she had appeared.

"All hail Your Holiness, our Cardinal Priestess!" They quickly greeted her but maintained a distance from her.

Ji Yuan was quite startled when he saw that there were at least 10 7th cultivation realm cultivators, 30 6th realm cultivators and 100 5th realm cultivators from these sentries.

It is because in the Celestial Realm, golden celestials or 5th cultivation realm cultivators that have acquired their golden bodies are far superior to the 4th cultivation realm cultivators. Most of the cultivators that could reach the golden celestial level of the 5th cultivation realm are like arrogant young masters because they are hard to kill.

So it was quite inconceivable to Ji Yuan that there would be so many 'golden celestials' of this cultivation realm here that were acting as sentries.

Ji Yuan whispered to Xuan Qiaoqiao, "You sure look popular."

Xuan Qiaoqiao took a sheepish look at Ji Yuan as she whispered, "You are exactly as what your friends say of you. When you got nothing better to say, you still want to say something?"

Ji Yuan weakly said, "It isn't true…"

Xuan Qiaoqiao hummed softly, "I am the Cardinal Priestess. Of course I am popular. Then why do you think that they are greeting me instead of you?"

Ji Yuan immediately shut up and he was looking quite sheepish.

"Come, follow me to the Argos Palace." Xuan Qiaoqiao said to Ji Yuan as she looked at the nearest white palace in front of her.

Ji Yuan nodded as he began to follow her.

But barely had he taken a few steps, a bald and beardless man with black wings had flown out of the Argos Palace with several more flying Ancient Old Ones.

Actually all the men here were beardless as they were all 'True Spiritas' and lacked facial hair.

Ji Yuan saw that they were all 7th realm cultivators and the bald man in front had a robust 7th cultivation realm and he was probably the equivalent to a great saint.

All the men that were behind his bald man were donning helmets but this bald man did not. Instead, he was carrying his winged helmet with him.

There was something disconcerting about this approaching bald man when Ji Yuan saw that he had no ears.

He looked quite startled and asked Xuan Qiaoqiao, "He has no ears?"

Xuan Qiaoqiao merely whispered to him, "It is nothing strange. All the male Ancient Old Ones in this place do not have ears."

Ji Yuan: …

"Only the males? The males here are all cursed?"

Xuan Qiaoqiao gave a weak and sheepish look at Ji Yuan, "This is the custom of our Ancient Old Ones for the males to remove their ears or they would be too alike to the Spiritas slaves in this place. Also, ears would hinder the male Ancient Old ones from wearing their winged helmets which are their pride."

Ji Yuan: …

He muttered weakly, "You ought to tell me what other weird customs the Ancient Old Ones have…"

Xuan Qiaoqiao muttered weakly, "The males also circumcised themselves…"

Ji Yuan: …

All of a sudden Xuan Qiaoqiao whispered to him, "Be quiet or you will be in trouble. They are coming now."

The bald man and his guards were in front of Xuan Qiaoqiao in just a few instances after emerging from the Argos Palace. After all, they were flying with great haste.

The bald man looked overjoyed when he saw Xuan Qiaoqiao, "Your Holiness! You are finally back. Do you know that we have been searching everywhere for you?"

Xuan Qiaoqiao was back to her cold demeanor now and she coldly said, "Millenium Jun Feitian, I have merely visited the nearby cities for some sight seeing and have brought a slave in the slave market. What? Do you think that I will run away and abandon by noble duties?"

Ji Yuan thought: Well, you did run away...

The bald man Jun Feitian stared coldly at Ji Yuan, "You have brought a lowly slave back to the Nightfall Heights?"

Then he raised his hands as he said to the six men that were accompanying him, "Centurions, throw this lowly slave down the Nightfall Heights!"

Ji Yuan: …

I have barely stepped in this place and they are throwing me out already?

Xuan Qiaoqiao coldly interrupted, "You dare to touch my personal slave?! Don't forget that I am your Cardinal Priestess!"

Ji Yuan thought bitterly: Now I think that you are a powerless Cardinal Priestess in this place…

Jun Feitian smiled coldly, "This slave may well be a spy from the Nefarious Blood Kingdom. It is better to be safe than sorry."

Ji Yuan silently said with some bitterness: Do you have to be so cautious about this? I am not a spy from the Nefarious Blood Kingdom although I am a spy of your Cardinal Priestess...

"What is all these commotions?" A young and beautiful maiden with pointed ears had suddenly appeared with six maidens accompanying her.

Her suddenly appearance had interrupted Ji Yuan's thoughts and caused Jun Feitian to look in her direction.

She was smiling wryly and coolly walking slowly as she appraised Xuan Qiaoqiao and Ji Yuan.

Ji Yuan saw that she also had a robust cultivation and should be the equivalent of a great saintess.

Jun Feitian immediately greeted this young maiden, "Elder sister, the Cardinal Priestess has brought back a slave and this is outside the boundary of her rights."

This beautiful maiden nodded before she smiled wryly at Xuan Qiaoqiao, "Your Holiness. I'm so glad that you are back now. You must be quite tired from your journey. Why don't you pass this slave to me? As you know that I am the Cardinal Confidant and I am in charge of the slaves in the Nightfall Height. I can help you to better assign this slave to his more appropriate duties."

Xuan Qiaoqiao did not look pleased to see this beautiful maiden but she merely said, "Cardinal Confidant Jun Qianfeng, I am about to look for you regarding this matter. After you have delegated this slave his duty, bring him to me at once so that I may know his new duties but…"

She began to stare coldly at Jun Qianfeng, "I don't want you to mess around with my slave or any harm to befall him. Is that understood?"

Jun Qianfeng merely smiled as she looked at Ji Yuan, "A beautiful slave such as this human here is naturally a treasure that I will help my Cardinal Priestess to cherish."

Ji Yuan could feel his hair standing when she had said that; it was because he could feel her killing intents toward him.

Jun Qianfeng turned to Ji Yuan and said, "Slave. From now onward, you will be called 4444. This is your number as well as your identity."

Ji Yuan: …

4444?!

Right, a slave has no right to a name…

But why 4444?!

And not 1111?

Or 8888?

Xiang Li giggled: I like the number 69 best!

Ji Yuan: …

Fairy Anyang: ...

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Author Note:

1. I'd really appreciate it if the readers can contribute power stones to this story as a show of support even if you are reading from other websites. Your spirit stones are crucial for motivations and releases. Also, it means alot me/ story, Many love and thanks! ?(⌒▽⌒?)

2. The Dark Abyssal Realm is supposed to be a dark world but somehow with Ji Yuan, it always turn up to be a funny write ~___~