Chapter 1174, Not Interested in Looking for a Partner; She Just Has Not Come Across Someone She Loves

Translator: Fate

Translation Checker: Silavin

 

Although Jing Xiao was dispassionate and taciturn, she was innocent and naive.

 

After a conversion with Gu Changge, she took a liking to him. She felt he was like her Eldest Senior Brother. He was gentle when treating others and carried himself elegantly. It was as though there was nothing in the world he was unaware of. He could easily point out the key to cultivating one’s power and talk about many aspects.

 

Jing Xiao was amazed by how knowledgeable he was. Although she had been reading a lot of books since a young age, she still felt inferior to this Eldest Senior Brother from the Xian Yun Practice Grounds.

 

It was then she realised it was true that there were always stronger and more knowledgeable people out there.

 

She also discovered that when conversing with this Eldest Senior Brother from the Xian Yun Practice Grounds, she appeared ignorant and even foolish. However, she did not feel uncomfortable at all. Instead, she felt completely at ease when conversing with him. She felt that she had been taken care of.

 

This reminded her of something that the Seniors in her Family talked about when she was a young child.

 

It was said that when she felt at ease and well taken care of when conversing with someone, it showed that the person was way more talented than she was.

 

This was the kind of feeling she had for this Eldest Senior Brother from the Xian Yun Practice Grounds whom she had just gotten to know. For this reason, she admired him and intended to get closer to him.

 

When they arrived at the Imperial Celestial Palace and appeared in the council hall, she came to her senses and quickly kept her mouth shut. Her Master, Elder Jiu Lin, had coughed to remind her to keep quiet.

 

The Elders and Disciples from other Practice Grounds turned to look at Jing Xiao in shock. She had unknowingly put on a faint smile. Her behaviour was slightly inappropriate in this solemn hall.

 

She hurriedly hung her head low as her ears burned. Her porcelain-like face also reddened.

 

She had never expected that she would be so mesmerised in a conversation with a young man that she could not come to her senses for a long time one day.

 

With her head lowered, she stole glances at Gu Changge, only to discover that he was still calm and collected.

 

He behaved in a way just like when he was outside the hall. He did not feel any pressure at all.

 

One had to know that the people in this place were the most brilliant Disciples of the current generation, Elders who were just as powerful as Elder Jiu Lin, and the current Palace Master of the Imperial Celestial Palace.

 

An average Disciple would not dare to be so at ease.

 

This made Jing Xiao admire Gu Changge even more.

 

Following the arrival of Elder Jiu Lin and Elder Xian Yun in this magnificent hall, all the Elders of the Imperial Celestial Palace were present.

 

The Palace Master of the Imperial Celestial Palace, Ling Qiuchang, coughed and said, “It seems that all of you are here. It’s time for me to announce what the matter is about.”

 

At the same time, he pocketed his gaze in shock from Jing Xiao, who had just entered the hall. He did not expect to see a faint smile on the face of his friend’s Daughter. Even more shocking was when she hung her head low and also appeared meek. She even stole glances at the young man in white clothes!

 

This made Ling Qiuchang gratified as his interest had been piqued.

 

He initially thought that the Daughter of his good friend was dispassionate and focused on pursuing the Great Dao, that she was not interested in looking for a partner. It now just seemed that she had not come across someone she had taken an interest in.

 

The young man indeed looked handsome and brilliant. He was still calm and collected in this kind of situation. There was no doubt he had a bright future.

 

Nevertheless, Ling Qiuchang had never seen him before. He wondered if the young man was a Disciple that an Elder had been hiding from everyone.

 

Anyway, it was a good thing. He would not disappoint his friend for trusting him at the very least.

 

At the same time, it would also prevent Jing Xiao and Ling Yuxian from getting into a conflict again.

 

Ling Qiuchang had no idea why the two of them, who were supposed to be good friends, would get into a battle a while back. Jing Xiao ignored the dissuasion from her Family and insisted on joining the Imperial Celestial Palace only to defeat Ling Yuxian and get her revenge.

 

This was giving Ling Qiuchang a headache. One of them was an important ancient existence of the Imperial Celestial Palace, and the other was the Daughter of his good friend. As such, he could not side with either of them.

 

Moreover, as he thought deeply about it, the relationship between Ling Yuxian and Jing Xiao was even more complicated.

 

After all, the Jing Family behind Jing Xiao was left behind by the Founder of the Imperial Celestial Palace .

 

In the hall, all the Elders had been waiting for Ling Qiuchang to tell them what was going on. One of them asked, “Why have you summoned all of us to return, Palace Master?”

 

Elder Jiu Lin and the others snapped back to reality and looked at Ling Qiuchang.

 

Ling Qiuchang took a look at Ling Yuxian. When he saw her nodding, he said, “I’ve asked all of you to return because a major event is about to happen in the Imperial Celestial Palace. I hope all the Elders and the brilliant Disciples of your Practice Grounds will assist me.”

 

“The Founder of the Imperial Celestial Palace is about to return!”

 

That was the reason Ling Qiuchang gave an order as the Palace Master to summon all the Elders to the council hall. He had to inform them about this matter.

 

Upon hearing that, all the Elders and Disciples in the hall were rooted to the spot.

 

They initially speculated that Ling Qiuchang had received news and learned that a calamity was about to strike the Primary Hope Civilisation, which was why he told all the Elders and their Disciples to return so that they could discuss what to do.

 

Much to their surprise, the matter had something to do with the Founder who had gone missing.

 

All of them were flabbergasted as they found it inconceivable.

 

Elder Jiu Lin and the others could not come to their senses, for the news was too shocking.

 

It had been countless epochs since the Founder founded the Imperial Celestial Palace. Many eras had passed.

 

It could be said that the Imperial Celestial Palace was one of the oldest Forces in the Primary Hope Civilisation. As such, it was surprising that the Founder, who had been missing for countless epochs, was about to return.

 

The news was inconceivable. If Ling Qiuchang had never seriously summoned all the Elders and Disciples to return, no one would have believed it.

 

If the Founder returned, it would mean that the current status of the Imperial Celestial Palace would change drastically. The situation in the Primary Hope Civilisation would experience a reshuffle.

 

The hall was in dead silence as no one spoke. All the Elders and Disciples were anxious.

 

Many people came to their senses and they could hardly conceal their excitement.

 

Ling Qiuchang was not surprised by their reaction. After all, he reacted the same way when he received the news back then. He would not have believed it if Ling Yuxian was not the one telling him about it.