Chapter 1845: Chapter 1845: Qingyun Platform
"It’s fine. Just one year, I’ll wait for you! I can also take this time to consolidate my cultivation... However, as the Junior House Master of the Mansion of Azure Clouds, and now that I’m on your turf, you must find me a good place to train!"
Augustine Landon nodded, and as he spoke, his tone turned a bit playful at the end.
Whoosh!
Almost the instant Augustine’s words fell, the sound of something cutting through the air suddenly echoed, and an object appeared in the void, swiftly darting towards Augustine.
However, such speed meant nothing in front of Augustine.
With a mere raise of his hand, he caught the object that pierced through the air. Upon examining it, he found it to be a light, wooden-like token with the number ’9’ carved on its front.
Flipping the token, the back was carved with several floating stone platforms, each with its own stone chamber.
In the bottom right of the design, three small characters were engraved:
Qingyun Platform!
"Is this... the key to the Number Nine Qingyun Platform?"
Seeming to have realized something, Augustine couldn’t help but take a deep breath.
The Qingyun Platform, in the Mansion of Azure Clouds, is an excellent place for cultivation, with the Spirit Gathering Array inside directly connected to the semi-third-rank Holy Stone mines of the Mansion!
Generally speaking, only some outstanding disciples of the Mansion of Azure Clouds can enter the Qingyun Platform to cultivate.
Because to enter the Qingyun Platform for training, one must be very strong!
There are a total of eighty-one Qingyun Platforms, reportedly floating above the Main Mansion of the Mansion of Azure Clouds, divided into three tiers.
At the highest level, there are nine Qingyun Platforms that form a circle, they are Number One Qingyun Platform, Number Two Qingyun Platform, Number Three Qingyun Platform... Number Nine Qingyun Platform!
It is said that in terms of training environment, these nine Qingyun Platforms are no less than the training grounds of the high-level members of the Mansion of Azure Clouds.
And now, the key to the Number Nine Qingyun Platform in Augustine’s hand is precisely for opening the Number Nine Qingyun Platform, and only those who have the key can enter to train.
Beneath the nine Qingyun Platforms that form a circle, there is another circle of Qingyun Platforms totaling eighteen.
The training environment of these eighteen Qingyun Platforms is slightly inferior to the previous nine.
Further below is another circle of Qingyun Platforms, totaling fifty-four, with a training environment inferior to the upper two tiers of Qingyun Platforms, yet still much better than the usual training places for the disciples of the Mansion of Azure Clouds.
With such great training environments on the eighty-one Qingyun Platforms, naturally many disciples of the Mansion of Azure Clouds wish to train there.
However, to train on the Qingyun Platforms, one must have considerable strength.
If one is weak, even if they temporarily occupy a Qingyun Platform, it can soon be taken by another.
"As expected of the son of the Protector Landon of Mysterious Void Mansion, you even know about our Qingyun Platform in the Mansion of Azure Clouds... This is indeed the key to the Number Nine Qingyun Platform, I have already informed the elder in charge of the Qingyun Platform, you can train in the Number Nine Qingyun Platform without any contest from our Mansion’s disciples, so you can train there with peace of mind!"
With these words, a figure that seemed like a phantom appeared in the central main hall.
The person was none other than the House Master of the Mansion of Azure Clouds, Lanni Barnes!
As for the key to the Number Nine Qingyun Platform, it was given to Augustine by him.
"Father!"
Seeing that Lanni Barnes had arranged everything, Wyatt’s heart warmed.
"Greetings, House Master Barnes!"
Meanwhile, Augustine also gathered his wits and saluted Lanni Barnes.
"I heard that when Wyatt was in Mysterious Void Mansion, both you and your father took good care of him... I, Lanni Barnes, will remember this favor."
Lanni Barnes nodded to Augustine with a smile and said, "However, since you are Wyatt’s friend, and he calls your father ’Uncle Augustine’... In the future, you should call me ’Uncle Barnes’, no need to use House Master!"
"Yes, Uncle Barnes."
Augustine was not a rigid person and changed his address right away.
The next moment, Augustine handed the key to the Number Nine Qingyun Platform back to Lanni Barnes.
Under the confused gaze of Lanni Barnes, Augustine said, "Uncle Barnes, I have long heard that your Mansion’s Qingyun Platform is the best ’trial by fire’... therefore, in the upcoming period, I wish to compete for the Qingyun Platform as a disciple of the Mansion of Azure Clouds, rather than sitting back and enjoying the privileges!"
In Augustine’s bones, he wasn’t a person who liked to stay still; directly granting him a ’privilege’ actually made him uncomfortable.
Instead, he’d rather rely on his own strength to carve out a path!
Hearing Augustine’s words, Lanni Barnes looked at him with appreciation and unhesitatingly took back the key to the Number Nine Qingyun Platform.
"Since you said so, then I will agree! However, I must first remind you, without this key to the Number Nine Qingyun Platform, with your strength, it may be challenging to enter the best nine Qingyun Platforms to cultivate."
"In our Mansion of Azure Clouds, due to the existence of the Blackarmor Army, many disciples above the Human Saint Realm, to compete for the position of Centurion in the Blackarmor Army, are unwilling to become ordinary elders... because once you become an ordinary elder, it also means you cannot join the Blackarmor Army!"
"Do you understand what I mean?"
At the end, Lanni Barnes asked.
"I understand Uncle Barnes’ intention."
Augustine nodded.
As for Wyatt, who had already returned to the Mansion of Azure Clouds for some time, he naturally also understood his father’s intention.
Because of the rule that the elders of the Mansion of Azure Clouds cannot join the Blackarmor Army, many disciples of the Mansion of Azure Clouds above the Human Saint Realm are unwilling to become elders of the Mansion.
For this reason, they are willing to give up enjoying the superior training environment that comes effortlessly and choose a training environment like the Qingyun Platform that is full of instability.
The elders of the Mansion of Azure Clouds all have their own training grounds, environments superior to the highest nine Azure Platforms!
It is precisely because of this that the disciples of the Mansion of Azure Clouds competing for the Azure Platforms include not only those at the Great Saint Realm level but also quite a few above the Human Saint Realm.
At least, the best nine Azure Platforms are generally occupied by disciples of the Mansion of Azure Clouds at the Human Saint Realm level.
Based on Augustine’s current intention, he merely wants to go to the Azure Platform himself, vying for the best training ground!
Perhaps, during this process, he can gain something, something that can’t be obtained by sitting back and waiting.
Lanni Barnes respects Augustine’s opinion, and naturally, Wyatt Barnes respects it too.
"Brother Augustine, then you must give it your all... Whenever I have time, I’ll come to see you!"
Wyatt Barnes looked at Augustine and said with a smile.
"What? Brother Wyatt, you don’t want to try the Azure Platform?"
Augustine asked with a smile.
"Given my current cultivation, under normal circumstances, I can’t seize the best nine Azure Platforms... Besides, in the coming period, my schedule will be very tight."
Wyatt Barnes shook his head.
Without using the ’Splendid Fairy Sword,’ it is difficult for him now to defeat disciples of the Mansion of Azure Clouds above the Human Saint Realm.
And going to the Azure Platform, he can’t use the Splendid Fairy Sword!
The Splendid Fairy Sword is a lethal weapon in his hand, when drawn, it must see blood!
On the Azure Platform, all the disciples are from the Mansion of Azure Clouds, all of them his own people; naturally, he cannot use the Splendid Fairy Sword against them.
In the coming ten months, Wyatt Barnes’s time is tight, he must have the best training environment, he has no time to go to the Azure Platform.
Moreover, because he has to enter the Jewel Tower to cultivate, he must have an absolutely quiet and undisturbed training environment.
And such a training environment, his father, as the House Master of the Mansion of Azure Clouds, can effortlessly provide for him.
Considering all these, he doesn’t plan to train on the Azure Platform.
Perhaps he will go in the future.
But that will be after fulfilling the ’Five-Year Agreement.’
"Brother Wyatt, have you encountered something?"
Augustine naturally knows Wyatt is not afraid of trouble. Hearing Wyatt say this, he faintly sensed a dangerous aura.
Wyatt heard the words and looked at Lanni Barnes, seemingly seeking his opinion.
Lanni Barnes nodded.
"Brother Augustine..."
Then, Wyatt Barnes told him about the ’Five-Year Agreement’ with Emperor End of the Dragonsmith Clan.
"Emperor End? That Five-Clawed Golden Dragon of the Dragonsmith Clan?!"
After listening to Wyatt Barnes, Augustine’s face changed drastically, his pupils shrunk, he hurriedly said, "Brother Wyatt, no way! You can’t fulfill this five-year agreement... It’s too dangerous! Too dangerous!"
Now Augustine was somewhat out of sorts, as if he himself were about to face the threat, not Wyatt Barnes.
"Don’t worry, Brother Augustine, there’s still ten months left, I have assurance."
Wyatt Barnes said with a smile.
"What assurance do you have!"
Upon hearing Wyatt’s words, Augustine was not convinced, "That Emperor End is the royal ’Five-Clawed Golden Dragon’ of the Dragonsmith Clan, although he hasn’t fully matured, his strength can already compare with some of the weaker elders of the Five-Clawed Divine Dragon... Moreover, you mentioned that five years ago, he was already at the peak of the Human Saint Realm."
"Now, after five years, he is likely to have stepped into the ’Earth Saint Realm’!"
"Even if we assume he hasn’t stepped into the ’Earth Saint Realm’ and remains at the peak of the Human Saint Realm, you still can’t handle him! Although you have the ’Demon Sealing Monument,’ the monument can only target Demon Cultivators, whereas the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon Emperor End is not a Demon Cultivator."
Augustine said with visible trepidation.
"So... Brother Wyatt, it’s okay if you don’t fulfill this five-year agreement! Even if it’s spread around, no one will say you’re cowardly, after all, when Emperor End became famous, you weren’t even born yet."
Augustine advised.
"Brother Augustine, you don’t need to persuade me."
Wyatt Barnes shook his head, "I’ve already made up my mind about this... Rest assured, I won’t gamble with my life!"
"Besides, you’ve known me for quite some time, do you think I’m the kind of person who invites trouble upon myself?"
Later on, Wyatt Barnes asked with a smile.
Augustine was momentarily stunned.
Recalling, indeed, the Brother Wyatt standing in front of him, since knowing him, hasn’t been the kind to invite trouble.
Including back during the life and death battle outside the Life and Death Chamber of the Heavenly Palace, this Brother Wyatt had overwhelmingly crushed the disciple Quentin of the Dunn Family, who most people didn’t favor, and even killed Quentin.
"Brother Wyatt, this time is different..."
Augustine said wryly, "Your opponent this time is not some Quentin, but Emperor End!"