"Don't go, don't go!"

"We never objected!"

"Yeah yeah, at least I didn't object just now!"

Lang Zhi grabbed Brother Cheng's sleeve with one hand while roaring sharply at the crowd.

"Who was against it just now, get your ass out here!"

"Whoever doesn't support Lord Jiang, come out and apologize!"

It wasn't just him; all the other cultivators around started clamoring as well.

"Come out and apologize!"

"Lord Jiang's prestige isn't something you people can question!"

What could they do? This was a Lord who could actually produce Five-Colored Origin.

You couldn't find a Lord like that even with a lantern search.

If he left, that would be a loss for everyone in the Celestial Rainbow Territory.

Even if he didn't want the position, everyone still had to beg him to take it.

Forget Yan Zun; even Vice Lords Geng River and Mo Nian, whose attitude had been unclear before, were shoved out by the crowd.

And the ones shoving them out were actually their own clan disciples.

These local cultivators had no desire to watch such a precious Lord slip away just like that.

So the two could only pull long faces and bow repeatedly to Brother Cheng.

"Lord Jiang, we were blind and ignorant!"

"Please stay. As long as you stay, everything can be discussed."

"We'll fully support you. Whoever dares show you disrespect, we'll be the first to wipe him out!"

"Right right right, everyone in the Celestial Rainbow Territory will take you as the supreme authority, we'll fully cooperate!"

Yan Zun, who had been the most vehement opponent earlier, had now become the target of everyone's ire.

"What was it you said before?"

"Yeah, weren't you just saying if Lord Jiang only got four colors then blah blah blah?"

"Hurry up and apologize!"

Yan Zun's mouth twitched. In the end he steeled himself, pulled a bitter face and said, "Grandpa was wrong. As long as you stay, whatever you want is fine…"

He possessed the Vice Lord's Mark, and that mark's effect was bound to the Lord's Mark.

However great an Origin effect the Lord could trigger, that was exactly how much benefit he would receive.

This was also an enormous opportunity for him.

Faced with the chance to boost his cultivation speed, face already didn't matter.

Besides, did he dare sing a different tune at a time like this?

If this kept up, someone might actually chop off his head just to appease Lord Jiang's anger.

Brother Cheng was also completely defeated by them.

He really didn't want to stay.

"This kind of jail-bird life is way too boring."

He spread his hands. "It's not that I don't want to do good for everyone, it's just that this means nothing to me. Squatting in one spot all day, can't go anywhere, too damn dull…"

Everyone was too speechless to even complain.

Only you could say that.

If it were any other Lord talking like this, he'd be flamed to death.

Yan Zun reacted quickly, a light bulb going off as he said, "If you find it boring, we can pick out a group of absolute stunners to perform song and dance out here by the Ice Eye every day, how about that?"

Everyone was just about to roast him: what kind of rotten idea is that.

At Lord Jiang's level, who would still care about beauties?

But Brother Cheng's eyes lit up.

He rubbed his chin and pretended to be calm. "That proposal is actually quite constructive."

Thump!

A lot of people toppled over on the spot.

So this really was hitting him right in the sweet spot, huh?

So others started unleashing their own wild ideas.

"I propose we build a luxurious sleeping palace encircling this Ice Eye!" Geng River said.

Brother Cheng gave him a thumbs-up. "This kid is teachable!"

Lang Zhi refused to be outdone. "I propose we set up a Four-sided Shadow Transmission Array around here, so Lord Jiang can watch the outside world to kill time while cultivating in the Ice Eye every day…"

Wasn't that just watching TV?

"You kid really can come up with some new tricks for me!"

Lang Zhi had lived for tens of billions of years and was an Emperor Realm Fourth Layer expert, but being called "kid" by Lord Jiang didn't annoy him in the slightest; instead, he looked rather smug.

His expression seemed to say: see how smart I am?

So everyone else rushed to offer suggestions as well.

Some proposed delivering gourmet food every day.

Some proposed sending people daily to tell the Lord stories.

Others proposed pooling resources to supply Lord Jiang's daily cultivation.

They really were treating him like an ancestor to be worshiped.

In the end, that resource-pooling suggestion finally completely moved Brother Cheng.

Lying here "on the toilet" every day and still receiving tribute… that was worth considering.

So he finally nodded.

"Since you're all so eager to keep me, I'll stay and make a contribution for everyone!"

"Honestly, you're too polite. I don't need that many conditions to bring blessings to you all."

As he spoke, he conjured a Dragon Couch inside the Ice Eye and lay down on it.

"Of course, since you're all so enthusiastic, I'll reluctantly accept those conditions."

Everyone's mouths twisted; you really do take the bargain and still act coy.

So over the next few days, the area around the Ice Eye became truly lively.

The most luxurious sleeping palace in the city shot up around the Ice Eye, the beauty song-and-dance troupe really showed up, and dozens of Memorial Arrays in the surroundings played "programs" from all over the place every day to entertain Brother Cheng.

This guy lay on the Dragon Couch, eating "gourmet food" offered from various places.

It was just a pity that the Ice Race's delicacies were all kinds of ice, leaving this guy both laughing and crying.

In those days of songs and dances, he also received fixed tribute every day.

After he'd accumulated some resources, Lord Jiang finally started popping pills to level up.

Silver Moon Ice Essence was something the Ice Race People used to raise their Immortal Power Realm, its meaning similar to Immortal Crystals.

Other Immortals probably couldn't use this thing, but he had Ice's Profound Pattern.

After the Refinement of Silver Moon Ice Essence, it could automatically convert into his own Immortal Power cultivation.

After a full day, he finished converting all thirty thousand Silver Moon Ice Essences he'd recently seized, and his Profound Soul Realm finally rose to the late-stage of Emperor Realm Second Layer.

Profound Soul advancement meant that the power of all his Profound Patterns had risen across the board.

This was of enormous significance to Jiang Cheng.

Off to the side, Gong Qing was already sighing in awe.

In her whole life she'd never seen anyone refine Silver Moon Ice Essence this fast.

You had to know, this stuff was extremely high-end and precious.

Since she started cultivating in the Emperor Realm Second Layer to this day, she'd only used a few dozen pieces, and most of the time she'd relied on other, more low-level treasures.

Every single Silver Moon Ice Essence contained extremely vast Ice Power; it took her at least two to three years to refine just one.

Brother Cheng wiped out thirty thousand in a single day, leaving her at a loss for words.

And she'd discovered another even more unbelievable thing.

Lord Jiang's realm hadn't even reached Emperor Realm Third Layer yet?

How was that possible?

Could it be he had really been just Emperor Realm First Layer at the beginning?

Then how did he kill three Realm Masters? And how did he kill Lord Jin Chong?

While she was racking her brains over this, Sect Leader Jiang suddenly noticed something odd.

"Why do I feel like someone else is also absorbing Origin inside our Ice Eye?"

These past few days he had been dealing with the Origin tendrils nonstop, so his perception had gotten much clearer than before, making it easy to pick up on some clues.

He'd noticed that every time he activated the Origin Aura, a portion would leak out somewhere.

And he had no idea where that leaked portion went.

Otherwise, his comprehension speed should be even faster.