Chapter 390: Blue Mountain Ind, Puppet Chicken


    Trantor: Swammped Editor: Hitesh_


    Ye Chen set off after spending seven days at home.


    Like Sky Cloud Sect, Ye Chen left behindrge amounts of low grade spirit stones and martial skill manuals, although the quantity was a little less inparison. After all, the poption of the Ye family was lower inparison to Sky Cloud Sect. Moreover, due to Ye Chen, Ye family and Sky Cloud Sect were quite close. As long as the disciples of Ye family were not toocking in talent, they could enter Sky Cloud Sect without a problem and learn all the martial skills they wanted there. The omnipresent pressure present in the sect was quite important for development. If one didn''t improve, they would be phased out.


    To leave the South Rudra Region, Star Lake was an inevitable point to be passed. With a perimeter of several million li, Star Lake could easily be ranked among thergestkes of the continent. Blood Demon Battlefield, Bewilderment Fog Forbidden Zone, and other such ces were merely the edges of theke, far from the central regions.


    "That''s Blue Mountain Ind ahead, just like on the map."


    Unwittingly, a month passed since Ye Chen entered the depths of Star Lake. It contained boundless inds, which could have perimeters as small as a few li and as big as more than ten thousand li. Majority of these inds were devoid of life, while a few had some demonic beasts. Of course, there were also inds where humans existed. Before his eyes was an ind with a perimeter of more than ten thousand li, which ording to the map was called the Blue Mountain Ind. On its surface was a small nation with a poption of over a hundred million. It was a well-known ind of Star Lake.


    Xu! Xu! Xu!


    Arge number of martial artists left the ind while arge number of martial artists rushed in, creating a bustling scene. With his body turning into light, Ye Chennded into a city on the edge of Blue Mountain Ind.


    Walking on the vast street, as Ye Chen looked at the passing by martial artists, he inwardly said, "As expected of True Spirit Continent… The poption here is beyond imagination. A rtively big ind had more than a hundred million residents. This city alone has several million residents!"


    Blue Mountain Nation, a country established on Blue Mountain Ind, was not to be looked down upon. Although Windy Nation had a poption ten times higher, in terms of high-end martial artists, there was simply noparison. The Imperial Family had thousands of Astral Reaching experts, and much more importantly, five Sea of Soul realm experts. Under the watch of five Sea of Soul realm experts, Blue Mountain Ind was, without a doubt, a regional overlord within the boundless Star Lake. Under Life and Death realm, if anybody wished to create trouble here, they had to consider their options several times.


    "Third sping Yuan Realm Elimination Tournament is about to start. Let''s go take a look."


    "Hehe, of course, we will. What are we here for? Is it not because of the different ancient ruins around the ind? If we''re lucky, we may get our hands on some spiritual grasses or artifacts. If we''re not, we can increase our experience. Aside from that, the Elimination Tournament of Blue Mountain Ind is a killer. Martial artists from all around the continent such as South Rudra Region, Thunder Region, Cloud Billows Region, and Misty Snow Region gather here. Watching these experts exchange pointers is beneficial to almost everybody."


    On the street, martial artists were discussing with each other.


    "Ancient Remains, sping Yuan Elimination Tournament!"


    Ye Chen let out a smile. He didn''t choose this ind as his first stop without a reason. The ind itself wasn''t any special location, but the area of hundred thousand li around the ind had many ancient ruins. Some were right on the surface, as one could see them while flying across, while some were in the depths of theke and would need one to dive more than ten thousand meters deep into theke. Since theke stretched for huge distances, the depths ofke were not tranquil, and were instead filled with surging undercurrents. It made one easily lose their direction, causing the exploration of ruins to be quite hard. However, this was precisely the desire of exploring martial artists. The ancient remains that were easy to find proved to not contain mid grade artifacts. On the other hand, the hard-to-find ancient remains instead proved to be much more profitable. Therefore, the martial artistsing to the ind kept increasing like a rolling snowball.


    The ancient remains were an attraction, but the ind''s Elimination Tournament was no less of an attraction either.


    Every region had their own Elimination Tournament, and their standard was even higher than that of Blue Mountain Ind. However, which region could have such a high concentration of martial artists from varying regions? The distance between the regions was toorge. Thus, seldom would martial artists head to other regions. Blue Mountain Ind, however, lied at the center of the Star Lake. Its distance from the various regions was hardly any different, making it sort of a central region. The martial artists of other regions were quite willing toe here, since they would be able to witness the strength and skills of martial artists from other regions, while being able to explore ancient remains at the same time. It was simply an ind of dreams.


    "No need to rush. Let''s first understand the distribution of ancient remains and get specific directions for some. Blindly rushing into action will only produce half the result with twice the effort."


    "This Elimination Tournament really is no small attraction. Up until now, I''ve never seen so many martial artists of different regions together. Bewilderment Fog Ind had some, but unfortunately, their strength was too low. Blue Mountain Ind could attract so many martial artists from varying regions. It is superior to the Bewilderment Fog Ind indeed."


    Halting outside a restaurant''s entrance, Ye Chen turned and entered inside. A pleasant hot bath and a sumptuous feast cost Ye Chen a total of twenty low grade spirit stones. From the perspective of secr world, the cost of twenty low grade spirit stones, equivalent to twenty thousand gold coins, was quite expensive. But to a martial artist, it didn''t matter much. After giving eight million low grade spirit stones to Sky Cloud Sect and five million to Ye family, Ye Chen still had more than two million low grade spirit stones. Ye Chen didn''t have much use for these spirit stones, so using them for daily use was a good alternative. As for mid-grade stones, Ye Chen had a humongous amount of them as well, more than a million. Converting them into low grade spirit stones, he would have more than fifty million, nearing to sixty million. Of course, no Astral Reaching expert was stupid enough to exchange mid-grade spirit stones for low-grade ones.


    Blue Mountain Ind had a total of eighteen cities,prising of three big cities and fifteen medium cities. Ye Chen''s medium city was called the Blue Bird City. There was an antique street in the city. On this street was nothing for sale except antiques extracted from the ancient remains.


    Antiques might be valuable or worthless, depending on the eyes of the customers. One could spend a huge amount of money for trash, and conversely, one could also get a priceless treasure for a small amount of money.


    The street was long, filled with an endless stream of martial artists.


    On either sides, in addition to in and simple antique stores, there were varying vendor booths. Inside every booth sat a martial artist. These martial artists hadn''t attained the Astral Reaching realm, and most were at the sping Yuan realm, while a few were even at the Condensing Reality realm. They were either haggling over price with customers, or had their eyes closed in wait for customers. It was quite a bustling scene.


    "In the medium cities, martial artists of the Astral Reaching realm or below can set up their stalls, while the big cities only allow martial artists at the Astral Reaching realm or above to do the same. But, this doesn''t indicate that medium cities don''t have any good items. So many Astral Reaching experts being on the street is a proof of that. They''re probably thinking of scoring some treasures themselves."


    With a faint smile, Ye Chen entered the street along with a tide of others.


    As Ye Chen roamed the crowded street, his soul power never ceased to scan the surroundings. The objects in the stalls could indeed be called antiques. The Blue Mountain Ind was on Star Lake, and so were ancient remains. It caused these antiques to suffer from theke water''s erosion to a varying extent. One could discern the appearance and applications of those with good water-resistant properties, but there were also some that were riddled with scars, holes, and corroded sections. It was absolutely impossible to know what kind of objects they were. But even so, the martial artists outside the stalls were full of spirits. Ye Chen even saw two sping Yuan martial artists furiously fighting over a fragment of a broken jade.


    "Eh, it''s actually a Yuan Light Ball!"


    How sharp was Ye Chen''s soul power? The antiques with Yuan Qi fluctuations lied absolutely bare before him. With just a light scan, all of their information entered his mind.


    Ye Chen had seen Yuan Light Balls two times. The first was the one given to him by Ye Hai, which he usedter in the Hundred Thousand Mountains. The second time was when they were being chased by Corpse Man''s underlings. Luo Hanshan had crushed it to resist the opponent''s blow and avoid death.


    Perhaps Yuan Light Ball for the current Ye Chen held no use at all. However, Ye Chen could never forget that it was this Yuan Light Ball that had saved his life. Otherwise, he would have been killed by the vine at the Sheephead Peak.


    For a sping Yuan martial artist, having a Yuan Light Ball was the same as having another life, since it could resist a full power strike of any sping Yuan martial artist. If one were to crush it and amplify their defense during a decisive battle, they could easily win the battle.


    "I want this Yuan Light Ball. Three thousand low grade spirit stones."


    "I''ll give four thousand."


    As Ye Chen had expected, numerous individuals had their eyes set on Yuan Light Ball, trying to outbid each other.


    Shaking his head, he proceeded ahead.


    Soon, he arrived at the street''s end and abruptly stopped his steps.


    "Excuse me, what is this?"


    Picking up a yellowish red wooden rooster from the stall to his left, Ye Chen asked.


    The stall owner was an old man with a sping Yuan cultivation base and his potential exhausted. He spoke with a faint smile, "This a puppet chicken. Five millennia ago, there was a fifth grade sect called the Puppet Sect. All the disciples of Puppet Sect created puppeteering mechanisms. This Puppet Chicken is not a graded product. But, don''t look it as just being not graded, as it''s exquisiteness is simply off the charts. Feed it with a low-grade spirit stone, and it walks on its own and pecks off pests and insects on nts. Young hero, if you have your own medicinal farm, you absolutely have to bring this thing back with you. What do say, three thousand low grade spirit stones?"


    "Puppet Sect, I''ve heard of them."


    The wooden puppet in Sky Cloud Sect was a product of Puppet Sect. It was a fifth grade sect from five millennia ago. When it was at its peak, one could easily imagine it brimming with Life and Death experts. Of course, the Puppet Chicken before him was not made by a Life and Death expert. It ought to be nothing more than a creation of an inner disciple. It was as vivid and intricate as if breathing. But, it was obviously better than a living one as far as application was concerned. A real chicken could obviously eat insects, but one could be sure that it would also eat medicinal nts.


    "I''ll buy it." Ye Chen bought it and turned around. Of course, he didn''t buy it to get rid of pests and insects, but due to pure fondness. Puppet Sect''s works were far too rare.


    Right at this moment, a melodious sound came, "I''ll give five thousand low grade spirit stones. Give the Puppet Chicken to me."


    Bringing a fragrant breeze, a young woman arrived beside the stall. She was around twenty-three or twenty-four years old. Her stature was petite and had a pretty appearance. However, the pampered feelinging from body let Ye Chen know that she was no virtuousdy.


    "Young miss, the Puppet Chicken…"


    The old man was somewhat moved. Five Thousand low grade spirit stones was a huge sum of money for him. He himself wanted to sell this puppet chicken at a high price. However, for the past several days, a lot of people rejected it due to its high price. After all, it served no purpose as far as cultivation was concerned, and could only serve as a souvenir. Almost no sping Yuan martial artist would be willing to spend three thousand low grade spirit stones for such a thing. One would be better off purchasing some medicinal pills for such a price.


    Although he was feeling a bit moved, he was extremely apprehensive of Ye Chen, since he couldn''t sense Ye Chen''s cultivation in the slightest. Going back on one''s word was a taboo among martial artists. It was hard to say whether the counterpart would remember this grudge. Although the cities in the Blue Mountain Ind prohibited fighting inside, outside the city, no such concern would hold him.


    "Greed won''t do you anything good. Here, take these three thousand low grade spirit stones. I''ll have the Puppet Chicken."


    Ye Chen simply disregarded the young woman.