《The Sect is Trying Too Hard to Make a Good Showing. It Can Upgrade Itself Automatically》 Chapter 1 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation ¡°No way! I¡¯ve transmigrated? ¡°And this is a Xianxia world1? ¡°Leader of the Grand Mystery Sect? I¡¯m the only one left in the sect? ¡°Isn¡¯t this too ridiculous?¡± In the midst of some ruins, Ye Chen was looking at everything before him and feeling dumbfounded. As a frequent reader of novels, he naturally knew what transmigration was all about. However, it was precisely because he understood it that he realized what it meant to be in this Xianxia world. While there were endless opportunities, there were also endless dangers! After his memories had fused with that of his predecessor, he had sat on the spot in a daze. The Grand Mystery Sect¡¯s original leader had gone to a mystic realm alone for a breakthrough. In the end, he had provoked a powerful figure of the Blazing Sun Sword Sect and died. After the sect had lost its backbone, the information had soon reached its former and current enemies. As such, it had constantly been suppressed and annexed. The Grand Mystery Sect¡¯s disciples had fled and died, leaving only Ye Chen. He had just arrived upon severing all ties with the mortal world, and he had no cultivation at all. However, the Grand Mystery Sect¡¯s only disciple, Ye Chen, had directly inherited the sect¡¯s fortune. So, he had inadvertently become the Grand Mystery Sect¡¯s leader. Once the sect¡¯s enemies found out about this, he would probably attract endless pursuits with his new identity. ¡°I¡¯m going to throw up! This is the beginning of hell!¡± Ye Chen wanted to cry, but no tears came out. It would be better if the sect¡¯s infrastructure were still intact. At the very least, the mountain defense array could cover part of the area and allow him to cultivate for a while. But now¡­ Forget the mountain defense array, there was not even a latrine left. It had all been blown into dust by the enemies. If more enemies came, he would have nowhere to hide should they use any divine cognition. He needed to run! At that moment, Ye Chen was definitely not able to deal with any immortal cultivators. His life was ultimately more important. Thinking about that, Ye Chen began to leave since he did not have anything else to settle. Right then¡­ Ding! ¡°The Great Development System is being activated! ¡°Activation complete!¡± A cold voice rang out, which made Ye Chen¡¯s body freeze. System? Golden Dragon? Did he hear that correctly? Ding! ¡°When your sect noticed that you were leaving, they became afraid that the inheritance would be cut off, so they panicked. They decided to do something to make you stay and automatically leveled you up as a result.¡± ¡°Your sect has seven main peaks and thirty-six side peaks.¡± ¡°When the Grand Mystery Sect¡¯s main peak saw that the sect was on the verge of a decline, it was extremely heartbroken. It then offered a Golden Dragon of Fortune of its own accord.¡± ¡°When those at the mountain gate realized that your sect had fallen into ruin, they felt extremely guilty and offered a defense array as well as a stone tablet.¡± A series of voices sounded, startling Ye Chen. What the hell? Are you kidding me? All of a sudden, thunder rumbled, and lightning flashed. Then, a hundred thousand light beams rose up above the Grand Mystery Sect¡¯s ruins. One after another, towering mountains began to form. Buildings also rose up from the ground one by one. Even the dilapidated mountain gate regained its former glory. The words, ¡°Great Mystery Sect¡± on the plaque appeared even more awe-inspiring. Amidst the endless light, a huge golden dragon head was faintly discernible. As it moved around, an even larger body was revealed. It was the Golden Dragon of Fortune. Fortune meant fate and destiny. The longer the golden dragon, the greater the fortune and the more endless the good luck along the way. Now that the Grand Mystery Sect had such a huge dragon, which could not even fit into the sky, the disciples of the sect would have endless opportunities and unimpeded immortal cultivation. Within a short period of time, the whole sect had undergone a huge change. ¡°Awesome! It¡¯s really all part of a system.¡± Ye Chen breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. Since that was the case, he did not need to pack up and run anymore. With the mountain defense array¡¯s protection, it would be safer to remain in the sect. ¡­ After everything fell into place, Ye Chen could not help but cheer at the Grand Mystery Sect¡¯s magnificent sight. At that moment, a light screen, which only he could see, appeared in front of his eyes. It was the topographic map of the Grand Mystery Sect. All of the buildings in the Grand Mystery Sect were displayed on it, and he could modify them at any time. All buildings, fall! Mountain defense array, open! Golden Dragon of Fortune, amplify your blessings! Under Ye Chen¡¯s control, the Scripture Collection Pavilion, Spirit Beast Garden, and Inheritance Pagoda were all relocated near the main peak. Wisps of Dao magic rose up, protecting the left and right sides. A thin and smooth layer of array light also climbed up from the edge of the sect, finally gathering in the air. It was like an exquisite glass bowl, covering dozens of mountains. Under the sunlight, visible streams of spirit qi were sucked into the array. They seemed to be tangible as they floated back and forth. In the blink of an eye, all the mountains were shrouded in mist, and every building was enveloped within. It was not an exaggeration to say that the current Grand Mystery Sect was not even inferior to some large sects based on its concentration of spiritual energy. Spiritual energy was the basis for the cultivation of disciples. Denser spiritual energy also meant that the speed of the disciples¡¯ advancement would be faster than others. On top of that, the mountain defense array had many other magical functions. The illusion formation could cover the area, and no one would be able to see that there was a sect there. He could use the maze formation to disturb intruders, making them retreat. Meanwhile, using the killing formation would enable him to punish intruders, preventing them from returning. The list went on; there were many small formations. Plus, that stone tablet could do more than just complement the array. It could also detect the intentions of intruders and activate the corresponding formation according to the degree of good or evil. Hmm, it was very human-like. The Golden Dragon of Fortune above Ye Chen¡¯s head released a low groan, and its body turned translucent as it coiled around the seven main peaks, concealing the blessings for the Grand Mystery Sect. Ye Chen could clearly feel that some ability of his had seemed to greatly improve, but he could not pinpoint it. He understood that it was the result of the increase in luck. Everything went according to plan. The buildings that had fallen started to operate automatically, and soon, a notification was sent to him. ¡°Your sect¡¯s Scripture Collection Pavilion was not happy with the low-level cultivation methods that the sect had collected. So, they took the initiative to deduce the optimum cultivation method. In the end, they offered you the Green Star Nether Record (Mid-Level Earth Rank), Heavenly Sorrow Illusory Spectrum (Low-Level Heaven Rank), and Heavenly Observation Eye (Mid-Level Heaven Rank). ¡°Your sect¡¯s Scripture Collection Pavilion noticed that the sect leader¡¯s strength was too weak, and they were extremely distressed. They developed a cultivation method especially for you, the Great Development System (Immortal Mantra). ¡°The Spirit Beast Garden sensed that a divine beast was about to be born and secretly utilized its strength in preparation to lure the cub back to the Grand Mystery Sect. ¡°When the Inheritance Pagoda saw that the others were so capable, it was not convinced and also not willing to fall behind. It secretly contacted a peerless favorite of heaven to join the Grand Mystery Sect!¡± Chapter 2 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation Tsk! It was indeed a sect that lived up to expectations. It already knew that it was going to look for high-quality disciples and spirit pets. It even knew how to deduce cultivation methods. The sect was indeed not bad! Ye Chen was very satisfied with it, so he started to check out the cultivation methods that the Scripture Collection Pavilion had given to him. Great Development System: The user does not need to train, all abilities will be self-generated. Lifespan, cultivation, physique, luck, charm, and so on¡­ What the f*ck? It¡¯s so powerful? He did not have to do anything, and every aspect of him would be increased? That was way too heaven-defying! Ye Chen did not even need to think about it, immediately choosing to study it. Suddenly, it felt like his lower abdomen had been emptied, and a huge, abrupt suction force started to consume the surrounding spirit qi. At the same time, Ye Chen¡¯s cultivation level increased continuously. Early Body Refining Realm¡­ Mid Body Refining Realm¡­ Late Body Refining Realm¡­ Peak Body Refining Realm¡­ Breakthrough! Early Qi Refining Realm! In just a short while, Ye Chen had jumped from a mortal to a Qi Refining Realm cultivator! That had saved him more than ten years of hard training! However, his energy centers were still absorbing spirit qi nonstop. Whenever his realm increased, it would increase by a lot. He was too strong! Not only was he not required to cultivate on his own, but his rate of improvement was also incredibly fast! As expected of the system¡¯s output! Comparing the Great Development System with the other heaven-defying cultivation techniques¡­ Although the Green Star Nether Record, as well as the Heavenly Sorrow Illusory Spectrum, were both high-grade cultivation methods and extremely rare in large sects, before the immortal cultivation method, they seemed somewhat shabby. Each person could only focus on one cultivation method. These would be left for them to practice when they recruited new disciples in the future! There was also the Heavenly Observation Eye¡­ It was a spell that allowed one to see a person¡¯s attributes. It was not bad, and Ye Chen could learn it too. Ye Chen picked the one with the densest spirit qi among the seven main peaks and named it ¡°Dragon Head.¡± After that, Ye Chen started to train in the leader¡¯s training room on Dragon Head Peak. Although the Heavenly Observation Eye was of a high rank, it was not difficult to learn. With the system¡¯s help, a ball of light entered Ye Chen¡¯s eyes, making his eyes sharper. ¡°If I take the initiative to train and work with the Great Development System, will I be able to achieve twice the result with half the effort?¡± Ye Chen then started to experiment. ¡­ At the same time¡­ Outside the mysterious great sect¡­ A girl in shabby clothes appeared in the middle of the mountain. There was a bloody wound on her back that ran through to her entire spine. More terrifyingly, there was a section of the girl¡¯s spine that had been replaced by a talisman. Based on the wound, it looked like that section of her spine had been forcefully taken out from the middle. Hatred was written all over her face as she gritted her teeth and endured the pain. ¡°Big brother, my good big brother, hehe¡­ Cough¡­ Cough¡­ ¡°You stole my Supreme-Being Bone and broke my Path of Immortality, causing all the major sects to turn me away. ¡°I will repay this enmity tenfold! ¡°Although the Grand Mystery Sect has declined, it is still an orthodox cultivation sect. ¡°I must join the Grand Mystery Sect! ¡°It is my only hope!¡± The hatred in Gong Lingyun¡¯s eyes turned into determination. She looked at the stone tablet at the foot of the mountain and knelt down respectfully. ¡°Gong Lingyun of the Eastern Province has come to pay her respects!¡± As soon as she finished speaking, the black stone tablet immediately emitted a ball of light. It then entered the space between Gong Lingyun¡¯s brows. The stone tablet was gauging her level of good and evil to determine whether she was hostile toward the Grand Mystery Sect. After a short while, a hollow and mysterious voice resounded throughout heaven and earth. ¡°Pass. You have passed the test, and you will be allowed to inherit the Grand Mystery¡¯s teachings.¡± Immediately after, the Grand Mystery Sect¡¯s mountain gate appeared in front of Gong Lingyun. It was extremely magnificent, and it exuded a supreme, as well as inviolable majesty, the entire time. People would involuntarily be in awe and reverence. She looked up and saw that all of the Grand Mystery¡¯s peaks were shrouded in the clouds and mist. There was also a continuous flow of multicolored light, which was extremely magical. The array was much more magnificent than anything she had seen in all of the immortal sects that she had come across! ¡°Didn¡¯t they say that the Grand Mystery Sect has declined? ¡°Even the sect¡¯s ancestral shrine has been destroyed. ¡°How can it still be so exquisite?¡± It seemed that the rumors were not credible. Gong Lingyun shook her head. Her desire to join the Grand Mystery Sect grew stronger. Without any hesitation, she entered the sect. In an instant, the scene before her changed. A dazed Gong Lingyun was back at home, and she saw that her elder brother had taken her Supreme-Being Bone with his own hands. ¡°Is this an illusion?¡± Gong Lingyun mumbled to herself. Then, a glint of hatred flashed in her eyes. ¡°Even if this is an illusion, I won¡¯t allow you to humiliate me again!¡± ¡­ In the leader¡¯s training room on Dragon Head Peak¡­ Ye Chen exhaled lightly and ended his training. In a short period of time, his cultivation had improved again, and he had directly reached the peak of the Qi Refining Realm. Due to the Golden Dragon of Fortune¡¯s existence, Ye Chen did not encounter any bottlenecks in the process of breaking through the realms. It was very smooth. ¡°The Great Development System is indeed powerful. ¡°In less than a day, it has already turned me from a mortal to someone at the Peak Qi Refining Realm.¡± Ye Chen was very satisfied with it. However, after the Qi Refining Realm, there were still other realms such as the Core Condensation, Core Formation, Form Materialization, Nascent Soul Formation, Silent Spirit, Body Departure, Mind Splitting, Body Combination, even the legendary trial, Mahayana, and many more. There was still a long way to go before he could become a giant. Nevertheless, with such fast advancement, he believed that it was only a matter of time. All of sudden, he seemed to sense something, and he pulled out the sect¡¯s map in the system. On it, he saw a severely injured girl. ¡°Oh? ¡°This is the Inheritance Pagoda that¡¯s housing the peerless favorite of heaven? ¡°How could she be so miserable?¡± Indeed, Gong Lingyun¡¯s body was covered in blood after being stripped of her spine. Following her long journey, she looked extremely haggard. An undetectable glint flashed in Ye Chen¡¯s eyes, and the Heavenly Observation Eye, which he recently learned, began to operate. Name: Gong Lingyun Bone Age: 16 Aptitude: Excellent Personality: Delicate ¨C Resolute (transitional stage) Cultivation: None Constitution: Supreme-Being Bone (already plundered) Luck: 30,000 Loyalty: 0 A lot of information filled Ye Chen¡¯s eyes. ¡°So, this is how the Heavenly Observation Eye is used. Not bad, not bad. ¡°However¡­ apart from having a bit more luck, what else can this person do? I don¡¯t lack luck here. ¡°Didn¡¯t they say that the one who came was a peerless genius? She couldn¡¯t even keep her Supreme-Being Bone, how could she be called a genius?¡± Chapter 3 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation Ye Chen expressed his doubts about the Inheritance Pagoda¡¯s choice. Based on the description, Gong Lingyun was just a loser who relied on luck to make a comeback. However, the Grand Mystery Sect did not lack luck. That elusive Golden Dragon of Fortune was no joke. As long as one entered the Grand Mystery Sect¡¯s community, one¡¯s luck would constantly increase. Even if it only increased a little every day¡­ Thirty thousand a day would make the whole process less than a hundred years. Was a mere hundred years a long time for immortal cultivators? Not at all! ¡°Inheritance Pagoda, have you made a mistake?¡± Ye Chen questioned unhappily. ¡°You despised your sect¡¯s Inheritance Pagoda, and it made our heart ache. So, we decided to work together with the mountain gate¡¯s defense array to increase the difficulty of the entry test. That way, you can see how unique the child of luck is.¡± Ye Chen suddenly raised his eyebrows. That can be done? Be that as it may, so what if Gong Lingyun performed well and was worthy of praise? With her spine being broken, it would be hard for her to get through the Path of Immortality. Although her experience warranted sympathy, it was also an indisputable fact that she could not train. No matter how talented she was, she could not change the end result. Taking a step back, even if Gong Lingyun successfully entered the Grand Mystery Sect, she could only be a part-time disciple for the rest of her life. Without divine medicine to help her reconnect her meridians, she would only be a mortal as long as she was alive. Ye Chen did not need to recruit such a disciple. If the standard was so low, he might as well find a random village and summon everyone to cultivate. If he cast a wide net, he might even be able to find a disciple with good talent. The more he thought about it, the angrier he got. Ye Chen increasingly felt that the Inheritance Pagoda had randomly recruited a so-called lucky child to make up the numbers. After all, a genius was one in ten thousand, and a peerless genius was one in a million. If Gong Lingyun¡¯s Supreme-Being Bone were still present, she would be considered a rare genius. Unfortunately, she did not have it anymore. ¡°Your sect¡¯s Inheritance Pagoda heard your thoughts and felt that it made sense. After discussing with the Dispensary Pavilion, they decided to offer spirit medicine to help this genius recover and rebuild her spirit roots.¡± ¡°How is that enough?¡± Ye Chen did not buy it. ¡°It¡¯s said that she was a peerless genius. One Supreme-Being Bone for a single dose of spirit medicine? Isn¡¯t this Supreme- Being Bone too cheap?¡± ¡°Your sect¡¯s Inheritance Pagoda rejects your extortion and says not to push your luck too far.¡± ¡°Then, should I leave?¡± ¡°Your sect¡¯s Inheritance Pagoda has learned from its mistakes. It felt that it had committed some errors, so it decided to cooperate with the other buildings to develop a constitution template. In return, this template allows the geniuses to be reborn (estimated time, three days).¡± Ye Chen nodded with satisfaction. ¡°That¡¯s more like it.¡± Within the illusion formation, Gong Lingyun¡¯s body was shaking. It was obvious that she was going through something difficult. A long time later, she opened her beautiful eyes. The hatred that she had previously been filled with had been washed away by an unknown emotion. At the age of sixteen, there was a sense of vicissitudes about Gong Lingyun. Seeing this, Ye Chen nodded slightly. This Gong Lingyun was indeed not bad. Her will was firm, and she did not lose herself in the illusion. Instead, she had grabbed the opportunity and stabilized her Dao heart. If she could resume her cultivation, the future would be bright. However, right after the illusion was one more test presented by another great array. Gong Lingyun¡¯s body suddenly shook as she felt a powerful pressure enveloping her. Under the mighty power, the wound on her back cracked open, and blood spurted out, drenching her to a bloody mess. Crisp sounds rang out from her joints as if they were about to be crushed by the powerful force at any moment. However, Gong Lingyun did not say a word. She gritted her teeth and endured everything in silence. She knew that it was a test. Only by passing the test could she truly step onto the path of immortal cultivation. The road to seeking immortality was far more bitter than this. If she could not even endure a little pain, how could she become an immortal? Guided by that thought, Gong Lingyun persisted for two whole days. On the third day, she fainted because she had lost too much blood. When she woke up again, she was already in a quiet house. Gong Lingyun raised her head and saw a man, who looked like a banished immortal, standing at the door. He was staring at her quietly with his hands behind his back. She panicked and quickly got off the bed before she knelt down to greet him while she endured the pain. ¡°I am Gong Lingyun. Greetings to the Immortal Master!¡± ¡°Get up,¡± Ye Chen said lightly. ¡°I am the leader of the Grand Mystery Sect. You have passed the entrance test and are now qualified to be a part-time disciple of our sect. Do you have any objections?¡± ¡°No, I would not dare. All honor to the leader.¡± Gong Lingyun was a little scared. She did not expect the leader to personally receive her after she had joined the immortal sect. ¡°Good.¡± Ye Chen waved his hand, and a square box fell on the side of the bed. ¡°This pill is for you. It can rebuild your body and heal your injuries. Once you take it, you may head to Dragon Head Peak tomorrow and await your orders.¡± ¡°Yes!¡± Gong Lingyun was overjoyed. She never thought that the Grand Mystery Sect would have such a miraculous pill. She quickly thanked Ye Chen. ¡°Thank you, Master, for your gift. I will never forget such a favor!¡± Her dream had come true so quickly! Right then, Ye Chen noticed that Gong Lingyun¡¯s loyalty to the sect had instantly increased to 80. Her name had also appeared in the disciple column. He could check her status at any time. Ding! ¡°The sect discovered that the leader has taken in the first disciple, and it feels that there is a successor. The sect is elated and has taken the initiative to offer the Disciple Training Gift Bag. ¡°You have obtained the servant disciple lounge and cultivation room. ¡°You have obtained a Supreme-Grade Spirit Vein. ¡°Your sect¡¯s Inheritance Pagoda has developed a new body template, the Bright Moon Body disciple template.¡± Chapter 4 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation The sect was so practical that it made Ye Chen, the leader, feel really at ease. There was no need to worry at all. Ye Chen glanced at Gong Lingyun, who was kneeling on the ground to express her gratitude. Although most of her face was covered in blood, it was not hard to see her beauty. If she had not lost her Supreme-Being Bone, she would have definitely grown into a great empress. Unfortunately, she had met with a great disaster. Despite that, even if she had not joined the Grand Mystery Sect, she could still grow with her huge power of luck. After all, not every sect would have such a huge Golden Dragon of Fortune to help them contain their luck. Gong Lingyun could be considered one in a million among ordinary people. Without another word, Ye Chen left and returned to Dragon Head Peak. In the big gift bag from the sect, there was a top-grade spirit vein. It was a good item that could further increase the density of spirit qi in the sect. Not only that, but it could also allow the disciples to mine spirit stones and exchange them for things that the sect needed in the outside world. Ye Chen sat cross-legged and opened the sect¡¯s panel in the system. Then he buried the top-grade spirit vein into the ground surrounding the main peak. All of a sudden, the weather changed, and just like that, day and night were reversed. A mysterious beam of light shot down from the sky and shone on the Grand Mystery Sect¡¯s main peak. Threads of almost liquefied spirit qi continued to evaporate and spread out in all directions, pouring into every corner of the Grand Mystery Sect. The hidden Golden Dragon of Fortune opened its eyes and let out a contented sigh. At this time, Ye Chen felt that the spirit qi he had absorbed was countless times stronger than before. Even though he had just reached the peak of the Qi Refining Realm, he could feel that he was on the verge of breaking through again. The change brought on by the Supreme-Grade Spirit Vein could be clearly seen! ¡°With this spirit vein, new disciples will be able to advance in their cultivation speedily.¡± Ye Chen was very satisfied with it. Next, he continued to focus on his training, working with the Great Development System. His own power was still the most important thing to him. On the other side, Gong Lingyun had already recovered from her injuries after consuming the medicinal pill. Upon changing her clothes, she tried to absorb the spiritual qi of heaven and earth. Suddenly, the density of spirit qi soared. With just one breath, she went from losing her cultivation to directly jumping over the Body Refining Realm and returning to the Qi Refining Realm. ¡°What kind of method is this?¡± Gong Lingyun¡¯s eyes were filled with disbelief. She came from an immortal cultivation family and thought that she had some knowledge. There were only two ways for such spiritual energy to suddenly increase. One was to set up a spirit gathering array, and the other was to activate the spirit vein. However, no matter the way, she had never heard of anyone who could cultivate such spiritual energy, which was as strong as a small top-tier world. Such small worlds were nurtured for tens of thousands of years, and no one had ever set foot on one before it possessed that level of spiritual energy. Even top sects could not compare to it in this aspect. Yet, the Grand Mystery Sect had such a level of spirit qi? ¡°Is this the leader¡¯s method?¡± Gong Lingyun¡¯s heart was full of shock. ¡­ The next day, she arrived at Dragon Head Peak. Ye Chen was already waiting for her in the main hall. Looking at the empty main hall, a hint of doubt appeared in Gong Lingyun¡¯s eyes. How could such a powerful sect only have its leader present? The next second, Ye Chen gave her an answer. ¡°There is no need to look around. At this point, the Grand Mystery Sect only has the two of us.¡± ¡°Huh?¡± Ye Chen chuckled. ¡°What the people say is true. The Grand Mystery Sect has indeed declined. However, everything you see now was just set up yesterday.¡± Hearing this, Gong Lingyun was astonished. Such a huge cultivation sect, which was comparable to a super martial institution, had just been rebuilt yesterday? What kind of power was this? Ye Chen continued, ¡°Anyway, none of this is important. Right now, you are the first disciple to join my Grand Mystery Sect. You deserve to be the senior sister apprentice.¡± ¡°Nevertheless, in the path of cultivation, the one who has reached the top is the first. If someone surpasses you in terms of cultivation in the future, you will have to give up your title.¡± Gong Lingyun was still in shock, so she stammered, ¡°Y-Yes¡­ I understand¡­¡± ¡°There is nothing important for me to call you here today. ¡°Firstly, I just want to tell you that apart from the seven main peaks, you can choose one of the other thirty-six peaks as your living place. There will be training rooms and resting places there. ¡°Secondly, as a part-time disciple, you will naturally have to accept the missions from the sect in order to advance.¡± Gong Lingyun immediately bowed. ¡°I will definitely not let you down!¡± ¡°Well, if that¡¯s the case, you should go and dig for spirit stones for a while.¡± ¡°Huh?¡± Gong Lingyun was a bit surprised. Why do I still have to do the hard work of a mortal when I am already a cultivator? Ye Chen added, ¡°Four hours a day, no less, no more. If you do more, the sect will compensate you with double the amount of contribution. ¡°Sect contribution can be exchanged for various perks in the sect, such as techniques, pills, and constitutions. ¡°As for the rest, you can slowly explore.¡± Four hours¡­ Gong Lingyun thought for a moment. Twelve hours a day, excluding the four hours for mining, four hours for sleeping, and four hours for training¡­ It did not seem unacceptable. If she worked harder, it would not impossible for her to sleep two hours a day. Moreover, there were sect contributions that could be taken. She just did not know what she could exchange them for. Ye Chen could not help but smile when he saw that Gong Lingyun seemed willing to accept the conditions. ¡°Well then, let¡¯s start today.¡± ¡°Yes!¡± Gong Lingyun cheerfully accepted the order. She absolutely never thought of what she would be facing. Chapter 5 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation The Grand Mystery Sect¡¯s main peak, the Scripture Collection Pavilion. Gong Lingyun followed Ye Chen¡¯s instructions and came to look for methods of cultivation. Of course, her current sect contribution was zero, so she could not make any exchanges. She was only there out of curiosity. Then, she saw something that stunned her. Green Star Nether Record (Mid-Level Earth Rank): Five million sect contribution points! Heavenly Sorrow Illusory Spectrum (Low-Level Heaven Rank): Fifty million sect contribution points! ¡°Earth-Rank cultivation method¡­ Heaven-Rank cultivation method?¡± Gong Lingyun¡¯s eyes widened. ¡°This cultivation method that even the Supreme Esoteric Sect might not have, the Grand Mystery Sect is placing in the Scripture Collection Pavilion just like that?¡± Heavens¡­ Just how rich and superior was the Grand Mystery Sect?! Gong Lingyun simply could not believe her eyes. The Supreme Esoteric Sect was one of the top cultivation sects in the Eastern Province. Their whereabouts were always kept secret and unpredictable. Additionally, their sect controlled dozens of spirit stone veins, which accounted for almost half of the resources in the Eastern Province, and no one dared to touch them. It was because they possessed a Low-Level Earth Rank cultivation method! Even the outer disciples of the sect were in the Core Formation Realm at the very least! A few elders who handled external matters had even entered the Silent Spirit Realm! One could only imagine how skilled the internal affairs elders, who had never appeared, and the mysterious sect leader were! The effects of Low-Level Earth Rank cultivation methods could be seen clearly, and it was more so when it came to Mid-Level Earth Rank cultivation methods, or even higher-level Heaven Rank methods. Once a cultivation method reached the Heaven Rank, there would be a qualitative change. A powerful person could make a Heaven Rank cultivation method display power that was not inferior to an Immortal Mantra. ¡°With such a cultivation technique, it¡¯s only a matter of time before the Grand Mystery Sect rises¡­¡±Gong Lingyun muttered. The next moment, she clenched her fists. ¡°I have to work hard and contribute to the sect! ¡°Right now, I¡¯m the only one in the sect. I have to attain the 50 million contribution points first!¡± Aside from those two cultivation techniques, the Scripture Collection Pavilion also had many Yellow and Black Rank cultivation techniques. However, after she saw those two cultivation techniques, she no longer had any interest in them. Gong Lingyun wanted revenge, and she wanted to kill her own brother, who had taken away her Supreme-Being Bone. If she wanted to catch up and kill him, she needed to have something to rely on¡­ and a Heaven Rank cultivation technique was a good choice! Therefore, Gong Lingyun stopped cultivating. After going to the sect¡¯s Consular Pavilion to collect the relevant tools, she went to the mining area to mine spirit stones. The practical sect had already opened up a path in the mine on its own. So, Gong Lingyun could work once she entered. After a while, she collected one Low-Grade Spirit Stone. A Top-Grade mine did not mean that every find would be a Top-Grade spirit stone. Rather, it meant that the density of the spirit energy in the mine had reached the level of Top Grade. The density of spirit energy in each part was also different. Gong Lingyun then noticed that her contribution had increased to one on the consular plate she had received. If she calculated the time, she would be able to mine 20 to 30 pieces of spirit stones in four hours a day. In other words, she would be able to earn 20 to 30 sect contribution points a day. If she added in the mission, it would be around 100 points¡­ Fifty million points? She would have to mine for more than a thousand years! Even if she dug until she died, she would not be able to get so many contribution points! ¡°No, I must dig for better spirit stones. Otherwise, my contribution points will be too little.¡± Holding the Low-Grade spirit stone in her hand, Gong Lingyun frowned slightly as she walked deeper into the cave. However, after walking for a while, she found that the spirit qi had become so thick that she could not bear it anymore. If she went in any farther, she would probably explode with just one breath. ¡°I have no choice. I can only dig here. As for the other parts, I will wait until my cultivation increases.¡± ¡­ In the blink of an eye, three days had passed. Throughtout that period, Ye Chen had been training in seclusion. With the Great Development System¡¯s help, his progress had been very fast. ¡°I did not expect to break through to the Early Core Condensation Realm so quickly.¡± Ye Chen slowly opened his eyes. He was extremely satisfied with the efficiency of his training. It was indeed an immortal art! It was heaven-defying! He liked it! In such a short span of time, he had gone from a mortal to a Core Condensation Realm cultivator. He had crossed three realms, and such progress was enough to shock the immortal cultivators outside. Ding! ¡°The sect senses that the sect leader has made a breakthrough. It is in a great mood and is offering you Leader¡¯s Coercion!¡± ¡°The sect¡¯s Inheritance Pagoda is not willing to be left behind either. It presents the Holy Enlightenment Spring and the Seven Extremes Sword, one after another!¡± ¡°The sect¡¯s Weapon Refining Peak is one step too slow and is very scared. It has quickly made you a protective armor, the Holy Spirit!¡± ¡­ Hearing the system¡¯s announcement, Ye Chen was stunned at first but soon very happy. The sect was really rushing to give him gifts in order to keep him there, and the benefits were endless. He had just broken through to the Core Condensation Realm, and they had already started to give out a set of magic treasures. It was truly awesome! ¡°Leader¡¯s Coercion allows me to release a powerful aura? D*mn! What a powerful weapon! This is good, this is good!¡± ¡°Activate!¡± Right after that, a powerful aura suddenly erupted from Ye Chen¡¯s body, bringing with it a world-shaking pressure while sweeping out. Wherever it passed by, the mountains and rocks would shake violently, while the wind and forest would howl! The entire leader¡¯s training room seemed to be on the verge of collapsing. Ye Chen then quickly adjusted his power to the minimum. It was indeed a good item. In the future, he could even pretend to be a big shot with this aura. It would be too easy to fool the new disciples. Following that, Ye Chen started to check the few magic treasures that the sect had just offered him. ¡°Enlightenment Holy Spring: An immortal tool. It can be placed anywhere to increase the chances of nearby cultivators breaking through. After drinking the spring water, there is a certain chance for cultivators below the Body Departure Realm to have an epiphany. Their cultivation will increase drastically, but they can only drink it once in their entire life. Drinking more will not give any effect. ¡°Seven Extremes Sword: A Middle-Grade immortal weapon, extremely powerful. It contains seven kinds of extreme power. Each time you use the sword, one of them will be triggered. One attack from this sword will be able to shatter a spirit armor. ¡°Holy Spirit Armor: A Middle-Grade immortal item with supreme protection. After wearing it, one will receive the Holy Spirit¡¯s blessing. It has an endless supply of spirit power, which can be absorbed and used for training. The armor may also be utilized to temporarily fight against enemies, as it cancels normal attacks of cultivators below the leaving body stage.¡± D*mn! D*mn! Ye Chen was so over the moon that he jumped up and down. The magic treasures were also divided into many grades, just like the cultivation techniques. Besides the most basic Heaven, Earth, Mystic, and Yellow Rank techniques, there were also spirit weapons, saint weapons, immortal weapons, divine weapons, acquired spirit weapons, innate spirit weapons, and etc. The items or weapons were also usually divided into three grades: top, middle, and low. Supreme was the best grade. Presently, the Path of Immortality was dying out, and saint weapons were rare. Normally, spirit weapons could be used as the most powerful weapons in a sect. Meanwhile, immortal weapons had already become legendary existences. If a second-rate sect had one immortal weapon, it would be a piece of cake for them to become a high-ranking sect! High-grade magic weapons would grant cultivators a huge improvement, and Ye Chen had already gotten two of them! The system was awesome! Chapter 6 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation With the protection of the two immortal items, Ye Chen felt that his ego was a little inflated. One sword attack could shatter a spirit item. One could keep the body unharmed after a sword attack. Ye Chen really wanted to walk out of the sect and shout, ¡°Who else is my match?!¡± However, there was no need to do such a meaningless thing. Keeping a low profile was the only way to stabilize his growth. With a wave of his hand, the Holy Spirit armor covered his body, absorbing all the light in the sky. Ye Chen suddenly sensed a huge amount of spirit power coming from the armor. It poured into his energy centers continuously and complemented the Great Development System. The next moment, his cultivation speed went up a level! Awesome! Ye Chen also found out that the Holy Spirit could even transform into ordinary clothes, making it so that no one would be able to tell that it was an extremely rare immortal item. ¡°Not bad!¡± Ye Chen was incredibly satisfied. He then tied the Seven Extremes Sword to his waist, looking just like an immortal swordsman in that province. ¡°There¡¯s also the Holy Enlightenment Spring¡­¡± Ye Chen opened the sect¡¯s interface. After some thought, he placed it in the square on Dragon Head Peak. However, he was not in a hurry to drink from it. Something like that, which could only be drunk once in a lifetime, naturally had to wait till the end. He would talk about it once he had cultivated to the Body Departure Realm! ¡°Let me see how Gong Lingyun has been doing these past few days.¡± He then opened his disciple¡¯s personal interface. Name: Gong Lingyun Identity: Servant disciple Bone Age: 16 Aptitude: Excellent Personality: Resolute Cultivation: Mid Qi Refining Realm Constitution: Supreme-Being Bone (already plundered) Luck: 30,100 Sect Contribution: 765 Loyalty: 85 ¡­ Compared with before, there was a lot more information. Apart from the attribute panel, there was also a summary of what Gong Lingyun had done over the last several days. In general, her daily activities consisted of training, mining, handing in missions, mining, and sleeping. It was worth mentioning that Gong Lingyun¡¯s training time in a day was extremely short. Instead, mining had become her main hustle in the day. Out of twelve hours, she had spent almost eight hours mining for spirit stones. Seeing this, Ye Chen smiled triumphantly. He could have originally given Gong Lingyun the cultivation method and let her train on her own. With her talent, her progress would definitely be speedy. However, on second thought, if he gave it to her just like that, would it not be too easy for her? Why not let her choose which one to use as her fundamental cultivation method? It would be up to her to decide. That way, her sense of belonging to the Grand Mystery Sect would also increase, and she would be willing to work for the sect. Besides, the sect was currently lacking manpower and material reserves in various places anyway. Gong Lingyun was such a good labor force; it would be a pity if she was not put to use! It was just the right time to make the best use of everything, and everyone was doing their best. Initially, he had not expected her to cultivate to defend against external enemies. If she could not even defend against the mountain¡¯s defense array, how big of a help would she be? However, seeing that Gong Lingyun was working hard in the direction he had in mind, he was finally relieved. Ding! ¡°After the sect sensed that there was only one disciple, it became very anxious. It has taken the initiative to send you another disciple with a lot of luck. ¡°Click on the disciple¡¯s details tab, and you will receive a disciple with plenty of luck.¡± The system¡¯s mechanical voice suddenly rang out in Ye Chen¡¯s mind. ¡°Huh? I¡¯m given a pillow just as I¡¯m about to fall asleep? ¡°You know me too well, don¡¯t you? ¡°It makes me feel a little embarrassed.¡± As Ye Chen said that, he tapped on the details of his disciple without any hesitation. ¡­ Meanwhile, tens of thousands of miles away from the Grand Mystery Sect¡­ In the depths of a mountain, a young man with a delicate face was processing the corpse of a strange beast. He had a tired look on his face, and it was obvious that he had been in a long battle. Nevertheless, his expression remained vigilant. The young man¡¯s name was Xiao Huohuo, and he was doing his best to raise his strength. ¡°Thirty years to the east, thirty years to the west¡­ No! Not thirty years, three years! I¡¯ll definitely repay you double for the humiliation I suffered when you broke off the engagement!¡± At that moment, the ring on his hand glowed faintly. Then, a clear and cold voice like that of a silver bell rang in the young man¡¯s mind. ¡°The thing is, consuming the blood of these strange beasts won¡¯t help you improve much. ¡°Each time, you end using all your strength to train yourself. This is a stupid way to temper your body.¡± Xiao Huohuo laughed bitterly. ¡°Senior, there¡¯s nothing I can do¡­ ¡°The Xiao clan has no place for me. The Murong clan even sees me as a thorn in their side. No cultivation sect dares to take me in. Without a cultivation technique, I can¡¯t even meditate and cultivate.¡± There was a ripple from the ring before a woman¡¯s voice sounded. ¡°Although you can cultivate again, it¡¯s a pity that the cultivation technique in my hand is only suitable for women. Otherwise, you wouldn¡¯t be in this predicament.¡± ¡°Senior, you have saved me several times, and that is already a great favor. Don¡¯t blame yourself.¡± ¡°Why don¡¯t you continue to cultivate using the Xiao clan¡¯s cultivation technique?¡± ¡°I¡¯ve already left the Xiao clan! I have nothing to do with them anymore!¡± The cold-looking woman fell silent. For a moment, Xiao Huohuo also sighed. After a while, the woman¡¯s cold voice could be heard once again. ¡°If I remember correctly, there are many small sects twenty thousand miles south of here. They have been fighting each other all year round, and it¡¯s been very chaotic. ¡°You can go there without exposing your identity and join a sect to cultivate temporarily.¡± Hearing this, Xiao Huohuo¡¯s eyes lit up. It seemed feasible. It was best to hide one¡¯s identity in a chaotic place. Since those people were so far away, no one might recognize him. Without the slightest hesitation, he dashed forward. ¡­ Xiao Huohuo used up all of his spirit stones to get there via a teleportation formation, and two days later, he arrived at the foot of Mount Taixuan. Just like Gong Lingyun, the stone tablet also detected him. However, two voices sounded in succession. ¡°You will be allowed to enter once you pass the test. You will then inherit the Grand Mystery Sect¡¯s teachings.¡± ¡°Incomplete spirit, retreat quickly!¡± The Grand Mystery Sect¡¯s mountain gate appeared, towering into the clouds. It looked like the gate of a heavenly realm and was extremely magnificent. ¡°Huh?¡± the voice from the ring lightly exclaimed. ¡°This thing managed to detect me?¡± Following that, the remnant soul of the woman glanced at the stone tablet. She could not see through it. Xiao Huohuo was stunned. ¡°What should we do?¡± ¡°Ignore it. I have seen all kinds of things. What can a mere stone tablet do to me?¡± Her words were very imposing, and she seemed extremely domineering. However, the moment Xiao Huohuo walked through the mountain gate, he was sent flying by an incomparably powerful force. He immediately choked. ¡°Cough¡­¡± Xiao Huohuo spat out a mouthful of blood and covered his chest in pain. ¡°Senior, what¡¯s going on? Are you sure this is a small sect¡­¡± Holy sh*t! Xiao Huohuo felt as if ten thousand alpacas1 had galloped through his heart. He had seen at least eight hundred sects before, but he had never seen a sect that could seriously injure him with a stone tablet! To be more precise, he was under the protection of the remnant soul of a woman! Through their daily conversations, Xiao Huohuo had vaguely guessed that the female immortal in the ring was a cultivator from a big place. She was knowledgeable and powerful. To seriously injure him under her protection was definitely not something a small sect could do. The ring did not respond. When the remnant soul of the woman felt the stone tablet¡¯s aura, she had already countered it. However, she did not expect to be crushed unilaterally. She was already in a much weaker state and was now even worse off. After being hit by that attack, her soul almost scattered. ¡°How is this possible¡­¡± The remnant soul of the woman was filled with fear. Such deterrence would only found in immortal magic treasures. Could the seemingly ordinary stone tablet be an immortal magic treasure? It was completely illogical! Chapter 7 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation How could a small sect at the border possess such a thing? The remnant soul of a woman was puzzled. Although the eastern continent was big, it was nothing more than a small island compared with the other continents in this world. Resources were scarce, and spiritual energy was sparse. Even the cultivation world there was extremely weak. If the remnant soul were at her peak, she could sweep across the entire eastern continent by herself. She had already seen it when she followed Xiao Huohuo to pay homage to the sect. Among the top esoteric sects there, ordinary elders only held Profound Rank artifacts, and even Earth Rank artifacts were very rare. If even their dharma treasures were so shabby, how strong could they be? Therefore, the woman did not think highly of the entire eastern continent. She had actually suffered through a great change, and her cultivation had been reduced by eighty to ninety percent. Even her physical body no longer existed. However, in the eastern continent, she had never needed to fear anyone. But now¡­ When she looked at the mountain gate again, she inadvertently caught a glimpse of the words, ¡°Grand Mystery Sect.¡± For a moment, she was stunned and puzzled. After a long time, she finally returned to her senses. ¡°How is this possible?!¡± ¡°These three words actually contain sword essence? ¡°Could they have been carved by a sword cultivator?¡± The remnant soul¡¯s heart was filled with shock. Even though she was experienced and knowledgeable, she did not know what to say right then. Should such a precious treasure not be placed in an important place within the sect to be protected and observed day and night so that its mysteries could be understood? Should it be placed out there like a plaque? Was she unable to keep up with the changes of the times, or did this Grand Mystery Sect not know how precious it was? ¡°Incomplete spirit, quickly retreat!¡± The voice sounded like the Great Dao, ringing out once again and striking Xiao Huohuo, as well as the remnant soul¡¯s hearts. ¡°Senior, what should we do¡­¡± Xiao Huohuo panicked. ¡°Why don¡¯t we pay respect to a different mountain sect?¡± ¡°Switch sects?¡± ¡°Do you not know the rules?¡± ¡°You have already paid respects to this mountain and obtained the sect¡¯s consent. If you leave without participating in the trial, it will seem as though you are disrespecting the sect. ¡°Once you leave, there will only be one outcome: the other party will kill you by force!¡± the remnant soul in the ring said seriously. ¡°If there is really no other way, you can only put me down and charge into the array alone.¡± ¡°This¡­¡± Xiao Huohuo was so frightened that his face turned pale. He looked at the imposing mountain gate and was somewhat at a loss. Nevertheless, the obsession he felt in his heart immediately strengthened his resolution. ¡°Okay! I¡¯ll give it a try!¡± Xiao Huohuo put down the ring, took a deep breath, and began to challenge the array. However, he was prepared to deliberately reveal a flaw so that the Grand Mystery Sect would judge him as a failure in the trial. ¡°There¡¯s no need to admit defeat on purpose. This is your opportunity. Take good advantage of it.¡± The remnant soul¡¯s cold voice rang out behind him. ¡°But Senior, you¡­¡± ¡°Just take it as the string of our fate has come to an end.¡± Xiao Huohuo trembled. He did not say anything further and walked into the array. The scene changed, and he came upon the day when the engagement was canceled¡­ ¡­ ¡°Oh, you¡¯re here already?¡± Ye Chen looked at the sect map. It showed that someone had entered the array and begun the trial. Then, he opened his Heavenly Obervation Eye. The teenager¡¯s name was also displayed in front of him. Name: Xiao Huohuo Bone Age: 18 Aptitude: Excellent Personality: Perservering, Determined Cultivation: None Constitution: Yang Flame Hellfire (able to fuse with all kinds of strange flames in one¡¯s body and erupt with great power) Luck: 50,000 Loyalty: 0 ¡­ Wow! Ye Chen instantly felt invigorated! The value of his luck was even higher than Gong Lingyun¡¯s, and this child of luck had not run away! Moreover, his name was not too familiar to him! ¡°Logically speaking, he should have a ring on his body. There should be an old man or something inside.¡± Ye Chen swept his gaze over Xiao Huohuo¡¯s body, but he did not find any ring. However, in the sect¡¯s information list, he saw that a ¡°threat¡± was listed. Unknown Remnant Soul: Threat Factor 6, Safety Factor 3. Unknown intent, not allowed to pass. Both factors almost added up to a 10. For the Grand Mystery Sect, the higher the Safety Factor, the better. The lower the Threat Factor, the better. From the looks of it, the mountain defense array had blocked it, and this was a good demonstration of the mountain defense array¡¯s strength. ¡°Tsk, as expected of the system. It can even recognize such a big shot. ¡°Most importantly, it can even block him out.¡± ¡°All right, let me see it.¡± Ye Chen glanced at Xiao Huohuo who was still in the middle of the trial, and in a flash, he left Dragon Head Peak. ¡­ Outside the Grand Mystery Sect, a woman in a light yellow dress was standing 30 meters away from the stone tablet. Her appearance was unparalleled, and she had a light temperament, as well as slight worry on her face. Even so, she gave off a cold and noble feeling, as those she was a thousand miles away from the rest. It was an aura unique to those who had reached a high level of strength. Although there was only a wisp of her soul left and her strength was not even one-tenth of what it used to be, she still retained that rare characteristic. ¡°Sigh¡­¡± She sighed softly and looked at Xiao Huohuo¡¯s back in the array with some reluctance, inciting pity from others. ¡°What? Feeling reluctant?¡± A mocking voice sounded. The woman¡¯s expression changed, and she sensed a life-threatening crisis. She swept her sharp gaze to the side, but she did not spot anyone. ¡°Who¡¯s there?! ¡°Hiding your head and showing your tail is nothing!¡± She continued to look sharply to the side but did not find anyone. ¡°Look up.¡± Ye Chen chuckled. The woman abruptly raised her head and saw an extremely handsome man in white. He was standing on a long sword that was covered in seven colors of light. The man was standing in the air with his hands behind his back. A calm yet extremely majestic aura emanated from his body, making people want to submit to him. Then, a sad look appeared on her face. Judging from the power that the longsword emitted, it was definitely an immortal weapon. Moreover, its grade was not low; it was at least Middle Grade or even higher. One could not even imagine how powerful he was for him to possess such an immortal weapon. Right then, she had no way of dealing with him. ¡°Don¡¯t worry, I don¡¯t have any ill intentions for the time being.¡± Ye Chen smiled and continued, ¡°I¡¯m only interested in you. Tell me about your background.¡± ¡°Have you heard of the Purple Rainbow Immortal Palace?¡± the woman asked coldly. ¡°No.¡± ¡°In that case, it is not worth talking about.¡± Chapter 8 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation She was quite arrogant! Ye Chen cocked an eyebrow, feeling a bit displeased. In response, he directly activated Leader¡¯s Coercion! Bang! A powerful aura instantly swept toward the woman! The woman¡¯s expression changed drastically, and she promptly retreated. At the same time, she turned the ring on her hand lightly. A strange fragrance and mist rose before a barrier wrapped around her tightly. However, she soon discovered that the aura did not carry any lethality. It was obvious that the man in front of her was just trying to intimidate her. ¡°Nothing better to do!¡± The woman gritted her teeth. Although she was angry, she knew that if they really started fighting, she would not be able to deal with that sword on her own. The threat of an immortal artifact was too great, especially for a spirit like her that did not have a physical body. With just one sword attack, the immortal weapon¡¯s sharpness would be enough to kill her. ¡°After a long journey, listening to the life stories of others might be beneficial for me.¡± Ye Chen jumped off the Seven Extremes Sword and sat down on a stone beside the woman. He even patted it. ¡°Sit.¡± The woman suddenly felt that this young man before her was not just bored. She glanced at Ye Chen but did not sit down. Instead, she walked a little farther away, looking at the mountains and rivers in the distance while slowly starting to talk about her past. It turned out that her name was Ran Xuan, and she was a cultivator from outside the eastern continent. She was the Palace Master of the Purple Rainbow Immortal Palace. At her prime, she had been in the Peak Body Departure Realm, dominating the whole region. At the same time, she had also been an expert in alchemy, making her an extremely rare Heaven Rank alchemist. The classification of alchemists was not that complicated. Heaven Rank was the highest, but there were many ranks. Its four ranks of Heaven, Earth, Black, and Yellow were each split into 10 levels. If the ranks were the same, then the degree of alchemy would be classified according to its level. The higher the rank in alchemy, the more complicated and higher the level of alchemy one could perform. The higher the level of alchemy, the higher the success rate in producing pills and the better the quality. For example, Heaven Rank alchemists, no matter their level, had the ability to make pills for Mind Splitting Realm cultivators. That was extremely rare. At that moment, Ye Chen had the intention to recruit her. Ding! ¡°The sect has detected that the leader is trying to take in the soul of a high-ranking alchemist. The sect is glad, so it has generously offered you a gift package. ¡°You have obtained the Earth Fire, Thunder Extinguishing Flame, which is ranked 46th on the Divergent Fire List. ¡°You have obtained the Low-Grade immortal item, Soul-Retaining Jade Pendant. ¡°You have obtained Immortal Spirit Grass. ¡°You have obtained Elders¡¯ lounge and cultivation room.¡± ¡°Your sect¡¯s Dispensary Pavilion is unwilling to fall behind, and it has quickly offered the Low-Grade immortal tool, Meridian Yang-Extending Furnace. ¡°Your sect¡¯s Inheritance Pagoda wants to fight for its reputation and has begun to automatically level up in an attempt to find more of heaven¡¯s best. ¡°Your sect¡¯s Weapon Refining Peak and Scripture Collection Pavilion have been inspired, so they have increased their efforts to develop more powerful cultivation methods as well as treasures on their own.¡± ¡­ As Ye Chen listened to the system¡¯s announcements one after another¡­ He revealed a relieved smile. He had just planned to rope in Ran Xuan when the sect threw out a big gift bag at the next second. The sect was really working hard for its leader! He liked it! Ye Chen then looked at the cold and proud woman. With a thought in mind, he took out the Immortal Spirit Grass and started to fiddle with it. A pure and clear qi began to spread out. It seemed to have a power that could cleanse one¡¯s soul, which attracted Ran Xuan¡¯s attention. When she saw the spirit grass in Ye Chen¡¯s hand, she was shocked. ¡°Immortal Spirit Grass? ¡°Immortal Spirit Grass that can nourish the soul and rebuild the body? ¡°How did you get it?¡± Immortal Spirit Grass was a legendary herb. It had been extinct for a long time. How could it appear in such a remote part of the eastern continent? Even if it existed, how could it be in the hands of this small and unknown sect? ¡°Don¡¯t worry about how I got it.¡± Ye Chen raised his brows and put his hands behind his back. ¡°Just tell me if you want it or not.¡± Ran Xuan pursed her lips slightly. Although she looked calm on the outside, the fluctuations in her eyes showed that she was not as calm as her exterior appearance suggested. To be in contact with increasingly rare herbs was kind of appealing to all alchemists. Therefore, the Immortal Spirit Grass would naturally bring a lot of temptation. At that point, Ran Xuan only had a wisp of her soul left. Her body had been destroyed, so she needed this rare spirit medicine to recover her body. Hence, the medicine¡¯s allure would be further magnified. Saying that she did not want it would be a lie, and no one would believe it. However, if she wanted it, she would have to pay a certain price. Ran Xuan was well aware of that. She took a deep breath and looked at Ye Chen seriously. ¡°Fellow Daoist, what do you want?¡± ¡°As I¡¯ve said before, just tell me whether you want it or not.¡± ¡°Yes.¡± ¡°Then beg me! If you beg me, I will give it to you!¡± Ran Xuan looked at him as if she was looking at a fool, with a faint smile on her face. ¡°I know. You just want me to join your sect and help you refine pills, correct?¡± ¡°No, I¡¯ve changed my mind now. I want to hear you beg me.¡± Ye Chen¡¯s expression remained unchanged even though he had been exposed. ¡°Your leader sent you here, right?¡± Ran Xuan sneered. ¡°If you piss me off, I¡¯m afraid that you won¡¯t be able to do anything.¡± ¡°I¡¯m sorry, I am the leader.¡± ¡°You?¡± ¡°What? I don¡¯t look like it?¡± Ye Chen¡¯s expression changed to a more serious one, and a strange power spread out. Ran Xuan gritted her teeth. ¡°What do you think you¡¯re doing?¡± ¡°I am just trying to scare you. Come at me!¡± The Seven Extremes Sword then flew toward her. Its colorful light covered the sky and earth, directly increasing the power of the attack by two times. Ran Xuan¡¯s soft chest rose and fell; she was obviously livid. Her eyes, which had been fixed on Ye Chen, seemed to turn into ice. After a long silence, she slowly opened her mouth and said, ¡°I did not expect the leader of the Grand Mystery Sect to be so shameless.¡± ¡°You dare to bully a weak girl like me?¡± Ye Chen smiled and continued on her behalf. ¡°Enough!¡± Ran Xuan clenched her fists, trying to hold back the urge to attack. She stared at him coldly. ¡°I agree to join the Grand Mystery Martial School and become a guest elder. I will provide at least ten batches of pills that are within the Golden Core Realm each year. All of my needs will be provided by the sect. What do you think?¡± Ye Chen nodded. Ten batches of pills a year with ten pills in one batch, and they would all be suited for Golden Core Realm warriors. That was already pretty good. ¡°As for this Immortal Spirit Grass¡­¡± Ran Xuan snorted. ¡°Don¡¯t worry, I won¡¯t take it for free. Just give it to me when the leader thinks that what I have done is worth it.¡± ¡°Huh? What a pity.¡± Ye Chen sighed. ¡°I originally said that I would give it to you after you agreed to join the Grand Mystery Sect. Who knew that fellow Daoist Ran was a person with integrity. Not accepting free gifts is worthy of admiration!¡± Those words immediately made Ran Xuan¡¯s fingertips tremble. He was definitely doing it on purpose! There was no doubt that he was doing it specifically to anger her! If she had not known that she would not be able to win, she would have definitely fought Ye Chen! Chapter 9 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation Ran Xuan reluctantly followed Ye Chen back to the mountain. Ye Chen could not stand her cold and aloof appearance the most, so he had ruthlessly dealt her a blow. That had also caused Ran Xuan to hold back a belly full of anger. The next moment, however, dense spirit qi assaulted her face, causing her spirit body to tremble involuntarily! Refreshing! Awesome! It was only the outer part of the sect, but it was already more abundant in spirit qi than the palace master¡¯s cultivation room in her Purple Rainbow Immortal Palace! What kind of treasured immortal ground was this? She extended her spiritual sensing and saw an extremely beautiful disciple pushing a cart full of spirit stones out of the mine. She was instantly relieved. However, when she clearly spotted a Supreme-Grade spirit stone that was brimming with moisture and luster in the pile, she was suddenly dumbfounded. The kind of mineral vein determined the type of spirit stones produced. That meant, the spirit vein in the Grand Mystery Sect¡¯s possession was at least a Supreme-Grade spirit vein! Only Supreme-Grade spirit veins would produce Supreme-Grade spirit stones. No matter how abundant and concentrated the spirit energy in a Top-Grade vein was, it would be impossible for it to produce even a single Supreme-Grade spirit stone. It was a qualitative change. A Top-Grade spirit vein could nurture a second-rate sect. Meanwhile, Supreme-Grade spirit veins were more than a hundred times richer than Top-Grade spirit veins! Just how lucky was the Grand Mystery Sect? They had actually occupied such a vein without being discovered by any other cultivation sects? Could the Grand Mystery Sect have come across an ancient secret realm, which happened to contain the remains of a super-powerful sect? Then that would explain why the Grand Mystery Sect had such a rich foundation in a remote area! Ran Xuan was startled by her own speculation. She tried her best to not show a shocked expression, not wanting to make a fool of herself in front of Ye Chen. She secretly glanced at the evil leader in front of her as if she did not notice him. ¡°Follow me closely. My Grand Mystery Sect¡¯s great defense array is extremely powerful. If you take a wrong step, you will have to face it alone,¡± said a soft voice. Ran Xuan clenched her fists for the umpteenth time. He was trying to intimidate her again! It looks like it¡¯s fun for you to bully me! They were just walking through the mountain gate from the outside! In the span of just a few steps, Ye Chen had given her all kinds of warnings, It added up to more than he could count with his two hands! He told her what kind of mountain rocks were ancient demonic beasts in human form, what kind of broken spirit body they liked to eat the most¡­ What kind of thousand-year-old willow tree had already gained its own intelligence¡­ It had even fallen in love with a ghost once. In the end, the ghost had thrown it aside, causing its soul to be whipped by the branches¡­ The strange stone tablet at the mountain gate had the ability to read people¡¯s minds, and disrespecting the leader would cause a great reaction from the array. As a result, the culprit would be thrown out of the sect¡­ So on, and so forth. She was sure that he was f*cking evil! What kind of nonsense was this?! It was even more outlandish than an anecdote! If it were not for the fact that she still had her memories from when she was alive, she might have been deceived by him as an ordinary girl! However, when she really cursed Ye Chen in her heart¡­ She only managed to say ¡°shameless¡± before she was blown dozens of meters away by the mysterious light from the stone tablet. Then she landed outside the mountain gate. Her soul was shaken, and her aura faded. Real or fake, fake or real. That wave of operation directly caused Ran Xuan to switch from not believing what Ye Chen had said to partially believing it and not daring to offend him anymore. Although she did not think that the Grand Mystery Sect would have any decent mountain defense array, she would not act rashly because of Ye Chen¡¯s reminder. Perhaps, he had stolen it from the secret realm, and it just looked ordinary. Ye Chen did not realize that Ran Xuan had attributed all the precious treasures that appeared in the Grand Mysterious Sect to a non-existent secret realm. Nevertheless, seeing that she was no longer as cold and arrogant as before and had become more obedient, he felt great. Hehehe! How could he let others be pretentious in his territory? That would definitely be impossible. Now in a good mood, Ye Chen brought Ran Xuan past Xiao Huohuo, who was still in the middle of his trial, and they headed toward the inner entrance. While they passed by the mine cave, Ye Chen gave Gong Lingyun an order, telling her to welcome her new junior brother. Once he came out, she was to bring him to Dragon Head Peak to await further arrangements. Afterward, he brought Ran Xuan to Pill Cauldron Peak. Pill Cauldron Peak was also one of the seven main peaks. After Ye Chen had placed the Dispensary Pavilion there, the peak had been given that name. ¡°This is where you¡¯ll refine pills in the future. If you have any dissatisfactions or needs, feel free to tell me. But, I might not necessarily listen.¡± ¡°Huh?¡± Ran Xuan was about to go crazy. Why did this sect leader speak in such an infuriating manner? However, Ye Chen soon took out two things that astonished her. One was a cauldron with an ancient yet gentle aura¡­ The other was an ordinary-looking jade pendant. For some reason, Ran Xuan felt that the jade pendant contained an extremely soothing power. ¡°This Soul-Retaining Jade Pendant and the Meridian Yang-Extending Furnace are both things that you already know how to use just by hearing their names. I¡¯ll hand them over to you now.¡± ¡°You¡¯re giving them to me?¡± Ran Xuan did not think that Ye Chen would be so kind. Indeed, this young leader in front of her revealed a shameless smile at the next second. Ye Chen put his hands behind his back and resumed his tricks. ¡°Of course, I won¡¯t give them to you for free. ¡°The sect has given you the furnace to refine pills, but it belongs to everyone in the sect. You only have the right to use it, not control over it. ¡°This jade pendant, on the other hand, is a personal gift from me to you. Although it is only a Low-Grade immortal item, it is much better than that broken ring of yours. ¡°I don¡¯t want anything for this donation, as long as you pay a certain amount of sect contribution points.¡± Ran Xuan suddenly felt a bit uneasy. ¡°How much do you want?¡± she asked cautiously. ¡°Not much.¡± Ye Chen stretched out one of his fingers and shook it lightly. ¡°One hundred thousand a day.¡± Hearing him, Ran Xuan could not help but frown. Every sect had different settings. She did not know what it meant to contribute one thousand points and how long it would take to earn it. Ye Chen pursed his lips, signaling Ran Xuan to look at Gong Lingyun at the mountain gate. ¡°That is the odd-job disciple I just took in a while ago. She is only in the Qi Refining Realm, and she can earn more than one hundred a day. You are so much stronger than her, so it shouldn¡¯t be a problem for you to earn one hundred thousand or eighty thousand, right?¡± ¡°Why don¡¯t you just go and rob her?¡± Ran Xuan was so angry that she could not believe it. A hundred thousand? Did he really think that she could turn a bean into a soldier, which was equivalent to a thousand palace spirits? ¡°D*mn it! This is an immortal item! An immortal item!¡± Ye Chen then emphasized, ¡°If it were a spirit item or a saint item, I definitely would not have offered it at such a price. Do you think that immortal items are everywhere?¡± That made a lot of sense. It took Ran Xuan a long time to calm down. Out of curiosity, she asked again, ¡°What if I want to exchange my contribution for this jade pendant?¡± ¡°One trillion, no bargaining. ¡°However, you can pay for it in installments. You only need to pay one-ten-thousandth of the price as a down payment. The rest can be slowly paid back. ¡°If you don¡¯t make enough contributions, you can apply for a loan from the sect. Since you are one of us, the daily interest will be set at two-ten-thousandth of the total.¡± Ye Chen wore an energetic smile. ¡°Huh?¡± Chapter 10 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation Ye Chen¡¯s price almost suffocated Ran Xuan. One trillion¡­ It was one trillion. What kind of concept was that? Based on a rough calculation, even if Ran Xuan could earn one hundred thousand contribution points every day, it would still take twenty-seven thousand years for the full exchange. Besides, that was under normal circumstances. If she didn¡¯t obtain enough sect contribution points, this time would be infinitely extended. This was f*cking¡­ If she could live for 20,000 years, she would be able to transcend the tribulation and ascend! At that time, would she still care about a mere immortal artifact? Ran Xuan¡¯s expression had already frozen and gradually became numb. ¡°I don¡¯t want to buy it!¡± ¡°Hey, don¡¯t do that, boss. If you want to bargain, I might just agree.¡± ¡°Get lost!¡± ¡°How dare you talk back to your superior. I¡¯m not going to sponsor you anymore!¡± In the end, Ran Xuan still gave in and could only follow this shameless sect leader. Just as Ye Chen had stated, the jade pendant, which was an immortal item, was much stronger than her ring. She desperately needed this item to nourish her soul and recover her power. However, she would never choose to buy it. Even though the interest rate was only 20,000 contribution points per day and it seemed to be less than her loan, she still needed to pay back the principal of the loan, as well as the remaining 99.99%! In total, it would definitely not be less than 100,000. That way, the jade pendant would completely tie her to the Grand Mystery Sect. It was definitely a losing deal. Ran Xuan suddenly looked at Ye Chen differently. Not only did she feel that Ye Chen was extremely shameless, but she also felt that he was incredibly sinister. Ye Chen did not mind at all, as he smiled and handed over the two items with both hands. ¡°Elder Ran, from now on, we will be relying on you for all the medicinal pills in the sect.¡± Ran Xuan was expressionless. ¡°Where is the Spirit Herb Garden?¡± ¡°There is none.¡± ¡°Then how am I going to refine the pills?¡± ¡°Go out and buy the herbs. ¡°Oh, right.¡± Ye Chen slapped his forehead. ¡°The sect has just started, and everything is still in a state of chaos. We don¡¯t have many spirit stones, so we will have to trouble Elder Ran to work together with the disciples to mine the ores and be self-sufficient. Of course, the sect will provide you with the corresponding contribution points.¡± Scheming! All of this was definitely planned! It was utterly shameless! Ran Xuan suddenly came to a realization. The Grand Mystery Sect¡¯s leader had definitely planned everything from the start. He used an Immortal-Grade spirit herb and an Immortal-Grade jade pendant to lure her into the trap step by step! He had made her work for the Grand Mystery Sect for free! He had turned her into a brick for the sect, moving her wherever he needed to! Yet, she had agreed to all of this herself! She had been too careless. Her one thousand years of life had been wasted. She had been tricked by a teenager! Ran Xuan wanted to cry, but no tears would come out. Using the Bone Age Observation method, she could easily tell that Ye Chen¡¯s bone age was only eighteen years old. A person¡¯s bone age equaled their actual age, so it could not be fake. It was because of this that she had been wrong from the beginning, not believing that Ye Chen was the leader of the Grand Mystery Sect. It was already too late to regret it now. After getting on the boat, it would be very difficult to escape. Looking at the extremely smooth mountain defense array that was shining with a light illumination, Ran Xuan let out a heavy sigh. Seeing this, Ye Chen reached out to pat her shoulder but missed. He had forgotten that she was still a remnant soul. Even if he did not like it, he could only look at her and not touch her. Even so, Ran Xuan still turned around cautiously and retreated a few meters away, staring at him coldly. ¡°What are you doing?¡± ¡°Nothing. You don¡¯t seem too happy. I was just trying to comfort you.¡± ¡°I don¡¯t need it!¡± Ran Xuan emphasized each word. ¡°All right, All right. If you don¡¯t want it, then you don¡¯t. Why are you so fierce?¡± Ye Chen rolled his eyes. Suddenly, he thought of a question and casually asked, ¡°Have you never had a Dao partner before?¡± ¡°No!¡± ¡°No wonder. I was wondering why anyone would want such a fierce person.¡± ¡°Say that again!¡± ¡°I was just joking. Why are you so serious? ¡°Oh right, have you ever dual cultivated before?¡± ¡°Ye Chen! Draw your sword!¡± ¡­ Ye Chen left the Pill Cauldron Peak as if he was running away. Before leaving, he left the Immortal Spirit Grass behind and threw a note beside it. Ran Xuan took an hour to calm herself down. Gritting her teeth, she did not take the immortal spirit herb. Instead, she picked up the note and started to read it. ¡°The spirit herb is free and there¡¯s no need for any contribution. Feel free to eat it. Of course, if you feel that you¡¯re not beautiful enough to deserve this immortal spirit herb, you can throw it away.¡± It was a short note. ¡°Hmph.¡± The anger in Ran Xuan¡¯s heart had mostly disappeared. She crumpled the paper into a ball and threw it to the side. ¡°I am the most beautiful immortal in the Purple Rainbow Immortal Palace. How could I not deserve a mere Immortal-Grade Spirit Grass?¡± After muttering to herself, she started to think again. Ye Chen had given her the Immortal Spirit Grass and told her to eat it without worry. Was he secretly praising her beauty? A strange feeling arose in her heart. Ran Xuan looked at the paper that had been thrown to the corner. After hesitating for a while, she picked it up again and held it close to her body. ¡­ Dragon Head Peak, in the leader¡¯s hall. ¡°Leader, Xiao Huohuo has been brought here.¡± Gong Lingyun¡¯s sweet voice echoed in the palace. Ye Chen waved his hand and sat up straight, showing the dignity of a leader. Gong Lingyun immediately retreated to one side of the hall. ¡°Xiao Huohuo pays his respects to the leader!¡± A figure knelt down on the ground. Xiao Huohuo had passed the trial. Right then, he looked like a mess. His whole body was covered in burn marks. No one knew what he had encountered in the array. However, with his Yang Flame Hellfire Body, he would only benefit. ¡°You have passed the entrance test, and you are now a part-time disciple of our sect. Do you have any objections?¡± Ye Chen¡¯s calm voice rang out. ¡°I would like to ask for your permission, Master.¡± Xiao Huohuo lowered his body even more. Gong Lingyun frowned slightly. Why did this new disciple look so stupid. He had just entered the sect, and he was already asking for the sect leader¡¯s permission? ¡°Speak.¡± Ye Chen had already guessed what he was going to do. It probably had something to do with taking Ran Xuan in. ¡°There is a ring outside the mountain gate. It contains the soul of a senior disciple, and it has been isolated by the great array. ¡°Please allow me to take the senior disciple in.¡± As expected, it was just as Ye Chen had guessed. His eyes were calm, and he did not say anything. Seeing that, Gong Lingyun immediately said, ¡°The leader has already returned to the sect with a woman. She should be your senior.¡± ¡°Really?¡± Xiao Huohuo raised his head in joy. Gong Lingyun smiled. ¡°How could your senior sister lie to you?¡± At this time, Ye Chen slowly said, ¡°She is now living on Pill Cauldron Peak and is a guest elder of the Grand Mystery Sect. She is in charge of matters concerning medicine.¡± ¡°If you have time on a normal day, she will go back and visit you.¡± Xiao Huohuo was overjoyed. ¡°Thank you, Master! Thank you, senior sister!¡± ¡°You can leave now. If there is anything else, your senior sister will tell you.¡± ¡°Yes!¡± Chapter 11 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation After leaving the main hall, Gong Lingyun brought Xiao Huohuo to the mountain where the miscellaneous chores disciples lived and familiarized herself with the sect. Along the way, she explained a lot of things. After bringing him to his destination, Gong Lingyun planned to return to the mine. Bringing a junior brother had wasted a lot of time. She hadn¡¯t finished today¡¯s work yet. However, before she left, she still asked. ¡°Junior brother, is there anything else you don¡¯t understand?¡± ¡°Thank you, senior sister. For the time being, no.¡± ¡°In that case, you can explore on your own. If you have any more questions, you can look for me in the mine.¡± ¡°Yes.¡± Xiao Huohuo cupped his fists and saluted. After watching Gong Lingyun leave, Xiao Huohuo thought for a moment and decided to head to the Scripture depository that senior sister had introduced to him earlier. What he lacked now was cultivation methods. Following that, he went to the Scripture Pavilion. The scripture pavilion had been upgrading automatically in the past few days before Xiao Huohuo came, constantly researching and collecting more cultivation methods. By now, it was already quite large-scale. At present, the Scripture Pavilion was divided into three levels. The first level was an ordinary yellow grade cultivation method, the second level was a xuan grade cultivation method, and the third level only had two cultivation methods, which were the [ green star Nether record ] and the [ heavenly sorrow illusory manual ] . The cultivation methods on the first level could be exchanged for free, and starting from the second level, a certain amount of sect contribution points would be consumed. The black grade cultivation methods ranged from a few thousand to a few hundred thousand. According to her senior sister, she could get dozens of them in a day by mining, and if she was lucky, she could get over a thousand top-grade spirit stones. It would only take a month to exchange for a black grade cultivation method. However, starting from the earth grade cultivation method, it would become a little terrifying. Millions and tens of millions of contribution points, Xiao Huohuo did not even dare to think about it. However, he noticed that other than the two extremely expensive qi methods, there was also a box. Xiao Huohuo browsed through the list of items in the Scripture depository and found out what was in this box. Lightning extinguishing flame! Ranked 46th on the heavenly flame list, the lightning extinguishing flame belonging to the earth fire element! Xiao Huohuo¡¯s eyes immediately lit up. Wasn¡¯t this what he needed? Compared to the Qi method, the attraction of the heavenly flame to him was much greater. After all, he had the constitution of the Yang Flame Hellfire. He could fuse with all the heavenly flames! With the heavenly flame, he could become stronger! He really did not expect that after coming to this remote place in the east continent, there would actually be a strange sect with a rich foundation but a small population. Coincidentally, there was actually an extremely rare heavenly flame! He glanced at the contribution points required to exchange for it. Thirty million! Xiao Huohuo was not surprised. After all, this was a heavenly flame that was rarely seen even in a hundred years. If it was placed in an auction, it might not even be able to be obtained with hundreds of thousands of high-grade spirit stones. It was precisely because of this that a desire arose from the bottom of his heart. ¡°I must get it!¡± Thus, he went to the consular pavilion to collect the tools and mission, and rushed to the mine without looking back. Here, he actually bumped into ran Xuan. At this moment, ran Xuan had already consumed the immortal spiritual herb and reconstructed her body. Her figure was slender and slender, and her skin was delicate and fair. Paired with her exquisite facial features, her every movement carried a charm that could topple nations and cities. Most importantly, her strength had recovered a little, and she had reached the early stage of the core formation realm. This was the first time Xiao Huohuo had seen her. However, at this moment, her face was expressionless, and she looked a little distant from strangers. ¡°Senior!¡± He still braced himself and went up to greet her. Seeing Xiao Huohuo, ran Xuan¡¯s expression eased up a little. However, when her gaze fell on the machine on his shoulder, her expression turned sour again. ¡°Why aren¡¯t you cultivating?¡± ¡°Have you forgotten the three-year agreement?¡± ¡°That girl from the Murong family is already in the advanced stage of the core formation stage. It¡¯s not impossible for her to reach the peak of the core formation stage in three years.¡± ¡°How are you going to take revenge when you¡¯ve forgotten all about your achievements?¡± A series of verbal attacks made Xiao Huohuo feel a little ashamed. ¡°That¡­ senior, don¡¯t be anxious¡­¡± He said carefully, ¡°I came here to earn contribution points when I saw a strange flame in the Scripture depository that I could exchange for.¡± ¡°Earn contribution points? Did he ask you to Mine Spirit Stones?¡± Ran Xuan immediately thought of the Shameless sect master. ¡°Him? Who?¡± Xiao Huohuo was confused. ¡°This was my personal idea. I was not instructed by anyone else.¡± Ran Xuan snorted and said, ¡°Since that¡¯s the case, for the sake of a ball of strange flame, you don¡¯t even care about your cultivation level?¡± ¡°I¡¯ve looked around the scripture depository, but I haven¡¯t found a suitable cultivation technique. I can only put it aside for now¡­¡± ¡°Forget it.¡± Ran Xuan¡¯s expression was cold. ¡°Control your own standards. Don¡¯t forget the three-year agreement.¡± ¡°Yes, junior will remember it.¡± ¡°Alright, you can go then.¡± ¡°Yes.¡± Xiao Huohuo turned around and walked into the mine. Just as she was about to enter, she suddenly turned around and asked, ¡°Oh right, senior, are you here to¡­¡± ¡°I¡¯m here to earn contribution points as well.¡± ¡°¡­¡± When she mentioned this, ran Xuan¡¯s entire being was in a bad mood. She had originally planned to rely on refining pills to earn sect contribution points. But, it was hard to make bricks without rice. There was nothing in the sect, not even a few spirit stones, and not even spirit grass. Not to mention, when she wanted to use her power to get rid of some enemies to earn contributions, she was told by Ye Chen that there was only one way for the sect to earn contributions now. That was to mine. Thus, skipping work + 1. It was obvious that ye Chen¡¯s operation was to squeeze all the labor, not letting any of them go. While ran Xuan was complaining about this, she was met with Xiao Huohuo¡¯s objection. ¡°I think the leader is doing a good job. After all, the school does not support idlers. Plus, the way they distribute the resources is extremely unique.¡± ¡°The school¡¯s treasures are right there. Whoever works hard will be able to get them. Even the sky rank martial arts are included here.¡± ¡°In this way, all the disciples of the school will work hard and compete with each other to train hard.¡± ¡°In such a positive environment, who would be lazy?¡± ¡°Senior, Tell Me, which sect in the entire East continent would be as impartial as the sect leader and treat their disciples equally without giving any special treatment?¡± Xiao Huohuo spoke righteously. Ran Xuan was about to crack. He pointed at his nose and shouted, ¡°He has already tricked you all, and you still speak up for him?¡± ¡°How can this be a trap? Senior, this is for the good of the sect. Moreover, we can receive such generous rewards, and¡­¡± ¡°Enough!¡± Ran Xuan waved his hand and stopped Xiao Huohuo from continuing to argue. He gave him a cold glance and walked into the depths of the mine. It sounded reasonable. He couldn¡¯t win. He left. Xiao Huohuo was left standing there in a daze. After a long while, he scratched his head. ¡°What did I do wrong?¡± Chapter 12 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation In the blink of an eye, more than ten days had passed. During this time, apart from Ye Chen who had been cultivating, everyone had been working very hard to mine spirit stones. Moreover, with the addition of a core formation stage big shot like Ran Xuan,. On the sect¡¯s board, the speed of mining spirit stones had increased by more than five times. More than half of the spirit stones in the reserve had been created by her alone. Ran Xuan had a high cultivation realm, so she could go deep into the mine and dig in places with more abundant resources. It didn¡¯t take long for her to get one, and the quality wasn¡¯t low either. At the very least, it was middle-grade spirit stones. Xiao Huohuo and Gong Lingyun weren¡¯t as good. They might not even get a few pieces even if they dug for two hours. Moreover, the quality was low, so they were basically low-grade spirit stones. A middle-grade spirit stone was equivalent to a hundred low-grade spirit stones. According to the conversion ratio, a low-grade spirit stone was equivalent to a contribution point. The corresponding middle-grade spirit stones were equivalent to a hundred, high-grade spirit stones were equivalent to ten thousand, and supreme-grade spirit stones were equivalent to a million. Because of this, ran Xuan¡¯s rate of earning sect contribution was unusually fast. She could earn quite a lot in two hours. However, she was not the one who contributed the most. Gong Lingyun had been lucky enough to dig a supreme-grade spirit stone outside the mine and immediately obtained a million. As for Ran Xuan, she had only managed to obtain 800,000. She could not even pay off her debts. This also resulted in her daily trip to the mine extending from six hours to eight or nine hours. Only then was she able to pay off her debts and still have some surplus. Xiao Huohuo was in trouble. Up until now, the sect¡¯s contribution had yet to break into the five digits. With ran Xuan¡¯s example, he and Gong Lingyun were both thinking about whether they should make use of the time to raise their cultivation and come back to the mine to earn contribution points. However, cultivation required mental cultivation techniques. One could not be careless with one¡¯s natal mental cultivation technique. Once one had chosen one, one basically could not change it unless one had exhausted all of their cultivation or cultivated a related secret technique. Only then did the two realize that they had fallen into a dead cycle. If they wanted to earn more contribution points, they had to increase their cultivation level. However, if they wanted to increase their cultivation level, they had to exchange sect contribution points for the mental cultivation method. However, one of their goals was the Heavenly Flame and the other was a heaven-grade cultivation method. Both of them were currently out of reach. If their strength did not increase, they would not be able to enter the mine and earn more contribution points. For this reason, they found ran Xuan, which meant that they were in a difficult situation. After hearing this, ran Xuan shared his opinion. ¡°You can¡¯t go deep into the mine, which means that your body is unable to digest the pressure caused by the dense spiritual energy entering your body.¡± ¡°This problem is very easy to solve, and it doesn¡¯t have to increase your cultivation level.¡± Hearing this, the eyes of the two brightened, and they hurriedly asked. Ran Xuan pondered for a moment and said, ¡°You can try to temper your body, expand your meridians, and increase the strength of your body. If nothing goes wrong, you can withstand even denser spiritual qi entering your body.¡± ¡°But I¡¯ve already passed the body tempering stage¡­¡±gong lingyun was a little distressed. ¡°Tempering one¡¯s body isn¡¯t something that only those in the body tempering stage can do.¡± Ran Xuan smiled and said, ¡°In the immortal cultivation world, there is a type of cultivator who doesn¡¯t learn any spells and only temper their body, using martial arts to prove their dao. And they are also known as body cultivators.¡± ¡°There is such a person?¡± These words opened their eyes. ¡°That¡¯s right.¡±Ran Xuan continued, ¡°It is said that the strongest body cultivator is invulnerable to swords and spears, invulnerable to all techniques, and his physique has been tempered to the extreme. Even the heavenly tribulation can¡¯t do anything to him.¡± Terrifying! Invulnerable to all techniques! Invulnerable to swords and Spears! The two new cultivators looked at each other and swallowed their saliva. ¡°Then isn¡¯t he invincible?¡± ¡°This kind of person has only appeared in legends. There are no records of him.¡± Ran Xuan smiled. ¡°I can¡¯t make you become like that, but as long as you are willing to put in the effort and cooperate with the pills I¡¯ve refined, it shouldn¡¯t be a problem for you to withstand the intensity of the spiritual energy in my current position.¡± ¡°That would be great!¡± Xiao Huohuo was a bit impatient, ¡°Senior, shall we start?¡± ¡°Don¡¯t worry.¡±Ran Xuan rolled his eyes at him, ¡°The martial school does not have any pill refining materials right now. We need to ask the leader for some spirit stones.¡± ¡°¡­¡±. Dragon Head Peak, leader¡¯s training room. It was rare that ye Chen was not training. Instead, he was holding a piece of paper and writing. On the side, there was already a huge pile of paper. He was still mumbling. ¡°Only one hundred thousand contribution points per day is too little. After a while, she will be able to earn it. It is not a waste at all.¡± ¡°Should I think of a way to trick her?¡± ¡°Or should I just set a threshold and stop mining after reaching a certain realm, and only use contribution points to advance to a higher rank?¡± ¡°But she¡¯s already an elder. Where else can she advance to? become the sect leader¡¯s wife?¡± ¡°It doesn¡¯t seem like it¡¯s impossible¡­¡± ¡°That figure, that big white legs, that fierce¡­ cough cough.¡± ¡°Bah!¡± ¡°She¡¯s already over a thousand years old. It¡¯s not suitable!¡± ¡°But this can be used to restrict ordinary miscellaneous chores disciples.¡± ¡°Then how many contribution points does the promotion set¡­¡± So it was to calculate the account. But there was nothing he could do. This sect was too sensible and worked hard. Human resources, cultivation technique resources, magic treasures, materials, and other resources would all be provided by themselves. There was no need for him, the sect leader, to worry at all. The only thing he could do was to set up rules for the sect and set up rules for the disciples of the sect. Cough! Restrictions! Restrictions on the disciples of the sect! Knock, Knock, Knock. At this moment, there was a knock on the door. ¡°Leader, ran Xuan wants to see you.¡± Holy shit! Ye Chen looked around. The whole training room was filled with paper balls, and there were piles and piles of notes on them. Although he could not use them, if that girl saw him, she would definitely fight him to the death! ¡°Cough, that¡­ Elder ran, I have just finished my closed door training. You should go wait for me in the hall.¡± ¡°Yes,¡±ran Xuan replied before walking away. Hearing the footsteps leave, Ye Chen let out a sigh of relief. After cleaning up the training room and getting rid of all the paper balls, he hurried to the main hall of Dragon Head Peak. Ran Xuan had been sitting there for a long time, and her tea was already cold. Ye Chen waved his hand, telling Gong Lingyun to leave and sit down on the leader¡¯s seat. ¡°Elder ran, why do you have to come here personally?¡± Hearing him, a half-smile appeared on ran Xuan¡¯s face as she said lightly, ¡°I don¡¯t think our Great Mystery Martial School has arranged any virgins for me yet. If I don¡¯t come, who will?¡± ¡°That¡¯s right!¡± Ye Chen¡¯s skin was thick, so he ignored her strange tone and said seriously, ¡°It seems like it¡¯s time for our great mystery martial school to recruit disciples and hold a general election.¡± Ran Xuan rolled her eyes. She was already used to Ye Chen¡¯s bad luck. ¡°Elder ran, let¡¯s get down to business.¡± ¡°I am here to ask for some spirit stones from the leader to buy some spirit plants.¡± ¡°What? Money? No!¡± ¡°¡­¡± Chapter 13 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation Ran Xuan stared at Ye Chen in disbelief. It was as if she had never thought that he would refuse. ¡°This is refining pills for the sect!¡± ¡°The sect is poor! Can we not do it first?¡± ¡°How can we do that? Then how can I repay the contribution I owe you?¡± ¡°You owe me first. I am not in a hurry to ask for it, so why are you in such a hurry?¡± ¡°Didn¡¯t you say that I can come to you if I need anything?¡± ¡°I said that I might not listen to you!¡± ¡°What is the point of keeping those spirit stones? Are you going to let them rust?¡± ¡°Didn¡¯t you say that there would be a martial competition? Do you think I am joking with you?¡± ¡°¡­¡± The two stared at each other, arguing for a while, neither giving way to the other. In the end¡­ Pah! Ran Xuan patted the chair and stood up, gnashing her teeth as she said, ¡°I only want five hundred mid rank spirit stones and thirty upper rank spirit stones. Isn¡¯t that too much?¡± ¡°Sigh.¡± Ye Chen sighed and said earnestly, ¡°Elder ran, it¡¯s not that I don¡¯t want to give it to you. It¡¯s just that the sect¡¯s productivity is not enough and resources are limited.¡± ¡°There are only the four of us in the Great Mystery Sect. How can we not be able to make ends meet?¡± ¡°Look over there.¡± Ye Chen pointed in a certain direction and said, ¡°You have also seen our great mystery sect¡¯s protective array. The amount of spirit power that will be consumed when this thing is activated is not a joke.¡± ¡°Although it hasn¡¯t been fully activated, and it¡¯s only being used up, it¡¯s still not a small amount.¡± ¡°I¡¯ve invested more than half of the spirit stones you¡¯ve dug out in this period of time into this thing.¡± ¡°The rest might not even be enough for the sect¡¯s general election!¡± It made sense, but she didn¡¯t listen. ¡°I just want a little bit of resources. As an elder, I have the right, right? Also, what does ¡®being used up¡¯mean?¡± ¡°I¡¯m just waiting for someone to come knocking on my door before showing off. Right now, I¡¯m just keeping it running normally, understand?¡± ¡°I¡¯m Not Stupid, why are you shouting so loudly!¡± ¡°As an elder, you don¡¯t even know about this. What¡¯s wrong with me shouting at you?¡± ¡°Don¡¯t change the topic! Just say it!¡± ¡°I really can¡¯t give it to you. If I don¡¯t have enough spirit stones, if something goes wrong with the formation, the enemy will come knocking on my door, and it won¡¯t be something that can be solved with these few spirit stones.¡± Hearing that, ran Xuan¡¯s face softened a bit. However, she was still a bit unwilling. ¡°How about this? The sect will give me some other resources, and I will sell them in the market. I can at least sell some spirit stones, right?¡± ¡°I can¡¯t give them to you, so why don¡¯t you go to the Scripture Depository and exchange some of your contribution points?¡± ¡°Use my contribution points to refine pills for the sect disciples? That¡¯s too much!¡± Ye Chen immediately promised, ¡°Elder ran, don¡¯t worry. When the sect is rich, I¡¯ll definitely make it up to you!¡± Ran Xuan stared at Ye Chen with a suspicious gaze for a long time, ¡°You said that?¡± ¡°I said it. My words are as good as gold.¡± ¡°Alright.¡± Ran Xuan didn¡¯t want to continue pestering him, ¡°Then how can I leave the mountain after I change my cultivation method?¡± The mountain protecting array was normally not allowed to enter or leave. Without the permission of the array protector, it was impossible to sneak out of the sect. However, the great mystery sect did not have any array guardians yet, and only ye Chen was in control of the array. Therefore, Ye Chen gave her a token. ¡°With this token, you can enter and leave the great mystery sect freely.¡± With Ye Chen¡¯s permission and the token to leave the sect, ran Xuan left without looking back. She did not notice the smile on Ye Chen¡¯s face. He brought out the sect¡¯s interface and chose the pavilion. He added a sentence in the relevant section of the exchange rules. ¡°In case there are more high-ranking contributors in the sect, exchange for a large number of martial arts or valuable martial arts for other purposes. I hereby set up this pavilion. For those with higher titles, the amount of contribution required to exchange for martial arts will be greatly increased.¡± After doing all this, Ye Chen saw that ran Xuan had already arrived at the pavilion¡¯s entrance. ¡°I am doing this for the sect. Elder ran, please don¡¯t blame me.¡± Ye Chen chuckled and went back into the leader¡¯s training room. At the same time, he put up a ¡®do not disturb closed-door training¡¯sign on the door. The tool man was just a trick. ¡­ This ran Xuan who had started to exchange for the martial arts had already turned green. On purpose! Definitely on purpose! Ran Xuan did not believe that ye Chen had not done something. He saw the list of martial arts in the library. Crossing Fate Tyrant Claw: Mid Rank Yellow Rank martial art, exchange price 0. Due to your status as an elder, according to the rules, it has been increased to 5000. Purple Flame Ghost Kick: Top Rank Yellow rank martial art, exchange price 0. Due to your status as an elder, according to the rules, it has been increased to 20000. Purple feather holy chant: black grade middle-grade cultivation technique, exchange price 2,000. Due to your status as an elder, it has been raised to 200,000 according to the sect rules. Raging Flame Dragon concealment: black grade high-grade cultivation technique, exchange price 5,000. Due to your status as an elder, it has been raised to 500,000 according to the sect rules. ¡­ Was this the work of a human? Was this something that a carbon-based creature could do? Ran Xuan clenched her fists tightly, suppressing the anger that was about to burst out of her. Five hundred thousand! A mere high-grade black grade cultivation technique actually cost five hundred thousand! Although to the east continent, it was considered a first-class cultivation technique and could be sold for quite a number of spirit stones. But to the even more precious spirit herbs that she needed to refine pills, it was nothing. In this day and age, medicine was more expensive than cultivation techniques. The growth of a good medicine had extremely harsh requirements on the environment. In the barren east continent, it was very difficult to find precious medicinal herbs. Once a good medicine appeared, it would definitely be auctioned off for a sky high price. Although the body refining pill that ran Xuan wanted to refine didn¡¯t need too precious medicinal herbs, the price wouldn¡¯t be too low either. In this way, her eight hundred thousand contribution might not even be enough! However, she had no way to say anything, let alone argue with Ye Chen. If she were to really say it, ran Xuan would be able to guess how ye Chen would respond. For example, ¡®you can get eight hundred thousand contribution in ten days and easily exchange it for a few black grade cultivation methods, but can you write a black grade cultivation method in ten days?¡¯this kind of reason could shut her mouth with a single sentence. How infuriating! ¡°Ye Chen, just you wait!¡± The more ran Xuan thought about it, the more sullen she felt. She was so angry that she kept stomping her feet. In the end, she still exchanged for a top rank black rank cultivation method and a mid rank black rank cultivation method. Yellow rank cultivation methods were really not worth much. There was no need to get those things on the street. After dealing with the matter here, she told Gong Lingyun and Xiao Huohuo and left the great mystery sect by herself. ¡­ At the same time, in the Purple Rainbow Immortal Palace. A woman who was elegantly dressed and sitting in the position of the palace master suddenly opened her eyes. Her eyes were like sharp swords that could see through the space. Her originally calm and composed expression suddenly became flustered. ¡°How is this possible!¡± ¡°She¡¯s actually alive?¡± ¡°Could it be an illusion?¡± ¡°That¡¯s impossible. I planted a mark in her soul. I can feel it no matter if she¡¯s dead or alive.¡± ¡°How is that possible? She¡¯s already been dead for so long and her soul still hasn¡¯t dissipated?¡± ¡°Could it be that someone saved her?¡± The woman frowned and her gaze gradually turned sharp. ¡°No matter who it is, I¡¯m going to kill her!¡± Chapter 14 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation Ran Xuan had gone out on some errands, so she would not be back for a while. The days inside the great mystery sect were still the same as before, going on in an orderly manner. After a few more days, Ye Chen had made a breakthrough. He had successfully broken through from the peak of the Qi refining realm to the early condensing pellet realm. Just like Ran Xuan. His power had improved, and the Qi aura around ye Chen had also increased a lot. Even if he did not use the leader¡¯s pressure, he did not look like someone to be messed with. He looked like a small martial artist. More importantly, the system¡¯s notification came one after another. ¡°Ding! The martial school had sensed the leader¡¯s breakthrough, and they immediately thought that the great mysterious martial art of light had a chance. So, in their excitement, they took the initiative to offer you a great gift package.¡± ¡°You have obtained the illusory Sky Sword Manual.¡± ¡°You have obtained the telepathic finger.¡± ¡°You have obtained the Powang pupil.¡± ¡°You have obtained the star origin universe breathing technique.¡± ¡°You have obtained the shrinking earth into an inch.¡± ¡°You have obtained the immortal rank camouflage puppet ¡Á 1.¡± ¡­ ¡°So many!¡± Ye Chen couldn¡¯t help but feel happy. The sect was so sensible, and the rewards were so generous. It made him very happy. He casually opened the sect panel and began to read the detailed introduction of the various rewards. [ illusory sky sword case ](low-grade saint-level) : can store sword-type magic treasures. The more it is stored, the more powerful it is. Legend has it that when 99,999 swords are stored, the sword case can be used to fight against a divine weapon! [ telepathic finger ](high-grade spirit-level) : condenses an extremely powerful force and releases it from the tip of one¡¯s finger. The moment the telepathic finger is released, the world mourns. [ Powang pupil ](middle-grade immortal rank) : sees through all illusions. No one can hide under this move. [ stellar heavenly cycle breathing technique ](high-grade immortal rank) : a breathing technique. The practitioner can absorb a large amount of spirit energy with a single breath. With the circulation of the heavenly cycle technique, the practitioner will be able to absorb the spirit energy of an entire world and use it for his own use. [ shrinking earth into an inch ](mid-grade spirit rank art) : After learning it, the user could shorten the distance from a very long distance to a very close distance, which could be reached in an instant. The distance would depend on the user¡¯s realm and spirit power. [ immortal rank camouflage puppet ] : it can adjust your own aura, appearance, and even your realm to make a different appearance. (highest leaving aperture realm) ¡­ Looking at these introductions, Ye Chen almost could not stop smiling. Three Immortal Realm Warriors, one Saint Realm Warrior, and two spirit realm warriors. Even the son of Fate was not as lucky as him! This martial school was way too powerful. Under the control of his will¡­ All of the martial arts turned into light balls and merged into his sea of consciousness. Not long after, they were completely digested by Ye Chen. His eyes moved as he pointed out his finger, and a milky white light instantly gathered on his fingertip. The next second, it shot out! Boom! A huge hole appeared on the opposite side of the mountain. ¡°Not bad, not bad at all. It is quite useful.¡± ¡°Powang pupil¡­ How Do I use it?¡± A light flashed in ye Chen¡¯s eyes. The next second, he felt that his heaven observation eye and Powang pupil had merged together! ¡°Ding! Your cultivation art, sky-viewing eye (mid-grade sky rank) and Powang pupil (mid-grade immortal rank) have fused together. Due to the extremely high compatibility, it has successfully evolved into the sky-viewing eye (low-grade divine rank) !¡± Holy shit! The godly skill had arrived! The appearance of the sky-viewing eye had covered one of ye Chen¡¯s eyes with a layer of gray membrane. However, this layer of membrane didn¡¯t hinder his vision. Instead, it allowed him to see things more clearly. Ye Chen instantly felt as if he had the whole world under his control. It was so wonderful that it was hard to describe. Looking at the tree beside him, a panel popped up through the system. [ date tree ] Age: less than one year. Spiritualization degree: 32% Soul Body: None Fruit: not ripe yet ¡­ So that was how it was used. It was just that he did not know how different it would be if he used it on someone else. Other than that, the star Yuan universe breathing technique was something similar to the great development record, which would speed up his cultivation. However, this was a spell, not a mental cultivation technique, so the two did not clash. Ye Chen could clearly feel that his cultivation had increased a lot. It was two or three times faster than before! He estimated that he would be able to break through again soon. Awesome! As for shrinking the ground into an inch, ye Chen tried it out. He could easily cover dozens of miles without any effort. Plus, that amount of energy was almost negligible for his insane spirit qi absorption ability. The only limitation was his cultivation. Once his cultivation increased, he could cover tens of thousands of miles in one step, and maybe even hundreds of thousands of miles would not be a dream! It was also a very practical art, which would be very effective in both escaping and chasing. As for the illusory sky sword case, it did not seem that powerful for now. This was a magic treasure that relied on numbers, and the more, the stronger it would be. Currently, Ye Chen only had one seven extreme sword in his hand. Although it was a mid rank immortal tool, it still could not unleash the power of the sword case. The remaining puppet was a kind of good thing that could make ye Chen pretend to be a wave of leaving aperture realm warriors. It was the first choice for scamming people. However, he did not have any use for it yet, so he threw it into the system package. ¡°I am already so powerful. It would not make sense if I did not go out.¡± Right now, ye Chen was extremely confident. With the few immortal arts in his hands and the extreme escaping skills like shrinking the ground into an inch, his safety would not be a problem. If he did not go out and see the world, then his heart would be really itching. Therefore, Ye Chen told the two tools in the gate before leaving the gate. ¡°Ding! The school found out that the leader was going to leave the school alone. They were worried about him, so they offered the reward of the ¡®guardian¡¯.¡± ¡®guardian''(peak transformation stage) : a human-shaped puppet that can protect its target. Seeing this, Ye Chen was very satisfied. If that was the case, he would not have to worry about his former enemies recognizing him when he left the school. With the guardian here, if he dared to make a move, he would see him in his next life! Safe! ¡°Activate the Guardian!¡± With that order, a black-robed man stood behind ye Chen. His body was filled with a horrifying aura, and a pair of eagle-like eyes kept looking around, protecting ye Chen. ¡°No need to be so nervous. Just follow me. I will ask you to make a move before you do anything.¡± Hearing the order, the guard lowered his head and followed behind ye Chen respectfully like a servant. Ye Chen nodded with satisfaction. This was his first time out of the mountain gate. On one hand, he wanted to broaden his horizons, and on the other hand, he wanted to train himself. He had been training in the great mystery sect all this time, so he could not learn any battle techniques at all. He did not want to have zero battle experience and only have one cultivation. If he ran into someone with the same cultivation, even if he had a high rank art and no battle experience, he might not be able to win against them. However, not long after they left the gate, they ran into a group of people. From Afar, they could hear people talking. ¡°Strange, how did this great mystery sect come back to life? Didn¡¯t we even flatten the foundation of their sect?¡± Hearing these words, Ye Chen¡¯s eyes narrowed. Speak of the Devil. The enemy had arrived. Chapter 15 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation Due to the existence of the profound void eye. Ye Chen easily saw through his opponent¡¯s cultivation. The strongest one was only a mid condensing core stage cultivator. The few of them chatted as they walked. ¡°If I had to say, this great mystery sect must have hidden some incredible treasures. Otherwise, why would our sect leader join hands with the other seven sects to destroy the Grand Mystery Sect, which is about the same strength as us?¡± ¡°I¡¯ve heard about it. The Grand Mystery Sect¡¯s sect leader offended the people of the Sun Burning Sword sect first, and it was not convenient for him to deal with the Grand Mystery sect himself. So, he set up a reward and asked the eight great sects to besiege the summit of the Grand Mystery Mountain.¡± ¡°Exactly. The sect leader of the Grand Mystery Sect is only a core formation stage cultivator and has no background. How could he hide any good treasure?¡± ¡°Sigh, this is truly an undeserved disaster. If the leader offends someone, the entire martial school will suffer.¡± ¡°Cutting the weeds and cutting the roots¡­ he¡¯s really ruthless.¡± ¡°Extremely¡­¡± ¡­ It seemed that a young generation from a rival martial school had been sent out to investigate the situation. Ye Chen didn¡¯t disturb them. He stood in the shadows with the Guardian and watched them leave. These few people were not worth his time. The mountain protecting array could easily stop them. ¡°It seems like these people will not give up after killing my great mystery sect.¡± Ye Chen murmured, ¡°After this wave of people, they will definitely send out more powerful warriors. At that time, I will have to have enough power to deal with them.¡± However, Ye Chen was also clear about that. These people were just the vanguard. Even if he destroyed these eight cultivation sects, it would still not solve the problem. The real mastermind was the person who had killed the former leader. ¡°Sun Burning Sword Master Huh?¡± Ye Chen narrowed his eyes slightly. He had already remembered this name. With his limited knowledge, he did not know much about the sun burning sword master. He only knew that the people in this sect were all sword cultivators. They were all very powerful, and had an arrogant personality. They liked to keep to themselves. Even so, they were extremely protective of their own shortcomings. Even if they hurt a servant disciple in their sect, they could still send an elder to knock on their door to seek revenge. Because of this, most of the sects did not dare to provoke their disciples. Even the supreme esoteric sect of the East continent had to show some respect to the people of the Burning Sun Sword sect. Such a sect could only ignore them and stay far away. Otherwise, they could only go all out and destroy them completely. ¡°Just you wait. The current great mystery sect is not something that you can just do whatever you want.¡± Ye Chen let out a light snort as he was mentally prepared. When he returned this time, he would open up the sect and recruit disciples. The current density of the great mystery sect¡¯s spirit Qi was enough to create a batch of core formation disciples in a short period of time. For Ye Chen, this was productivity! He was a tool man! He was an important role in developing the martial school! As for geniuses like Xiao Huohuo and Gong Lingyun, they would become the mainstay of the martial school. They would get rid of their status as coolies and become thugs! A high-level tool man! Coming out this time was indeed the right choice. If he waited for people to come knocking on his door and he was not prepared at all, the disaster of losing the martial school might happen again right in front of his eyes. ¡°However, there is still a problem in front of me.¡± ¡°If I hold the martial selection, the Burning Sun Sword sect will definitely get the news. At that time, they will definitely try to make things difficult for me.¡± ¡°After all, he is a first-class martial institution. If he wants to do something, it would be easy for him to take the opportunity to destroy our great mystery martial school.¡± ¡°How can I make them not have the time to care about me?¡± ¡°HMM¡­¡± Ye Chen opened the martial institution map and looked through the list of buildings. ¡°I got it!¡± [ Spirit Beast Garden ](target completion: 100%) : it has already prepared the right opportunity for the martial institution to lure the baby divine beast to the right place at any time. This was something that the great mystery martial institution had been doing since it was founded. And recently, everything had been prepared. ¡°I can lead the beast to a corner of the east continent and make some noise to let those martial institutions fight over this beast.¡± ¡°By then, no one will care about me anymore.¡± ¡°Who would notice a small martial institution that had just been destroyed and rebuilt?¡± A confident smile appeared on ye Chen¡¯s face. ¡­ West of the East Continent, Demon Soul Swamp. The Earth suddenly started to shake violently. Amidst the rumbling sound, a beam of flame shot into the sky. For a moment, the sky fire spread out, and the earth fire burst out. A huge Vermillion Bird Phantom appeared in the sky, flying around wantonly as it sprayed out one apocalyptic flame after another toward the ground. Looking from afar, it looked like it was real. Its body seemed to be emitting an extremely high temperature, and its screeching sound echoed throughout the entire Demon Soul Swamp. Less than half a cup of tea had passed since this strange scene appeared. A few figures with powerful auras suddenly appeared in the sky above this piece of land. They looked at each other as a form of greeting. They looked at this vermillion bird from afar, and their eyes were filled with shock and uncertainty. ¡°This is¡­ The Divine Beast Vermillion Bird?¡±An old man with white hair and beard asked. A big man beside him immediately smiled and said, ¡°Pure Yang Patriarch, you¡¯re blind. This is an illusory image, not a physical entity.¡± Another veiled woman¡¯s eyes were hesitant, as if she did not understand. She slowly said, ¡°Such a phenomenon is probably rare. Could it be that a rare treasure has appeared?¡± The old man immediately stood up and said, ¡°Everyone, Devil Soul Swamp is only a thousand miles away from My Burning Sun Sword sect. It is also considered the territory of the Burning Sun Sword sect. No matter what it is, it should belong to me, Pure Yang.¡± The big man was immediately displeased and scolded, ¡°You Old Thing, how can you be so Shameless? This Devil Soul Swamp belongs to your family? Why didn¡¯t you say that the skeleton sea also belongs to your family?¡± ¡°That¡¯s right. This is a dangerous place that everyone recognizes. Even if a strange treasure is born, everyone should rely on their own abilities. The first to arrive will get it,¡±a young man who had never spoken before said in a cold voice. As he spoke, the few of them turned to look at the woman, as if asking her to make the decision. The woman saw that the few of them were unable to agree. She pondered for a moment before finally saying, ¡°How about this? In order not to harm the harmony, we won¡¯t make a move. The disciples of the sect will head to the Devil Soul Swamp to seize the opportunity. Whoever gets the flower will have to depend on their own abilities. How about it?¡± The young man looked around and glanced at the few people who had yet to speak. ¡°I think it¡¯s pretty good. What about you guys? Who¡¯s against it? Who¡¯s in favor?¡± ¡°Since the supreme esoteric sect has already said so, what¡¯s there to argue about? I agree.¡± ¡°I agree as well.¡± ¡°Me too.¡± Soon, more than half of the people present supported the woman¡¯s suggestion. Although pure Yang Patriarch was a little displeased, he didn¡¯t say anything. Seeing this, the burly man also nodded. Chapter 16 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation Everything was going according to Ye Chen¡¯s plan. However, he didn¡¯t know about all of this. Right now, he had already arrived at the market closest to the great mystery sect. The so-called market was a place that provided all kinds of treasures, talismans, cultivation arts, and other items for immortal cultivators to trade. Different from the market for mortals, this place was exceptionally lively, whether it was day or night. Walking on the street of the market, Ye Chen couldn¡¯t help but feel happy as he looked at all the new things. ¡°I didn¡¯t expect that there would be an auction house in the cultivation world. F * ck, even a brothel!¡± If he didn¡¯t go and see it, wouldn¡¯t it be a waste for him to travel through time? Without saying anything else, ye Chen walked towards the building called ¡®Spring Pavilion¡¯. However, he was still at the door when he was stopped by someone. ¡°Fellow Daoist, today, the spring pavilion is reserved by my young master. Come another day.¡± ¡°Reserved?¡± Ye Chen was stunned for a moment. He immediately thought of the mysterious plot of a rich young master chasing after a courtesan. This kind of story usually had two outcomes. Either two people were willing to do it, or the woman didn¡¯t agree, but because of the other party¡¯s power, she had no choice but to submit. However, she already had someone in her heart, which resulted in a series of melodramatic plots. Ye Chen was amazed. He did not expect to come across such a story that could only be seen on TV. He also lost his interest in the brothel and turned around to leave. However, he had only taken two steps. A figure fell in front of his feet. Pah. His face fell to the ground. ¡°Ah!¡± ¡°Young Master!¡± ¡°What a nice pavilion! How dare you offend our MU family! Just you wait!¡± The few qi refining servants did not dare to do anything, they only said some harsh words. Ye Chen raised his head and saw a beautiful face. Her face was as cold as ice, she said coldly, ¡°I have already said that miss su would only drink tea and chat with others, how dare you be so frivolous? Next time, don¡¯t let me see you!¡± The plot was a little different from what he had expected. Ye Chen was surprised, ¡°Even a maid is so beautiful, how beautiful is the main character?¡± This made him curious. After thinking for a while, he turned around and walked back into the pavilion. Soon, someone came up and blocked his way. ¡°Sorry, fellow Daoist, the pavilion is not welcoming any guests today.¡± ¡°Not welcoming any guests?¡± Ye Chen was a bit annoyed. He had been rejected twice in such a short period of time. No one knew who had experienced this feeling before. This person was like a servant in the shop, looking at ye Chen with a hint of disdain. He seemed to have seen through ye Chen¡¯s cultivation base, and also noticed that his yuan ling armor was too ordinary, so he felt that there was no need for this person to receive him. This was the classic example of a dog looking down on others. ¡®fine!¡¯! ¡®I have plenty of ways to deal with you!¡¯! Ye Chen did not say anything else as he walked out of the spring pavilion. Then, he took out his immortal rank disguise puppet and started to pinch it according to Li Xiaoyao¡¯s appearance in his memory, raising his cultivation base to the highest level. Soon, he changed his appearance. He was still wearing the same white clothes and carrying a sword case on his back. However, his entire aura had changed drastically, making him look like a powerful sword immortal. This kind of change was brought about by his cultivation base at the leaving aperture realm. Even the leader¡¯s aura could not compare to it. This time, when he came to the pavilion, that servant¡¯s attitude had changed drastically. ¡°Hey, sir, please slow down. Which Lady Are you looking for? Do you want me to take you up there myself?¡± ¡°Get lost.¡± Ye Chen only said one word coldly. The head master used all of his power, and with the power he had put on, he rushed towards the servant. The servant felt as if he had been struck by lightning. He was scared out of his wits by the shout, and he immediately kneeled on the ground. ¡°Senior, please spare my life! Senior, please spare my life!¡± Ye Chen couldn¡¯t be bothered to argue with him. He walked upstairs, and after a few steps, he turned back and asked, ¡°What room is miss su in?¡± The attendant was still shouting for senior to spare his life. He was truly scared out of his wits. Ye Chen didn¡¯t show the slightest bit of mercy. He directly kicked the attendant and asked in an even more serious tone. ¡°In¡­ In the first room.¡±The servant answered with a trembling voice. The first room¡­ It sounded quite impressive. No wonder even the servant girl was so fierce. Ye Chen was getting more and more interested. He found the place that the servant had mentioned and knocked on the door. ¡°Is Xuan Here?¡± ¡°I am little sister Jiao.¡± ¡°Open the door.¡± There was a moment of silence inside. Then, the maid¡¯s clear voice came from the other side, ¡°You are looking for the wrong person.¡± ¡°I am not looking for the wrong person. Miss Su, right? I am looking for you.¡± However, the door did not open. The maid asked after a while, ¡°What are you looking for Miss Su For?¡± Ye Chen was very honest, ¡°Look at how beautiful she is.¡± The maid was stunned. She had never seen such a person who could say such a simple thing. Shouldn¡¯t they first talk about something high and mighty, then attract Miss Su¡¯s attention, then successfully win the beauty¡¯s favor and become a guest in the curtain? Ah, this¡­ The servant girl looked at Miss Su, waiting for her to make a decision. Even Miss Su was stunned. She could clearly feel the powerful aura outside. It was much stronger than her cultivation realm. However, in the east continent, there shouldn¡¯t be anyone stronger than her. ¡°Could it be that a rare old monster from a large sect came to test my purpose?¡±Miss su muttered. The servant girl didn¡¯t hear clearly. ¡°AH? Miss¡­ Miss Gong, what did you say?¡± Miss su shook her head and got up from the bed. She sat down at the table and began to boil water to make tea. ¡°Let him in.¡± ¡°Yes.¡± The servant girl went to open the door. The fragrance immediately filled the air. Ye Chen saw the beautiful face of this servant girl again when he was so close to her. She was indeed extremely beautiful! At such a distance, he could not even see a single blemish on her face. Her skin was as smooth and translucent as a piece of unpolished jade. Together with her extremely delicate facial features, it was already a rare sight. Although all the women in the cultivation world didn¡¯t have bad looks, it was extremely rare to have such beauty. The next moment, ye Chen saw that woman sitting by the table, her movements gentle with a certain rhythm. Although her beauty was not much better than that servant girl¡¯s, she had an indescribable aura on her body. Powerful, domineering, Noble, and unreachable. It was as if what she did was right, and what she said was true. Ye Chen seemed to have seen this kind of aura on ran Xuan before. However, in less than half a day, he had broken through his defense. Another one today? The woman raised her head and met ye Chen¡¯s gaze in the air. Shock, surprise, and confusion. Many emotions appeared in her eyes. It was as if she had never expected that such a young and elegant young man would come in. Most importantly, he had the cultivation of peak leaving aperture realm! However, when ye Chen walked in, he was also stunned! Chapter 17 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation Who was this woman? Ye Chen did not know. However, he had the insightful void eye, which could see through all illusions and see everything he wanted to see, including a person¡¯s background. On the interface that popped up in the system, the person¡¯s detailed introduction was displayed. [ Name: Su Ruiyun ] [ Identity: Palace Master of Purple Rainbow Immortal Palace ] [ Bone Age: 477] [ Aptitude: extraordinary ] [ Personality: obstinate, fierce, cunning ] [ Cultivation: middle stage of the Nirvana Stage ] [Constitution: Dark Phoenix Body (immortal body)] [ Luck: 270,000] [ Loyalty: 0] ¡­ He was a big shot! A Super Big Shot! In just over 400 years of cultivation, he had reached the middle stage of the Nirvana stage. Moreover, he had an extremely majestic fate and an immortal body that countless cultivators envied. All of these were the foundation of a cultivator. And those invisible cultivation methods and treasures were a part of her strength. Ye Chen felt that this woman¡¯s true strength would be extremely terrifying. Ordinary late-stage or even peak-stage soul nirvana cultivators wouldn¡¯t be her match. Most importantly, she was actually the palace head of the Purple Rainbow Immortal Palace! ¡°What¡¯s the relationship between Ran Xuan and her?¡± Ye Chen thought about this question in his heart, wondering if he should ask it in person. After thinking about it, he decided to give up. Judging from her personality, it seemed like she was not someone to be messed with. If there was a grudge between the two, then wouldn¡¯t he be beaten up? Ye Chen¡¯s puppet cultivation was fake. If he really started to fight, he would have no choice but to run away. ¡°Senior, you have seen her too. How is it? Are You Satisfied?¡± Su Hexiun¡¯s temperament was very out of this world, and each of her movements carried an eye-catching power. If he could see her, he would be able to feast his eyes on her. It would be a lie to say that he was not satisfied. With her looks, he would have to keep an eye on her all the time when he took her home as his wife, afraid that she would be taken away by someone else. ¡°Indeed not bad.¡± After his curiosity was satisfied, ye Chen did not stay any longer. He turned around and left. His goal was to visit the brothel and see how it looked like. He was not here to talk to this four-hundred-year-old grandmother. Seeing ye Chen leave, Su Hexiyun slightly frowned. ¡°Palace Master, do you want me to follow him?¡±A servant girl walked up to him. ¡°He will find out. No need.¡± She could not see through ye Chen. The servant girl was a bit curious, ¡°Where did this person come from? His behavior is so strange. If he wanted to test our intentions, why would he leave after just one look?¡± ¡°Perhaps, he is not here to test us.¡± Su Hexiyun held the teacup with two fingers and gently turned it. The water reflected her eyes, which were deep in thought. ¡°Not testing? Are you really here to see your appearance?¡± ¡°If that¡¯s the case.¡± Su Zhiyun chuckled, and then her gaze became deep, ¡°We have to be careful on this trip. The east continent isn¡¯t as simple as we thought. Even a peak leaving aperture realm expert has appeared. Perhaps there are some sects that have a powerful expert at the distracted stage hidden deep within.¡± ¡°AH? That person is at the peak of the leaving aperture realm? That¡¯s impossible. I think his bone age is only 18 years old.¡± ¡°I also think it is strange. But, he is indeed at the peak of the leaving aperture realm, and he is only eighteen years old.¡± Su Hexiun finished the tea in one gulp, ¡°It does not matter where he comes from or where he goes. None of this has anything to do with us. In short, this time, we are going to find that person in secret.¡± ¡°Yes!¡± ¡­ Outside the spring pavilion. Ye Chen stretched his body and continued to wander around the market. He had finished visiting the brothel, and had seen a lot of pretty girls. Unfortunately, he did not have any further development with them. To be precise, the spring pavilion was not a brothel. It was a place for female cultivators to rest. At the same time, it also provided matchmaking services, helping them to find suitable partners. To put it bluntly, it was a place to introduce blind dates, and it had nothing to do with dust. It seemed like it was not enough. However, when passing by the window of room No. 1, she saw Su Hexiyun leaning against the window, watching him leave. Ye Chen waved goodbye and disappeared from her sight with a smile. Of course, if she used her soul consciousness, everything that happened within hundreds of thousands of miles would not escape her eyes. However, it was forbidden to use soul consciousness in the market. In order to protect the privacy of the shops, no one could go beyond it. Unless one was powerful enough to protect all the cultivators in the market by themselves. It was completely unnecessary. Su Hexiun watched ye Chen leave, her eyes showing no emotion. Soon, she stood up. ¡°Let¡¯s go. I heard that in the Hundred Thousand Mountains in the south of the East continent, there is a small sect that has been revived overnight. Let¡¯s go and take a look.¡± ¡°Palace Master, over at the Devil Soul Swamp¡­ there is a strange phenomenon of the divine beast, the Vermillion Bird. There must be a fire element treasure that has appeared, which will be very beneficial to you. Are we not going to take a look?¡± ¡°It is just some tricks. They are all fake.¡± ¡°This¡­¡± ¡°Forget it. Ask wuying to take a look over there. If It¡¯s true, you must get the item.¡± ¡°Yes!¡± Su Ruiyun¡¯s figure suddenly disappeared. When she reappeared, she was already in mid-air. ¡°Master, oh master, if it really is you, I wonder if I should kill you a second time?¡± ¡­ ¡°Achoo!¡± In the marketplace, a beautiful figure suddenly trembled and suddenly sneezed. She stroked her arm and looked around. The city was filled with people and the sun shone down on the earth. ¡°Strange, why do I suddenly feel so uneasy?¡± ¡°Could it be that ye Chen has come up with another way to annoy me?¡± Ran Xuan frowned. He was not well. 800,000 contribution this time, she didn¡¯t even get 10 books. Although this thing was not much in terms of quality,. But even after selling all of it, it was still a little hard to use it to buy medicinal herbs. She didn¡¯t have enough spirit stones. The prices of the market here in the east continent were beyond her imagination. She wanted to help Xiao Huohuo and Gong Lingyun break through the physical shackles together. The quantity of this medicinal pill was definitely not something that could be solved with just a few dozen or a few hundred pills. She needed a large amount of medicinal ingredients. But now, she had only gathered less than forty percent. ¡°If it really can¡¯t be done, I can only go to the Devil Soul Swamp to explore.¡± This was what she heard from other cultivators. She heard that a strange treasure was about to be born there, and many large sects of the east continent had joined forces to prepare to explore this dangerous land together. Usually, after the strange treasure was born, it would bless the land. Therefore, it would cause a lot of low-rank spirit plants to grow rapidly, turning into rare spirit medicines. Ran Xuan clenched her fist, trying to figure out if she could survive with her current power. Thinking about it carefully¡­ No! ¡°It¡¯s all Ye Chen¡¯s fault! Why are you so stingy?¡± She, who had always been cold and aloof, couldn¡¯t help but curse out loud. A white-robed figure who had just passed by suddenly paused. She turned around and looked at ran Xuan. Chapter 18 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation What the f*ck? Who! Who dared to scold me behind my back?! Oh, it was Ran Xuan. Then it¡¯s fine. This girl had never given him a good look before. Scolding him behind his back was definitely a common occurrence. But even so, he was still a bit unhappy. He really wanted to vent his unhappiness. So, Ye Chen stared at her expressionlessly, as if he could get some comfort from her. However, he had forgotten that he was currently under the effect of the immortal rank puppet. Not only was he emitting the aura of a ¡®Super Expert¡¯all the time, he didn¡¯t even turn off the sect leader¡¯s pressure. In the eyes of outsiders, he was a big shot that they couldn¡¯t afford to offend. He was the kind who was scared to the point of panicking just by looking at him. Being stared at by him like that, ran Xuan¡¯s heart suddenly trembled. Not to mention mocking ye Chen, he did not even dare to move at all. Ye Chen saw it and suddenly had a thought. ¡®shouldn¡¯t I use the skin of the immortal rank puppet to teach this little girl a lesson? is she worthy of scolding me behind my back?¡¯? All of a sudden, the clear eyes of the handsome man, Li Xiaoyao, turned gloomy. The eyes that looked at ran Xuan were filled with sadness, surprise, joy, excitement, and many other complicated emotions. Then, ye Chen shouted excitedly, ¡°Xuan ¡®er!¡± ¡°Is that you, Xuan ¡®er?¡± Ran Xuan was stunned. She looked around, but did not see anyone else. Xuan ¡®er? Only then did she realize that this big shot in front of her¡­ Was calling her? Ye Chen rushed forward with ¡®excitement¡¯and grabbed her hand, ¡°I am Xiao Yao. Don¡¯t you remember me?¡± Ran Xuan was shocked. Her beautiful eyes widened as she yelled, ¡°Let Go!¡± She had never been grabbed by a man other than her father. Moreover, she was a woman with such a high status and power, so how could anyone dare to take advantage of her like this? Unfortunately, she had lost all of her cultivation and strength, so she could not break free at all. Ye Chen, who was also at the core formation stage, had quite a huge advantage in terms of physique. At this moment, his eyes were full of sadness. After hearing ran Xuan¡¯s reaction, he showed an injured expression, as if he had been deeply hurt by Ran Xuan¡¯s actions. ¡°After your death, I have been looking for you for so long. Don¡¯t you understand my feelings for you?¡± Ran Xuan was stunned. There were no more than five people who knew about his death. How did this person know about it? Could it be that he really knew her like he said? However, the hands that were holding her seemed to be a bit dishonest. What was the meaning of that! Ran Xuan was embarrassed, ¡°I don¡¯t know you! Let Go of me!¡± How could ye Chen let go of her? He had already given her a lot of face. He lightly shouted, ¡°Su Ruiyun is right here in this city. Don¡¯t you know that?¡± Ran Xuan¡¯s delicate body instantly froze, and a hint of hatred appeared in her eyes. ¡°She still dares to come?¡± Seeing this expression, ye Chen could already confirm that the two were enemies. Thus, he said, ¡°Why doesn¡¯t she dare to come? You¡¯re only at the core formation stage right now, and she can crush you with one finger. What¡¯s there to be afraid of?¡± ¡°You¡¯ve been with her for so long, don¡¯t you know her personality?¡± Ran Xuan turned her head to look at him, staring into his eyes, ¡°Who exactly are you?¡± ¡°Sigh¡­¡± Ye Chen sighed slightly, ¡°I heard that after death, people enter the reincarnation cycle. Although you¡¯ve already cultivated the Yuan Shen, and don¡¯t need to be reborn, you can use a corpse to return to life, or even reconstruct your dao body.¡± ¡°But, the difficulty of this is beyond human power. It is only natural that you would forget part of your memories.¡± ¡°You are focused on revenge, and you only remember Su Xiyun, but not me. I do not blame you.¡± These words were extremely moving, and they were full of emotion, which made ran Xuan gradually calm down. She even fell into deep thought. ¡®could it be¡­¡¯. ¡®could it be that there really was someone who had loved me for a long time, and had been searching for her after she died?¡¯? It was not impossible. Ran Xuan did feel that she had lost a lot of her memories. Among them were the many cultivation techniques and experiences she had learned in her previous life, as well as a lot more. However, she clearly remembered that although she had been pursued by many male cultivators, she had never had a dao partner before. That was for sure. Could this person in front of her really be one of her admirers? Ran Xuan Thought for a while and finally had some trust in ye Chen¡¯s identity. ¡°You¡­ can you let go of Me First?¡± ¡°Oh¡­¡± Ye Chen revealed an embarrassed expression, ¡°I was rude.¡± Ran Xuan clearly saw a regretful expression in his eyes. It was obvious that he didn¡¯t want to let go. However, it was precisely because of this that she believed ye Chen¡¯s identity even more. He was just licking a dog. It wasn¡¯t easy for him to finally touch the goddess¡¯hand. How could he not be excited and happy? How could he not feel regretful after being rejected? This was human nature. Ran Xuan didn¡¯t want to be too calculative. Moreover, her current strength didn¡¯t allow her to be too calculative. Thus, ran Xuan chatted with Ye Chen for a bit before easing his excitement. Afterward, they started to talk about serious matters. ¡°Where is Su Ruiyun? where is she?¡± ¡°I bumped into her at the spring pavilion. I went up to take a look, and she even brought a transformation stage servant girl with her.¡± ¡°Transformation¡­ servant girl¡­ What Servant Girl?¡± ¡°She just looks pretty.¡± ¡°¡­¡± Ran Xuan suddenly felt that this Li Xiaoyao in front of her was just like ye Chen, who knew how to anger her perfectly. She said unhappily, ¡°I mean, there is something special about her, so that I can recognize her identity.¡± ¡°How would I know? I like you. I can not just stare at other girls, right?¡± Ye Chen¡¯s words were filled with righteous indignation, which made ran Xuan speechless. ¡°But¡­¡±he suddenly held his chin and hesitated for a while, as if he was thinking about something. ¡°But what?¡±Ran Xuan thought he had thought of something. ¡°But, she smells pretty good, even better than you.¡± ¡°¡­¡± Ran Xuan clenched her fists, wanting to hit someone. She was so angry! How could she be like that shameless leader of the Great Mystery Sect! The way she looked at Li Xiaoyao suddenly changed. Ye Chen quickly changed his words, ¡°I mean, is this a symbol? After all, how could normal people make themselves smell so good?¡± Hearing him, ran Xuan couldn¡¯t help but think for a moment. Yes, there was indeed no need for that. Unless¡­ Suddenly, her pupils contracted. ¡°I know!¡± Ye Chen was startled, ¡°What do you know?¡± ¡°It¡¯s the Yin and Yang envoy! The one you met is the Yang Envoy!¡± Ye Chen couldn¡¯t help but be speechless. What kind of SH * t? weren¡¯t they all from Your Purple Rainbow Immortal Palace. As for making such a fuss? Chapter 19 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation ¡°You don¡¯t know!¡± Ran Xuan¡¯s expression was solemn. ¡°These two people are good at life testing. They will definitely leave a mark on you. Now that we have met, I¡¯m afraid she already knows.¡± Suddenly, she felt something and turned around. On the bustling street of the market, two beautiful figures were walking towards them from afar. Their looks were exceptional and their Aura was outstanding. They were Su Hexiyun and her maidservant who had returned. Soon, they were standing in front of them. ¡°Ms. Su, how have you been?¡± Ye Chen faintly smiled at her, showing nothing strange on his face. Su hexiyun also faintly smiled, ¡°I didn¡¯t expect that senior would actually know my master. It can be considered fate.¡± ¡°Oh?¡± Ye Chen looked at ran Xuan with a playful expression. When she had introduced her life to him, she had only told him her background, but not the details of her death. It seemed like she still did not trust him. Who would have thought that the person who had killed ran Xuan was her own disciple? Oh My God! It was really something. ¡°She is your master?¡±Ye Chen asked. ¡°Yes.¡± ¡°Then you know her very well?¡± ¡°There is no one else in the world who knows her better than me.¡± ¡°DAMN! Then hurry up! Come on, tell me about her weakness. The more details, the better!¡± ¡®senior wants to harm her?¡¯ ¡°No, I¡¯m chasing after her. This woman is impervious to oil and salt. She doesn¡¯t even give me a chance even when she has lost her memory.¡± Hearing this, Su Ziyun had a faint smile on her face. ¡°This master of mine is indeed like this. She¡¯s wholeheartedly devoted to the Dao and has abandoned the love between men and women.¡± ¡°In this aspect, she really doesn¡¯t have a weakness.¡± ¡°However¡­¡± ¡°She has a secret. If senior is interested, I can tell you.¡± Ye Chen¡¯s eyes lit up, ¡°Oh! That is a good relationship. Come here, let¡¯s talk in private.¡± ¡°Enough!¡± Ran Xuan finally could not take it anymore. Looking at the two laughing and talking people, the hatred in her heart could not be added, ¡°Li Xiaoyao, this has nothing to do with you. Go Away!¡± ¡°F * ck! It is not the time to kill the donkey yet! Stop messing around!¡± Ye Chen glared at her, ¡°If I leave, who will protect you?¡± These two sentences had pointed out the situation on the stage, which made all of them freeze for a second. Deceiving one¡¯s master and destroying one¡¯s ancestors was a huge crime in the cultivation world, and everyone despised it. To do something like this, it was definitely not something that could be put into words. Therefore, Su Shiyun had never mentioned it in her words. However, she did not expect ye Chen to say it out loud. It was obvious that he meant that if the two of them wanted to fight, then they could do it. After all, ran Xuan would be mine for sure. This was a bit out of line. It was a sign that they were about to lose all decorum. However, it made sense. With the power that ye Chen had displayed, there was no need to beat around the bush with them. ¡°Senior, you must be joking. With me and the Yang Ambassador Here, who would be able to hurt my master in this East Continent?¡± He still had to say what he wanted to say. Su Hexiyun did not want to be ye Chen¡¯s enemy. Her eyes kept flashing as she looked at him, as if she was making a decision. However, before she could make a decision, ran Xuan could not take it anymore, so she spoke first. She said coldly, ¡°I don¡¯t need your protection.¡± Su Hexiyun could not help but raise her eyebrows, and the corner of her mouth curled up slightly. Master, master, how come we haven¡¯t seen each other for such a long time, and your temper has grown so much? Being willful was not a good habit. ¡°Alright, if you don¡¯t want to protect me, then I won¡¯t.¡± Ye Chen couldn¡¯t be bothered to be stubborn with this stupid woman. However, now was not the time to joke. Ran Xuan was, after all, an elder of his own sect, so he still had to protect her. Thus, he came before Su Ruiyun and ran Xuan, and used a drastic move. ¡°Ms. Su, how about going to the Devil Soul Swamp with me?¡± Even if he didn¡¯t stay by Ran Xuan¡¯s side, it would still be the same if he took the main character away. Unexpectedly, Su Ruiyun smiled gracefully. Without any hesitation, she agreed, ¡°Being able to travel with senior is my wish. Coincidentally, this trip to the east continent is also for the Devil Soul Swamp¡¯s unique treasure.¡± ¡°That¡¯s good. Follow me.¡± Ye Chen placed his hands behind his back. As soon as he finished speaking, he had already disappeared. When he reappeared, he was already a thousand miles away. He was overloading his power, and every step he took consumed a huge amount of spirit power. If it were not for the fact that he had an extremely powerful recovery ability and a few martial arts that could operate on their own, he would not have been able to afford it at all. However, in the eyes of others, this was an existence that was powerful enough to control space. This scene in Su Hexiun¡¯s eyes was nothing more than a shock. She exchanged a look with the Yang ambassador with a serious expression, then her body slightly moved and disappeared from where she was. Having followed Su Hexiyun for so many years, she naturally knew what this look meant. It was nothing more than for her to wait for an opportunity to take action. While dealing with Ran Xuan, she had to make sure that ye Chen would not know that they were the ones who did it. Thus, she stayed behind to face the previous palace master. At this moment, ran Xuan had already returned to her queen-like coldness. Her gaze swept over her body and said, ¡°Are you here to kill me?¡± ¡°No, former palace master, you¡¯re worrying too much.¡± The Sun envoy faintly smiled, and no flaws could be seen on her beautiful face, ¡°Palace Master was afraid that you would be in danger here, so she sent me to protect you.¡± ¡°Is that so?¡± Ran Xuan sneered, too lazy to expose her. At this moment, a black shadow floated over and stood behind ran Xuan. ¡°In the name of my master, I am here to protect Ms. Ran.¡± A low and hoarse voice sounded, containing a coldness and viciousness that kept others at a distance of a thousand miles. More importantly, he did not hide the aura of the peak of the transformation stage and locked onto Yang Shi. Yang Shi¡¯s expression changed immediately. She was only in the intermediate stage of the transformation stage and was two levels weaker than the other party. Even if she used all her techniques, she might not be able to fight to a draw with the other party. Not to mention killing ran Xuan under his protection. Ran Xuan opened her mouth when she saw this scene, but she did not know what to say. Was he the one who sent her here¡­ She felt touched for some reason. ¡°Let¡¯s go to Devil Soul Swamp.¡± Ran Xuan looked into the distance, feeling a lot of emotions growing in her heart. ¡­ At the same time¡­ Hundreds of thousands of miles away from the city¡­ Su Ruiyun, who had finally caught up with Ye Chen, was in a bad mood right now. Before she had caught up with ye Chen, he seemed to be playing with her with his soul consciousness. Every time she was about to get close to him, he would pull away from her. After that, he would wait for her in the distance. This cycle repeated dozens of times. And when she finally caught up with Ye Chen, he would no longer use that space-crossing ability. He would land on the ground and walk leisurely like a mortal. Su Hexiyun couldn¡¯t remember how long it had been since someone dared to treat her this lightly. It seemed that after she became the Palace Master of the Purple Rainbow Immortal Palace, even the separating spirit realm cultivators would have to show her some respect. A peak leaving aperture realm cultivator¡­ what right did he have to be so rude! However, they were not in their own territory after all. Ye Chen was a whole realm higher than her. Even if he did that, he would not be able to do anything to her. He could only be angry in his heart. Chapter 20 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation With this move¡­ Su Hexiyun was no longer in the mood to give Ye Chen any face. Not long after, she received a message from the Yang ambassador, saying that Ran Xuan had Ye Chen¡¯s experts protecting her. If she could not make a move, she would be even more disgraced. She wore a sullen expression, looking very unhappy. Seeing Su Hexiyun unhappy, Ye Chen was happy. No matter what, Ran Xuan was still one of her people now¡­ Oh No, she was from the great mystery sect. If he wanted to bully her, then he would have to do it. Outsiders did not have the right to do so! Not even his disciple! Not to mention her bad disciple who had killed her once. Just as ye Chen was considering whether or not he should make more arrangements for Su Ruiyun, a group of people suddenly flew down from the top of his head. Each of them was flying on their flying swords. Their clothes were gorgeous, and they looked valiant and valiant. However, they seemed to be in a hurry. Ye Chen noticed that there was a token on their waists with the word ¡®burn¡¯ written on it. People from the Sun Burning Sword sect? Ye Chen raised his brows. He didn¡¯t expect to run into them here. ¡°Senior brother, there are people.¡± ¡°Capture them and seal their cultivation. Hide well!¡±The leader ordered. They were going to attack? Ye Chen could not help but laugh out loud. The strongest of these people in front of him was only at late core formation realm, and they were actually trying to make trouble for them. The result was obvious. Before ye Chen could make any move,. A holy and pure flame rose up from Su Hexiun¡¯s body. This layer of flame did not move at all, only emitting an extremely high temperature. But even so, half of the Warriors from the Burning Sun Sword School had died in less than two breaths of time. Some of them even directly evaporated under the high temperature, not even leaving their bodies behind. ¡°Senior! Please spare our lives!¡± How could they not know that they had kicked an iron board? The remaining few with higher cultivation hurriedly knelt down and begged for mercy. ¡°Humph!¡± Su Hexiun held back her anger and didn¡¯t intend to stop at all. However, she didn¡¯t kill them directly. Instead, she withdrew half of her power and slowly tortured them. Ye Chen, who was protected by the Yuan Spirit Armor, was not hurt at all. However, seeing her attacking without any hesitation and using such cruel methods, he could not help but feel a chill in his heart. If he did not have the Yuan spirit armor, he might have been killed under the high temperature just like those people. ¡°Stop! I have something to ask them.¡± Ye Chen could not bear to hear those people¡¯s miserable wails, so he asked Su Hexiun to stop. Su Hexiyun glanced at him and said coldly, ¡°Senior, don¡¯t tell me you feel pity for these pieces of trash as well?¡± As she spoke, she raised her hand, and a wisp of flame power flew into a person¡¯s head. Instantly, his wails became even louder. With his void interpretation eye, ye Chen could clearly see that this foreign power was continuously burning that cultivator¡¯s spirit root. Moreover, the speed was extremely slow. Clearly, it was deliberate. The Spirit Root was the foundation of one¡¯s cultivation. If one lost the spirit root, then one would not be able to use the spirit power to turn it into one¡¯s own power. This was something that cultivators were born with. This kind of torture process was even more horrifying than the ten most brutal tortures in ancient times combined. The pain that the torturers experienced was something that even this kind of cultivator could not withstand. It was completely unimaginable. ¡°Enough!¡± Ye Chen¡¯s face turned cold. The illusory sky sword case shot up into the sky and landed in front of those people. The seven-colored light covered the sky and earth, blocking out all of the firepower from Su Hexiun¡¯s body. A simple and exquisite longsword was floating in the air, giving out a horrifying pressure. ¡°Immortal weapon?¡± Su Hexiun raised her eyebrows, ¡°I have one too!¡± She lightly raised her hand, and a small bell appeared on her white wrist, emitting a mysterious aura. ¡°It¡¯s a soul art!¡±As she lightly shook it, her voice was pleasant to the ear, making one involuntarily want to immerse themselves in it. Soul Art! Ye Chen immediately thought of this. At the same time, he also felt an irresistible fainting sensation. The Yuan spirit armor could only resist normal attacks, and absolutely couldn¡¯t defend against this kind of spell! F*ck! This was even more amazing! He couldn¡¯t faint. Once he did, everything would be exposed! Su Hexiun clearly wanted to use this group of Sun Burning Sword Sect¡¯s people to vent her anger on him. If he couldn¡¯t hold on any longer, she would definitely discover that his cultivation wasn¡¯t real. Once that happened, not only would he have to protect ran Xuan, even he would have to be involved as well. This woman would definitely seek revenge for the smallest grievance. Ye Chen had been so angry at her for lying to him. If he fell into her hands, he would definitely not have a good ending! No! Run away! Ye Chen immediately used his shrinking earth into an inch, avoiding this wave of indiscriminate attacks. However, he was not someone who would be willing to take a loss. With a flip of his hand, he threw out a spiritual finger attack! He was only at early condensing pellet stage. However, to Ye Chen¡¯s surprise, this immortal rank puppet had greatly increased the power of this attack! The milky-white light beam that was only the size of a finger had suddenly increased by thousands of times! Suddenly, ye Chen seemed to have a quantum cannon in his hand. With a ¡®Zi¡¯ sound, a huge beam of light shot out through the air, attacking all of the people on the ground. Even Su Hexiyun was among them! Unfortunately, this kind of attack was only a bit too powerful, and it was only on the surface. Although it looked powerful, in reality, it was still the power of the early condensing pellet stage. It would be easy to deal with those severely wounded cultivators, but it would be useless against Su Hexiyun. However, this finger art had a special feature. This thing was completely condensed by spirit power, which could attack the target. For those who were powerful enough to resist the attack, it would be like taking a spirit qi bath. This kind of situation directly caused Su Hexiyun to reappear in ye Chen¡¯s eyes from a white world, and her clothes were already torn. The damage was not big, but it was extremely humiliating! ¡°TSK, interesting!¡± Ye Chen landed on the ground, ignoring Su Hexiyun¡¯s eyes that were about to spit fire. ¡°Have you seen enough?¡± Su Hexiyun¡¯s cold voice slowly came out of her mouth. She suddenly felt that he had done all of this just to humiliate her. What question? What stop? They were all fake! He just wanted to provoke her into making a move, and then find a reasonable opportunity to teach him a lesson! Ye Chen threw a piece of clothing at her, his eyes still looking at her. He asked curiously, ¡°Do you eat papaya a lot?¡± Su Xieyun did not look happy, she did not want to answer his question. Plus, what was a papaya? A melon made of wood? Could it be eaten? Although she did not understand, Su Xieyun did not ask Ye Chen. She glanced at the long robe in front of her, which was still filled with a thick scent of the opposite sex. Immediately, she frowned and threw it on the ground. ¡°Why did you throw it away? There are still people watching!¡± Ye Chen didn¡¯t mind causing trouble and started to jeer. Su Xieyun was slightly startled and hurriedly looked over. In the end, she discovered that those disciples of the Burning Sun Sword sect had already died under that finger attack. They had been dead for a long time. No one was looking at them! They were lying to her again! ¡°Do you really think that you can do whatever you want just because you have a high cultivation?¡±Su Hexiun tried to hold back the urge to fight back as she said through gritted teeth. However, Ye Chen¡¯s eyes suddenly lit up. He smiled lightly. He lifted up his chin. He looked like he was looking at someone through his nose. ¡°I am sorry. A high cultivation means you can do whatever you want.¡± ¡°¡­¡± Chapter 21 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation How infuriating! How truly infuriating! Yet, what could she do?! Should she really fight? This was a big shot of the Peak Body Departure Realm! On top of that, he was only eighteen years old. Perhaps he was a reincarnation of a powerful expert, or perhaps an illegitimate child. Through some kind of secret skill, he had raised his strength to this extent. Not to mention that she couldn¡¯t beat him. Before finding out ye Chen¡¯s identity¡­ Even if she could beat him, even if he was the palace master of the Purple Rainbow Immortal Palace, he would not dare to act rashly. And Ye Chen had caught onto this mentality of hers. He did whatever he wanted and did whatever he wanted. He knew that as long as he did not touch Su Hexiyun¡¯s bottom line, she would not go against him. All immortal cultivators valued their lives more after reaching a high realm. Su Hexiyun did not want to talk to Ye Chen at all, so she walked to the depths of the forest to change her clothes. Meanwhile, Ye Chen walked to the group of disciples from the Burning Sun Sword School and took all the storage rings and bags from their corpses. This scene was witnessed by Su Hexiyun, who had just returned. ¡°You are interested in their storage bags?¡± She said with a hint of disdain. When she said this, her eyebrows were slightly raised, carrying a hint of happiness that could not be hidden, as if she would be very happy if she could defeat ye Chen in some way. In the end, Ye Chen rolled his eyes at her. ¡°Are you stupid? Didn¡¯t the head outer disciple of the Burning Sun Sword sect say that they were going to hide?¡± ¡°There are dozens of them. The top warriors of the younger generation are basically all here. What do you think is worth them being so afraid of?¡± Su Hexiun did not want to analyze such a small matter, so she said, ¡°I don¡¯t care who they are hiding from. Besides, what does it have to do with you taking their storage bags?¡± Ye Chen suddenly felt like her brain was filled with cement. ¡°If they did not provoke others, why would they run away?¡± ¡°If they provoked others, then there should be some sort of situation. People, Money, things, there are only these four kinds of things.¡± ¡°The Burning Sun Sword sect does not lack money, and the people inside are famous for being protective of their own. Normal martial institutions would not dare to provoke them, so they must have provoked others. They were in the wrong first, so they ran away.¡± ¡°With this elimination, two choices have been eliminated. The rest can only be analyzed in terms of things.¡± ¡°I said, how did you become the Palace Master of the Purple Rainbow Immortal Palace?¡± ¡°¡­ Oh, I forgot. It was the killing of a master and seizing power.¡± ¡°But let me tell you. With Your Brain, the Purple Rainbow Immortal Palace will be defeated by you sooner or later!¡± After a round of scolding, Su Xiyun¡¯s face darkened again. She sneered, ¡°No need for you to worry, senior. The Purple Rainbow Immortal Palace is doing very well. But, you are the one who is very strange. How could you be so concerned about these juniors?¡± ¡°The Sun Burning Sword School has provoked me before. Would I tell you about it?¡± ¡°Do you think I have nothing better to do if I don¡¯t tell you?¡± ¡°Why are you so stubborn when I say you don¡¯t have a brain? Do you know how to be sarcastic after you lose your brain?¡± Ye Chen continued to scold her. ¡°You!¡±Su Hexiun was so mad that she did not even know how to respond. ¡°What do you mean by you? Did I give you face? How dare you treat me like this?¡± Ye Chen yelled, ¡°Sword!¡± Shoo! The seven extreme sword let out a loud sound as it landed between the two. A bright light shone on their faces, and all the changes in their expressions could be seen clearly. Su Xiyun¡¯s face was cold as she said lightly, ¡°If that¡¯s the case, please calm down, senior. I will bid you farewell.¡± ¡°F * ck! No!¡± ¡°I was just joking with you. Do you really need to do that?¡± Ye Chen¡¯s face changed as he reached out and held the seven extreme sword in his hand, ¡°I wanted to introduce you to the wonders of this sword of mine. You Don¡¯t know that every time it attacks, it will have an extreme power. Even a child holding it in his hand can easily kill a transformation stage cultivator¡­¡± Listening to ye Chen¡¯s serious introduction, Su Shiyun¡¯s face kept flashing, and a rare flush appeared on her face. ¡°How can you be like this?¡± ¡°What about me? A bunch of brave and handsome people with a good personality, three hundred and sixty degrees without any blind spots. Is there a problem?¡± ¡°¡­ What are you talking about?¡± ¡°In short, I am the best in the world. No one can compete with me!¡± ¡°Shameless¡­¡± It was rare for her to reach an agreement with Ran Xuan on a certain point. Ye Chen chuckled, not caring about it at all. As long as Su Ruiyun did not leave, it would be fine. Otherwise, if he went back to find trouble with Ran Xuan, then he would not be able to come to her aid in time. Sigh! As the leader of his own sect, he had been so worried about the disappointing elders in his own sect! ¡­ Right then, a whistling sound came from the top. In the blink of an eye, another group of people had landed in front of them. All of them had a calm and powerful aura, as if they were not young at all. This group of people was much more powerful than before. Under the profound void eye, most of them were between the core formation realm and the transformation realm. The leader was even at the late transformation realm, which was not a level that ye Chen could deal with anymore. But, it was nothing! There was still a powerful warrior in the area! Ye Chen rolled his eyes and quietly took two steps back, standing behind Su Hexiun. Su Hexiun: ? ? ? Was your step back really serious? It was just a few brothers! But, Su Hexiun did not care about it. After all, this guy had a lot of priors. She guessed that this half step back was because she was too lazy to make a move, and had treated her like a fighter. It was not a big deal. Facing these people, she was quite confident. After the group landed on the ground, they immediately saw the corpses. The leader of the group immediately hugged one of them and cried. ¡°Tao¡¯er! My Son¡­¡± ¡°Who? Who killed him? !¡± The middle-aged man suddenly raised his head and stared at Su Hexiyun and Ye Chen. ¡°Don¡¯t look at me!¡± Ye Chen waved his hand repeatedly, ¡°Look at my weak cultivation! How could I kill your son? It was all her doing!¡± After saying that, he added, ¡°She even warned me to keep it a secret.¡± Su Hexiyun couldn¡¯t help but twitch her lips. Indeed, right now, Ye Chen had secretly adjusted the realm displayed by the immortal rank puppet. It was clear that he was just a small early stage qi refining cultivator, and was basically a weakling. The group of people couldn¡¯t help but look at Su Hexiun. The middle-aged man clenched his fists tightly. This woman in front of him was dressed luxuriously, and her Aura was outstanding. Even he couldn¡¯t see through her cultivation. She was indeed a major suspect. ¡°Why did you kill my son? !¡± He almost roared out in anger. Su Hexiun couldn¡¯t be bothered to argue with him. With a flick of her finger, a lotus heart flame flew over. The middle-aged man¡¯s pupils constricted. Before he could react, he was melted into ashes by this incomparably holy flame. Chapter 22 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation This move shocked the remaining few people. Even an elder of the Transformation Realm was killed in an instant. What could they do? This woman who looked so beautiful that she didn¡¯t look like a human was actually an expert! ¡°You dare to touch my Sun Burning Sword Sect!¡± A person stepped out, and several flying swords flew out! Su Hexiun looked down and flicked out a fire lotus finger. This man didn¡¯t even make a sound, and even his sword and body disappeared. DEAD + 1. Instantly, everyone was stunned. They looked at each other and didn¡¯t dare to act rashly. ¡°Kill him or ask him?¡± Su Hexiun learned her lesson and decided not to go against Ye Chen anymore. She would ask him everything. Putting down the pride in her heart, it was not a big deal. At this moment, those people finally understood. It turned out that this young man who had admitted defeat from the very beginning was the one who could make the real decision! ¡°Let me ask you a few questions.¡± Ye Chen took a step forward, ¡°The one who just died here¡­ is an outer disciple of your burning Sun Sword sect, right?¡± One of them answered with fear, ¡°Yes, senior.¡± ¡°Then what are they doing here? It seems like they are being chased by someone.¡± ¡°This¡­¡±that person hesitated, as if he did not want to talk about it further. Ye Chen increased his voice, ¡°Speak!¡± ¡°Please Calm Down, senior. This¡­ This is a sect secret. If I tell anyone about it, my life would be in danger as well.¡± Hearing that, Ye Chen¡¯s heart skipped a beat. He used his soul consciousness to check the storage bag that he had found earlier. Finally, he found a secret letter in one of the bags. It was about the alliance with the other martial institutions, including the supreme martial institutions. They were planning to use this demon soul swamp trial to attack the new generation of top martial institutions in the east continent. ¡°This is going to break their roots.¡±Ye Chen mumbled to himself. In a martial institution, the top battling power was just as important as the lowest battling power. A martial school without a new bloodline would have no chance of survival. No matter how powerful the top battling power was, they would not be able to go far. It seemed like they were going to team up and compete with the top martial school. This was something that ye Chen would love to see, so he naturally would not stop them. In fact, he was even willing to help them during this trip. The more chaotic the east continent was, the better it would be. Only in this chaotic world would the great mystery sect have the chance to grow. However, ye Chen had a feeling that this man knew something that was not recorded in the letter. However, he was too lazy to ask. He waved his hand, trying to let Su Hexiyun receive his message. In the end, she killed all of them without saying anything. ¡°What the hell? Why did you kill them?¡± ¡°? ? ? Didn¡¯t you ask me to kill them?¡± ¡°That gesture of mine was to let them go. Was it because the palace master had been in contact with each other for too long and liked to read the Big Boss¡¯mind so much?¡± ¡°¡­ next time, please send a message directly. Thank you.¡± She was always angry at Su Ruiyun. In fact, she did not get it wrong. It was just that ye Chen wanted to find fault with her. After knowing the purpose of the Burning Sun Sword Master, ye Chen and Su Ruiyun continued their journey. Although the Devil Soul Swamp was a trap that he had set up himself, there was a real bait in this trap. It was a divine beast that had not been born yet. Ye Chen had to go and collect it himself. Along the way, he bought a few people from all the big cities along the way and asked them to help him spread the news that the great mystery sect was going to open up their martial school. This spread like wildfire. Under the constant propaganda, almost half of the East continent knew that the great mystery sect was going to recruit new disciples. However, although the news was huge, the effect it brought was not that great. There were only a few people who had actually made a move. Ye Chen saw it and did not know what to do for now. The Great Mystery Sect was not that famous after all, and it was located deep in the mountains. No one had ever heard of any good places there. Although there were a lot of schools there, they were all not that famous. Combined with all kinds of factors, no one was willing to travel all the way there. ¡°It seems like the main problem right now is that I do not have enough fame.¡± Ye Chen suddenly felt a bit of a headache. It turned out that even if the school was really good, and he could level up and grow, it would not be that easy to be the leader. After a few more days, they arrived at the market that was closest to the Demon Soul Swamp. At this moment, it was already a gathering of elites. All the young generation from the top martial institutions had gathered here. Regardless of whether they were geniuses or freaks, at this moment, they were not as rare as before. In order to protect them, the top martial institutions had also sent out many elders to protect them. All of them were above the infant stage. Regardless of whether they had grudges or not, they were all on guard against each other, preventing the other party from hiring people to secretly attack these young disciples. Sensing this situation with his void interpretation eye, Ye Chen¡¯s heart almost burst with joy. If he were to make some noise at this time, it would definitely be very exciting, right? Therefore, he turned his eyes and turned his attention to Su Hexiun. Su Hexiun felt a chill down her spine, and had a bad feeling. ¡°What do you want?¡± Ye Chen grinned, ¡°Help me kill a few people.¡± ¡°Impossible! I Am Not Your Fighter!¡±Su Zeyun rejected without even thinking. ¡°Don¡¯t worry, it will not be for nothing. After you succeed, we will go into the Demon Soul Swamp together and get our chance. What do you think?¡± ¡°I am the Palace Master of the Purple Rainbow Immortal Palace, why would I lack the chance to go to a broken place like the East Continent?¡± ¡°There are divine beasts inside.¡± ¡°¡­¡± ¡°Fire-type.¡± ¡°Deal.¡± ¡­ That night, several geniuses of the sects died on the spot. Most of them were from the major sects that were close to the Sun Burning Sword sect. Moreover, a confidential letter appeared out of thin air in the elder¡¯s room of the number one sect, the Azure Cloud Gate. With his cultivation base, he couldn¡¯t even sense his whereabouts. Obviously, if the other party wanted to take his life, it would be a piece of cake. It was truly terrifying. After reading the contents of the letter in bewilderment, he fell into deep thought. ¡°Who is it that wants to help me climb to the top?¡± Compared to the calmness on his side, the sects on the other side that had lost people were in a bit of a mess. They hurriedly sealed off the news to prevent it from spreading out and causing a big fuss. However, there were too many people present. It was very chaotic. Even though they were all their own disciples, this shocking matter still spread out early the next morning, shocking the entire market. Everyone was talking about who had such a big hand that they had offended more than half of the east continent¡¯s sects without leaving any traces behind. In just half a day¡¯s time, they had already spread out seven or eight possible versions of the story. And at this moment, the Azure Cloud sect appeared unusually calm. They had always considered themselves as the number one sect and often upheld justice for others. It was rare for them to act as if this matter did not concern them at all. Immediately, most people did not dare to speak carelessly. They could vaguely guess something. Chapter 23 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation This kind of competition for status between large sects had happened countless times over the years, both in the open and in the dark. It was impossible for the itinerant cultivators in the market city to interfere. Small sects were even less qualified to interfere. For a time, the market city was seething with undercurrents, and everyone was in danger. They were afraid that they would become the victims of the competition between the large sects. However, the person who started all of this did not even care about what would happen next. For the past few days, he had been sitting in an inn, meditating. Under such a hard working situation, it was natural. Ye Chen had made another breakthrough. After the long journey, he had successfully broken through from the Early Core Condensation Realm to the Early Core Formation Realm. At the same time, a system notification sounded in his head. ¡°Ding! The martial school has sensed that the leader has broken through. They are very happy, so they immediately gave him a big gift package.¡± ¡°You have received a one-time attack from a peak level Unity Realm Warrior.¡± ¡°You have received a secret realm evil demon cave.¡± ¡°You have received a disciple promotion platform.¡± ¡°You have received an upgraded version of the mountain protecting array.¡± ¡°Your leader¡¯s pressure has been upgraded.¡± ¡°You have obtained the reincarnation pill.¡± ¡­ Hearing a series of voices, ye Chen revealed a satisfied smile. These things would naturally come in handy after the great mystery sect sent people to pay respects to the mountain. Moreover, the most important thing was that he had a life-saving trump card. In the East continent, no one could withstand a strike from a peak unity realm expert. Right now, he could attack or retreat. The original soul armor would be enough to protect him. But, once someone made ye Chen Mad¡­ He would throw out a powerful attack! It would not be something that could be solved with one or two people dying. The whole sect would probably be destroyed. Knock, Knock, Knock. Right then, someone knocked on the door. ¡°Senior?¡± It was Su Hexiun¡¯s voice. ¡°What is it?¡± ¡°They have all gone to the Demon Soul Swamp. Should we go now?¡± ¡°No Rush.¡± Ye Chen was very calm. He was the one who had set this up. As long as he did not want to, no one would be able to take the baby divine beast away. Su Hexiyun did not understand what he was thinking, so she did not dare to ask. Just as she was about to leave, the door opened first. Ye Chen, who was wearing a white robe, stood right in front of her. After not seeing him for a few days, the feeling that this man gave her seemed to have changed a little. He was more dignified and confident. When she looked into her eyes, there was no longer that teasing and frivolous feeling that she had before. This feeling, which seemed to be hiding some kind of emotion, had been replaced by an overbearing feeling. For a moment, Su Hexiun could not help but freeze on the spot. Ye Chen looked at her lightly, then left without saying anything. Gone! Su Hexiun widened her eyes. ¡°I didn¡¯t provoke him, did I?¡±She wasn¡¯t sure. But after thinking about it, she could only come to one conclusion. Ye Chen was temperamental! One second, he could coexist peacefully with you. The next second, he could turn cold and aloof. Su hexiun lightly snorted, ¡°What¡¯s The Big Deal? I Won¡¯t serve you anymore.¡± She didn¡¯t like ye Chen to begin with, so she naturally wouldn¡¯t use a warm face to snub him. Turning around, she returned to her room and gave an order to a figure inside. ¡°Wuying, we can move now.¡± ¡°Yes.¡± Wuying bowed to her and then said, ¡°The former palace head has arrived here and is staying at an inn near a pawnshop on the south side of the market.¡± ¡°I see.¡± No wonder ye Chen went out alone without telling her. It was ran Xuan. Su Ruiyun¡¯s eyes turned deep. She waved her sleeves and asked Wu Ying to leave. ¡°It seems like I have to protect her.¡± ¡°However, do you think I have no other choice?¡± ¡°You are underestimating my purple Rainbow Immortal Palace.¡± ¡­ On the other side, Ye Chen left the inn and opened the sect¡¯s interface. He checked the information and frowned. ¡°What is Ran Xuan doing here? Didn¡¯t she know that Su Ruiyun and I are here? Why is she here to die?¡± Ye Chen couldn¡¯t help but shake his head, feeling a headache for this guest elder. According to the sect¡¯s information, she had already arrived at the market and was resting here. She didn¡¯t go to the Devil Soul Swamp. It seemed that she was afraid that the competition there would be fierce and that those loose cultivators would think that she was here to snatch the opportunity and attack her. But, she did not know that. Such a move would put her in even more danger. Since SU Zhiyun was able to find the east continent, it meant that she had the ability to know where ran Xuan was. If that was the case, as long as Ran Xuan did not return to the great mystery sect, she would be in danger for the rest of the day. Arriving at the inn where Ran Xuan was staying, Ye Chen jumped through the window and entered. ¡°Ah!¡± A sky-shattering scream was heard. With a face full of shame and anger, ran Xuan pulled off the clothes she had just taken off to protect her body. ¡°F * ck!¡± Ye Chen hurriedly covered his eyes, ¡°Listen to my explanation, I didn¡¯t do it on purpose!¡± ¡°What¡¯s there to explain!¡± ¡°I really didn¡¯t do it on purpose.¡± ¡°Get Out!¡± ¡°Your disciple¡­¡± ¡°Get Out!¡± ¡°¡­¡± Ye Chen was chased out. Not long after, ran Xuan, who had put on her clothes, also came out. Her expression was cold, and her face seemed to be covered with a layer of frost. There was a hint of hostility in her eyes as she looked at Ye Chen. A woman¡¯s chastity was more important than anything else. Ran Xuan had never been humiliated like this before. Ye Chen was also a bit embarrassed. After all, he was the one who had acted rashly in the first place, so he explained a little bit. ¡°That is what happened.¡± ¡°I brought Su Hexiyun here because I wanted you to avoid her.¡± ¡°Who would have thought that you would follow me like that?¡± ¡°How could you be so stubborn? Why did you insist on going to the Tiger¡¯s mouth? Did you not know that she was going to kill you?¡± ¡°Well, I came here to see what is going on with you. Who would have known that you would be¡­¡± Ran Xuan¡¯s eyes turned cold, ¡°Enough!¡± ¡°Today, I am not as powerful as you. One day, I will kill you!¡± Ye Chen spread out his hands helplessly. He had already said so much, so whether he would listen to him or not was another question. ¡°Master is still as hot-tempered as before.¡± A silver bell-like voice sounded. Then, Su Hexiyun, who had arrived at an unknown time, walked up the stairs. Ran Xuan snorted, ¡°Ever since you pushed me into the blood pool, our master-disciple relationship had already ended. Why would you say that now?¡± ¡°Once a teacher, always a teacher.¡± Su shiyun smiled faintly, ¡°It is true that I pushed you into the blood pool, but the heart devouring demon seed you planted in me is not nothing.¡± Ye Chen raised his brows, and couldn¡¯t help but look at Ran Xuan in a different light. Good heavens, so the reason for ran Xuan¡¯s reincarnation was not that simple. He couldn¡¯t help but click his tongue in wonder. Indeed, in the cultivation world, no matter how kind a person looked, their hands would always be full of blood. It is no joke to die along the way to become immortal. Chapter 24 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation The heart-devouring demonic seed did not sound good at all. Ran Xuan was indeed worthy of being the Palace Master of the Purple Rainbow Immortal Palace. He was indeed vicious and merciless! He was even capable of killing his own personal disciple. It was just that he did not know what use the heart-devouring demonic seed had. Ran Xuan did not show any guilt on his face. When she heard Su Xiyun¡¯s question, she only said indifferently, ¡°I¡¯m doing this for your own good.¡± ¡°For my own good?¡± Su Xiyun was so angry that she laughed. ¡°Do you know that every time the heart devourer demonic seed grows, I suffer more pain?¡± ¡°Do you know that once the heart devourer demonic seed takes root, it will follow the host for eternity, and it won¡¯t even be useful for reincarnation?¡± ¡°Do you know that the heart devourer demonic seed is constantly corroding the host, changing my personality, and turning me into a demon who enjoys killing people?¡± ¡°You don¡¯t know anything, and you still dare to say that it¡¯s for my own good?¡± Facing this series of questions, ran Xuan sighed deeply. In an instant, she became extremely tired, as if her heart was extremely tired. She said expressionlessly, ¡°This isn¡¯t a reason for you to deceive your master and destroy your ancestor.¡± ¡°Hahahaha! Well said! Well said!¡± Unknowingly, two lines of tears appeared on Su Ruiyun¡¯s face, ¡°My good teacher, you have your reasons, and I also have my reasons. Since that¡¯s the case, give me your life!¡± A flame suddenly appeared. Ye Chen took a step forward and blocked it all. He curled his lips, ¡°You still want to touch my woman in front of me? Are you not putting me in your eyes?¡± Su Hexiun gritted her teeth. Ran Xuan was furious. ¡°Who is your woman? Li Xiaoyao, tell me clearly!¡± Ye Chen was instantly pissed off. He turned around and started to scold her. ¡°Are you really thinking about cement?¡± ¡°I am trying to protect you. Do you not understand?¡± ¡°Why did you come to the mysterious great school in the first place?¡± ¡°Why did you hide in the ring with Xiao Huohuo?¡± Ran Xuan was about to explode from all the scolding, but when she heard about the mysterious great school, she was suddenly shocked. ¡°How did you know that I was in the mysterious great school?¡± ¡°Of course! I brought you into the sect myself. How could I not know?¡± After saying that, Ye Chen was stunned. Ran Xuan was also stunned. No wonder she had felt that there was something wrong with this so-called suitor, Li Xiaoyao. His words were so infuriating. It was ye Chen! That shameless leader! Su Ruiyun was even more stunned. She had done her homework before. The Great Mystery Sect was just a small sect. The previous leader was not that powerful either. He was a nobody who could kill even Wu Ying with one finger. Plus, this sect did not have any backers, and their foundation was also weak. In such a place, how could they have the protection of a peak-level leaving aperture realm warrior? Then, she was also furious, ¡°You are from the Great Mystery Sect?¡± Seeing that he had let it slip, Ye Chen didn¡¯t bother to explain. ¡°That¡¯s right. I, the Great Mystery Sect¡¯s leader, am extremely handsome.¡± ¡°What¡¯s the matter?¡± ¡°Beauty, do you have a problem with this?¡± Boom! Su Hexiun threw out a karmic fiery red lotus. Ye Chen took the attack head-on, but he didn¡¯t budge. He even yawned. He patted off the dust on his clothes and looked at her calmly. ¡°Continue, don¡¯t stand on ceremony. Fight as long as you want.¡± Su Xiyun was shocked. ¡°How can you really be in the leaving aperture stage?¡± This really confused her. It wasn¡¯t that she didn¡¯t believe that there was such a powerful cultivator in the east continent. It was that she didn¡¯t dare to believe that such a powerful cultivator was actually from the Tai Xuan sect. The East continent was famous for being barren. Everyone in the cultivation world knew this and had long reached a consensus. Even if one were to go back a hundred thousand years, it would still be a barren land. Therefore, it would be impossible for them to leave behind any powerful orthodoxies. At most, there would be a few leaving aperture realm or split soul realm cultivators. They were originally from the east continent, but after sensing that their lifespan was about to run out, they rushed back from the outside and died in their homeland. Later on, they would receive their inheritances, which was why they were so powerful. But, Ye Chen was only eighteen years old! Where did he get his cultivation? After a cultivator died, their cultivation would return to the world, and it would be impossible for them to inherit their cultivation. This was completely impossible. Just now, Su Hexiyun thought that ye Chen had received a similar inheritance, and that he had obtained the remains of those powerful cultivators. He had obtained some kind of magic treasure that could disguise his cultivation. But now, it seemed that it was not entirely the case¡­ ¡°Stop guessing. You¡¯ll never guess it in your whole life.¡± Ye Chen removed the effect of the disguise puppet and turned his head to look at Ran Xuan. ¡°You¡¯ve ruined my big plan. Let¡¯s see how I¡¯ll deal with You When I return to the sect!¡± Ran Xuan glared at him, looking as if she was gnashing her teeth. She seemed to be reminding him that she was not done with what had just happened. Ye Chen was about to say something when suddenly, the earth shook. Suddenly, there were sounds of beasts. The Spirit Qi increased drastically, and the wind and clouds were blown back. The whole place was rumbling, and even the sun and moon had lost their color. The few of them looked out at the same time, and the sky in the distance was completely red. ¡°It really is a fire element divine beast¡­¡±Su Ruiyun murmured. This kind of movement could only be triggered by the birth of a divine beast. She could not help but feel a bit tempted. Her Dark Phoenix body was already a fake divine Beast¡¯s immortal body. If she could eat the blood of a real divine beast, then it would probably trigger the evolution of her body. It was not impossible for her to grow into a legendary divine body. Ran Xuan could be killed at any time, but if the divine beast was missed, then there would be nothing left. She struggled for a while, then she stopped caring about ye Chen, who had no idea who he was or how powerful he was. She left the two of them behind and left. She pushed the speed of the Silent Soul Realm to its maximum, disappearing in front of their eyes in the blink of an eye. Ye Chen clicked his tongue, ¡°What are you in such a hurry for? It is still early.¡± Ran Xuan was also attracted by this scene. She said hesitantly, ¡°Should we go and take a look as well? If we can find a thousand-year-old spirit plant, then Xiao Huohuo and Gong Lingyun will have their pills.¡± Ye Chen couldn¡¯t help but be surprised, ¡°You took the risk to come here just to refine pills for them?¡± ¡°What else?¡± ¡°I can¡¯t tell.¡± Ye Chen curled his lips, ¡°After Su Ruiyun¡¯s narration, my opinion of you has changed. Elder ran, you shouldn¡¯t be the kind of person who would put yourself in danger for the sake of a disciple.¡± ¡°What if I am?¡±Ran Xuan laughed self-mockingly. Ye Chen sat down. ¡°Then I don¡¯t mind hearing about elder ran¡¯s past.¡± Ran Xuan¡¯s attitude was very cold, ¡°I¡¯m not familiar with you.¡± ¡°Don¡¯t! We can be considered friends that have gone through life and death. If you still hold a grudge against me for seeing your naked body, at worst, I¡¯ll also strip naked for you to see.¡± ¡°Shameless!¡± Chapter 25 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation On the other side, outside Devil Soul Swamp. A large number of disciples from various martial institutions had already gathered here. Originally, they had made an agreement to compete for the opportunities in Devil Soul Swamp. However, the assassination of a disciple had happened. Under urgent discussions, they could only restrict the cultivation of the disciples who could enter Devil Soul Swamp. Hence, although there were many people here, they were all from the younger generation whose cultivation was not higher than the core formation stage. It was not a pity to die. After the phenomenon appeared, the elders of the various sects felt that it was time to enter. However, at this moment, a graceful and luxurious figure appeared in mid-air. Behind it were two figures with terrifying auras. ¡°The opportunity of the Devil Soul Swamp this time belongs to the Purple Rainbow Immortal Palace. Do any of you have any objections?¡± A cold and unquestionable voice was heard. Immediately, it attracted the displeasure of countless people below. ¡°Who is this? Why is she so pretentious?¡± ¡°Purple Rainbow Immortal Palace? Have you heard of it?¡± ¡°I¡¯ve never heard of this shabby place. What the Hell Is This? She even paid for it.¡± ¡°I¡¯m afraid she didn¡¯t come from some corner or some small sect that hasn¡¯t seen the world, right? She doesn¡¯t even know us?¡± ¡°Hahaha, now all the sects in the east continent have elders here. Let¡¯s see how she can keep up her big talk!¡± Listening to the gossip of the group of people under her feet, Su Hexiyun gave them a cold glance. The Yin and yang envoys immediately understood. They gathered a terrifying and overbearing spiritual power in their palms and fiercely smashed it down on the heads of everyone on the ground. This kind of behavior of looking down on everyone naturally made the elders present furious. ¡°Impudent!¡± A few figures immediately went up to meet them. The spiritual energy in their bodies gushed out crazily, forming a barrier to protect the disciples above. At the same time, they used the power of their respective magic treasures to collide with the power of the Yin and Yang envoys. Crack! There was no expected boom, and there was no expected tug-of-war. In an instant. The Magic Treasures of the few elders shattered with a loud bang. Even their bodies were reduced to ashes. This was the result of the complete suppression of power. Even this magic treasure of unknown grade couldn¡¯t withstand the combined attack of the yin and yang envoys and was directly destroyed. Not to mention them. However, the palm force didn¡¯t end here. Even countless of the younger generation on the ground suffered. They fell one after another. Under this level of attack, there wasn¡¯t a trace of life. Corpses lay all over the ground. Even the exotic beasts and Spirit Beasts in the Devil Soul Swamp were affected. Under the incomparably powerful force, their bodies were torn apart, and beast blood splattered all over the ground. Only a newborn bird, perhaps due to its small body or some other reason, managed to avoid this calamity. It used its curious gaze to look at the people in the sky. The might of a single palm strike was so terrifying! Moreover, the most mysterious and unfathomable woman hadn¡¯t made a move yet. The two people beside her seemed to be just her subordinates! For a time, Su Hexiyun was awe-inspiring, and no one dared to go against her. However, the people who died here were all small sects and itinerant cultivators. The truly knowledgeable big sects didn¡¯t make a sound from the beginning. Their elders were powerful, but they still couldn¡¯t see the strength of the three people in the sky, so they wisely chose to remain silent for the time being. Because of this, they survived. ¡°The Purple Rainbow Immortal Palace¡­ where is it from¡­¡± The elder of the Green Cloud sect had an uncertain look on his face. He couldn¡¯t figure out Su Ruiyun¡¯s background. ¡°Is she not from the East Continent?¡± He suddenly recalled the secret letter that suddenly appeared. Usually, a secret letter of this level would have a special seal made by a powerful figure in the sect. And The Burning Sun Sword School was one of the top martial institutions in the east continent. The leader¡¯s power was unfathomable. To be able to erase the mark without destroying the letter, no one in the entire east continent could find such a person. Therefore, he deduced that the person standing in the air was not from the east continent. In fact, the elder of the Green Cloud Martial School was not wrong either. However, it was not su Xiyun who had erased the mark, but ye Chen. The special feature of the Void Interpretation Eye was that it could see through all kinds of illusions. In front of the immortal rank spell, it was nothing to erase a single mark. ¡°Don¡¯t act rashly, let them fight for it.¡± The elder of the Green Cloud Martial School made his decision. All of the disciples of the Green Cloud Martial School backed out a few miles. The Supreme Martial School and the Burning Sun Sword School, which had joined forces to cause trouble for the Green Cloud Martial School, also hesitated. Even the Azure Cloud sect had retreated. Should they retreat or not? After thinking for a long time, they finally cupped their hands towards the sky and slowly retreated. ¡°Very good. This will be the best decision you all make.¡± Su Hexiyun looked at them disdainfully, as if she was looking at an ant. ¡°Who else agrees? Who Objects?¡± No one below dared to make a sound. They were all silently retreating. All of a sudden, a clear voice sounded. ¡°I object.¡± Hearing this voice, Su Zhiyun¡¯s face almost turned green. How could she not recognize that the owner of this voice was ye Chen. However, what she didn¡¯t expect was that right after she arrived, he arrived. Shouldn¡¯t he be consoling ran Xuan at this time? Why did he come here to snatch the opportunity from her! Oh right, he was not Li Xiaoyao, but ye Chen. He must have been lying when he said he liked ran Xuan! Su Ruiyun could not help but clench her fists. What a mistake! The next second¡­ Ye Chen and ran Xuan suddenly appeared out of nowhere in everyone¡¯s sight. He looked at Su Ruiyun with a smile, as if he knew her very well. This could not help but arouse the suspicion of the people below. ¡°Who is this person?¡± ¡°I don¡¯t know him. How dare he challenge that female demon?¡± ¡°Shh, Keep Your Voice Down. Do You Want to Die?¡± Those who had witnessed Su Hexiyun¡¯s ruthlessness could not help but break out in a cold sweat for Ye Chen. However, Su Hexiyun¡¯s next sentence made their jaws drop. ¡°You¡­ you said you would give me half.¡± Her words were not very confident, as if she was begging ye Chen. Indeed, she was begging him. Su Hexiyun really wanted this chance to be a godly beast. But, she knew that she would not be able to do any harm to ye Chen, since he had never made a real move. If she could not do it the hard way, then she would not be able to reach the godly body anymore. If that was the case, then her power would not be able to be improved in the near future. Then, the bet with the saint son of the Senluo Palace¡­ Su Yun did not dare to think about it anymore. However, ye Chen said lightly, ¡°I was thinking about it, but since you came here secretly, you must want to keep it for yourself. So, I do not plan to give it to you anymore.¡± ¡°You!¡± ¡°What You? I have already said that you are not smart enough, and now you are doing something stupid.¡± ¡°How dare you!¡± The Yin Messenger Wu Ying did not recognize him. He let out a light whistle and threw out a palm attack filled with majestic spirit qi. Boom. The attack that could not even be blocked by a lot of elders had made a muffled sound on ye Chen¡¯s body. Ye Chen then yawned and teased, ¡°Can you use a bit more strength?¡± Wu Ying was shocked, but he did not believe it, so he threw out a few more palm attacks. Boom! Boom! Boom. There were still a few muffled sounds. It did not even hurt ye Chen at all. She was stunned. She was a transformation realm warrior after all. Even if she was an infant realm warrior, she should not have reacted like this after receiving those heavy attacks. Chapter 26 Ye Chen had a smile on his face, and his expression was kind as he asked with concern, ¡°Are you still going to fight?¡± Wu Ying frowned. A hint of shock appeared on his face, which was also covered by his veil. ¡°Wu Ying, back off.¡± Su Xiyun opened her mouth. ¡°Li Xiaoyao, oh no¡­ I should call you Ye Chen now. What do you want?¡± ¡°Nothing much.¡± The expression on Ye Chen¡¯s face faded bit by bit. His eyes became indifferent, and his face became serious. The evolved leader¡¯s pressure gradually increased at this moment, quietly releasing towards everyone. Everyone felt as if there was an unattainable God in the sky, making them involuntarily want to worship him. All the disciples of the younger generation couldn¡¯t withstand this pressure. Under the powerful pressure, they could not breathe and prostrated on the ground one after another. Even the elders with deeper cultivations kneeled on one knee and found it difficult to get up. ¡°The opportunity of the Devil Soul Swamp belongs to the Tai Xuan sect. Who is in favor of it and who is against it?¡± Each and every word was like a heavenly decree, striking their hearts. These people could not withstand the pressure of the evolved sect master at all. Those who came here were all from the younger generation, including a few elders of the martial school. However, these were all outer elders, not the powerful inner elders or supreme elders. And this also meant that under the pressure of the leader, they did not even have the courage to face ye Chen. ¡°If senior wants it, then we have no objections. We will leave now.¡± ¡°Disciples of the Green Cloud Martial School, listen to my order. Leave the Devil Soul Swamp and return to the Martial School.¡± ¡°Disciples of the Supreme Martial School, Listen to my order. Leave the Devil Soul Swamp and return to the Martial School.¡± ¡°Disciples of the Sky Dragon Martial School, listen to my order¡­¡± Many great martial schools retreated one after another. They felt that if even Su Ruiyun couldn¡¯t do anything to Ye Chen, what could they do? They might as well return to the Martial School and investigate which power the Purple Rainbow Immortal Palace and the Great Mystery Martial School belonged to. Only the Burning Sun Sword sect didn¡¯t retreat. In the crowd, a sinister old man forced himself to stand up. He raised his head and looked at Ye Chen, his face full of bewilderment. ¡°He¡¯s a disciple of great mystery sect?¡± ¡°How is this possible? Didn¡¯t I already order great mystery sect to be exterminated?¡± ¡°How do those sects in the South Do Things?¡± ¡°Letting such an expert go without informing us?¡± While he was hesitating, ye Chen noticed them. ¡°Oh? Sun Burning Sword Master.¡± Ye Chen chuckled, ¡°It seems like you guys really like to stand out. It was you guys who instigated us to ally with the other sects to attack the Green Cloud Martial School. How dishonest.¡± ¡°You¡­ what nonsense are you talking about?¡±The Old Man suddenly panicked, afraid that ye Chen would make an example out of him. ¡°You know very well whether you are talking nonsense or not.¡±Ye Chen looked at Su Hexiyun and gave her a look. Su Hexiyun: ? ? ? ¡®Don¡¯t tell me you still want to use me as a fighter?¡¯? Indeed, ye Chen¡¯s next sentence was, ¡°What are you waiting for? Your chance to show off is here, why aren¡¯t you attacking?¡± ¡°Why?¡±Su Hexiyun felt that even if she attacked, ye Chen would not give her the chance. ¡°If you perform well, I might change my mind.¡±Ye Chen said lightly, looking like an expert. When it came to temperament, he had a firm grasp on it. Su Hexiun gritted her teeth, not even bothering to say a word. She raised her finger slightly, and the yin and yang emissaries immediately understood. They went down and slaughtered all the disciples of the Burning Sun Sword sect. Those retreating sects were scared and quickened their pace. They were afraid that ye Chen would be unhappy and urge these two killing gods to kill them as well. ¡°So comfortable.¡± Ye Chen laughed happily. Seeing the great enemy of the sect end up like this, he felt an indescribable joy in his heart. Right then, a Ding sound echoed in his mind. ¡°Ding!¡± ¡°The sect has sensed that the sect leader is taking revenge for the sect, and has decided to set up a reward.¡± ¡°Every time they attack the Sun Burning Sword sect and the subordinate sects of the Sun Burning Sword sect, they will receive a certain amount of ¡®revenge value¡¯. The revenge value can be converted into contribution points. The ratio is 1:1,000. They can be exchanged for the required items in the sect.¡± ¡°Every time the revenge reaches a certain level, the sect master will receive a reward.¡± This was equivalent to a sect reward. As long as a disciple killed an enemy, it was equivalent to taking revenge for the sect. It was something that took a long time to achieve results. Although the risk was great, the reward was also abnormally generous. A single revenge value could be converted into 1,000 sect contribution points, which was equivalent to more than ten days of work for a handyman disciple. In comparison, killing people was much more profitable than mining. This would also encourage the disciples to train hard, kill more enemies, and strive for revenge for the sect as soon as possible. Ye Chen felt that releasing this bounty after the sect election was a very appropriate choice to motivate the disciples. After the Yin and yang duo finished their fight, they returned. Standing beside Su Hexiyun, whose face was extremely ugly, she didn¡¯t say a word. ¡°Done. Did you perform to Senior Ye¡¯s satisfaction?¡± Su Hexiyun said those words with extreme frustration. As the Palace Master of the Purple Rainbow Immortal Palace, when had she ever begged someone like that? ¡°Let¡¯s wait and see.¡±Ye Chen replied lightly. Su Hexiyun gritted her teeth. I knew it! I knew this person would not give her the opportunity so easily! Su Hexiyun stepped back quietly, and exchanged a look with the yin and Yang Messengers, as if she was about to run away. Ye Chen had witnessed this scene. How could he miss a single detail with his void interpretation eye. He laughed, ¡°Don¡¯t be in such a hurry to leave. Are you trying to steal my opportunity when I¡¯m not prepared?¡± ¡°I don¡¯t dare.¡±Su Hexiyun put on a fake smile. ¡°I told you not to be in such a hurry. Don¡¯t be in such a hurry. Don¡¯t you know that everything here was arranged by me?¡± ¡°You arranged it?¡± Su Hexiyun opened her eyes wide. This time, she really looked at ye Chen in a new light. She had thought that everything here was fake. After all, no matter what kind of great treasure was born, before that, the surroundings would be in chaos for a long time. Such as the change of the terrain, the increase of Soul Yuan, the music of Immortals, and so on. It would let everyone know that a treasure was about to be born here. However, it did not happen here in the Demon Soul Swamp. The first thing that appeared was the beast phenomenon, which was very sudden. It was a signal that would only be sent out when the treasure was about to be born. The combination of the two did not make sense. It made Su Hexiyun think that everything here was man-made. She only asked Wu Ying to come and check out the situation, and had no intention of coming here personally. But then he met ye Chen, who was pretending to be a big shot, and he was forced to come here, when he had just seen with his own eyes the phenomenon that was beyond human power. To be sure that there must be a mythical beast born here. And now, Ye Chen is telling her that he did all this? Chapter 27 Facing Su Xianyun¡¯s questioning gaze, Ye Chen immediately winked at her. ¡°Do you want to know why? Beg Me.¡± His wretched appearance gave Su Xianyun a headache. ¡°How can there be such a person like you?¡± That question had been bottled up in her heart for a long time. Ye Chen was truly a strange person. He could always do something unexpected. Along the way, she had run into countless strange people. But, she had never met someone as unpredictable as ye Chen! His temper was unpredictable. His actions were unpredictable. His thoughts were unpredictable. Even his realm and cultivation were unpredictable! This was ridiculous! Ye Chen laughed, not caring about it at all, ¡°Alright, I will stop teasing you.¡± ¡°Ran Xuan told me about you just now. Let me think about it carefully. Killing my teacher¡­ actually, it is not your fault.¡± ¡°I have already tried to persuade that stubborn ran Xuan for you. She also knows that it was not your intention, so she does not hate you anymore.¡± ¡°The Power of the heart devouring demonic seed is too powerful. Your cultivation is not high enough, and it is hard for you to resist its constant influence. That is why you did this.¡± While speaking, he poked ran Xuan¡¯s waist, trying to get her to explain. In the end, all he got in return was her merciless retort and threat. ¡°Try touching me again?¡±Ran Xuan lowered her voice and warned him. Hearing her, Ye Chen was immediately amused. ¡®there is such an active request?¡¯? Taking advantage of the situation, he reached out his hand toward her. The result was obvious; he was slapped away by Ran Xuan. Looking at the furious ran Xuan, Ye Chen felt completely innocent, ¡°It was you who told me to try touching her again. Do you still blame me?¡± ¡°Do you not understand human language?¡±Ran Xuan gritted her teeth. This bastard! Looking at the two who seemed to be flirting with each other, Su Hexiyun¡¯s expression did not change at all. She only said lightly, ¡°I do not need her forgiveness. Right now, I am still living with the hatred for her. If she does not die, I will not be able to feel at ease.¡± Ye Chen was naturally not happy, ¡°No matter what, she has been reborn. Even her body was given to her by me. She is already a disciple of the great mystery sect.¡± ¡°If you want to touch her, then come and try. Let¡¯s see if you can get past me.¡± Su Hexiyun¡¯s expression was surprisingly calm. She looked at ye Chen deeply, ¡°I will.¡± After saying that, she was ready to leave. She flipped her hand and threw out a spirit boat, which expanded and floated in the air. This was a tool refining method. It was a specially made magic treasure for traveling, and didn¡¯t have any killing power. Since she couldn¡¯t do anything to Ye Chen for the time being, Su Hexiyun wouldn¡¯t waste her time. Only one day would she be able to understand ye Chen¡¯s foundation and find a way to cure him. ¡°You don¡¯t want the opportunity?¡± Su Hexiun paused for a second, then laughed self-mockingly, ¡°Didn¡¯t you say that you were the one who set it up? All of this is fake, why are you trying to scare me?¡± ¡°It is indeed fake, but I didn¡¯t say that the divine beast is also fake.¡± Su Hexiun suddenly turned around. Ye Chen raised up his two fingers and said with a smile, ¡°I told you not to rush, but that is because as long as I don¡¯t want to, no one can take the divine beast cub away.¡± Crack! He snapped his fingers. It was like a military order. The phenomenon that existed between heaven and earth suddenly disappeared. Finally, it shrank into a seed. Ye Chen held the seed in his hand and returned to the ground. Ran Xuan, Su Zhiyun, and the others followed him one after another. He held the seed in his hand and looked around before finally walking toward the edge of the Devil Soul Swamp. Then, he picked up a small bird that was half the size of his palm and fed it the seed. All of a sudden, a bright light shone out of the bird¡¯s body. The bright light covered its entire body. In the middle of the bright light¡­ Everyone could only vaguely see the small bird growing bigger in ye Chen¡¯s palm. Soon, it had grown to half the size of a human. After the light disappeared, a completely different creature appeared in front of them. Its entire body was fiery red, looking like a golden chicken. Its colorful tail was long and thin, and its body was covered with a thin layer of flame. It was bright red with a hint of gray. It looked like a death flame from hell, but it was extremely gentle in ye Chen¡¯s hands. It was indeed the divine beast, the Vermillion Bird! However, it seemed like it had not fully grown yet. It was still in its infancy. It had not undergone the bloodline transformation that was unique to divine beasts. The little guy seemed to be very docile in ye Chen¡¯s hands. Its furry head kept rubbing against ye Chen¡¯s face, making it seem very intimate. Ye Chen introduced it in a gentle tone, ¡°That was the Vermilion Bird fruit just now. It contains the blood of the Vermilion Bird. After being eaten by some birds, it can activate their own bloodline and fuse with it, causing a transformation.¡± ¡°This little guy was originally a member of the Phoenix clan, and belonged to the Dark Phoenix clan. Right, just like your physique, it can be considered an immortal rank bloodline.¡± Saying this, Ye Chen pointed at Su Hexiyun. Su Hexiyun didn¡¯t say anything. No wonder this place was able to produce such a real vermilion bird phenomenon. It turned out that there was a vermilion bird fruit, a treasure that was almost extinct. Then it was fine. ¡°How do we split the opportunities?¡± That was all she cared about. ¡°This is a living creature, how do you want to split it?¡± ¡°Kill it, half for each person. I want the blood essence, and your body.¡± ¡°DAMN! You are too cruel! How could you kill such a cute bird? !¡±Ye Chen was shocked. The little guy also let out a cry, as if it was very unhappy with Su Hexiyun¡¯s idea. Su Hexiyun turned around and left. With her initial understanding of Ye Chen, she knew that this guy definitely did not want to give it to her, which meant that he really did not want to give it to her. But, if she went against his plan, it might work. ¡°Hey! Don¡¯t go!¡± Indeed, she had been tricked. With her back to ye Chen, Su Shiyun¡¯s lips curled up into a smile, but she turned around and returned to normal. She looked at him quietly, waiting for Ye Chen¡¯s decision. Ye Chen was stroking the bird while trying to communicate with it. ¡°You can understand me, right?¡± ¡°Yes! Yes!¡± ¡°Then, am I your master?¡± ¡°Ang!¡± ¡°If master asks you for a favor, you won¡¯t refuse, right?¡± ¡°Ang Ang!¡± ¡°Alright then, how about borrowing some blood?¡± ¡°Ang? Ang Ang ang Ang Ang!¡± ¡°Damn, just a little bit, it¡¯ll be fine!¡± ¡°Ang!¡± ¡°Pain my ass, I don¡¯t believe it. Why Don¡¯t you spit out a drop or two of origin blood essence yourself!¡± ¡°Ang¡­¡± After a series of human and beast conversations, the man and Beast finally reached a consensus. The little guy spent a lot of time and effort, and finally spat out one drop for him. ¡°So Little?¡±Ye Chen was a bit annoyed. He had no way to explain this to Su Shiyun. He was not a person who would turn his back on someone. He had to keep his word. ¡°Ang! Ang! Ang!¡± What the little guy meant was that this origin essence blood was very precious. If he vomited too much, it would hurt his origin, and it would be hard for him to recover. ¡°Alright, Alright. Let¡¯s deal with it first. I¡¯ll feed you more delicious food in the future.¡± ¡°Ang! !¡± Chapter 28 ¡°Here, the thing you wanted.¡± Ye Chen gave her the item as promised. Su Hexiun did not take it but let the Yang ambassador take care of it instead. Her eyes had been fixed on Ran Xuan the whole time. ¡°What? Are you still not satisfied?¡± Ye Chen glanced at her and said half-jokingly. ¡°How about this? You don¡¯t have to be the Palace Master of the Purple Rainbow Immortal Palace anymore. Why don¡¯t you come to our Grand Mystery Sect instead? That way, you can find a chance to assassinate Elder Ran at any time. How about it?¡± ¡°Boring.¡± Su Ruiyun coldly spat and boarded the flying boat with the Yin and Yang Messengers. She stood at the edge and looked down at them. ¡°We¡¯ll meet again.¡± ¡°Sure, I¡¯ll treat you to a barbecue. Do you like cumin or how spicy it is?¡± ¡°¡­¡± The flying boat sped up and flew away. Ye Chen thought to himself that it was a pity. It seemed that he wouldn¡¯t have the chance to trick Su Ruiyun¡¯s flying boat for the time being. That expression that shouldn¡¯t have appeared now made ran Xuan so angry that she punched him directly. ¡°Can you be more serious?¡± ¡°How am I Not Serious? She is a guest of the Great Mystery Sect, and also your disciple. How can I not entertain her?¡± ¡°She wants to kill me.¡± ¡°What can I do? You Can¡¯t blame her for your own sins, right?¡± Ran Xuan fell silent. Ye Chen was still a bit curious, asking, ¡°You wouldn¡¯t really rather die than tell her the truth, would you?¡± ¡°I know Yun ¡®er¡¯s personality the best.¡± Ran Xuan said lightly, ¡°If I tell her the truth, she will definitely fight with the saint son of the Senluo Palace. Although I am angry at her for doing such a heinous thing, I have never thought of killing her.¡± ¡°Pedantic.¡±Ye Chen curled his lips, ¡°Isn¡¯t she just a saint son of the Senluo Palace? Is there a need to do that?¡± ¡°You don¡¯t understand.¡± ¡°What do I not understand? Come, come, tell me.¡± Ran Xuan stopped talking. Ye Chen shook his head, too lazy to care about this matter. He couldn¡¯t care about it either. The grudge between Su Ruiyun and ran Xuan was neither complicated nor complicated. To put it bluntly, someone had taken a liking to Su Ziyun and wanted to marry her. Naturally, they would not agree to such a request. Su Ziyun was the only direct disciple of Ran Xuan and had a noble status. It would not be a problem for her to be a solo mother for the rest of her life. However, the other party was the holy son of the Senseless Hall and was doted on by the sect. And the strength of the senseless hall was far above the Purple Rainbow Immortal Palace. They said that if ran Xuan did not agree, they would bring people to destroy the Purple Rainbow Immortal Palace. Under pressure, ran Xuan had no choice but to agree to the other party¡¯s request. This was also agreed by Su Xiyun. She was willing to sacrifice herself to protect the sect. At a large-scale forced marriage scene. Although she was very reluctant, this was also something she agreed to. Initially, everything was going according to the arrangements of the senseless hall. However, a few months before Su Xiyun got married, ran Xuan discovered a big secret of the saint son of the senseless hall. The other party was actually a devil cultivator! He did not marry Su Xiyun sincerely or because he coveted her beauty. Instead, he took a fancy to the techniques of the Purple Rainbow Immortal Palace and wanted to refine SU Xiyun into a cauldron to absorb everything she had learned. After knowing this, ran Xuan was naturally not happy. However, what was done was done. If the Purple Rainbow Immortal Palace went back on their word, it would give the senseless hall a reason to make a move. Thus, she could only travel through the entire immortal cultivation world to find a solution. In the end, she chose the heart devouring demonic seed. This was an extremely rare Gu worm. The victim would be like what Su Hexiun said, suffering great pain, their personality would change drastically, and they would never be able to get rid of it. Only this extremely sinister thing could make the devil saint son of the Senseless Hall retreat. But, the result of doing so could be imagined. Su Ruiyun, who had been kept in the dark, realized that it was her most beloved master who had brought her pain. That kind of conflict could be imagined. Under the influence of the heart-devouring demon seed, her temperament had changed drastically, pushing ran Xuan into the bottomless abyss. ¡­ She stopped thinking about all that nonsense. Ye Chen retracted his thoughts. Everything in the past was in the past, and he had to look forward. Right now, ran Xuan was already an elder of the great mystery sect, and because of the soul accumulating jade pendant, she owed the sect a huge debt. In Ye Chen¡¯s imagination, in the next one thousand eight hundred years, ran Xuan would have to work for the great mystery sect for free. Basically, it had nothing to do with the Purple Rainbow Immortal Palace anymore. If Su Ruiyun still wanted to cause trouble, then ye Chen would have to consider whether or not he should help ran Xuan deal with this girl. After going through this, Ye Chen did not have anything else to do, so he decided to return to the great mystery sect immediately. Meanwhile, ran Xuan still needed to gather enough spirit plants to refine pills for Xiao Huohuo and the others, so she stayed here for a while longer. Ye Chen then sent out a guardian to protect her in the dark. One month later, ye Chen leisurely returned to the Martial School. He had done a lot of things during this trip. One was the recruitment for the Martial School¡¯s general election. He had originally planned to grow up in a carefree manner, but who would have thought that reality would be so cruel. No matter if it was the city, town, village, or tribe, no one was willing to come to his great mystery martial school. Not being famous was also a crime. Without a choice, Ye Chen could only reveal his ferocity in the demonic soul swamp and make the great mystery sect famous first. As for the Sun Burning Sword Sect¡¯s revenge¡­ He could only take it as it came. He couldn¡¯t stop increasing the number of disciples just because he was afraid that they would attack him. He couldn¡¯t have both, so he could only push forward under the pressure. He continued to train! The more powerful he was as the leader, the less afraid he would be of the Burning Sun Sword sect. However, ye Chen did not notice that the moment he entered the mountain protecting array, a few groups of people who were hiding in the dark had left one after another. ¡­ Not long after, in the north of the East Continent. Inside the main hall of the Burning Sun Sword sect. An old man was sitting in front of the hall, listening to the reports from his subordinates. His aura was completely withdrawn from his body. His entire person appeared as calm as an ancient well, like an ordinary old man. However, those who were familiar with him knew that this was the result of his cultivation reaching perfection. ¡°The Purple Rainbow Immortal Palace, the Tai Xuan sect.¡± ¡°It¡¯s a force from the central continent, right?¡± ¡°It¡¯s been a long time since anyone came to the east continent to see this forgotten place.¡± The old man spoke slowly. His voice was like a loud bell and his Aura was outstanding. The disciple who reported hurriedly lowered his head and continued, ¡°Sect leader, the Purple Rainbow Immortal Palace has no records in the East Continent. Perhaps, as you said, it is a force from the central continent.¡± ¡°As for the Grand Mystery Sect, it is a small sect in the southern mountains. The original sect leader offended the fourth elder and was killed with a palm strike. The sect was also devoured by the small sects around.¡± ¡°But the strange thing is that the grand mystery sect, which has been reduced to ruins, reappeared not long after¡­¡± The Old Man¡¯s face did not show any emotion. He said indifferently, ¡°Have you sent people to investigate?¡± ¡°Yes, but¡­ But¡­¡± ¡°But what?¡± ¡°They can¡¯t even get into the mountain protection array.¡± Chapter 29 Ye Chen had encountered this group of people when he set out. At that time, he did not even spare them a glance. The Grand Mysterious Sect¡¯s mountain defense array had health with these small fries with ease and joy. It was extremely simple. However, after these people realized that they could not complete the mission, they immediately returned to the sect and reported to their elders. Those small sects also sent more powerful cultivators to probe. The result was obvious. Just like those disciples, they could not even enter the grand array. As a result of the orders given by the Burning Sun Sword Sect, they did not dare to give up just like that. Therefore, from the outer sect disciples to the elite disciples, deacons, elders, grand elders, and even the sect master, they all came. All of them returned empty-handed. They had no choice but to inform the blazing sun sword sect and let them handle it themselves. There was really nothing they could do. Hence, the scene just now happened. After the sect leader of the blazing sun sword sect heard the disciple¡¯s explanation, he slowly closed his eyes. He raised his withered palm and pointed at a person sitting beside the hall. ¡°Inform me of everything about the grand mystery sect within ten days.¡± ¡°Yes!¡± That early infant stage elder received the order and left. ¡­ Three days passed in the blink of an eye. While ye Chen was in closed-door cultivation, people came one after another to pay their respects to the mountain. These trivial matters were all handed over to Xiao Huohuo to handle. Most of the people who came to pay their respects to the mountain were aiming for the Great Mystery Sect¡¯s reputation of commanding mysterious experts in the Devil Soul Swamp and killing all the young disciples of the Burning Sun Sword sect. These people were far from being qualified in all aspects. Xiao Huohuo let them pass the test of the mountain protection array to decide whether they were qualified to participate in the sect election. The upgraded mountain protection array increased the difficulty of the test by a lot. But it was also more human-like. It would impose the corresponding difficulty according to the overall strength of each person who challenged the array. Among them, including the realm, the cultivation method, the fate, and even the strength of the physical body, were included. But even so, the test they endured was far inferior to that of Xiao Huohuo and Gong Lingyun. After all, both of them were the children of fate The test they endured was not something that ordinary people could compare to. After rounds and rounds of selection. Of the 200 people who came to pay respects to the mountain in three days, only half passed the test. But this was not the end. They were not qualified to become disciples of the Grand Mystery Sect. They still needed to accept more tests. These people¡¯s conditions in all aspects were uneven, and they needed to be further screened. Not everyone was as talented as the son of fate. The array was only testing their minds. And immortal cultivation did not only need these things. Just as the general election was in full swing, a few uninvited guests arrived. The leader was a middle-aged man with white hair and beard. Beside him were a few elders, all of whom were bowing and bowing. During the exchange, the middle-aged man¡¯s eyes and brows carried undisguised contempt. Although the others felt uncomfortable looking at him, there was nothing they could do. ¡°Senior, this is the Grand Mystery Sect,¡±one of the elders said. ¡°This is such a small place, and it has stumped all of You?¡± He glanced at them and snorted, ¡°Trash.¡± The group of people¡¯s faces changed, but no one dared to contradict him. ¡°Well, I don¡¯t expect you to do anything. I¡¯ll do it myself.¡± The middle-aged man took a step forward and shouted at the great mystery sect, ¡°The Weeping Taoist of the Burning Sun Sword sect is here to pay a visit to the sect master of the Great Mystery Sect!¡± His voice was loud and could be heard within a hundred miles. Even so, after a while, no one from the great mystery sect came out to welcome him. ¡°Senior, we have tried many methods. It seems that the people of the great mystery sect don¡¯t care about us.¡± ¡°Care about us?¡± The middle-aged man was so angry that he laughed. He raised his voice and said, ¡°I¡¯m afraid that the sect master of the Grand Mystery Sect is a coward and doesn¡¯t dare to come out!¡± After he said this, Xiao Huohuo, who was still dealing with the matters of the sect election, couldn¡¯t hold it in any longer. He now had a strong sense of belonging to the Grand Mystery Sect. Now that someone had insulted the sect master, how could he tolerate it? Moreover, this burning sun sword sect was the enemy of the Grand Mystery Sect. Therefore, the middle-aged man saw that the moment he finished speaking, a small opening was opened in the Grand Mystery Sect¡¯s Mountain Protection Array and a figure walked out from it. It was a young man with an ordinary aura and weak strength. He was only in the body refining realm. ¡°Old fool!¡± The moment Xiao Huohuo opened his mouth, the middle-aged man was so angry that he stomped his feet. ¡°You think you can meet our sect master? You think too highly of yourself, don¡¯t you?¡± ¡°Impudent!¡±The middle-aged man shouted, ¡°Do you know who this old man is? !¡± Xiao Huohuo rolled his eyes. ¡°I don¡¯t care who you are. Do you think you are very famous? You Old Shameless Thing.¡± ¡°You!¡± The middle-aged man was furious. Normally, which sect would not give him face? Moreover, as an infant stage cultivator, he was bound to be worshipped by countless cultivators. But now, even a gatekeeper disciple of the Tai Xuan sect did not put him in his eyes? This was a blatant insult to him! An extreme anger grew in the middle-aged man¡¯s heart. He must personally tear off this little bastard¡¯s head! However, Xiao Huohuo had already leisurely walked back into the grand array and said lightly. ¡°Alright, the sect leader will not see you. Leave on your own.¡± ¡°If you want to challenge the authority of our Tai Xuan sect, feel free to come and try. Our sect¡¯s Mountain Protection Grand Array is set up here. If it can withstand the test, then we can talk about other things. If you don¡¯t dare, or if you can¡¯t, Hehe.¡± This laughter was filled with ridicule, as if he was mocking something. The middle-aged man¡¯s head immediately went up. ¡°Alright!¡± ¡°Let me see what your Grand Mystery Sect¡¯s so-called Mountain Protection Formation is!¡± He disdained it. He didn¡¯t think that a small sect like the grand mystery sect would have any powerful mountain protection formation. For a sect of this level, he could easily destroy the so-called mountain protection formation with a single palm! Thus, in the next second, he took a step forward and stepped into the formation. Immediately, a monstrous pressure swept over, instantly causing his expression to change. In less than three breaths¡¯time, a corpse covered in wounds was thrown out. It fell to the side of those elders. When they focused their eyes, they could not help but turn pale with fright. This still warm corpse was none other than the elder of the Burning Sun Sword sect just now. Who else could it be? Chapter 30 Something happened! Something big happened! How many years had it been since someone dared to act so brazenly against the people of the Burning Sun Sword sect. The one who died was still an elder! The Grand Mystery Sect was finished! Completely finished! This thought flashed through everyone¡¯s mind. They looked at each other and hurriedly fled from this place. Meanwhile, in the Grand Mystery Sect, the sect¡¯s general election was still in full swing. In the blink of an eye, a few days had passed. The number of people who had passed the selection had already reached five hundred. Therefore, Ye Chen, who had already entered closed door cultivation and reached the mid core formation realm, officially announced that the martial selection had officially begun. The martial selection was divided into three parts. The first step was to test the spirit veins. If there were some, then they would pass, if not, then they would leave. It was a very simple selection method. After all, it was an important condition to decide whether a person could go on the path of immortal cultivation and absorb the spirit power for his own use. It could not be skipped. Unless this person¡¯s luck was heaven-defying, or his physique was outstanding, difficult to find within a thousand miles, and as special as the son of Fate. But unfortunately, none of the five hundred people were like this. Thus, everyone had to pass this test before they could proceed to the next part of the test. And the spirit veins were divided into many types, and their attributes were also very different. The basic spirit roots were mostly five types: metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. Under normal circumstances, the more spirit roots one had, the more energy one could store in one¡¯s body was not pure enough. When absorbing spiritual energy to convert it, the efficiency would be very slow. Therefore, people who had four or five types of spirit roots at the same time were called pseudo-spirit roots. Basically, having one was not much different from not having one. There was not much difference, and one could give up on cultivating. However, there were very few people like this. It was not an easy thing to have bad luck to this extent. Those who only had two or three types of spiritual roots cultivated slightly faster and were called true spiritual roots. Most cultivators had these types of spiritual roots. Those with a single spiritual root were called heavenly spiritual roots. These people were extremely rare and usually had extraordinary talent. For example, Xiao Huohuo was the possessor of a single fire-type spiritual root. The number of spiritual roots not only affected the efficiency of cultivation, but it was also linked to the bottleneck when breaking through. Usually, immortal cultivators with heavenly spiritual roots would cultivate very quickly and almost never encounter any bottleneck in their cultivation. As for those with false or true spiritual roots, even if they absorbed enough spiritual power, it was very easy for them to fail when breaking through, resulting in failure. This also made the disciples with heavenly spirit roots become the treasures of every sect, spending a large amount of resources to nurture them. Besides the basic spirit roots, there were also mutated spirit roots, which represented the attributes of ice, wind, thunder, Yin, Yang, space, and even time. The possessors of these mutated spirit roots did not have false or true spirit roots. They only had the possibility of obtaining a false spirit root, and there was no more possibility. In terms of cultivation efficiency, there wasn¡¯t much difference from the heavenly spirit root. It wasn¡¯t over yet. Legend had it that in the immortal cultivation world, there was an even more powerful spirit root constitution called the super spirit root. The Super Spirit Root was divided into sun spirit root and moon spirit root. The Sun Spirit Root had the body of the kind, while the moon spirit root had the body of the evil immortal. Their cultivation speed was a hundred times faster than the spirit root. What was even more terrifying was that they didn¡¯t need any cultivation techniques and could cultivate on their own when they were born. Normally, when they reached adulthood, they would have already reached the tribulation realm, and could shatter the void and ascend to the upper realm. However, this kind of person was unprecedented in history. They only existed in legends, and no one knew if they were made up by others. Apart from that, there was also the chaotic spirit root, which sounded very powerful. It was not even recorded in ancient books, and only had a name. When ye Chen was designing the contents of the general election, he had already read about the process and results of the Great Mystery Sect¡¯s recruitment. In the eight hundred and fifty-four years since the Great Mystery Sect was founded, they had only received one disciple with a heavenly spirit root, and not a single mutated spirit root had appeared. From this, it could be seen how rare and valuable a spirit root was. When five hundred people passed the test and were found to have a spirit root, not a single one of the four hundred and thirty-seven people had a heavenly spirit root, ye Chen was not surprised at all. He had already prepared himself for this. Plus, the school was so good, so the inheritance tower would take the initiative to find him a talented disciple. Next, there were two more stages of the test. The part that ye Chen was most interested in had already ended, so he left the matter to Xiao Huohuo and went back into closed-door training. Xiao Huohuo was already used to it. Anyway, it was not a big deal. As the head disciple, he needed to share the pressure with the leader. It was not until the evening that Xiao Huohuo finally got everything done. This time, he had recruited a total of three hundred and fourteen disciples for the sect. Among them, there were two hundred and seventy-two disciples with True Spirit roots. Including the fake ones, they were all part of the miscellaneous disciples. When he was about to leave, Ye Chen showed up again, letting the disciples know him. Under the pressure of the leader, he did not even need to say a word to make these young people, who had just entered the mortal world, admire him. They were either impressed, excited, adoring, or respectful. There were different expressions on their faces. It was obvious that they all agreed with the fact that they had become a part of the great mystery sect. Right then, the system¡¯s voice also sounded in ye Chen¡¯s mind. ¡°Ding! The sect has sensed that the sect leader has made the great mystery sect somewhat famous in the east continent. After taking in a new batch of disciples, they felt proud of themselves, and in their excitement, they took the initiative to offer a big gift package.¡± ¡°Your attack of the peak of the unity realm has been upgraded to the attack of the peak of the crossing calamity realm. The sect leader¡¯s pressure has increased again.¡± ¡°You have obtained the [ outer disciple cultivation room ] and the [ inner disciple cultivation room ] .¡± ¡°You have obtained the [ outer disciple mountain peak ] and the [ inner disciple mountain peak ] .¡± ¡°You have obtained the [ sect expansion template ] .¡± ¡°You have obtained the [ Dao Qing Tai ] .¡± ¡°You have obtained the [ four divine statues ] .¡± ¡°You have obtained the [ Yin Yang Treasure Pavilion ] .¡± ¡°You have obtained the [ genius ranking ] and the [ elite ranking ] .¡± ¡­ After a series of announcements, a satisfied expression appeared on ye Chen¡¯s face. ¡°Very good, very powerful.¡± Then, he started to look through all the rewards in the system. ¡°[ peak-level crossing calamity realm attack ] ?¡± This item made ye Chen a bit excited. There was a common understanding in the cultivation world that those who had reached the crossing calamity realm were all ants. Rumor had it that only after reaching the tribulation stage and undergoing the baptism of the Heavenly Thunder would one truly be on the journey of cultivation. Only after reaching the tribulation stage could one truly be considered an expert. Now That Ye Chen had the attack of this peak tribulation stage expert, he had a bit more confidence. Chapter 31 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation ¡°The outer disciples¡¯ training room and the inner disciples¡¯ training room can increase training speed by two to ten times. The effect of each room is different. ¡°There is also the mountain where they live. Each of them has a different amount of spirit qi. ¡°How many contribution points should I set?¡± It was time to do the math again. Ye Chen had to set a suitable value. He had to let these new disciples experience the benefits of the school, and at the same time, stimulate their fighting spirit, and constantly add to the school. If the threshold was set low, the disciples would not have to do much, nor would they treasure the resources of the school. If the threshold was set high, it would be easy to make people shy away. They had to maintain their competitiveness and motivation at all times. Only then would they be able to make the great mystery sect stronger and develop for a long time. ¡°Forget it, I will think about it slowly. I am not in a hurry.¡± Ye Chen put this problem to the back of his mind for now. He simply placed these buildings, the disciple promotion platform, and the evil demon cave. Dao Qing Tai: allows the disciples of the sect to gain enlightenment when they break through to a higher realm Sifang Deity Statue: the statues of the Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermillion Bird, and black tortoise. The statues of the four divine beasts can protect the four directions and increase the power of the mountain protection formation. If a real divine beast enters, it can also allow the cultivator with the corresponding spiritual root in the area to have the ability to increase the strength of their spiritual essence. It has endless magical uses Yin Yang Treasure Pavilion: when disciples enter, they will be able to sense the power of yin and yang. ¡°They are all treasures.¡± Ye Chen thought about it. The sky suddenly turned auspicious as seven-colored light poured down from the sky. It was surrounded by immortal sounds as if some kind of immortal item was about to come into this world. It was extremely mysterious. In the next moment, the four divine statues sat in the four directions of the martial institution, shining with endless light. The clear platforms were faintly visible in the sky, looking extremely strange. The Yin Yang Pavilion was located on one of the main peaks. A unique power interweaved with each other, giving off a majestic aura. ¡°[Martial institution expansion template], able to expand the martial institution¡¯s territory by ten times.¡± A blueprint appeared in Ye Chen¡¯s hand. ¡°Use it!¡± he murmured. As soon as he finished his words¡­ The blueprint in his hand suddenly flew into the sky. Countless images of mountains and rivers appeared on it, giving off a mysterious aura. A light circle could be seen with the naked eye, spreading out from the edge of the current mountain protecting array, slowly spreading out. The protective area of the sect¡¯s mountain protecting array was continuously expanding. It was not until the area of the sect was ten times larger than before that the blueprint in the air slowly disappeared. The scattered sect buildings also appeared in the expanding territory one after another. All of this was seen by everyone. Not to mention the new disciples. Even Xiao Huohuo and Gong Lingyun, who knew that Ye Chen was very powerful, could not help but be shocked when they saw his miraculous actions. ¡°You don¡¯t have to panic. This is what I did. You will see it again in the future.¡± ¡°Again?¡± The new disciples could not help but feel excited. What kind of immortal school had they joined! Even a first-rate school would not be able to do something like that? Could it be that the leader was the reincarnation of an immortal? Yes, that must be it. Ye Chen did not know what they were thinking. After seeing that the school had expanded by ten times, he continued to read the last two items. ¡°[Elite Ranking]: Ranking of Outer Disciples¡¯ power. ¡°[Genius Ranking]: Ranking of Inner Disciples¡¯ power.¡± ¡°This is a bit boring. Why don¡¯t I add some rewards from the school?¡± Ye Chen thought quickly and instantly connected these two items to the disciple promotion platform. In the future, he could set up rewards on the two ranking lists. Then, he would use the two promotion modes simultaneously. With the contribution, he could improve his title, such as miscellaneous disciple, outer disciple, inner disciple, elite disciple, and so on. After improving his title, he would compete with each other on the disciple promotion platform, in order to compete for the ranking on the ranking board. In this way, not only would it consume a lot of the disciples¡¯ contribution, but it would also encourage the inner disciples to compete with each other. ¡°I am really a management teacher.¡± Ye Chen smiled proudly. He immediately made the announcement. ¡°We have a new announcement. All disciples can go to the notice boards in the peaks to check it out.¡± Suddenly, the leader¡¯s voice shocked all the disciples who were still familiar with the martial institutions. They all went to the notice boards to check it out and started to talk about it. ¡°Promotion platform? Double list of elites? What¡¯s this for?¡± ¡°It seems to be a method of promotion provided by the sect¡­ Wow! If Our Tai Xuan sect wants to become an inner disciple, we only need to use contribution points to advance!¡± ¡°Oh my God, there¡¯s even a ranking reward. Holy Sh * t! The first place reward is an earth rank cultivation technique!¡± ¡°Really? Holy Sh * t! That¡¯s a few million contribution points!¡± The news on the platform shocked everyone. Some of them turned around and left after reading it. ¡°Senior brother, what are you going to do?¡± ¡°Mine for contribution points!¡± ¡­ All of a sudden, the new disciples started a new round of mining craze. Compared to Xiao Huohuo and the others, it was even more intense. On Ye Chen¡¯s sect board, he could clearly see that the output of the sect¡¯s spirit stones had increased by more than a hundred times. ¡°Sure enough, the more people there are, the more power there is.¡± Ye Chen sighed in his heart. Seeing that the sect had started to get on the right track, he felt a lot more at ease. He continued to train! Ever since he transmigrated, Ye Chen had not possessed any other hobbies. Training made him happy! ¡­ At the same time¡­ In the Burning Sun Sword Sect¡¯s main hall¡­ The old man once again listened to the reports from the people below, and a serious look appeared in his eyes. The elders beside him were already so angry that they couldn¡¯t add anything to it. ¡°This is too much! This is really too much!¡± ¡°Sect master, I suggest that we immediately send people to exterminate the grand mystery sect and completely eradicate it to avenge the death of the weeping elder!¡± ¡°Yes! Revenge!¡± The old man raised his hand and pressed down, and instantly, everyone shut their mouths. ¡°Xuan¡­¡± The old man only uttered one word and didn¡¯t continue. As if he had some misgivings, he suddenly frowned and looked to the side. ¡°Hong ¡®er, in your opinion, what is the relationship between the Grand Mystery Sect and the Purple Rainbow Immortal Palace?¡± A handsome young man beside him bowed respectfully and said, ¡°If what the people below said is true, there are only three possibilities.¡± ¡°Oh?¡±The old man revealed an interested expression. The young man spoke confidently, ¡°Hostile, unrelated, that man and woman know each other.¡± Chapter 32 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation When the old man heard this, he immediately revealed an interested expression. ¡°Oh? Why can¡¯t they form an alliance or something else?¡± The young man smiled and said, ¡°If they form an alliance, there¡¯s no need for the two of them to appear one after the other to intimidate us. Moreover, there¡¯s resentment between them. If it¡¯s something else¡­ I¡¯m sorry, this disciple really can¡¯t think of anything else.¡± ¡°If that¡¯s the case, what do you think we should do?¡± As soon as the old man said this, the elders below were immediately stunned. The meaning of the sect leader¡¯s words¡­ Could it be that he wanted to groom him to be the next sect leader? For a moment, everyone was talking to each other through voice transmission. On the surface, they remained calm. The young man, on the other hand, understood that this was a test that his master had brought to him. He wanted to see if he could convince the crowd, so he continued to answer. ¡°I¡¯ve read the files of the Grand Mystery Sect. It¡¯s nothing more than a feud between the former sect master and the elders of our sect over a breakthrough spiritual herb. However, the other party has already died, and the sect was exterminated because of this. It¡¯s only right that the feud should be resolved.¡± Someone on the scene was immediately dissatisfied. ¡°How can this be? The Crying Daoist¡¯s corpse is not even cold yet, and you actually said such a thing? If this gets out, I¡¯m afraid that all the cultivators in the world will laugh at Our Blazing Sun Sword sect for being afraid of the Grand Mystery Sect!¡± ¡°Elder Ku, please calm down. I haven¡¯t finished speaking.¡± The young man did not care about the other party¡¯s disrespect and continued, ¡°The matter that has been settled is only the grudge from before. Now, the Sect Master of Grand Mystery sect has destroyed hundreds of disciples of my younger generation first, and after killing the elders of my blazing sun sword sect, no matter what, he will not let this matter rest!¡± As soon as these words were said, everyone¡¯s displeasure instantly disappeared, and they listened to him continue speaking. The young man cupped his hands towards the old man and said respectfully, ¡°However, the grand mystery sect has rebuilt their sect overnight. We don¡¯t know what¡¯s inside, and the mountain protection array is very powerful. I¡¯m afraid it¡¯s no ordinary sect.¡± ¡°What does Hong ¡®er mean?¡± ¡°That¡¯s right. The Grand Mystery sect must have received the help of an external sect.¡± The young man said firmly, ¡°If it¡¯s not an accident, then it must be the rival sect of the Purple Rainbow Immortal Palace!¡± The elders immediately discussed among themselves. ¡°The Purple Rainbow Celestial Palace¡­¡± The old man nodded. He had indeed thought of this, so he hesitated whether to order an attack on the grand mystery sect. However, it was inappropriate for the leader of his sect to say this, so he could only let his disciple say it. The young man observed his expression and continued, ¡°In my opinion, we can just sit back and do nothing.¡± ¡°It is very likely that the Grand Mystery Sect was supported by a rival sect of the Purple Rainbow Immortal Palace, a sect that was placed in the eastern continent to intentionally obstruct the Purple Rainbow Immortal Palace¡¯s trip. At the same time, it was also the first nail that was planted in the eastern continent.¡± ¡°The matter of the Devil Soul Swamp is very likely to be a warning from him.¡± ¡°From the testimonies of the elders who survived from the various sects, it is very likely that the Grand Mystery Sect is an expert in the Body Departure Realm.¡± Body Deperture Realm! Everyone was shocked. Even the old man had a solemn expression on his face. Even they didn¡¯t know about this news. It seemed that this young man had put in a lot of effort and conducted a thorough investigation into this incident. ¡°If not for this, he wouldn¡¯t have been able to intimidate the people of the Purple Rainbow Immortal Palace so easily.¡± The young man said with certainty, ¡°If we want to take revenge, is there anyone among us who is comparable to an expert at the leaving Aperture Realm?¡± His words caused everyone to fall silent. That¡¯s right. During the leaving aperture realm, not to mention the east continent, even if it was placed outside, it would still be an expert. Becoming a first-rate sect¡¯s grand elder would not be a big problem. Let alone their east continent? ¡°Isn¡¯t our east continent separated from the central continent by the East China Sea? The East China Sea is constantly plagued by natural disasters. How did they get here¡­¡± The young man¡¯s words made a lot of sense. It was also the most likely scenario. This inevitably made everyone feel a little dejected. Although they didn¡¯t understand how the other party got here, the truth was already there. They were powerless to change it. The young man was also unable to explain this problem, so he remained silent. ¡°If¡­¡± The old man pondered for a long time before saying, ¡°If the central continent comes and wants to interfere with the east continent¡¯s forces, what do you think we should do?¡± This meant that they had to consider taking sides. Although the various forces in the eastern continent wanted to pull the Azure Cloud Gate off the stage of being the number one sect in the eastern continent, no matter how much they fought, it would still be their own people fighting against their own people. However, once an external force invaded, they wanted to split this piece of land. But they were also unwilling. Right now, there were two choices before their eyes. One was to tacitly agree to this situation, and the other was to share this situation and discuss with the various large sects how to deal with the foreign invasion. The existence of the Grand Mystery Sect was no longer a personal grudge. It was a matter of righteousness. It was a decision that concerned whether all the forces in the east continent could continue to enjoy the resources they had now. With the rise in the level of power, the original conflicts no longer existed. Faced with such a difficult problem, the elders did not dare to make any rash assertions. After all, no one could shoulder this responsibility. An expert in the Body Departure Realm was enough to kill most of the sects in the eastern continent alone. Looking at the elders who were usually chattering away, but when the time came, they would drop the ball and not dare to say a single word, the old man was instantly infuriated. ¡°Hong¡¯er! Tell me, what are your thoughts!¡± His tone was extremely stern, but it was obvious that he was venting his anger on everyone. The young man knew that his chance had come, so he took a step forward and walked to the center of the Great Hall. ¡°Master, from my point of view, we should sit tight and investigate what those people from the central continent are thinking before we make a decision.¡± Hearing this, the old man showed some anger on his face. He snorted and said, ¡°If we can go to the central continent, do you still need to say it? Just the tornado near the sea, even a master at the peak of the infant stage can¡¯t do anything to it!¡± ¡°Master, please calm down.¡± The young man was calm and collected. He took out a storage ring from his sleeve and presented it to the old man. ¡°In this ring, I found a flying boat that was bought by a master craftsman from all over the east continent at a great price.¡± ¡°Oh?¡± The old man waved his hand and held the ring in his hand. He used his spiritual sense to look inside and saw an exquisite flying boat. However, he was a little puzzled and asked, ¡°Isn¡¯t this kind of craftsmanship only known by the artifact masters of the central continent? When did someone in our East continent learn it?¡± ¡°Master, you may not know this, but a tomb was explored a thousand years ago. It was confirmed that it was a cultivator at the split-soul stage who returned from the central continent. There was this damaged flying boat in his storage ring. The Artifact Masters of our East Continent only repaired it,¡± the young man explained. ¡°Can you duplicate it?¡± ¡°Not yet.¡± ¡°Well, you have done a great service.¡± The old man felt a little regretful, ¡°In that case, who is willing to drive this flying boat to the central continent to investigate the situation?¡± The young man volunteered, ¡°Master, I am willing to go!¡± Chapter 33 - Ye Chen鈥檚 Reward, Demon Cave Trial Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation Grand Mystery Sect, sect leader¡¯s training room. ¡°I wonder if the Sun Burning Sword Sect¡¯s people will come looking for trouble. If this continues, it won¡¯t be a problem.¡± Ye Chen also learned about the matter of the Sun Burning Sword sect coming looking for trouble some time ago through Xiao Huohuo¡¯s report. ¡°How about¡­ I directly throw the peak of the crossing calamity realm attack at them to intimidate them?¡± ¡°No, no, no, it¡¯s too wasteful.¡± ¡°I think it¡¯s better to wait. Right now, the sect can¡¯t leave me alone. If they keep provoking me, we can talk about it later.¡± Ye Chen didn¡¯t know that there was already a young man in the Sun Burning Sword Sect, who had described his Grand Mystery Sect as an invasion of the central continent, a nail that had been planted in the eastern continent in advance. Moreover, he had also pointed the spear at the central continent and no longer intended to find a breakthrough point on him. As a result, Ye Chen¡¯s days were quite peaceful for the next period of time. Not a single person came looking for trouble! Not only that, because after the sect¡¯s great array killed an elder of the Sun Burning Sword School, the Sun Burning Sword School had not made any response. As such, the Grand Mystery Sect had also become famous, becoming one of the most famous sects in the south of the eastern continent. There was an endless stream of people coming to visit the mountain. Within a short period of time, the number of disciples in the Grand Mystery Sect had already exceeded one thousand. Looking at the number of spirit stones on the sect¡¯s board that had doubled again, Ye Chen was overjoyed. ¡­ ¡°During this period of time, Xiao Huohuo has been helping me with the matters, and I don¡¯t even have the time to mine.¡± ¡°Even the sect¡¯s contributions have been caught up by the later disciples.¡± ¡°Working for the sect like this, it would not be right if I don¡¯t get a reward.¡± Ye Chen murmured. Then, he waved his hand, and a horrifying invisible power spread out. During this period of time, his cultivation had improved again. ¡°Xiao Huohuo has done a lot for the sect. He deserves a reward. He is allowed to have a Heaven Rank cultivation art, a Heaven-Grade pill, and three hundred Middle-Grade soul stones!¡± His dignified voice spread throughout the entire Grand Mystery Sect. As soon as he finished speaking, an exquisite storage ring suddenly appeared in Xiao Huohuo¡¯s lounge. ¡°This¡­ This is the sect¡¯s reward?¡± Xiao Huohuo said excitedly. He suddenly felt that all the hard work he had put in over the past few days had not been in vain. No! Not only had it not been in vain, but it was also a huge profit! A Heaven Rank cultivation technique book required tens of millions of contribution points to be exchanged! After more than half a month of hard work, even if she were to keep mining, she might not even be able to gather a fraction of it! Not to mention, there was also a Heaven-Grade medicinal pill and a few hundred Middle-Grade spirit stones! This was yet another huge amount of cultivation resources. Hearing this news, Gong Lingyun was on the verge of crying. She wanted a Heaven Rank cultivation technique too. It seemed that she would have to contribute more to the sect in the future, and would only do her best until death! ¡­ ¡°Tomorrow, open the mystic realm¡¯s Demonic Cave. All disciples can enter. ¡°You can fight, but you can not kill. Use The Demon Beast Essence Crystals and heavenly materials and earthly treasures obtained in the mystic realm as the evaluation criteria ¡°After you hand them over to the sect, you will be compensated with contribution points ¡°You can also keep them for yourself. You can use them in the buildings of the sect later.¡± ¡°The more resources you get, the higher your evaluation will be. Whoever gets the top score will be rewarded with a sky rank martial art.¡± Ye Chen¡¯s majestic voice spread out in the sect. The thousands of disciples who had just joined the sect were all excited when they heard that the secret realm would be open tomorrow. Most of these people were not like Xiao Huohuo and Gong Lingyun, who only focused on high-quality cultivation techniques. Many people had accumulated a lot of contributions during the several days of the mining trip and exchanged them for Black Rank cultivation techniques in the scripture depository. Some lucky disciples even dug up Supreme-Grade spirit stones one after another. They immediately earned millions of contributions and exchanged for earth-grade cultivation techniques. They had started cultivating early. With the blessing of the Grand Mystery Sect¡¯s Golden Dragon of Fortune, although their aptitude was not excellent, there were no obstacles in their path of cultivation. Moreover, the density of the spiritual qi in the Grand Mystery Sect far surpassed that of any sect in the eastern continent. As a result, their cultivation speed was abnormally fast. Many people had broken through the body refinement stage and become core formation cultivators. In terms of cultivation, they had already far surpassed Xiao Huohuo and Gong Lingyun, the two senior brothers and sisters of the martial institutions. Moreover, there were three great treasures in the martial institutions: the clear platform, the four divine statues, and the Yin-Yang Treasure Pavilion. In the process of breaking through and cultivating, they had also grasped more and stronger power. In this way, their advantage in the secret realm would be extremely great. However, Xiao Huohuo had already been given a Heaven Rank martial art and a Heaven-Grade pill by Ye Chen. With the combination of the two, he only had one day and one night left. It would be enough for him to catch up with those normal disciples. The geniuses with Heaven Spirit Roots were not to be taken lightly. Even without the help of these things, their cultivation speed would still be much faster than those with true and false spirit roots. It was just that they did not have any martial arts before. Gong Lingyun could not do anything about it. Although she had millions of sect contributions right now, she did not want to use Earth Rank cultivation methods at all. Earth grade cultivation methods and sky grade cultivation methods sounded exactly the same, but the actual benefits they brought were completely different. Comparing a Top-Level Earth Rank cultivation method with a Low-Level Heaven Rank cultivation method. The latter¡¯s cultivation speed was five times faster than the former, more so when it came to the higher-ranked Heaven cultivation arts. Ye Chen had awarded Xiao Huohuo with a Mid-Level Heaven Rank cultivation art. It was something that he had just gotten from the Scripture Collection Pavilion. The Book of Heaven¡¯s Sorrow was still hanging in the pavilion. It had attracted a lot of ambitious disciples. Gong Lingyun¡¯s original goal was this. But after Ye Chen¡¯s announcement¡­ Her goal had become to practice the first Heaven Rank cultivation art. Perhaps, its rank was even higher than the Heavenly Sorrow Fantasy Book. She could not imagine the Grand Mystery Sect¡¯s background. Perhaps they had a spirit rank martial art, but they hadn¡¯t released it yet. However, with her current strength, it would be extremely difficult for her to obtain the top rank among her fellow disciples who had already reached the condensing core stage. Who did not want to cultivate immortality? A high-grade cultivation technique meant that there would be more opportunities, and anyone would want to seize them. Xiao Huohuo also thought of this and came to find her ahead of time. ¡°Senior sister, don¡¯t worry. I will definitely help you get first place in the mystic realm this time. When the time comes, I will give you that cultivation technique.¡± Gong Lingyun had helped him a lot when he had just entered the sect. Now was the time to repay her. ¡°Thank you, junior brother. However, I still want to give it a try.¡±Gong Lingyun clenched her fist and said. She was a self-reliant person. She still remembered the scene of her own brother snatching away her supreme being bone. From then on, she no longer thought of relying on anyone to become strong. ¡°Anyone can enter this trial. It¡¯s fine if senior sister wants to give it a try. However, you have to pay attention to your safety.¡± Xiao Huohuo kindly reminded him, then said, ¡°If junior brother is lucky enough to win first place, then that Heaven Grade Qi method will definitely be kept for senior sister.¡± ¡°Thanks.¡± Chapter 34 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation Vertical Sun. An ink-colored vortex appeared at the outer gate. It was the demon cave. The group of disciples discussed animatedly. ¡°Who do you think will stand out in this experiential learning?¡± ¡°If it was when I first entered the sect, I would definitely think it was senior brother Xiao Huohuo and senior sister Gong Lingyun. But now¡­ it¡¯s hard to say.¡± ¡°Yeah, they haven¡¯t chosen their natal technique and their cultivation has stagnated. There are already many junior brothers whose talent isn¡¯t as good as theirs who have surpassed them.¡± ¡°Didn¡¯t the sect leader give senior brother Xiao a treasure yesterday? Do you think he will surpass them?¡± ¡°That¡¯s hard to say. There¡¯s too little time. Can he do it¡­¡± ¡°Eh! Senior brother Xiao Is Here!¡± ¡°Wow! He¡¯s already at the Core Formation Stage!¡± ¡°I¡¯m afraid he¡¯ll definitely be the first place this time.¡± ¡°Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah, senior brother is so handsome. I really want to be his dao companion Ah Ah Ah! !¡± ¡°¡­ Ah this¡­ compared to senior brother Xiao, why do I feel that the sect leader¡­ looks better¡­¡± ¡°Shut up! The sect leader can only watch from afar!¡± The expressions of the thousands of disciples were fascinating. They were shocked by the impact of Xiao Huohuo condensing a pill in one day. ¡­ Xiao Huohuo walked over with a majestic aura, and the disciples could not help but make way for him. He looked around and stood next to someone on the stage. It was Ran Xuan. Last night, Ran Xuan had returned to the Grand Mystery Sect. After some discussion, she would take Ye Chen¡¯s place and take care of him. To put it bluntly, she was just a person who maintained order. Before the trial started, she took Gong Lingyun and Xiao Huohuo and sneakily gave them a bottle of pills. ¡°After you enter, take it. Find a place to meditate for an hour and you will be able to absorb it.¡± ¡°Elder Ran, this¡­¡± ¡°Shh, I hid it behind the head master¡¯s back. That bastard is too stingy, he wouldn¡¯t even give you a bottle of medicinal pills.¡± Hearing Ran Xuan¡¯s words, Gong Lingyun immediately became nervous. She was afraid that others would hear her words, and her small face turned red. Xiao Huohuo coughed lightly and looked away, pretending not to hear anything. ¡°Leader¡­ he is not that kind of person. He wants to manage the whole sect. The resources should be allocated properly, and there should be no favoritism.¡± Gong Lingyun tried to explain for Ye Chen. Ran Xuan did not care. ¡°Pooh! He is just stingy!¡± ¡°Junior brother Xiao even got a heaven rank pill yesterday, as well as a cultivation art and a couple hundred of spirit stones.¡± ¡°What?! I begged him for a long time, but he still didn¡¯t give it to me. Yesterday, he gave Xiao Huohuo so many spirit stones?!¡± Ran Xuan was so angry that she stomped her feet. She even wanted to tear Ye Chen apart. Gong Lingyun and Xiao Huohuo instantly did not dare to make a sound. Not long after, the secret realm officially opened. All the disciples had obtained a token from the sect¡¯s consular pavilion. Once danger appeared in the secret realm, they could crush the token at any time and withdraw from the trial. This could also be considered as a kind of insurance measure. The Demonic Cave was an independent small world, extremely rare. Opportunities and dangers coexisted inside. The seemingly peaceful and safe environment could suddenly become dangerous in the next second. Not only did it test the disciples¡¯ ability to adapt, but it was also a rather challenging test for their actual combat ability. Many disciples chose to team up to explore, and all the resources obtained were divided equally among the teams. Of course, there were also many lone Rangers. Because those who came here were all fellow disciples, everyone tacitly did not attack their own people. Although the rules allowed them to compete with each other. However, they all knew in their hearts that this was probably one of the tests that the Hierarch Zhenren had given them. If they were able to attack their own people, it was hard to say what kind of temperament they had. If they were placed in the sect, they would definitely be a disaster. It was also because of this that many disciples would only greet him with a smile when they saw a treasure being picked by someone they did not know. Seeing that everyone was getting along with each other, Ye Chen, who was using the sect map to observe the situation, could not help but smile in satisfaction. Being able to face a treasure without being greedy was also a test of one¡¯s character. If there was really such a kind of person who did not care about the friendship between fellow disciples and made a move, or even forced them to leave, Ye Chen would not mind cleaning up the place on the spot. He needed a mysterious great sect with a strong cohesive force and a united front against the outside world. It was okay to have healthy competition within the school, but it could not be overdone. They would do anything for their own benefit. It was a dangerous place inside the secret realm. A lot of people had encountered powerful beasts after going deep into the secret realm. These monsters had different abilities, making it hard to guard against them. Soon, some people couldn¡¯t hold on any longer. They crushed the teleportation token and gave up on the trial, ending their three-day trip to the demonic cave ahead of schedule. They naturally had no chance of getting the first prize. Other than these weak disciples, there were also many outstanding existences who relied on their own cultivation to fight their way out. Xiao Huohuo was one of them. Among the four statues, there was a divine beast, the Vermillion Bird. With his spirit root, he had trained for only one day and one night. With the help of his heaven rank martial arts and his natural talent, he had become the second most powerful warrior in the martial school, only behind Ye Chen and Ran Xuan. Late condensing pellet stage, he was already worthy of being called the head disciple of the martial school. Moreover, during his breakthrough, Dao Qing Tai had also given him an earth rank martial art, which was extremely powerful. Combined with the Yin Yang power that he had learned in the Yin Yang Treasure Pavilion, it was even more powerful. After killing several beasts of the same level, he had become extremely powerful for a while, and the value of the spoils of war that he had obtained far surpassed others. However, compared to his valor, Gong Lingyun, who was his senior sister, seemed to be very mediocre. Without any cultivation method, she had only relied on her own slow absorption of spirit power to reach the late stage of the Qi Refining Realm. She hadn¡¯t even reached the condensing Dan stage yet. Compared with over eighty percent of the disciples of the Grand Mystery Sect, she was already at a disadvantage. When Ye Chen turned his gaze to Gong Lingyun, he could not help but be startled. ¡°Eh? But why did this girl come to such a secluded place?¡± ¡°Taking off her clothes? Is she going to take a bath?¡± Ye Chen was immediately energized as he stared at her intently. What do you mean ¡®don¡¯t look, don¡¯t listen¡¯? It¡¯s all bullsh*t! He was concerned about his disciple¡¯s safety. What if there was a beast in the water? What if something happened to Gong Lingyun! This was the only one in the Grand Mystery Sect who was blessed by fate. It was a precious treasure! Even if one of them died, his heart would ache for a long time. Therefore, he opened his eyes wide and watched Gong Lingyun take off her clothes and sit cross-legged by the water. It seemed like she was going to train. ¡°Why don¡¯t you take off your clothes? It¡¯s not good to train with clothes on.¡± Ye Chen sighed with pity. In the sect¡¯s interface, Gong Lingyun took out two bottles. They were the pills that Ran Xuan had given her to temper her body. The extra bottle was given to her by Xiao Huohuo. He already had a heaven-grade cultivation technique, and tempering his body was just icing on the cake. There wasn¡¯t much need for it, so he might as well give Gong Lingyun a boost. After consuming the pills, a pained expression quickly appeared on Gong Lingyun¡¯s face. At the same time, the pores all over her body opened and closed, and countless milky-white spiritual energy was pushed into her body by the medicinal power. Then, it brought out countless black impurities and stuck to her skin. After a long while, Gong Lingyun frowned and opened her eyes. A bright light shone from her eyes, and her entire temperament underwent a great change. However, in the next second, when she smelled the strange smell coming from her body, her expression became incomparably terrified. Dirty Things were the natural enemies of girls! She hurriedly stood up. After making sure that there was no one around, she took off the remaining clothes on her body and jumped into the water with a splash. ¡°D*mn! Awesome!¡± A voice came from the Hierarch¡¯s cultivation room. Chapter 35 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation This exclamation was not because he had seen Gong Lingyun¡¯s naked body. It was because he had seen the power contained in Gong Lingyun¡¯s body through his eyes, and he was extremely surprised. ¡°What kind of medicine did this Ran Xuan give her? How could it be so powerful?¡± Ye Chen looked at Gong Lingyun, who was completely different from before after taking the pill and revealed a surprised expression. Under the profound void eye, all the data was displayed in his eyes. He could clearly see it. Right now, Gong Lingyun¡¯s physical fitness, just in terms of strength, was already more powerful than most late condensing core realm demonic beasts in the secret realm. In other words, even if Gong Lingyun fought those demonic beasts in close combat, she could easily kill them! ¡°Body cultivation is too exaggerated, isn¡¯t it? Even core formation cultivators can¡¯t do it.¡± With such curiosity, Ye Chen paid more attention to Gong Lingyun. After the bath, she floated up, looking as beautiful as a lotus flower. She was already extremely beautiful, but at this moment, she was even more alluring. However, after a few seconds, she put on her clothes and headed towards the depths of the secret realm. Just as ye Chen had predicted. Along the way, she could easily deal with demonic beasts below peak condensing qi. It was only when she was dealing with an early core formation realm giant python that she felt a bit of difficulty. It seemed that this was already her limit. However, it was already enough to prove the power of body cultivation. Right then, she could challenge beasts that even Xiao Huohuo could not handle, and Gong Lingyun¡¯s cultivation was in the Late Qi Condensation Realm. She was a whole realm lower than Xiao Huohuo. ¡°It seems like I need to ask Grand Elder ran to make more of these pills.¡± Ye Chen held his chin and thought, ¡°If everyone in the Grand Mystery Sect is a body and soul dual cultivator, then their battle power would be much more powerful than ordinary cultivators!¡± He was suddenly a bit excited. This was not as simple as one plus one equals two. With the two kinds of power superimposing on each other, they would definitely be able to unleash a power that could not be matched by those in the same realm. By then, everyone in the Grand Mystery Sect would be able to kill enemies beyond their realm. Would they still be far away from unifying the east continent? Just thinking about it was enough to make one feel good! Therefore, Ye Chen did not say anything else and directly sent a message to Ran Xuan. ¡°Elder ran, do you still have the materials to refine the body cultivation pill? If you don¡¯t, can you go and Get More?¡± Ran Xuan, who was still paying attention to the situation inside the secret realm, suddenly had her face fall. Damn it, did she really treat her like a soft persimmon? ! ¡°No! Don¡¯t even think about it!¡± She refused righteously. This dog priestess must want to use her as a tool for nothing again! ¡°Don¡¯t, elder ran. The sect has needs. As an elder, you can¡¯t just stand by and watch, can you?¡± ¡°It¡¯s a waste of effort. I¡¯m not going.¡± ¡°I¡¯ve traveled thousands of miles to help you block that vicious girl, Su Fangyun1. Now, you won¡¯t even help me with a small favor? !¡± ¡°Two different things. One is different. I will remember what I owe you.¡± Ran Xuan acted like she was doing her job, and did not care about personal grudges at all. ¡°Alright, then you can make your request.¡±Ye Chen compromised. This kind of straightforward behavior made ran Xuan surprised. ¡°Really?¡±She said in disbelief. Ye Chen did not want to talk to her anymore, ¡°If you don¡¯t believe me, then go get the ingredients yourself. One hundred bottles a month is not allowed!¡± ¡°One hundred bottles?¡± Ran Xuan was shocked, ¡°You are a human! Even a pig would not dare to be born like you said!¡± ¡°Then what should I do? There are more and more people in the sect now. If you don¡¯t increase the production, it will be hard for me to do anything.¡±Ye Chen was not willing to let go either. ¡°Didn¡¯t you want me to make a condition? Listen to me carefully.¡± Ran Xuan cleared her throat, ¡°One hundred bottles a month is not impossible, but you have to take it slowly. I can give the formula to the sect. What kind of reward will the sect give me?¡± Ye Chen was expressionless, ¡°How about one tenth of the contribution from your jade pendant?¡± ¡°Boss, you are so generous.¡± Ran Xuan also imitated ye Chen and said, ¡°Since I am the one who is refining pills for the martial institution, I can not lack the ingredients. Now that there are more disciples in the martial institution, I will definitely have more spirit stones. I can not bear all the expenses, right?¡± ¡°Of course, what else?¡±Ye Chen¡¯s face turned a bit dark. Since when did this little girl ran Xuan learn how to reason with people? ¡°Also, you want me to pick the right people in the school to help me learn the alchemy skills. In other words, you want me to take in disciples. Otherwise, even if I do not rest day and night, I will not be able to make that many pills.¡± ¡°That¡¯s easy. You can take them all.¡± Ye Chen didn¡¯t care much about human resources. ¡°Alright, after the trial is over, you can¡¯t go back on your word.¡±After getting a satisfactory answer, ran Xuan was also relieved. This shameless leader finally didn¡¯t anger her anymore! ¡°You say it like I will go back on my word!¡± ¡°You won¡¯t go back on your word, but you will go back on your word.¡± ¡°¡­¡± Hearing that ye Chen had not said anything for a long time, ran Xuan laughed out loud happily. This was the first time that she had gotten the upper hand verbally. It was worth remembering! ¡­ The three days of training soon passed. There were less than a hundred people left. Under the mysterious power, they were all heard out at the same time. Then, they carried out the final loot summary. If they chose to hide themselves, they would not be included in the ranking of the assessment. Everyone wanted to know what level they were at, so they tacitly did not keep anything to themselves. After all, they still needed contribution points for processing. It was better to hand them over to exchange for contribution points, and then exchange them for some better magical treasures and cultivation techniques to improve themselves. After the final results were out. Other than Xiao Huohuo and Gong Lingyun, who both performed exceptionally and ranked first and second respectively, there were also a few other miscellaneous chores disciples whose performance was more outstanding. The ranking scores were announced on the notice boards of each peak, allowing the disciples to check for themselves. ¡°Wow, senior brother Xiao actually killed so many core formation stage demonic beasts this time, adding up to almost 100.¡± ¡°As expected of eldest senior brother, over 1,400 points, almost 1,000 points more than third place.¡± ¡°Eldest senior sister is also very powerful, I really didn¡¯t expect that she could actually have 1,200 points when she was only in the advanced qi cultivation stage¡­ Wow! Even core formation stage demonic beasts died at her hands, isn¡¯t she too strong?¡± ¡°If it wasn¡¯t for the fact that this notice was personally issued by the sect master, I wouldn¡¯t have believed it.¡± ¡°Those demon beasts are ridiculously powerful. It¡¯s already very difficult for the three of us to deal with them at the same level. They were actually able to kill so many of them single-handedly.¡± ¡°Otherwise, how could they be eldest senior brother and eldest senior sister while we are not? Sigh, we still have to work hard.¡± ¡°Later, I must ask senior sister for advice on how to kill Demon Beasts at the early stage of the core formation realm with the cultivation of the Qi refinement realm.¡± Chapter 36 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation All of the disciples sighed with emotion. With a score of more than one thousand points, he would probably be top-ranked in the sect for a long time. While they were still excited, Ye Chen¡¯s powerful voice echoed in the whole sect. ¡°In this training, Xiao Huohuo is ranked first. We will give him a Heaven Rank martial art; Gong Lingyun is ranked second, and she will be rewarded with an Earth Rank magic treasure. Tuoba Changge is ranked third, and he will be rewarded with a Top-Grade Black Rank martial art. ¡°From the fourth to the tenth place, there will be corresponding rewards. You can go to the Consular Pavilion to check it out.¡± ¡°The rest of the disciples within the top 100 have the qualifications to be promoted to outer-sect disciples. As long as they spend some of their contributions, they will be able to exchange for corresponding identity cards.¡± ¡°Those disciples who are not on the list can continue to work hard. From today onwards, the Demonic Cave will be opened once a month. It will last for three days. The new challengers will be ranked within the top 100, and they will also have the qualifications to be promoted to outer-sect disciples.¡± ¡°After becoming an outer sect disciple, you will be able to obtain higher quality cultivation resources in the sect. The library and other sect buildings will also unlock the higher level restrictions for you ¡°You can experience the many conveniences on your own.¡± ¡­ As the sound of his voice faded, a storage ring suddenly appeared in front of Xiao Huohuo and the other top three disciples and fell into their hands. Inside was the reward for the trial! The three of them knelt down on one knee in the direction of Dragon Head Peak and bowed. ¡°Thank you for the reward, sect leader!¡± After they collected themselves, everyone congratulated each other and also got to know junior brother, Tuoba who had entered the sect less than a month ago and stood out among more than a thousand people. He was a male cultivator with dual wind and fire spirit roots. However, his cultivation of the Mid Core Formation Realm was not the highest among all the disciples. However, when he broke through to the next realm, among the rewards given by Dao Qing Tai, he obtained a pretty good abhijna. That was also the reason why he was able to kill nearly ten demonic beasts in the Mid Core Formation Realm alone. After exchanging pleasantries, Xiao Huohuo sent the reward of the first place to Gong Lingyun. ¡°Senior sister, I promised to give it to you before.¡± ¡°I can¡¯t accept it.¡± Gong Lingyun shook her head. ¡°This is what you obtained based on your strength. If I take it, what will the other junior brothers think of me?¡± ¡°This¡­¡± Xiao Huohuo immediately felt a little awkward. That¡¯s right. If this kind of precious thing was given to Gong Lingyun, other disciples would definitely think that they admired each other. ¡°It¡¯s because of junior brother¡¯s thoughtlessness. Senior sister, please forgive me, but this qi method¡­ I won¡¯t be able to use it¡­¡± Xiao Huohuo was in a dilemma. ¡°If it doesn¡¯t work, then donate it back to the sect in exchange for contribution points.¡± Gong Lingyun¡¯s expression was firm. ¡°Right now, it shouldn¡¯t be a problem for me to enter a mine of the same depth as you. It Won¡¯t take long for me to earn fifty million contribution points.¡± Xiao Huohuo hesitated for a moment. Actually, he really wanted to repay Gong Lingyun. Tuoba Changge laughed and spoke to ease the atmosphere. ¡°If not, how could senior brother Xiao be the eldest senior brother? He even gave away a Heaven Rank cultivation technique worth tens of millions of contribution points. Such boldness makes me, Changge ashamed,¡± he praised. ¡°Not at all,¡± Xiao Huohuo said modestly. ¡°When I first entered the sect, it was Senior Sister who helped me. If it weren¡¯t for her, I wouldn¡¯t be where I am today.¡± ¡°So senior brother is so loyal. This is rare in the immortal cultivation world.¡± Tuoba Changge thought for a while, and his eyes suddenly lit up. He suggested, ¡°Senior sister, why don¡¯t you exchange the Earth Rank cultivation technique with senior brother? In this way, it can only be said that they have a deep friendship with each other. They don¡¯t care about this loss, so they can avoid the criticism of others.¡± ¡°That seems feasible!¡± Xiao Huohuo felt that this was a solution, so he could not help but look at Gong Lingyun, asking for her opinion. ¡°Senior sister, what do you think?¡± ¡°This¡­ Will you be at a disadvantage, junior brother?¡± ¡°Not at a disadvantage! I¡¯m lacking cultivation method methods, and senior sister just happens to not have a suitable cultivation method, so we¡¯ll take what we need.¡± ¡°If that¡¯s the case, then¡­ Thank you.¡± Gong Lingyun knew that she had taken advantage of him. Xiao Huohuo smiled indifferently. ¡°There¡¯s no need to be so calculative between fellow disciples.¡± ¡­ After exchanging the rewards, Xiao Huohuo began to carry out his responsibilities as the sect¡¯s eldest senior brother, leading all the junior brothers and sisters in the top 100 to be promoted. Together with himself, they became outer sect disciples. It was worth mentioning that everyone spent the same amount of contribution points, costing 100,000 points. Everyone was one of the best among the 1,000 disciples, so it wasn¡¯t like they couldn¡¯t hand it over even if they gritted their teeth. Next, they would move to a new place and divide the rooms. Just that alone took nearly half a day. They had yet to complete the daily mission of digging the mines in the sect. In the end, when they arrived at the mine where the outer disciples were supposed to go, they only discovered it after digging for an hour. The probability of producing high-quality spirit stones here was much higher than that of the mine of the part-time disciples! The profit from earning contribution here directly doubled. For a time, everyone was overjoyed. Even Xiao Huohuo stopped cultivating and began to take the lead in mining. Other than handling the matters of new disciples entering the sect every day, they were also continuously mining. This mining lasted for a month. The Grand Mystery Sect had entered a period of rapid development. Ran Xuan had also picked out ten disciples with good aptitude in alchemy. Due to her personal preferences, these people were all women. Perhaps this was also a habit of hers in the Purple Rainbow Immortal Palace, not keeping any men by her side. The strength of all the disciples was increasing rapidly. Most of the outer sect disciples who were promoted had cultivated to the early stage of the Core Formation Realm. It did not seem like much, but in fact, it was already very rare to break through two small realms in a short month. If it had been elsewhere, it would be impossible for it to not take two or three years. However, that had become a common practice in the Grand Mystery Sect. It could not help but make all the miscellaneous chores disciples feel surprised and work even harder to strengthen themselves. The goal was to be able to stand out in the next round of the Mystic Realm Trial. Unfortunately, no one outside knew about it. Otherwise, all of the loose cultivators in the whole east continent would have to fight their way into the Grand Mystery Sect. Even being a part-time disciple would be better than training outside. ¡­ Dragon Head Peak, in the leader¡¯s training room. Ye Chen woke up from his training, and a mysterious light flashed in his eyes. Unknowingly, he had already broken through to the peak of the Transformation Realm. He was just one step away from reaching the Infant Realm. However, he felt that he was always missing something and that he could not ascend further. It was not a bottleneck, but more like he was missing an opportunity. After thinking about it and comparing it with the experience recorded in the ancient books in the sect, he finally understood the reason. It turned out that the Nascent Soul Realm was completely different from the Transformation Realm. For cultivators, it was a small qualitative change. Breaking through at this stage was not as simple as accumulating spiritual energy to a certain extent. In the Transformation Realm, one needed to use their purest spirit qi to draw out their primordial spirit. This process was called the Nascent Soul Realm. Only after completing this primordial spirit body would one naturally be able to break through to the Nascent Soul Realm. On the other hand, no matter how deep one¡¯s spirit qi was, even if it was ten or twenty times more powerful than someone else of the same realm, they would still be unable to break through. After figuring out the reason, Ye Chen was relieved. As long as it was not a difficult bottleneck, it would be fine. During this period, he had been so focused on training that he had forgotten to check on his strategy. Now, he had accidentally run into something like this. However, it did not matter. He would just have to pay attention next time. Right then, the Grand Mystery Sect was very peaceful. Ye Chen thought for a moment. Today seemed to be the second day that the evil demon cave was open. ¡°Let¡¯s go and take a look.¡± It was time to take a look at the situation inside the door. Chapter 37 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation Ding! ¡°The sect has noticed the sect leader¡¯s breakthrough and is relieved. We hereby present you with a Breakthrough Gift Pack. ¡°You have obtained the Ancient Desolate Sacred Physique (Middle Grade saint physique). ¡°You have obtained the Yin-Yang Theory (immortal cultivation method template). ¡°You have obtained the Law Enforcement Hall (sect building, can be arranged for elders or leading disciples to enforce the sect rules for the sect leader and supervise the sect). ¡°You have obtained the Yuan Silk Tune (Saint string music for the sect). ¡°Your Leader¡¯s Coercion has been improved. ¡°Your sect¡¯s Pill Cauldron Peak is not willing to be left behind and has also offered a great gift, the Pill of Tribulation. ¡°Your sect¡¯s Weapon Refining Peak follows closely behind and offers the Cast Origin Robe (disciple¡¯s standard clothing).¡± ¡­ Just as Ye Chen was about to leave, a series of voices sounded in his mind. ¡°Cultivation method template? Sect string music?¡± Ye Chen was a bit curious, ¡°These are all things that have never appeared before.¡± Therefore, he opened the rewards one by one to check out the details. Yin-Yang Theory (immortal cultivation method template): it is available for disciples to observe and learn yin-yang type cultivation methods. The quality varies from yellow to immortal level. It all depends on one¡¯s comprehension ability. Yuan Silk Tune (saint string music for the sect): upon using it, all the sounds produced by the natural conditions in the sect will be enhanced by a certain amount of Dao rhythm. It will cleanse people¡¯s minds and dispel their inner demons. Pill of Tribulation: after taking it, you can break through some of the bottlenecks in your cultivation and make your immortal path unimpeded (the effect of the pill depends on the alchemist). Cast Origin Robe (disciple¡¯s standard clothing): it can reconstruct the source power and speed up cultivation. After reading it, Ye Chen could not help but feel relieved. ¡°All of them are good stuff. ¡°There is actually this kind of cultivation method template that can be freely comprehended by people. What kind of rank one can learn depends on one¡¯s own ability. ¡°This has saved me a lot of effort. In the future, I will not have to think of a way to solve the problem of so many people practicing cultivation methods. ¡°The Yuan Silk Tune is not bad either. I am not afraid that the disciples will not be able to train well in the future and will have inner demons.¡± ¡°The Pill of Tribulation and Cast Origin Robe are very familiar to those normal disciples. I¡¯m not afraid that their cultivation will not improve for a long time.¡± With these things, as long as there was enough time, the Grand Mystery Sect¡¯s overall power would continue to increase, and they would not have to face any obstacles anymore. However, right then, the Weapon Refining Peak was still empty. Although it would be great, and they would go and collect their own magic treasures to provide for the sect. No one knew how to make magic tools, so the Cast Origin Robe could only be left there. First, he would release the Yuan Silk Tune! Ye Chen then operated the sect¡¯s interface. In the next moment, the whole world changed slightly. The originally noisy chirping of insects and birds was magically filled with a wonderful rhythm after being enhanced by the Dao rhythm. It combined with the sound of the wind in the mountain and the sound of the water in the stream, forming a melodious music score. Soon, the disciples of the Grand Mystery Sect who were gathered in front of the entrance of the Mystic Realm sensed the wonderful feeling. ¡°Huh? What is that bird¡¯s chirping sound? Isn¡¯t it so clear and melodious?¡± ¡°It¡¯s so nice. It seems to be everywhere.¡± ¡°I was in a bad mood during the past two days, but I feel much better after hearing the sound.¡± ¡°I have the same feeling. What is going on?¡± ¡°Could it be that the leader had noticed our strange situation and used his great power to create all of this?¡± ¡°It is very possible!¡± All of a sudden, all of the disciples attributed it to Ye Chen. Besides, Ye Chen had also appeared in front of everyone¡¯s eyes. At that moment, the Leader¡¯s Coercion from his body had already been strengthened several times. Even if he had never trained, he was still a mortal, but he still had the aura of a powerful warrior. Even from the perspective of a powerful warrior, he was probably a powerful warrior above Nirvana. Normal people could not afford to offend him. ¡°Today, I have something to announce.¡± Ye Chen¡¯s majestic voice sounded, and the two thousand people below all kept quiet. They raised their heads and looked at that unattainable figure. ¡°Anyone who becomes an outer disciple can go to the plaza outside the Scripture Collection Pavilion and study the Yin Yang Stone Tablet.¡± ¡°All opportunities depend on oneself. The highest one will allow you to comprehend an Immortal Rank cultivation art.¡± Wow! Suddenly, there was an uproar. Immortal Rank cultivation art! In this eastern continent, where even Heaven Rank cultivation arts were rare, one could actually comprehend an Immortal Rank cultivation art? If these words were to be said, perhaps no one would believe it. However, as disciples of the Grand Mystery Sect, they had seen too many things that were beyond the description of the immortal cultivation world in the eastern continent. The Grand Mystery Sect had a divine ability that descended upon them after they broke through. Did other sects have it? The Grand Mystery Sect had a cultivation room with ten times the spiritual power. Did other sects have it? The Grand Mystery Sect could strengthen their fortunate every day. Could other sects do that? There were too many such things. Therefore, everyone¡¯s faces were filled with fanaticism. Their desire for immortal cultivation techniques directly became their most basic and powerful motivation. ¡°This time, I must make it into the top 100! Fight for the spot to become an outer disciple!¡±A young man with a determined look clenched his fist and said. A beautiful woman with a determined look also said with victory in her hands, ¡°I used one million contribution points to exchange for an earth-level magic treasure. I believe it will be no problem for me to get into the top 100.¡± There was also a man with a cold look on his face. He looked at the entrance quietly and said, ¡°First place, I want it!¡± There were many other disciples who had such thoughts. Ye Chen could clearly feel that after he said those words, all of the disciples had become more motivated. ¡°Very good.¡± Ye Chen nodded with satisfaction. Only a sect like this would look so energetic. After a month of development, the number of disciples in the sect had already reached two thousand. Besides the one hundred disciples who had become outer disciples in the first batch, there were still over two thousand people who wanted to enter the secret realm. The competition this time would be even more intense than the last time. Xiao Huohuo came out and told Te Chen everything he needed to know. With Ye Chen¡¯s approval, the second secret realm selection started. All of a sudden, a group of people entered the secret realm like a long snake. Two thousand cultivators moved in a spectacular manner. However, everyone respected Ye Chen very much, and none of them flew in the air with their magic tools. As an elder, Ran Xuan was naturally there as well. Seeing such a grand event happening in the Grand Mystery Sect, she could not help but sigh. Thinking back to a few months ago, this place had just been a piece of land with empty resources. Now, it was already so lively. Now that she was a member of the Grand Mystery Sect, she actually felt somewhat honored in her heart. Ran Xuan did not even realize it herself, but she had already developed a sense of belonging to the Grand Mystery Sect. Chapter 38 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation ¡°Elder Ran, this is for you.¡± Ye Chen¡¯s voice sounded, making Ran Xuan¡¯s heart clench like a fist. She turned her head warily and looked at the withered yellow paper in his hand. ¡°What is this?¡± ¡°A pill formula.¡± ¡°Pill formula?¡± Ran Xuan took the paper and looked at it carefully. Suddenly, she exclaimed, ¡°Is this the Pill of Tribulation?¡± ¡°You are quite knowledgeable, little girl,¡± Ye Chen teased. Ran Xuan was quite capable. She was indeed worthy of being a Heaven Rank alchemist. According to the system¡¯s introduction, such pills had been extinct since ancient times. The reason why he deliberately did not write down its name was to test Ran Xuan¡¯s foundation. If one could not recognize its medicinal properties, even if one knew its name, one would not know how to refine it. It was obvious that Ran Xuan understood. Ran Xuan rolled her eyes. How could she not know Ye Chen¡¯s intentions? She snorted lightly and said somewhat proudly, ¡°I¡¯ve lived a new life and forgotten many things, but my knowledge on the pill refinement path has not faded in the slightest. With this little trick of yours, you still want to defeat the strongest alchemist of the Purple Rainbow Immortal Palace?¡± ¡°Didn¡¯t you previously say that you were the most beautiful female immortal of the Purple Rainbow Palace?¡± Ye Chen teased. Ran Xuan¡¯s face instantly turned red, but she still braced herself and said, ¡°Then can¡¯t I do everything?¡± ¡°Sure, of course, you can.¡± Ye Chen¡¯s gaze was somewhat gentle. ¡°In that case, the strongest alchemist of our Grand Mystery Sect, can you refine the Pill of Tribulation?¡± This was the first time Ran Xuan had seen Ye Chen with such an attitude, and she could not help but curiously ask, ¡°Why are you talking like that? Have you lost your mind in cultivation?¡± Ye Chen¡¯s face changed instantly. ¡°I am testing my charm to see if I can captivate you.¡± ¡°Captiva¡­ What does that mean?¡± Ran Xuan did not understand. ¡°It means to seduce you.¡± Ran Xuan immediately looked at him as if she was looking at a fool. She could not be bothered to talk anymore. ¡°What? What kind of expression is that? F*ck!¡± Ye Chen was instantly pissed off. Ran Xuan then forced a fake smile. ¡°If you can¡­ seduce me, then I will¡­¡± ¡°What will you do?¡± Ye Chen was a bit curious. Seeing Ye Chen¡¯s provocative look, Ran Xuan felt a bit hot and blurted out, ¡°I will be at your mercy!¡± Yo! That was quite a big deal! Ye Chen¡¯s eyes lit up. This feeling was great! He liked it! However, he still confirmed it one more time. ¡°Is what you said true?¡± Ran Xuan gritted her teeth. After thinking for a while, she said with certainty, ¡°It is true!¡± ¡°No regrets?¡± ¡°Stop spouting so much nonsense!¡± ¡°Then, I¡¯m coming!¡± As Ye Chen said those words, he had already rushed forward. Before Ran Xuan could react, he had already grabbed her wrists and crossed them with his palms. At the same time, he held her waist and pushed forward, pressing her against the wall that was a few steps away. A powerful wall-knocking posture was completed in an instant. Ye Chen¡¯s handsome face suddenly came close, and his gaze met with Ran Xuan¡¯s clear and beautiful eyes. Without saying anything, he just watched her quietly. His eyes revealed endless tenderness and love. The kind of change in his gaze was even better than that of a movie emperor! This time, even with Ran Xuan¡¯s mental state of hundreds of years of cultivation, she could not take it any longer. She had never seen anything like this before. ¡°You¡­¡± ¡°Shh, don¡¯t talk. Look into my eyes.¡± Ye Chen gently said, ¡°Legend has it that as long as you stare into the eyes of the opposite sex for sixty seconds, you will be able to tell if they love you or not.¡± In fact, the original words were, when men and women looked into each other¡¯s eyes for ten seconds, they would have the urge to kiss each other. However, Ye Chen had only modified the content slightly. Hearing those words, Ran Xuan could not help but feel a bit flustered. She did not dare to look directly into his eyes. ¡°Don¡¯t avoid it. If you avoid it, you won¡¯t be able to see it.¡± Ye Chen used his other hand that had been wrapped around Ran Xuan¡¯s waist and forcefully pinched her chin, making her look directly into his eyes. Ran Xuan could not break free even if she wanted to, so she could only keep looking away. However, she soon discovered that she could not avoid Ye Chen¡¯s burning gaze. Just like that, the two became so close that their ears and temples rubbed against each other. Ten seconds¡­ Twenty seconds¡­ Xiao Huohuo and Gong Lingyun, who were at the entrance of the secret realm, were stupefied! Their mouths were so wide open that they could fit two f*cking words in them! D*mn it. Why was it already time to turn around? This side was already so exciting! ¡°This¡­ This Elder Ran¡­ When did she get along with the sect leader?¡± Xiao Huohuo¡¯s eyes widened as if he could not believe what was happening before his eyes. In his impression, Ran Xuan was both a teacher and a mother to him. She was both strict and cold to others. Who would have thought that she would one day be like this, curled up in a man¡¯s embrace and be so¡­ so¡­ Xiao Huohuo felt that he was at a loss for words. He could not find any words to describe Ran Xuan¡¯s current state. Gong Lingyun¡¯s face immediately turned red. She had never thought that she would one day be able to see someone being intimate in public. Moreover, the other party was her most respected elder and leader. This indescribable feeling was as if she had been seen with someone else, mixed with shy curiosity. Yet, Ye Chen completely ignored the feelings of the two children of luck and continued with his own thing. His face was getting closer and closer, and he could even feel the breath coming out of the other¡¯s nose. Even though his body was a little uncomfortable from acting, the only thing that had not changed was the way he looked at Ran Xuan. Finally, at the thirty-seventh second, Ran Xuan could not hold on any longer. ¡°Stop!¡± Ye Chen breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. This girl had finally admitted defeat. If she did not admit defeat, he was afraid that he would not be able to control himself. To be honest, Ran Xuan was indeed extremely beautiful. Even though they were so close, there was still not a single blemish on her delicate face. It was like an exquisitely carved jade. Facing such a peerless beauty, perhaps no one would not be moved. F*ck! He had almost seduced her and lost himself in it! No, no, no! Next time, he could not sacrifice himself like that. After Ye Chen let her go, Ran Xuan leaned against the wall in a daze and looked at Ye Chen with a complicated expression. When Ye Chen had just approached her, she did not know why, but she actually felt that he smelled good. It was the first time she had been so close to a man. This kind of behavior could already be considered to be frivolous. Nevertheless, she was not angry. There was only shyness and anger in her heart. Even when she tried to break free from his hand, she felt weak. After a long time, she finally calmed down. ¡°Tell me, what¡­ what do you want me to do¡­¡± As she said that, Ran Xuan could not help but blush. What if Ye Chen made some excessive requests? Would she agree or change her face? Sure enough, Ye Chen asked with a smirk, ¡°Really anything?¡± Ran Xuan gritted her teeth. ¡°Yes!¡± ¡°Anything more than that?¡± Those words were undoubtedly hinting at something. Ran Xuan could not help but think of that day when Ye Chen, who looked like Li Xiaoyao, saw her naked in the market. In this traditional era, in the future, they would basically be each other¡¯s Dao partners. Since that was the case, what was wrong with doing something in advance? She gathered up the courage that she had been gathering for a long time before she said, ¡°All right!¡± ¡°You won¡¯t regret it?¡± Ran Xuan glared at him a little angrily. Was she really that bad at keeping her word? Why did she have to stress it like that? In the end, she nodded. ¡°Great!¡± Ye Chen received Ran Xuan¡¯s approval and hurriedly said, ¡°Since that¡¯s the case, why don¡¯t you help me refine three hundred Pills of Tribulation for free? You can think of a way to make the materials yourself!¡± ¡°Huh???¡± Chapter 39 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation Was he speaking the human language? Was that something a man could say? Ran Xuan was no longer focused on whether she was angry or not. She realized that there was nothing that was out of her expectations. There was nothing that Ye Chen, that b*stard could not do! A beautiful woman like her had agreed to his request, no matter how outrageous it was. Did he know how much courage she had to put in? Yet, in the end, it all just came to that? He was just ordering people around? And for nothing? Ran Xuan suddenly realized that she could no longer get angry. She smiled and nodded lightly. ¡°All right.¡± ¡°You agreed so readily?¡± Ye Chen raised his eyebrows. ¡°Yes.¡± Ran Xuan nodded again. ¡°Think of the materials yourself?¡± Ye Chen confirmed again. ¡°No problem.¡± Ran Xuan nodded calmly as usual. This time, Ye Chen suddenly felt like he had gone overboard. As the saying went, extremes measures led to the opposite. The reason why he had always been so unintentionally angry at Ran Xuan was because of the cold attitude she had when they first met. It made him unhappy. The stereotype had been created, which made Ye Chen want to get rid of his dissatisfaction. The original solution was to anger her and bully her. However, it was obvious that he had gone too far this time. Ran Xuan¡¯s attitude made Ye Chen feel a bit guilty. He could not help but reflect on himself. Did he not care too much about the occasion, regardless of time, regardless of Ran Xuan¡¯s feelings, and act willfully? That seemed to be the case¡­ But, he had still made a mistake! It was impossible to admit one¡¯s mistake. It was impossible to admit one¡¯s mistake for the rest of his life. However, he still had to get through this obstacle in front of him. He had to smooth out the unfairness Ran Xuan felt in her heart. Thus, he chuckled. ¡°I¡¯m just joking. How could I bear to make you work so hard?¡± Ran Xuan only looked at him indifferently, not moved by his words at all. ¡°You don¡¯t believe me?¡± In order to prove his point, Ye Chen flipped through the system page for a while before he finally took out a small green jade bottle. The bottle¡¯s exterior was carved with extremely exquisite carvings, and its material was not ordinary either. It was obviously not a run-of-the-mill object At the same time, a unique fragrance spread out from the mouth of the bottle, instantly attracting Ran Xuan¡¯s attention. ¡°Here, this for you.¡± Ye Chen handed it over. Seeing Ye Chen¡¯s genuine expression, Ran Xuan lowered her guard slightly. Taking the bottle, she opened it and took a whiff. She could not smell it¡­ ¡°What is this?¡± she asked doubtfully. There were some medicines in the world that she could not recognize. However, there were not many left, so it must be very precious. Since he was willing to speak, it meant that his attack had made progress. Ye Chen knew that he was already halfway to success, so he casually said, ¡°Reincarnation Elixir.¡± ¡°Reincarnation Elixir?¡± Ran Xuan still did not understand, but soon, she seemed to have thought of something and could not help but exclaim, ¡°A Reincarnation Elixir that can allow one to obtain all the inheritances from one¡¯s previous life?¡± ¡°That¡¯s right.¡± Ye Chen smiled. ¡°Didn¡¯t you forget a lot of things? Plus, your cultivation has been stuck for a long time. Is it because of your incomplete mental cultivation? ¡°With this, you can return to the peak of the Body Departure Realm.¡± Hearing him, Ran Xuan¡¯s heart was filled with extremely complicated emotions. ¡°Such a precious thing, how did you¡ª¡± ¡°I was planning to give it to you. It¡¯s just that you hadn¡¯t returned yet at that time. Then I started my closed-door cultivation, so I forgot about it for a while,¡± Ye Chen interrupted her. ¡°I was just joking with you earlier. After you take the elixir, you might run away. Why would you still give me the pill?¡± ¡°You know that I might run away, so why are you giving me this elixir?¡± Ran Xuan¡¯s tone had a hint of gentleness as well. She took the initiative to meet Ye Chen¡¯s eyes. If it were not for the fact that he wanted to make up for his mistake and buy people¡¯s hearts, who would give it to her! Would it not be nice to keep it for himself! Ye Chen¡¯s heart was bleeding. A treasure like the Reincarnation Elixir was no different from being reborn without any damage. However, on the surface, he still looked like he did not care about it at all. ¡°The birds are getting bigger, and their wings are getting stronger. They will have to fly eventually. How can the cage hold them?¡± Ran Xuan glared at him. ¡°Are you saying that I am your pet canary?¡± F*ck! Ye Chen was confused. This was the first time he had seen Ran Xuan act like a little girl. F*ck! F*ck! F*ck! F*ck! F*ck! F*ck! F*ck¡­ Had she really fallen for him? No way! No way? Looking at Ye Chen¡¯s dazed look, Ran Xuan¡¯s face turned red. She then realized that she had just made an extremely intimate joke. She coughed lightly and put away the Reincarnation Elixir. With her hands behind her back, she deliberately looked away and kicked a piece of rock, which was a centimeter square, back and forth. She pretended as if she did not care. ¡°Then¡­ I will take it. Don¡¯t worry, since I am already an elder of the Grand Mystery Sect, I will not run away.¡± She bit her lip and said, ¡°Plus, I still owe you a contribution for the Soul-Retaining Jade Pendant. I, Fairy Ran, have always kept my promise. I will not leave until I pay back this debt.¡± As she said that, there was a bit of playfulness in her voice. Perhaps even she herself did not realize it. At that point, Ye Chen knew that Ran Xuan had truly returned to him. She had truly become a member of the Grand Mystery Sect. After she consumed the Reincarnation Elixir, the sect would have an additional Peak Body Departure Realm expert! Perhaps, Ran Xuan would not reach that level so soon. However, even if she recovered one percent of her strength, it would be enough to intimidate most of the sects in the eastern continent. By then, the Grand Mystery Sect would not encounter too many obstacles. Thus, Ye Chen patted his chest with a look of relief. ¡°Then I can rest assured.¡± ¡°Rest assured about what?¡± Ran Xuan was a bit curious. ¡°Rest assured that I won¡¯t be chased and beaten by a demoness in the future.¡± ¡°Demoness? Who is it?¡± Ye Chen stared at her with a smile. Ran Xuan¡¯s beautiful eyes suddenly widened, and she raised her hand toward Ye Chen. ¡°Wow! You dare to call me a demoness? Fine! I¡¯ll beat you to death right now!¡± Ye Chen shrunk the ground into an inch and disappeared from where he stood. Ran Xuan was so angry that she stomped her feet repeatedly. However, her coquettishness was greater than her anger. Xiao Huohuo, who was not far away, was already numb. Watching the two go from ¡°sweet love¡± to ¡°broken relationship¡± to ¡°reconciliation¡± to ¡°flirting¡±, it felt as if two centuries had passed. Fortunately, everything was over. Xiao Huohuo felt a little pained and resentful. He felt a little bad that his elder had been taken advantage of by the sect leader. Gong Lingyun, on the other hand, felt that the two of them were very sweet. She was happy deep down, but there was also a hint of envy in her heart. ¡°Cough¡­¡± Only then did Ran Xuan notice that there were still two disciples by her side. She suppressed the shyness in her heart and pretended to be calm as she said, ¡°You two stay here. I¡¯ll go back and take the pills.¡± ¡°Yes, we¡¯ll send Elder Ran off respectfully.¡± The two of them did not dare to bring up the previous matter. Ran Xuan returned to Pill Cauldron Peak, where she lived. The disciples who were learning alchemy bowed one after another. ¡°Elder, are you going into seclusion?¡± asked one of the disciples. Ran Xuan nodded slightly and instructed, ¡°This seclusion is very important. If there¡¯s anything you don¡¯t understand, you can go and read the pill book that I¡¯ve place on the table. Most of the questions and answers are recorded there. Don¡¯t come and interrupt me. I won¡¯t see anyone for the time being.¡± ¡°Yes.¡± Ran Xuan then closed the door to the cultivation room. Creak¡­ She opened the door again and instructed, ¡°If the sect leader comes looking for you, just¡­ just Ring the bell next to my door.¡± Klack. The door closed again. The disciples, who were stunned, looked at each other as they were left behind. Chapter 40 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation The central continent, Purple Rainbow Immortal Palace. ¡°How could it not work?¡± ¡°Could it be that this blood essence is impure?¡± ¡°Or is my constitution in conflict with it?¡± ¡°That¡¯s not right. Ye Chen said that the bird originally came from the dark phoenix¡¯s bloodline. Even if it underwent a mutation after consuming the Vermilion Bird Fruit and its bloodline evolved, it would still be a dark phoenix in essence¡­¡± Su Fangyun1 frowned, as the problem in front of her had already stumped her. Half a month ago, when she had returned to the Purple Rainbow Immortal Palace, she had been preparing to enter closed-door cultivation to fuse with that drop of origin blood essence. She wanted to use the drop of Vermilion Bird origin blood essence she had obtained from Ye Chen to advance her Dark Phoenix Body into the Legendary Divine Body. Unexpectedly, she was facing her current problem not because she had failed after fusing but because she had no way to fuse! ¡°What exactly is going on¡­¡±Su Fangyun muttered softly. Right at this moment, in the boudoir where she was in seclusion, a black aura suddenly rolled up. Following that, a human figure appeared. It was an evil man in a black robe with red eyes. He looked at the blood essence in Su Fangyun¡¯s hand and chuckled. ¡°You want to win the bet just based on this? Fangyun, you¡¯re underestimating me a little too much.¡± Su Fangyun looked at him coldly. ¡°How did you get in?¡± ¡°Who can you stop with that broken formation of yours?¡± The wicked man spread out his hands. ¡°I wanted to get in, so I did.¡± Barging in while others were in closed-door cultivation would very likely cause the other party¡¯s previous efforts to be in vain. It might even lead to qi deviation. No matter what the outcome of such behavior was, it was equivalent to forming a life-and-death feud. Su Fangyun gritted her teeth. However, no matter how angry she was, she could not do anything to him. This person was the Senseless Hall¡¯s saint child. He was already halfway through the Mind Splitting Realm, and his techniques were extremely powerful. Ordinary experts of the same level would find it difficult to withstand his endless and extremely strange techniques, more so a mere ant of the Mid Spiritual Nirvana Realm like her. As long as he wanted to, he could easily destroy the entire Purple Rainbow Immortal Palace with one hand. However, he was more interested in Su Fangyun. Su Fangyun¡¯s Dark Phoenix Body was very suitable to be used as a cultivation cauldron. As long as he swallowed all of her cultivation, he would be able to break through to the Mind Splitting Realm very soon! However, the heart-devouring demon seed in Su Fangyun¡¯s body made him stop in his tracks. Even he was extremely afraid of such a strange thing. However, he saw a secret technique in an ancient book that could allow people to exchange their cultivation and physique. As long as he used this secret technique on Su Fangyun, she could exchange her physique and cultivation with an ordinary person. Then, he wouldn¡¯t have to be afraid of the heart-devouring devil seed that was rooted in his soul. However, there was a difficulty in using this secret technique. It would only be effective if both parties were willing to use it. Thus, he used the threat of attacking the Purple Rainbow Immortal Palace as a threat and asked Su Fangyun to give him up. However, Su Fangyun was not a pushover who could be easily dealt with. She had made a bet with the saint son of Senseless Hall. If she could take three palm strikes from him after three months, he would not be allowed to have any thoughts about the Purple Rainbow Immortal Palace. If she could not take it, she would be at his disposal. The wicked man was very confident in his strength and agreed to this request without saying anything. And today was the last day of the three months. He wanted to come here and completely shatter Su Fangyun¡¯s confidence. Seeing that Su Fangyun did not speak, he smiled coldly. ¡°How is it? Can you take three of my palm strikes now?¡± Su Fangyun silently stood up, her eyes were filled with a desolate and beautiful arrogance. ¡°Why do you need to say so much? You will know once you try.¡± ¡°I don¡¯t want to damage your body.¡± The evil man narrowed his eyes, ¡°If you admit defeat and willingly give up your cultivation base and immortal body, I can spare your life.¡± ¡°The people of the Purple Rainbow Immortal Palace have no way to be afraid of battle.¡± Su Fangyun¡¯s expression was resolute. ¡°You¡¯re courting death!¡± The black qi around the wicked man surged, and lightning-like cracks continuously appeared on his body. A power that disregarded everything swept out invisibly. Su Fangyun didn¡¯t even have time to react as if she had been struck by a heavy blow. Her entire body flew backward, and cracking sounds could be heard as she flew through the air. She didn¡¯t know how many of her ribs had been broken. Boom! Su Fangyun crashed into the wall of the palace master bedroom that was protected by the formation and fell out. Lying on the lawn outside the palace, her body was covered in blood. She had not even used a single palm, yet she was already so terrifying! Su Fangyun had long known that there was a huge gap between her and this man, but she did not expect that she would not even be able to withstand his aura. Her chest felt as if it had been pierced through, and it was extremely painful. She tilted her head and vomited a few mouthfuls of blood from her heart. In the next moment, she was stunned. In the Purple Rainbow Immortal Palace, corpses were strewn all over the mountain. The originally peaceful palace was now covered in a layer of blood. From the inside of the palace to the outside. From the top of the mountain to the foot of the mountain. No one survived. Even the spiritual beasts and spiritual herbs were destroyed. It was obvious that the Purple Rainbow Immortal Palace had been exterminated! The saint son of the Senlou Palace had never intended to let her go. Today, no matter if he agreed or not, everyone would die! Su Fangyun was in despair. She was on the verge of death. She could clearly feel her life force fading rapidly in her body. The wicked man walked over slowly and stood in front of her. He looked at her indifferently. ¡°I forgot to tell you that I haven¡¯t been idle for the past three months.¡± ¡°Have you heard of the soul transference technique?¡± ¡°Whether you like it or not, I can peel your soul out.¡± ¡°As for this body, I can change it to an obedient soul and enjoy it slowly.¡± A hint of panic finally appeared in Su Fangyun¡¯s eyes, but in the next moment, she had already lost consciousness and passed away. ¡°Ha, you¡¯ve wasted so much of my time.¡± The wicked man then took out a small bottle from his waist and chanted a chant. Then, he opened the bottle. Black aura quickly surged in, bringing out a ball of cold flame from the bottle. In the heart of the flame, there seemed to be a small person trapped inside. This was a restrained soul. ¡°From today onwards, you will live upon my command, and you will die if you oppose it. Do you understand?¡± The little man in the flames was trembling non-stop. He must have received a lot of torture, so he nodded without any hesitation. ¡°Very good.¡± The wicked man was very satisfied. The red light in his hand lit up, and he slapped the ball of flames into Su Fangyun¡¯s body. Then, he sat cross-legged and began to circulate his cultivation technique. Black qi surged around his body, like Su Fangyun¡¯s corpse. Not long after. ¡°Hmm?¡± He frowned and opened his eyes. ¡°Why not?¡± At this moment, he realized that there seemed to be an orange-red ray of light faintly discernible in Su Hexiyun¡¯s heart. He was just about to take off his clothes to take a look. Hua! A ball of scorching flames suddenly rose up, emitting a heat that was almost as hot as the sun. The wicked man¡¯s expression changed, and a black aura wrapped around his body as he retreated rapidly. ¡°Phoenix Nirvana, Vermilion Bird Rebirth, so that¡¯s how it is¡­¡± An ethereal voice came from within the flames. ¡°Su Fangyun, you¡¯re not dead?¡± The evil man immediately recognized this voice. He was both anxious and angry. ¡°You¡¯re playing tricks, so what if you¡¯re Reborn!¡± Then, he struck out with his palm! It contained a power that could destroy the heavens and earth! The flames that Su Fangyun had transformed into were struck by this power. However, they did not suffer much damage. Instead, because of this power, they soared into the sky and flew into the distance. Looking at the direction, it was toward the east. How could the wicked man endure such teasing? Black mist soared into the sky in hot pursuit. ¡°Su Fangyun, you can¡¯t leave!¡±