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?”