Reborn as a Mountain: I Defy the Heavens with a Smile-Chapter 172: Undercurrents Of Mystic City

"Tsk tsk, I didn’t expect my future maid’s disciple to be also tsundere."

Ye Chen chuckled as he saw the bunch of items given by little girl Wang Yiyi. Almost all of them were herbs and spirit fruits. However, what surprised him was the tier-8 ’Cloud Spirit Tree,’ which only needed a few years to grow and can help nascent soul and void ascension cultivators.

Was she not afraid of Jing Xiao disowning her after knowing this?

"Hehe, I wonder what kind of face XiaoXiao will make."

Ye Chen looked forward to seeing his future maid’s expression.

Nonetheless, he did not waste time and arranged his spoils. Most of them were herbs and spirit fruits given by Ji Feng and others.

Of course there were spatial rings from the people he killed, not to mention he also made Zhu Wenkai, Xi Yanzhou, and other elders hand over their spatial rings.

However, he was not in a hurry to open them. The first reason most of the people were weak: what heaven-defying items could they store in spatial rings?

As for Zhu Wenkai and them? They were still alive and who knows if they left a hidden mechanism behind? Although he was confident that hidden tricks won’t work on him, what if the attack targeted people besides him?

So he did not hurry to open them.

Anyway, he was not short on money.

"Hmm, now only ’Heavenly Dao Crystals’ and ’Heavenly Jade Essence’ remained."

Ye Chen looked at the sealed spatial ring and jade bottle.

The dao crystals were corrupt and he had no idea how to purify them. Maybe the owner of ’Divine Dao Physique’ has a way but he did not even know if someone was born with this physique or not. So, he could only put aside these dao crystals no matter how unwilling he was.

As for purifying himself? He could feel a strong threat from these crystals; although he was immortal, he did not want to die for no reason. So he could only set it aside for now.

This left the tier-9 heavenly jade essence in front of him.

There were a total of fifty drops in the bottle. If he decided to sell it, just one drop would be priced at millions of high-grade spiritual stones.

The heavenly jade essence, after all, nourishes soul, body, and even spiritual root. Not to mention it also helps in attaining insights.

So this bottle was bound to cause endless trouble for him. After all, there were many disciples present when he received the rewards.

As for silencing them? He didn’t have time for that, not to mention they had already spread the news of rewards he and others received, so it was useless to kill them.

"Hmm, don’t tell me the little girl thought this ahead and that’s why she gave me the cloud spirit tree?" Ye Chen’s eyelids twitched as he thought of this.

However, Wang Yiyi was innocent!

She only wanted to repay the gratitude for saving and helping her. So she did not think that ahead; or rather, with her small brain, she couldn’t think that far.

...

Just as Ye Chen expected, the news of rewards spread like wildfire and many could not help but wonder if he had more tier-9 items.

However, no one wanted to take action openly. Furthermore, what if he had already consumed the heavenly jade essence?

The old man, after all, did not state how many drops he gave and since the jade bottle was not transparent, no one knew the exact number of drops. So everyone thought it was only one drop and he must have already consumed it.

Only in this way could his terrifying strength make some sense.

However, there were many who thought otherwise.

"Are you sure that there were more than ten drops?" Zhu Wenkai inquired, his eyes flashing with cold light as he looked at the disciple in front of him.

If Ye Chen were here, he would recognize him as a disciple who had cleared the trial of heaven’s staircase.

"Y-yes! There are more than ten drops. Because the size of jade bottle was larger than normal, and it also looked heavy," the disciple explained.

The same scene was repeated at many pavilions and they also got to know the rewards of everyone and their benefits in detail.

However, many powerhouses were not surprised by this, as some disciples already reported them as soon as they came out of the mystic realm.

It’s just that they were unwilling to bring this up, as heretical and fallen sect would do everything to snatch the rewards, which would result in serious casualties of genius disciples.

Not to mention some disciples collided with the fallen sect to kill Ye Chen. So if anyone brought this up at that time, everyone might suspect they were helping the heretical and fallen sect.

But now, since they had returned to the city, many started to investigate by bringing the disciples who had cleared the heaven’s staircase.

Of course the disciples who cleared the trial won’t fall for greed and lust easily; however, once their family was brought in, many hesitated. Furthermore, many decided to secretly inform Ye Chen about the actions of these sects.

There were also some who were jealous of Ye Chen and since they were in trouble because of him, they decided to tell everything.

As for these powerhouses going against their words? No one was idiot and they all signed the soul contract without any loopholes. Which meant neither the powerhouses nor their subordinates can kill or order someone to kill them or their family.

Some smart ones even asked for protection. Of course the powerhouses were not idiots; they also made some demands, such as not telling this information to anyone else and not contacting Ye Chen or anyone related to him.

...

’Just the tier-9 item made them to take such actions. What will happen if they learn about the inheritance of Saint?’ Liu Jiarong thought in her heart as she saw some people sneaking outside the Wu family’s pavilion.

These sneaky figures belonged to different forces and they came here to ’invite’ her.

"Sister Jiarong, what are you doing?" Lin Xian’er asked, her face not looking good as she learned her demon brother was in trouble.

Seeing her like this, Liu Jiarong sighed inwardly while cursing Ye Chen for making so many enemies.

"There are some people who want to visit us, but don’t worry, Elder Wu won’t let them come. But if someone contacts you secretly, you must not follow them or even speak with them. Especially don’t reveal anything about the inheritance trial and grades above heaven," Liu Jiarong reminded with a grave look.

In response, Lin Xian’er nodded seriously.

"I will not reveal anything but what about others?" She inquired with worry hidden in her eyes.

"I have already contacted them and they will do the same," Liu Jiarong replied with confidence.

There were twelve people who gained the inheritance and knew the grades above heaven. One of them was Zhu Dong, who was already declared dead.

As for others, they had good relations with Ye Chen and had tried to befriend him. So she did not think they would reveal anything.

Not to mention today everyone was targeting Ye Chen and tomorrow it will be their day, so everyone decided to keep their mouth shut. Even Crown Prince Ji Feng had no intention to reveal this information.

...

Just as the undercurrents were taking place, the news of Xue Feng betraying the evergreen sect spread and many powerhouses started to search for him.

"Do you think this is true?"

"Humph! What’s there to say? The sect master forced him to hand over everything he got inside the mystic realm, but he refused. So it is considered betrayal."

"Damn, I never expected this sect master to fall so low!"

"Heh~ what’s there to be surprised about? Don’t you know the Evergreen Sect is a secret subsidiary sect of the Flame Dragon Sect?"

"What? Is this true?"

"Of course, don’t you see how Flame Dragon Sect elders are mobilized? If not for the fact this was the Su family’s territory, they would be taking action already."

...

"Ye Chen, I need your help!"

Xue Feng knelt on the floor, his eyes red with anger and hatred. Of course not towards Ye Chen but towards the Evergreen Sect.

"I can help you but what’s in it for me?" Ye Chen did not hurry to agree and questioned with a calm look.

"As long as you can protect my family, I am willing to become your blade forever!" Xue Feng declared without hesitation.

If anyone else could help him now, then it was Ye Chen. As for Ji Feng and the Wu family, he did not trust them. Not to mention he wanted to kill the sect master of the Evergreen Sect for threatening his family so they might not accept to help him.

But Ye Chen was different. He feared no one and could ask the Su family or even the Blue Moon Pavilion to protect his family.

However, it did not take too long and his hopes were washed away by cold water.

"Become my blade forever? Do you think you are qualified?" Ye Chen questioned with amusement, as if he had just heard the most ridiculous joke in the world.