31: Chapter 31 A Promise Worth a Thousand Gold 31: Chapter 31 A Promise Worth a Thousand Gold “Steward Wu, I’m here to hand over the mission, along with Fairy Caiyi’s receipt.” Inside the Sect Main Hall, Ye Zhen approached Elder Wu, who was responsible for the sect’s missions, and presented the receipt from Fairy Caiyi.
“Good, let have a look….” Just as Elder Wu raised his head and glanced at Ye Zhen, his voice suddenly halted, “I rember you only took on one mission from Fairy Caiyi.
Have you completed it so quickly?
Don’t tell you’re joking with this old man!” Elder Wu looked astonished.
“Here’s the receipt, have a look!”
Elder Wu grabbed the receipt from Ye Zhen, glanced over it, and was once more taken aback, “It’s true; you really completed it?
Hey, lad, tell , what was wrong with Fairy Caiyi’s Huaa Li?
This past month, from the elders to the Inner and Outer Sect Disciples, no one could cure it.
How did you manage to do it?”
“Steward Wu, please give the Sect Contribution Points reward first,” Ye Zhen said with a smile.
“Hand over your Identity Jade.”
Ye Zhen handed over his Identity Jade, and a flash of Spirit Light flickered in Elder Wu’s hand, finalizing the process, “Done, five hundred Sect Contribution Points have been awarded to you.
Now, what exactly was the matter with Huaa Li?
Tell about it?”
“That’s a secret.”
With a slight smile, Ye Zhen took back his Identity Jade and turned to leave, leaving Elder Wu there puffing his beard in frustration, “This blasted lad, playing all mysterious, not even telling this old man, really infuriates ….”
No sooner had Ye Zhen walked out of the Sect Main Hall, a figure suddenly descended from the sky, blocking his path.
“Ye Zhen, what exactly was wrong with Fairy Caiyi’s Huaa Li, and how did you cure her?” Fan Chuyu, dressed in white, stood before Ye Zhen.
Ye Zhen showed a troubled expression, “Senior Brother Fan, I really can’t say.”
“Can’t say?” Fan Chuyu’s eyebrows shot up, and suddenly a Pill Bottle appeared in his hand, “Ten Blood Essence Pills, just answer my question, and they’re yours.”
Ye Zhen gave another bitter smile and shook his head, “Please understand, Senior Brother Fan, I really have my reasons for not saying.”
“Twenty Blood Essence Pills!” Fan Chuyu’s expression grew cold, his head held high as he looked down on Ye Zhen with disdain in his eyes.
In his view, Ye Zhen was rely trying to increase the price; he had seen too many such people.
“Thirty Pills!”
“Forty Pills!”
“Fifty Pills!”
“Sorry, Senior Brother Fan, I really can’t say.
If there’s nothing else, I’ll be taking my leave now.” Even as Fan Chuyu reached a price of fifty Blood Essence Pills, Ye Zhen remained unmoved, causing Fan Chuyu to seethe with anger.
In his view, Ye Zhen was being unreasonably greedy.
Fifty Blood Essence Pills was the annual Pill allocation for an ordinary Outer Sect Disciple, equivalent to several lives outside the Qiyun Sect.
As Ye Zhen turned to leave, Fan Chuyu’s voice abruptly beca icy, “One bottle of True Essence Pills!
Ye Zhen, one should know their limits!”
Nearby Inner and Outer Sect Disciples who overheard the price being offered gasped in shock at the value of True Essence Pills, which were several tis more valuable and precious than Blood Essence Pills, envy blazing in the eyes of even the Inner Sect Disciples.
In the Inner Sect, one True Essence Pill could fetch seven or eight Blood Essence Pills, and disciples would scramble to trade for it.
A wretched smile that looked uglier than a cry squeezed onto Ye Zhen’s face, “Sorry, Senior Brother Fan, I really can’t tell….”
“Ye Zhen, I advise you’d better speak up, or else you’re in for a show!” Before Ye Zhen could finish, Fan Chuyu’s face darkened, and in a flash, he moved in front of Ye Zhen, his overwhelming aura enveloping Ye Zhen as if to embarrass him on the spot.
The gap was imnse; if Fan Chuyu fully exerted his Qi, even an Inner Sect Disciple would be humiliated, let alone an Outer Sect Disciple like Ye Zhen.
As the mountainous pressure bore down on him, Ye Zhen’s expression turned angry, and with a crouch and a spring, he used Snake Bounce Grass.
In an instant, all could only see a blur before Ye Zhen reappeared fifteen ters away, just avoiding Fan Chuyu’s overwhelming aura.
Fan Chuyu’s expression turned fierce, and just as he was about to make another move, Ye Zhen’s voice rang out, “Senior Brother Fan, if you truly have the ability and really want to know, go ask Fairy Caiyi herself.
Why bother giving a hard ti?”
With that statent, Fan Chuyu’s expression turned exceedingly awkward, and he found himself stuck on the spot.
As Ye Zhen quickly left the scene, his expression was filled with distress.
To be honest, the price offered by Fan Chuyu was really high and had truly tempted Ye Zhen.
Moreover, had there not been that promise, even if Fan Chuyu offered no price at all, Ye Zhen would have answered his question.
But a man’s promise is worth its weight in gold!
When parting with Fairy Caiyi, she had asked Ye Zhen not to reveal the true condition of Huaa Li.
Fairy Caiyi had caused quite a stir in the Sect for her Su’er, almost everyone knew about it; if it were known that Huaa Li’s real ailnt was simply her heat period and that the cure was for her to find a mate of her kind to mate with,
it might not seem like a big deal to Ye Zhen, but for the rather modest Fairy Caiyi, it would be utterly mortifying.
Ye Zhen had readily agreed to Fairy Caiyi’s request at the ti, so now he was rejecting it outright.
Ye Zhen estimated the value, a single bottle of True Essence Pill on the market was worth more than a small fortune indeed, and his promise truly was worth its weight in gold!
After leaving the Sect Main Hall, Ye Zhen appeared at the entrance of the Qiyun Sect’s Scripture Storage Tower, mainly to validate a bold idea of his.
Today, in the dense forest behind the hill, after the Mirage Dragon Pearl absorbed all the essence, qi, and spirit of the Illusion Serpent King into its First Spatial Stage, the Snake Wandering Steps that Ye Zhen had struggled to master for a long ti suddenly reached the peak of perfection.
Ye Zhen was considering a question: since the Illusion Serpent King in the First Spatial Stage of the Mirage Dragon Pearl allowed him to instantly perfect the Snake Wandering Steps, would the practice of other snake-related martial skills and body techniques be doubly effective?
He ca to the Scripture Storage Tower to verify this idea.
This ti, his goal was clear, and Ye Zhen quickly selected four snake-related cultivation techniques from the first floor of the tower.
They were Snake Palm, Boneless Snake Fist, Spirit Snake Vein Severing Hand, and Tortoise and Snake Technique.
After so consideration, Ye Zhen chose the Spirit Snake Vein Severing Hand, equally a high-grade Mortal Level, a skillful close-combat technique.
If mastered to a small degree of success, one could sever the veins and dislocate joints, rendering the opponent incapable of fighting back, imnsely useful in combat.
“Spirit Snake Vein Severing Hand?
High-grade Mortal Level, one hundred fifty Sect Contribution Points,” said the elder steward guarding the first floor of the Scripture Storage Tower after scanning Ye Zhen’s choice.
Ye Zhen, sowhat reluctantly, handed over his Identity Jade.
After the first free selection of a cultivation technique manual, whether an Inner or Outer Sect disciple, one had to spend a certain amount of Sect Contribution Points to pick and train new techniques.
This manual alone used up one-third of the newly acquired Sect Contribution Points.
“Hmm?
Ye Zhen, you picked Five Mountains Divine Fist and Snake Wandering Steps just half a month ago.
You haven’t mastered those two techniques yet, and you’re already choosing new martial skills?
This is a taboo in cultivation,” the elder steward said.
“I’ve not kept it from you, Elder Steward, I have mastered both Five Mountains Divine Fist and Snake Wandering Steps,” Ye Zhen said.
“Mastered them?”
The elder steward smirked, “I believe you mastered the Five Mountains Divine Fist, but the essence of Snake Wandering Steps can’t be reached without half a year’s hard work.
Kid, biting off more than you can chew, I advise you better to focus on mastering one martial skill.
Moreover, the difficulty of the Spirit Snake Vein Severing Hand you’ve chosen this ti is nothing less than the Snake Wandering Steps.”
Ye Zhen rely smiled bitterly.
Why is the truth so hard to believe these days?
“Thank you for the advice, Elder Steward,” Ye Zhen said, truly respecting the elder steward who patiently pointed things out to him.
“Stubborn fool.” Seeing Ye Zhen so persistent, the elder steward grew a bit annoyed, unwilling to persuade further.
He swiftly processed the procedure and tossed the manual for Spirit Snake Vein Severing Hand to Ye Zhen.
“Hmph, young people these days, becoming less and less modest.
Mastering Snake Wandering Steps within half a month, as if this old man’s eyes are deceiving….”
Psh!
In the next instant, Ye Zhen’s figure dipped and sprung, appearing fifteen ters away in a flash, demonstrating a movent in front of the elder steward.
Of course, Ye Zhen was holding back; if he had gone all out, a single leap using Snake Bounce Grass technique could cover at least thirty ters.
But even this restrained demonstration by Ye Zhen still greatly shocked the elder steward, whose mouth gaped wide enough to fit a fist.
“The hardest to master in Snake Wandering Steps, Snake Bounce Grass?
He actually mastered it…” Monts later, the elder steward’s expression was still sowhat dazed.
Ye Zhen, who had just demonstrated a technique, was now walking away while flipping through the manual of Spirit Snake Vein Severing Hand.
As he browsed the manual, Ye Zhen’s body twisted in strange ways, making extrely sharp and bizarre motions, with a growing smile on his face.
His guess was correct!
This technique, which the elder steward claid to be of greater difficulty, seed very simple to Ye Zhen now.
So of the moves, deed very difficult, ca naturally to him.
Ye Zhen estimated that in less than half a day, he could master the Spirit Snake Vein Severing Hand and, with a bit more ti, could reach the pinnacle of mastery.
With the peak-perfected Snake Wandering Steps, and now adding the Spirit Snake Vein Severing Hand along with the Five Mountains Divine Fist and a few drops of True Yuan, Ye Zhen would truly establish himself among the Outer Disciples.
With this thought in mind, Ye Zhen quickened his pace, eager to return and practice the Spirit Snake Vein Severing Hand.
Soon, Ye Zhen arrived back at his room in Donglai Peak, and the mont he pushed the door open, his expression instantly froze; inside his room, there were unexpectedly two people.
Two black-robed Outer Disciples, beaten black and blue.
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