The Sword Emperor paused briefly, then transmitted his voice, “Your physique hasn’t fully awakened yet. If you rashly use Ye Chen as a furnace, I’m afraid you won’t be able to withstand the immense yang energy within his body. It’s better to wait a few more days until your physique is fully awakened to ensure everything goes smoothly.”
After a short pause, the Sword Emperor added, “Besides, in three days, the joint secret realm assessment hosted by the Four Empires will take place. The Sword Empire has been at the bottom for too many years. This year, we must rely on Ye Chen to earn a good ranking—make the best use of him.”
Jian Ling’er felt a bit unwilling, but she had no choice but to accept it.
The Sword Emperor then looked at Ye Chen and said, “You’re quite impressive—young and talented, with limitless potential. You are the pride of the Sword Empire. I shall reward you!”
As he spoke, the Sword Emperor opened his spatial ring and laid out eighteen spirit beast scrolls.
Each of the eighteen scrolls depicted bizarre and exotic spirit beasts, shimmering with golden light, appearing vivid and lifelike.
These were Spirit Beast Scrolls!
And there were eighteen of them!
The crowd gasped. Even knowledgeable individuals like Ye Wuyá were shocked.
These Spirit Beast Scrolls, once infused with spiritual Qi, would allow the spirit beasts within to temporarily manifest. Though the duration was short, their combat power during that time was immense.
Each scroll was worth a fortune, and yet the Sword Emperor had collected eighteen!
The Sword Emperor glanced over the scrolls, intending to pick the one with the weakest spirit beast to gift to Ye Chen. After all, this was a public setting—if the reward appeared too stingy, others might criticize him behind his back.
Even the worst among the eighteen was worth several million taels of gold, still a generous gift.
However—
Before the Sword Emperor could speak, Ye Chen suddenly waved his hand and swept all eighteen Spirit Beast Scrolls into his spatial ring.
Facing the Sword Emperor’s astonished gaze, Ye Chen sincerely expressed his thanks, “Thank you for the scrolls, Your Majesty!”
But inwardly, Ye Chen sneered.
He clearly saw that the Sword Emperor had only intended to give him the most worthless scroll.
In his previous life, Ye Chen knew this Sword Emperor—righteous and generous on the surface, but stingy and ruthless in secret. A thoroughly despicable man!
With someone like that, the only option was to make him bleed—if you don’t take advantage of him, you’re wasting an opportunity!
The Sword Emperor’s expression froze. Just as he was about to explain, Ye Wuyá suddenly spoke up, “His Majesty is so generous! I thought he would casually hand my son one scroll, but I didn’t expect he would gift all eighteen!”
What a perfectly timed assist!
Ye Chen silently gave his father a thumbs-up, then looked at the Sword Emperor and said, “Everyone in the Sword Empire knows how generous His Majesty is. How could he possibly give me just one scroll?” Read this novel at g.com for the best experience.
The words left the Sword Emperor no room to maneuver. He could only grit his teeth and pretend to be magnanimous, “Indeed. If you need anything in the future, just let me know. I’ll do my best to fulfill your requests!”
Ye Chen said, “To tell you the truth, Your Majesty, I’m currently quite short on gold!”
He seized the opportunity—after all, he truly needed money. Whether it was to buy herbs to repair his father’s martial meridians or to boost his own cultivation level, everything required money.
The Sword Emperor frowned hard. “How much do you need?”
Ye Chen smiled with an innocent expression, “Not much. Just 100 million taels.”
…
100 million taels—and you call that not much?
The Sword Emperor nearly slapped Ye Chen into a million pieces on the spot!
Even Ye Wuyá was dumbfounded. He never expected Ye Chen would make such an outrageous demand in front of the Sword Emperor and tried to signal him with frantic eye gestures, which Ye Chen ignored entirely.
“Take it!” the Sword Emperor finally said.
After much hesitation, he opened his spatial ring. A mountain of gold worth 100 million taels appeared before everyone.
In his mind, once the secret realm assessment was over and Jian Ling’er’s physique fully awakened, Ye Chen would become her furnace. By then, everything Ye Chen possessed would be reclaimed.
The eighteen scrolls and 100 million taels of gold—just temporarily stored with Ye Chen for a few days.
After finishing his business with the Sword Emperor, Ye Chen’s figure flickered. He instantly appeared in front of Lin Tian, who was trying to sneak away quietly.
“You said this was a fight to the death. So where do you think you’re going now?”
Lin Tian trembled, his body going limp, though he still put on a tough front, “Ye Chen, I’m feeling merciful today. I’ll spare your life. Three days from now at the secret realm assessment, we can—”
Ye Chen cut him off, “But today, I don’t want to spare you.”
Just like Lin Tian had said earlier—if you cut the weeds but leave the roots, they’ll grow back when the spring wind blows.
Especially for someone like Lin Tian, who possessed great destiny—he had to be eliminated as soon as possible.
Earlier, that sword strike was blocked by the remnant soul inside Lin Tian’s body. But now, that remnant soul had likely fallen dormant. This was the perfect time to kill him. The source of this chapter is novelping.com.
Ye Chen moved swiftly. As his sword neared Lin Tian’s neck, a flying dagger came whistling through the air and blocked it.
A woman in snow-white robes appeared, stepping through the sky.
Her skin was fair as snow, and her eyes were like clear pools of water. Just one glance from her exuded an elegant and noble aura that made others feel inferior, subdued, and not daring to profane her.
Even Jian Ling’er, hailed as the Sword Empire’s number one beauty, paled in comparison.
Her aura was incredibly strong. That flying dagger just now had come from her. After circling once in the air, it obediently returned to her hand.
“I am Zhao Hongyan, the Saintess of the Unparalleled Holy Land. I advise you to restrain yourself. Don’t touch Lin Tian. He is now the Unparalleled Holy Land’s prospective Holy Son.”
Zhao Hongyan landed gracefully, her tone icy and calm.
Zhao Hongyan?
Ye Chen recognized the name. In his past life, she had been a famed heaven’s favored child even in the Eastern Wasteland. Unfortunately, her luck was poor. After mastering her divine technique, she left the Eastern Wasteland full of ambition, only to stumble into a heavenly tribulation upon entering the broader Central Continent, where she was blasted to ashes by rolling thunder…
The crowd erupted in shock.
The Unparalleled Holy Land was the most powerful among the four great holy lands of the Eastern Wasteland, standing far above the Sword Empire.
As the Saintess of the Unparalleled Holy Land, Zhao Hongyan held a highly distinguished status. Her words carried great weight.
But—Zhao Hongyan just said Lin Tian was the prospective Holy Son of the Unparalleled Holy Land?
What was going on?
Even Lin Tian was dumbfounded. “Senior Sister Zhao, what do you mean by prospective Holy Son? Could it be… that drop of blood I left behind for testing showed a high-level result?”
Zhao Hongyan nodded, “Extremely high!”
Previously, Lin Tian had visited the Unparalleled Holy Land and left a drop of his blood to test his physique. The results were now in—it showed that Lin Tian was about to awaken the Saint Physique!
That was a physique that appeared only once every ten years in the Eastern Wasteland. It was rarer and more precious than emperor-grade martial meridians or innate sword cultivators!
Lin Tian was instantly overjoyed. He couldn’t hold back and pointed at Ye Chen, “Senior Sister Zhao, from now on, we’re family! Hurry and kill him to eliminate future troubles!”
Zhao Hongyan felt something was off, but still released the flying dagger again, aiming straight at Ye Chen.
A genius from the Sword Empire without any significant backing—killing him meant nothing.
As long as Lin Tian was happy.