Chapter 95 - 84: Dao Tian Ancestor Returns, Night God Takes the Throne!_1

"Well then, if you’re not in the mood, I’ll just drink it alone."

Seeing that Mao Ruxue was not interested in a drink, Chen Chang’an did not push further.

Instead, he picked up the wine cup and y sighed, sipping alone.

The Immortal Spirit Monkey Wine, truly deserving of its reputation throughout the Wuxiang realm.

Such a taste, it’s just delightful.

Unfortunately, there’s too little of it.

Yes, far too little.

Even if people keep bringing it daily, the final count is just a dozen or so jars.

Once he’d drained those, there’d be nothing left.

"Maybe I should rear some of these spirit monkeys and brew my own wine?"

A thought suddenly flashed through Chen Chang’an’s mind.

With his power, catching a few Immortal Spirit Monkeys capable of wine brewing wouldn’t be a problem.

After some thought, though, Chen Chang’an abandoned the idea.

The brewing time for Immortal Spirit Monkey Wine was just too long.

A hundred years!

With all that time, wouldn’t it be better to do something else than brewing wine?

However, these old fellows were quite crafty.

They hoarded their stock at home and didn’t contribute.

Sly old foxes, the lot of them.

Using his divine sense, Chen Chang’an found that rare treasures like Immortal Spirit Monkey Wine or Dragon Spirit Fish still had plenty of stock in Bai Yunzi and Li Daoran’s possession.

Take Li Daoran, for instance; he had a total of eighteen Dragon Spirit Fish.

Only ten were gifted to Chang’an.

The remaining eight were sneakily stashed away.

However, he claimed to Bai Yunzi that he’d given away all of them.

The situation with Bai Yunzi wasn’t much different.

With twenty jars of Immortal Spirit Monkey Wine, he only sent fifteen.

The remaining five were hidden, but Bai Yunzi also claimed that he had given all his jars away.

It wasn’t just these two; almost every Mountain Lord forced to give gifts was doing the same.

Regardless, Chen Chang’an just laughed it off and said nothing.

After a bit of persuasion, managing to squeeze out this much from these stingy old fellows was quite a feat.

If they dared to ask for more, they wouldn’t care if you’ve really been hurt for the Sect.

They would draw their blades on you, and they wouldn’t hesitate to strike!

One should learn to be content in life.

...

Days went by in a blink, and a few months passed in what felt like Chen Chang’an’s ’idyllic’ life.

Nothing significant occurred during these months.

Except for the matter involving the Sword Master of Ten Thousand Swords Sect.

The Sword Master of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect apparently was content residing in the Undying Sword City and had no intentions of invading other territories.

Moreover, after noticing that Chen Chang’an didn’t confront him, he even founded a new sect in the city.

It’s called Small Ten Thousand Swords Sect.

As the name suggests, it’s a scaled-down version of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect.

The disciples and elders of the Small Ten Thousand Sword Sect were mostly transferred from Ten Thousand Swords Sect.

Interestingly enough, after all the setbacks, the new sect was actually set up and became operational.

Due to its connection with the Ten Thousand Swords Sect and with a Sword Master present, the new sect quickly gained a foothold amid the complex power relations of the Undying Sword City.

Of course, this had nothing to do with Chen Chang’an.

These few months, life remained as ’ordinary’ as ever.

Apart from eating and sleeping, if he had some free time, he would read some books. His life was simple and unpretentious.

The only downside was that a week or so after returning, Mao Ruxue started to go missing regularly.

She often wouldn’t return until late at night.

Sometimes, she would be gone for an entire day.

At the same time, in the whole expanse of Youming Sea area...

A major personnel change had taken place.

It’s not anything else; rather, the new Earth Bodhisattva selected by Emperor Song had completed the handover with the City God.

The new Earth Bodhisattva was a firm and determined guy. As soon as he took over, he issued many strict orders.

Using strong measures, he first subdued all opposition voices in the Youming Sea area.

Within a few days, he’d already cemented his title as the de facto ruler of the ’Uncrowned King’ of the Youming Sea area.

All the sect leaders brought their best gifts to pay him a visit.

The result? All the visiting sects were reined in, while some were suppressed!

He had all the sects of the entire Youming Sea area under his control.

His display of formidable strength was enough to send chills down everyone’s spine!

But what everyone didn’t know was...

The real identity hidden behind the mask of their new ’Uncrowned King’ of Youming Sea was just a ’mere’ young girl who had recently broken through to the third level.

Moreover, the number of ’ghost level’ Yin generals accompanying her, who were only at the fourth level, were around ten or eight at most. With such power, she couldn’t possibly win against any sect in Youming Sea.

Of course, they would never find out about this.

Nobody would have the guts to find out!

After all this, Chen Chang’an finally realized how Mao Ruxue, a mere girl, survived such a harsh environment in the Rebirth Hall.

She was adept at using others’ strengths to her advantage and making the most of the situation!

"Indeed, she’s an old hand."

Chen Chang’an always knew that Mao Ruxue had secrets.

No ordinary girl could possibly become the Earth Bodhisattva.

Even if the standards he initially set for Black and White Impermanence were very low!

If anyone claimed that Mao Ruxue harbored no secrets, Chen Chang’an wouldn’t believe it even if it killed him.

However, he didn’t plan to question her nor intervene.