Chapter 90

Chapter 90: Transaction

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“You shameless woman, how dare you harm a fellow sect member? Aren’t you afraid of Qinglan Sect’s pursuit?”

Ye Fan finally understood his current predicament. At this moment, he was imprisoned in a specially made iron cage.

He could only roar angrily at the woman outside the cage, his voice filled with fury and unwillingness.

“Pursuit? Hehehe… It will only be that Brother Ye Fan fled in fear of punishment~”

Ji Jiaying’s face bloomed with an evil, charming smile, but her tone was light and airy, as if she was discussing something insignificant.

“Besides, who says I’m your fellow sect member?”

Before her words finished, a bone-chilling demonic energy shot toward Ye Fan’s face like an arrow, carrying a nauseating sweet and fishy scent.

“You are… from the demonic clan?”

Ye Fan’s heart shook violently, his face full of horror, his eyes wide as saucers, filled with disbelief.

He could never have imagined that this woman who had been entangled with him for so long was actually a demonic clan spy infiltrating Qinglan Sect.

What made him even more terrified was that Qinglan Sect, as the foremost righteous sect, had already been infiltrated by the demonic clan to this extent.

“No wonder, no wonder it was so difficult to copy her spirit root before. It turns out she doesn’t have a spirit root at all!”

In Ye Fan’s mind, Elder Feng’s voice rang out with sudden realization.

But this awakening came too late; he could only regret it bitterly.

“But what method did she use to disguise herself? This old man couldn’t see through it all along…”

Elder Feng’s tone was full of confusion and unwillingness.

“Elder Feng… what do you mean by that? Are you saying all the effort we spent on her before was completely useless?”

Ye Fan’s heart flared with anger as he listened, his tone becoming irritated.

“It wasn’t entirely useless. She does have a spirit root in her body, but it’s just something she uses for disguise, not her own, which is why our progress was so slow…”

Speaking to this point, Elder Feng couldn’t help but sigh, a trace of resentment quietly rising in his heart.

‘If it weren’t for this kid Ye Fan being more of a hindrance than help, failing to successfully take down Su Wanqing, they wouldn’t have ended up entangled with this woman Ji Jiaying.’

If Ye Fan could hear Elder Feng’s inner thoughts, he would probably faint with anger on the spot and roar in his heart:

“You old bastard have the nerve to talk! Weren’t all those ideas yours originally? Now you’re turning around and blaming me?”

“Damn demonic clan monster! When I get out, I’ll definitely tear you to pieces!”

Trapped in the cage, Ye Fan could only glare at Ji Jiaying, his rage having nowhere to vent, only able to make futile angry outbursts.

He had imagined he might fall into Xinlian’s hands, or Su Wanqing’s hands, and even thought he might be defeated by Lin Muyu.

But he never expected that he would ultimately fall into the hands of this woman Ji Jiaying.

“Get out? Brother Ye Fan still fantasizes about getting out~”

Ji Jiaying showed a contemptuous smile, her eyes full of mockery.

“Brother Ye Fan should know about Hehuan Sect’s Yin-Absorbing Yin-Supplementing faction, right? But does Brother Ye Fan know that Hehuan Sect also has a Yang-Absorbing Yang-Supplementing faction?”

Hearing this, Ye Fan felt his mind shake violently, his pupils suddenly contracting, a chill running from the soles of his feet straight to the top of his head.

“Yang-Absorbing Yang-Supplementing faction?! Could it be that you…”

He naturally knew that the Yin-Absorbing Yin-Supplementing faction was a newly rising faction in Hehuan Sect in recent years, with rapid momentum. The rise of this faction also gave another type of disciple in Hehuan Sect new hope, thus spawning the Yang-Absorbing Yang-Supplementing faction.

However, compared to the Yin-Absorbing Yin-Supplementing faction, the methods of the Yang-Absorbing Yang-Supplementing faction were much more brutal and cruel.

For this very reason, the Chrysanthemum-Protection Pills they purchased were the most numerous in all of Hehuan Sect.

“With Brother Ye Fan’s handsome appearance, even men would probably be delighted to see you~ Hehe~”

Ji Jiaying’s light laughter was like a death knell from hell, striking Ye Fan’s heart one by one, as if pronouncing his death sentence.

“You f**king **, you ✳✳🐴✳✳…”

In extreme rage and fear, Ye Fan could no longer care about propriety, letting loose all manner of crude profanity.

But hearing these crude words, Ji Jiaying’s face showed no anger at all; instead, she smiled even more brilliantly:

“Originally I thought that with your vital essence, it would be enough for me to cultivate for a lifetime. What a pity, we must part ways after all~”

As soon as she finished speaking, a muscular, burly man with bulging muscles appeared out of thin air beside Ji Jiaying.

“Demoness, is this the merchandise you want to trade? He does look tender and smooth, quite good quality.”

The muscular man greedily stared at Ye Fan in the cage, his gaze instantly becoming scorching hot.

He unconsciously licked his lips, that expression making Ye Fan’s scalp tingle.

“What about you? What merchandise did you bring?”

Ji Jiaying turned to face the muscular man, still wearing that heart-stopping smile on her face.

The two completely ignored Ye Fan’s curses, as if he were just a piece of goods that couldn’t speak.

After all, they had heard such abuse countless times and had long developed immunity to it.

In their eyes, only tangible benefits could move their hearts.

“Bring the thing in.”

With the burly man’s command, another equally muscular big man appeared around the two, except he was leading a little girl about 6 or 7 years old by the hand.

The little girl was filthy all over, her eyes completely devoid of light, empty like two black holes, as if she were born blind.

“This is… you’re actually willing to give up such good merchandise? Aren’t you afraid that if it ends up with the other factions in the Hehuan Sect, it might become your downfall?”

Ji Jiaying carefully observed the little girl, her gaze instantly becoming fervent, as if appraising a rare treasure.

“Heh, give it to them? Wouldn’t that be helping the enemy? Besides, this girl needs a few more years of nurturing before she can truly mature.”

The previous muscular man disdainfully curled his lips, his tone full of contempt for other factions.

“It seems your Hehuan Sect isn’t united internally either?”

Ji Jiaying couldn’t help but laugh lightly, then took out a pill that was blood-red throughout and emanated an eerie aura from the storage ring on her finger.

“I won’t take advantage of you either. This premium Yang-Stimulating Pill is my gift to you. After someone takes it, it can stimulate even more concentrated yang energy~”

After speaking, she deliberately turned her head to show Ye Fan, who was still cursing madly, a meaningful smile.

“Good! Next time you have good merchandise, just come find us brothers!”

Seeing the blood-red pill, the two muscular men’s eyes immediately flashed with wild joy. They hurriedly took the pill, then strode toward the cage holding Ye Fan.

“You… you don’t… don’t come over!”

Seeing the two burly men approaching step by step, Ye Fan trembled all over in fright, unable to speak coherently, his eyes full of terror.

Meanwhile, Ji Jiaying turned and walked toward the little girl.

She slowly crouched down, staring intently at those gray, cloudy eyes, then extended a hand to gently caress the girl’s dirty cheek.

“Come with sister, and be obedient~ Otherwise…”

Ji Jiaying’s words suddenly stopped abruptly. Her long fingernails, gleaming coldly, gently scratched across the little girl’s cheek, leaving several shallow white marks.

“Sister will let you know what it truly means to wish for death~ Hehe~”

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“Why isn’t anyone here? Could it really be that he fled in fear of punishment?”