Chapter 1339: An Explanation Worth An Exorbitant Price
With a resigned look on his face and in a tone as if he didnāt know whether to laugh or cry, Ye Chenchen said, āElderā¦ Even if you were to give me more guts than I have right now, I wouldnāt dare to punish Elderā¦ Since youāve already meted out punishment to those few ignorant foolsā¦ How about we just leave it at thatā¦ On account of us coming from the same rootsā¦ā
When he heard the words āthe same rootsā, Wu Juechengās expression changed peculiarly.
Strictly speaking, they had certainly come from the same roots ā Both of them had ties to the Nine Tribulations!
During this period of time, Wu Juechengās state of mind had changed. He seemed to have let go of the past somewhat a little. At this point, when he heard these words, all sorts of feelings actually welled up in him.
With an emotional sigh, he replied, āForget it. Since youāve put it that way, this old man wonāt push things too far then.ā
Ye Chenchen thanked him incessantly.
āWeāll leave it at that if the Ye Clan compensates my little disciple a little for her losses.ā Wu Juecheng looked dotingly over at Chu Leāer. āThis little disciple of mine is a little girl. Sheās my closed-door disciple[1] and has always been timid and doted on like a treasure. She has been quite badly frightened by the Ye Clan this time.ā
On the outer rim of the experts surrounding them, the expressions on the faces of a few people were rather strange.
Quite badly frightened by us? This little grandaunt had dished out Innate Poison the moment she made her move. Who exactly is the one here who was badly frightened?
Ye Chenchen burst into laughter. āCertainly, certainly. Someone, open the clan treasury and let this littleā¦ littleā¦ā He uttered a few ālittleās, seriously having no idea how he should address Chu Leāer.
Even if it wasnāt by the usual custom of age and seniority and simply according to the generations of Nine Tribulations, Wu Juecheng was also someone from his grandfatherās era. Now that Wu Juecheng had taken a discipleā¦
Was he supposed to address her as Grandaunt? Surely not?
āCough, you can just overlook it and call her ālittle sisterā.ā Wu Juecheng thought about it. When he saw how sensible Ye Chenchen was to actually open up the treasuryā¦ Wu Juecheng also felt extremely glorified and so, he decided not to make things difficult for him anymore.
Otherwise, he would definitely let this esteemed Elder Master of the Ye Clan address Chu Leāer, a fourteen-year-old young girl, as Grandaunt right in front of his descendants!
This was something that our Poison Doctor here was perfectly capable of.
āYes, bring this little sisterā¦ to select a few things she likes.ā Ye Chenchen felt as if a heavy weight had been lifted from his mind.
āBut what if there are a lot of things I like?ā asked Chu Leāer pitifully as she looked at Wu Juecheng.
Wu Juecheng frowned immediately. āThatās right, you donāt have a storage device after allā¦ā
āPrepare a spatial storage ring of the largest capacity for this little sister!ā Before Wu Juecheng even finished, Ye Chenchen had made the necessary arrangements. Since it was for certain that he was going to be exploited, he might as well be more forthright. This way, he could be dealt with much less severelyā¦
āKid, youāre deserving of the title of the descendant of a Nine Tribulations after all. So sensible!ā Wu Juecheng complimented him.
Ye Chenchen looked as though he didnāt know whether to laugh or cry.
He was already ten thousand years old, yet he was being called a ākidā and even received praise for being āso sensibleā!
Iām too f*cking sensibleā¦
Looking completely harmless and lovable, Chu Leāer very bashfully walked off with little steps and a blushing face as she was brought to the Ye Clanās treasury to select her ācompensation fee for mental traumaā.
Ye Chenchen showed great hospitality as he invited Wu Juecheng into the living room. He entertained him personally and waited upon him carefully.
Outside, the utterly confused Ye Clan experts gradually dispersed.
When they saw how the corpses of the people who had been poisoned earlier had turned black by this moment, all of them were extremely perplexed. Why didnāt the Elder Master ask that old fellow for the antidote?
What they didnāt know was that Ye Chenchen understood this Poison Doctor very well ā Since he had personally poisoned themā¦ then it was best that he didnāt ask for the antidote.
Even if he did, there was no use.
They were doomed to die the moment they were poisoned!
Those who were indignant asked around about the background of that old fellow. The ones in the know responded with a few heavy words ā One of the Nine Tribulations from thirty thousand years ago and the Poison Doctor, Wu Juecheng! The only successor to Supremacy Chen Feng!
These few words reverberated through those who didnāt know the truth and nearly made them trip over their own feet.
Oh my god!
They had actually slammed into the top-class number one iron plate when they helped to stand up for the clans affiliated to them!
In this instant, they even wished they could annihilate those few clans affiliated to them. No wonder the Elder Master was so courteous. Wu Juecheng entering the clan was practicallyā¦ a situation without any solution!
If they had been besieged outside, they still had some hope of escaping if the winds were strong and the air was humid, because poisonous gas would be hard to use in that case. Or if their luck was good and their setup apt, they could even finish off the old fellowā¦ But in their own homeā¦ Unless they didnāt want their descendants to live anymoreā¦
Ye Chenchen and Wu Juecheng sipped their tea. After a while, a bashful Chu Leāer finally came in looking all frail and delicate and stood obediently behind Wu Juecheng.
Bursting into laughter, Wu Juecheng didnāt even ask what his disciple had taken and bade farewell right away.
Ye Chenchen was more than happy for them to leave and hurried to see them out.
After sending out both young and old, Ye Chenchen prepared to return to seclusion. After all, it wasnāt as if he could give his descendants another huge lecture over this matter, right? Since it was over, then that was itā¦
Then, he noticed that the complexion of the warden, who was in charge of bringing Chu Leāer to the treasury, was rather ashen and his eyes shifty. Out of a moment of curiosity, he asked, āWhat did that little girl take?ā
āSheā¦ā Large droplets of perspiration dripped down the forehead of the warden as he stammered, āShe tookā¦ she tookā¦ the Sovereign Sword, the Bloom and Fade Flower, a piece of Soul of the Purple Crystal, two stalks of Jade Snow Spirit Ginseng, a piece of Exquisite Gold Jade Essence, some Heavenly Moonlight Essence, as well as seven to eight eleventh-grade and twelfth-grade spiritual beast coresā¦ā
āWhat?!ā Even with the willpower that Ye Chenchen had cultivated over ten thousand years, he couldnāt help but hold his forehead and stagger.
Beside him, the eyes of the two ninth-grade Supreme Martial Artists who accompanied him during his seclusion couldnāt help but shoot open as well.
These were all heirlooms of the Ye Clan! Every item was extremely rare!
It could be said that even the lousiest one out of the lot was a premium-grade Heavenly Treasure that could astound the entire Nine Heavens!
The Sovereign Sword was a divine weapon masterpiece. One needed only to infuse internal energy into it and it would become capable of cutting through steel as though cutting through mud. Its appearance was also grand and beautiful. In addition, its blade was tough yet pliable; when not in use, it could be wrapped around the waist as a belt.
The legend went that this sword was made by a sovereign from beyond the Heavens! And had unexpectedly made its way into the Nine Heavens realm. The Ye Clan had always treasured it greatly and never dared to show it to anyone. They didnāt expect that before the Ye Clan could even debut it, it had already changed ownersā¦
The Bloom and Fade Flower bloomed once every five thousand years. The moment it bloomed, it would wither. And once it withered, it would lose all effect it held! Only when it was picked at the very moment it bloomed would it then be an ultimate medicinal herb.
The blooming Bloom and Fade Flower could preserve oneās youth for eternity and permanently stabilize oneās soul.
The Soul of the Purple Crystal and Jade Snow Spirit Ginseng didnāt need further introduction.
The Exquisite Gold Jade Essence was a fascinating and rare treasure. Soft to the touch, it was as light as a feather, just like Cloudy Steel. However, its value was a hundredfold that of Cloudy Steel! Using it to forge weapons would result in a sturdy and indestructible weapon. Furthermore, it could merge with the spirit to become a divine weapon imbued with spirit and intelligence!
The Heavenly Moonlight Essence was essence formed by pure moonlight in a special dimension. Even the Ye Clan had never figured out its use even when they were in possession of it. The only thing they knew was that this was a powerful item but didnāt know what it was used forā¦
As for those seven to eight eleventh-grade and twelfth-grade spiritual beast coresā¦ Any of them was worth a great fortune of astronomical amount!
One must understand that even though the Ye Clan had existed for ten thousand yearsā¦ they had only collected these many. And now, they had changed hands so easilyā¦
As he thought of these items, even with Ye Chenchenās magnanimity, he couldnāt help but feel twinge after twinge of pain in his heart.
He had originally thought that the little girl was frail, delicate and obedient. Besides, she was so young and might not necessarily have the experience and a discerning eye, so even if she had gone to the treasury, he thought that she would just choose a few things that girls would like and werenāt worth much. He had treated it as merely coaxing a child and making her happyā¦
Besides, judging from the little girlās bashful countenance earlier, he couldnāt even be sure if she would dare to take anything.
Who knew that he had opened the doors wide and let a huge dragon into a glittering treasure troveā¦
When he thought of Wu Juechengās evaluation of him earlier āāSo sensible!āā Ye Chenchen couldnāt help but agree wholeheartedly.
Iām indeed too sensibleā¦ So much so that even I want to give myself a few tight slapsā¦
āSighā¦ this is also my faultā¦ What was I so generous for!ā Ye Chenchen moaned before he sighed and went on, āWhy werenāt these things properly safeguarded? She shouldnāt have been able to see themā¦ā
With an ashen complexion, the warden dropped onto his knees. āItāsā¦ Great-grandson deserves to die. That sneaky girlā¦ that bastardā¦ she, sheā¦ The moment she entered the treasury, she poisoned the three of us with Shadowless Poison and Innate Poisonā¦ā
Ye Chenchenās jaw dropped immediately in abject disbelief. Shadowless Poison? Innate Poison? That frail little girl?
āS-sheā¦ ignored our introductions completely. The moment she went in, she poisoned usā¦ Then, she saidā¦ the three of us were to compete with each other and see who could bring her the best itemā¦ and she would give the winner the antidoteā¦ Thenā¦ the one who performed the worst wonāt get any antidoteā¦ā
The wardenās complexion was ashen. āShe didnāt pick anything at allā¦ Great-grandsonā¦ thisā¦ thatā¦ā
āDid she even need to? What was there for her to pick when there were the three of you, the people most familiar with the treasury, doing it for her?ā Ye Chenchen took a few hissing gasps of chilly air, as though he was having a toothache. With black lines all over his forehead, he muttered to himself, āSuch a frail-looking, delicate and lovable little girlā¦ A cruel and merciless and incredibly greedy female demon full of poison all overā¦ Hissā¦ā
āThe three of you, go to the Disciplinary Hall and receive your punishmentā¦ Iām going into seclusion!ā Throwing his sleeve backward, Ye Chenchen strode off.
Cold sweat covered the forehead of the warden as he watched the Elder Master leave. Only then did he give himself two slaps across the cheeks, close to crying as he muttered to himself, āWhat āthree of youā is there anymoreā¦ Iām the only one left nowā¦ The little grandaunt wasnāt satisfied with the things that those two brought, so their poison has already taken effect. Their bodies are now stiff all over. They supposedly need a month before they will recoverā¦ā
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The Ye Clan passed a strict order ā Within the territory of the Ye Clan, no matter what the Great Miss Heavenly Poison didā¦ Everyone was to support it!
Whoever dared to provoke the Great Miss Heavenly Poisonā¦ would be punished by the clan!
However, they kept mum about the reason behind it.
First of all, this matter was truly too embarrassing.
Secondlyā¦ How unfair was it if the Ye Clan was the only one to suffer losses? Surely Wu Juecheng had to bring his disciple to visit the rest of the super clans, right?
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Wu Juecheng and his disciple left the Ye Clan headquarters and headed to the northwest leisurely, āpunishing the wicked and encouraging goodā the entire way.
Along the way, there were naturally several law-enforcement officers who were talking about Chu Yang the Extraterrestrial Demon. However, they were all mercilessly punished by Chu Leāer!
When several attempts at revenge by the law-enforcement officers failed and their loss of self-control gradually spread, the Dharma Supreme finally received a message by means of an eagle as well. At once, he sent out an order ā No one was to provoke this young and old combination.
What kind of person was the Dharma Supreme? The moment he saw the information, he immediately concluded that the old fellow was most likely Wu Juecheng!
[1] The last disciple a person will ever take for the rest of his life
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