Ten million...
was not a small sum, but today Xuanye and Xuan Yan had come with a mission, so ten million was acceptable.
The Profound Moon Sect still had that kind of foundation.
However, at that very moment, the wind chime at the shop's entrance suddenly let out a series of urgent, crisp rings, immediately followed by a vast, prison-like pressure that erupted without any warning—
The pressure was so immense it felt like the weight of countless lofty mountain ranges pressing down, carrying the unique sharpness of Dao Charm exclusive to the peak of the Enlightenment Realm. It instantly caused the temperature inside the shop to plummet, and the air solidified as if tangible.
The cultivators' expressions froze instantly, turning deathly pale the next second. Their spiritual power surged wildly within their bodies but was firmly imprisoned.
"Unrelated individuals, leave the shop."
An aged yet authoritative voice came from outside the door. Before the words even finished, an invisible force swept through the area like a tidal wave.
This force seemed gentle, but in reality, it contained an irresistible power. Those cultivators were swept out like straw caught in a gale, flying towards the exit. They landed in disarray, grimacing in pain but not daring to utter a single groan.
Xuanye and Xuan Yan instinctively activated secret techniques to resist, but the moment the force touched them, they felt as if a heavy hammer had struck their chests. Staggering, they were pushed outside the threshold, their qi and blood churning violently from the impact—
Both wore expressions of shock.
This aura was several times more formidable than that of their sect's Enlightenment Realm Ancestor, who had been in secluded cultivation for many years!
This visitor meant trouble!
Hu Li was so frightened her fur stood on end. Her fluffy fox ears pressed tightly against her head, her tail wrapped around Ye Chuan's calf, and she buried her little head behind him, only daring to peek out with her eyes.
Who... who is coming?
Ye Chuan, however, remained seated steadily on the sofa. Only after finishing the steamed dumpling in his hand did he lift his gaze, his eyes looking towards the entrance with a somewhat casual scrutiny.
Just the peak of the Enlightenment Realm, yet putting on quite the show.
Even Qin Tianya isn't as pretentious as you.
A figure clad in white slowly stepped into the shop. The old man had hair and beard as white as snow, yet his complexion was as rosy as a newborn's, his skin fine and smooth. Hanging at his waist was a dark jade plaque engraved with the ancient characters "Tai Chu" (Primordial Beginning), its surface flowing with a faint golden halo.
An elusive Dao Charm lingered around him. With each step he took, the ground seemed to ripple with subtle spiritual light, and even the hum of the forging furnace seemed to grow quieter.
When the old man's eyes swept over Ye Chuan's child-like form, a trace of barely perceptible surprise flashed within them, but he quickly composed his expression.
He walked straight up to Ye Chuan, ignoring the frozen atmosphere around them. His words could not conceal his pride.
"This old man is Qing Xuan, a Law Enforcement Elder of the Primordial Beginning Holy Land."
"Having heard that Master's forging techniques are peerless and miraculous, capable of reviving dead treasures and enhancing magical artifacts, I have come today specially under the order of the Holy Son of our Holy Land to invite Master for a visit. I hope Master will honor us with your presence."
A Holy Land?!
The Primordial Beginning Holy Land?!
Xuanye and Xuan Yan instinctively shuddered. That was an existence above their sect! Those mysterious and elusive Holy Land people had actually appeared before them today?!
And a peak Enlightenment Realm cultivation was merely that of an elder?
Ye Chuan picked up a napkin and meticulously wiped the corner of his mouth. After signaling for Xuanye and Xuan Yan to leave, his tone remained as placid as still water.
"Primordial Beginning Holy Land? What business do you have with me? Surely it's not just to invite me for tea."
He had no interest in these Holy Lands, only caring about practical benefits.
Money talks.
If they were a sucker, Ye Chuan would be even happier.
If they came with malicious intent, Ye Chuan would just stab them in the kidney first. After all, he was already in a semi-invincible state on the Tianxuan Continent.
No one could keep him, but he could stab anyone's kidney.
Elder Qing Xuan did not beat around the bush either, stating frankly:
"Deep within the forbidden grounds of our Holy Land lies an ancient supreme treasure, the 'Sealing God Cauldron'. This cauldron is a spiritual object left behind since the separation of heaven and earth, capable of smelting all things and nurturing spiritual embryos. It is also the foundation for maintaining our Holy Land's sect-protecting formation."
"During the great sect war a hundred thousand years ago, the cauldron's body was cracked in three places by the Demon Path Sovereign, and its artifact spirit fell into a deep slumber. For a million years, the Holy Land has invited every master blacksmith across the Tianxuan Continent, even sparing no expense to invite recluses from overseas immortal islands, yet none have been able to repair it."
"Having heard of Master's heaven-defying methods, we are willing to offer a reward of hundreds of millions of top-grade spirit stones and hundreds of thousands of Enlightenment Stones to invite Master to repair the Sealing God Cauldron."
Hundreds of millions?
A good number.
A noticeable ripple finally flashed in Ye Chuan's eyes. But for now, he just propped his cheek on his hand. Despite looking only five or six years old, he gave off the impression of scrutinizing Qing Xuan.
"Since it's an invitation, why did you harm my guests?" Ye Chuan said lightly.
"Holy Land affairs are naturally not for the knowledge of such ants," Elder Qing Xuan replied disdainfully.
However, he was also surprised. His peak Enlightenment Realm aura had not shaken Ye Chuan in the slightest. Because of this, he realized Ye Chuan's cultivation might not be beneath his own.
And because of this, he toned down his earlier domineering attitude, appearing more amiable.
But he couldn't completely hide that air of superiority.
"You coming to me for business pleases me, but I didn't like your actions just now," Ye Chuan said lightly.
That one sentence caused Elder Qing Xuan's eyes to narrow, a hint of anger entering his tone.
"Oh? And what does Master wish to do? Would you have me apologize to those ants?"
"Take one strike from me, and we'll consider the matter settled. I'll also consider your invitation," Ye Chuan said.
Take one strike?
Elder Qing Xuan was taken aback, then suddenly let out a slight, derisive chuckle.
"Is that all?"
The cultivation technique Elder Qing Xuan practiced specialized in defense. If he didn't want to be injured, even an Ascension Realm cultivator might not be able to harm him in the slightest within ten breaths.
"So, are you ready?" Ye Chuan lifted his gaze, a pitch-black demonic sword appearing in his hand.
"Hmm?" Elder Qing Xuan immediately saw the black demonic sword in Ye Chuan's hand. For some reason, he couldn't sense the weapon's aura; it was as if shrouded in a mist.
Instinctive caution made him activate his body-protection technique. "Master, please make your move."
Ye Chuan made a casual slash. The demonic sword released an arc-shaped sword energy that swept straight towards Elder Qing Xuan.
Seeing the unremarkable black sword energy, Elder Qing Xuan realized he might have overthought things, even feeling a bit contemptuous.
It seems I thought too much. Someone who looks...
Before this thought could fully form in Elder Qing Xuan's mind, the black sword energy ignored his protective spells and directly pierced through his body!
What kind of bizarre power is this?!
Elder Qing Xuan was stunned. An intense pain erupted from his soul. He discovered his physical body was intact, but his soul had been severed?!
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" A scream of agony nearly filled the entire shop.
Outside the door, Xuanye and Xuan Yan gritted their teeth and rushed in, only to find the previously boastful Elder Qing Xuan sprawled on the ground, his body convulsing incessantly.
Meanwhile, Ye Chuan, sitting not far away, shook his head and said,
"Couldn't even take one strike. Weak."
. As long as he maintains the villain image and follows the plot to the grand finale, he can obtain generous rewards and return to the real world. So Gu Chen'an entered the role and began to act as a scumbag villain, but who would have expected that the female leads could hear his inner thoughts. Miss Su from the Su family was shocked: "I originally thought Gu Chen'an was a scumbag, but I didn't expect he turned out to be a gentleman! What? You said I have to call off the engagement? I definitely won't, I'll piss you off!" Bai Yuan Tian was dumbfounded: "Young Master Gu is usually unreasonable and a complete brat, but he actually calls me little sweetie in his heart? What, Young Master Gu even said he likes me?" As the female leads' images collapsed more and more, the plot also collapsed with it. Gu Chen'an looked at all this chaos. "Ladies, don't aggro me, if you keep this up the male lead really will stab me, I still need to survive to the grand finale!"
s the Eldest Princess, renowned for her cold and aloof detachment, became the most docile of lambs, obeying his every command without question. But when the final move was played on the chessboard, as Gu Chenghan seized everything and ascended on the verge of apotheosis, that very Princess suddenly embraced him from behind, her tone carrying a dependence never heard before: "Wait... you haven't yet... commanded me to love you forever." Gu Chenghan froze abruptly. She... hadn't been hypnotized?! ... [The Eldest Princess's Diary] [When my soul was extracted, becoming the sole spectator outside my own shell] [At first, there was overwhelming fury, until I saw] [How he used my sword to effortlessly shatter my inescapable doom] [How he wielded my authority to eradicate fatal conspiracies I had never even detected] [Like a deity, he rescued me from the deep mire I was trapped in] [If not for those annoying vixens, he and I would be a match made in heaven] [I think I am ill, gravely ill] [My deity should belong to me alone] ... "Hypnosis? Oh, it succeeded, my dear Master." "Only this time, it's my turn to hypnotize you."
+【Epic Battles!】 "Your Highness, they say Linxi Temple is miraculous. Won’t you make a wish?" "A wish? It should be making wishes to me." "That may be so, but since you’re already here..." "..." "Fine. Then grant this princess a consort to play with." "He must be obedient, devoted, and utterly infatuated with my body—so much so that he’d kneel and kiss my feet." "Your Highness, that’s not a consort. That’s a dog." "Then add clever, witty, heroic, ambitious yet pragmatic..." "Hmm, that’s enough for now. I’ll add more later." After tossing out these words half in jest, Princess Anle departed the temple—only to catch a fleeting glimpse of the Bodhisattva statue smiling at her. Meanwhile, Yang An, fresh out of university, was having a very bad day. Good news: He’d transmigrated into another world with a cheat granting tenfold combat power. Bad news: He’d immediately fallen into the clutches of a certain villainess. Good news: Said villainess possessed peerless beauty and royal status. Bad news: She was absolutely monstrous!!! In the frozen wilderness, Yang An knelt beneath Qin Guo’er’s feet, drenched in sweat despite the cold. Desperately clutching her porcelain-perfect foot—the very one poised to crush his throat—he could only think: How do I survive this?! Need answers NOW!
orn and Humiliation】【Forced Love】 In his past life, Lin Ran was betrayed and murdered by his girlfriend and family, while the yandere female aristocrat, who had treated him as a mere plaything, avenged him by doing in his enemies. Upon seeing the yandere female aristocrat lying in the same coffin, ready to die with him, Lin Ran realized how profoundly mistaken he had been. Reborn, he abandoned the fickle campus beauty and wholeheartedly embraced the yandere female aristocrat's arms. "Ran! If I dig out your eyes and turn them into a specimen, you'll only be able to look at me!" Lin Ran: "Darling, kiss me!" "Ran! If I break your legs, you won't run away anymore, right?" Lin Ran: "Love, hold me tight!" "Ran! If..." Lin Ran: "Hush now! Love me more!" Luo Yao: ... Seeing his scumbag dad: "Take him out!" Seeing his stepmother: "Get rid of her!" Seeing his brother: "Eliminate him!" Seeing his white moonlight: "Send that to Southeast Asia!"
