“You are Ye Chu?” In the martial chamber, a youth looked down at Ye Chu from above. The youth wore fire-coloured clothes, had a handsome face, and stared at Ye Chu with a playful expression.
Ye Chu sized up the surroundings, seeing many disciples sitting cross-legged all around. Every disciple looked Ye Chu up and down, the corners of their mouths also holding playful expressions.
“I am!” Ye Chu looked at the youth before him, thinking this person should be Liu Huo. With so many disciples present, and having brought him to the martial chamber, presumably the banquet was not a good one.
“Hehe! Junior Brother Ye Chu has been at the Sha Ling Pavilion for three months already, yet we have never met. Today inviting Junior Brother here is precisely to let everyone get to know each other.” Liu Huo laughed heartily, pointing at a seat and smiling, “Junior Brother Ye Chu, please sit!”
Ye Chu sat without ceremony. Wang De naturally also sat beside Ye Chu. Ye Chu had just sat down when another youth wearing yellow clothes smiled and said, “Junior Brother Ye Chu became a Blue Jade generation disciple as soon as he arrived, making us greatly envious. However, I heard that Junior Brother Ye Chu is merely a martial artist, not a Sha Ling practitioner. I wonder if this is true?”
Ye Chu looked at the yellow-clothed man. The yellow-clothed man wore a smile on his face, a sharp sword hanging at his waist. He smiled very refreshingly, his gaze sizing up Ye Chu. Although his words were a question, the corner of his mouth carried a trace of disdain.
“This person is Huang Long. Although his strength is a level below mine, that sharp sword at his waist is no ordinary item. It is a Sun-Moon weapon. With the help of such a sharp weapon, I would find it hard to defeat him. This fellow most likes to act one way to someone’s face and another behind their back. Whoever he smiles at, he is scheming against.” Wang De explained in Ye Chu’s ear.
Ye Chu nodded inwardly, looked at Huang Long and smiled, “Just a rumour. Senior Brother believes it too!”
“Rumour? Then Junior Brother, show us your Sha Ling technique…” Huang Long’s smiling words had not yet finished when his expression suddenly changed. His figure moved rapidly, leaping into the air from the chair. At the same time as he shot up, the chair he had been sitting on disintegrated.
“What are you doing?” A disciple seeing this roared, staring at Ye Chu, his face showing coldness.
Ye Chu shrugged his shoulders. “Senior Brother Huang Long wanted to see whether I understand Sha Ling technique. How could this Junior Brother let Senior Brother Huang Long be disappointed?”
Ye Chu’s words made a group of disciples turn ashen. No one had expected Ye Chu to dare be so arrogant, actually taking action directly here. The group of disciples originally preparing to give Ye Chu a show of strength had somewhat ugly expressions.
Huang Long sat down, had a disciple change to another chair, and looked at Ye Chu with an ashen face. “Junior Brother Ye Chu has good methods. It seems it truly was a rumour. Junior Brother’s strike of Sha Ling technique is no simple matter.”
Huang Long could naturally see that Ye Chu’s use of this Sha Ling technique strike was extremely skilful. Had he not been a Sha Ling practitioner with powerful perception, this strike would likely have hit him.
Clearly, Ye Chu’s power and primordial spirit cooperated with extreme subtlety to achieve this level. Previously, some people had spread rumours that Ye Chu did not understand Sha Ling technique, and at most was half-skilled. But from this strike, Ye Chu was clearly using it with great proficiency. Just now, while Ye Chu was speaking, he had erupted with a Sha Ling technique completely without warning. This already exceeded the level of many Sha Ling practitioners.
“Senior Brother Huang Long overpraises. I simply do not know what guidance the various Senior Brothers have in calling me here this time. If there is none, then this Junior Brother will leave first.” Ye Chu’s gaze fell upon Liu Huo.
“Junior Brother, why be in a hurry? It is rare for fellow disciples to meet. We should properly have some fun. Does Junior Brother like martial contests? We make friends through martial arts, and add some stakes, how about that?” Liu Huo looked at Ye Chu and smiled. “This is our Sha Ling Pavilion’s tradition. When new people arrive, we always make friends through martial arts, letting everyone get to know each other.”
Wang De hearing these words could not help but snort from the side, “What making friends through martial arts, it is merely giving new people a show of strength.”
“Wang De, what nonsense are you spouting!” Liu Huo hearing Wang De’s muttering, shouted at Wang De.
Wang De glanced at Liu Huo. Seeing Liu Huo staring at him with anger on his face, Wang De was instead stirred to anger. He said to Ye Chu, “Sha Ling Pavilion rules. New arrivals will always be taught a lesson by the older generation disciples, given a lifelong unforgettable show of strength. Back when I came, I also thought it was truly making friends through martial arts. Only later did I know they merely wanted to trample your arrogance.”
Hearing Wang De’s words, Ye Chu smiled. Looking at Liu Huo staring at Wang De with furious coldness, Ye Chu stood up. “Since the various Senior Brothers have this intention, then Ye Chu will certainly accompany you. Only, how shall the stakes be calculated? This Junior Brother is very poor, and cannot produce good things!”
Liu Huo seeing Ye Chu agree, was greatly delighted in his heart, and had no interest in bothering with Wang De.
“Easy to say, easy to say! We merely wish to add some fun. The stakes naturally will not be too large. How about using ten jin of Purple Gold Liquid as stakes?” Huang Long looked at Liu Huo with a smile.
“Ten jin of Purple Gold Liquid?” Wang De drew a cold breath from the side. Purple Gold Liquid was nurtured deep within mines, the essence of ore. Often a single drop of Purple Gold Liquid was worth a hundred Azure Origin Pills. Ten jin, even if not comparable to a million Azure Origin Pills, was not far off. Moreover, this thing was not something Azure Origin Pills could be exchanged for, because Purple Gold Liquid’s heaven and earth spiritual energy was very dense, greatly aiding the cultivation of Sovereigns. After reaching King level, Azure Origin Pills were already not very effective. And Purple Gold Liquid was the most suitable cultivation resource for Kings. Of course, this thing was not something everyone could afford to use.
Wang De could guarantee that the Huang Long speaking these words at this moment, the Purple Gold Liquid he possessed was merely these ten jin.
“Ye Chu, do not compete with them!” Although Wang De had a violent temper and did not like Ye Chu either, he disliked Liu Huo’s group even more. He was unwilling for Ye Chu to suffer such a great loss.
Ten jin of Purple Gold Liquid! How many years would it take to accumulate so much? Sometimes even Sovereigns could hardly obtain so much Purple Gold Liquid in a lifetime. Only because they were disciples of a sacred land did they have various methods to obtain Purple Gold Liquid. But even so, Wang De last year had only obtained one jin.
“Purple Gold Liquid?” Ye Chu furrowed his brows.
“What? Junior Brother does not have any? If you do not, we can lend it to you!” Huang Long looked at Ye Chu and smiled, “Not charging Junior Brother interest, how about that?”
Ye Chu swept a glance at Huang Long, suddenly thought of something, and took out a large jade bottle from his ring. Opening the mouth of the jade bottle, he dripped out a drop of purple liquid. The purple liquid had flowing lustre, heaven and earth spiritual energy concentrated within it.
“Is the Purple Gold Liquid you speak of this thing?” Ye Chu asked this group of people. Back then on the Heaven’s Pride Road, Ye Chu had killed all the way, not knowing how many people died in his hands. The good treasures on their bodies had also not a few fallen into Ye Chu’s hands. He had obtained quite a lot of this purple liquid, mostly from those Kings. Only, Ye Chu did not know what this thing was, and did not dare use it casually. He merely felt the heaven and earth spiritual energy was pure, and kept it well.
Huang Long seeing Ye Chu take out a large jade bottle filled with Purple Gold Liquid, was slightly stunned. Just this one jade bottle, presumably had several tens of jin. Gazing at this jade bottle, their gazes grew fiery. Several tens of jin! Enough to support their cultivation to an extremely high realm without worrying about resources.