Chapter 163: This Is Your Loss…

An Yuyi was indeed perceptive. She quickly figured out the reason behind Ye Chen’s change in attitude. It must have been because she hadn’t spoken up when Fang Xi and Pei Ling targeted Ye Chen during their journey. But how could he blame her?

On one side was a direct disciple from her own Divine Will Sect, and on the other, Ye Chen, a lower sect cultivator. Who would risk creating a rift with their sect mates for someone like Ye Chen?

Moreover, she had gone through considerable trouble to enter the Bewildering Forest and even saved Ye Chen’s life, getting injured in the process. After doing so much, Ye Chen still acted this way. Ye Chen truly did not appreciate her efforts.

However, as a distinguished direct disciple of the Divine Will Sect, with a promising future and potential for Golden Core advancement, it was Ye Chen’s loss for being so unwise.

An Yuyi scoffed. Launching her flying boat, she headed towards the Divine Will Sect. She quickly put Ye Chen out of her mind.

In An Yuyi’s view, she and Ye Chen were simply from two different worlds. Their meeting had been due to her curiosity alone. They would likely never meet again. She would do better to focus on the matters concerning the Divine Will Pool.

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Flying high in the sky, Ye Chen felt elated.

Accompanying An Yuyi on this mission had indeed been highly profitable. The value of the Blood Sea Golden Lotus Seed was immeasurable.

Gifting this to his master, he would no longer be seen as a third-grade spiritual root failure. If not for the two-day cooling period remaining, Ye Chen would have been eager to fly straight back to his sect.

Upon returning to his base, Ye Chen noticed that many elders and disciples were present—some areas were crowded.

This piqued Ye Chen’s curiosity. Considering the abundance of treasures in the ruins, they usually explored the ruins actively. Except for those injured or resting, most elders and disciples didn’t stay long at the base. Why were so many here this time?

However, Ye Chen didn’t bother to ask and flew directly to the summit Magic Peak Master’s residence to pay his respects.

“Fellow Daoist Ye has returned. Did the fellows from the Divine Will Sect not come back with you?”

Magic Peak Master greeted Ye Chen cordially upon seeing him. Not to mention anything else, in terms of cultivation level, they were now only a minor realm apart. Thinking back to four years ago when he watched Ye Chen overpower his own disciple, Magic Peak Master felt somewhat sentimental. Not to mention, Ye Chen had connections with the elders of the Divine Will Sect.

Ye Chen immediately chuckled and shook his head, “They went back directly.”

The Magic Peak Master wasn’t surprised. People from the Divine Will Sect always considered the outside regions to be backwaters and preferred not to linger.

“Your contributions during this mission to assist our sect will be recognized and rewarded within a month,” the Magic Peak Master mentioned.

Then, suddenly remembering something, he asked, “By the way, a Golden Core Earthheart Python suddenly appeared in the ruins these past few days. Do you have any idea about that?”

The sudden emergence of a Golden Core demonic beast wreaking havoc in the ruins had the Magic Peak Master suspecting it was the work of Divine Will Sect’s direct disciples.

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Ye Chen was taken aback, suddenly realizing why there were so many people at the base all at once. It turns out they were all scared back.

The Magic Peak Master continued, “Fortunately, that Earthheart Python headed towards the exits near the Misty Sect. Our disciples weren’t much affected. However, I was leading a few elders at the time, competing with the Misty Sect for a cultivation technique, when we happened to encounter it. If not for good luck, with the Misty Sect’s elders closer to the Earthheart Python, I and a few other elders might not have made it back.

“Elder Li even lost an arm and rushed back to the sect to seek healing. Was it those direct disciples from Divine Will Sect who caused this? These upper sect direct disciples never consider the consequences of their actions on lower sect territories… Now with a Golden Core demonic beast in the ruins, how are we supposed to continue operations there?”

By the end, the Magic Peak Master was visibly shaken and quite displeased with the direct disciples of Divine Will Sect.

Ye Chen’s mouth twitched.