"Finished the mission so quickly? And even exceeded the target? Not bad, not bad!"
Ye Chen was extremely pleased to receive the news. After his instruction, these two children could already hold their own.
He had no concerns about sending two Golden Core Realm disciples to wipe out a sect.
Aside from the pebbles sealed with various Method Formulas, he had also sent outer sect elder Zhang Laosi to follow them in secret.
With Zhang Laosi's True Immortal Realm strength, it would have been strange if anything had happened to Mu Yan and Gu Yingluo!
He began checking what rewards exceeding the mission's target would bring him.
[Reward: One Alchemy Pavilion!] [Reward: One million Pill Formulas!] [Reward: One thousand Immortal Grade alchemical Pill Furnaces!] [Reward: Illusion Steps!] [Reward: Heavenly Mandate Stele!]
"Five kinds of rewards? Pretty good!"
Ye Chen was quite satisfied with these rewards. What surprised him somewhat was that most of this batch was related to pills.
Was this damned system hinting that he should develop in the direction of alchemy?
The Alchemy Pavilion, the million Pill Formulas, and the Immortal Grade alchemical Pill Furnaces were all easy to understand. They were preparations for the sect's future pill refining.
The Illusion Steps and the Heavenly Mandate Stele, however, deserved a closer look!
The Illusion Steps could trap people deep within illusions, posing an enormous test of their will.
Nothing could be better for testing the disciples' will and checking whether any spies had infiltrated the sect!
The Heavenly Mandate Stele's function was simple: it tested disciples' aptitude.
The higher their aptitude, the greater the indication the Heavenly Mandate Stele would give!
"These two things together will be perfect for recruiting disciples from the general public in the future. The Illusion Steps alone will be enough to weed out plenty of people unsuited for cultivation!"
Ye Chen was also very satisfied with these two items.
Though Kunlun Holy Land currently had only a pitiful handful of people, he intended to develop it into the foremost power spanning all the heavens and myriad worlds!
That would be difficult to achieve by taking disciples one at a time himself. Recruiting vast numbers of talented disciples and expanding the sect's membership was the path forward.
After materializing and arranging the rewards one by one, Ye Chen turned to give instructions to the Falling Moon Holy Lord, who was huddled to one side like a frightened kitten.
"Xiao Yue, go brew me a pot of tea!"
Ye Chen gave the order lazily.
Hearing that he still dared to order her around, the Falling Moon Holy Lord gritted her teeth in fury. Had she possessed any immortal power within her, she would surely have been unable to resist giving Ye Chen a vicious beating!
If you have the guts, undo my seal and let me recover my immortal power!
Seeing her remain motionless, Ye Chen said casually, "So what if I let you recover your immortal power? Could you really beat me?"
The Moon Holy Lord Luo was astonished that he had directly exposed her innermost thoughts.
She had not said anything. How had he guessed?
While she was still bewildered and uncertain, Ye Chen spoke to her lazily again. "Just because you haven't said anything, does that mean I can't know what you're thinking?"
"You really know what I'm thinking?"
This time, the Falling Moon Holy Lord was truly shocked!
No matter what, she was a Profound Immortal expert. Though all her immortal power had been sealed, the essence of her soul would not change.
Seeing into the heart of a Profound Immortal expert?
That was practically impossible!
At the very least, she had never even heard of such a thing!
Yet Ye Chen had accurately voiced her innermost thoughts twice in a row. That fully demonstrated that he really could do it, and with extraordinary precision.
Terrifying!
This man was terrifying!
Seeing her red lips part slightly in shock, Ye Chen smiled. "I can gaze upon the entire world. How could I fail to see through a mere little Profound Immortal like you?"
Those words left the Falling Moon Holy Lord's mind buzzing!
A Profound Immortal!
An expert at that level could rule over a region anywhere. In an era when Immortal Lords, Immortal Kings, and Immortal Emperors did not emerge,
Profound Immortals were the strongest experts of all!
Yet a supreme expert like her, who could swagger unhindered through the Desolate Immortal Great World, sounded so insignificant in his mouth?
"You..."
The Falling Moon Holy Lord was both shocked and afraid. Her chest heaved violently, the two large, delicate mounds of soft white jade trembling along with it.
But on second thought, he had easily seized a Holy Lord like her across the void. His strength needed no further explanation!
That had been the Falling Moon Holy Land, a top-tier power, a dangerous place where Immortal Lords and even Immortal Kings slumbered or cultivated in seclusion.
Yet he could accomplish something so earth-shattering. Just how powerful was he?
"Then do you dare undo the seal on me?"
The Falling Moon Holy Lord deliberately tried to provoke him.
Ye Chen saw through her scheme at a glance. She thought that once her immortal power recovered, she might be able to escape.
How naive!
Kunlun Holy Land was not somewhere people could come and go as they pleased, not even if she was the master of a holy land!
Ye Chen smiled indifferently. "What difference would undoing it make?"
As he spoke, he casually removed the seal on her.
The instant the seal vanished, she felt all her power return to her body. The sense of fullness filling her body left her deeply satisfied!
A powerful presence erupted from within her!
The majesty and lofty superiority of a holy land's master made her haughty once again.
She raised her fair neck slightly, looking down at Ye Chen!
Yet just as she thought herself once more the holy land's master whom everyone feared, a single glance from Ye Chen frightened her into wilting on the spot.
That gaze was cold and terrifying!
She had an instinctive feeling that if she dared put on airs with him, she would suffer a devastating attack at the tenth instant!
Ye Chen reclined comfortably in his wicker chair and said lazily, "You need to remember one thing."
"I brought you back without killing you only because the sect is full of clumsy, rough men. I need an attentive maid."
"If you can't even do that little job properly, there's no need for you to exist."
His tone was utterly calm, without even the slightest trace of killing intent.
He was merely describing something perfectly ordinary.
Yet the Falling Moon Holy Lord felt a chill run through her body, and fine goosebumps rose over her skin!
She did not dare doubt for a moment that if she truly could not even handle a maid's work, her life would be forfeit!
"A-as you command!"
Pale-faced and trembling with fear, the Falling Moon Holy Lord could only agree.
From this day onward, she was Xiao Yue, not some Falling Moon Holy Lord!
"Xiao Yue, go outside and pick tea leaves to brew."
After giving his instructions, Ye Chen closed his eyes to rest.
Having a maid was wonderful. He could lie there without doing anything, simply waiting to enjoy himself.
"Yes, Sect Master!"
Xiao Yue seemed to have begun adapting to her identity, though calling someone else "Sect Master" still felt somewhat awkward.
After stepping outside, Xiao Yue suddenly thought of Immortal Lord Siming back in her holy land!
Right, Senior Immortal Lord Siming excels at divination. Surely he can calculate that I'm here, then bring people to rescue me?
She did not yet know that, at that very moment in the Falling Moon Holy Land, Immortal Lord Siming was already sweating buckets with anxiety. No matter how he calculated, he could not divine a single clue!
Rely on divination to rescue her?
Impossible!
Absolutely impossible!
After taking a few steps outside, she suddenly widened her eyes, only now realizing that the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi here was very different from that of the outside world?