The Destruction of the Chen Household!
"Do it!"
Lin Ye understood one thing clearly: he couldn't keep taking in disciples forever. And without taking in disciples, he could only wait for his monthly check-in. But the rewards from each check-in weren't particularly generous. To obtain plenty of rewards, he had to complete the tasks issued by the system. The previous disciple-recruitment task, for example, had given him five draws outright, and the reward from each draw had been incredibly generous.
He had to do this task too, but he needed to put it differently.
Raiding for disciples meant snatching people up to be disciples without asking their opinion. But what if those people were in a bad situation? Then wouldn't it be fine to take them as disciples? That would be rescuing them, not demonic behavior. His disciples would do it too, and they would even admire him in their hearts!
"Ye Chen, come here a moment."
Lin Ye sent a message to his eldest disciple, Ye Chen.
Ye Chen arrived quickly. "Master, what did you summon your disciple for?"
"Go find out whether anyone nearby is enslaving, selling, or imprisoning people."
"Yes, Master."
Ye Chen immediately accepted the task.
"Once you complete this task, you can claim ten points," Lin Ye added.
"Master, your disciple will set off at once."
Ye Chen left, then gathered a few things and headed down the mountain.
Master asked me to look into this because he must intend to act as a hero and uphold justice. I have to complete this task properly.
After descending the mountain, Ye Chen went from place to place asking about such matters. He had thought they would be rare, but he found out about one with little difficulty.
In neighboring Songxi Town, the Chen Household had captured many people to work a mine, secretly killed quite a few of them, and even massacred an entire village. This was no secret in Songxi Town, but nobody dared provoke the Chen Household, because the town's mayor was a member of the Chen Household. The Chen Household was also a martial arts Lineage, far stronger than Ye Chen's Ye Household.
The Chen Household had a Body Forging Realm martial artist, as well as several martial artists at the Body Refining Eighth and Ninth Layers. The Lineage had dozens of martial artists in all.
After learning about the Chen Household, Ye Chen was beside himself with rage and wished he could immediately storm into the Chen Household. But he also knew that he was too weak. He was only at the Body Refining Eighth Layer. Even though he cultivated a high-grade profound-rank Body Refining Cultivation Method, he still had too little combat experience and too few methods at his disposal. He definitely couldn't defeat that Body Forging Realm martial artist.
With the Chen Household having so many martial artists as well, he had even less hope of winning.
"I'll go back and find Master."
Ye Chen returned to the Black-Yellow Sect from Songxi Town.
Before long, Ye Chen was back, and he went straight to the sect's main hall to see his master.
"Master, your disciple has found something."
Ye Chen spilled everything he had learned about the Chen Household of Songxi Town.
"The Chen Household."
Lin Ye's eyes lit up. He was ready to make his move against the Chen Household. Quite a few people had been captured by the Chen Household and forced to work in the mine, and there were bound to be some with decent aptitude among them. He could simply bring them back and sort through them afterward. That would give him more than ten outer sect disciples.
"Ye Chen, I have another task for you. Go to the Chen Household's mine and rescue those people. You know how to assess bones, right? See whether any of them have decent aptitude and bring them back with you. But you mustn't tell them about our Black-Yellow Sect or reveal any information. Just bring them back. Give the others some money and send them on their way. As for the money, take it from the Chen Household."
"If you complete this task, I'll give you 100 points."
Lin Ye spoke.
Ye Chen was eager to accept the task, but he lacked the strength, so he could only smile bitterly. "Master, your disciple is too weak. The Chen Household is no pushover. They have a Body Forging Realm martial artist and quite a few martial artists at the Body Refining Eighth and Ninth Layers. If your disciple goes to rescue those people, not only will I fail to save them, I might even get them killed."
"Ye Chen, of course I know how strong the Chen Household is. I'm sending you to rescue them because I have a way to help you deal with the Chen Household." With that, Lin Ye took out a Peak Body Casting Realm demonic puppet.
"This is a Peak Body Casting Realm puppet. Once you refine it with a drop of your blood, you can control it. A Peak Body Casting Realm demonic puppet should be enough for you to deal with the Chen Household and rescue those people, shouldn't it?"
When Lin Ye finished speaking, Ye Chen stared at the puppet with burning eyes.
A Peak Body Casting Realm puppet! Just how powerful must it be?
"Master, are you giving me this puppet?" Ye Chen was so excited he was almost drooling.
Lin Ye rolled his eyes. "What are you thinking? I'm only lending it to you for now. You'll have to return it to the sect when the task is done. You can have it if you want, though. Once you've earned 1,000 points, you can exchange them for this puppet."
"One thousand points."
Ye Chen did the math. If he completed this task, he would receive 110 points in total. If he completed a few more tasks, wouldn't he have a chance of obtaining a Peak Body Casting Realm puppet?
"Master, I'll get right to it."
Ye Chen was extremely eager, afraid that Lin Ye would give such a good task to one of his junior brothers or sisters. Then he would want to cry but have no tears.
After all, with a Peak Body Casting Realm puppet like this, never mind a Body Refining Eighth Layer martial artist like him-even a dog tied to it could complete the task.
Ye Chen took the Peak Body Casting Realm puppet and quickly refined it. On the way, he began controlling the puppet, having the time of his life.
After Ye Chen descended the mountain, Lin Ye sent him another message through his identity token.
"Ye Chen, I forgot to tell you something. A Peak Body Casting Realm puppet like this consumes energy when it fights, so you need to finish the battle quickly. Otherwise, once its energy runs out, it will need Spirit Stones to replenish it. But I don't have any Spirit Stones. It can also absorb the Spiritual Qi of heaven and earth to replenish its energy on its own, but that takes many days."
Lin Ye was also afraid that his eldest disciple would use up the puppet's energy playing with it and end up being killed by the Chen Household.
Meanwhile.
Only after receiving the message did Ye Chen learn that the puppet needed energy. Startled, he hurriedly put it into his Storage Bag, afraid that walking would use up its energy.
Songxi Town.
Ye Chen put on a mask. He planned to wipe out the Chen Household's upper ranks. The Lineage was rotten to the core, and as long as he eliminated its upper ranks, others would help him deal with the rest. Too many people in Songxi Town wanted to see the Chen Household destroyed.
Once he had destroyed the Chen Household, he would go to the mine and rescue the miners.
Before long, he arrived at the Chen Household.
He immediately released the puppet and, with it following behind him, walked toward the Chen Household.
"Stop! This is the Chen Household. Get lost!"
Two guards blocked Ye Chen and the Peak Body Casting Realm puppet.
Ye Chen attacked at once. His Blood Demon Finger shot out, instantly piercing both guards' heads. It was his first time killing, and his face turned somewhat pale, but he quickly held himself together.
Before long, the Chen Household's experts appeared and tried to surround and kill Ye Chen. Then the Peak Body Casting Realm puppet struck. It was so fast that it seemed to teleport, its hard arms punching through martial artist after martial artist, including the Chen Household's strongest expert, who was at the Body Casting Realm Third Layer.
In less than a moment, the Chen Household's upper ranks had been wiped out. Ye Chen then spent some time searching the place and took a good deal of the Chen Household's wealth.
"Time to go to the Chen Household's mine."
Ye Chen left.