bookbashuk Chapter 71 Black Silk Entanglement, Clan Chief's Summoning
Chapter 71 Black Silk Entanglement, Clan Chief's Summoning
Two days later.
Golden Island.
Standing in the familiar courtyard, Chen Ye couldn't help but feel a surge of emotions.
Unexpectedly, more than a year has passed, and the Gong family has still preserved this villa, not allowing other clansmen or people of different surnames to live there.
Of course, this might also have been Gong Yuechan's idea, and Chen Ye's unexpected rescue of her could be considered a matter of fate.
As for why Gong Yuechan appeared in the sea area three thousand miles away from the family's main island, the reason was the great battle between Gong and Zhou more than half a year ago.
Although Gong Qingru used her sword cultivation skills to kill many people, and even killed a Zhou family secret expert, she did not return to Jinwu Island unharmed as the rumors suggested. Instead, she was seriously injured!
Not only that, but other elders of the Gong family were also injured or killed. Among them, the Third Elder Gong Qingfeng and the Fourth Elder Gong Qingshi, whom Chen Ye had met before, died in that battle.
The Gong family has only been a secret family for a century, and the loss of two elders at once has a significant impact on the family.
Just as Gong Yuechan broke through to the ninth level of the Spirit Gathering Realm, the head of the Gong family took the opportunity to promote her to the rank of elder.
After becoming an elder, Gong Yue took the initiative to take on clan affairs and went to Qingjue Island, 20,000 miles away, to buy pills to repair the soul. However, she was discovered by the Zhou family members on Qingjue Island.
Sensing danger, she returned immediately after buying the pills, only to find that the other party had used a precious long-distance communication talisman, which led to the subsequent ambush.
"Hiss... A pill to repair the soul... Could it be that Gong Qingru's soul has been injured?"
Chen Ye recalled Gong Yuechan's worried expression. The Gong family now only had two hidden experts, and one of them was injured. The blow to the family was far greater than the death of several ninth-level Spirit Gathering experts!
Fortunately, after pressure from the upper sect, neither clan dares to send their hidden experts to cause trouble for each other. They are temporarily relying on the Gong family to obtain cultivation resources, so there is not much risk involved.
Chen Ye shook his head, deciding not to think about it anymore, and stepped into the quiet room.
The courtyard had been uninhabited for over a year, and the rooms were covered in a layer of dust. Chen Ye held a few cleansing talismans, activated them, and threw them into the room. In no time, the room was sparkling clean.
Chen Ye went back inside, found a futon and sat cross-legged, taking out the storage bag he had obtained from Zhou Wanshan and his nephew.
A few days ago, Chen Ye couldn't check on things because Gong Yuechan and Gong Qingquan were around, but now he finally has the time.
First, he opened Zhou Fengyang's storage bag. Although Zhou Fengyang was a cultivator at the ninth level of the Spirit Condensation Realm, his spiritual strength was quite ordinary. Chen Ye easily broke the mark left behind with a light sweep of his divine sense.
Chen Ye emptied everything out and quickly took inventory.
There were about 1,500 spirit stones. Considering Zhou Fengyang's status as a core member of the clan, this amount of spirit stones was not much, but there were quite a few things inside that could be used to save his life.
More than a dozen Golden Body Talismans, two high-grade defensive magic shields, and a Swiftness Talisman for escaping, etc.
Logically speaking, with so many ways to protect himself, he shouldn't have been so easily ambushed by Chen Ye. It's probably because this person was too well protected by his uncle and wasn't good at fighting.
Chen Ye curled his lip. What's the use of a cultivator having a high cultivation level if they can't even fight? The things in their storage bag will belong to someone else sooner or later!
After arranging the items, Chen Ye then opened Zhou Wanshan's storage bag.
This person, being a cultivator at the Great Perfection of the Spirit Gathering stage and a family steward, has accumulated considerable wealth over the years, possessing over four thousand spirit stones alone. This is arguably the largest sum of spirit stones Chen Ye has ever obtained from a single cultivator in recent years!
Besides these, there were three other items in the storage bag... to be precise, two top-grade magical artifacts.
The Azure and Crimson Swords are a set of magical artifacts, and the other one is the Spirit Trapping Net.
Chen Ye wasn't particularly interested in the Azure and Crimson Swords, but he was quite fond of the Spirit Trapping Net.
This magical artifact looks like a chaotic black net when held in the hand, but once infused with spiritual power, it can change into any shape according to one's will. It can be used to entangle the opponent's magical artifacts or to control the enemy.
But Chen Ye felt that this thing had another function.
Bai Miaozhu and Gong Yuechan are both tall and slender with long, straight legs. If they could be wrapped in black silk... cough cough.
Without letting his thoughts wander too much, Chen Ye put all his valuables into his storage bag.
Not counting anything else, he now possesses over 11,000 spirit stones. Such wealth is unmatched not only by those in the Spirit Gathering stage, but even by those who have just advanced to the early stages of the Secret Realm.
With so many spirit stones, it was a waste of space to put them in his storage bag. Chen Ye decided to go to the Gong family's treasury tomorrow to exchange them for a small spirit-gathering array.
This formation can extract the spiritual energy contained within spirit stones, creating a space with abundant spiritual energy in a short time, making cultivation within it twice as effective.
When Chen Ye left the Gong family a year ago, he still had more than a thousand family contribution points in his identity token that he hadn't had time to use, which should be enough.
"besides……"
Chen Ye flipped his hand and took out a yellowed animal skin. The body-refining technique he had obtained from Zhao Shan, the Vajra Body Forging Technique, was recorded on it!
Chen Ye did not cultivate this technique before, firstly because he was in seclusion breaking through his cultivation realm and did not have the time, and secondly because body refinement requires a lot of resources and financial support.
Wandering is not stable, and it is difficult to obtain enough spiritual herbs and medicines from one place for a long time to strengthen one's constitution.
At this time, forces like the Gong family become extremely important.
It was neither too strong nor too weak, but it just so happened to provide Chen Ye with a stable environment.
Furthermore, the Gong family's shops are well-stocked with spiritual herbs, which Chen Ye can purchase by paying only some spirit stones.
"But before that, I'll probably have to go to Yuntong Mountain..."
Chen Ye got up and went outside the quiet room, looking at the Gong family's territory in the distance, which was shrouded in a layer of array protection.
Gong Yuechan was ambushed by the Zhou family. Although she escaped unharmed, the Gong family probably wouldn't let this go unpunished. Besides, since he saved Gong Yuechan, shouldn't the Gong family offer some kind of reward?
……
As expected, the next day, Chen Ye was summoned by the Gong family.
Arriving at the Gong family's territory along the wide mountain road, Gong Yuechan was there to greet them.
Unlike her tired expression when they parted last night, Gong Yuechan seemed to have dressed up specially today. A long, turquoise dress with cloud patterns accentuated her graceful figure. Her eyebrows were painted, and she wore light makeup, which, combined with her already exquisite and bright features, made her look even more elegant and refined.
"Brother Chen, you've arrived."
A sound like jade beads falling onto a plate rang out, and Gong Yuechan moved forward with light steps to meet her.
"Please wait here, Miss," Chen Ye said, bowing slightly.
"It's alright, Brother Chen, come with me. The clan chief wants to see you."
Gong Yuechan smiled sweetly and turned to lead the way.
"Clan chief?"
Chen Ye was taken aback upon hearing this. Having been an outsider to the Gong family for so long, he had never met this "legendary" head of the Gong family.
It is said that he is either in seclusion or on his way to seclusion, and even some members of the Gong family have rarely seen him in the past ten years.