Huayun Sect

Inside the Huayun Pavilion, in a luxurious living room, Long Chen looked at the charming woman before him and asked, "Are you the one in charge here?"

Yao Niqian looked at Long Chen and giggled, "Am I not 'big' enough?"

With her laughter, her chest heaved with surging waves, a sight that made one's mouth go dry. Long Chen had to admit, she was indeed a "big" person.

However, Long Chen didn't have much desire for women who were just big-chested. He still preferred the aesthetic type like Meng Qi, or the noble and elegant temperament of Chu Yao.

"You left me behind alone, is there something you need?" Long Chen asked indifferently.

Seeing that Long Chen was completely unaffected by her temptation, Yao Niqian couldn't help but feel annoyed. It hurt her pride, especially since she was very confident in her own charm.

Just as Yao Niqian was about to speak, a voice came from outside.

"Niqian, don't be unruly."

As the voice faded, a woman walked in. She appeared to be around twenty years old, dressed very simply with no makeup, yet she gave off a very noble and elegant feeling.

"Hmph, what a dull person. Sister, I'll go get busy first, I'll leave him to you." After Yao Niqian finished speaking, she swayed her waist and left the room, but before she left, she glared at Long Chen.

"Please forgive me for the abrupt invitation. Let me introduce myself first; I am Bai Ling. It is a pleasure to meet you, Young Master Long Chen." The woman bowed slightly.

"You are too polite, Miss." Long Chen had to return the gesture.

"Knowing that Young Master Long Chen's time is precious, I will keep this brief. The reason I invited you here, Young Master, is firstly to discuss the issue of the commission. The two Medicinal Pills were auctioned for a total of two billion and one million gold coins. This is simply an astronomical price," Bai Ling couldn't help but exclaim.

Although they had tried their best to overestimate the value of these two Medicinal Pills, they still hadn't expected it to cause such a sensation.

Moreover, Long Chen played an absolute role in this auction. It could be said that Long Chen deserved the greatest credit for this auction.

"This is your share," Bai Ling said, handing Long Chen a crystal card.

Taking the crystal card and looking at it, there were exactly one billion gold coins on it, which made Long Chen's heart fill with wild joy. From now on, he would never have to worry about money again.

Although he didn't know how the Huayun Pavilion had calculated the result, he didn't care anymore. A little more or a little less didn't matter.

"Thank you."

"We should be the ones saying thank you. With your participation, Young Master, this auction has become the most successful one in history," Bai Ling smiled.

Long Chen smiled slightly, understanding that the main reason was the effect of him setting a trap for the Marquis of Ying.

"Not at all, not at all. If it weren't for Your Excellency's support, I wouldn't have been able to vent this anger."

Bai Ling was stunned, then smiled: "I think Young Master Long Chen has misunderstood. It wasn't our support, but rather Great Master Yun Qi who had instructed us beforehand that if you, Young Master, encountered anything you liked, we should just sell it to you, and as for the cost, he would pay for it."

"Great Master Yun Qi?"

Long Chen felt a wave of emotion in his heart. He hadn't expected Great Master Yun Qi to have secretly arranged this. It showed that he had been watching over him all along.

"So, this time it was a win-win cooperation. With the help of Young Master Long Chen, our Huayun Pavilion has made a fortune. Therefore, to express our gratitude to you, I will give you a gift."

After Bai Ling finished speaking, a list appeared in her hand, which she handed to Long Chen: "This is the list of all the treasures in our treasury. You can choose any one of them."

Long Chen's heart stirred. He wouldn't refuse such a good thing. He had helped Huayun Pavilion earn so much money for nothing; taking something back was only right.

Opening the list, there were indeed many good things inside. Although the auction had just passed, there were still countless treasures.

However, Long Chen didn't need to look at those Cultivation Techniques or battle skills, because there were no Earth Rank ones left; they were all Human Rank, which he didn't need now.

As for armor and weapons, there were none suitable for him either. Suddenly, Long Chen's eyes lit up.

"Eh, Heart-Rotten Grass?"

Long Chen spotted a name at a glance. It was a poisonous herb used for refining poisons, and its toxicity was extremely fierce.

Poison refined from Heart-Rotten Grass, when applied to arrowheads and shot into the body of a Demonic Beast, could not be resisted even by a Second Rank Demonic Beast.

"This is it," Long Chen said, pointing to the Heart-Rotten Grass.

Bai Ling looked and couldn't help but ask curiously: "Although this Heart-Rotten Grass is highly toxic, its value is not high. Wouldn't you like to reconsider, Young Master?"

The price of a single Heart-Rotten Grass was only a few hundred thousand gold coins. Originally, Bai Ling had wanted Long Chen to pick a treasure of comparable value, as Long Chen had brought huge wealth to the Huayun Pavilion, and they were doing this to curry favor with him.

But Long Chen only chose a medicinal herb worth a few hundred thousand gold coins, which made her feel a bit embarrassed.

"Let it be this one. I don't have much use for other things, and I can just happen to study this Heart-Rotten Grass," Long Chen smiled.

"Why don't you pick another one?" Bai Ling tentatively suggested.

"That wouldn't be very good, would it?" Long Chen smiled.

"It's no problem. In the entire Huayun Pavilion, I have the final say," Bai Ling said very generously.

Long Chen also wanted to see what other strange things were in there. When he was about to finish flipping through the thick catalog, his heart jumped wildly.

"Night Demon Skull."

Seeing these four words, although his expression didn't change, he was already screaming in his heart: Treasure!

"Is this Night Demon Skull okay?" Long Chen asked.

"Of course, no problem," Bai Ling smiled slightly. Although the Night Demon Skull was worth over a million, it was still not worth mentioning.

A moment later, someone brought the Heart-Rotten Grass and the Night Demon Skull. The Heart-Rotten Grass was contained in a sealed bottle about a foot high.

Although it was tightly sealed, there was still an extremely pungent smell that desperately drilled into one's nose, as if it wanted to set one's lungs on fire.

Long Chen looked at the Heart-Rotten Grass and couldn't help but show a smile. This Heart-Rotten Grass was quite old, and its toxicity was very strong.

As for the other item, the Night Demon Skull, it was a big guy, almost as tall as a person, just like the skull of a bat, looking extremely terrifying.

He reached out and put the Heart-Rotten Grass and the Night Demon Skull into his ring, and smiled at Bai Ling: "Thank you, Young Miss Bai."

Bai Ling smiled slightly and said: "Young Master Long Chen is too polite. This time, I invited Young Master Long Chen here, on one hand, to express my gratitude. On the other hand, I wanted to ask if Young Master Long Chen would be willing to join our Huayun Sect?"

"Huayun Sect?" Long Chen was stunned.

"That's right, the Huayun Pavilion is just one part of our Huayun Sect's industry," Bai Ling smiled.

"Could it be, Young Miss Bai, that you are a Sect Disciple?" Long Chen asked.

Bai Ling nodded: "I am unworthy, but I am an Outer Sect Disciple of the Huayun Sect, responsible for managing the Huayun branch pavilion in the Fengming Empire."

Long Chen was surprised. This Bai Ling was actually the Pavilion Master of the Huayun Pavilion, and she was actually a Sect Disciple.

"Actually, with your talent and attainments in Medicinal Pills, Young Master, you could soon walk out of this barbaric land. This year is my third year in Fengming. Now, with the help of Young Master Long Chen, I have finally completed my training quota. Returning to the Sect this time, I can be promoted to an Inner Sect Disciple," a look of anticipation appeared in Bai Ling's eyes.

"Therefore, out of gratitude for your kindness, Young Master, I am brazenly extending an invitation to you. If you join our Huayun Sect, you will surely receive the best development."

Long Chen's heart couldn't help but stir, and he asked: "What does the barbaric land you mentioned refer to?"

"Haha, Young Master, you don't know, this world is so big that it exceeds our imagination. The place where the Fengming Empire is located is just a drop in the ocean. This place is located in a barbaric land, far away from the world of cultivation. Therefore, with your aptitude, Young Master, you should go to a more vast place to develop, so as not to be buried," Bai Ling smiled.

However, regarding the more vast place she mentioned, she didn't mention a single word, clearly not intending to say too much.

This was the first time Long Chen had heard about the outside world; even Great Master Yun Qi had never mentioned it to him.

But seeing that Bai Ling didn't intend to reveal too much, although Long Chen was curious, it wasn't appropriate for him to press further.

Long Chen smiled: "Thank you for your appreciation, Young Miss. If one day I, Long Chen, want to leave Fengming and want to take a look at the outside world, I will come to find you, Young Miss Bai."

Long Chen's words were very tactful. He neither agreed nor disagreed; leaving a retreat was good.

Bai Ling sighed and said: "It seems that you, Young Master, do not plan to leave Fengming for the time being. However, I have to return to the Sect to report on my duties soon. How about this, if one day in the future you leave Fengming and don't have a suitable Sect, you can consider our Huayun Sect. This is my token. When the time comes, you can bring this jade tablet to the Huayun Sect to find me."

Taking the jade tablet that Bai Ling handed over, Long Chen put it away and said: "In that case, thank you very much, Young Miss Bai."

To be honest, Long Chen was really tempted. He also wanted to go out and see the "more vast sky" that Bai Ling spoke of.

Unfortunately, he currently had a whole body of trouble waiting to be solved, and Bai Ling couldn't wait for him; this was related to her promotion from an Outer Sect Disciple to an Inner Sect Disciple.

Although he didn't know how big the difference was between the two, seeing the undisguised excitement in Bai Ling's eyes, he knew that this was no small matter for her.

Just as Long Chen left, the side door opened. Yao Niqian looked in the direction Long Chen left, and said with some confusion: "This Long Chen actually rejected Sister's invitation."

"It's normal for him to refuse. This Long Chen is not as simple as you think. He is very deep, absolutely not like what he shows on the surface," Bai Ling sighed.

"It's a pity. If we could pull him into our Huayun Sect, a Pill Cultivator with infinite potential joining, perhaps Sister could enter as a Core Disciple. How about I go try again? At worst, I'll sacrifice myself, it's worth it," Yao Niqian gritted her teeth.

"Forget it. Long Chen is not like those perverts you usually deal with. If you go, you will only bring humiliation upon yourself. Let's pack up. Once we settle things here, we can set off back to the Sect. From now on, this Huayun Pavilion will be the training ground for the next generation of training Disciples," Bai Ling said.

Although she was a bit unconvinced, Yao Niqian was very convinced by Bai Ling's words, only muttering a curse: Is Long Chen really a man?

"Achoo."

Long Chen had just returned to his room when he sneezed.

"Hmph, I wonder if it's the Marquis of Ying or Xia Changfeng cursing me, or perhaps that female idiot?"

Although he didn't know who was talking about him, he knew that the people talking about him would definitely not say anything good.

Calling Bao'er over and instructing her not to let anyone disturb him, he then closed the door tightly.

"It is time to refine the Molten Star Medicinal Pill."