Chapter 235

Chapter 235: Everyone Likes Different Things
After being turned away by Master Qing Yan once again, Ye Cong Xin could not hold it in when she got back to her room and snapped at the System.

“System, Master has clearly woken up. Why will he not see me?”

If she had not spent her Luck Value to trade for the medicine, Master Qing Yan would still be unconscious. How could he treat his lifesaving benefactor like this?

[Ding! It is recommended that the Host change targets and start with the people closest to you!]

“You think I do not want to?”

Ye Cong Xin sat down angrily.

Now Fang Cheng Lang and Cui Jue looked at her like they were seeing an enemy. Forget about taking their Luck Value. There was hardly any Favorability left.

Among the three senior brothers left, Lan Zi Yu had the highest Favorability for her, at 85 points. But no matter how she tried to please him, the Favorability did not move at all, like it had hit the peak.

As for Su Ming and Quan Ye, one popped in and out like a ghost and the other had a wooden head. They were both hard to get close to.

Her breakthrough to Golden Core was in sight, but she had no more Luck Value to support it. Ye Cong Xin grew more and more upset.

[Ding! Friendly reminder, Lan Zi Yu’s Luck Value is now trending downward. Please raise Favorability as soon as possible to gain more Luck Value.]

“What? Why did you not say so earlier!”

Ye Cong Xin grew even more anxious.

The last time with Li Jingrang had taught her a hard lesson.

She did not want to repeat it.

She had to hurry and raise Lan Zi Yu’s Favorability toward her.

Ye Cong Xin’s eyes flickered.

To greatly raise a man’s good feelings for a woman, besides family and friendship, there was only one kind of feeling left.

“Lan Zi Yu.”

[Your Luck Value is mine for sure.]

…

Ye Cong Xin did not know that while she was deep in thought in her room, the main peak was also talking about her.

Zhou Jin Yue asked: “Master, do you suspect that it was Ye Cong Xin who saved Master Qing Yan?”

Zhou Jin Yue had just finished dealing with a pile of small matters, and there was still a bit of tiredness on her face. But after listening to Sect Master Ji Yuan, her expression slowly grew serious and her fingers tapped the armrest without her noticing.

Sect Master Ji Yuan said: “I am not guessing. I am sure.”

Although Master Qing Yan had only woken up many days after Ye Cong Xin left, Sect Master Ji Yuan was sure that this matter was tied to Ye Cong Xin.

After all, someone with such a heavy illness could not suddenly recover for no reason.

Also, before Master Qing Yan woke up, Yu Zhao had already predicted the result ahead of time. That alone explained a lot.

Zhou Jin Yue asked: “Then what do you mean to do?”

“In theory, since Ye Cong Xin saved Master Qing Yan, the sect should reward her. But since she does not bring it up, we will act like we know nothing on the surface. You just keep a closer eye on her in private.”

Zhou Jin Yue suddenly understood.

Her master had started to doubt Ye Cong Xin.

She said: “Master, I have been paying attention to Ye Cong Xin this whole time. There is one thing I find strange.”

“Speak freely.”

“Ye Cong Xin’s popularity seems unusually good. In the Five Elements Dao Sect, from the elders at the top to the disciples at the bottom, there is no one who does not praise her. Even Master Qing Yan, who is always cold, broke his rules to take her as his closed door disciple. Even when she goes out, she has many followers like Li Jingrang around her.”

Zhou Jin Yue voiced the doubt she had kept buried in her heart.

Sect Master Ji Yuan fell into deep thought.

Before Zhou Jin Yue spoke, he had not felt that anything about this was wrong.

In his mind, Ye Cong Xin had grown up in the sect since childhood and had a good personality. It felt normal for her to be well liked.

But everyone likes different things.

Some people like lively types, while others like calm ones.

In his eyes, Zhou Jin Yue was perfect in every way, with no obvious faults. Yet not everyone in the sect praised her.

So why was Ye Cong Xin liked by everyone, praised by all, and even able to make people love what she loved and hate what she hated?

Just because Yu Zhao had conflicts with her, Yu Zhao had turned into a great sinner in everyone’s eyes and was treated with endless disdain.

The more Sect Master Ji Yuan thought about it, the more frightened he felt. He said: “From today on, you do not need to watch Ye Cong Xin anymore.”

Zhou Jin Yue nodded in answer and did not feel disappointed.

She knew that Ye Cong Xin had truly entered her master’s sight now.

Her secret would not stay hidden much longer.

…

“Qishan City.”

When Yu Zhao heard Si Tu Xuan read out the city’s name, her heart stirred.

She had never been to Qishan City in her past life, so why did it sound familiar, like she had heard it somewhere before?

But before she could think more, Yao Wu Jiurged her to enter the city.

The Nine Abyss Secret Realm was in the far north of the Northern Region.

Qishan City was at the border between the Central Region and the Northern Region. Once you passed through Qishan City, you were considered to have entered the Northern Region.

The three of them had been rushing on the road for days and planned to rest for one night in Qishan City before setting off again.

After entering the city gates, they first found an inn, booked three upper rooms, and then walked around the city at ease.

They had not even finished walking down one street when a loud commotion suddenly broke out ahead.

“I already said that from today on this shop belongs to the Yang clan. If you dare make trouble again, all of you can get out of Qishan City!”

“This shop clearly belongs to our Chen clan. You people of the Yang clan are going too far!”

“Chen clan? Your Chen clan’s ancestral patriarch is already dead. There is no place for the Chen clan in Qishan City anymore! You are just a bunch of stray dogs. Get lost and stop affecting my business!”

The bustling crowd blocked Yu Zhao’s sight, but it could not block her divine sense.

So Yu Zhao easily saw the scene inside.

Her brows lifted slightly.

No wonder it had sounded familiar. She really had heard of Qishan City before, but it was not in her past life like she had thought. It was in this life.

Chen Tian Dong’s eyes were bloodshot as he glared at the middle aged man at the shop’s entrance. He clenched his teeth to hold back the urge to rush up and hit him.

The other man was only a steward the Yang clan had sent to take over the shop. Killing him would only bring even more brutal revenge from the Yang clan.

“Are you blind or deaf? Did you not hear what I just said? Hurry up and leave! I am telling you, our patriarch will be here soon. If our patriarch sees you, you will not be able to leave even if you want to!”

The steward’s words were very harsh.

But Chen Tian Dong had to listen to every word.

Ever since their ancestor failed to break through to Nascent Soul and sadly fell, the Chen clan had been in a stormy, shaky state.

Their caravan business was stolen, their clansmen were hurt, and their assets kept shrinking.

The Chen clan’s last Golden Core cultivator could not accept the fall of the family and tried to take back the clan’s property, but was badly hurt by the Yang clan’s patriarch.

Right after he was carried back to the Chen clan’s home, he breathed his last.

With the fall of the Chen clan’s last pillar, their other businesses were also taken away one by one.

This shop was the Chen clan’s only remaining property.

Now it had also been snatched away.

The Chen clan’s hundreds of years of foundation in Qishan City had turned to nothing in a single day.

Even a clay figurine would feel some anger, not to mention that Chen Tian Dong was a man who had made a living by fighting and traveling all over.

But no matter how angry he was, it would not change the situation. He had to think of his clansmen.

He ground his teeth and said: “We are leaving.”

“Elder Brother!”

“Brother Tiandong!”

“Captain!”

The Chen clan members standing behind Chen Tian Dong did not want to leave.

Chen Tian Dong said: “A gentleman’s revenge is never too late even after ten years. We can take back our foundation after we have rested and regained our strength.”

The Chen clan members looked at each other. Their legs felt nailed to the ground and did not move.

“Are you all refusing to listen to me now? Hurry up and go!”

“Leave? Once you step into the Yang clan’s shop, you cannot leave just because you say so. Stop them.”