Chapter 089

Chapter 89: Ye Yi Ran Is Driven Mad

After pointing out the village, Ye Yi Ran looked again at the scene and felt uneasy. Afraid they would refuse to go in, he hurried to add, “It is this village. The item fell near the entrance. We do not need to go inside.”

Ye Wan Wan turned back and asked, “Are you sure?”

Ye Yi Ran’s heart raced, but he nodded and said, “Sure.”

“Good.”

The girl guided the sword down and landed with the two men. Li Wan Zhi patted dust from his clothes and said, “Why does this place look so creepy? Is there really a demonic beast?”

Ye Yi Ran nodded hard and said, “Yes. Only one. Very strong.”

Li Wan Zhi pretended to hesitate and said, “Then… junior sister, what if we cannot beat it? Should we call the senior uncles?”

Ye Yi Ran rushed to say, “No, no. Two at Golden Core stage are enough. No need to call experts.”

“A small matter,” he said again and again.

Li Wan Zhi made a little sound and said, “If it is a small matter, why are you willing to use a supreme grade spirit stone to hire us? Maybe your goal is not the heirloom but something else?”

Ye Yi Ran’s face changed. He forced a smile and said, “Why would you say that, fellow Daoist? I really just want my family heirloom back. What else would I want?”

“Of course it is to admire our heroic looks,” said Li Wan Zhi, squaring his shoulders and flicking his sleeve.

Ye Yi Ran: “…”

Li Wan Zhi said, “Enough talk. Pay the fee first. If you run later, we came here for nothing.”

Ye Yi Ran froze and said, “The fee?”

“The supreme grade spirit stone. Pay first, then we work,” Li Wan Zhi said with a cold smile. “For all we know, you have a bunch of people lying in ambush inside to harm us. We need the item in hand first.”

Ye Yi Ran’s face shifted. Killing intent rose, but when his eyes slid to the village nearby, he lowered his gaze and began to take out the payment. [Fine. Endure. When you are dead, the supreme grade spirit stone will come back to me.]

“Here,” he said, handing it over with great reluctance.

Li Wan Zhi took it and passed it straight to Ye Wan Wan: “Junior sister?”

Ye Wan Wan accepted it and tested it in front of Li Wan Zhi. “It is indeed a supreme grade spirit stone.”

Li Wan Zhi looked pleased. “Good. You have some sense.”

Watching Li Wan Zhi’s smooth side profile, Ye Wan Wan knew that with him around, they would not lose out on money, or on words.

Bai Jian and the others arrived soon after.

With everyone together, Ye Yi Ran urged, “We are all here. Let us go in.”

“Hold it,” Li Wan Zhi said again.

Annoyance flared in Ye Yi Ran. “What now?”

“You said it is at the village entrance. The entrance is only so big. Point out the exact spot. Where, exactly?”

[How would I know!] Ye Yi Ran pointed at random and said, “Over there.”

“What shape is it?”

“A jade pendant.”

“Does it have a spiritual energy ripple?”

Grinding his teeth, Ye Yi Ran said, “Yes.”

Li Wan Zhi nodded and said, “All right. I know.”

When they still did not move, Ye Yi Ran was about to collapse. “Why are you not moving?”

Li Wan Zhi waved lazily and said, “It is just finding one thing. We do not need this many people to go in.”

Ye Yi Ran was about to say that the two at Golden Core stage could go with him while the three men stayed here, but Li Wan Zhi said, “I can do it alone.”

Ye Yi Ran paused, thinking that it did not matter if Li Wan Zhi went in. [No one wants this brat anyway.]

But Li Wan Zhi did not walk forward. He stood in place, eyes suddenly intent, and then called in a dramatic, ringing voice, “Jin Yu, come out!”

A golden space opened all at once. Golden light spilled across the ground. Even Ye Yi Ran felt a jolt of shock.

“A summoned beast!” he blurted.

Was he actually a summoner?

In the time it took to say that, a summoned beast leaped out from the beast space. It came in with claws bared, like a lion roaring and tossing its head. Then it landed.

Once it landed, it turned out to be a small creature about the size of a goat, with black and white fur.

“…” Ye Yi Ran almost cracked.

[What is this?] It had a faint aura of the Taotie, the gluttonous ancient beast, but it was not the same. Its eyes were too gentle. It had to be mixed-blood. A true Taotie would never have this level of presence. None of them here could withstand a real Taotie’s pressure. That was a true ancient ferocious beast, with power equal to a Divine Transformation stage expert. Little Jin Yu clearly was not that.

Little Jin Yu stood before Li Wan Zhi. As Li Wan Zhi formed a hand sign, a golden array spread from man and beast together. Golden light bloomed from both of them.

It grew brighter and brighter, almost lighting up the whole village.

Ye Yi Ran started to worry they would alert the people inside. Just then, Jin Yu opened its mouth. The mouth grew wider and wider until it was the size of its body, and still it grew. A whirlpool appeared before it.

Stones in the ground began to tremble.

“What is this?” Ye Yi Ran asked, fear in his voice.

Li Wan Zhi said proudly, “This is my own move when I merge with Little Jin Yu. It is called… Treasure Seeking.”

No flashy, world-shaking name. Just two simple words.

Treasure Seeking.

It stood for Li Wan Zhi’s simple wish: to get rich.

“With Little Jin Yu and me working together, anything within twenty li that has a spiritual ripple or the trace of a treasure cannot escape our eyes. Or Little Jin Yu’s mouth,” Li Wan Zhi said, lifting his chin. “If you want to find treasure, you came to the right person.”

He even praised Ye Yi Ran and said, “You have great taste.”

Before Ye Yi Ran could answer, things began to fly out of the village. Pieces of rock, iron tools, and spiritual herbs came pouring out. Anything with even a little spiritual energy surged toward them like a tide.

Right before Ye Yi Ran’s eyes, a stream of items rushed up to his feet.

Li Wan Zhi, very thoughtful, said, “Your family heirloom is in there somewhere. You look first. I will clean up the rest.”

Staring at the pile of broken junk, Ye Yi Ran backed up one step at a time until he hit a tree. He could not hold it in anymore. He pressed his forehead and began to laugh.

The laughter grew louder and louder.

He sounded like he had gone insane.

Li Wan Zhi frowned and said, “Is he worshiping me too much, or did I scare him?”

Ye Wan Wan chuckled and said, “Maybe he is crazy from admiration.”

Ye Yi Ran’s eyes turned vicious. His face twisted. He shouted, “To hell with your eldest master! All of you go die!”

He roared and crushed the jade token in his hand.

“Go die!”

As his voice fell, black shadows appeared all around them at once and closed in.

Li Wan Zhi looked around in a circle and counted. “So many people.”

Shen Nan Zhou said calmly, “Two at late Golden Core, three at early Golden Core, five at Foundation Establishment Great Perfection.”

Ten in total.

Li Wan Zhi clicked his tongue and said, “So many people, just for one family heirloom?”

Ye Yi Ran’s expression twisted. “No. For your lives.”

“Kill!”