After Defying the Villain’s Fate for Nine Lifetimes, the Heroines Turn Mad!

Chapter 34

Seeing Li Fadu at a loss for words, Gu Changqing raised his doubts: “Ma Wu probably died because of the perfect quality Heart-Devouring Soul-Bewitching Pill. How could Elder Li obtain such a level of elixir?”

“It’s just speculation.”

Jiang Chen replied instantly, “Apart from the Heart-Devouring Soul-Bewitching Pill, some high-level demon sect techniques can achieve the same effect. Maybe Elder Li has learned demon sect techniques, or perhaps he has demon sect accomplices?”

At this point.

“Hiss—!”

Jiang Chen took in a sharp breath.

His expression was one of utter disbelief as he pointed at Li Fadu’s nose: “You… you’re actually a demon sect spy?!”

Everyone was speechless again.

Li Fadu wanted to curse out loud!

Jiang Chen’s expression turned serious, and he murmured to himself:

“Elder Li is a demon sect spy, yet he has been in charge of the Hall of Enforcement for many years, repeatedly trying to harm me… the hope of the sect…”

“This must be a demon sect plot!”

“Every elder of the sect has been part of the sect for many years and has passed the mental state test. Elder Li’s true identity as a demon sect spy is the same.”

“This is enough to prove that the demon sect spies infiltrating the Jiuyan Sect are not just Elder Li alone! Someone is covering for him!”

“And the person covering for Elder Li must hold a high position… otherwise, he couldn’t have passed the mental state test and taken charge of the Hall of Enforcement!”

“If that’s the case, doesn’t it mean…”

With that, Jiang Chen’s eyes widened as he slowly turned his head to look at Gu Changqing, who was completely baffled.

Gu Changqing: “???”

So, he, the Sect Master, was also a demon sect spy?!

“Nonsense!”

Gu Changqing frowned, “I was able to assume the position of Sect Master of the Jiuyan Sect because I had the support of at least sixty percent of the Supreme Elders! Are you suggesting that these sixty percent of Supreme Elders are also demon sect spies?”

He thought this would make Jiang Chen back down.

But to his surprise, Jiang Chen actually nodded Aafter a brief contemplation: “It’s not entirely impossible.”

Gu Changqing’s face darkened.

“Jiang Chen, you are forcing your analysis, distorting right and wrong! You are not only framing the sect’s elders and the leader, but you are also damaging the unity of the sect! Such actions are what a true demon sect spy would do!”

Li Fadu seized the opportunity to curse loudly.

“Sect Master, Elder Li is confessing his crime again!”

“???”

Jiang Chen bowed once again.

Li Fadu was dumbfounded.

Gu Changqing was speechless and couldn’t be bothered to respond to Jiang Chen.

Xiao Hongyi, who was listening with great interest, asked curiously, “What do you mean?”

“Replying to Master, according to Elder Li, forcing an analysis is distorting truth and harming the unity of the sect, which is the behavior of a demon sect spy. Isn’t his repeated slander without evidence against me exactly the behavior of a demon sect spy?”

Jiang Chen responded.

“That makes sense.”

Xiao Hongyi nodded.

“I… you…”

Li Fadu nearly spat out a mouthful of blood in frustration.

After hemming and hawing for a while, he finally gave up, turned his head away, and stopped paying attention to Jiang Chen.

At this moment, Li Fadu found himself somewhat ridiculous.

As an elder of the Jiuyan Sect’s Hall of Enforcement, why should he engage in a war of words with Jiang Chen here?

It was simply beneath his dignity!

“Sect Master, Elder Li knows his identity has been exposed and has nothing more to say.”

Jiang Chen’s voice rang out again.

Li Fadu’s cheek twitched once more.

Gu Changqing was also extremely troubled and didn’t know what to say.

Xiao Hongyi, on the other hand, found it quite interesting.

Although she didn’t believe Jiang Chen’s words, she didn’t have a good impression of Li Fadu either, which is why she had spoken up to go along with him just now.

The atmosphere suddenly fell silent.

“Let’s discuss this matter later…”

Dropping this remark, Gu Changqing prepared to leave.

Seeing this, Jiang Chen spoke up first: “Sect Master, what about my reward?”

Reward? What reward?

Gu Changqing blinked in confusion.

“Of course, it’s the reward for saving Elixir Peak, upholding the reputation of the Jiuyan Sect, and incidentally exposing the true faces of Li Fadu and Ma Wu! For such a great contribution, it wouldn’t be wrong to reward me with a divine-grade spiritual weapon, right?”

Jiang Chen stated that it was a matter of course.

Gu Changqing’s mouth twitched.

Although Jiang Chen had been twisting logic for a while, in his eyes, Jiang Chen was still the suspect in all these strange events.

Now, the suspect was actually asking him for a reward? And he was asking for a divine-grade spiritual weapon right off the bat?

It was preposterous!

But then again. On the surface, it seemed like Jiang Chen did have some merit.

“What? The Sect Master of the great Jiuyan Sect won’t reward merit?”

Seeing that Gu Changqing hadn’t replied for a while, Jiang Chen pressed on.

“Your reward!”

Gu Changqing gritted his teeth and then tossed a pill over.

“A fourth-grade Spirit Induction Pill? Isn’t this a pill for cultivators of the lower four realms? And it’s of the lowest pill quality!”

Catching the pill, Jiang Chen looked dissatisfied.

This made Gu Changqing feel quite pleased.

He was well aware that the Spirit Induction Pill was useless for a Core Formation realm cultivator and was purely meant to irritate Jiang Chen, the disciple with no filter in his words.

Li Fadu guessed the Sect Master’s thoughts and smirked smugly.

Only Xiao Hongyi was dissatisfied and seemed ready to say something.

“The Sect Master of the great Jiuyan Sect can only come up with such inferior quality pills as a reward for his disciple, huh?”

Jiang Chen sighed deeply, sympathetically saying, “Sect Master, why don’t you go serve the Jiang family? If you do, I’ll cover for you. I won’t say anything else, but I can guarantee you’ll have enough pills of this level!”

“…”

Gu Changqing felt as if he had disgraced the sect.

……

Several days later.

A gust of wind burst forth from the wooden hut where Jiang Chen resided, causing the surrounding branches to sway.

“Breaking through to the Human Origin realm in one fell swoop, not bad at all.”

Inside the hut, Jiang Chen smiled with satisfaction.

After being ridiculed by him, Gu Changqing had no choice but to offer up another Primordial Spirit Pill as a reward that day.

The Primordial Spirit Pill, a fifth-grade medicinal pill, was not only superior in quality but also had few impurities, making it perfect for Jiang Chen’s breakthrough.

With the aid of the medicinal pill and his talent, he spent just a few days in seclusion and crossed the final stage of Initial Formation, breaking through to the Human Origin realm.

Before his Core Formation was destroyed, Jiang Chen was an Earthly Origin realm cultivator.

Although his cultivation was not bad, his combat power was only on par with cultivators of the same realm due to his insufficiently solid foundation.

But now, having re-condensed his Core Formation and possessing an exceptional spirit sword, his combat power could no longer be measured by his realm.

Jiang Chen estimated silently.

With his current cultivation at the early stage of Human Origin, fighting against an ordinary late-stage Human Origin cultivator would pose no difficulty.

And if he used the ‘First Form: Skybreaker’ awarded by the system, even a weak Earthly Origin realm cultivator would directly be slain by him!

With all his methods at the ready and using the protective trump card given by the Jiang family, he could escape even from a Heavenly Origin realm cultivator if he couldn’t win.

Compared to his previous nine lives, this was a qualitative leap.

The problem at the moment was… Others didn’t know how strong he was!

As a villain and the Eldest Senior Brother, how could this be acceptable?

After some thought, Jiang Chen summoned a lackey who usually ran errands for him.

This lackey was Liu Wu, known for his good agility.

“Eldest Senior Brother, how can you be so outstanding? I felt your breakthrough aura from afar, and you went straight to the Human Origin realm! If you don’t keep a low profile, how can the other disciples even live without shame?”

As soon as he entered, Liu Wu couldn’t help but express his amazement.

“Stop with the flattery! Has there been some rumor going around Ninth Peak lately, saying that I’ll surely be beaten if Lin Mubai doesn’t go mad?”

Jiang Chen asked directly.

“Uh…”

After some hesitation, Liu Wu reported truthfully, “Indeed, there are such rumors, but they’re just nonsense. Eldest Senior Brother, you don’t need to stoop to the level of a madman. I heard that madman has obtained a fairly good sword technique manual from the sect master and has been practicing it day and night recently!”

In his eyes, even though Jiang Chen had reached the Human Origin realm, he was still no match for the Earthly Origin realm Lin Mubai.

Cultivation level was one aspect, but the key point was that Lin Mubai still possessed an Innate Dao Bone despite his madness, which made practicing sword techniques incredibly fast.

To this, Jiang Chen just sneered with disdain: “I had no intention of arguing with a madman, but that Lin Mubai has gone too far! Go now and issue a challenge to Lin Mubai on my behalf. Tell him I want to have a friendly spar with him, and the place will be at the sparring platform at the summit of Ninth Peak!”

“Ah?”

Liu Wu was completely stunned.

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