Chapter 129: Ransom
Those who have not experienced great disasters and hardships do not know the preciousness of a single cent, especially for the weak and small. Having enough food and clothing is a huge problem. Ye Chen was cultivated with the virtue of thriftiness from an early age, and waste is a very shameful thing.
In order not to waste, Ye Chen naturally took out the valuables from these fallen people. The most valuable ones were those on Nian Ya's body: five bottles of Golden Wound Medicine, one bottle of Qingling Dan, a secret manual, a long sword, and an anonymous credit card.
Everything was gathered together, eleven bottles of golden medicine, a total of ninety-five grains, two bottles of green spirit pills, a total of seven grains, six secret books, three good long swords, and as for the anonymous credit cards, there were quite a few, with a full twenty million credit points inside. But these things were of little use to Ye Chen, who was a wanderer and couldn't even enter Star City.
Of course, maybe it will be useful later. As long as you can get through the three heavens of Sword City, you can have the identity of Sword City. With the identity of Sword City, you are absolutely welcome to enter any star city, and you don't have to worry about not having a place to spend these credit points.
After burying several people, Ye Chen woke up Mu Dao. This young man seemed to be very famous among the hunters here, otherwise Nian Ya and others would not have had that expression earlier. Mu Dao opened his eyes in confusion, and what entered his eyes was Ye Chen, who left a deep impression on him.
Mù Dào's face changed in shock, he took a step back, trying to get away from Yè Chén. Yè Chén chuckled and said: "Don't be nervous, I'm not a man-eating devil king, what are you afraid of?"
“Scared?” Mu Dao regained his composure, after all, he had seen big scenes before, and this little thing wouldn't make him lose color for long. Earlier was just an instinctive reaction, “Even if I don't have the strength, what can you do? Ah, you're still not dead? It seems I underestimated you.” Mu Dao thought of the scene from not long ago, by all logic Ye Chen should be absolutely impossible to survive, but now he's standing in front of him, perfectly fine. There was only one explanation: he had underestimated Ye Chen. Perhaps his strength far exceeded the Second Stage of Innate Realm.
"Hmm, you're not afraid that I'll kill you? It seems like you have a lot of influence in Luocheng." Ye Chen gazed at Mu Dao with a thoughtful expression, causing Mu Dao to break out in cold sweat behind his back. Mainly because Ye Chen's gaze was like someone who hadn't eaten for hundreds of years suddenly seeing food, making Mu Dao unable to withstand it.
"You... what do you want?" Mu Dao said with some stuttering, having a bad premonition in his heart.
"You say you're such an important figure, how much money do you think your family would spend to ransom you?" Ye Chen smiled as he spoke to Mu Dao, his smile seeming like a big grey wolf eyeing a small sheep, making Mu Dao's heart turn cold.
"No, not much money, even if you catch me it's useless. In the family, we don't want trash. If the family finds out I was defeated by someone of the same rank as me, my status in the family will plummet!" Mu Dao's face showed a flustered expression, no longer calm like before.
"So that's it, you're worthless now? What should I do?" Ye Chen still smiled and said to Mu Dao, but now Ye Chen's smile had completely turned into a devilish grin in Mu Dao's heart. Seeing Ye Chen's smile made Mu Dao feel very flustered.
"I, I..." Mu Dao wanted to say something, but didn't know what he could use to exchange for himself. He patted his chest and suddenly felt a chill in his heart, his face turning pale. The secret recipe in his chest had disappeared without a trace. No need to think, it must have been taken by the devil in front of him.
As expected, Mu Dao heard Ye Chen say: "If you want to use the Qingmu Jue for exchange, then forget it. The Qingmu Jue is already my spoils of war and has long been mine. You'd better think about what else you can offer in exchange for your own life."
After hearing Ye Chen's words, Mu Dao's pale face suddenly became dispirited, as if he had given up all hope and said to Ye Chen in a weak tone: "You do whatever you want, I don't have anything good left to give you anyway, kill me or rob me, it's all the same."
Ye Chen furrowed his brow, not expecting this kid to be so fragile, unable to withstand even a little setback. Looking at the self-surrendering expression, Ye Chen was momentarily at a loss for what to do. Should he kill him? Ye Chen couldn't bring himself to do it. If Mu Dao were killed by him in battle, Ye Chen wouldn't feel any guilt, but killing someone who didn't even resist, that was something Ye Chen couldn't do.
Since he couldn't kill, and couldn't gain any benefits either, Ye Chen was momentarily at a loss. Should he just beat them up to vent the anger in his heart? But he didn't even have any anger, those who came to kill him had all turned into gift-givers instead, what anger could there be?
Don't kill him, just let Mu Dao leave like this, Ye Chen felt a bit unwilling, it's too easy for Mu Dao. If Mu Dao knew what Ye Chen was thinking, he would definitely jump up and find Ye Chen to duel again, how could he be so lucky? Good grief, do you know how precious the thing you're holding is? The Qingmu Jue is one of the three high-level sword techniques in our family, it's extremely precious, and you've taken it away, making me look cheap?
Ye Chen was at a loss for a while, and finally couldn't think of anything. Looking at Mu Dao's dejected appearance, he felt that it wasn't worth getting angry over such a small setback.
"Get up!" Ye Chen said viciously to Mu Dao, who looked dejected with a hint of astonishment. What did the other person want from him now? He didn't even have anything left to give.
"Don't think that just because you have nothing to offer, it's fine. Get up, from now on, you'll work for me. Ah, you said you're worth how many credit points? First of all, if you say too little, I won't acknowledge it." Ye Chen kicked the wooden path and spoke.
"Work?" Mu Dao thought he had misheard and asked again.
"That's right, you're a captive now, and the only way to redeem yourself is by working for me." Ye Chen said resolutely. He couldn't bring himself to kill Mu Dao, but he also couldn't just let him go, so in the end, he came up with this solution.
Mokudo struggled to get up, his pale face revealing an angry expression. He wanted to retort, but seeing the bloody smell around him, as a hunter, Mokudo naturally knew what was going on. He turned his head and looked around, finding signs of the soil being overturned.
Mokuto's angry expression gradually subsided as he watched the scene unfold, and compared to life and death, being a temporary slave was still acceptable. At this moment, Yechen's image in Mokuto's heart rose again, not only strong but also ruthless.
Looking at the bloodstains around, Ye Chen must have killed several strong practitioners. Those who can come to Wushan are at least in the 8th stage of the Mortal Dust Realm, and there are very few below the Innate Realm. Mu Dao didn't believe that his previous battle with Ye Chen hadn't attracted a 3rd-stage strong practitioner, but now Ye Chen was standing here, which means at least one 3rd-stage strong practitioner had fallen here!
"How many things do you want?" Mu Dao said calmly.
After hearing Mu Dao's words, Ye Chen's mood improved a lot in an instant. This is right, looking at Mu Dao, his eyes were full of precious demon pills. In the Wandering City, demon pills might not be too precious, but here they are absolutely extremely precious. They can be exchanged for quite a few good things.
"Alright, don't be greedy, just take five level 5 demon pellets as exchange." Ye Chen said calmly.
After hearing Ye Chen's words, not only Mu Dao, but also Wu Hen at a certain place almost fell down. Five demon pellets, and they were all fifth-grade! This is blatant robbery!
