154. Ye Xun is Broke

Another day off.

Mu Chen and Ye Shi were busy preparing for the competition and did not leave the academy, but Ye Rong couldn't wait to go out.

Ye Rong spent all 50,000 elementary stones in the blink of an eye. Ye Rong thought that Ye Xun had 3 million and she could use some, so she left the academy with high expectations.

Ye Rong walked to the courtyard where Ye Xun rented, only to find out that Ye Xun was kicked out a few days ago because he couldn't pay the rent.

Hearing this news, Ye Rong couldn't help but feel a little puzzled, and she had a bad feeling about this. Ye Xun had three million elementary stones which should last for a long time.

Ye Rong inquired and found Ye Xun's new residence.

Ye Xun's new residence was dilapidated, small, dirty, and full of all sorts of people. It took Ye Rong a long time to confirm that Ye Xun really lived here.

Ye Rong walked into the hut and saw Ye Xun lying weakly on the bed, looking extremely decadent.

"Father." Ye Rong frowned and called out.

When Ye Xun saw Ye Rong, his eyes widened immediately, "Rong'er, it's you! Do you have money? Give me some."

Ye Rong didn't expect Ye Xun said so to her. She was very disappointed. She came to ask Ye Xun for money! Why was Ye Xun the one asking her for money?

"Father, don't you have three million elementary stones?" Ye Rong asked with a frown.

Ye Xun frowned, and said angrily, "It's only three million. I spent it all long time ago."

Ye Rong was startled. It was three million! And they spent them out in such an instant. Ye Rong trembled in distress.

"Father, where's mother?" Ye Rong looked around the room and found that there wasn't even a dresser table in the room. She felt a little weird. Wang Li paid the most attention to appearance. She should have a mirror at most!

Ye Xun's eyes dodged for a moment, and he said angrily, "Don't think about her anymore! After I went broke, she ran away with a rich man."

Ye Rong was stunned for a moment, full of disbelief, "Mother ran away? Father, did you make a mistake?"

"How could I have made a mistake? She did run off with someone else." Ye Xun said dully.

Ye Rong looked at Ye Xun's face and couldn't help but feel more suspicious.

Ye Rong and Ye Xun had a big argue about money. But since they did not reach an agreement, Ye Rong left in great disappointment.

Ye Rong walked out the door, thinking that her mother had run away with a rich man. She felt so strange.

Ye Rong made some inquiries and found out that Wang Li didn't run away with a rich man, but that Ye Xun ran out of money and sold Wang Li to a brothel.

Although Ye Rong was trembling with anger, she didn't have the confidence to argue with Ye Xun but returned to the academy in despair.

............

 

"Ye Rong, why did you come back so soon?" Lou Ruoyi asked.

Ye Rong smiled bitterly. She had no money. There were only two relatives in the imperial capital. One was broke, and the other became... a prostitute.
In such a bad situation, it didn't make much sense for her to stay outside.

"You have a letter. The person who delivered the letter seems to be in a hurry. The person who delivered the letter told you to open it in person, so you should take a look." Mi Xue handed a letter to Ye Rong and said.

Ye Rong opened the letter and read it, her face changed several times.

The letter was written by Wang Li. In the letter, Wang Li scolded Ye Xun for being unkind and unjust, and sold her to a brothel for 150,000 elementary stones.

Ye Rong found out after reading the letter that Ye Xun was addicted to gambling and owed a huge sum of money to the casino. Now, Ye Xun betrayed the family for gambling.

Ye Rong frowned. She couldn't figure out how Ye Xun could end up like that. After reading this letter, she finally understood.

"Ye Rong, what did the letter say?!" Bai Le asked.

Ye Rong shook her head and said, "It's nothing."

Bai Le did not ask any further questions since Ye Rong looked angry.

Wang Li asked her for help in the letter. Ye Rong frowned. Wang Li was sold to a brothel by Ye Xun for 150,000 elementary stones. She would have to pay at least 200,000 elementary stones to get Wang Li out of that place. Where could she find that much money?

No matter what, she was a student of the Saint Star Academy. Her status was noble. With her status, how could she have a mother who was a prostitute.

Ye Rong avoided her roommates and burned the letter into ashes.

Wang Li was under strict supervision in the brothel. This letter of help was sent by Wang Li with great effort. Unfortunately, Ye Rong ruthlessly killed her hope.

............

Ye Shi looked at the formation book intently. Jing Chiyan entered the door for a while, but Ye Shi didn't find it.

Ye Shi just raised his head after he heard the sound of a fake cough.

Ye Shi looked at Jing Chiyan in surprise, and said puzzledly, "Master, when did you come here?!"

Jing Chiyan squinted his eyes and said in a bad tone, "Been a while." The vigilance of his apprentice was so low.

"Oh." Ye Shi nodded lightly.

Looking at Ye Shi's reaction, Jing Chiyan rolled his eyes immediately, "I heard that you are very unprofessional these days?"

"Not professional? No!" Ye Shi frowned in confusion.

"You deny it. I heard that you are studying the formation method, and you even said to the president of the Formation School that he can ask you for advice on formation skills." Jing Chiyan said.

Ye Shi rolled his eyes and said, "It turns out that the old man is the president of the Formation School! He left without asking me any questions. He really underestimates people! If he has any questions, we can discuss it! Perhaps I know the answer."

Jing Chiyan twitched the corners of his mouth, "You are quite confident..."

Hao Tu, the president of the Formation School, seemed to have a strong body but a simple mind, but, in fact, he had been immersed in the formation skills for many years, and was an excellent fourth-level formation master. But how dare Ye Shi had the confidence in offering the help to a level-four formation master!

Ye Shi nodded and said confidently, "I feel that my formation technique has been improving by leaps and bounds recently. Maybe, I can really  participate in the competition for the Formation School."

"Stop thinking about it. Mu Chen has bad influence on you. Your mission is to cultivate, cultivate, and cultivate. It's best to break through into martial art spirit as soon as possible. Don't learn from Mu Chen. He learns a little bit of everything, but he is not proficient in anything." Jing Chiyan said angrily.

Ye Shi retorted dissatisfiedly, "Master, don't say that about Mu Chen. Mu Chen is not a little bit of everything, but not proficient in everything! He is proficient in everything"

"Is he proficient? He has learned so many arts, none of them are fourth-level. There is a fourth-level inscription master among the opponents here." Jing Chiyan said with disapproval.

"What's the use of level four? I bet he must be very old. When Mu Chen reaches his age, he will be a level five inscription master." Ye Shiman said with disdain.

"He is only fifteen years old." Jing Chiyan said helplessly. Although that person was an opponent, he was really excellent.

Ye Shi curled his lips and said, "Yes! He is fifteen years old, so much older than Mu Chen!"

Jing Chiyan: "..." He's only one year older.

"Apprentice, you have dense spirit aura here in this room!" As he and Ye Shi couldn't reach a consensus on Mu Chen's question, Jing Chiyan simply changed the subject.

Ye Shi nodded and said, "That's right! I put a few Spirit Gathering Arrays in the room, but the effect was not particularly great."

"Spirit Gathering Array? Given by Mu Chen?" Jing Chiyan asked.

Ye Shi shook his head and said, "No! I did it myself."

Jing Chiyan was stunned for a moment, and said, "Did you do it yourself?"

Ye Shi nodded and said, "Yes!"

The Spirit Gathering Array could subtly change the intensity of spirit power in the house. Ye Shi always used elementary stone to cultivate. This intensity of power did not have much effect on his cultivation. However, he would feel more comfortable in this room.

Jing Chiyan said in surprise, "You really have some talent for formations!"

Ye Shi said proudly, "Of course, Mu Chen said that I am a genius of formation."

"What you need to do is to cultivate, cultivate, and cultivate more. As for the elixirs, ask Mu Chen for some. Actually, you should ask Mu Chen for weapons, formations, elementary stones. Don't worry. That kid is making a lot of money. He has nowhere to spend his elementary stones. He must be grateful to you if you help him spend elementary stones !" Jing Chiyan said with a cold smile.

When Jing Chiyan was at the level of a martial art master, he was very poor. He felt a little jealous of Mu Chen for making so much money.

Ye Shi rolled his eyes helplessly, and said, "I can't rely on Mu Chen on everything."

Jing Chiyan rolled his eyes. His apprentice was really honest.

"This Spirit Gathering Array is a second-level formation, right? Are you a second-level formation master now?" Jing Chiyan said with a frown.

Ye Shi nodded and said, "Yes!"

Jing Chiyan looked at Ye Shi in shock. It happened recently that Ye Shi was interested in formation. Did he also have the talent as Mu Chen?

"Master, what's wrong with you?" Ye Shi asked.

Jing Chiyan said helplessly, "If you want to study the formation, just study it. Don't delay your cultivation."

Ye Shi nodded and said, "I see."

 

............

 

After Mu Chen closed up for training for five days, streaks of blue light emerged from Mu Chen's house, and the scene was spectacular.

Hao Tu was waiting for Mu Chen to finish the training every day. He was ecstatic when he saw what had happened to Mu Chen's house.

As soon as there was a change to the house, several masters quickly gathered next to Mu Chen's house.

"President, Mu Chen made such a big commotion. When he finishes the training, he should be out." Di Han said excitedly.

Hao Tu nodded and said with deep conviction, "That's right."

"What a powerful flame! What's going on?" Di Han muttered.

Hao Tu stroked his beard and said, "When he comes out, we can ask."

Mu Chen opened the door and walked out.

Hao Tu looked at Mu Chen and was stunned for a moment. Mu Chen's eyes were glowing with blue light, and his strength had reached the peak of the nine-star martial art master, and he was about to break through to become a martial arts spirit very soon.

Just as Hao Tu was about to speak, Mu Chen had already flown towards Xiong Wei's mountain, ignoring them.

Hao Tu looked at Mu Chen's back and jumped in great anger.

"This brat." Hao Tu was furious.

"He is so fast!" Di Han couldn't help saying.

"Chase him! Quick." Hao Tu said eagerly.

When Di Han heard this, he quickly chased in the direction where Mu Chen left, "It is a quarry ahead."

Hao Tu stopped reluctantly. The quarry was Xiong Wei's territory which could not be easily invaded. It was not a fun thing to provoke that guy.

 

 

 

155. Detoxification

 

"Master Shifu." Mu Chen flew to Xiong Wei and called out lightly.

Xiong Wei looked at Mu Chen with a hint of surprise in his eyes. After a few days, Mu Chen's aura became much stronger. However, this was not the point. The point was that there was a special temperament in Mu Chen. He seemed like a great master.

Xiong Wei felt strange how a master temperament appeared on his apprentice.

"Why are you here? Are you here to bring me wine?" Xiong Wei looked at Mu Chen and asked.

"Wine? No!" Mu Chen said succinctly.

Xiong Wei said angrily, "You're stupid and you are denying it. You are not bringing gifts when you come to see your master Shifu?"

Mu Chen glanced at Xiong Wei lightly, as if he didn't take Xiong Wei's words to heart at all.

"The flame on you seems to be very strong!" Xiong Wei looked at Mu Chen's indifferent appearance, and turned the subject angrily.

Mu Chen raised his eyes, looked at Xiong Wei lightly, and said in a cold voice, "Master Shifu, I think it's time to help you get rid of the cold poison."

Xiong Wei raised his eyebrows, and said somewhat unexpectedly, "Oh, your flame has been promoted to level five?"

Mu Chen shook his head and said, "No."

He was still a martial art master. Even if there was a way to upgrade the flame to the fifth level, he cannot do it at this time. The fifth-level flame was too strong. If the flame was stronger than the master Shifu, he may be burned to ashes. Mu Chen cherished his life and wouldn't risk his life.

Xiong Wei raised his eyebrows and said with a half-smiling smile, "If you didn't advance to the fifth level, how can you help me get rid of the cold poison!"

Mu Chen glanced at Xiong Wei indifferently, and showed hundreds of formations.

Xiong Wei squinted his eyes. The formations that Mu Chen threw out included the ignition array, the gathering fire array, the fire fighting array, and so on. All the formations were at fourth-level. Hundreds of formations formed into a fantastic graph.

Although the formations used by Mu Chen were all fourth-level arrays, the aura gathered by these fourth-level formations was comparable to that of sixth-level arrays.

Xiong Wei squinted his eyes and looked at Mu Chen's face, he couldn't help feeling worried.

The gap between the fourth-level array and the sixth-level array was not a little bit. Such a gap could not be made up by quantity.

However, Mu Chen's formations did have the power of a sixth-level formation.

Xiong Wei squinted his eyes. Mu Chen's arrays seemed to be placed randomly, but it seemed to placed in a certain order.

Xiong Wei didn't know that Mu Chen used the technique of formation combining technique. The technique of combining formations was not simply superimposing the power of the formations. Instead, it could maximize the power of each formation and complement each other.

Mu Chen waved his hand, and a ball of sun energy appeared in the center of the formation.

Hundreds of formations lit up with golden lights at the same time, and the golden lights converged on the center of the array plate.

The flame in the center of the array rose against the storm, and the raging flames shone the sky red.

"The essence fire of the sun?" Xiong Wei said with narrowed eyes.

The sun's essence fire in the center of the array was extremely explosive and daunting.

"With my current ability, it is very difficult to conquer these sun essence fires, but borrowing them is not a problem." Mu Chen made a move. Green Hell Fire burst out through his body, blended with the sun essence fire, and the intensity of the flames surged to level five.

The flames in the center of the array turned green and red, looking very strange.

The two flames continuously collided and blended, making bursts of explosions, which sounded creepy.

The flames suddenly soared to a height of several dozen meters, suddenly retracted into a small ball, suddenly spread out like fireworks, and suddenly gathered together again.

Xiong Wei squinted his eyes. His face changed, and the flame's level 5 intensity was enough for now, but, this flame was not very well controlled!

Xiong Wei looked at Mu Chen hesitantly, smiled, and said, "Apprentice, this flame doesn't look very peaceful! Are you sure you can control it?"

"I don't know. I can only try my luck." Mu Chen smiled shyly at Xiong Wei.

Xiong Wei looked at the smile on Mu Chen's face, and a burst of anger rose in his heart.

Why did he accept such a despicable disciple? He actually said that he could only try his luck. If he had bad luck, he would be burnt out by this stupid boy.

"Mu Chen." Ye Shi flew towards them.

"Stone, why are you here?" Mu Chen looked at him with gentle affection.

"I heard that you've completed your close-up training, I'll come and see you! There are so many arrays, and they're all fourth-level arrays!" Ye Shi cried out in surprise.

Relying on his bloodline talent, Ye Shi's comprehension of formations had developed a lot. Although he couldn't draw a fourth-level formation with his ability, it was not a problem to recognize it.

"That's right. They're all four-level arrays. Boy, you've made progress!" Xiong Wei said lazily.

Ye Shi glared at Xiong Wei and ignored Xiong Wei.

Xiong Wei rolled his eyes and shook his head, thinking: Ye Shi is really rude! Just like his master Shifu.

Ye Shi looked at Mu Chen, and asked with shining eyes, "Mu Chen, did you draw these arrays?"

Xiong Wei sneered and said, "Stone, what are you dreaming about? Mu Chen is a third-level formation master, but these arrays are all fourth-level arrays."

Ye Shi said in disapproval, "What do you know? Mu Chen is a genius, and he is different from you. He can do anything."

Xiong Wei rolled his eyes and thought: Mu Chen is of course different from him. He is a senior, Mu Chen is a junior, and he is Mu Chen's master Shifu.

Mu Chen nodded and said, "They were indeed drawn by me."

"Are you a fourth-level formation master now?" Ye Shi's eyes widened, full of joy.

Mu Chen nodded and said, "It's all thanks to you."

Ye Shi glanced at Xiong Wei proudly, his eyes seemed to say, look, my eyes are sharper than yours.

Xiong Wei gave Mu Chen a strange look. He was going to be overtaken by Mu Chen soon.

The array technique in Ye Shi's hand was extraordinary. There was a lot of knowledge that the Xuanfeng Empire couldn't access to. If it wasn't for that book, Mu Chen would have to wait for at least one month if he wanted to advance to the fourth-level array master.

Ye Shi smiled smugly, raised his fist, and said, "Very good. You are now a fourth-level formation master. They will not say that you can't compare to those from Mingyue College."

Mu Chen squinted his eyes, not knowing how much the original story affected the current situation. He would be killed by Lu Yao in the original story. If Lu Yao was his archenemy, it would be really hard. But he was not as stupid as the original Mu Chen.

Xiong Wei looked at Mu Chen with a strange expression, "You are really a fourth-level formation master."

Mu Chen nodded and said, "Yes!"

Xiong Wei: "..."

"Wow, what a strong flame!" Ye Shi said as he looked at the flame in the center of the array. The sun's essence fire was continuously injected into the center of the array, and the flames burned more and more vigorously.

"Mu Chen, why are you burning such a big fire? Are you going to roast meat?" Ye Shi looked at Mu Chen and asked.

Xiong Wei rolled his eyes and said, "You would really think to roast meat with such a big fire? If so, the meat would have already been roasted to ashes."

"With the help of the sun essence fire, the intensity of this flame has reached five level." Mu Chen said lightly.

Ye Shi rolled his eyes, suddenly thought of something, turned his head, looked at Xiong Wei, and said excitedly, "Senior Xiong, this flame has reached the fifth level, so it can remove the cold poison from your body."

Xiong Wei glared at Ye Shi and said, "Look at this flame. It burns so fiercely. Your boyfriend is not trying to help me get rid of the cold poison, but to murder me."

Ye Shi glared at Xiong Wei dissatisfied, "Mu Chen is doing this for your own good. You are too timid to try it so don't slander Mu Chen."

Xiong Wei: "..."

"Are you saying that I am timid?" Xiong Wei said in a furious manner.

Mu Chen blocked Ye Shi behind him and said calmly, "Master Shifu, Ye Shi is talking nonsense. Don't take it to heart."

"I am not talking nonsense. I'm just talking about truth." Ye Shi hid behind Mu Chen and muttered softly.

Xiong Wei glared at Ye Shi fiercely. Ye Shi hid behind Mu Chen and pouted in disapproval.

"Apprentice, if you do it now, how much chance do you have?" Xiong Wei looked at Mu Chen with a serious expression.

"Thirty percent." Mu Chen thought for a while.

Xiong Wei glared at Mu Chen angrily. Did Mu Chen have a problem with him?

"Not even 50%." Xiong Wei said fiercely.

Ye Shi glared at Xiong Wei with dissatisfaction, and vowed: "Mu Chen is being humble. In fact, Mu Chen is 40% sure." Ye Shi touched Mu Chen's arm with his elbow, and said uneasily: "Right?"

Mu Chen shook his head and said, "No."

Ye Shi: "..."

The flame in the center of the array turned into a wolf and a tiger, slaughtering together.

Mu Chen hesitated for a moment, and said, "I don't think I'm 30% sure."

Ye Shi blinked his eyes. It was tricky if he didn't have 30% confidence. In worst case of scenario, Mu Chen might burn this Lord Martial King into ashes, and then Mu Chen would be in big trouble.  Even in the academy, it was rare to have a strong Martial King!

"Or do it later." Ye Shi lowered his head.

With Mu Chen's ability, it shouldn't take long before he could become a Martial Spirit. When that time came, he would find a way to upgrade Green Hell Flame to level five, so that he could have a bigger chance.

"Go ahead, but try to be careful." Xiong Wei sighed lightly.

Ye Shi glanced at Xiong Wei, frowned in confusion, and said, "Don't you want to live?"

Xiong Wei smiled bitterly, "What will be will be."

Ye Shi looked at Xiong Wei hesitantly. At this moment, Xiong Wei held his head high, looked no fear in his eyes.

Xiong Wei narrowed his eyes helplessly. Since Mingyue Academy asked for 60 places, obviously, they came for bad intentions. The principal was only a two-star Martial Emperor. The guy from Mingyue Academy was rumored to be a five-star Martial Emperor or even higher. The principal couldn't handle this alone!

It would be an absolute shame to be shown off at their own campus.

If, at this time, he could get rid of the cold poison and advance to Martial Emperor, he would be a little deterrent to Mingyue Academy.

This must be why Mu Chen proposed to get rid of the cold poison for him under such a low level of confidence.

"Senior, you are such a noble man! What a surprise!" Ye Shi looked at Xiong Wei strangely.

Xiong Wei said angrily, "I'm much more noble than you. You are the person who tries to stay away from trouble as far as possible."

Ye Shi straightened his chest in disapproval and said, "I'm not."

Mu Chen glanced at Ye Shi and said, "Stone, stand farther away, don't let other people approach and affect the process of expelling poison."

Ye Shi nodded, then walked further away.