Chapter 415 The Abyss's Loyalty! A crowd gathers in the square; the appraisal is about to begin!

Following Jiang Yun's call, deep within the darkness of the Shadow Valley, a pair of deep purple eyes slowly opened.

There was no superfluous emotion in those eyes, only the usual laziness and indifference.

Nether Abyss lay prone on that black rock, its massive body like a small mountain, its dark purple scales shimmering with a cold luster in the dim light.

It merely lifted its eyelids, glanced at Jiang Yun, and then lazily closed them again.

Its expression seemed to say, "Something up?" It remained indifferent to Jiang Yun.

Jiang Yun watched this scene, his brows slightly furrowed.

This fellow, even after being subdued for so long, still held this attitude toward him, its master.

Although it wasn't completely disobedient, the unruliness in its bones had never been fully worn away.

However, Jiang Yun was not annoyed.

He knew the temperament of Nether Abyss.

This Nether Abyss Light-Devouring Beast had the Bloodline of an ancient Nether Abyss Divine Beast flowing through its body, and it was born with extremely high arrogance.

Being able to subdue it was already rare; to make it completely convinced, relying solely on the suppression of the contract was not enough.

It needed sufficient benefits.

The corners of Jiang Yun's mouth curled slightly, and he transmitted his voice through the contract, his tone unhurried.

"This City Lord had a good harvest outside this time. After raiding the treasury, I obtained many good things. Among them are some dark attribute Heaven And Earth Treasure and resources, and the grade is quite good. I intended to send them over to you as a reward for your meritorious service in protecting your master during this time..."

He paused, his tone shifting.

"However, looking at you like this, it seems you don't quite appreciate it. Then never mind. This City Lord will just save these resources for the Beast Taming Space that can actually use them."

After speaking, he made a move to turn and leave.

Before his voice faded, "Swish!!!"

A dark purple streak of light shot out from the darkness like lightning and landed in front of Jiang Yun in the blink of an eye.

Nether Abyss's massive body stepped onto the rock, making a dull thud.

Its deep purple eyes were wide open, and the previous laziness was swept away.

It was replaced by full curiosity and urgency.

"Mas... Master! What did you say? Resources? Treasures?"

Its voice rang out in Jiang Yun's Sea of Consciousness through the contract, carrying an irrepressible excitement.

"What resources? What treasures? How many? What is the grade?"

A series of questions popped out like a barrage of firecrackers.

Jiang Yun looked at this fellow in front of him, whose attitude had changed so drastically.

He secretly found it amusing.

"Weren't you not interested in paying attention to me?"

Jiang Yun deliberately kept a straight face, his tone indifferent.

"I called you for a long time just now and you ignored me; it seems you don't really want resources and treasures either."

Upon hearing this, Nether Abyss shook its huge head like a rattle-drum.

"How could that be! Master, you must have seen it wrong!"

It leaned forward and rubbed its head against Jiang Yun's arm.

Although it was only a spiritual consciousness phantasm, it performed this action with great obsequiousness.

"You are my Master, how could I not want to pay attention to you? My loyalty to you is truly witnessed by the heavens and earth! If you tell me to go east, I will never go west; if you tell me to chase the sun, I will never chase the moon!"

Its voice was full of flattery, and it was like a different beast compared to its previous cold and aloof appearance.

Jiang Yun looked at it, smiled helplessly, and shook his head.

This fellow turned its face faster than one could flip a book.

However, this was exactly the personality of Nether Abyss.

It was truly unruly, but as long as it was given enough benefits, it was more obsequious than anyone.

Jiang Yun stopped teasing it and waved his right hand.

Whoosh!!!

A crack opened in the Void Realm of the Beast Taming Space, and hundreds of treasures poured out from the rift like a colorful river, cascading toward the location of Nether Abyss.

dark attribute spirit crystals, shadow crystals, Death Qi spirit marrow, Abyss Demon Dragon scales...

Piece after piece of dark attribute Heaven And Earth Treasure piled up in front of Nether Abyss, emitting a rich dark attribute Spiritual Qi.

The Spiritual Qi gathered together, forming a deep purple mist that completely enveloped Nether Abyss.

Nether Abyss looked at the mountain of resources and treasures in front of it, its deep purple eyes wide round.

Its mouth was wide open, unable to close for a long time.

"This... this is..."

Its voice was trembling.

"Abyss Demon Dragon scales! These are the scales of an Abyss Demon Dragon!"

"And Death Qi spirit marrow! Meteorite Level 3 Medium Grade! My god!"

"This is a shadow crystal! Three whole pieces!"

It turned its head sharply to look at Jiang Yun, its eyes full of disbelief.

"Master! These... are these really all for me?"

Jiang Yun nodded, his tone indifferent.

"They are all yours. Cultivate well, don't waste them."

Upon hearing this, Nether Abyss's huge head dropped suddenly.

It knelt before Jiang Yun, its two front legs bent, and its forehead almost touched the ground.

"Master! No... Foster Father!"

Its voice was full of excitement and gratitude.

"You are simply my Foster Father!"

Jiang Yun was stunned upon hearing this.

Foster Father?

What kind of address was this?

He awkwardly twitched the corners of his mouth and asked, unable to laugh or cry: "You... you fellow, where did you learn these?"

Nether Abyss raised its head, a trace of embarrassment flashing in its deep purple eyes.

It chuckled and scratched its head with its claw.

"Well... when I was in that cave before, I killed many humans who coveted the treasures in my cave.

Sometimes when I was bored, I would observe them.

Some of them, to save their lives, would beg for mercy like this, shouting things like 'Foster Father, spare my life' or 'Grandfather, spare my life'."

It said it as a matter of course, not feeling that there was any problem with it at all.

"I thought this must be the highest etiquette for humans to express respect and submission, so I learned it."

Jiang Yun finished listening, his mouth twitching.

What on earth was this.

"Alright, alright, stop calling me Foster Father, just call me Master."

Jiang Yun waved his hand.

"Hurry up and Cultivate, make good use of these resources, don't waste them.

If it's not enough, I will find more for you when I have the chance in the future."

Upon hearing this, Nether Abyss's eyes lit up, and it nodded repeatedly.

"Understood! Master! Rest assured! This subordinate will definitely Cultivate well and will never let down Master's cultivation!"

After speaking, it turned around impatiently and pounced into the pile of resources and treasures.

The deep purple light grew intense, completely enveloping its body.

Jiang Yun watched Nether Abyss's eager appearance, shook his head helplessly, but with a trace of a smile on his lips.

Although this fellow was glib, it was certainly not ambiguous when it came to Cultivating.

With this batch of resources, Nether Abyss's Cultivation speed should increase significantly.

Having subdued Nether Abyss, Jiang Yun turned his head to look in the direction of Little Fire and Little Skylark.

Since he was already here, he would also provide them with some resources.

With a thought, he opened the storage space again.

Whoosh!!!

Two more piles of resources and treasures appeared out of thin air, flying toward the locations of Little Fire and Little Skylark respectively.

fire attribute and water attribute spirit crystals and Heaven And Earth Treasure fell toward the lakeside where Little Fire was.

wind attribute and thunder attribute spirit crystals fell toward the hilltop nest where Little Skylark was.

Although the two piles of resources were not as much as the batch given before, they were also high-quality goods that Jiang Yun had raided from Black Rock City.

Little Fire and Little Skylark opened their eyes almost at the same time.

Little Fire's golden-red dragon eyes reflected the newly added pile of resources in front of it, and it was obviously stunned for a moment.

It had just been concentrating on absorbing the water and fire Spiritual Qi in the spirit crystals, and suddenly so much more appeared in front of it.

Its golden-red dragon eyes blinked.

It looked at the pile of resources, then looked at Jiang Yun standing not far away, a flash of astonishment in its eyes.

Little Skylark's reaction was more direct.

It poked its head out from the nest, its blue-purple eyes looking at the newly added wind and thunder spirit crystals in front of it, and let out a crisp chirp.

The chirp was full of surprise and excitement.

"Can't finish eating! Simply can't finish eating!"

Little Fire also let out a low dragon roar, its voice full of excitement.

Both beasts expressed their excitement in their own ways.

Golden-red light flared intensely around Little Fire, and its dragon whiskers danced.

Little Skylark spread its wings, and runes flowed on the silver-white armor of the wings of the firmament, inducing a resonance of wind and thunder.

Jiang Yun watched this scene, a smile appearing on the corners of his mouth under the mask.

"Alright, everyone Cultivate well."

His voice was calm, but carried a hint of unquestionability.

"There are enough resources, but your strength must keep up.

There might be a tough battle in a few days, so don't let me down then."

Little Fire let out a low and powerful dragon roar as a response.

Little Skylark also let out a crisp chirp and nodded vigorously.

Jiang Yun nodded with satisfaction, looked at the three beasts again, and then with a thought, his spiritual consciousness phantasm dissipated from the Beast Taming Space.

He opened his eyes and returned to the room in the guest courtyard.

Outside the window, the sky had completely darkened.

There were no real sun and moon in the Liu Family space, but the light in the sky would change with the passage of time.

At this moment, the light had turned into a soft dark blue, as if night had fallen.

Unknowingly, it was already midnight.

Jiang Yun stretched, and lay down on the bed.

Tomorrow was the day of the appraisal.

Elder Liu Lan said that the thing was related to the future of the Liu Family.

She also told him to use all his skills, otherwise he would be targeted.

Jiang Yun gazed at the curtains on the top of the bed, his eyes calm.

No matter what the Liu Family wanted to appraise, no matter who was waiting to target him.

He would just...

The next day.

Jiang Yun was awakened by a knock on the door.

"Grand Tutor Dongxuan, are you up?"

Elder Liu Lan's voice came from outside the courtyard, carrying her usual indifference.

Jiang Yun opened his eyes and sat up.

The silver-white mask was placed by the pillow; he reached out and took it, putting it on his face.

He pushed open the door, and the morning light spilled in.

The sky of the Liu Family space had turned into a bright azure blue, and soft light spilled over the whole world.

Elder Liu Lan stood in the courtyard, still in a water-blue long dress, her long hair like a waterfall.

Seeing Jiang Yun come out, she nodded slightly.

"The Family Head is ready.

Please, Grand Tutor Dongxuan, accompany this Elder to proceed with the appraisal."

Her tone was calm, but Jiang Yun noticed that her eyes had a bit more gravity than yesterday.

Jiang Yun nodded.

"Thank you, Elder Liu."

He subconsciously glanced at the room where Fox Immortal was in seclusion.

The door was still tightly closed, and faint five-colored light could be seen through the crack of the door.

The Spiritual Qi fluctuations of the nine-leaf purple lingzhi rose and fell like a tide; it was clear she was still in the process of absorbing and refining it.

Jiang Yun withdrew his gaze.

"Let's go."

He did not call Fox Immortal.

First, she was at a critical juncture of Cultivating, and it was not suitable to disturb her.

Second, now that they were on the Liu Family's territory, bringing Fox Immortal along seemed useless.

If the Liu Family really wanted to do him harm, having one more Fox Immortal at the Peak Third Stage of Meteor Rank would not change anything.

After all, the Liu Family had more than one Eclipse Moon Rank Expert.

It was better to let her Cultivate well here.

Seeing that Jiang Yun did not intend to bring that fox beast, Elder Liu Lan did not ask further, turned around, and walked out.

Jiang Yun followed behind her.

Two figures rose into the air and flew toward the depths of the Liu Family space.

This time, the direction Elder Liu Lan was flying was not the Lingyun Pavilion from yesterday, but another place.

Jiang Yun looked into the distance and saw a very wide plaza.

The plaza covered a vast area, the ground paved with huge cyan jade slabs, each slab carved with exquisite patterns.

Around the plaza stood eight huge stone pillars, ten zhang high, with lifelike patterns of exotic beasts carved on the shafts, including a spreading-winged Phoenix, a coiled True Dragon, a roaring fierce tiger, and a swimming mysterious turtle...

Each exotic beast was carved extremely vividly, as if it could leap out from the stone pillar at any time.

At this moment, many people had already gathered on the plaza.

Three layers inside and three layers outside, they surrounded the center of the plaza tightly.

There were white-haired old men, men and women in their prime, and teenagers.

Judging from their clothing and temperament, they were all members of the Liu Family.

Jiang Yun took a rough glance; there were at least hundreds of Liu Family members gathered in the plaza.

And their gazes were now all looking at Jiang Yun.

In those gazes, there was curiosity, scrutiny, appraisal, and undisguised rejection and hostility.

"He's here, he's here! That's the kid wearing the mask!"

"Is this the Appraiser Elder Liu Lan invited from outside? He doesn't look very old."

"Wearing a mask and playing mysterious, I don't know if he has any real skills."

"Since the Family Head invited him personally, he must have some tricks.

But the thing our own Liu Family Appraisers couldn't appraise, can an outsider like him do it?"

"Who knows, let's wait and see."

The discussions rose and fell, without any concealment.

Jiang Yun took all these discussions into his ears, his expression under the mask not changing at all.

He had expected this.

Yesterday, Elder Liu Lan warned him not to walk around, saying that the Liu Family disciples did not have much goodwill toward outsiders, so he was already mentally prepared.

These discussions could not shake him in the slightest.

Elder Liu Lan led the way in front, passing through the crowd.

The Liu Family members automatically made a path, but their gazes remained stuck on Jiang Yun.

Jiang Yun was calm and composed, his pace unhurried, the silver-white mask shimmering with a cold luster in the morning light.

Soon, he saw the situation in the center of the plaza.

There, a few people were standing.

The person in the lead was none other than the Liu Family Head, Liu Qingyun.

He was still in a simple cyan long robe, standing with his hands behind his back, his aura as steady as a mountain.

And by his side stood seven or eight old men.

These old men looked to be over sixty or seventy years old, all with gray hair and faces covered with the gullies of time.

But the aura on their bodies was as unfathomable as an abyss.

Jiang Yun's gaze swept over these old men.

His heart tightened slightly.

Eclipsing Moon Rank.

Judging from the aura.

Every one of these old men was an Eclipse Moon Rank Expert or higher!

Among them, two or three had an aura even deeper than Elder Liu Lan, and they probably had already reached the mid-stage of Eclipsing Moon Rank or even higher!

This was the true foundation of the Liu Family.

Seven or eight Eclipse Moon Rank Experts.

And this was just the ones appearing here; how many were in the dark was unknown.

At this moment, Liu Qingyun was discussing something in a low voice with those few old men, his expression quite solemn.

The expressions of the few old men were also different.

Some were calm, some had their brows locked, and some were shaking their heads slightly, seemingly having different opinions on something.

It was not until Elder Liu Lan brought Jiang Yun into the center of the plaza that their discussion stopped.

All gazes fell squarely on Jiang Yun.

Elder Liu Lan stopped, faced Liu Qingyun and those old men, and bowed.

Her voice was clear and echoed in the plaza.

"Family Head."

"Grand Elders."

"Grand Tutor Dongxuan has been brought."