321: Chapter 321 The Mountain and Sea Bottle? Can its aftereffects be repaired?

He knelt!

He really knelt!

Because of Miao Renfeng, his calves were cramping... from fear!

Ye Chen looked down at Miao Renfeng kneeling on the ground and asked, "Why did you kneel?"

Miao Renfeng trembled all over and said with a sobbing tone.

"Mr. Ye... Mr. Ye, have mercy!"

"I'm just a minor character!"

"From beginning to end, I just followed the Great Elder here. I never intended to oppose you!"

He kowtowed as he spoke, the thumping sound echoing as blood quickly seeped from his forehead.

Ye Chen couldn't help but laugh seeing him like this.

"What a coincidence."

Miao Renfeng's kowtowing paused, and he looked up blankly.

Ye Chen met his terrified eyes and slowly finished the second half of his sentence.

"I am Ne Zha."

Miao Renfeng: "???"

His brain couldn't process it for a moment.

Ne Zha?

What Ne Zha?

He didn't understand, but he knew Ye Chen was mocking him.

But he didn't dare to talk back; he could only continue to lie prostrate on the ground, shivering.

Ye Chen stopped teasing him and asked, "I'm quite curious. You were so heavily injured back then, why did you recover so quickly?"

He had estimated that after his combination of punches, Miao Sect Great Elder and Miao Renfeng would have to stay in bed for at least a month. It was impossible for them to be jumping around and looking for trouble so soon.

Hearing this, Miao Renfeng's body stiffened slightly, and his eyes flickered as if he were hesitating whether to speak.

Ye Chen didn't say anything, just watched him quietly.

That gaze made Miao Renfeng's spine go cold.

He gritted his teeth, reached out to fumble around Miao Sect Great Elder's corpse for a while, and pulled out a palm-sized jade box.

The jade box was dark green throughout, its surface carved with complex runes, faintly emitting a strange vitality.

Miao Renfeng held the jade box in both hands and respectfully presented it to Ye Chen.

"It's... it's all thanks to this."

"This is the Holy Gu of the Miao Sect, passed down through generations of Great Elders. It can regrow flesh on bones and bring back the dead."

"As long as there's a single breath left, the Holy Gu can pull a person back from the gates of hell."

Ye Chen took the jade box and gently opened a crack.

A rich aura of life rushed towards him, carrying a faint fragrance of plants and trees.

Inside the jade box, a thumb-sized insect lay quietly.

The insect was crystal clear, looking as if it were carved from emerald, with faint golden patterns flowing on its back as it slowly wriggled.

Ye Chen narrowed his eyes and gently closed the lid, a trace of surprise flashing in his eyes.

"An insect that can actually generate vitality?"

What surprised him even more was... the aura of this insect actually had origins connected to his Thick Earth Inheritance.

It wasn't the same source, but rather like two branches of the same tree that had intersected in some distant era.

Ye Chen fell into deep thought as the Houtu Inheritance in his mind frantically replayed... suddenly!

Ye Chen's brow furrowed as some fragmented memory shards from the inheritance surfaced in his mind.

They were clues about the side effects of the inheritance.

With the current inheritance, as long as he used power beyond what his body could bear, side effects would occur.

And those side effects would cause the women around him to fall into a state of passion and confusion.

However.

Currently, this side effect had been glitched onto Night Owl and was being utilized as a cultivation resource.

One could say it wasn't exactly a flaw anymore, but it truly was a defect.

But just now, he discovered that this kind of Holy Gu was recorded in the inheritance.

To breed a Holy Gu, one not only needed to feed it human blood but also needed to raise it in a jade bottle.

That jade bottle was called the shanhai bottle. It could swallow the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and refine it for its own use, thereby automatically refining the power of the side effects into pure spiritual energy that anyone could use.

The most ridiculous part was... that kind of spiritual energy wouldn't cause an unstable foundation due to being forcibly infused!

A smile appeared on Ye Chen's face.

It seemed... necessary to find the shanhai bottle.

Seeing that Ye Chen was interested in the Holy Gu, Miao Renfeng acted as if he had caught a life-saving straw and hurriedly spoke.

"Mr. Ye, if you like it, I will give this Holy Gu to you!"

"I only ask that you don't kill me!"

Ye Chen withdrew his thoughts and looked down at him: "Are you trying to negotiate terms with me?"

Miao Renfeng's expression changed, and he shook his head like a rattle.

"No, no, no!"

"This lowly one would never dare to negotiate terms with Mr. Ye!"

"This Holy Gu is being offered to Mr. Ye willingly!"

"I only beg for Mr. Ye's mercy to spare my worthless life. I am willing to do anything for you!"

Ye Chen looked at his terrified appearance and smiled slightly.

"Alright, let me ask you, what's the situation with the Miao Sect?"

Miao Renfeng was stunned for a moment, then he knelt properly and began to spill everything like beans from a bamboo tube.

"To answer Mr. Ye, the Miao Sect is divided into Inner and Outer Sects."

"The Outer Sect is responsible for daily affairs and dealing with the outside world, while the Inner Sect lives in seclusion deep in the mountains, specializing in Gu arts and secret techniques."

"Li Mei caught the eye of the Inner Sect's Sect Master, so even though she's a newcomer, she holds significant status in the sect."

"Miao Sect Great Elder was the Great Elder of the Inner Sect, responsible for managing the Holy Gu and the Miao Corpse Forbidden Techniques."

"Coming to kill you this time was Li Mei's desire for revenge, and it also had the tacit approval of the Inner Sect's Sect Master."

Ye Chen raised an eyebrow: "So your entire Miao Sect, from top to bottom, is coming one after another to their deaths just for one woman?"

Miao Renfeng had a bitter face and didn't dare to respond.

Ye Chen looked at him and suddenly asked.

"Where is Li Mei now?"

Miao Renfeng was taken aback, then answered honestly: "She... she has already returned to the Miao Sect, saying she's waiting for our news."

Ye Chen laughed.

"Waiting for news?"

"Waiting for the news of your deaths?"

Miao Renfeng: "..."

Ye Chen ignored his aggrieved expression and continued to ask: "By the way, does your sect have a jade bottle made of colored glaze, specifically used for raising the Holy Gu?"

Miao Renfeng's whole body shook, and he suddenly looked up, the fear on his face replaced by shock.

"How... how do you know?"

"That is our sect's highest secret!"

"It's precisely because of that item that the Holy Gu can be bred!"

"Never mind how I know." Ye Chen weighed the jade box in his hand, "You just need to know that I intend to give you a choice for a way to live."

Miao Renfeng was stunned for a second, then wild joy erupted on his face.

"Please say it! Please say it!"

"As long as Mr. Ye shows mercy, I, Miao Renfeng, will go through fire and water without hesitation!"

Ye Chen pondered for a moment: "I want you to take me to the Miao Sect."

"Ah?" Miao Renfeng was dumbfounded.

Ye Chen looked at his expression and raised an eyebrow: "You seem... a bit unwilling?"

Miao Renfeng suddenly snapped out of it and squeezed out a smile that looked worse than crying.

"No, no!"

"Mr. Ye, you've misunderstood!"

"The Miao Sect is deep in the mountains, the road is far and remote, and the environment isn't good. I'm afraid it will dirty your shoes, Mr. Ye..."

Ye Chen nodded seriously: "If they get dirty, can't you just lick them clean for me?"

Miao Renfeng: "???"

Lick... lick them clean?

A dignified Inner Sect Elder of the Miao Sect, licking someone's shoes?

He opened his mouth, but not a single word came out.

Ye Chen looked at his defeated expression and asked calmly: "Just say if you're willing or not?"

The muscles on Miao Renfeng's face twitched violently, his eyes full of struggle.

Taking Ye Chen to the Miao Sect would be like leading a wolf into the house. When the Sect Master blamed him later, he would definitely be in for it... oh.

Given Ye Chen's combat power, the Sect Master might not even survive... He squeezed his eyes shut.

"I'm willing!"

"As long as I can live, I'm willing to do anything!"

Ye Chen nodded with satisfaction: "Good, hand over your Life Gu to me."

Miao Renfeng's expression changed again. Handing over his Life Gu was equivalent to handing his life over to the other party.

But at this moment, he had no choice at all.

He took a deep breath, closed his eyes, his lips moved, and he recited a few obscure incantations.

The next second.

A pitch-black insect crawled out of his mouth and landed on his palm.

The insect was only the size of a fingernail, with dark red patterns on its back, emitting a strange aura.

Miao Renfeng held the Life Gu in both hands and respectfully presented it to Ye Chen.

Ye Chen reached out to take it and put the Life Gu into the box.

Miao Renfeng only felt his mind go into a trance. That feeling of being connected to his own life was forcibly severed, replaced by a sense of being controlled... He knew that from now on, his life and death were completely held in the hands of this young man before him.

Ye Chen thought of something and glanced over the mess on the ground: "By the way, pack up the corpses here before you leave."

Miao Renfeng was stunned: "Pack up?"

Ye Chen nodded.

"Yes, clean it up and leave no traces."

"Then, come find me at Dijing Garden tomorrow."

After speaking, he turned and walked towards his car.

Miao Renfeng knelt on the ground, watching the figure walking further and further away, the expression on his face complex to the extreme.

He was unwilling in his heart, but he didn't dare to show it, and could only bow deeply.

"Yes, this lowly one obeys..."