81: End and reward, clinging and invitation

Once the agreement was settled, Ye Qingfeng took half of the resources as the first-place winner, while Lu Xing and the others could only take the remaining quarter. After all, there was no real difference between second and third place, so they had to yield to Zhou Ling.

With the resource collection complete, this session of the Blood Spirit Secret Realm came to an end.

When the Blood Spirit Secret Realm opened once more, the members of the Blood Cloud Sect were already waiting on the square.

"Look, it's Blood Son Ye, and Su Chen!"

"Damn, as expected, Blood Son Ye took first place again this year."

"Now Lord Ye's throne is secure once again."

"Exactly. After all, he's the only one with hope of becoming the second candidate."

...As the Disciples discussed amongst themselves, Zhou Ling, Lu Xing, and the others also slowly walked out of the Secret Realm space.

Just as everyone was wondering why three people were missing, Ye Qingfeng informed Chen Tianhe, the Peak Master of Blood Spirit Peak, about everything that had happened in the Secret Realm.

After learning the cause and effect of the matter, Chen Tianhe nodded and handed a blood sword talisman to Ye Qingfeng.

"In this Blood Son Battle, Ye Qingfeng is the champion, Zhou Ling is second, and Lu Xing is third."

"By special decree of the Blood Son Battle, Su Chen's performance was exceptionally strong, having personally slain Tang Yu. Su Chen is ordered to take over the position of Eighth Victory Blood Disciple, with his Servants following in rank."

"Whoa!"

The Disciples on the square were all shocked. No one expected Su Chen to fight his way from New Blood Son all the way to Eighth Victory Blood Disciple. Such methods were terrifyingly formidable!

Upon hearing this news, Fang Yu was ecstatic. He never imagined that a small favor would yield such a massive return!

"Congratulations in advance, Vice Peak Master Fang." Xie Jingang and the others smiled and cupped their fists in greeting.

"Thank you." Fang Yu hurriedly returned the gesture.

This gratitude was inevitable, as he would receive a seventh-grade Golden Core tonight.

As long as he fused with the seventh-grade Golden Core, he would have hope of reaching the Nascent Soul Realm.

As for the Lightning Tribulation, since he was fusing someone else's Golden Core, the difficulty of Undergoing Tribulation would be much lower. As long as he didn't show off, he would steadily achieve the Core Formation Realm.

After Chen Tianhe finished announcing all the Blood Son information, the Blood Son Battle officially concluded.

Ye Qingfeng approached Jiang Yan and handed him the blood sword talisman and two Storage Pouches: "This is your reward. I hope we aren't opponents next year."

Jiang Yan took the three items and said with a smile on his lips, "As long as it's not nineteenth and twentieth, you still have hope, don't you?"

Hearing Su Chen's words, Ye Qingfeng's expression stiffened, and he looked at Su Chen with cold eyes.

"I hope Senior Ye can Breakthrough to the Core Formation Realm next year, so you can crush us then." Jiang Yan smiled and waved the items in his hand, stepping toward Blood Heavy Peak.

Watching Su Chen's departing back, Ye Qingfeng clenched his fists. He never expected that a dog he had just finished using would dare bark at him!

Chen Feng watched Su Chen leave and deliberately walked past Ye Qingfeng: "Lord Ye, you were wrong. I hope you can still take first place next year."

"Chen Feng, what do you mean!" Ye Qingfeng questioned, his fists clenched.

Chen Feng stopped in his tracks, turned, and asked, "Do you have a relationship with Su Linglong?"

Chen Feng's single sentence instantly stumped Ye Qingfeng.

Indeed! Did he have a relationship with Su Linglong?

Clearly, there was no relationship at all. Even if Su Linglong died, he wouldn't shed a single tear; he might even feel like he had one less competitor.

But what choice had he made?

For the sake of face, he had accepted a favor from his mortal enemy Lu Xing, and in doing so, he had offended Su Chen, who had actually helped him.

Seeing that Ye Qingfeng seemed to have figured it out, Chen Feng shook his head with a bitter smile and turned to fly toward Blood Sword Peak.

Jiang Yan returned to the South Courtyard. At this moment, the entrance was filled with Servant Disciples; by the look of it, there were at least a hundred of them.

"Greetings, Eighth Victory Blood Disciple." The three groups of Servant Disciples belonging to Jiang Yan knelt in unison.

"Alright, everyone get up." Jiang Yan tossed a Storage Pouch to a Servant at the eighth level of qi-blood. "Those above the fifth level of qi-blood get ten Spirit Stones each. Other Disciples get five each, and female Disciples get an extra five."

"Thank you, Blood Son!" the Servants thanked him in unison.

"Alright, a few Servant representatives stay behind; the rest of you can disperse," Jiang Yan said with a wave of his hand.

Subsequently, the crowd of Servants departed, leaving only three people in place.

Jiang Yan glanced at Yin Duo, then looked at Jin Peng and Xie Shan.

Yin Duo was in charge of the new Servants, Jin Peng was the Servant of Three-Victory Blood Son Zhang Dongtian, and Xie Shan was the Servant of the Eighth Victory Blood Disciple Tang Yu, whom he had just taken over today.

Jiang Yan spoke calmly: "My rules are simple. I will not take any Cultivation resources from my Servants. I only hope my influence becomes large enough. If you lack Cultivation resources, take the Disciples out for tempering. If I find out you are using my name to indiscriminately collect Cultivation resources, then don't blame me for killing you."

"As for Blood Son challenges, I will not deliberately arrange for anyone; it is entirely up to your own will. Of course, if you successfully challenge someone, I will only say congratulations. As for Blood Sons who become independent, they will have nothing more to do with me, Su Chen."

"Also, if anyone wants a life-and-death duel, I won't interfere, nor will I protect anyone."

Hearing Su Chen say this, the three immediately understood and repeatedly gave Su Chen their assurances.

In their eyes, Su Chen was completely a hands-off boss who didn't want to get involved with them. As long as they kept to the rules Su Chen set, they could just Cultivate in peace from now on.

As Jin Peng and Xie Shan left, Yin Duo hurriedly ran into the small courtyard and began cleaning.

Jiang Yan saw that Yin Duo was only cleaning now, and his brow furrowed slightly: "Were you worried I would die?"

Yin Duo scratched her head awkwardly and then nodded slightly: "It was so dangerous after all, and you were in a group with only Ye Qingfeng..."

Jiang Yan smiled and said nothing more. In fact, he knew very well that the ones who died were indeed Blood Sons like him, as high-level combatants wouldn't go all out.

Just as Jiang Yan stepped into the small courtyard, Liao Yuan immediately called out to him.

"Blood Disciple Su, thank you."

Jiang Yan turned and, seeing Liao Yuan kneeling, hurriedly walked over.

Helping Liao Yuan up, he said with a smile, "Third Senior Brother, although you can only be a free man for one year, at least you can live a bit more comfortably."

Hearing Jiang Yan call him Senior Brother, Liao Yuan was very moved. He cupped his fists and bowed again: "Thank you, Junior Brother. This one year is enough."

Jiang Yan understood what Liao Yuan was thinking. It was just that for people of their batch, their resources had been squeezed dry; they truly couldn't produce high-combat Blood Sons. Eventually, they would only be absorbed into the hands of other Blood Sons.

"Alright, then I wish for Third Senior Brother's wish to be fulfilled." Jiang Yan returned the gesture with cupped fists.

"Thank you, Junior Brother. Then I shall take my leave." After expressing his gratitude, Liao Yuan turned and left.

Watching Liao Yuan leave, Jiang Yan's mouth began to twitch before the man had even gone far.

'That damn woman, her coming here now definitely means no good.'

Jiang Yan cursed inwardly, but his face wore a smile: "What 'crazy' wind blew Miss Lü over here?"

"Congratulations to Blood Disciple Su for reaching the Eighth Victory rank." Lü Yue bowed with a smile and then pulled out a Storage Pouch to hand to Jiang Yan.

"What's this for?" Jiang Yan didn't dare take the Storage Pouch, as he was truly afraid she had another favor to ask of him.

"My Blood Son gave it to you. She said you performed well in the Secret Realm; although you have many tricks, your means are insufficient," Lü Yue said.

Hearing this, Jiang Yan awkwardly took the Storage Pouch.

After seeing the contents of the Storage Pouch, Jiang Yan bowed: "Thank my Blood Son for me. I will find a way to help with her matter."

"Alright, with those words, I won't pressure you anymore. We'll talk again if something comes up." Lü Yue smiled and waved, flying rapidly toward Blood Sword Peak.

'Good thing I reacted quickly and cut off your words directly. Otherwise, I was really afraid you'd pressure me.'

After grumbling to himself, Jiang Yan turned and walked into the small courtyard.

But before he could enter the house, Yun Tianze and Yuan Zhenping stood outside the courtyard.

Regarding this former Ninth Senior Brother, Jiang Yan had basically never talked to him and almost never saw him.

"Greetings, Blood Disciple Su." Yun Tianze and Yuan Zhenping cupped their fists.

"Just call me Junior Brother. After all, we share the same master," Jiang Yan said politely.

"That won't do; your status is right there," Yun Tianze said hurriedly.

Hearing Yun Tianze's words, Jiang Yan didn't want to correct him and just went along with it.

"Blood Disciple Su, I've come this time first to congratulate you on reaching the Eighth Victory rank, and second, because my master would like to invite you to Blood Washing Peak as a guest." Yun Tianze took out a special invitation.

"Great Senior Brother, you've suffered." Jiang Yan took the invitation and patted Yun Tianze's shoulder. "Go back and tell him I'll be there."

Yun Tianze voiced his thanks and turned to fly toward Blood Washing Peak.

Yun Tianze knew very well what Su Chen meant, and he was grateful that Su Chen would be considerate of a Servant like himself.

"Should I call you Seventh Senior Brother now? Or Sixth Senior Brother?"

Yuan Zhenping cupped his fists: "Blood Disciple Su, please don't joke. If we're really counting, I'm already ranked fifth."

Hearing this, Jiang Yan's expression blanked for a moment, and then he understood what Yuan Zhenping meant.