597: Jiuchong Mountain

Because the speaker was their boss, an Immortal Law Realm Second Transformation expert, comparable to the Ning Yuan Realm in the second layer, a full major realm higher than them.

Lin Yuan slowly walked out under the gaze of the five people; as for why it was five, it was because Chen De and Man Qian didn't even spare him a glance.

Seeing this, the four of them respectfully called out, "Boss."

Song Si, looking ashamed at this moment, also called out, "Boss, you're here."

He was currently captured by someone brought by his former subordinate, and it was right in front of his boss, which was incredibly embarrassing.

However, what he didn't understand was, if the other party really agreed, would the boss just let them go like that?

"Your strength is quite good, being able to capture my subordinate Song Si in a single move."

Facing someone who had come to cause trouble, Lin Yuan not only wasn't angry but instead began to praise him.

Hearing this, the few people present vaguely guessed his thoughts; he likely wanted to recruit Chen De.

"And so?"

Chen De acted as if he didn't understand and instead asked Lin Yuan what he intended to do.

"Join us. From now on, your status will be second only to mine; none of the five of them can compare to you. You alone will take a ten percent share of the profits."

To win over Chen De, Lin Yuan directly offered extremely generous terms.

The five of them felt a bit uncomfortable hearing this, but they didn't show it at all.

After all, Chen De was stronger than them, so it was only right that he received better treatment.

However, a full ten percent share was much more than any of the five of them received.

Everything else was fluff; only cold, hard profit was real.

"Is that so?" Chen De acted as if he were moved and simultaneously released his hold on Song Si.

Once freed, Song Si hurriedly ran back to his side's ranks.

Seeing this, the corners of Lin Yuan's mouth curled up slightly as he smiled. "You've made an incredibly wise decision."

"Happy cooperating." Then, Chen De took the initiative to step forward and reached out his hand.

A handshake?

Lin Yuan knew that many places had the custom of shaking hands when cooperating, while others did it to make peace.

However, many techniques required physical contact to be implemented.

Therefore, many powerful experts would mostly try to minimize physical contact with others.

But that was outside; here, there was absolutely no need for such concern.

To show his friendliness, Lin Yuan also took a step forward and grasped it. "Welcome to join—"

Suddenly, his body trembled. With an unchanged expression, he continued, "I admit my sins. I will follow the Great Sage until death."

Chen De nodded at this, while Lin Yuan's strange behavior was fully observed by the remaining four people.

"Boss, you..."

How could they not understand what was happening? They turned around, intending to flee.

Just then, Song Si, who had just returned to their side, suddenly attacked.

By the time they reacted, it was too late; all four had been Influenced.

Next, these four, along with Song Si, would go and Influence all of their subordinates as well.

Although Chen De didn't plan on Refining on a large scale in the second layer, he could Influence on a large scale.

He would collect all their cultivation resources, and those who were Influenced could be kept in reserve.

When the time came for Refining, it would naturally be much more convenient.

As for himself, he transferred onto Lin Yuan to make contact with other Immortal Law Realm Second and Third Transformation figures... the Ninefold Mountains!

The Twelve Heavens!

Among the many Small Worlds of the second layer, the Immortal Law Realm Third Transformation was already the highest level.

Such existences were qualified to have a symbolic, landmark territory within a Small World.

The Ninefold Mountains represented the nine Immortal Law Realm Third Transformation experts in this Small World.

Whenever someone among them ascended, the Ninefold Mountains would become the Eightfold Mountains, and the Twelve Heavens would become the Thirteen Heavens.

The number of mountain layers could increase or decrease, but the number of heavenly layers only increased and never decreased.

The place Chen De was going now was precisely one of those Ninefold Mountains.

The Twelve Heavens was a purely symbolic structure with nothing on it.

He planned to start directly from these Ninefold Mountains; with Lin Yuan's identity, it should be enough to request an audience.

On the other side, within one of the Ninefold Mountains.

"My Lord, there is someone outside who calls himself Lin Yuan of the Great Sage Alliance, here to pay his respects."

"Should we let him in?"

An ordinary Immortal Law Realm First Transformation cultivator respectfully reported to the man sitting in the main seat.

The man frowned upon hearing this; this Lin Yuan was not an Immortal Law Realm Third Transformation expert, and there was no such person among the nine.

As for whether he was from the other eight mountains, the name he gave wasn't right, so he clearly wasn't.

What Great Sage Alliance? He knew all the reputable Small Worlds in this world, but he had never heard of this power.

Clearly, he was just some ordinary nobody.

There were plenty of Immortal Law Realm First and Second Transformation cultivators who wanted to curry favor with him; there was absolutely no need to pay him any mind.

"Tell him to get lost."

Then he waved his hand impatiently. He lacked for nothing right now and only wanted to reach the next level.

So he couldn't be bothered with those annoying matters outside.

He was an Immortal Law Realm Third Transformation expert; if he cursed someone, they had to take it quietly, or else he'd suppress them for a few hundred million years first.

Over the years, the number of people he had suppressed with the Primitive Punishment was not small at all.

One must know that the owner of every mountain had walked out from mountains of corpses and seas of blood.

"Yes."

The subordinate walked out, came before the man named Lin Yuan, and expressionlessly spat out a single word: "Scram!"

Lin Yuan nodded upon hearing this and turned to leave.

Once the matter was settled, the subordinate returned to report to the man. "Reporting to My Lord, that person has left."

The man, who was still cultivating, was interrupted again, which caused a touch of displeasure to rise in his heart.

If he's gone, he's gone. For such a trivial matter, did he really need to come back and report repeatedly?

How had all his subordinates become such useless trash?

Could it be that because he hadn't taken action for so many years, they no longer had any awe for him? Thinking of this, the man suddenly felt he should stretch his limbs.

Then he glanced at the subordinate; this person also needed to be replaced.

Then he waved his hand and said, "You may leave."

Unexpectedly, after he spoke, the subordinate didn't move an inch.

This scene immediately caused the man to sense something was wrong.

He naturally wouldn't be so naive as to think his subordinate was deaf or hadn't reacted.

He was an Immortal Law Realm cultivator, after all; he wouldn't be that pathetic.

Therefore, the most likely reason was that there was a problem with this subordinate.

However, by the time the man realized it, it was already too late.

Because at this moment, his neck was being gripped by a palm.

This palm belonged to none other than his subordinate.

However, his subordinate didn't have such strength, so whether this was actually his subordinate was probably hard to say.

But in his heart, he still held a sliver of hope regarding the rules of the second layer.

At worst, he would be suppressed; once the other party left, he would have a chance to rise again.

Unfortunately, the man's thoughts were destined to be shattered in the next moment.