Chapter 1792: A Shameless Act

"Could this guy have... gone to Luoyun Canyon?"

Luoyun Canyon was a very dangerous place in Shadow Moon Sect, practically a forbidden area for martial artists at the Divine Lord realm.

There were tens of thousands of Blackwater Salamanders there!

Among those Blackwater Salamanders, the weakest were third-tier, but there were definitely no fewer than several thousand fourth-tier ones.

What was even more terrifying was that there were fifth-tier existences there too!

Baili Qingyan suddenly recalled that she and Ye Yuan had once been to the entrance of Luoyun Canyon.

At that time, Ye Yuan wanted to go in and take a look, but Baili Qingyan stopped him.

Thinking about it now, only there could Ye Yuan have hunted so many Heavenly Demon Crystals.

To obtain so many Heavenly Demon Crystals, he must have encountered a beast horde.

Otherwise, even hunting day and night, he couldn't have gotten so many.

But once caught in a beast horde, was there any hope of survival?

With Ye Yuan hunting so many Blackwater Salamanders, wouldn't he have alerted the fifth-tier beast king?

For a moment, Baili Qingyan was full of doubts.

"Wait!" Steward Hong suddenly darkened his face and called out to Qianye, saying, "How can there be so many? Could there be a mistake?"

At this, a menial disciple who was counting the numbers quickly stepped forward and said fearfully, "Reporting to Steward Hong, this disciple absolutely did not miscount. In this storage ring, there are a total of three hundred and twenty-one late fourth-tier Heavenly Demon Crystals and two thousand and fifty mid fourth-tier Heavenly Demon Crystals. Converted to late fourth-tier, that's five hundred and twenty-six. Divided equally between two people, it's two hundred and sixty-three."

Steward Hong took Ye Yuan's storage ring and counted it; indeed, not one more, not one less!

And this result shocked him deeply.

Such a large quantity of Heavenly Demon Crystals had never been seen in the history of Shadow Moon Sect.

He couldn't help but look at Baili Qingyan and asked curiously, "Qingyan, what's going on?"

Just as Baili Qingyan was about to speak, Jiang Xueyan suddenly cut in, "Steward Hong, Qingyan encountered a beast horde in the mountains. She fought alone for half a month and killed that many beasts. And in this battle, her cultivation also broke through. I believe that soon, she will reach Half-Step Divine God."

As soon as these words were spoken, even Baili Qingyan's eyelids twitched violently.

In the corner, Ye Yuan was directly ignored.

No one would think that he, a Divine Lord sixth heaven, could be of any help.

However, Ye Yuan was not much disturbed by Jiang Xueyan's shameless move.

First, Baili Qingyan had stood in front of him several times to help him out.

Although this help wasn't very significant for Ye Yuan, it at least protected him from revealing his trump cards.

He, Ye Yuan, distinguished between kindness and grievance; he accepted this favor!

Second, Ye Yuan knew that his words carried little weight; even if he spoke up, no one would believe him.

Of course, Qianye and the others might guess something, but would they speak for him?

Obviously not!

As for Jiang Xueyan's purpose in doing this, Ye Yuan understood it clearly.

She was simply using this to raise Baili Qingyan's status, suppress the other two factions, and elevate the Yao Chi faction.

Although from Jiang Xueyan's standpoint, this was understandable, it was still too shameless.

This kind of nest-stealing tactic made Ye Yuan very uncomfortable.

However, Baili Qingyan was extremely anxious and was about to speak when she saw Jiang Xueyan shoot her a warning look. Baili Qingyan immediately swallowed her words!

She was clever and knew well what Jiang Xueyan's aim was.

But doing this, she felt guilty!

Baili Qingyan couldn't help but look in Ye Yuan's direction, only to find him calm and unruffled, his expression unchanged, as if this matter had nothing to do with him.

But she knew that Ye Yuan must be angry.

Who wouldn't be angry about something like this?

This wasn't just a matter of reputation, but also future interests.

Geniuses naturally receive more resources.

And losing this opportunity to shine would undoubtedly make Ye Yuan's path upward more difficult.

As for Qianye and the others, hearing this, they couldn't help but look gleeful.

Ye Yuan had suddenly dropped a bombshell, catching them off guard.

If Ye Yuan gained the sect's attention, it would be hard for them to make a move against him.

In comparison, although Baili Qingyan's talent was monstrous, it wasn't as monstrous as Ye Yuan's.

The talent Ye Yuan displayed put immense pressure on them.

Choosing the lesser of two evils, Jiang Xueyan's move suited their wishes.

Steward Hong looked enlightened and said, "So that's it! I didn't expect Qingyan's strength to be so formidable. I must report this to the sect."

As expected, Steward Hong decided to report this matter to the sect.

After saying this, he even looked at Ye Yuan with some contempt.

This low-strength fellow actually rode on Baili Qingyan's coattails to achieve the best record in Shadow Moon Sect's entrance assessment; he was really lucky.

"Alright, continue announcing the results!" Steward Hong said indifferently.

Qianye's mood improved considerably, but his vigilance toward Ye Yuan also increased.

If a Divine Lord sixth heaven could do this, what would happen when he grew up?

But he believed that Ye Yuan wouldn't live much longer.

He could tell that Jiang Xueyan hadn't known about Ye Yuan's astonishing results beforehand.

By doing this, she had thoroughly offended Ye Yuan.

Given that kid's nature, he would definitely not get close to the Yao Chi faction.

Thus, before even entering the sect, Ye Yuan had offended all three major factions.

Hmm... and probably the Demon Elephant faction too.

The Demon Elephant faction's strength was by no means weak.

The subsequent results were nothing to pay attention to; everyone was marveling at Baili Qingyan's strength and lamenting Ye Yuan's luck.

"Alright, everyone rest for three days, then enter the second round of assessment!" Steward Hong announced loudly.

As soon as it ended, Baili Qingyan pulled Jiang Xueyan aside and complained, "Senior Sister, how could you do this? You're making me unjust and unkind!"

Jiang Xueyan sneered at this, "Unjust and unkind? Can being unjust and unkind make you stronger? The Huang Ling Martial Meet is coming soon; you must make yourself stronger and ruthlessly suppress your opponents. And this kid's appearance will make the final outcome unpredictable. If he can't break through to the Divine God realm, it's fine, but what if he really breaks through within two hundred years? Then who can be his match? If it weren't for your sake, I would have killed him in the Shadow Moon Mountains!"

Baili Qingyan looked indignant, but thinking of her master's heavy trust and the sect's earnest hopes, she found it hard to choose.

She thought of Ye Yuan again and felt very frustrated.

Why did he swallow his anger and not defend himself?

What was this guy thinking?

She desperately wanted to go apologize to Ye Yuan, but Jiang Xueyan stuck to her like glue, making it impossible for her to leave.