Chapter 807: Heading to Luo Town

Bean-sized teardrops slid from her eye sockets; she did not know why Chen Yan would waste such good food.

This was clearly food she had been reluctant to eat.

Within the Evil Realm, malice permeated everywhere; even upon the Pure Lands, it was hard to avoid thin wisps of malice.

Three days was enough to ruin a portion of prepared food.

Creak.

The room door suddenly opened.

Chen Yan appeared, looking at Bai Ling who was squatting before the door.

Bai Ling glanced at Chen Yan as if recognizing him for the first time, then picked up the bowl without a word and prepared to leave.

"Bai Ling."

Chen Yan spoke:

"I have something to tell you."

Bai Ling glanced at Chen Yan, but turned to leave anyway.

"It is a very important matter." Chen Yan spoke again:

"I have been in seclusion these past few days."

Bai Ling paused, looked at the bowl in her hand, and ultimately entered Chen Yan's room.

"Bai Ling, do you want to go to Luo Town?" Chen Yan asked.

"Huh?" Bai Ling looked at Chen Yan in surprise.

"Just answer directly," Chen Yan continued.

"Naturally I want to go, but Luo Town is even more prosperous than White Town; to go there, one needs at least one hundred and fifty Evil-Reversing Grasses," Bai Ling said silently.

She could not understand what Chen Yan was talking about.

Chen Yan waved one hand, took some food out from his Origin Space, and handed it to Bai Ling.

Bai Ling was bewildered.

What had she just seen?

Ancient Beast meat?

Ancient Beast meat was an absolute luxury; after all, in the Evil Realm, Ancient God Beasts were kings.

Although Ancient Beasts were not Ancient God Beasts, they were of the Ancient God Beast lineage.

Artificially raising Ancient Beasts also required a great cost; in Bai Ling's impression, even within town-level Pure Lands, those big shots did not dare to eat it casually.

Yet the Ancient Beast meat Chen Yan had taken out weighed at least one hundred catties.

This was not food; this was an absolute luxury.

Moreover, this was smoked Ancient Beast meat; just by smelling it, Bai Ling's stomach began to growl.

"This..." Bai Ling was unable to speak for a moment; she had only eaten a piece of Ancient Beast meat once when she was a child.

"It's for you," Chen Yan said.

"I... I cannot take it," Bai Ling shook her head hurriedly.

"It's for you," Chen Yan did not wish to explain further:

"Put it into your Origin Space."

"Oh." Bai Ling did as told, but remained somewhat uneasy.

Chen Yan turned around:

"Go back and pack up; I am going to take you to Luo Town."

"Ah?"

Bai Ling was stunned, looking at Chen Yan in astonishment:

"How could you..."

She truly could not understand how Chen Yan could take her to Luo Town.

"I have people up above," Chen Yan said.

"But aren't you a Chen Prefecture person?" Bai Ling said, but she only felt a gentle force strike her.

Following a 'bang' of the door closing, Bai Ling found herself already outside the room.

"Chen Yan, you don't need to worry about me." Bai Ling's thoughts were in a tangle; Chen Yan's few words left her unable to distinguish truth from fiction.

Receiving no reply from Chen Yan, Bai Ling wanted to say more but stopped, turning to leave instead.

"Perhaps... he was talking in his sleep."

Bai Ling murmured, holding the broken bowl in her hands.

What Chen Yan said was too inconceivable.

Yet, thinking of the one hundred catties of Ancient Beast meat in her Origin Space, Bai Ling felt it was even more inconceivable.

"Even if I were to go, I would just be a burden and would waste Evil-Reversing Grasses."

As she spoke, her heart beat incessantly.

Her hair was matted into gray-black clumps, stray hairs stuck to her oily face, and her buckteeth were hidden behind tightly pursed lips.

Her head was buried almost to her chest, her fingertips picking at the grime on the bowl, and chaotic thoughts tangled into an unsolvable knot in her heart.

Meanwhile.

The Village Chief returned to his room and lay comfortably on his chair.

"Hei Shan has gone to White Town; that has finally fulfilled one of our wishes."

An old woman with the body of a seal but the head of a human smiled and spoke, half-lying on the ground, her face full of smiles.

"Indeed," the Village Chief raised his head:

"Sister Chun has also gone, so she and Hei Shan can look out for each other.

That silly girl Bailing is truly foolish; I almost thought she would ruin things earlier."

As the Village Chief spoke, the Seal Old Woman choked, saying:

"That Chen Yan, has he not looked for you during this time?"

The Village Chief was stunned:

"If you hadn't mentioned him, I would have forgotten him. This person has actually been quite honest and well-behaved these past few days.

It's just that I haven't seen him come out to labor either."

The Old Woman gave a light huff:

"If he doesn't labor, he doesn't eat. Does he really think our White Town will support him?"

The Village Chief said indifferently:

"This person is not simple. The array he fabricated earlier, I believe it should be of the Martial Grade."

"Martial Grade?" The old woman was stunned:

"Really? Is he that formidable?"

The Village Chief nodded:

"But he knows his place and didn't ruin things."

As the Village Chief spoke, a Realm Fruit appeared in his hand:

"Now that he is keeping a low profile, I truly feel he could also go to White Town; perhaps he can bring a glimmer of hope to my White Village."

The Old Woman looked at that Realm Fruit:

"You intend to give the Realm Fruit to him?"

"Mm." The Village Chief nodded:

"Hei Shan has left. If White Village can produce one more person to go to White Town, and if they can become an Array Pulse Soldier or an Array Reserve Soldier, my White Village will be completely prosperous."

The Old Woman said with a smile:

"The Village Chief is truly thoughtful. Then let me deliver the Realm Fruit to him for you."

The Village Chief glanced at the Old Woman, inwardly huffing.

Things—only if he gives them will that Chen Yan remember his favor; why would he need you to pass it on?

"No rush." The Village Chief smiled:

"One must combine kindness with severity. If I give it to him directly, it would seem like I am currying favor with him.

He is currently beset by malice and in a low state; if he relies only on himself to recover his body now, it will only get more bitter.

Once he has suffered, felt fear, and felt longing, I will give it to him then."

The Village Chief smiled, already beginning to make preparations for the second villager to go to White Town.

He had a beautiful dream.

That was that White Village would no longer have to suffer the plundering of the Law Enforcers.

For this, he had labored and exhausted himself to cultivate Hei Shan.

As for Chen Yan, he could serve as a backup.

Half a day passed.

The Village Chief took out some old wine, and when he was half-drunk, he suddenly heard a call from outside the door.

"Village Chief... Village Chief, people from Luo Town have come!"

*Clatter. *

The wine bottle in the Village Chief's hand fell to the ground.

"Luo Town!"

The Village Chief exclaimed in shock. Luo Town was a Great Town, and why would they come to White Village?

In an instant, the entire village became lively, and everyone ran toward the shore, either out of curiosity or excitement.

Yet they saw, within the black mist, a boat-leaf slowly sailing over.

This boat-leaf was clearly several times larger than the one the envoy from White Town had ridden.

The boat-leaf was as thin as a cicada's wing, yet it carried thirty experts, each with an aura as heavy and steady as a mountain.

They bowed their heads and lowered their eyes, their postures upright yet without a shred of arrogance, their pressure restrained, leaving only solemnity.

At the very front was a woman wearing a green dress, beautiful in appearance.

Seeing this scene, the Village Chief's drunkenness vanished.

Simply because the people on that boat-leaf basically did not have any obvious abnormal structures.

This indicated that the malicious pollution suffered by these Tainted Blood Humans themselves and their ancestors was not too severe.

These are...

Martial Artists who did not consume Realm Fruit but cultivated and advanced on their own!

This was the first time the people of White Village had seen such a formation.

Bailing was squeezed by the villagers on both sides, staring blankly at the people from Luo Town on the boat-leaf, her mouth wide open:

"They really... really came."

Yet they saw.

The figures of the group on the boat-leaf flickered, appearing instantly on the shore.

The Village Chief hurriedly bowed:

"May I ask, Exalted Ones..."

His voice was somewhat trembling; for a moment, he could only think of Hei Shan.

After all, Hei Shan was the only one who went to the town-level Jing Tu.

Could it be that Hei Shan caused some kind of commotion, attracting even the big shots from Luo Town?

The village chief's heart pounded violently.

"May I ask where Chen Yan resides?" the woman in green asked directly.

"Hei Shan, ah?" the village chief's breathing hitched.

He felt as if this sentence had pierced his heart like a needle.

"Chen Yan..."

"To think it was him..."

"How could this be?"

The surrounding villagers all wore expressions of shock; some seemed to wake from a dream and said with trembling voices:

"I... I will take you lords to find him."

"No need." Mu Yanwan, dressed in green, suddenly spoke, smiling toward a certain direction:

"Chen... Venerable One."

She had used the honorific after all; after all, the fact that Chen Yan could slaughter the Black Ancient Stronghold forces alone meant his strength was already above hers.

The eyes of the village chief and the others widened.

"Don't think I arrived late," Mu Yanwan said with a smile to the approaching Chen Yan.

"Luo Town is quite far from here, and I had to report the news regarding you to the Array Master."

Her voice fell.

The village chief and the others looked toward the back.

They saw a lean figure, his entire body burning with faint black flames, walking over at a steady, unhurried pace.

"No matter," Chen Yan said calmly.

Mu Yanwan stared at Chen Yan, her heart tightening; for some reason, she felt that Chen Yan had become even stronger in these few days.

She hurriedly bowed:

"The Array Master has already arranged a position for the Venerable One; you may join our Luo Town to serve as an Array Pivot Envoy.

I wonder if the Venerable One is satisfied?"

Chen Yan frowned; he did not understand what an Array Pivot Envoy was.

But the village chief and the others were already scared silly.

Within the town-level Jing Tu, if one were to divide by rank.

The Array Attendant position that Sister Chun went to serve was for servants, doing odd jobs; it was the lowest level, the fifth level.

An Array Apprentice was one level higher; after all, once they finished their studies, they would have a future, the fourth level.

The third level consisted of Array Vein Soldiers and Array Reserve Soldiers.

One was used to maintain and sustain the operation of the energy veins of the Rank Divine Array, and the other was used to maintain the operation of the array eyes, array veins, and array patterns.

The second level was the Array Pivot Envoy that Mu Yanwan mentioned.

Above the Array Pivot Envoy was the highest, the Array Master.

The village chief and the others did not expect that the big shot from Luo Town would want Chen Yan to serve as an Array Pivot Envoy; everyone felt as if they were in a dream, witnessing an incredible event.

And Mu Yanwan was currently looking at Chen Yan, waiting for Chen Yan's answer.

After Chen Yan nodded, Mu Yanwan then smiled:

"Then, greetings to the Array Pivot Envoy!"

The next instant.

Boom, boom, boom, boom!

The thirty people from Luo Town standing on both sides instantly erupted with blood energy and shouted aloud.

"Greetings to the Array Pivot Envoy!"

"Greetings to the Array Pivot Envoy!"

"Greetings to the Array Pivot Envoy!"

The voices were thunderous, shaking the heart.

To the side, Bai Ling was already stunned, completely unable to speak.

Seeing Chen Yan arrive, the village chief lowered his head involuntarily, his lips trembling; he fumbled shakily at his sleeve, trying to find something.

Chen Yan came to Bai Ling's side and looked at Mu Yanwan:

"She is the person I want to take away."

Mu Yanwan glanced at Bai Ling:

"The Array Pivot Envoy may make his own arrangements; even taking ten more people would be fine."

As Mu Yanwan's voice fell, the village went quiet instantly; everyone looked at Chen Yan with eager eyes, full of longing.

The village chief's body trembled, and he finally remembered what he wanted to take out.

From his sleeve, a Realm Fruit appeared in his hand.

"No need."

Chen Yan said faintly, and carrying the motionless Bai Ling, he jumped directly onto the boat leaf:

"Let's go, I am short on time."

"Yes."

Mu Yanwan glanced at the dazed people of Bai Village, then also jumped onto the boat leaf.

Soon, the boat leaf sailed away, leaving Bai Village.

The Village Chief stood on the riverbank, his hand clutching the Realm Fruit unable to be raised from beginning to end.