Ye Chen's face turned gloomy. Just now, when the black-robed old man roared, the number of people on Bewilderment Fog Island must have been at least eight hundred thousand, if not a million. He was sure that the black-robed old man didn't dare to confirm that he had the Nine Turn Spirit Grass. At most, he would be suspicious. However, his goal was precisely to make everyone suspicious. At that time, regardless of whether he had it or not, it would be hard for him to clear his name.
Even in death, this old man wouldn't let him have an easy time!
Ye Chen didn't need to look to feel the strange gazes coming from all directions, including the two Deputy Island Masters who had just joined hands with him.
"Grand Elder Ye, no, Brother Ye, do you really have the Nine Turn Spirit Grass?" Deputy Island Master Wang asked.
Ye Chen shot a glance at him. This Deputy Island Master Wang had given him a good impression. Unfortunately, as long as one was a martial artist, there was no one who didn't want to become powerful. He said indifferently, "If I said I do or don't, would you believe me?"
Deputy Island Master Wang paused. Indeed, it wasn't important whether he had it or not. What was important was whether others believed him or not. Those who believed him would naturally think he had it, and those who didn't would naturally think he didn't. Unless Ye Chen had some way to prove that he didn't have it, or directly took out the Nine Turn Spirit Grass and said he had it.
"Whether you have it or not has nothing to do with us." Deputy Island Master Cui retracted his gaze. He was very clear that even if he had it, it wouldn't be their turn.
"I have no interest in the position of Island Master. If any of you are interested, then go ahead!" Ye Chen peeled off the shining golden armor from the black-robed old man's body and took off his storage ring, then said to the two without turning his head.
Deputy Island Master Wang could also see that Ye Chen had no interest in the position of Island Master. After all, who didn't know that he was the number one expert of Bewilderment Fog Island? It didn't matter whether he became the Island Master or not. As for why he wanted to become a grand elder, it should be because he was afraid of trouble.
"Brother Cui, you and I are both Island Masters. How about it?"
"I have no objection."
Night arrived, and dense fog shrouded Bewilderment Fog Island.
Inside the spacious room, a golden light pervaded the air. The light came from the golden armor in Ye Chen's hand.
"Golden Armor, a metal-attributed high-rank defensive treasure. Its value is immeasurable!"
A good defensive artifact was much more valuable than an attacking one. In the True Spirit Continent, life was the most important. Without life, everything would be meaningless. But, it was also because of this that top rank defensive artifacts were very troublesome. Astral Reaching Realm warriors would not be able to keep them. Only Sea of Souls Realm warriors would have the power to do so, and not every Sea of Souls Realm warrior would have a top rank defensive artifact. For a top rank defensive artifact, it would be unavoidable for them to kill each other.
Fortunately, outside of the Bewildering Fog Forbidden Zone, no one knew that Ye Chen had an upper rank defensive treasure, the Gold Armor. Once he got out, it would save him a lot of trouble, and in a critical moment, the Gold Armor could be a life-saving item. In a life and death situation, who would care about the consequences of exposing an upper rank defensive treasure?
"Break!"
The Green Lotus True Essence poured into the Golden Armor. Not only did it expel the remaining True Essence of the black-robed old man, but it also completely annihilated his aura.
However, after putting it on, Ye Chen still felt a bit uncomfortable.
Scanning the Gold Armor with his soul power, Ye Chen soon discovered a problem. This Gold Armor had the black-robed old man's spiritual imprint, and it was precisely because of this that he found it difficult to use.
Removing the spiritual imprint was too easy for Ye Chen. His sword will entered and cleanly erased the spiritual imprint.
"So, an upper rank artifact still needs to have its own spiritual imprint. Only by doing so can the pressure of the artifact be restrained."
Referring to the black-robed old man's spiritual imprint, Ye Chen imprinted his own spiritual imprint. Under the control of his mind, the Gold Armor's radiance gradually retracted, no longer emitting a trace of fluctuation. Wearing it under his clothes, no one would be able to tell that it was an upper rank artifact.
Ignoring the other upper rank artifact, the Thunder Hammer, Ye Chen's attention fell on the black-robed old man's storage ring.
Inside the storage ring …
Five hundred thousand mid-grade spirit stones.
Five million low-grade spirit stones.
Apart from that, there were hundreds of upper rank spirit stones.
The top rank spirit stones contained extremely pure yuan qi, so pure that one didn't need to refine it and could directly absorb it. Of course, this was only for Astral Reaching realm warriors. Once one reached the Sea of Souls realm, the Zhen yuan would no longer be as simple as being pure.
"Hundreds of upper rank spirit stones should be enough for my cultivation base to improve. But, if I want to accumulate enough to reach the peak of Late Astral Reaching realm, this is still not enough."
Besides the spirit stones, there were also a lot of martial arts manuals in the storage ring. There were four high-rank Earth Realm manuals, dozens of mid-rank Earth Realm manuals, and a top rank Earth Realm hammer art manual called "Thunder Beast Transformation".
Thunder Beast Transformation only had four transformations, which was very little compared to the nine movements of the Green Lotus Sword Art.
Each transformation could condense a beast shape. The first transformation was a bear, the second was a leopard, the third was a lion, and the fourth was a bird.
Obviously, the black-robed old man had only trained to the third transformation, Thunder Lion Transformation.
"Although it is a hammer art, it contains the thunder mentality, which is quite useful for me to comprehend the thunder mentality."
The night was deep, and the world was quiet.
…
Three days passed in the blink of an eye.
At this moment, the entire Bewilderment Fog Island was discussing Ye Chen and the Nine Turn Spirit Grass.
In a restaurant, a few Astral Reaching experts gathered together and discussed in low voices.
"Did you hear? Island Master was killed by the newly appointed grand elder. Before dying, Island Master said that Ye Chen had the Nine Turn Spirit Grass."
"Nine Turn Spirit Grass?"
Hearing these words, one of them cried out.
"Right, it's the Nine Turn Spirit Grass that can increase one's lifespan by nine years and strengthen one's soul. I don't need to tell you the importance of the soul."
"Of course, the soul is the carrier of the will. The stronger the soul, the easier it will be to advance to the Sea of Souls realm."
Soon, the news of Ye Chen possessing the Nine Turn Spirit Grass spread throughout the entire island. There was almost no one who didn't know.
Walking on the street, Ye Chen listened to the voices transmitted through his soul power and inwardly shook his head. There were too many people who knew, and it was impossible to control them. 'Forget it, let it spread!' Bewilderment Fog Island was isolated from the rest of the world. As long as one's luck wasn't too bad, the chances of this news reaching the outside world was close to zero. Otherwise, the Island Master wouldn't have brought along two upper grade artifacts and planned to stay here, waiting for the opportunity to break through to the Sea of Souls realm.
"It's time to leave Bewilderment Fog Forbidden Zone."
Raising his head, Ye Chen's gaze pierced through the city, falling on the extremely distant dense fog region.
At this moment, Ye Chen could finally confirm that the key to leaving Bewilderment Fog Forbidden Zone was will. Indeed, will. The stronger the will, the harder it was to be affected by Bewilderment Fog Forbidden Zone. Those with weak will, no matter what method they used, could only circle around inside.
The problem was that Ye Chen didn't know whether his will was strong enough or not. It should be known that Bewilderment Fog Forbidden Zone was a place that even Sea of Souls realm experts wouldn't be willing to enter. His current will was equivalent to an ordinary Sea of Souls realm sword artist. Sword artists always had firm wills, and were a bit stronger than ordinary Sea of Souls realm martial artists.
Moreover, his soul was what he relied on. He was sure that the majority of Sea of Souls realm experts couldn't be stronger than him in terms of soul. This was his advantage.
"Powerful soul, powerful will … There should be some hope."
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