Chapter 738: Sparring

There is no free lunch in this world. Ying Tianya bought so many pills from the Medicine Fragrance Pavilion at once; if calculated in terms of Earth Origin Crystals, the quantity would be in the hundreds of thousands.

Therefore, the task he wanted Ye Yuan to undertake would likely require an equal price.

If it were merely healing the sick and saving the dying, Ying Tianya would never have found it so hard to speak.

Thus, Ye Yuan judged that what Ying Tianya wanted him to do must be quite dangerous.

At least for a Divine Travel realm martial artist like himself, it was extremely dangerous.

Ying Tianya had a belly full of words, but Ye Yuan directly blocked them at his lips. His gaze toward Ye Yuan involuntarily changed somewhat.

He thought that this order would be enough to move Ye Yuan, but unexpectedly, Ye Yuan refused without even blinking.

After all, even for the Tianyuan Trading Company, this order was no small amount, let alone for the Medicine Fragrance Pavilion, a newly opened pharmacy.

"Master Ye, this order has nothing to do with the invitation for your help. After the matter is accomplished, I will present another great gift, worth several times this order!" Ying Tianya persisted.

Ye Yuan smiled and said, "City Lord, do you take me for a fool? The more generous the reward, the more dangerous the task you want me to undertake. I am merely a junior at the Divine Travel realm. If you need an alchemist, wouldn't it be more appropriate to seek out Alchemy Saint He?"

Ye Yuan wasn't really unwilling to go; it was just that his current strength was still somewhat weak in the Divine Realm, so he planned to cultivate in Gufeng City for a while before venturing out.

The strength of martial artists in the Divine Realm far surpasses that of the lower realm.

In the lower realm, Ye Yuan could even kill an opponent a full major realm higher in an instant, but in the Divine Realm, achieving that was somewhat difficult.

His current strength gave him some chance against ordinary early Boundless realm experts, but against those from major lineages with inherited techniques, it was a stretch.

Even in this unremarkable Gufeng City, martial artists who had comprehended True Intent were everywhere.

Someone like Jun Tianyu, in particular, was not far from comprehending Supreme True Intent.

Given Ye Yuan's current strength, traveling outside was still too dangerous.

Ying Tianya smiled bitterly and said, "To be honest, Master Ye, originally my preferred candidate was He Shuming, but after witnessing your skills, I believe you are the more suitable choice. However, to be safe, I plan to invite you and Alchemy Saint He to go together. Rest assured, Master Ye, this trip is only to rescue someone. Once we save him, we will withdraw immediately and not linger!"

Ye Yuan pondered for a moment and said, "Give me the specifics."

Hearing that there was hope, Ying Tianya was overjoyed and recounted the whole story.

It turned out that Ying Tianya's junior disciple had accidentally discovered an ancient cave dwelling and went alone to search for treasures inside, only to become trapped in that ancient cave.

However, Ying Tianya and this junior disciple were close friends and had a special method of transmitting messages between them, so the junior disciple used this method to send a distress signal to Ying Tianya.

Ying Tianya received the message that his junior disciple was trapped deep in the ancient cave and unable to escape, and was also afflicted with a strange poison. That was why Ying Tianya thought to invite an alchemist to accompany him.

"My junior disciple is only at the second level of the Heavenly Enlightenment realm. The fact that he could survive in the ancient cave suggests that the cave shouldn't be too dangerous. I assure you, I will do my utmost to guarantee your safety on this trip! As long as I am present, I will not let anyone harm a single hair on your head!" Ying Tianya declared, thumping his chest.

Ye Yuan shook his head with a smile and said, "I can go, but such a guarantee is not enough!"

Ye Yuan was no novice just starting out; he simply didn't believe such verbal assurances.

If real danger came and Ying Tianya fled at the critical moment, who would Ye Yuan turn to for justice?

Ying Tianya hesitated for a moment, then took out a suit of armor and said, "This is my personal armor, the top-grade Mystical Artifact Tianling Treasure Armor. Even a Heavenly Enlightenment realm expert would need some time to break through its defense. Is this enough to show my sincerity? Of course, the previously agreed conditions still stand. After the matter is accomplished, I will pay a reward worth a million merit points!"

Ye Yuan took the Tianling Treasure Armor from Ying Tianya, nodded, and said, "Alright, deal. But I have one condition!"

"Please speak, Master Ye!"

"My condition is that Brother Jun accompanies us!" Ye Yuan said.

Ying Tianya declared generously, "If Brother Jun can join us, that would be for the best. With Brother Jun's strength, this trip will certainly be much safer!"

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After Ying Tianya left, Ye Yuan said to Jun Tianyu with slight apology, "Brother Jun, I'm sorry for dragging you into this."

Ye Yuan knew that this trip would likely not be simple, but the only ally he could find now was Jun Tianyu.

Jun Tianyu laughed and said, "Brother Ye, what are you saying? I haven't stretched my muscles in a long time, and my cultivation has been stagnant for ages. This trip is just the opportunity I need; I hope to gain something."

Jun Tianyu wasn't lying. In recent years, due to Liu Yiru's illness, he had almost given up on cultivation, causing his cultivation to stagnate.

If he didn't stretch his muscles soon, breaking through in the future would be difficult.

A man like Jun Tianyu naturally wouldn't be content with only Heavenly Enlightenment realm strength for life; that would be worse than death.

Ye Yuan said, "Great kindness need not be spoken; I will remember this debt, Brother Jun."

"Haha, Brother Ye, you're being too formal with me! If anyone should give thanks, it should be me thanking you! Without you, I would probably be a walking corpse by now. Moreover, when the Medicine Fragrance Pavilion was established, you directly gave me a twenty percent dry share. You can't expect a grown man to freeload, can you?" Jun Tianyu joked, a rare occurrence.

Regardless, Jun Tianyu's willingness to accompany him despite knowing the danger was a great righteousness that Ye Yuan deeply appreciated.

Ye Yuan thought for a moment and said, "Brother Jun, my strength is currently low, and I cannot refine pills for you. However, I happen to have some insights into the Way of the Sword. How about we spar? I hope it might be of some help to you."

Jun Tianyu was taken aback; he truly didn't know that besides alchemy, Ye Yuan also had considerable attainments in martial arts.

And from Ye Yuan's tone, his attainments in the Way of the Sword were not low.

Jun Tianyu had spent some time with Ye Yuan and knew he was not one to speak idly.

If he dared to say this, he probably had some skill.

However, Jun Tianyu was somewhat dismissive of Ye Yuan's words.

Ye Yuan's attainments in alchemy left Jun Tianyu in awe.

But human ability has limits; how high could Ye Yuan's attainments in the Way of the Sword be?

Ye Yuan was doing this merely as compensation for dragging him into the matter. The intention was good, but the effect would likely be nil.

In Jun Tianyu's view, Ye Yuan's current level was far from understanding how high his own sword intent had reached!