Chapter 3440

Seeing that Ye Liuyun was interested in the Heaven-Mending Stones, Chen Yueying immediately helped him haggle over the price.

She had wanted to help Ye Liuyun buy them in the first place, so she asked the steward to lower the price to sixty percent of the original. The steward ultimately agreed. They would only be sitting there otherwise, so he might as well do the princess a favor.

However, when it came time to pay, Ye Liuyun would not let the princess pay. After all, these were things he wanted to buy, and the princess would only be able to make use of more materials once she had a Interspatial Ring.

He sold his sixth-rank defensive barrier along with some weapons and treasures he had no use for, though he kept the sixth-rank offensive short sword. In the end, he also had to add more than a thousand high-grade Taixu divine crystals before he could buy all the Heaven-Mending Stones.

“You really are willing to part with anything—even defensive treasures?” When Chen Yueying saw that Ye Liuyun had even sold his defensive treasure, she felt reluctant to let him bear the expense and wanted to pay for him, but Ye Liuyun firmly refused.

Afterward, Ye Liuyun also bought a portion of body-tempering fluid. As for the other cultivation resources, he had originally planned to look around and see whether there was anything suitable for him, but he really did not have enough divine crystals left, so he had to give up.

Chen Yueying saw all this but said nothing. When it was time to eat, however, she could no longer bring herself to order anything too expensive.

“You’re not trying to save money for me, are you? Don’t worry. Order whatever you like—I can still afford the divine crystals for a meal!” Ye Liuyun comforted Chen Yueying.

Chen Yueying did not want to admit it and changed the subject instead. “Hmph. Since you’re going to help me refine a Interspatial Ring, I’ll let you off for now! But you’re using up resources far too quickly. We have to think of something!”

“That’s true. It really is a problem. Do you have any good ideas?” Ye Liuyun also felt that constantly selling off his belongings was not a solution.

The resources he had obtained from treasure hunting, as well as those he had seized from the exiled planet, had almost all been used up. The small monthly salary he received as a guard might be considered substantial for an ordinary martial cultivator, but to him, it was not even enough to buy a portion of body-tempering fluid, making it utterly insignificant.

Chen Yueying also began to consider the matter seriously. After a while, she said to Ye Liuyun, “Why don’t you come back to the sect with me and take on missions? I’ll exchange the points you earn from completing missions for the resources you need. It’ll be more worthwhile than exchanging them outside.

“I can’t remain in the royal residence forever anyway. You’ll have to come with me to the sect sooner or later. It’ll only mean that I rest for a month or two less. Since I’ll be taking on missions and exchanging the points for you, you can do a little more of the work, and I’ll just treat it as taking a stroll with you. How does that sound?”

Ye Liuyun thought it over as well and felt that this was indeed a solution. “That works! You don’t need to take action when I’m doing missions. Keep resting while I handle things. You can just wait for the results!”

Chen Yueying nodded, but she also reminded Ye Liuyun, “However, once we’re in the sect, I may not be as free as I am here. Besides, many people in the sect don’t know my identity, so I may not have much authority. You might have to suffer some grievances by then!”

Ye Liuyun knew she was referring to the sect’s environment of intrigue and infighting, as well as the restrictions imposed by the sect’s rules, so he was mentally prepared.

“It’s nothing. I’ve visited quite a few sects in the Immortal Realm and know what they’re like. You don’t need to worry about me!”

Chen Yueying said with certainty, “Mm, I know what you’re capable of. You can handle any situation! I’m only worried that some people will provoke you and make you upset!”

“Heh, the people who’ve provoked me are all dead now! That’s simply how martial cultivation is. Don’t worry about me—just take good care of yourself when the time comes. If someone really comes looking for death, that’ll be perfect. They’ll be delivering resources straight to me.”

Ye Liuyun smiled, completely unconcerned.

Seeing the confident smile on Ye Liuyun’s face, Chen Yueying felt especially reassured.

“All right, then. But don’t deliberately cause trouble for me, either!” she said, joking with Ye Liuyun in turn.

“Hahaha, don’t worry. I never go looking for trouble with others!” Ye Liuyun laughed as well.

After that, the two of them ate and chatted. Chen Yueying told Ye Liuyun about various matters within the sect, and they had a wonderful time.

Although the two of them had decided to go to the sect, Chen Yueying still insisted on leaving only after improving the gilded armor. She had seen Ye Liuyun sell his defensive treasure, and since he would also be taking on sect missions afterward, she wanted to raise the armor’s grade and make him safer.

Ye Liuyun agreed as well. He felt that he would not be returning often after going to the sect, so he might as well take this opportunity to upgrade the armor.

After the meal, Chen Yueying took Ye Liuyun around for a while before returning to the royal residence to arrange for an artifact refiner to work on the armor.

Ye Liuyun did not want to refine too many for the time being, so he took out six sets of gilded armor and handed them to Chen Yueying, asking her to have them refined.

“You really have this many?” Chen Yueying could not help being somewhat astonished when she saw Ye Liuyun take out so many sets of gilded armor.

Ye Liuyun could not tell her that he still had dozens of sets waiting to be refined, so he could only explain, “Two of the sets of gilded armor are large-sized and meant for the demonic beasts at my side. The other two are for two of my commanders.”

Ye Liuyun was referring to Lei Ming, the Dragon Maiden, Ye Tiandao, Yueying, and Tang Xinyao.

He wanted to have armor refined for these key people first. As for the rest, he would wait until Ancestor Skyfire and the other artifact refiners broke through before slowly making imitations.

The artifact refiners and alchemists in his spatial world who were at relatively high cultivation realms were also cultivating new techniques and condensing their true essence at that time. They should not be far from breaking through either.

By following the design and making imitations, even if they could not refine armor of particularly high grade, artifact refiners as skilled as Ancestor Skyfire would have no trouble producing second- or third-grade Void-ranked artifacts once they broke through.

Chen Yueying had been wondering who would use all that gilded armor and whether it might be for the women around Ye Liuyun.

She also knew that Ye Liuyun was a prominent figure in the Immortal Realm and could not possibly have no women around him. That was why she usually tried to avoid thinking in that direction, lest she become jealous. Hearing Ye Liuyun say this, her mood instantly changed from sunny to cloudy.

She took full responsibility for arranging the armor’s refinement. “All right, then! I’ll arrange everything. Focus on your cultivation!”

Ye Liuyun did not stand on ceremony with her either. He knew the cost of refining the armor would certainly not be small, so he could only repay her slowly in the future.

After returning to the cultivation room, Ye Liuyun first used the body-tempering fluid to temper his body, then began refining the Heaven-Mending Stones with the two fire spirit.

He tossed the Heaven-Mending Stones into the Heaven-Devouring Cauldron, then put the two sources of fire inside and let them refine the stones on their own. During that time, he could spar with Chen Hui and improve his Spatial Force.

His strength in every aspect had already surpassed that of the disciples who had just joined the Thousand Spirits Sect and whom he had captured earlier. However, he could not release them yet, so he handed them all over to Lei Ming and the other demonic beasts as sparring partners.

As for the power of heaven and earth and divine essence, he used the golden dragon Puppet as an opponent. He also frequently used his Guardian Divine Seal, allowing them to hone themselves further as well.