The next day, Yun Chen had already sucked the corpse dry and broken through to the sixth layer of qi-condensing realm. He burned the corpse to ash to avoid complicating situations. It had already been five days since Yun Chen had entered secluded cultivation. After coming out, the guards at the guards at the entrance sent out a message to Lao Gu to warn him. He hurriedly came to meet Yun Chen to know if he succeeded in finding a cure.
«Good morning, young master Yun! How did it go? » asked directly Lao Gu with the calmest face possible.
«Don't worry, elder Lao Gu! Now, I can cure the chairman. » answered Yun Chen to reassure him.
«Then, please follow me to the chairman's room. » said Lao Gu while leading the way.
On the way to the room, Lao Gu informed Yun Chen some other things.
«Young master Yun! The corpse of the spirit-gathering realm two-horned red mantis came to us yesterday. It was in perfect condition as you asked. And this is a map that show where we encountered the strange beast. It will help you avoid them in the future. » said Lao Gu while handing the map to Yun Chen.
They finally arrived at the chairman's room an entered without delay.
«Elder Lao Gu! Help me remove his bandage. I can extract the poison only through the wound. » said Yun Chen.
Lao Gu didn't hesitate and rushed to obey.
«It is done young master Yun! » declared Lao Gu.
Yun Chen put his hands on the wound began absorbing the devil qi.
«Please prepare a rejuvenating pill to help him recover. » suddenly asked Yun Chen while absorbing the devil qi.
«Oh! I have already done all the preparations. I have enough rejuvenating pills, vitality pills and qi-enhancing pills to help him recover without worry. » proudly declared Lao Gu.
Yun Chen was asking about rejuvenating pills because some of the innate qi was mixed with the devil qi absorbed by him. So, when absorbing it he would separate them and absorb innate qi into the primordial qi dantian and the pure devil qi into his devil qi dantian. His cultivation rose sharply and at the end, he broke through to the seventh layer of qi-condensing realm.
«Elder, it is finished! The chairman is now out of danger. » declared Yun Chen to Lao Gu.
After hearing that, Lao Gu rushed to the chairman and fed him a rejuvenating pill and two vitality pills.
«Thank you, young master Yun! I owe you a great favor this time. » said Lao Gu with all his respect.
At that moment, the chairman awakened and weakly called out Lao Gu. Lao Gu rushed toward him and explained the situation to the chairman while Yun Chen stood aside without disturbing them.
«Young master Yun! I... I thank you very much for saving my life. If you need anything in the future, you can come and ask me... cough… » weakly said the chairman.
«Don't worry about that! It was natural for me to save you, chairman. » Yun Chen replied respectfully.
«Haha! My name is Chu Gao. You can call me Uncle Gao » happily replied the chairman.
«Yes, Uncle Gao! » answered Yun Chen.
«Lao Gu! Give it to him. » said Chu Gao to Lao Gu.
«Yes, chairman! » said Lao Gu while handing a wooden box to Yun Chen.
After opening the box, Yun Chen saw a token with the name Chu engraved on it.
«This is a token of my Chu family in the capital. With it, you can ask one favor from the Chu family, and they will help you without condition. » declared Chu Gao.
The Chu family is one of the four major family in the capital excluding the royal family. So, having a favor from one of them is an extreme benefit to Yun Chen.
«Thank you, Uncle Gao! Then I will take my leave now. » said Yun Chen before heading out.
Lao Gu accompanied him and took this occasion to hand him the two-horned red mantis corpse.
After coming out of the auction house, he directly headed back home. But just as he came back, he was informed of a terrible news by one of elder Kong's underlings.
«Young master Yun! You came just intime. The third elder ask me to inform you that the patriarch is going to marry your sister to the Mu family. Some elders of the Mu family came today, and they want to force the marriage contract. They are actually in the main hall discussing it. » declared the underling.
«What? How dare he do that! » cried out Yun Chen in anger.
He directly headed toward the main hall. After arriving at the main hall, he was blocked by two guards. But Yun Chen didn't want to waste time. Moreover, their cultivation base was only at the sixth layer of qi-condensing realm. They were weaker than him so, he took them down in an instant without using much strength and entered inside the main hall.
Inside the main hall, there was Mu Bai accompanied by two elders of the Mu family and another young man.
«Presumptuous! How dare you barge in the main hall without permission. Do you want to die? Don't you have some respect for your elders? » cried out the second elder when he saw Yun Chen.
«Second elder, you must respect yourself before others respect you. When you all decided to marry my sister to this pig of the Mu family, you have lost all respect. » said Yun Chen in a serious tone.
All the elders except the third elder were dumbfounded. The third elder as very satisfied. Yun Chen's words angered Mu Bai.
«Yun Chen, do you want to die? Do you think you are all powerful because you have a bit of money? Stop dreaming! This nothing in front of a sect. I have been accepted into the Taiyi sect and my cousin Mu li here is an inner disciple of the Taiyi sect. Your Yun family is nothing in front of them. It is an honor for your sister to marry my Yun family. » Mu Bai cried out in anger.
«Oh? A ninth level spirit-gathering realm can become an inner disciple? It is truly a weak sect that bully the weak and fear the strong. » replied Yun Chen while smiling.
«What did you say? How dare you insult our sect! » Mu Li cried out.
«Then, do dare to make a bet with me? » Yun Chen proposed.
«What bet? » Mu Li asked curiously.
«In the hunting context that will take place a month later, if our Yun don't come out first place, you win the bet and you can do whatever you want to me. Moreover, I will personally offer you a rank five realm-breaking pill. But, if we win the first place, your Mu family will have to give up half of their shops in the tow to the Yun family. » declared Yun Chen.
«What? Ha..half the shops? Are you insa…. » said Mu Bai.
«We agree! But you will have to offer two real-breaking pills. » interrupted one of the elders of the Mu family.
«I'm sorry! I don't have two realm-breaking pills. But what about if I add fifty bottles of high-grade soul essence? » replied Yun Chen.
«Deal! » answered the two elders of the Mu family at the same time.
«Baited! » though Yun Chen to himself.
«Then, we will be taking our leave. See you in a month! » said one of the elders.
The two elders of the Mu family, Mu Bai and Mu Li headed out leaving only the second, the third and the grand elders with Yun Chen.