After Defying the Villain's Fate for Nine Lifetimes, the Heroines Turn Mad!-Chapter 308 - Ancient Pill Scroll

Chapter 308: Ancient Pill Scroll

The next day, Jiang Chen discovered a very serious problem.

He had Zhang Hu inquire around and found that not only was his tower empty, but the other towers meant for visiting cultivators were also devoid of people.

Basically, not a single visiting cultivator who came for the Alchemy Conference was present!

“What’s going on?” Jiang Chen was somewhat dumbfounded.

This plot twist had never occurred in his nine reincarnations nor in the original story.

He vaguely felt that something was wrong with this segment of the story, but he couldn’t figure it out at the moment.

Fortunately, the opportunity to earn system rewards wasn’t completely lost.

Although there were no visiting cultivators, he could still seek out the disciples and elders of the Ancient Pill Tower for trouble.

Having made up his mind, Jiang Chen left the tower with Qingning and others.

The Ancient Pill Tower was filled with towers divided into inner and outer gates.

The Outer Sect was where visiting cultivators, pill refiners, and servant disciples of the Ancient Pill Tower resided, while the Inner Sect was where the true disciples were located.

And that magnificent central tower was the residence of the Tower Master and various elders.

After leaving his residence, Jiang Chen walked up the jade stairs along the main road and finally saw a dark red tower with the fragrance of pills and a scorching aura.

This tower was where the disciples of the Ancient Pill Tower usually refined pills and was also the only path leading from the outer part to the Inner Sect.

In front of the tower, several disciples dressed in the Ancient Pill Tower’s sect attire were on guard.

Jiang Chen glanced at them and noticed that these disciples had low cultivation levels, but their proficiency in the Way of the Pill was not shallow, and they were mostly fifth-grade pill refiners.

“Cough!”

After a light cough, he stepped forward.

“Senior Brother, please stop.”

A disciple of the Ancient Pill Tower stopped him and patiently explained, “Beyond this point is the Inner Sect of the Ancient Pill Tower. Before the Alchemy Conference begins, visiting cultivators are not allowed to enter.”

Here it comes, here it comes! A normal person!

Jiang Chen was ecstatic in his heart.

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As a villain, isn’t being stopped the perfect opportunity to get angry?

This was definitely in line with his character!

With this thought, Jiang Chen gave Zhang Hu a look.

His meaning was simple.

When a villain is stopped, it’s natural for his underlings to mock first, thereby kicking off the tantrum scene.

Zhang Hu nodded in realization after a brief pause, but unexpectedly, what he did was.... pulled out several spirit stones and placed them in the hands of the gatekeeping disciples...

Then, with a smile on his face, he said, “Senior Brothers, please do us a favor.”

“????”

Jiang Chen was bewildered.

The gatekeeping disciples were equally bewildered.

Jiang Chen was bewildered because he never expected the usually talkative Zhang Hu to resort to bribery this time!

And the gatekeeping disciples were bewildered because they didn’t expect this person to be so straightforward!

In the past, many visiting cultivators came to the Ancient Pill Tower and would try every means to go to the Inner Sect to seek pills.

Without a doubt, at this moment, the gatekeeping disciples regarded Jiang Chen as one of those seeking pills.

“Hehe, no trouble, no trouble.”

After discreetly accepting the spirit stones, the gatekeeping disciple stepped aside to clear a path.

Seeing this, Zhang Hu gave Jiang Chen a look that clearly asked, “Eldest Senior Brother, am I too clever or what?”

“...”

Jiang Chen’s mouth twitched.

“Zhang Hu!”

Qingning couldn’t stand it any longer and questioned with hands on her hips, “Eldest Senior Brother can go wherever he wants, and those who dare to obstruct should be buried, so why the bribery?”

“Third Senior Sister, I’m doing this for Eldest Senior Brother’s own good,”

Zhang Hu whispered while explaining, “Eldest Senior Brother doesn’t have a protector right now, and Aunt Shi is at the Fate Transformation cultivation level! If we cause a scene, we’ll definitely be driven away!”

Qingning thought there was some logic to this and said no more.

Jiang Chen was still frowning.

Undeniably, what Zhang Hu said made sense.

Jiang Chen was not afraid of Shi Ning, who was both arrogant and fond of making wild guesses, but it was undeniable that being driven away would indeed be troublesome.

In that case, he would lose the chance to deal with Yu Shi, and he would also be unable to stop Lin Feng and the Imperial Dynasty from getting together at the Alchemy Conference.

But as a villain, such an action was somewhat embarrassing.

Besides, how could he give up such a perfect opportunity to earn system rewards?

With a quick thought, Jiang Chen came up with a good idea.

He took out many spirit stones from his storage ring and placed them in the hands of the disciples guarding the gate.

“Hisss—”

Seeing the spirit stones in their hands, the gatekeeping disciples gasped in surprise.

They were all high-grade spirit stones!

Although the disciples of the Ancient Pill Tower were quite wealthy, they were still shocked by Jiang Chen’s ‘arrogance’!

Just as the gatekeeping disciples’ faces bloomed with smiles, thinking of getting closer to Jiang Chen,

“Aunt Shi!!”

Jiang Chen suddenly shouted loudly!

His voice, mixed with spiritual energy, spread in all directions.

In just a few breaths, Shi Ning descended from the sky and landed in front of Jiang Chen.

“They’re robbing my spirit stones!” Jiang Chen pointed at the gatekeeping disciples and complained.

“????”

The gatekeeping disciples were full of question marks.

These spirit stones were clearly given as gifts!

Where did the idea of robbery come from?

Shi Ning was also skeptical, originally intending to scold Jiang Chen for making trouble out of nothing, but then she saw the numerous spirit stones in the hands of the gatekeeping disciples.

Instantly caught red-handed!

But she was puzzled. Jiang Chen was a cultivator from the upper four realms, while the gatekeeping disciples were all Core Formation cultivators.

With such a large gap in cultivation, how could the gatekeeping disciples have robbed him?

“Aunt Shi, you always remind me not to bully the weak, so I honestly hand over the spirit stones...” Jiang Chen lied after seeing Shi Ning’s confusion.

Shi Ning was stunned and wondered, “So obedient?”

As soon as she finished speaking, she blamed herself for asking even though she knew the answer.

Of course, Jiang Chen would be obedient around her.

Although he was a bad guy, he had a crush on her!

“Tower Master, this is slander! These spirit stones were given by this person with the intention of bribing us to let him enter the Inner Sect! We were just about to return the spirit stones!” the gatekeeping disciples cried out in injustice.

Upon hearing this, Shi Ning’s brows furrowed.

With her cultivation, she could have sensed everything happening within the Ancient Pill Tower if she had been paying attention.

But since she had been refining pills just now, she hadn’t noticed.

Now, with both sides sticking to their stories, all she could do was deduce.

Shi Ning was actually aware of the gatekeeping disciples taking bribes.

She wouldn’t fully believe Jiang Chen’s words either.

After some thought, a picture formed in her mind.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Jiang Chen, being in the Outer Sect and missing her terribly, wanted to go to the Inner Sect to see her but was stopped by the gatekeeping disciples.

Jiang Chen had a notorious reputation. How could he accept this?

Still, because he didn’t want to disappoint her, Jiang Chen had to restrain his nature and honestly do the “bribery” to the gatekeeping disciples.

Afterward, Jiang Chen still felt annoyed about it and also saw it as an opportunity to see her.

So, he deliberately called her over.

Because of Jiang Chen’s mischievous nature, he slandered the gatekeeping disciples for robbery!

Perfect! This deduction was perfect!

It was logically tight and flawless!

It perfectly restored what had just happened!

It also fully considered Jiang Chen’s personality and his affection for her!

“Ah...” Thinking she understood everything, Shi Ning sighed deeply.

She took a deep look at Jiang Chen, her cheeks flushed, and she said in a low voice, “Still, Jiang Chen, this doesn’t make me happy at all...”

“...” Jiang Chen was speechless.

He immediately understood.

Clearly, this imagination-prone tsundere Aunt Shi had started fantasizing something again...

And the gatekeeping disciples, upon hearing Jiang Chen’s name, were dumbfounded.

They had no idea that the man in black before them was Jiang Chen.

It’s the infamous Jiang Chen whose presence caused madness wherever he went!

Originally, Shi Ning had little authority in the Ancient Pill Tower, and now with Jiang Chen’s arrival, the gatekeeping disciples exclaimed ‘Damn it!’ and then ran away as fast as they could.

This made Shi Ning’s expression darken.

Jiang Chen took the opportunity to make a move, raising his hand and unleashing a “Great Majestic Heavenly Dragon,” sending the fleeing gatekeeping disciples flying.

At the same time, the system’s notification sounded.

【Host’s actions conform to the villain’s character setting, reward: Ancient Pill Scroll】