The Divine Urban Physician Chapter 3469: I Am Indeed a Ye
Previously on The Divine Urban Physician...
Should any other person have talked to Chen Yang in such a tone, they’d have been dragged away a while back. Yet, when it came to Gu Han, Chen Yang’s grin remained unchanged, and after a brief pause, he responded: "Well... Young Master Gu, please wait a bit longer. I’ve already mobilized all martial artists below the Holy Ancestor Realm in the city to assist in the mining. I’m confident we’ll have news soon."
Right then, a gray-clad servant dashed into the hall, calling out in haste to Chen Yang: "It’s bad, City Lord!"
Chen Yang’s brow furrowed, irritation flashing across his features, as he snapped: "Can’t you see I’m entertaining guests?"
The servant halted abruptly, shot a quick look at Gu Han, and then bowed his head low.
Chen Yang stated evenly: "Young Master Gu is not an outsider. Speak up."
The servant blurted out hastily, "The recruits you dispatched for miners, Ma Xiong and Li Donghao, have suffered grave injuries! Word is... word is they clashed during the hiring process."
Hearing this, Chen Yang’s face shifted dramatically as his gaze turned to Gu Han at his side.
Gu Han kept a faint smirk while eyeing Chen Yang, then rose to his feet and declared: "It looks like the task I handed to you isn’t proceeding well, and it’s putting City Lord Chen through real trouble. Under these circumstances, Gu will seek assistance elsewhere. After all, while Black Gold City is famed for its Black Gold, the Black Gold Mother isn’t found only here."
A gleam sparked in Chen Yang’s eyes. He simply couldn’t afford to miss this chance to win favor with the Gu family, particularly because the Spirit Cold Branch that Gu Han promised in trade for the Black Gold Mother was an item he craved urgently!
Without delay, Chen Yang whipped around and bellowed at the servant: "Who dares to defy the commands of this City Lord?"
A few days prior, Gu Han had come to Chen Yang, requesting aid in acquiring a chunk of Black Gold Mother. This Black Gold Mother outclassed ordinary Black Gold by far and held immense worth, boasting a truly distinctive quality.
Upon extraction, the Black Gold Mother bursts forth with a brilliant Purple Gold radiance, yet if kept too long, though its potency stays intact, that Purple Gold spiritual glow fades away naturally.
As a result, to craft artifacts from the Black Gold Mother, one has to process it into a treasure right after digging it up to lock in the Purple Gold light for good!
That’s precisely why Chen Yang demanded the compulsory gathering of miners.
Yet now, some insolent fool has stepped up to challenge him?
And right when Gu Han learns of it?
Doesn’t this shame him before Gu Han?
How will the Gu family view him now? Failing at such a simple job, what right does he have to build ties with them?
And it all stems from that defiant youth!
In a flash, Chen Yang’s loathing for Ye Chen surged.
Still, doubt gleamed in his gaze as he pondered how, from the martial artists he pulled in below the Holy Ancestor Realm, anyone could badly wound Ma Xiong and Li Donghao.
The servant reported: "From the reports, that youth called Ye Chen entered Jinxiao Pavilion."
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No sooner had Ye Chen taken a seat in Jinxiao Pavilion than a lovely young lady came over with a warm smile, inquiring: "Young Master, may I know what you would like to order?"
Ye Chen instructed: "Bring out a few signature dishes from your establishment."
Once the young lady departed, voices from the adjacent table floated over to Ye Chen’s ears.
A man sporting a jade crown remarked: "Have you heard? Refining God Xuan Nu is getting married soon?"
"Xuan Nu?"
Another fellow with flowing hair perked up, "Are you talking about the great beauty known as Refining God Ice Mountain?"
The jade-crowned man chuckled: "Who else could it be but her?"
A third man, pale and rotund, questioned skeptically: "Refining God Ice Mountain? Where did you hear that from? Impossible, right? I remember she once said she’d never marry."
The jade-crowned man boasted: "Where did I hear it? Normally, folks like us wouldn’t catch wind from Refining God Peak, but lately, my brother got into Xinyan Sect, and this buzz has already circulated in the higher social layers of the Outer Realm’s Star Xuan Domain!"
The pale and rotund man remained dubious toward the jade-crowned man and pressed: "It’s been spread? I recall that Xinyan Sect doesn’t really interact with Refining God Peak, so how did news of Refining God Peak’s Xuan Nu’s marriage reach Xinyan Sect?"
A enigmatic grin crossed the jade-crowned man’s face as he teased: "Because..."
"Refining God Peak is publicly seeking suitors for Xuan Nu Jin Shuhui this time! All the young talents from nearby major forces have been invited!"
Ye Chen, who’d been drinking tea while awaiting his meal, abruptly sharpened his gaze!
Jin Shuhui?
It appeared fate hadn’t abandoned him entirely!
During these fifteen days in the Outer Realm, his primary aim had been locating Jin Shuhui!
Even if the link between Jin Shuhui and the Reincarnation Tablet remained unclear!
Still, he needed to encounter Jin Shuhui without further delay!
But she was holding a suitor selection?
Based on Ye Chen’s understanding of Jin Shuhui, even if she desired marriage, she wouldn’t resort to this approach, would she?
Ye Chen’s brow creased faintly, and he rose, heading to the nearby table.
Jin Shuhui had shown favor to the Divine Kingdom, and kindness to him, Ye Chen, as well. With the Reincarnation Tablet involved too, Ye Chen couldn’t stand by.
Ye Chen questioned the jade-crowned man: "Brother, could you tell me more about this matter of Refining God Peak’s Xuan Nu seeking suitors?"
"You? Heavenly God Realm?" The jade-crowned man caught the words, eyed Ye Chen, and a smirk tugged at his lips as he said: "Why? Are you interested in Refining God Peak’s Xuan Nu too? Haha, Refining God Peak’s Xuan Nu is indeed extremely beautiful, but sometimes people should act according to their ability, you know? If you have too many unrealistic ideas, you’ll only bring bad luck upon yourself!"
To him, a cultivator at Ye Chen’s Heavenly God Realm level lacked any standing to join the suitor gathering. They sought prodigies and geniuses from the great powers in Star Swirl Domain. What good was a simple Heavenly God Realm like him?
At these words, Ye Chen’s eyes narrowed just a touch, and suddenly, the air felt a shade chillier.
The jade-crowned man acted oblivious, his smile growing even broader.
As he observed Ye Chen, the jade-crowned man prepared to taunt him more.
But in an instant, the long-haired man next to him went ashen, seized the jade-crowned man’s arm, and murmured: "This person... This person seems to be that ’fierce man’ Ye Chen..."
Fierce man Ye Chen?
The jade-crowned man snapped to attention at the mention!
Though he hadn’t witnessed it himself, tales of Ye Chen’s deeds had reached him. After all, for such a sensational incident to unfold in a modest spot like Black Gold City, news was sure to ripple across the area!
With that aloof look, in his twenties, and at Heavenly God Realm, if not Ye Chen, then who?
Gazing at Ye Chen, the jade-crowned man gulped hard, his frame quivering faintly! Why the shakes?
Because of Ye Chen’s power, because of Ye Chen’s brutality!
Some whispered it might’ve been kinder if Ye Chen had simply slain Ma Xiong and Li Donghao instead of leaving them so broken!
The jade-crowned man’s demeanor flipped completely, and like a startled hare, he timidly ducked his head while asking Ye Chen: "A-are you Young Master Ye?"
Ye Chen answered coolly: "I... indeed go by Ye."