Chapter 396

Chapter 396: Stealing Your Business

“Lu Ye Gege!”

A cheerful voice rang out as Shangguan Huanling appeared in the Great Hall. She walked in and immediately noticed many people sitting cross-legged, cultivating.

The aura coming from them was…

Shangguan Huanling’s smile suddenly froze.

Because she recognized that aura all too well.

It was the aura of the Heavenly Silkworm Nine Transformations!

Shangguan Huanling was momentarily stunned. What’s going on? I haven’t even started selling yet, and these people are already practicing the Heavenly Silkworm Nine Transformations?

This simply can’t happen!

The cultivation method Shangguan Huanling practiced was called the Origins Devouring Sutra, specifically designed to devour the essence of various treasures to elevate one’s own realm.

The True Essence cultivated from this method was ridiculously weak in combat.

Shangguan Huanling could prevent Yue Hongling from self-detonating because Yue Hongling was just too weak, but if Yue Hongling was even slightly stronger, Shangguan Huanling wouldn’t have been able to stop her.

She had even set a record where she wanted to cross tribulation but couldn’t provoke any heavenly tribulation at all.

Only skills like the Heavenly Demon Blood Escape, which had no requirements for True Essence, could be used, while in terms of other skills, out of countless techniques in the world, the ones Shangguan Huanling could use probably counted for less than a billionth.

Normally, Shangguan Huanling collected the resources she needed for her cultivation by selling the Heavenly Silkworm Nine Transformations.

She had been living too comfortably.

When resources ran low, she would just go out and sell a batch of Heavenly Silkworm Nine Transformations.

She had no idea how tough cultivation really was.

So deep down, she felt it didn’t matter whether Lu Ye was around or not. If he was there, it was like he was feeding her; if he wasn’t there, selling the Heavenly Silkworm Nine Transformations could still keep her plump and happy.

Lu Ye didn’t need to implant the Seed of Annihilation in Shangguan Huanling’s body at all.

All he had to do was make the Heavenly Silkworm Nine Transformations public, letting everyone know how to use it.

What could Shangguan Huanling do?

The Origins Devouring Sutra was like a huge money-eating beast. Feeding this technique was a hundred thousand times harder than nurturing a normal cultivator!

Shangguan Huanling looked at the group of people, then at Lu Ye, her smile gradually fading.

“Lu Ye Gege, what are these people cultivating?” Shangguan Huanling asked, still in disbelief.

Lu Ye gave her a confirming reply.

“Heavenly Silkworm Nine Transformations!”

Shangguan Huanling wanted to say something else, but Lu Ye calmly interjected again.

“I’ll have the Heavenly Gate spread the Heavenly Silkworm Nine Transformations, and everyone will be able to train in it.”

Even Shangguan Huanling, usually slow to catch on, turned pale.

“Collect fees?”

Lu Ye delivered the final blow.

“Free!”

Shangguan Huanling’s eyes instantly turned red.

Her voice trembled, dripping with grievance.

“Lu Ye Gege, how could you do this? You can’t steal my business…”

Lu Ye laughed.

Crying?

Don’t forget, when he died in his previous life, Shangguan Huanling didn’t shed a single tear.

Now she suddenly wanted to cry?

“If you go and teach the Heavenly Silkworm Nine Transformations right now, you might still earn some treasures. The longer you wait, the more treasures you’ll end up with nothing!”

Tears streamed down Shangguan Huanling’s face.

“I hate you!”

She covered her face and ran off crying.

Lu Ye exhaled a deep breath.

That felt good!

Not to mention Shen Xitang being angry at Shangguan Huanling’s nonchalant attitude, wasn’t Lu Ye also mad?

The existence of the Seed of Annihilation and the Path of Annihilation.

If Lu Ye burst out during his tribulation in his previous life, his Dao would have definitely depleted by more than half in an instant, and while it could recover later, would those powerful Celestial Lords fighting him give him the time to recover?

Now, severing Shangguan Huanling’s income truly touched her interests, and that’s what made Lu Ye feel satisfied!

In fact, he had thought about this before, but he was too lazy to act. One reason was that he was alone, and spreading this supernatural technique was just too much trouble.

The second reason was that the people from the lower four heavens just didn’t interest Lu Ye at all.

For instance, in the Fourth Heaven, so many forces surrounded him to attack, and even if they apologized and made reparations, did they really think Lu Ye would hand over the Heavenly Silkworm Nine Transformations to them? They must be dreaming!

But the Fifth Heaven was different.

The forces that surrounded him and sent assassins were also present!

However, in comparison to the overall population of the Fifth Heaven, they were insignificant.

Therefore, once Lu Ye threw out the Heavenly Silkworm Nine Transformations, he wouldn’t feel the pain of parting with it.

The Human Clan cultivating the Heavenly Silkworm Nine Transformations would be able to confront the demonic tide head-on in the future.

Shangguan Huanling ran out crying.

How could he do this?

Wasn’t she close to forgiving him already?

How could he do this and still expect her to cultivate?

Where would she find treasures to practice?

Why was Lu Ye suddenly so annoying?

Shangguan Huanling reached a secluded spot and began to sob hard.

So annoying!

Really annoying!

Stupid Lu Ye!

She felt so wronged she could die.

Now she couldn’t earn from the Heavenly Silkworm Nine Transformations anymore; how was she supposed to cultivate?

If she couldn’t cultivate, how could she ascend?

How could she follow in Lu Ye’s footsteps?

Suddenly, a wisp of black energy appeared in the center of Shangguan Huanling’s forehead.

“Ding! Host! Found An Li’s trace!”

The system’s prompt sounded instantly.

An Li had already drifted to this extent?

This was on the Heavenly Gate Star; Lu Ye was still here, and the power of Darkness Origin dared to show itself?

Upon hearing this, Lu Ye squinted his eyes.

“Lock it down; let’s see if we can completely annihilate her this time!”

An Li hadn’t made any moves lately; she must be holding back something big.

And now she appeared?

According to the system’s prompt, Lu Ye’s figure vanished in an instant.

At this moment, Shangguan Huanling was filled with grievances.

“How could Lu Ye do this? This is too excessive!”

“All I did was give him a Seed of Annihilation. It’s not like I used the Primordial Morning Mist to make him suffer, or the Massacre Lotus Heart that drove him to slaughter, or the Reincarnation Obsession like Jiang Die. The Seed of Annihilation clearly has no effect on you.”

“Now that so much time has passed, shouldn’t you be done being mad? Why’s it still dragging on?”

“Besides, I already apologized! What else do you want?”

The black mist swirled, and murmurs echoed, making Shangguan Huanling even more irritable.

It truly was infuriating!

An Li was overjoyed.

After her previous failed attempt to invade Shangguan Huanling, she had secretly left behind a very faint mark.

To her surprise, Shangguan Huanling’s grievances could actually awaken An Li.

This was a golden opportunity!

She was about to entice Shangguan to submit to her.

She immediately activated her power, injecting the black mist into Shangguan Huanling’s forehead!

“Could this be Lu Ye Gege honing himself?”

Shangguan Huanling sobbed.

An Li???

What’s going on? Did the dark side backfire too much?

Black mist flooded out from Shangguan Huanling’s body again.

“But it can’t be this harsh for honing! I totally can’t cultivate like this! Lu Ye, why are you being so cruel!”