In the Shuiling Holy Land, there is a luxurious cave second only to the Saint Lady's Hall.
Gongsun Ju sat upright on the chair, with a lingering gloom in his eyes.
He has now received news from the Holy Lord, saying that his status as the Saint's assistant has been cancelled, and Ye Chen will be the one instead.
Although he does not serve as the saint's assistant, it does not directly affect the fact that he is the saint's first choice for her husband.
It's just that the husbands of saints in the past generations have been assistants who helped the saints climb to the top of the ice. This not only increases their achievements, but also cultivates feelings with the saints and demonstrates their own strength.
After all, going through difficult times together is the best way to close the distance and open up each other's hearts.
Moreover, although the main gain from climbing to the top of the ice is the Saint, the assistants will also receive some inheritance. The benefits of these inheritances are something that ordinary disciples cannot get after practicing for a lifetime!
But now, such an excellent opportunity has flown away from his hands.
Now he wished he could kill Ye Chen directly.
Below, a group of disciples were discussing and complaining about Gongsun Ju.
"Only Senior Brother Gongsun Ju can match up to our Saint. Who is Ye Chen? Can he be compared to Senior Brother Gongsun Ju?"
"Hmph, if we let that guy assist the Saint, I'm afraid he will only be able to climb to the mountainside at most. The Saint is really confused!"
"I must spread this matter, unite many disciples to boycott Ye Chen, and request the Holy Master and Holy Lady to change their candidates. Senior Brother Gongsun Ju will still serve as the Holy Lady's assistant."
"Yes! Climbing to the top of the iceberg is related to the future strength of our Holy Land. We have the right to do it. We want the Holy Land to see our determination and opinions!"
"We will never allow the fate of our holy land to be left in the hands of an outsider!"
Having said this, Gongsun Ju slowly raised his hand, and the people below suddenly became quiet.
Gongsun Ju said coldly: "Spread this matter first, and public opinion will explode in the next two days. I want to make Ye Chen a trash that everyone in the Shuiling Holy Land will beat!"
"Yes, please take a look, Senior Brother Gongsun, I guarantee your satisfaction!"
"Leave this matter to us!"
The disciples below were beating their chests wildly.
It didn't take long for everyone in Shuiling Holy Land, from the Four Peaks disciples to the outer sect servants, to know the news that the Saint planned to climb to the top of the ice mountains.
And we also know that this time the saint actually found a young monk from outside the Holy Land to help her complete the challenge.
When everyone learned that Ye Chen was just an earth-splitting monk, and he was bossing around when he came to Shuiling Holy Land that day, and did not take Shuiling Holy Land into consideration at all.
Moreover, the eldest brother Gongsun Ju took the initiative to show his kindness, but he was ridiculed by him, saying that the eldest brother was not worthy of communicating with a proud man like him, and even slapped Gongsun Ju in public.
However, the benevolent elder brother Gongsun Ju did not pursue the matter in an attitude of calming down the matter...
In short, Gongsun Ju was promoted to the sky, but Ye Chen was made into an arrogant and domineering villain.
The elders of Shuiling Holy Land didn't have much reaction after hearing this. They could basically deduce that there must be some exaggeration in this.
But the disciples who were enthusiastic were completely blown away.
All of a sudden, voices criticizing Ye Chen could not be heard.
Some people even posted notices saying "Ye Chen and dogs are not allowed" in public places such as martial arts training grounds and canteens.
At the same time, under the leadership of some people with ulterior motives, a 'Preaching Brigade' was also established, planning to wait for an opportunity to launch a surprise attack and kill Ye Chen directly!
In their eyes, Ye Chen was just an outsider anyway. Even if they killed Ye Chen, the Holy Land Law would not punish everyone, so they would not be severely punished.
Moreover, Ye Chen is still the suspect of killing Senior Brother Li Zihao, which makes these disciples even more famous, shouting that they want to avenge Senior Brother Li Zihao!
At this time, Ye Chen, who was in the whirlpool of public opinion, was sitting cross-legged in a room of the Holy Lady Hall.
The house next to him is where Yu Wanqing and Pan Ruoshui live. There is only a wall between the three of them.
In order to better cope with the next challenge, Ye Chen is concentrating on training.
After all, this Holy Land of Water Spirits is one of the few holy places for cultivation in the world, especially the Holy Maiden Temple, which is surrounded by water, and this water is not real water, but condensed water-attribute spiritual energy.
It can be said to be the place with the densest spiritual energy in the entire Holy Land.
Ye Chen practiced here, and combined with the advanced heaven-level exercises, his cultivation level improved at an incredible speed.
Although most of the surrounding auras are water-attribute auras, the properties of this aura can be converted. It may be a bit troublesome for monks who practice low-level fire-attribute techniques, but for Ye Chen, the impact is very limited.
Hua Hua Hua——
The spiritual energy in the surrounding air continued to gather towards Ye Chen's body. Under the transformation of the exercises, it flowed from the meridians into the Nascent Soul in the Dantian.
As the Nascent Soul within his body grew stronger, Ye Chen's aura also increased again.
In one night, Ye Chen's aura became much stronger.
At this moment, there was a knock on the door, pulling Ye Chen out of his cultivation state and back to reality.
When he opened the door, he saw that Yu Wanqing was here.
When Yu Wanqing saw Ye Chen, her beautiful eyes were slightly startled.
"Is it the late stage of Earth Splitting Realm?"
Ye Chen nodded, "Thanks to your Saintess Temple's abundant spiritual energy, I was lucky enough to make a breakthrough."
After receiving a positive answer, Yu Wanqing was even more surprised.
How long has it been since Ye Chen entered the Earth Splitting Realm? He didn't expect that he would already be in the late stage of the Earth Splitting Realm in a blink of an eye. It was incredibly fast.
The two of them were practicing together in the Holy Girl Hall, but Ye Chen's cultivation speed was much faster than hers. If Ye Chen had been practicing in the Holy Girl Hall like her before, would he have entered the Crossing the River Realm now?
"Ye Chen, are you really just a mortal body?"
"Of course." Ye Chen said.
"Then why is your cultivation speed so fast?" Although she knew that it was a bit direct to ask, Yu Wanqing couldn't help but ask.
"Maybe it's because I am the son of destiny."
Ye Chen replied half-truthfully, which earned Yu Wanqing a big eye roll.
"You came to see me for something?" Ye Chen asked.
Yu Wanqing nodded seriously and said: "The Holy Lord has informed me that the day to climb to the top of the ice mountain is scheduled for a week later. During this week, we can make sufficient preparations."
Just as Ye Chen was about to nod, he suddenly found that a flame-shaped jade slip in his arms was broken into pieces, which made Ye Chen frown.
This was given to him by Fei Lie before they parted. If this jade slip breaks into pieces, it means something big has happened to the Huo Ling Sect.
"It seems that the days of climbing to the top of the ice mountains have to be changed." Ye Chen said.
Yu Wanqing saw something wrong with Ye Chen's expression and asked, "When do you want it?"