Chapter 489 Cuckolding Lu Ye

As the elixirs were being modified during refinement, the pills crafted by Lu Ye immediately became so highly sought-after that they were nearly impossible to obtain.

Whenever demand outstrips supply, a certain profession inevitably pops up—scalpers!

Joke’s on you—even the scalpers work for Lu Ye!

What?

Scalping’s unethical?

Come on, the fact that Lu Ye hasn’t wiped out entire sects just for lacking resources is already an immense act of mercy!

Besides, what Lu Ye is doing now is essentially milking the rich.

Do you hear the rich whining?

Hell, they’ll probably thank us!

Amid this frenzy of wealth accumulation, Lu Ye was absolutely cleaning up.

Honestly, it was the first time Lu Ye realized just how much one guy could bank.

Across the entire Sixth Heaven, there were a total of 321 factions, and 290 of them opted for formation upgrades.

At five million per faction, just from formation upgrades alone, Lu Ye netted over 1.4 billion source stones.

The remaining factions were simply too poor—it wasn’t that they didn’t want to upgrade their arrays, but they were flat broke.

Fewer factions sought technique enhancements—only 60, bringing in nearly 500 million source stones.

Then there were the elixirs he refined, and the odd jobs and special requests where people sought his help directly. By the end of the year, Lu Ye had amassed a total of 3.3 billion source stones! Cha-ching!

Lu Ye was riding high!

The feeling of making money was absolutely exhilarating.

Well, come to think of it, ever since he started earning, he’d been in a nonstop high!

But it truly was amazing!

Sometimes, it wasn’t just spending that felt good—earning was just as thrilling!

The rush of stacking mountains of cash pouring into his pockets couldn’t be described with just the word "insane."

With enough resources secured, Lu Ye wasted no time and immediately went into seclusion.

This time, he should finally have the opportunity to grind his sword dao.

Time flew.

In the Sixth Heaven, aside from making money and wiping out the Forgetful Immortal Palace, all that remained was cultivation—just going all out.

Even Vermilion Bird’s injuries had healed over time.

Shangguan Huanling sought out Lu Ye multiple times, but under Lu Ye’s orders, Ning Tianming couldn’t be bothered to report her visits.

Lu Ye couldn’t care less about meeting them. Rather than dealing with this nonsense, he’d rather just ascend to the Seventh Heaven to find Yin Qingcheng. After all, he might have forgotten her, but he still remembered the whole Forgetful Sea mess that she had caused.

The Forgetful Immortal Palace has already suffered for the Forgetful Sea, so why should the instigator Yin Qingcheng get to cultivate in comfort?

"What to do? What to do? Now Brother Lu Ye refuses to even see us. We can't delay any longer. If Brother Lu Ye ascends silently without us knowing, I might never see him again!"

This was Shangguan Huanling's greatest concern.

Without the normal heavenly tribulation, Shangguan Huanling could rely on the Devouring Heaven Scripture to follow Lu Ye indefinitely. But now that the heavenly tribulation has returned to normal, Shangguan Huanling doesn't dare properly strengthen herself.

Since advancing her cultivation, the higher her realm, the closer she gets to facing the heavenly tribulation.

The heavenly tribulation for ascending from the Sixth Heaven to the Seventh Heaven is not the same as the previous ones. In the Sixth Heaven, the tribulation consists of the four elemental calamities: earth, wind, water, and fire.

Their power is unimaginably terrifying.

Back when Lu Ye took on the heavenly tribulation for Shangguan Huanling, the earth, wind, water, and fire nearly turned into chaos, almost crushing Lu Ye to death.

The Vermilion Bird couldn't possibly endure the tribulation for her.

So Lu Ye is Shangguan Huanling's only hope for ascension.

But Lu Ye stubbornly refuses to appear!

If he won't see her, what can she do?

No, she needed to draw Lu Ye out, make him come see her.

But how?

Shangguan Huanling started racking her brilliant brain.

What if she spread the word that if Lu Ye didn't come to see her, she would give him a green hat (cheat on him)?!

That way, Lu Ye would definitely come to see her.

At this thought, Shangguan Huanling's eyes sparkled.

But soon, she shook her head vigorously. No, no. Wait no - she needed Lu Ye's help to survive the tribulation.

If she used the threat of a green hat, Lu Ye would show up alright—only to kill her first thing.

No, no.

She couldn't do that!

But what other options were there?

Shangguan Huanling scratched her head furiously. Ugh, why was her mind blank now?

No, she needed outside input.

As the saying goes, three cobblers with their wits combined surpass Zhuge Liang (a brilliant ancient Chinese strategist).

Shangguan Huanling didn't know who Zhuge Liang was—this was something Lu Ye had once said—but clever as she was, she got the gist immediately.

The trio settled in.

"We can't just sit around like this. Brother Lu Ye's avoiding us now. We need a plan to draw Brother Lu Ye out voluntarily. Any bright ideas?" Shangguan Huanling asked.

The Vermilion Bird and Sun Ruowei...

They shook their heads!

"I have a brilliant idea—I'll spread rumors that I'm cuckolding Lu Ye, and he'll definitely come out to see me!" Shangguan Huanling said gravely.

Vermilion Bird shot to her feet.

"Have you lost your mind???"

"No, absolutely not! If you dare to cuckold Lu Ye, he will kill you without hesitation. He has zero tolerance for infidelity—don’t you know that?" the Vermilion Bird snapped harshly.

"Forget Lu Ye retaliating—just trying it would..."