Chapter 2369: Not Enough Space Here
"Are you sure you have a thousand Desolate Fire Essence Stones? Let me tell you, this is the Service Hall, not a place where you can joke around. If you dare to fool me, I assure you that you’ll never be assigned another task here again."
The small steward suddenly composed himself, speaking sternly.
His voice was loud, and the entire hall fell silent in an instant.
"What? A thousand Desolate Fire Essence Stones, must be joking, right?"
"This guy must be so desperate for contribution points that he’s saying a lie so obvious it would fall apart with a poke!"
"Do you think this guy doesn’t even know what Desolate Fire Essence Stones are? He probably saw someone else earning lots of contribution points and went to some mountain to pick up some junk stones to hand in."
Everyone was looking at Ye Haochuan as if they were watching a fool, thinking that he was just trying to show off.
"Move aside, let me see who’s so capable to have gathered even more Desolate Fire Essence Stones than I did."
A loud voice filled with sarcasm came from the back of the crowd.
No need to guess, it must be Xue Yi.
This time, he earned over four hundred contribution points, surpassing Du Tianze to become the top on the single earning contribution points list, which made him brim with pride.
After all, Du Tianze was the number one genius of West Peak.
Xue Yi even had the illusion of being the new number one in West Peak.
But just when he was enjoying all the attention, Ye Haochuan suddenly appeared, claiming to have a thousand Desolate Fire Essence Stones, stealing all the spotlight meant for him, which was unforgivable.
"Is that you?"
Xue Yi immediately recognized Ye Haochuan, sneering: "An ant in the True Immortal Early Stage, it’s already a miracle you didn’t get burned to death by the flames in the Desert Sea, yet you shamelessly claim to have obtained more than a thousand Desolate Fire Essence Stones?"
With that, he laughed uproariously, as if he had seen the greatest joke ever.
Not only him, but the other onlookers also joined in laughter.
But soon their laughter came to an abrupt halt.
Only to see, on the counter in front of the small steward, a mound of Desolate Fire Essence Stones appeared, looking like at least a hundred.
The onlookers couldn’t laugh anymore, feeling as if they had swallowed a fly.
Over a hundred Desolate Fire Essence Stones mean over a hundred contribution points. Even if they stripped down and sold themselves, they wouldn’t gather that much in years.
They wouldn’t even bother to pursue whether Ye Haochuan had just a hundred Desolate Fire Essence Stones or a thousand because just what was before them was enough to slap their faces thoroughly.
"So what if you luckily got a hundred Desolate Fire Essence Stones? It’s still far from a thousand!"
Xue Yi’s face was looking pretty bad, but compared to others, he obviously had the qualifications to say this.
"Sorry, this place is too small to hold all of them."
Ye Haochuan smiled indifferently. He initially didn’t intend to be so ostentatious, but since Xue Yi practically offered his face, how could he not slap it?
With that, Ye Haochuan stepped back, making some space in the crowd.
Clatter~
Countless earth-yellow Desolate Fire Essence Stones spilled out from the ring, making metallic clanging sounds.
As the small mountain of Desolate Fire Essence Stones grew taller, the surrounding crowd first felt envy, then astonishment, till they were completely overwhelmed as if watching the Seat Holder of West Peak perform a tantalizing strip dance in front of everyone.
Goodness, this person must be the creator’s own son. How could he possess such incredible fortune, obtaining this many Desolate Fire Essence Stones in one go?
They even felt that Ye Haochuan was in a completely different league of tasks. They struggled to get just a dozen contribution points, whereas Ye Haochuan had thousands, which were incomparably out of reach.
For a moment, countless people felt the urge to die.
"Steward, please count them!"
Ye Haochuan’s words roused the small steward from his daze.
The small steward pinched himself hard to confirm he wasn’t dreaming, then, with trembling hands, began to check each Desolate Fire Essence Stone on the ground.
The entire great hall was devoid of any sound except for the faint sound of metal; even breathing seemed deliberately controlled by everyone.
"This isn’t real, this absolutely can’t be real!"
Xue Yi’s face was twisted as if doomed by nine generations, breaking the silence with a shout: "These Desolate Fire Essence Stones must be fake, they must be!"
With that, he tried to rush towards the pile of Desolate Fire Essence Stones.
Ye Haochuan timely blocked his way, smiling broadly: "Whether they are real or not, I believe the steward and all the senior brothers here have the wisdom to judge. Or does Senior Brother Xue not trust the steward?"
"I..."
Xue Yi was stumped by Ye Haochuan’s words, glaring at him hatefully, letting out a muffled grunt: "Damn it, you just wait!"
He wasn’t stupid, knowing that staying here would only cause more embarrassment, so he rudely shoved through the crowd and left angrily.
Today should have been the most glorious day of his life, yet all the brilliance was stolen by Ye Haochuan, filling his heart with hatred!
After half an hour, the steward had finally finished discerning and confirming all the Desolate Fire Essence Stones.
All were genuine, amounting to one thousand and twenty-six stones.
Amid the envious gazes of the crowd, Ye Haochuan received one thousand and twenty-six contribution points.
"Ye Yichuan" was now at the forefront of the single earning contribution points list, doubling the second place Xue Yi, and four or five times that of third place Du Tianze.
For this reason, the Service Hall even went out of its way to explain to all disciples that it was a rare opportunity, and they hoped everyone wouldn’t harbor dissatisfaction or think of taking shortcuts, but focus on taking other missions.
Of course, such words were useless, as following this event, nearly half a month went by with no one coming to accept tasks from the Service Hall.
Every time they came to receive tasks, seeing Ye Haochuan’s towering contribution points on the list left them feeling quite unbalanced!
But that is another story.
After obtaining the contribution points, Ye Haochuan headed straight to the exchange point.
The surrounding onlookers also didn’t leave, eager to see how this "big spender" would lavish this great fortune.
On the exchange point’s table lay a palm-sized Jade Slip, and under the old man’s guidance responsible for exchanges, Ye Haochuan placed his right hand on it.
This Jade Slip, if infused with Flower Energy, could display the information inscribed on it.
However, Ye Haochuan wasn’t as flamboyant as Xue Yi. He simply placed his hand on it.
The next moment, he sensed numerous things appearing in his mind.
"Great Sun Imprint, Peak Immortal Instrument, three hundred and twenty contribution points, a good item... Kunlun Bell, Peak Immortal Instrument, four hundred contribution points, seems quite impressive as well... Silver Frost Holy Technique, Peak Immortal Technique, five hundred and eight contribution points..."