Trading system, I exchanged vegetables for golden pills.

"You're so disrespectful! Focus on your cultivation, I'm going out for a bit!"

Ye Chen left the house somewhat awkwardly, his hands behind his back.

He called Chen Tingting to ask about her recent situation.

After all, she was his second uncle's only daughter, so Ye Chen still had to help look after her.

If it weren't for Xiao Qi, he wouldn't have known about this.

As a result, Chen Tingting said everything was fine, and she was going between the library and the classroom every day.

She did not mention Chen Hao.

As expected, she didn't want Ye Chen to worry too much and felt that she could handle it.

Ye Chen did not mention Chen Hao's matter.

Are you free this afternoon? I'd like to ask you to have dinner with me tonight. It's been so long since I've had food from the school cafeteria.

"I'm going out with some club friends this afternoon, it's already arranged!" Chen Tingting said hesitantly.

Ye Chen nodded: "Okay, you go ahead and get busy. We can arrange to eat later when you have time. Call me anytime if you need anything!"

"Okay, bro!" Chen Tingting's emotions were quite calm, and she didn't seem to be having any trouble.

"Do you want to learn breathing techniques? I'll teach you," Ye Chen said after a long pause.

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.

If his little cousin becomes more capable, he won't have to worry about her so much.

At the very least, she can protect herself and deal with some special situations.

Anyway, there are also mystical sects, and cultivation is not something that can be done alone.

It wouldn't be a bad idea to teach Tingting cultivation methods.

However, Chen Tingting refused: "No need, brother. I'm not interested in breathing exercises. That's something old men and women do. I'm not old enough for that yet!"

Ye Chen opened his mouth, thinking to himself that people still have too many misunderstandings about breathing exercises.

People who are more educated are less likely to accept this kind of thing unless they personally experience its benefits.

Otherwise, it would be more practical to have them lift weights than to have them practice breathing exercises.

"My method is a little different from what the older folks do. You can practice it to improve your health when you have free time!" Ye Chen advised again.

"I know, it's the one Xiao Qi practices. I once got up early and happened to see her meditating!" Chen Tingting said with a smile.

"So, do you want to learn? There are tons of benefits! You'll be able to take on three or five thugs with ease!"

"Forget it, fighting and killing are no good. I'd rather just focus on being beautiful. Besides, I can't concentrate. I'd rather sleep in than sit still all morning. Experts say that getting enough sleep is the best way to stay healthy!"

Chen Tingting refused completely.

Seeing this, Ye Chen didn't press the matter further. He asked her three times, and since she had no desire to learn, he decided to let it go.

Cultivation itself is about fate and destiny.

Since his little cousin wasn't interested, even if he taught her, she wouldn't take it seriously.

Cultivation methods are not cheap things, and Ye Chen was making an exception to ask about them this time.

In ancient times, those who sought immortality and enlightenment all needed perseverance and a sincere heart.

This must be the reason: people tend not to cherish things that are too easily obtained.

He might have just taught her his breathing technique, and the very next day she would share it with her friends or post it online to make a name for herself.

"That's all for now, bro, I'm heading out!" Chen Tingting said, ending the conversation.

"Okay!" Ye Chen nodded and ended the call.

Chen Hao's injuries haven't fully healed yet, so Ye Chen isn't worried about him trying too many tricks. Giving her more experiences might not be a bad thing.

Ye Chen planned to buy some more stones to practice engraving the so-called sect-protecting formation.

After all, this kind of free formation looks really appealing.

However, engraving arrays is quite expensive, requiring high-quality jade and a large quantity of jade.

If you ruin your skills while practicing, you'll be wasting real money.

An average family simply cannot afford to train a formation master.

Ye Chen bought four stones even though he still had X-ray vision.

Even so, it still cost 98.

If someone with Guo Jianbin's skill in jade gambling were to gather all these stones, it might cost him five times or even more money.

No wonder there's hardly anyone heard of array formations, and even array plates have become highly sought-after items, passed down and used from generation to generation.

This time, Ye Chen did not go to the art gallery in the antique market, but instead went to a slightly more remote jade gambling market in another district.

Unless they get new materials today, there's no need to go to that shop in the antique market anymore; they've already picked out all the good stuff.

After about 40 minutes, Ye Chen drove to a slightly secluded area where there was a stone quarry.

However, despite its remote location, there are quite a few people there.

It seems this stone quarry has quite a reputation.

Ye Chen glanced around and saw that there were quite a few luxury cars worth millions here, the lowest of which were BBA (BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Audi).

Sure enough, most people don't play with stones.

Ye Chen parked his car and went into the stone quarry on his own. The place was bustling with noise, and it seemed that the boss was cutting stones and had even found something good.

Ye Chen didn't join in the fun and wandered around by himself.

This time he didn't have a nosebleed; instead, he focused on looking at the stones.

This stone quarry is much larger than the art gallery in the antique market, at least 10 times the size, and it really feels like a factory.

An open space makes people feel more comfortable.

With its large area, there is naturally a wider variety of materials available, and the types of materials here are more numerous than those in the art galleries of the antique market.

The sheer variety of stones was almost overwhelming.

Ye Chen saw many good stones along the way, so he simply asked the staff for a cart.

"Look, there's a nouveau riche over there, picking stones like he's buying vegetables!"

"Where? Oh, holy crap, it's true, rich people like to play like this!"

"Hehe, maybe they have a keen eye and can spot it right away!"

"Come on, that's ridiculous. Even if a master were here, he wouldn't dare say he's absolutely certain!"

"Maybe they're taking a gamble and hoping to get rich overnight!"

"Get rich overnight? Don't be ridiculous! I've seen plenty of people fall back into poverty overnight!"

......

A group of people looking at the stones not far away were discussing Ye Chen's direction.

The main reason is that they've been here for so long, and all they've done is look at the stones; they haven't chosen a single one yet, and they haven't made up their minds.

And Ye Chen has only been here a short time, yet he's already carrying four stones.

That decisiveness is either an act or he's genuinely rich.

No matter what, it makes them seem like they have no class...

So seeing Ye Chen dressed like this, they naturally weren't in a good mood.

Ye Chen naturally heard their conversation, but he glanced at them indifferently and ignored them.

Keep picking your own stones and let others talk.

Others come to gamble on stones, while he comes to buy them; their motivations are fundamentally different.

Ye Chen wanted a large quantity of high-quality jade that was both cost-effective.

Ye Chen paused for a moment when he arrived in front of a rock that was more than half a meter high.

The stone looks ordinary on the outside, but inside there is a dense green color, which is a bit too green.