Trading system, I exchanged vegetables for golden pills.

As his spiritual sea changed, Ye Chen felt his whole being become clear and empty.

With each breath, I felt close to nature.

This feeling is truly wonderful.

In that instant, he seemed to have gained a new understanding of the magic he had mastered.

Thus, Ye Chen entered a peculiar state of enlightenment.

Time passed second by second.

The training team had been on guard for a full hour.

There was nothing strange about the surroundings, but Ye Chen himself was quite odd in the back.

At first, Ye Chen's expression was somewhat unpredictable, but later a faint white light emanated from between his brows, giving the impression that he had opened his third eye.

Everyone was stunned.

No one had ever seen anything like this before, and no one knew what had happened.

"What's wrong with the captain? Could he be possessed?" someone asked in confusion.

"Pah, pah, pah, you jinx! How can someone be so peaceful when possessed?" Wan Shengjie spat.

Ah Long gave the speaker a malicious glare: "If you can't speak properly, don't talk nonsense!"

Zhou Changsheng pondered for a long while before slowly speaking, "The captain seems to have entered a special cultivation state!"

"A special cultivation state? What state? I've never heard of it before?" Zhao Tianlong asked in confusion.

Zhou Changsheng spoke softly, "I can't explain it either, but this kind of cultivation state is something that cultivators can only hope to encounter once in a lifetime. Everyone, please don't disturb the captain!"

Although everyone was somewhat suspicious, they all lowered their voices.

Ye Chen's second uncle stared at him with worry: "Sigh, I hope nothing bad happens!"

"Don't worry, even if something happens to us, Brother Chen will be fine!" Dongzi reassured him.

A moment later, the purple light between Ye Chen's eyebrows intensified, and his entire body emitted a faint purple glow.

It exudes a subtle, otherworldly, and sacred aura.

Enveloped in this purple light, everyone felt refreshed and invigorated, as if their brains were working at an accelerated pace.

After a moment, the purple light slowly dissipated, leaving everyone feeling a little unsatisfied.

At this moment, Ye Chen slowly opened his eyes.

A purple light seemed to flicker in his eyes, sweeping across everyone present like two lampposts.

Then the lampposts slowly faded and disappeared, and Ye Chen returned to his previous appearance.

As Ye Chen's eyes returned to normal, the system's voice suddenly rang in his mind.

[Ding— The system has detected that the host's spiritual power has reached the Golden Core Realm level, triggering a hidden reward: a Spirit Control Technique. Would you like to claim it immediately?]

Ye Chen was slightly taken aback. Oh wow, this is the Golden Core Realm level?

At this moment, his spiritual sea was two colors: the sides and bottom were all green, and his spiritual energy was light purple.

The degree of solidification is also similar to that of non-Newtonian fluids, and it does look quite different from before.

He thought it would be much harder, but it doesn't seem that difficult!

That's easy to handle.

If that Golden Core elder knew about his idea, he would definitely come back to life and scold him.

What's so hard to say? That's the essence of his life, he's really getting a good deal and then complaining.

However, Ye Chen was indeed pleasantly surprised, as this was a natural progression for him.

When he was refining his Qi, his mental strength had already reached the Foundation Establishment level.

He also practiced diligently during this period.

With the Bagua Mirror continuously supplying him with energy, it would be truly heaven-defying if he didn't make any progress. Ye Chen believed his aptitude was quite good.

Reaching the Golden Core realm in one's spiritual sea this time was both an unexpected surprise and perfectly reasonable.

Thinking about this, Ye Chen couldn't help but feel that his Bagua mirror was somewhat similar to the soul-summoning banner in the hands of evil cultivators...

They are all small orbs of light that absorb people...

Holy crap, could he have gone down the path of evil cultivation?

No, no, no, ptooey! No evil cultivator is as handsome and dashing as him, nor as righteous and awe-inspiring.

The Bagua mirror had already purified the small ball of light, so it was still clean.

That's right, he's still clean and has absolutely nothing to do with evil practitioners.

Never mind, even if he's a heretical cultivator, he's a clean one!

In addition, the system's adoptive father also rewarded me with some kind of spirit control technique. What exactly is that?

Ye Chen hurriedly checked the introduction.

[Spirit Control Technique, a art of manipulating spirit servants.]

The synopsis is very simple, and the content... it's a bit about unorthodox cultivation...

Ye Chen was speechless; he really was a good person.

It's just that it has X-ray vision pills, isn't it?

So what if I know a little bit about dual cultivation techniques?

Isn't it just a small ball of light that attracts people?

So what if he knows spirit control techniques...?

Well, he's really a good person at heart, he just knows a lot of miscellaneous things.

Please trust him!

When everyone saw Ye Chen open his eyes, their expressions changed erratically, and they were all somewhat suspicious.

"Brother Ye? Brother Ye? What's wrong?"

"Xiao Chen, is that you? Xiao Chen?"

"Brother Chen, you, you, you..."

"Captain, Captain, are you still you?"

"Holy crap, could the captain have been possessed by some old monster?" Wan Shengjie couldn't help but take two steps back.

Upon hearing this, many people couldn't help but back away, holding their Type 95 rifles with wary expressions.

After all, such things are rare, but considering the bizarre scene tonight, who can say for sure!

Even if there's only a one in ten thousand chance, they still have to be careful.

Ye Chen gradually came back to his senses and was taken aback when he saw everyone staring at him warily.

"Holy crap, what are you doing? Put your guns down, or they might go off accidentally. I don't want to die young!"

Ye Chen quickly sprang to his feet.

"Who am I!" Zhao Tianlong looked at Ye Chen and pointed at himself, asking the question!

Ye Chen glanced at him sideways: "Who the hell are you? Ask me! Don't think I won't beat you up just because you have a 98-year-old father!"

Zhao Tianlong's face darkened: "Ahem, it's definitely the captain!"

Dongzi looked at Ye Chen: "Brother Chen, tell me about the situation regarding the invitation I received!"

Ye Chen looked at Dongzi with a strange expression: "Tsk tsk, ordering two at once, are you showing off or what? Maybe you're just smoking in there. I'm literally in there for two hours!"

Dongzi stammered and fell silent.

"Captain, what two? What two hours?" Wan Shengjie asked with a curious look.

"Kids, shut up!" Dongzi glanced at him sideways.

"Captain, what happened to you just now? We were so worried!" Zhou Changsheng asked after a moment's thought.

Ye Chen thought to himself that this kind of thing couldn't be kept secret. If he made up a story, it might give people something to talk about, since so many people were watching.

Ye Chen looked around at everyone and slowly said, "I'm sorry to have worried you all. I did encounter some problems just now. Come, sit down and let's talk!"

Upon hearing this, everyone sat down, but they remained wary of their surroundings and did not completely relax.

"Have you ever heard of possession?" Ye Chen asked directly.

Although everyone knew that something had happened to Ye Chen, they didn't expect it to actually be like this.

"Captain, you, you've been possessed?" Wan Shengjie's eyes widened.

Ye Chen rolled his eyes at him: "Failed. Please add those two words, otherwise someone might be pointing a Type 95 rifle at me again!"