Trading system, I exchanged vegetables for golden pills.

The top leaders were among the first to know that someone was undergoing a tribulation.

Moreover, he also knew that the person undergoing tribulation was Ye Chen!

He was shocked for a long time after seeing the message that came back...

"A new guardian has been born; truly a blessing upon China..."

After a long period of shock, the top leader slowly spoke, his eyes filled with barely concealed excitement.

Ye Chen successfully condensed his golden core, but it also attracted a tribulation of lightning...

They had just met the night before last, and it was truly hard to imagine that such a sunny young man had actually succeeded in condensing his golden core.

Ye Chen has only been with Beidou for about half a year. From the initial Qi Refining Level 8 in the data, to killing the Foundation Establishment Xiao Yinghua, sweeping away the poor scholars and pacifying Luoshui, and now attracting the lightning tribulation...

Anyone who sees this resume would find it somewhat unbelievable.

The top leader acted decisively, immediately ordering the matter to be classified as top secret and the news to be blocked to the greatest extent possible.

Although it is impossible to completely block the news of such events that are exposed to the public eye, they will leak out sooner or later.

But we'll keep the lockdown in place for as long as possible...

[Ding! The system has detected that the host has achieved intermediate-level body refinement. One Dragon Soul Golden Pill has been awarded as a reward. Would you like to claim it immediately?]

Ye Chen, who was being struck while simultaneously circulating his body-refining technique, was momentarily stunned.

Wow, you've already reached the intermediate level of body refinement!

Looks like that beating wasn't for nothing!

This gave him hope for the path of body tempering.

As for rewards and the like, Ye Chen didn't have time to worry about them for the time being.

Before I could even think, lightning struck down from the sky again.

And so, Ye Chen endured it for another half hour!

The old security guard below watched the whole thing, and he was getting a little numb.

"Tsk tsk tsk, unbelievable! Struck by lightning and still getting more and more energetic, what a freak! Absolutely unheard of!"

Finally, after Ye Chen had endured the 36th bolt of lightning, the thunderclouds in the sky stopped falling.

It seemed that even the heavenly lightning realized it couldn't do anything to Ye Chen, and in the end it could only disperse in frustration, acknowledging Ye Chen's existence.

Ye Chen looked up at the dark clouds and stretched: "Hey, you can't take it anymore after just a little while? If you can't take it anymore, I'm calling it a day!"

Ye Chen's words carried a provocative tone, as well as a release of the pent-up frustration he had felt after being struck by lightning for so long.

As soon as Ye Chen finished speaking, the thunderclouds that were about to disperse gathered again, and a bolt of lightning struck down without warning, causing Ye Chen to stagger.

"Okay, okay, brother, I was wrong, I was wrong!" Ye Chen hurriedly begged for forgiveness.

"Boom!"

"Boom boom~!"

Two more bolts of lightning struck down, causing Ye Chen to jump around and repeatedly say kind words!

"Brother, brother, sir, I was wrong, I was wrong. You've chopped long enough, thank you for your hard work, please step down!"

Sure enough, once Ye Chen straightened his attitude, the thunderclouds in the sky completely dissipated.

The clouds part to reveal the bright moon.

Seeing this, Ye Chen couldn't help but sigh with emotion. It seems that there are some things that still require a sense of awe.

Being struck by three extra bolts of lightning for no reason might not mean much to Ye Chen.

However, for ordinary people, those three blows might be the final three blows that determine life or death.

Having learned his lesson, Ye Chen dared not be too arrogant anymore.

There are too many unknown things in this world for him; he cannot become arrogant and disregard everything just because he has broken through to the Golden Core Realm.

Ye Chen took a deep breath and suppressed the urge to let out a long howl.

After all, it's nighttime, and shouting and yelling will disturb people's rest.

He felt a little guilty after striking so many times, so he decided to let everyone get a good night's sleep, since most people still have to work 996 tomorrow!

Keep a low profile, keep a low profile, as long as you've successfully broken through!

Ye Chen looked down at a corner where an old security guard stood; he was easily missed if one didn't look closely.

Of course, Ye Chen noticed and recognized him a long time ago.

However, the security guard did not show any malice, and Ye Chen was busy undergoing his tribulation, so he ignored him.

Now that the tribulation is over, it's only natural to say hello.

"Hello, sir, we meet again!" Ye Chen smiled and cupped his hands in a respectful greeting.

The old security guard no longer had the worldly air he had when he was at the guard booth; instead, he had an air of otherworldly wisdom.

He also clasped his hands in a fist and bowed to Ye Chen with a smile:

"Fellow Daoist Ye, congratulations on successfully forming your Core! Let's formally introduce ourselves. My name is Xia Wudi, and I'm a little older than you. If you don't mind, you can call me Brother Xia!"

The old security guard addressed Ye Chen as "fellow Daoist," indicating that he genuinely considered Ye Chen an equal.

He even took the initiative to ask Ye Chen to call him "brother," which clearly showed that he acknowledged Ye Chen and intended to befriend him.

After all, at their level, they have almost no friends left.

It's rare to find someone you can really talk to, and such an outstanding like-minded person, so naturally you want to make friends with them.

Ye Chen almost lost his composure when he heard the old security guard call out "Xia Wudi".

Brother, you must have gotten beaten up quite a bit for choosing this name!

Is it because you've been beaten so many times that you've successfully formed your core, leaving those who hear your name only able to sigh, "Truly invincible!"

Of course, since they weren't very familiar with each other yet, Ye Chen didn't dare to make any unfounded accusations against this senior!

Ye Chen smiled and nodded: "Then this kid will dare to call you 'Invincible Brother' from among the seniors. I didn't realize you were such a hidden master! I'm not alone on this path!"

The old security guard waved his hand: "Hey, don't mention being invincible. You're such a prodigy, even forming a Golden Core attracted a Forty-Nine Tribulation, oh no, there were three more. I'm afraid I can't even beat you now, how dare I call myself invincible!"

"Brother Invincible is too modest. Golden Core cultivators are probably extremely rare on Blue Star. Calling him Invincible is not an exaggeration. I think calling him Invincible is appropriate!" Ye Chen insisted on calling him that.

The main point is that shouting it like this has four characters, and four characters are easy to pronounce, plus you can add an extra character!

Everyone likes to hear nice things.

Xia Wudi chuckled and shook his head: "Alright, call me whatever you want. Cough cough, Brother Ye, shouldn't you put your clothes on first? They're about the same size as mine when I was young, but it's not good to be swaying around like this!"

Ye Chen then remembered that his clothes had been torn by lightning, which explained why he felt a chill.

Ye Chen blushed slightly: "Damn it, why didn't you say so earlier!"

After saying that, Ye Chen displayed unprecedented speed and disappeared from the spot!

Xia Wudi was slightly taken aback when he saw Ye Chen disappear almost suddenly.

"Holy crap, he's that fast? If this were to really start a fight, I might not be able to catch him. Tsk tsk tsk, wow, youth is great! Hmm, not bad, he's got my invincible days!"

Xia Wudi pinched his chin, his face full of emotion!

I don't know what he was thinking, but a lewd smile appeared on his face!

It's hard to imagine that the words "ethereal and otherworldly" and "sleazy" could both be used to describe the same person.

Ye Chen's storage ring contained clothes.

However, I can't just take it out in front of outsiders, so I can only pretend to take it out and go around in circles!