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"Senior brother..."

Lin Ningxue looked at Ye Chen as he walked out of the cave, her expression filled with surprise and delight.

At this moment, the way she looked at Ye Chen changed...

My senior brother has only cultivated for a few days and he's already able to defeat a peak Foundation Establishment expert. In that light, she's still only at the third level of Qi Refining, which is really too much of a waste...

For a fleeting moment, Lin Ningxue even considered taking Ye Chen's suggestion and becoming a chef...

Perhaps she can also excel in cooking.

"You're back?"

"Is dinner ready?"

Ye Chen looked at Lin Ningxue in front of him and asked, a hint of anticipation flashing in his heart...

He had heard Lin Ningxue's cries while he was cultivating, and upon waking, he felt extremely hungry and desperately craved rice...

"It's cooked..."

Lin Ningxue snapped out of her daze and quickly nodded.

She came over to invite Ye Chen to dinner, but hasn't received a response yet...

"Then..."

"Huh..."

"Who is this...?"

Ye Chen was just about to go to Lin Ningxue's cave for a meal when he looked up and saw Jiang Qingyao standing to the side. A hint of doubt flashed across his face; he assumed she was Lin Ningxue's friend...

He vaguely heard conversations when he came out.

"Greetings, Senior Brother Xu..."

"Disciple Jiang Qingyao wishes to ask senior brother for help..."

Jiang Qingyao looked at Ye Chen in front of her and respectfully explained her purpose...

"Looking for me?"

Upon hearing this, Ye Chen immediately understood.

After the news spread during the day, many disciples came seeking his help, but he refused them all because he had too few pills...

His gaze swept over the storage bag in Jiang Qingyao's hand, and his eyes lit up.

"Since you've come to me, you should know my rules: no matter which cave you challenge, you must use at least fifty second-grade pills..."

"The higher the ranking of the cave you challenge, the more pills you'll collect..."

Ye Chen looked at Jiang Qingyao in front of him and said.

As long as the other party can afford the pills, he doesn't mind making a move, and he can also try to steal the storage bag while he's at it...

Having learned from the previous experience of robbing Xie Huai'an, next time they only need to verbally slap each other first, then they can legitimately take the storage bag...

Jiang Qingyao's expression tightened, and she said with some difficulty.

"Senior Brother Xu...could you...make an exception?"

"I only have thirty-seven second-grade pills and thirty spirit stones on me. That's all my savings..."

Upon hearing this, Ye Chen immediately shook his head and refused.

"Since the rules have been established, they must be followed. Less than fifty second-grade pills are not acceptable..."

"You can leave now. We'll talk again once we've gathered all the pills..."

Without rules, nothing can be accomplished!

If everyone who comes to him is a few pills short, the number of pills he receives will only decrease.

After Ye Chen finished speaking, he turned to go to the next cave to eat. He could already smell the aroma of food, and his stomach was growling loudly...

"Thump!"

Jiang Qingyao's knees buckled, and she knelt directly in front of Ye Chen, looking at him with watery eyes, pleading pitifully.

"Senior Brother Xu, please help me..."

"These pills and spirit stones are what my sisters have managed to gather for me..."

"Don't worry, senior brother, I will do my best to make up for the missing pills. I will keep my promise!"

"If we wait any longer, that heartless man will enter the inner sect, and it will be much harder to teach him a lesson then..."

......

Upon hearing this, Ye Chen paused, looking at Jiang Qingyao kneeling before him, pleading desperately. Seeing that she didn't seem to be faking it, he couldn't help but ask curiously.

"What heartless man?"

"Get up and talk. Don't kneel, or people will think I'm bullying you..."

Upon hearing the name "heartless man," he almost thought it was someone coming to see him, after all, Xu Xiao's reputation in the outer sect wasn't exactly good either...

"Yes, Senior Brother!"

Jiang Qingyao stood up, pursed her red lips, met Ye Chen's gaze, and slowly began to explain.

"It's...it's Meng Fan from Qingyu Peak!"

"While he was dating me, he was also seeing other female disciples. Later I found out that he had previously played around with many female disciples, and would discard them after he got tired of them..."

"Because of his superior cultivation, those sisters who were bullied by him could only swallow their anger..."

"After I found out, I broke off all contact with him, but he became obsessed with me and insisted on possessing my body. If I refused, he would oppress me in every way, not only stealing my spirit stones and pills, but also spreading rumors that I was a promiscuous woman..."

"These spirit stones and pills were collected by the fellow disciples he bullied. They wanted me to ask my senior brother for help. They don't want to seize the cave dwelling; they just want to teach Meng Fan a lesson..."

......

Hearing her words, Ye Chen nodded in understanding...

"So that's how it is..."

I thought to myself, "This guy's pretty scumbag. Not only does he flirt with all sorts of women, but he also likes to force himself on them..."

"Please help me, senior brother..."

Jiang Qingyao looked at Ye Chen with a sincere expression and pleaded again, offering the storage bag with both hands...

Looking across the entire outer sect, only Ye Chen might stand up for her. Apart from him, few are a match for Meng Fan, and the disciples of similar strength wouldn't risk offending him for their sake...

"this..."

Ye Chen softened for a moment and nodded, ready to agree...

"Senior brother..."

"That's... Senior Brother Meng Fan from Qingyu Peak!!!"

Lin Ningxue, who was standing nearby, hurriedly reminded her.

"Um?"

Ye Chen turned his head and looked at Lin Ningxue with a puzzled expression, asking in surprise.

"What's wrong?"

"Is this Meng Fan very strong?"

The person who could make Lin Ningxue so nervous must be no ordinary individual; otherwise, she probably wouldn't have even heard of them...

With 200,000 outer disciples, no one would know about it unless you had some real ability.

Meeting Ye Chen's questioning gaze, Lin Ningxue nodded with a wry smile. Considering that Ye Chen had only been in the sect for a short time, it was normal that he didn't recognize Meng Fan, so she immediately explained.

"Senior Brother Meng Fan... is among the top five experts on the outer sect disciple rankings..."

"His cultivation level is the same as Xie Huai'an's, also at the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage, but Senior Brother Meng Fan is stronger than Xie Huai'an..."

"It is said that Senior Brother Meng Fan was highly regarded by an inner sect peak master some time ago, who rewarded him with many cultivation resources and even declared that he would be accepted as a personal disciple on the day of the inner sect disciple selection..."

...

Lin Ningxue was afraid that Ye Chen would act impulsively and offend someone he didn't trust. Not only would he get beaten up, but he might also offend the inner sect peak master, making his future days in the Qingyun Sect much more difficult...

Upon hearing this, Ye Chen raised an eyebrow, looking surprised.

"If you put it that way, this Meng Fan does seem to have some ability..."