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Lin Ningxue stared at Ye Chen in shock, unable to believe that he could kill Senior Brother Xu, who had reached the seventh level of Qi Refining, with a single punch...

He only went up the mountain yesterday; he's still a mortal without spiritual roots and unable to cultivate!

How is that possible?

Seeing her flustered and trying to cover up her actions, Ye Chen couldn't help but say something.

"Senior sister, don't be afraid. This king will only rob you of your money, not your virtue. I won't do anything to you..."

Hearing Ye Chen say this, Lin Ningxue came back to her senses and gradually felt relieved.

"You...you haven't even initiated Qi cultivation yet, how can you be so powerful?"

"Could it be... that you've been deliberately concealing your cultivation level?"

Lin Ningxue looked at Ye Chen, who was touching the corpse in front of her, and couldn't help but ask.

If she can't tell Ye Chen's cultivation level, then there are only two possibilities: either Ye Chen really has no cultivation, or he has used some kind of method to hide his cultivation.

At this moment, she was more inclined to believe the latter possibility, otherwise the other party would not have been able to kill her senior brother, who had reached the seventh level of Qi Refining, with a single punch.

Ye Chen had just pulled a storage bag from the corpse when he heard Lin Ningxue's guess. He looked up at her and said in a pretentious manner.

"You guessed right, I was indeed hiding my cultivation level..."

"If you dare tell anyone about what happened today, don't blame me for killing you to silence you..."

Lin Ningxue was startled, her face turning pale. Her recently relaxed nerves tightened again, and she stared at Ye Chen in fear, collapsing to the ground, motionless...

"Please...please don't kill me, I swear I will never tell anyone..."

She quickly assured him that she had no doubt Ye Chen was lying...

Even her senior brother, who was at the seventh level of Qi Refining, was killed with a single punch. How could she, at only the third level of Qi Refining, possibly win?

Seeing this, Ye Chen nodded in satisfaction, stood up and looked around. Seeing that no one was around, he looked at Lin Ningxue in front of him with peace of mind and gave her instructions.

"Get up quickly, dig a hole right here..."

"It would be troublesome if someone came..."

Lin Ningxue paused for a moment, tilted her head back, and asked innocently, "Why...why are you digging a hole?"

"What do you think?" Ye Chen glanced at her and said irritably.

"what?"

Lin Ningxue's expression changed slightly. "You...you're not going to bury me, are you?"

"Waaaaah, you're lying! You just said you wouldn't kill me..."

"I...I don't want to die..."

She couldn't help but cry, large tears sliding down her fair and rosy cheeks...

Ye Chen looked at Lin Ningxue, who was sitting on the ground crying, with a strange expression. His eyes changed, and he explained helplessly.

"Who said we were going to bury you?"

"This corpse is so big, can't you see it?"

"If you don't bury the body soon, you can expect to be punished by the sect if someone sees it..."

This girl seems quite clever, so why is she so afraid of dying?

Crying at the drop of a hat, is this the nature of all spiritual practitioners?

The crying stopped abruptly...

Upon hearing that Ye Chen wasn't going to kill her, Lin Ningxue immediately felt relieved, and her fear vanished without a trace.

She nodded quickly and stood up from the ground. "Okay... I'll dig the hole right away..."

As soon as she finished speaking, Lin Ningxue took out an iron shovel from her storage bag and immediately began digging with all her might...

Ye Chen glanced at it and was immediately stunned, looking surprised.

"You still carry a shovel with you?"

"You're not pretending to be weak, are you? You're not actually killing and burying bodies all the time, are you?"

Who carries a shovel around? Surely not to farm?

Ye Chen's gaze towards her became wary, as if he feared she might suddenly attack...

Upon hearing this, Lin Ningxue paused for a moment and explained apologetically.

"Senior brother, you may not know this, but I am a disciple of the Spirit Herb Garden. I usually go there to plant spirit herbs, so I keep the shovel in my storage bag and carry it with me."

At this moment, her way of addressing Ye Chen changed, becoming more respectful. After all, he was stronger than her; the cultivation world was, after all, a place where the strong were respected...

"The Garden of Spirit Herbs?"

Ye Chen nodded in realization.

So this girl really is a farmer...

Lin Ningxue looked frail, but she was, after all, a cultivator, and quickly dug a pit...

Ye Chen, who was waiting nearby, glanced at the depth of the pit and nodded in satisfaction.

"This hole is big enough, there's no need to dig any further..."

"Throw the body in there and cover it with soil!"

Hearing this, Lin Ningxue hesitated before walking over, knowing she had no other choice but to bend down, grab the dead body from the ground, drag it to the pit, and throw it in.

Then they filled in all the soil that had been dug out earlier.

"Not bad, with more practice, you'll definitely become a master at digging holes and burying corpses..." Ye Chen praised from the side.

Lin Ningxue's face showed a smile that was more like a grimace; clearly, she didn't want to be such a skilled fighter and was being forced into it.

She knew that if she didn't do it, Ye Chen would never let her go. Compared to swearing an oath, becoming an accomplice in murder and burying the body was obviously more trustworthy.

If she were to report this matter to the sect, she herself would not be able to escape either; at this moment, the two of them were completely tied to each other.

Ye Chen stepped forward, stomped on the filled pit a few times to make sure it was sealed properly, and then immediately called out.

"Let's go, let's get out of here first..."

"good..."

Lin Ningxue immediately agreed and followed Ye Chen away quickly.

She had wanted to leave for a long time, and the process of digging the hole and burying the body was filled with anxiety, fearing that if someone saw her, she would be doomed...

Killing a fellow disciple is punishable by death, and the methods of the sect's Enforcement Hall are terrifying.

The two walked out of the woods one after the other, and immediately breathed a sigh of relief, their expressions softening considerably.

Ye Chen turned to look at Lin Ningxue beside him and took out a wooden identity plaque from the storage bag he had just plundered. The plaque clearly read "Xu Xiao".

He asked the question.

"Does Xu Xiao know many people?"

"Does he get contacted frequently?"

Upon hearing this, Lin Ningxue shook her head. "Senior Brother Xu is also a disciple of the Spirit Herb Garden. He and I are assigned to the same garden. There are only the two of us there, and very few disciples come to him."

"However... Senior Brother Xu is a bit... lecherous. He often goes out to find female disciples. I don't know how many people he knows..."

Hearing Lin Ningxue say this, Ye Chen nodded thoughtfully, and an idea immediately formed in his mind.

Although Xu Xiao's private life is a bit messy, he doesn't usually come into contact with many people. As long as he stays in the Spirit Herb Garden, no one will discover his identity for a while.

He immediately decided to use the identity of "Xu Xiao" to impersonate him for a period of time!

"Alright, then take me to the herb garden..." Ye Chen said.

"Oh, okay..."

Lin Ningxue nodded, agreed, and led the way.

She realized Ye Chen's purpose at that moment, hesitated for a moment, and then spoke.

"Senior brother, the spirit herb garden is where we usually work, while our residence is in the cave on Tianling Peak..."

Ye Chen paused, then immediately moved closer.

"Where is Tianling Peak?"

"Senior brother, this is Tianling Peak..."

Lin Ningxue blinked her big, bright eyes and answered sincerely.

"From here up to the mountaintop, there are cave dwellings along the way, and most of the outer disciples live here..."

"But senior brother can rest assured, the cave dwellings are frequently occupied by different people, so the sect will not check identities."

Ye Chen glanced at her with admiration, not expecting that this girl could guess his thoughts, and couldn't help but ask curiously.

Why do the people living in the cave change so frequently?

"As long as an outer disciple comes to challenge you, if you win, you can occupy their cave dwelling..." Lin Ningxue explained.

Upon hearing this, Ye Chen's eyes lit up...

"You mean... if we win, we can seize someone else's cave?"

"Wouldn't the sect come here to check identities?"

A bold idea suddenly popped into his mind...