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There was a two-second silence...

"Boom!"

The heavy courtyard gate slowly opened, and a cold-looking young man stepped out. A strand of hair fell loose, obscuring half of his eye, and his gaze was dark as he stared at Ye Chen outside the gate...

"Kid, was it you who was shouting outside?"

After the cold-blooded young man finished speaking, he carefully examined Ye Chen in front of him, a strange light flashing in his eyes.

I can't even see through this kid's cultivation level!

What's going on?

Could it be... that he has already successfully established his foundation?

In the blink of an eye, a figure lunged at him...

"No, wait a minute..."

The cold-blooded young man was startled, and his expression changed drastically.

I wasn't even ready, how did this kid manage to launch a sneak attack...?

He hurriedly channeled his spiritual power to defend himself, and a stream of light flashed in front of him, condensing into a shield!

The next second, Ye Chen was in front of him, and suddenly swung his fist to smash it...

"Bang!"

"Click..."

Under the heavy blow, the spiritual energy shield cracked inch by inch and shattered and dissipated on the spot.

The cold-blooded young man's pupils contracted, his face filled with shock, and he didn't even have time to retaliate.

The force of the punch came rushing towards him, hitting his face...

"Bang!"

The cold-blooded young man tilted his head to the side, several blood-stained teeth spurting from his mouth, before he fell straight to the ground, motionless...

The surroundings suddenly became quiet...

Ye Chen looked down at the cold-blooded young man who had fallen into a coma.

"It's so good to be young, you can fall asleep as soon as your head hits the pillow..."

Lin Ningxue, standing to the side, was completely stunned. Her bright eyes stared unblinkingly at the scene, her face filled with disbelief...

"This...how is this possible!"

"One punch...knocked him out?"

"What level of cultivation has my senior brother reached?!"

She had initially worried that Ye Chen's rash challenge to these prodigies would be dangerous; at best, he'd be soundly beaten, and at worst, he'd be completely crippled...

Unexpectedly, the entire confrontation lasted only a blink of an eye, and Ye Chen achieved a complete victory...

Disciples from several nearby courtyards peeked out impatiently...

"Who the hell is making noise outside?"

The words had barely left his mouth when he saw the cold-blooded young man knocked to the ground with a single punch. He felt a chill run down his neck, and his voice abruptly stopped...

The next second, all the disciples shrank back, slamming the courtyard gate shut without hesitation, acting as if nothing had happened, though they were terrified...

Where did this monster come from?

Ye Chen crouched down and began rummaging through the cold-faced youth's body...

Now that we've won, there's no reason for us to leave empty-handed. Just as a goose takes a feather from a passing goose, a person must leave behind a storage bag...

Seeing this, Lin Ningxue, who was standing to the side, hesitated before speaking.

"Senior...Senior brother..."

"Isn't this a bit inappropriate?"

Upon hearing this, Ye Chen put the storage bag he had looted into his pocket, then turned to look at Lin Ningxue and raised an eyebrow to ask.

"What's wrong with it?"

"Does the sect have a rule that you can't loot the spoils after successfully completing a challenge?"

Meeting Ye Chen's gaze, Lin Ningxue thought for a moment, then shook her head.

"No..."

"But it didn't say it was possible..."

Ye Chen stood up and said nonchalantly.

"Since there's no rule prohibiting it, it's assumed to be allowed."

"If he's not satisfied, he can come and challenge me again..."

He didn't care at all, and he was confident that he could defeat his opponent if he attacked again.

Might makes right!

Ye Chen didn't rush into the courtyard. Instead, he turned around and looked at the surrounding courtyards before turning to Lin Ningxue beside him and saying something.

"Have you taken a fancy to any of these courtyards? Pick one, and I'll take on the challenge for you..."

"Living here is closer to the medicinal herb garden, and it saves us from walking the mountain paths every day."

Upon hearing this, the disciples in the surrounding courtyards trembled with fear...

Lin Ningxue was stunned for a moment, looking at Ye Chen in front of her with a surprised expression. She seemed not to have expected that he would fight for the cave dwelling for her. She was immediately moved.

This senior brother is a really nice person!

"Thank you for your kindness, Senior Brother, but the sect has rules that prohibit disciples from helping others in challenges. Otherwise, they will be punished by the Enforcement Hall if discovered..."

Lin Ningxue began to explain.

Although she also longed to live in such a cave dwelling, she couldn't let Ye Chen suffer.

"I see..."

"Then let's forget about it..."

Ye Chen pursed his lips, not expecting such restrictions.

But thinking about it, it makes sense. If proxy fights were allowed, the strongest disciples could help their acquaintances secure the best cave dwellings, which would be very unfair to the other disciples...

"What a pity!"

He had originally hoped to earn some extra money this way...

"Let's go in and take a look. If this place isn't good, we'll find another one..."

Ye Chen looked up at the courtyard in front of him, called out a greeting, and walked straight inside...

Upon hearing this, Lin Ningxue hesitated for a moment before following him into the courtyard.

The cold-blooded youth who had just woken up on the ground turned pale and thought to himself, "If you're not satisfied, what are you challenging me for?"

Was all that beating I took for nothing?

He didn't dare say it aloud. Ye Chen's punch had left a deep scar on him, and he remained lying on the ground, pretending to be dead, not uttering a sound...

After the courtyard gate slowly closed, the cold-blooded young man quickly got up from the ground, gritted his teeth, and uttered a harsh threat.

"I will definitely come back!!!"

After saying that, he turned and left, intending to find an easy target nearby to challenge and then find a new cave to stay in...

The moment Ye Chen stepped into the courtyard, he felt refreshed and relaxed, and every breath he took felt sweet.

The courtyard is a hidden gem, several times larger than what you see from the outside, with artificial hills, a pond, and flowing water...

The buildings were more than one, exquisitely and luxuriously constructed, a world apart from the blue-tiled houses of the servants' quarters...

"This courtyard is nice!"

Ye Chen's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but praise.

Lin Ningxue, who was standing beside her, felt the spiritual energy wafting through the courtyard and couldn't help but smile wryly, her face full of envy.

"Senior brother, this courtyard is certainly excellent. The spiritual energy here is several times richer than outside. Compared to the cave dwellings at the foot of the mountain, it's a hundred times inferior..."

Compared to this courtyard, her cave dwelling was nothing short of a doghouse; the difference was simply too great!

Lin Ningxue wished she could live in such an environment; her cultivation speed would surely be several times faster...

But as soon as this thought came to her mind, she felt a sense of powerlessness.

Challenging a cave in the top thirty is incredibly difficult; with her Qi Refining Level 2 cultivation, she'd probably be crippled in a single exchange...

"Really?"

Ye Chen's eyes lit up, and he muttered to himself.

"The spiritual energy is so abundant, it should be able to draw energy into the body, right..."

One of his purposes in seizing this cave was to sense the spiritual energy in an environment with a higher concentration of spiritual energy...

I can't wait any longer!

"Senior brother, what did you say?"

Lin Ningxue, who was standing to the side, was stunned for a moment and couldn't help but ask.

"It's nothing..."

"Let's go further in and take a look..."

Ye Chen changed the subject and walked straight into the house...

Lin Ningxue frowned slightly, her expression strange. She had vaguely heard Ye Chen mention guiding Qi into the body...

"Could it be that my senior brother... really has no cultivation?"