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The moment his eyes met Ye Chen's, the bearded man's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately lowered his head, not daring to utter a sound...

"cut..."

Ye Chen felt disdain for his cowardly appearance...

This kid is really bad at the game but loves to play...

"Clatter!"

"Clatter!"

He approached step by step, his gaze sweeping over the disciples, wondering if he could squeeze any more benefits out of them...

Last night, all of their storage bags were taken, so it might be difficult to find anything good now...

As Ye Chen approached step by step, the disciples were terrified...

They thought Ye Chen had come to seek revenge...

"Thump!"

"Thump!"

"Thump!"

These disciples all knelt on the ground without prior arrangement...

"Senior Brother Xu, spare me! Let me go this time..."

"I didn't recognize you, senior brother, at first. If I had known, I definitely wouldn't have come..."

"Senior brother is wise and mighty, please don't hit us anymore. I promise I'll never dare to do it again..."

"Senior brother, I was wrong... Please give me a chance to make amends!"

......

Everyone stared pleadingly at Ye Chen, trembling with fear...

They had personally witnessed Ye Chen punch the arrogant man, a half-step Golden Core cultivator, so hard he coughed up blood and fainted. If that punch had landed on them, it probably would have pierced right through them...

Who could possibly withstand this...?

At this point, they didn't care about saving face anymore; all they wanted was to avoid getting beaten up...

Ye Chen paused, looking at the disciples kneeling before him with surprise. He hadn't even spoken yet, so why were they all kneeling?

and many more...

Ye Chen's gaze swept over the group, then landed on the bearded man still standing to the side, raising an eyebrow at him...

"What? They're all kneeling and begging for mercy, but you're not? Who do you think you are?"

Upon meeting Ye Chen's gaze, the bearded man's expression changed drastically, and a sense of panic involuntarily crept into his heart...

He hadn't even realized what was happening when everyone around him knelt down...

Without even a word of warning, it's practically a betrayal...

The bearded man didn't have time to think; he collapsed to his knees with a thud...

"Senior...Senior brother..."

"Would you believe me if I said I hadn't even had a chance to kneel down yet?"

He looked up at Ye Chen with a tense expression, his body trembling like a leaf...

Seeing this, Ye Chen nodded in satisfaction, "Those who understand the times are wise..."

"Hand over all your valuables, and I'll consider letting you go this time..."

Upon hearing this, a bitter smile appeared on their faces...

"Senior brother...you stole our storage bags last night, there's nothing valuable left..."

"I'm cleaner on my body than on my face; I really don't have a single spirit stone left..."

"Senior brother, please understand! I truly have no more spirit stones or pills left. Please, senior brother, spare me..."

......

The group explained with a pained expression, feeling so wronged they were about to cry...

They've already looted everything, why are they coming back to loot a second time?

Is this something a human being would do?

Hearing their words, Ye Chen nodded thoughtfully, believing they were telling the truth...

After all, he robbed them completely last night, leaving them nothing. It's normal that he doesn't have any spirit stones or pills on him now...

Ye Chen narrowed his eyes, looking at them, a smile playing on his lips...

Just because you don't have it now doesn't mean you won't have it in the future...

"Um?"

They were all stunned for a moment, looking at Ye Chen with puzzled expressions...

"Senior brother... what do you mean by that?"

Ye Chen said with a smile, "Each of you owes me a hundred Spirit Replenishing Pills. It's okay if you're short on cash right now. I'll give you a month. Pay me back when you have the pills..."

"If you don't return it by the due date... don't blame me for being ruthless..."

Everyone: ? ? ?

Upon hearing this, the disciples were stunned, staring at Ye Chen in astonishment, their minds buzzing...

This is outrageous... is it not enough to just rob now, are they going to rob us later too?

One hundred Spirit-Replenishing Pills—for an outer sect disciple, this was utterly devastating...

The moment they realized what was happening, they hurriedly cried out and tried to explain.

"Senior brother, don't be fooled by how many spirit stones and pills we have; most of them were actually borrowed..."

"We actually don't even have a hundred Spirit Replenishing Pills left, and you've taken them all. Where are we supposed to find a hundred more...?"

"A month is too short; even if the sect provides cultivation resources, it won't be enough..."

"Senior brother, we're really not as wealthy as you think. Please let us go..."

......

Upon hearing this, Ye Chen's face darkened, and he looked at them with an unfriendly expression, speaking coldly.

"You mean, we're just going to let tonight's matter drop?"

"You brought reinforcements to teach me a lesson, and you were even yelling about getting revenge, and now you're just going to pack up and leave?"

"There's no such thing as a free lunch!"

"It's fine if you don't give me the pills. I wasn't satisfied with the fight just now. If you guys let me punch you a few more times, then we'll call it even..."

......

As he said this, Ye Chen cracked his wrist, the bones popping...

"Gurgle!"

The disciples felt a chill run down their spines, their faces turning deathly pale and their bodies trembling...

Although they had never fought Ye Chen, they had witnessed firsthand how the arrogant man at the half-step Golden Core stage was made to vomit blood by a single punch from him. Let alone taking several punches, even one punch could kill them...

The group was terrified...

"Senior brother, let's talk this out..."

"Actually... a month isn't a very short period..."

"I...I'll write an IOU right now, promising to repay Senior Brother one hundred Spirit-Replenishing Pills within a month..."

"Yes, yes, I'll write an IOU too, and I'll definitely pay you back with the pills..."

......

They all looked up at Ye Chen and changed their tune.

I patted my chest and promised I would definitely return the medicine...

Seeing this, Ye Chen nodded in satisfaction, "That's right..."

"If you had said so earlier, none of this would have happened."

The group felt a pang of bitterness in their hearts, thinking, "You didn't even intend to make a move before..."

Lin Ningxue and Lin Wanli, standing to the side, were both dumbfounded, filled with awe and respect for Ye Chen...

"It has to be my senior brother, even if he couldn't get it, he could still make them write IOUs..."

"You made several hundred pills on this trip?"

"Senior brother is really amazing..."

Soon, the disciples wrote out IOUs and handed them to Ye Chen, each infused with a wisp of spiritual energy. A contract was formed between them; if they failed to repay the IOUs by the due date, they would suffer karmic retribution...

Ye Chen wasn't worried that they would break their promise; otherwise, as long as they were in the outer sect, he would have a way to find them...