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"Really?"

Lu Wanqing was overjoyed to see Ye Chen agree and quickly nodded in agreement...

"good!"

"Junior brother, then it's settled like this..."

"I'll still be waiting for you here tomorrow night..."

She was overjoyed. She had been worried about raising spirit stones, but now the problem was solved...

Those flawed magical artifacts piled up in Master's cave should be worth a lot of spirit stones, right?

I hope my junior brother can handle it tomorrow night...

"It's a deal..."

Ye Chen agreed and turned to leave with Lin Ningxue and Lin Wanli beside him...

Many of the surrounding disciples were surprised upon seeing this...

"Coming back to buy more tomorrow night? This guy's got some serious guts..."

"How many spirit stones does he actually have? He can't possibly spend them all?"

"I wish I had that many spirit stones..."

"I'm so envious! How can the difference between people be so vast?"

......

At the same time, many eyes in the crowd were fixed on Ye Chen...

Such a wealthy person, yet only at the Qi Refining stage of cultivation, it's hard not to be tempted...

"Senior brother..."

"Why do I feel like... there are more and more people watching us..."

Lin Wanli leaned closer to Ye Chen and said in a low voice.

At that moment, he felt as if he were being pricked by thorns, all of which were directed at them...

"It's alright, come on over..."

Ye Chen said nonchalantly.

He wondered if these people could make up for all the spirit stones he had spent tonight.

Seeing that Ye Chen wasn't worried at all, Lin Wanli gradually relaxed...

With his senior brother there, he had nothing to be afraid of...

As long as they don't attract the attention of Golden Core stage disciples, he and his senior brother can handle it together...

The three wandered around the black market for a long time, but still couldn't find a stall selling Spirit Replenishing Pills. It seemed that Spirit Replenishing Pills had truly become a scarce commodity...

Ye Chen didn't encounter another stall selling defective goods, and he had spirit stones but couldn't spend them...

"Let's go back..."

Ye Chen stopped and looked at Lin Ningxue and Lin Wanli beside him.

"good..."

The two agreed.

They turned and walked towards the edge of the valley...

Behind them, many figures immediately followed...

Even Lin Ningxue, whose cultivation level was the lowest, sensed something was wrong...

It felt like countless eyes were staring at me from behind, sending a chill down my spine...

"Senior brother..."

Lin Ningxue wanted to say something, but remembering Ye Chen's calm demeanor earlier, she swallowed her words back...

Perhaps my senior brother has a way to deal with it?

After all, Ye Chen had previously defeated even a disciple with the strength of a half-step Golden Core cultivator; with his power, almost no one could be his match...

"Clatter!"

"Clatter!"

The moment the three stepped out of the valley, the surrounding noise vanished without a trace, and the silence was so profound that they could clearly hear their own footsteps...

They continued walking towards Tianling Peak, seemingly unaware of the strangeness behind them, and kept walking forward without looking back...

At the same time, several figures emerged from the valley, following closely behind the three...

Before long, Ye Chen and his group arrived at the open space where they had been attacked earlier...

This place is very remote; the view is completely blocked by the nearby trees, so you can't see what's happening from a distance...

Ye Chen suddenly stopped.

Lin Ningxue and Lin Wanli, who were standing beside them, were puzzled, but they also stopped...

"Senior brother, why have you stopped?"

Lin Ningxue asked nervously.

She was still thinking about leaving this dangerous place as soon as possible, believing that she would be safe back at Tianling Peak...

But Ye Chen stopped. Didn't Senior Brother know that they were being watched?

"rest assured..."

Ye Chen gave her a reassuring look, turned around and looked at the woods behind him, his expression calm.

"How much longer do you all plan to continue?"

"Come out, everyone..."

He knew he was being followed while he was in the valley, and by more than one person...

The reason he stopped now was because he knew these people would make their move sooner or later, and rather than wait until somewhere else, he decided to make it clear first...

After all, in this secluded open space, he could still rob someone without worrying about revealing his identity...

As soon as the words were spoken, many figures emerged from the surrounding woods...

Some were alone, some were in groups of three to five...

"Splash!"

"Splash!"

Suddenly, a dozen or so masked passersby appeared...

They all stared at Ye Chen with predatory eyes, their gazes filled with greed.

Upon discovering that others were also following the prey, they all cautiously sized him up, fearing they might be double-crossed...

It would be such a loss if even I got robbed...

"Quite a few people have come..."

Looking at the people appearing in his field of vision, Ye Chen felt not fear, but rather a surge of anticipation...

They must have a lot of good things on them, right?

These people seemed to notice Ye Chen's gaze, their expressions faltering as they fell into deep thought...

Who is robbing whom?

Why isn't this kid scared? He's actually quite excited instead.

For a fleeting moment, they all felt like they were the prey...

At this moment, a hot-tempered man stepped forward, his body surging with spiritual energy, and a powerful pressure descended from the sky...

"this..."

"Peak of Foundation Establishment!"

Many disciples looked horrified.

With such strength, one could practically do whatever one wanted in the outer sect, and even within the inner sect, few dared to provoke them...

The hot-tempered man glanced at the crowd and said smugly in a deep voice.

"I've got my eye on this fat sheep. If you don't want to get beaten up, get the hell out of here..."

He was no longer worried about being overheard by Ye Chen and the others; they already considered him a target for their greed...

Regardless of whether Ye Chen likes it or not, as long as his fists are hard enough...

Upon hearing this, many disciples around looked troubled...

"Damn it! How could such a skilled expert be targeting him..."

"Peak Foundation Establishment stage, not to be trifled with..."

"What a waste of this fat sheep..."

"Forget it, let's just go, or we'll get beaten up..."

......

At this moment, many disciples, feeling the oppressive aura emanating from this man, began to have second thoughts...

They are outmatched and no match for the enemy; a direct confrontation would likely result in their own destruction...

These people were just there to loot and steal spirit stones, and they all got scared when they encountered stronger opponents...

In the blink of an eye, half of the disciples turned and left, disappearing in a few breaths...

Among the remaining disciples, some were still hesitant...

Seeing this, the hot-tempered man looked at them with displeasure and shouted in a deep voice.

"What... do you want to fight me?"

"Believe it or not, I'll cripple you all!"

He never expected that even after demonstrating his strength, someone would still dare to compete with him for the easy prey; it was practically suicidal...

Meeting the man's gaze, the disciples who had been hesitating gritted their teeth and chose to leave...

Although they were unwilling to give up Ye Chen, this easy target, they also didn't want to confront this man head-on...

In the blink of an eye, only four people remained...