A ruthless bandit from the celestial realm, he began his cultivation journey after kidnapping the Em

On Tianling Peak...

Ye Chen and Lin Ningxue returned to the mountain peak, while Lin Wanli parted ways halfway and returned to another mountain peak...

"Senior brother..."

"What happened tonight..."

Lin Ningxue stood at the entrance of the cave, looking nervously at Ye Chen before her, hesitant to speak, a wave of worry washing over her...

Fearing that the sect would investigate...

Hearing this, Ye Chen saw the worry in her heart and comforted her with a smile.

Nothing happened tonight, so you can go back to sleep peacefully...

"Don't worry, everything will be fine..."

On their way back, the three of them had already discussed that if anyone asked, they should just pretend nothing had happened and that they knew nothing...

The worst-case scenario is that the sect becomes suspicious; in that case, I'll just find a chance to escape...

Ye Chen believed that no valuable clues were left at the scene, and since all three of them were wearing masks, it was impossible for the sect to find any evidence...

"this..."

Hearing Ye Chen say this, Lin Ningxue gradually relaxed and hesitantly nodded...

"good..."

"Senior brother, you should get some rest too..."

After saying that, Lin Ningxue turned and went back to her cave...

"call..."

Ye Chen breathed a sigh of relief, not at all worried. It was just crippling an inner disciple; in his eyes, it was a trivial matter...

Why did the other party come looking for trouble?

If you want to steal his spirit stones, you'll have to pay the price...

If Lin Ningxue and Lin Wanli hadn't been there, Ye Chen would have even wanted to kill the other person outright and destroy the evidence...

Only by eliminating the root of the problem can we prevent future troubles...

"Boom..."

Ye Chen opened the stone door of the cave and went inside...

Back in the room...

He eagerly took out a storage bag, and with a thought...

"Splash!"

Dozens of dull-colored metallic magical artifacts fell before them, piling up into a small mountain...

These were all defective magical artifacts that Ye Chen had bought on the black market for over a thousand spirit stones. Although they were unusable, they were like treasures to Ye Chen...

Ye Chen flipped his hand, conjuring up the purple-gold gourd out of thin air. He pointed it at the flawed products before him and began chanting incantations...

The next second, the purple-gold gourd in his hand emitted a bright light, enveloping the pile of defective products and emitting a tremendous suction force that devoured them all...

In the blink of an eye, all these flawed magical artifacts were absorbed into the Purple Gold Gourd and disappeared...

"These magical artifacts should be able to refine quite a bit of spiritual liquid, right?"

Ye Chen muttered to himself, his heart filled with anticipation...

Although these magical artifacts were ruined during the refining process, they still contained spiritual power. While cultivators couldn't use them, they could be refined by the Purple-Gold Gourd...

This is also why Ye Chen was willing to spend spirit stones to buy back this pile of "trash"...

What would be a pile of useless junk to others is equivalent to a collection of magical artifacts to Ye Chen, and in comparison, they are actually hundreds of times cheaper...

He wouldn't feel bad using it to refine the spirit liquid...

At this moment, Ye Chen reached into his robes and took out a rather exquisite storage bag...

This was the very thing they had stolen from the man in black earlier...

"That kid is a prodigy of the inner sect, with the strength of the Golden Core stage. He should have quite a few good things on him, right?"

"We can't be as shabby as Old Lin, can we?"

Ye Chen looked at the storage bag in his hand and muttered to himself.

He had snatched storage bags from many disciples, and those disciples with any status or strength usually had some good items inside. Only Lin Wanli's storage bag left Ye Chen feeling utterly dejected...

As he spoke, Ye Chen moved his mind and dumped everything out of his storage bag...

"Splash!"

In an instant, countless spirit stones, pills, magical treasures, and talismans appeared before them, quickly piling up into a small mountain...

Several of these magical artifacts radiated a flowing light, indicating they were of high quality and were all treasure-grade magical weapons...

He even saw a spirit-grade longsword, exuding a chilling aura.

"So many good things?"

"This kid is the real easy prey..."

Ye Chen's eyes lit up, and he said with a delighted expression.

This was the first time he had ever managed to snatch a spirit-grade magic weapon from a sect disciple. This was something ordinary disciples couldn't possess; even direct disciples rarely had it...

"Looks like this kid's identity is really something else..."

Ye Chen muttered something under his breath, but he didn't seem worried.

Given the circumstances tonight, since the other party has made a move, he naturally won't surrender without a fight. Even if it's the sect leader's own son, he'll still beat him without hesitation...

Ye Chen inventoried the magical artifacts, then without hesitation devoured them all with the Purple-Gold Gourd, taking them along with the spirit-grade magical artifact to refine...

It's a bit of a shame, but there's nothing we can do about it.

After all, these were magical artifacts used by the man in black, and those familiar with him would certainly know this. If he were to use them, it would inevitably draw attention, which would be tantamount to confirming his suspicion of murder...

These magical artifacts are considered "stolen goods," so naturally they cannot be kept, and they certainly cannot appear within the sect...

Ye Chen turned to look at the mountain of spirit stones, and with a wave of his hand, he put them all into his storage bag, waiting to splurge again on the next trip to the black market...

There were still quite a few pills left, and Ye Chen was too lazy to sort them. He picked out the usable ones and put the rest into his storage bag...

He currently possesses a considerable number of pills, but lacks the spiritual liquid to refine them to a higher grade...

"What a pity... the refining speed of the spiritual liquid is too slow, it can't keep up..."

Ye Chen muttered something under his breath, casually picked up a bottle of pills, tilted his head back, poured it into his mouth, and swallowed it in one gulp...

These pills were only grade two or three, and their effects weren't as strong as grade six pills. Ye Chen could swallow several bottles at once without any problem, and he could quickly refine them with a little practice...

He picked up the pills and returned to his bed. He sat cross-legged, slowly closed his eyes, and began to cultivate...

The darkness outside the window faded away unnoticed, and the sky gradually brightened...

Inside the room, Ye Chen slowly opened his eyes, his aura becoming even more profound.

He hadn't slept all night, meditating for the entire night. When he tried to get up, his legs felt numb, almost completely devoid of feeling...

He eased up a bit after shifting his position, looking at the pile of white porcelain bottles in front of him, all the pills inside already completely consumed...

In one night, he consumed all the pills he had snatched from the man in black, significantly improving his cultivation. However, he was still far from breaking through to the Great Perfection of the Foundation Establishment realm...

"If these pills were refined with spiritual liquid, their effects would be a hundred times stronger..."

"What a pity..."

Ye Chen murmured to himself, feeling a pang of regret...

Just as he was about to get up, a commotion arose outside the cave...