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Outside the cave...

Lin Wanli arrived at Tianling Peak very early, and was waiting outside Ye Chen's cave before dawn...

He didn't want to disturb Ye Chen, but instead of Ye Chen coming out, he was greeted by a powerful sect elder...

When Lin Wanli saw the white-haired elder, he immediately tensed up, his face turning pale with fright, a chill running down his spine, and he secretly broke out in a cold sweat...

"Gurgle!"

He recognized the other person as one of the elders in charge of the outer sect, a Nascent Soul stage cultivator, and one of the strongest figures in the Qingyun Sect...

Such an appearance is unusual, and its arrival at Tianling Peak at this moment makes it hard not to have all sorts of wild thoughts...

Lin Wanli was extremely nervous.

"Why...why is he here..."

"Could it be that they've come to see their senior brother?"

"What happened last night...was it discovered?"

......

Countless possibilities flashed through his mind, and he was immediately filled with anxiety and unease...

Especially when I saw the elder walking towards us step by step, my heart was in my throat...

"Elder Zhao, the twentieth cave dwelling is just ahead..."

"Senior Brother Xu Xiao lives in this cave..."

Beside the white-haired old man was a disciple who was responsible for leading the way, talking as they walked.

His appearance attracted a large crowd of disciples, all filled with curiosity...

"Isn't that Elder Zhao? What's he doing here?"

"I heard that after Elder Long of the Enforcement Hall went missing, he's now in charge of the Enforcement Hall..."

"Elder Zhao has always held a high position in the sect. Only with him in charge of the Enforcement Hall can the sect be truly respected. Who would dare to challenge him..."

"This...it seems Elder Zhao is here to see Senior Brother Xu Xiao. Has something happened?"

"Could it be that Senior Brother Xu Xiao has injured someone again? He's injured several outer sect experts lately..."

"Let's go...go and see. If Elder Zhao is here to cause trouble, then Senior Brother Xu Xiao will be in deep trouble, if not dead..."

......

When Lin Wanli heard the name "Xu Xiao," his heart skipped a beat...

"not good..."

"Has my senior brother been discovered?"

His first thought was that Ye Chen's attack on the man in black last night had come to light...

Otherwise, why would a Nascent Soul stage elder personally come to find Ye Chen?

Not to mention he's an elder in charge of the Enforcement Hall...

Lin Wanli was extremely anxious; it was too late to tell Ye Chen to leave...

Not only were many disciples watching nearby, but the white-haired elder was only a few steps away. Given the elder's abilities, even if Ye Chen wanted to escape, he wouldn't be able to...

"Boom!"

At that moment, the stone door slowly opened...

Ye Chen stepped out of the cave and immediately saw Lin Wanli standing outside the door, followed by the white-haired old man walking towards him from a distance...

He could sense the powerful aura emanating from the white-haired old man...

"Um?"

Ye Chen paused for a moment, then turned to look at Lin Wanli beside him, a strange look flashing across his face...

That look seemed to say, "You're the one who brought these people here."

Lin Wanli: ? ? ?

Meeting Ye Chen's gaze, Lin Wanli felt extremely wronged and frantically shook his head at Ye Chen...

He had no idea what was going on...

He had been waiting here since early morning, without speaking to anyone. This elder had also appeared out of nowhere...

"Senior brother..."

"That's Elder Zhao from the outer sect. He just took over the Enforcement Hall a few days ago..."

"I don't know how he suddenly came here..."

"It seems... he came for you, senior brother..."

......

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

He vaguely heard the disciple leading the way mention cave number twenty and Xu Xiao's name, and concluded that the other party was looking for Ye Chen, but he didn't know what it was about...

"The Hall of Enforcement?"

Ye Chen frowned slightly, turning to look at the white-haired old man approaching from a distance. Sensing the powerful aura emanating from the man, he immediately felt a sense of powerlessness...

With his cultivation level, surviving against his opponent was practically impossible...

At that moment, all he could do was pray that the white-haired old man wasn't looking for him, but was just passing by...

Otherwise... there will be trouble!

He didn't take the Golden Core stage seriously, but the Nascent Soul stage was a different story...

The difference in their cultivation levels was so vast that even wielding a celestial sword couldn't bridge the gap in their strength...

Seeing that Lin Wanli seemed completely unaware of the situation, Ye Chen believed he wouldn't betray him; otherwise, he wouldn't have waited until now...

As the two were talking, the white-haired old man led several disciples over...

All eyes fell on Ye Chen...

He just emerged from the cave dwelling before us, and his identity is undoubtedly easy to identify...

The white-haired elder leading the group stopped and carefully examined Ye Chen before him, his brow furrowing in hesitation...

"Eighth level of Qi Refining..."

"strangeness..."

He muttered to himself, looking up at Ye Chen.

"You're Xu Xiao?"

Meeting the gaze of the white-haired old man, Ye Chen calmly nodded in response.

"Reporting to the Elder, this disciple is Xu Xiao..."

At this moment, he not only thought of the black-clad man he had crippled the previous night, but also of the disciples he had killed before, as well as Long Xingyu and Jiang Changyi...

He had been doing so much that when an elder from the Enforcement Hall suddenly came to his door, he couldn't even guess what the elder wanted to discuss...

Just as Ye Chen was lost in thought, the white-haired old man in front of him narrowed his eyes and said in a deep voice.

"I heard you defeated Meng Fan and Xie Huai'an, and several top outer disciples were defeated by you?"

Upon hearing this, Ye Chen's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately tensed up...

The other party clearly had some idea of ​​his strength...

These words seem more like an attempt to ascertain the specific scope of his abilities, thereby eliminating any suspicion against him...

However, many disciples had witnessed the things the white-haired old man asked about, so there was no way to hide or deny them now...

"Reporting to the elder, it is I..."

"However... that was all thanks to my senior brothers' leniency; I only managed to defeat them by sheer luck..."

Ye Chen acted extremely humble at this moment, not daring to be arrogant or smug at all...

The stronger he is, the more it means he has the ability to harm people, so he dares not show off at this time.

Not only him, but Lin Wanli, who was standing to the side, was also terrified, fearing that things would be exposed, and was even thinking about how to escape...

This is a matter of life and death...

The two were so nervous their hearts were practically pounding out of their chests...