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Su Nianwan suppressed the urge to draw her sword and stormed off...

"Senior Sister Su..."

Lin Ningxue watched Su Nianwan's departing figure, then turned to look at Ye Chen, a hint of curiosity in her expression...

"Senior brother, how did you and Senior Sister Su meet?"

"What did you just say... take off your clothes?"

Meeting Lin Ningxue's gaze, Ye Chen spoke without hesitation.

"A few days ago, I was bathing in the stream when she suddenly took off her clothes and jumped in. I happened to see it, and I guess she was embarrassed and angry..."

"hiss!"

Lin Ningxue stared wide-eyed in shock, looking at Ye Chen in disbelief.

"What?!"

"Senior Sister Su...she spied on you while you were taking a shower, Senior Brother?"

She couldn't believe that the aloof and icy Su Nianwan would do such a thing...

Ye Chen waved his hand dismissively, "It's nothing serious, I've already forgiven her..."

"this..."

Lin Ningxue looked at Ye Chen, who seemed completely nonchalant and unconcerned, and felt a strange unease in her heart...

Senior Sister Su is actually this kind of person?

"Senior brother, if Senior Sister Su was spying on you, why did she call you a lecher?" Lin Ningxue asked, puzzled.

What do you think?

Ye Chen glanced at her and said irritably.

"When I asked you about Xu Xiao back then, you didn't say his reputation among the female disciples of the sect was this bad..."

Hearing Ye Chen say this, Lin Ningxue scratched her head sheepishly, immediately understanding how he got the title of "lecherous scoundrel"...

Senior Sister Su had never met Xu Xiao; she had clearly heard rumors and mistaken Senior Brother for the long-dead Xu Xiao...

"I...I didn't expect this either..." Lin Ningxue muttered.

It's her own fault for impersonating her senior; she can't be blamed for it...

"Senior brother, how about I go and explain to Senior Sister Su for you?"

"Need not..."

Ye Chen hurriedly stopped him.

If Su Nianwan knew what he just said, she would definitely draw her sword and kill him...

Furthermore, he was carrying the weight of two lives on his conscience and had to continue impersonating Xu Xiao to remain in the Qingyun Sect. Otherwise, if the Enforcement Hall discovered that he was actually Ye Chen, he would have to flee the Qingyun Sect...

Meeting Lin Ningxue's surprised gaze, Ye Chen spoke calmly.

"Let it be a misunderstanding, I shouldn't hold it against her..."

"Oh..." Lin Ningxue nodded thoughtfully, "Senior brother is truly magnanimous..."

"Of course..."

Ye Chen smiled and gestured for Lin Ningxue to leave.

"Let's go back quickly, I'm starving..."

"good..."

Lin Ningxue immediately agreed and obediently followed Ye Chen down the stairs...

"Senior brother, thank you so much for today..."

"It's alright. Come to think of it, it's my fault. I should have killed that brat Long Aotian..."

Lin Ningxue took Ye Chen's words as a joke, but at that moment, she harbored murderous intent...

In retaliation, he arranged for people to bully Lin Ningxue. Who knows what even worse things they might do next? Keeping them around is definitely a problem...

Moreover, Long Aotian has quite a powerful background; once he recovers from his injuries, he will definitely continue his revenge...

Since we've offended them, we must eliminate them completely!

The two returned to their cave...

Lin Ningxue rushed into the kitchen and got to work, and soon an enticing aroma filled the air...

Ye Chen, who was checking the storage bags in the yard, unconsciously swallowed hard the moment he smelled the aroma...

"This girl's cooking skills have improved again!"

He muttered to himself, looking down at the spilled spirit stones and pills before him, and couldn't help but frown...

"this..."

The five outer disciples' personal belongings amounted to only a dozen or so bottles of pills, a little over three hundred spirit stones, and not a single magic weapon—not even a fraction of what Long Aotian had in his storage bag...

"Isn't this just too shabby?"

"You think you can even show your face with this little bit of stuff?"

Ye Chen complained with a look of disgust.

Back in his days at Black Cloud Stronghold, if he encountered such a poor traveler on the road, he wouldn't even bother robbing him...

He thought he had found five more easy targets, but it turned out to be just a small amount, not even enough to fill his teeth.

"As expected, outer disciples are really poor..."

Ye Chen only found two bottles of Spirit Replenishing Pills, a total of twenty pills, which he put into his storage bag.

As for the remaining pills, most of them were only first-grade body-tempering pills, which he didn't even want; he had plenty of those in his storage bag...

"Senior brother, the food is all prepared..."

At this moment, Lin Ningxue came out of the kitchen behind her, looking at Ye Chen who was squatting on the ground with a puzzled expression.

"Senior brother, what are you doing here?"

When her gaze fell upon the spirit stones and pills, she immediately understood...

"Keep these spirit stones and pills; they're yours!"

Ye Chen stood up and looked at Lin Ningxue in front of him.

Upon hearing this, Lin Ningxue's eyes lit up immediately...

"Really?"

"Thank you, senior brother..."

She squatted down with a happy expression and waved her hand to put the spirit stones and pills into her storage bag.

Ye Chen looked down on these things, but Lin Ningxue treasured them like precious gems.

You should know that she only received five spirit stones a month for working in the spirit herb garden, which is equivalent to half a year's salary for her...

Ye Chen waved his hand dismissively and turned to walk into the kitchen...

"It smells so good..."

He was already drooling with envy...

I was thinking that if I had the chance, I could go into the mountains and hunt some wild game. With this girl's cooking skills, she could definitely make even more delicious dishes...

After eating and drinking to their hearts' content, Ye Chen was about to leave when Lin Ningxue handed him two crystal bottles filled with morning dew.

"Senior brother, this is the morning dew I collected today..."

"for you!"

Seeing this, Ye Chen reached out and took it, nodding with a smile.

"Okay... I'll give you the pills next time..."

He was completely out of Grade 5 Spirit Replenishing Pills at this moment; he had used them all up during his cultivation...

Lin Ningxue shook her head, her face full of gratitude.

"No need... The Grade 5 Spirit-Replenishing Pill that my senior brother gave me yesterday is far too precious; no amount of morning dew can compensate for it..."

Upon hearing this, Ye Chen didn't say anything more and turned to leave.

He secretly made a mental note to set aside two Grade 5 Spirit Replenishing Pills for Lin Ningxue...

She deserved it!

Back in his cave, Ye Chen closed the door and eagerly took out the Purple-Gold Gourd and his only twenty Spirit-Replenishing Pills...

"It's a pity there weren't enough pills, otherwise I might have been able to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage tonight..."

He sighed helplessly and carefully poured spiritual liquid onto the Spirit-Replenishing Pill...

A moment later, all twenty Spirit-Replenishing Pills had reached the level of Grade Five pills, emitting a rich medicinal fragrance...

Ye Chen inhaled the refreshing medicinal fragrance, a look of intoxication appearing on his face. Looking down at the Spirit-Replenishing Pill in front of him, he muttered softly...

"If we add some more spiritual liquid, will the medicinal properties of this Grade 5 Spirit Replenishing Pill be further enhanced?"