"Ye Chen, this will be your residence." After a cup of tea time, Ouyang Zhong brought Ye Chen to an incredibly luxurious mansion and smiled at him.

This mansion, located near the main peak of the War King Hall, covers a large area of several acres, surrounded by incredibly peaceful surroundings, completely undisturbed by others.

The reason Ouyang Zhong arranged for Ye Chen to live here was for the convenience of his cultivation in the Cyan Wood Spirit Pool.

Moreover, only seed student candidates of the War King Hall are qualified to live in such a large mansion.

As for those Inner Sect Students, they generally can only live in some courtyards.

And the Outer Disciples have it even worse, often having to live with several people in one room.

"This place is only two or three miles from the back mountain, I can enter the back mountain at any time to hunt Tier Two Demon Beasts," Ye Chen thought to himself and felt quite satisfied with the residence.

"Ye Chen, have you seen those seven peaks? That's where only seed students have the right to live. During its peak period, our War King Hall had as many as seven seed students, second only to Celestial Flame Peak. How glorious it was then, but now...," Ouyang Zhong looked at the towering peaks in the distance with a sigh, his eyes full of sorrow.

Our War King Hall, centuries ago, was so prestigious, second only to Celestial Flame Peak in the Celestial Flame Academy; countless Celestial Flame Dynasty geniuses rushed to join our War King Hall.

Especially during the most glorious times, the War King Hall had as many as seven seed students and provided the Immortal Dome Sect with an Immortal Seed every less than ten years.

Sadly, those days are long gone.

Now, the War King Hall's talent has completely withered, and it can't even produce a single seed student, truly a tragic state of affairs.

This left Ouyang Zhong wondering how he would face his ancestors in the future.

"Elder Ouyang, you have been kind to me, I will do everything in my power to help the War King Hall regain its former glory and even elevate it to new heights," Ye Chen couldn't help but comfort Ouyang Zhong.

"Say these things after you survive the duel in a month. Your talent is very strong, but if you die halfway, then it's all for nothing," Ouyang Zhong shook his head, his mouth filled with a bitter smile.

Ye Chen's current cultivation is too weak; no matter how high his talent is, it doesn't help the War King Hall in any way.

Only when he fully matures can he help the War King Hall.

However, in a month, he will have to fight Duanmu Jie to the death on the Life and Death Battle Platform, and even Ouyang Zhong has no confidence in him.

If he really falls, what can he use to help the War King Hall regain its former glory?

"Elder Ouyang, I will definitely win the duel in a month," Ye Chen replied confidently.

If he can't even deal with a minor figure like Duanmu Jie, how will he avenge his parents in the future?

"Ye Chen, confidence is a good thing, but sometimes overconfidence is just recklessness. All I can help you with is this, and whether you can survive the duel in a month is up to fate. Take care," Ouyang Zhong sighed, feeling that Ye Chen was too naive.

He simply didn't understand how terrifying Duanmu Jie's true strength was.

Even if he really manages to cultivate the 'Ancient Golden Elephant Technique' to the Great Success Realm within a month, he might only have a chance to contend with Duanmu Jie.

As for wanting to kill him, it's still as difficult as ascending to heaven.

Not to mention, Ye Chen might not even be able to cultivate the 'Ancient Golden Elephant Technique' to the Great Success Realm within a month.

By then, all that awaits him is a dead end.

Swoosh.

Soon after, Ouyang Zhong bid farewell to Ye Chen and went to attend to his own affairs.

As the Grand Elder of the War King Hall, he has too many responsibilities to possibly stay by Ye Chen's side constantly.

Moreover, cultivating the 'Ancient Golden Elephant Technique' mainly depends on Ye Chen's body refining talent and willpower, which Ouyang Zhong can't help with.

Whether Ye Chen can cultivate this technique to the Great Success Realm within a month depends entirely on him.

"I wonder who it was that saved my foster father and foster mother," Ye Chen stepped into the spacious mansion, his brow furrowed.

Although his foster father and mother had been rescued, Ye Chen couldn't feel at ease until he saw them himself.

But he didn't even know who had rescued his foster parents, let alone where to find them.

"Rest assured, your foster father and mother are very safe now," a melodious female voice like a silver bell suddenly echoed in Ye Chen's ear.

"Who goes there?" Ye Chen's body suddenly shuddered, and his gaze involuntarily turned toward the outside of the house.

Outside Ye Chen's residence, at some unknown time, two figures had appeared.

One of them was a very tall figure, wearing a bronze mask on his face, giving an immensely mysterious feeling.

From his head full of white hair and hands covered with wrinkles, it could be judged that he was an elderly man.

The other figure was a woman dressed in black with a black veil, her figure extremely graceful, skin white as jade. Although her face was covered, she still gave off a stunningly beautiful feeling.

It's hard to imagine how astonishing her appearance would be once she removed the veil.

"An elder wearing a bronze mask? Could it be him who broke into the Duanmu family's Celestial Prison and rescued my foster father and foster mother?" When Ye Chen saw the mysterious elder, his pupils suddenly shrank, and his eyes were filled with intense apprehension.

After all, this place was the inner sect area of the War King Hall, heavily guarded.

Even a Qi Dao Grandmaster of the Celestial Spirit Realm would find it difficult to casually break in.

Yet this mysterious elder had silently appeared outside his residence without being detected.

It's hard to imagine how powerful his strength had become.

However, after a brief shock, Ye Chen quickly regained his composure.

Since this mysterious elder was willing to rescue his foster father and foster mother, he probably wouldn't harm him.

Otherwise, even if his strength were ten times stronger, he would not be a match for this elder.

"May I ask, senior, was it you who rescued my foster father and foster mother? If so, the junior is truly grateful." Ye Chen couldn't help but test the waters.

"That's right, they've already been settled by me. However, your foster father's collarbone was pierced, and he suffered quite a bit of injury, making it unsuitable for him to move for the time being. Once the time is ripe, I will naturally bring them over." The mysterious elder nodded, his voice sounding as calm as an ancient well, with no emotional fluctuations at all.

"Damn Duanmu family, they actually pierced my foster father's collarbone. He must have suffered a lot of torture." Ye Chen's teeth couldn't help but clench tightly, his eyes turned blood red, and his chest was filled with anger, feeling his heart wrenching.

"Hmph! Ye Chen, what good is being angry? With your pathetic level of strength, can you avenge your foster father and foster mother? Someone as useless as you can't even handle a Half-Step Celestial Spirit Realm cultivator, and yet I foolishly expected you to find us to seek revenge for our lady. I was simply too foolish." Just then, the woman in the black veil suddenly spoke, her eyes full of deep disappointment, looking at Ye Chen as if he were a worthless waste.

"Miss, I don't seem to know you, do I? My cultivation is only at the True Qi Realm Seventh Layer; it's quite normal that I'm not yet a Half-Step Celestial Spirit expert. Why do you belittle me?" Ye Chen's brows couldn't help but furrow, immediately feeling at a loss.

Keep in mind, the strength of a Half-Step Celestial Spirit expert is far beyond that of a Qi Dao Master at the Gang Qi Tenth Layer.

Even Duanmu Jie and Ye Lin'er are far from being their match.

And Ye Chen, having only recently repaired his dantian and reached merely the True Qi Realm Seventh Layer, is unable to contend with a Half-Step Celestial Spirit expert, which is not something shameful.

Yet in the eyes of this black-clothed young woman, he has become a useless waste.

This really made Ye Chen feel very helpless.

"Miss, had I known this idiotic fiancé would be so incompetent and useless, I wouldn't have looked for him. He can't even avenge you, and he's not even qualified to carry your shoes. It's hard to imagine he's really a descendant of the Ye Clan from the Divine Spirit Family, and yet he's so useless." The black-clothed young woman said indignantly in her heart, feeling even more displeased each time she looked at Ye Chen.

Her miss had high aptitude since childhood, awakening a Celestial Bloodline at the age of ten, and now had already become a disciple of the Six Great Sacred Lands.

But Ye Chen?

Being her miss's fiancé and carrying the bloodline of the Ye Clan from the Divine Spirit Family in his veins, yet he can't even awaken his bloodline, a complete and utter waste.

How could the black-clothed young woman accept this?

"I spent a whole year searching everywhere for my fiancé's whereabouts, finally discovering his traces in this small dynasty, only to find he's so useless that even a small Gang Qi Realm cultivator could take his life. How can I expect him to avenge my lady's family?" The black-clothed young woman glared fiercely at Ye Chen, with a look as if hating iron for not becoming steel.

"Girl, perhaps we should just leave. This is a waste who can't even awaken his bloodline, and it's impossible for him to help our lady." The mysterious elder with the bronze mask transmitted to the black-clothed young woman, his eyes full of disdain.

"I heard that this worthless fiancé has already signed a Life and Death Contract with someone. If I leave now, he might get beaten to death in a month. No matter how useless and cowardly he is, he's still my fiancé. I can't just stand by and watch him die. Alas! Let it be a debt our lady owes him." The black-clothed young woman sighed.

"Would you like to come in and sit?" Although Ye Chen found this black-clothed young woman somewhat inexplicable, since they had saved his foster father and foster mother, he still needed to maintain politeness.

"No need, you should hurry and cultivate. Don't get beaten to death by a trivial Gang Qi Realm cultivator; that would truly be a disgrace to our lady." The black-clothed young woman snorted coldly.

"Who exactly is your lady? Do I know her?" Ye Chen asked with curiosity.

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