Ye Chen held up a sword in one hand.

And his other hand, lifted up, not knowing where to place it.

There were also some areas that weren't very disciplined.

"I should just knock her out... Once she's out cold, it'll be fine," Ye Chen thought to himself.

Fortunately, at this moment, Qu Xiao's emotions finally calmed down a bit, and she voluntarily released Ye Chen.

Her face was flushed red!

To ease the awkwardness, Ye Chen joked, "Miss Qu, you looked pale before, but now you're all flushed. It seems hugging me has some healing effects!"

Qu Xiao: "..."

Her face turned even redder!

What just happened? She wasn't sure herself.

She was just really afraid something would happen to Ye Chen.

Then seeing Ye Chen was fine, the tension in her heart released all at once, and she just wanted a hug to lean on.

As for why it was Ye Chen's embrace?

Besides Ye Chen, there was no one else alive to offer a hug here.

Yeah.

That's the reason.

Nothing else.

"Then if I get hurt again, I'll come to hug you," Qu Xiao said, blushing.

Ye Chen: "..."

I was just saying, don't take it seriously!

Ye Chen had even felt the Sword Tomb Space tremble a bit just now... Probably Elder Qingyi isn't too pleased right now.

Elder Qingyi is very fierce!

If this keeps happening every now and then... It's over, Elder Qingyi will definitely give me a beating... like it's just a game to him!

Also, if that tsundere girl Hua Qianxue finds out, she probably won't be pleased either.

"How did you manage to do it?" Qu Xiao, sensing the awkward atmosphere, quickly changed the subject and said, "This Wang Qing, on the surface, was at the Elemental Wheel Realm, but he should actually be at the Primordial Embryo level, and not weak in it. Otherwise, when I met him before, I wouldn't have sensed it wrong.

Ye Chen, your strength is enough to directly kill a strong Primordial Embryo state person in full strength?" Qu Xiao asked.

Although Ye Chen had previously killed a demon race Primordial Embryo male right in front of her.

But that demon race Primordial Embryo male had already been severely injured by Qu Xiao, consuming a lot of energy, allowing Ye Chen to take advantage.

But now...

Qu Xiao had met Wang Qing before and hadn't noticed him hiding his strength, meaning Wang Qing was stronger than herself!

Ye Chen managed to outright kill Wang Qing.

Does this mean...

Ye Chen is actually stronger than herself?

Thinking of this, Qu Xiao couldn't help but feel a little dazed.

Ye Chen had only joined the Cangxing Martial Arts Academy for a little over two months and was only eighteen!

She had joined the Cangxing Martial Arts Academy at sixteen, five years ago, and was now twenty-one, known as the strongest disciple of the Advanced Class in the Star Martial System.

Before Ye Chen could answer.

In the distance, there were shouts.

The Defense Army from Hui Feng City had already found them.

Qu Xiao's expression changed, and she immediately whispered, "Ye Chen, don't say anything later, let me handle it."

The Defense Army rushed over, faces filled with shock at the sight of bodies everywhere.

After all, among these bodies was Hui Feng City's City Lord Wang Qing, and a group of Defense Army members.

Everyone already knew, City Lord Wang Qing was very likely the leader of Black Wind Village, and the fallen Defense Army members were actually part of the Black Wind Village Mountain Bandits.

Qu Xiao had a serious expression and said, "Wang Qing was suspected to be the leader of the Black Wind Village bandits, discovered by Ye Chen from the Cangxing Martial Arts Academy, prompting him to try and kill Ye Chen to silence him.

Luckily, Ye Chen had a Guardian in the dark to protect him and managed to catch Wang Qing and the others in one go.

Now, you should immediately go to the City Lord's Mansion, arrest everyone there, and conduct a detailed investigation."

The arriving Defense Army soldiers looked at each other.

The young swordsman in front of them was actually... Ye Chen from the Cangxing Martial Arts Academy!

Ye Chen had discovered Wang Qing's secret, prompting Wang Qing to attempt murder to silence him, and Ye Chen, being a genius from the Cangxing Martial Arts Academy, was secretly protected by someone, which made everything logical.

"Ye Chen, I'll head back to Hui Feng City to gather evidence first. Will you return to the Martial Arts Academy first, or come with us?" Qu Xiao asked.

"I'll head back to the Cangxing Martial Arts Academy to hand in the mission first," Ye Chen said.

Today was the last day, if he went back too late, the mission time limit would be missed, and not only would he lose points, but his initial privileges would be downgraded to none.

As for why Qu Xiao said so?

Ye Chen roughly understood.

Qu Xiao was protecting him.

Because if news that he could single-handedly kill a full-strength Primordial Embryo state strong person leaked out, then any troublemakers in the future, compared to Wang Qing, would only be stronger.

After parting ways with Qu Xiao.

Ye Chen quickly made his way back to the Cangxing Martial Arts Academy.

By dusk.

He finally returned to the Cangxing Martial Arts Academy!

......

Mission Hall.

Ye Chen stood in front of an elder, placing the mission scroll and a pile of Black Wind Tokens, along with a piece of dark demon bone from a Primordial Embryo Realm demon race, on the table.

The elder widened his eyes.

The elder knew just how difficult this mission was.

If the Black Wind Village Mountain Bandits were so easy to deal with, they would have been dealt with long ago.

Assigning this mission to Ye Chen was a decision made by the elder along with the dean, Ouyang Shang. They originally thought Ye Chen could only kill some ordinary bandits, gather enough points to return.

But seeing this...

Ye Chen had wiped out the entire Black Wind Village bandits!

"How was this achieved?" the elder couldn't help but ask.

"Just got lucky, found the Black Wind Village's lair, then ambushed and took out the strongest few, and the rest was just a long chase," Ye Chen casually made up a reason.

Anyway, according to the mission scroll, the strongest of the bandits was only half-step Primordial Embryo at most.

At this point, Ye Chen didn't plan on showing off.

After all, even if he stated the bandits' strength, it wouldn't change the fixed mission points.

Moreover, revealing it might lead to doubts and expose his strength.

The elder didn't continue questioning, instead picking up the dark demon bone and said, "And this, what's the story?"

"Ran into it along the way, Qu Xiao fought with this guy for a long time, luckily, I got lucky and picked an advantage," Ye Chen replied.

Lucky again?

The elder rolled his eyes.

Seems like, in the entire Cangxing Martial Arts Academy, only this kid is lucky!

Ye Chen didn't plan on explaining further, but instead said, "I heard killing Demon Race is a long-term mission, a Primordial Embryo level Demon Race is worth five hundred points."

The elder acknowledged, then said, "This demon bone, five hundred points.

The Black Wind Village bandit leader, five hundred points.

The second bandit leader, four hundred points.

The third bandit leader, three hundred points.

Ordinary Black Wind Village bandits, ten points each, you have seventy-two Black Wind Tokens here, that's seven hundred twenty points.

This time, you have a total of two thousand four hundred twenty points."

The elder's expression was filled with admiration.

From one mission, he gathered two thousand four hundred twenty points... The elites in the Advanced Class would be envious and green with envy if they knew.

"Is that all..." Ye Chen also sighed.

Upon entering the Martial Arts Academy, he had a hundred points as a reward for becoming an Inner Courtyard Disciple.

So his accumulated points now were only two thousand five hundred twenty points.

Previously, he'd won some points from competing with those from the Star Spirit System, but those couldn't count towards the accumulated total.

Opening the Intermediate Privilege required five thousand points, he was only halfway there.

The elder heard Ye Chen mumbling and gave him a strange look.

Kid, do you know, saying that makes you likely to get hit!

A newcomer who's just joined the Martial Arts Academy for two months, accumulating two thousand four hundred twenty points from one mission, and still finds it lacking?

Are today's young people always this ambitious?

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