"Hello, old man." Ye Chen politely greeted.

This old man's aura was deeply concealed, even the Martial Arts True Eye couldn't see through it!

Even though Ye Chen thought the man looked like he deserved a beating, he didn't dare to hit him.

"Let's go, I'll take you to the Grotto Heaven of Green Leaf."

"Huh?"

So this was the guy Su Yun mentioned who would take him to the Grotto Heaven.

"Is there a problem?"

Ye Chen said, "No... Senior is helping me with such a big favor, how should I address you, Senior?"

"Shi Fengchun."

Ye Chen muttered internally, what a strange name, but he smiled and said, "Brother Chun, then I'll trouble you."

"Hmm?" Shi Fengchun frowned.

Ye Chen stepped forward and said, "Brother Chun sounds friendly."

Shi Fengchun chuckled and said, "Let's go, stop the nonsense."

As soon as he spoke, Ye Chen found that his body lost control, and after a dizzying moment, he fell to the ground with a thud.

Shi Fengchun stood aside, smiling, and said, "This month, you'll be practicing in the Grotto Heaven, feel free to mess around."

After leaving those words, Shi Fengchun's figure flickered and disappeared.

Ye Chen looked around, he had already entered the Green Leaf Grotto Heaven!

This Brother Chun, what is his background? So formidable, he can enter the Grotto Heaven without going through that green leaf?

Meanwhile.

Shi Fengchun had already returned to his residence at the True Martial Hall.

"Last time I thought the Green Leaf Grotto Heaven showed signs of self-repair, but after closing it, no miracles happened. Tracing it back, it was at the spot where Ye Chen practiced last time that some special energy appeared, which was the root cause of the Grotto Heaven's repair signs!

Is it a coincidence?

Or does this brat really have something special?

I'm watching!

Ye Chen, I hope you don't let me down, otherwise, just for your lack of respect calling me Brother Chun, it won't end!"

......

Inside the Green Leaf Grotto Heaven.

Ye Chen casually found a place to practice, since he was the only one there, it didn't matter.

As for whether Brother Chun was peeping, who cares.

There's no secret to expose, so focus on the Seven-Star Sword Array training!

The environment in the Grotto Heaven greatly aids both Martial Arts Realm and Spirit Realm, and also makes practicing martial skills and spiritual techniques more effective.

For the past two days, Ye Chen had been pondering over the Seven-Star Sword Array and had made good progress. He decided to take this opportunity to complete the training!

When Hall Master Xiao Lang of Seven Stars Hall returns, a complete Seven-Star Sword Array might scare him senseless.

With this thought, the Sword Qi in Ye Chen's body surged, instantly condensing into seven streaks of Sword Qi. Then, Spiritual Power swept out, controlling the seven Sword Qi to whistle and weave through the array, evolving the forty-nine variations of the Seven-Star Sword Array through the seven main changes of the Seven-Star Swordsmanship!

......

At the Soul-breaking Gorge.

Deafening roars echoed heaven and earth, the sky shattered, the earth crumbled, the sun and moon lost their light.

The Celestial Eye Race, Green Ghost Race, and Iron Armor Race descended here simultaneously, with a massive number of strong invaders gathered. If not for the timely discovery by True Martial Hall, this calamity might have become uncontrollable!

To block the three invading races here, the powerful figures of Cangzhou's True Martial Hall essentially emptied their nest.

At this moment, a terrifying clash had just ended.

True Martial Hall's fighters barely managed to temporarily repel the allied forces of the three races, gaining some breathing room.

A group of strong warriors surrounded Hall Master Tian Bugui of Bright Hall, and everyone's gaze on him was extremely intimidating!

Even as bold as Tian Bugui was, he felt a bit intimidated at the moment.

"Tian Bugui, what do you have that made these invaders keep demanding you hand it over!"

"The united forces of the three races obviously came for that item!"

"Just hand it over, since the invaders value it so highly, there must be a special reason. You're just a brute, the item is meaningless in your hands."

Tian Bugui looked utterly wronged at this moment.

What do I have?

Even I don't know!

"Everyone shut up!" Tian Bugui felt increasingly wronged and angry the more he thought, he grumbled, "This is likely the invaders' ploy, they know my strength is overwhelming and want you guys to target me!"

Everyone gave Tian Bugui strange looks!

Tian Bugui shivered, his tone weakened a lot, "I really don't have anything, though I've frequently blocked the invaders, I've never gotten anything significant."

At this moment, an elder in the crowd cleared his throat and said, "We all know Tian Bugui's nature, though he might be rash, he stands by his word."

Tian Bugui gritted his teeth, old geezer, calling me rash?

"We naturally trust Hall Master Tian's character, we're not after that item, we just think that it must hold great secrets about the invaders, and revealing these might greatly aid our upcoming actions!"

"The Heavenly Gate has appeared more frequently over the years, with increasing invader incursions, leading to higher casualties on our side..."

"Hall Master Tian, think carefully again!"

Tian Bugui scratched the back of his head, then straightforwardly removed his Storage Ring. With a thought, a large pile of items poured out, forming several small mountains on the ground.

"These are my recent trophies from the battles against the invaders, have a look. If there's anything suspicious, feel free to examine it, but don't covet my treasures beforehand!" Tian Bugui said.

These were all old comrades.

Though he had a few poor relations with some of them.

They were all trustworthy on the battlefield.

If it were others messing around, Tian Bugui would've slashed them long ago!

Everyone rummaged through the pile.

Although there were indeed many good items, none seemed exceptionally unique.

"Tian Bugui, though I feel like hitting you every time I see you, I believe you wouldn't deceive us." One person said.

Tian Bugui retrieved his items, glanced at the speaker, snorted, and said, "Stop talking nonsense, you're just asking for a beating!"

The elder in the crowd said, "Alright, this matter is settled, it seems the invaders' plan was to confuse us."

Tian Bugui nodded with complete understanding, "I told you, the invaders must be wary of my overwhelming power, which is why they framed me."

No one paid him any mind.

Su Yun glared at Tian Bugui, wishing to whip him.

Seeing everyone leave to prepare for the next battle, Tian Bugui approached Su Yun and said, "Is Ye Chen settled well?"

"He's been sent to the Grotto Heaven, the only one inside. Even if we're not present, he's safe," Su Yun said.

Tian Bugui acknowledged with a nod and continued chatting with Su Yun while secretly transmitting a message, "When you return, have a look at Ye Chen's Storage Ring... he helped me kill a Ninth Princess of the Celestial Eye Race... I gave him something back then."

Su Yun replied angrily through the transmission, "Why didn't you mention it earlier!"

"What good would that do? Are we going to have everyone rush back to find Ye Chen now?

The battlefield is the priority!

Even if there's something important, it should be used against the invaders, not as a bargaining chip in negotiations.

Some old guys here are already swaying in their belief against coexisting with the invaders. If they find the item, they might think of using it to negotiate away the invaders!"

Su Yun transmitted back, "You're at least a bit smart this time."

Tian Bugui replied through transmission, "Do you think I'm like you, all brawn and no brain?"

Su Yun's killing intent surged.

But Tian Bugui slipped away right after finishing his transmission!

......

At this moment, in the Green Leaf Grotto Heaven of Cangzhou's True Martial Hall.

Ye Chen had already been practicing the Seven-Star Sword Array here for half a month.

After repeated failures and constant exploration, now, he finally achieved success.

The seven strands of Sword Qi floated around Ye Chen, under the control of his Spiritual Power, the seven Sword Qi bloomed like brilliant stars. As the Sword Qi shuttled back and forth, it was a seamless natural harmony, like flowing water over mountains, or a deer hanging its horns on branches!

(Today I took leave from the boss, stayed home to type, the fifth chapter reached fifteen thousand words, there's more coming later! Who told me to update six times today? Come out and praise me handsome!)

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