Ye Chen never expected that the matter this time would end with such a result.

The tall and burly senior brother, like a small mountain, stared at him with red eyes... filled with excitement, grievance, and countless other emotions.

"Senior brother, let's go first. It's a mess around here."

Yuan Polu nodded, stepped forward, and grabbed Ye Chen's wrist.

Ye Chen: "..."

"If I hold onto you, I won't lose you again." Yuan Polu said earnestly.

The Fatty and Luo Tian looked at this scene, holding back their laughter.

Ye Chen, who had just recently killed a Primordial Embryo Realm cultivator, was now being led around like a child.

Ye Chen awkwardly shook his hand, saying, "Senior brother, don't worry, I won't get lost this time."

The group headed towards the outer area of the Luoyao Mountain Range.

On the way.

Ye Chen and the others listened to Yuan Polu mention the beast rampage incident.

It turned out to be because a sacred egg had broken...

"This must be Xiu'Er's doing!" the Fatty asserted firmly.

"Xiu'Er?" Luo Tian looked at the Fatty.

"Dongfang Xiu, anyway, that guy looks somewhat effeminate, the name Xiu'Er suits him." the Fatty said matter-of-factly.

Ye Chen didn't comment.

Luo Tian looked at Ye Chen and said, "Brother Ye, what do you think?"

Ye Chen: "Next time we see Xiu'Er, don't say anything, just cut him down."

"Exactly." The Fatty nodded in agreement, "This person is too insidious, talking to him a bit more might lead to trouble, it's better to just cut him directly!"

"Junior brother, what were you doing around here?" Yuan Polu asked.

The Fatty rushed to answer: "People from the Celestial Sword Sect wanted to kill Brother Ye, we came to help Brother Ye kill them. Brother Ye pierced Gu Yue's grandson Gu Tong with one sword, and also cut down Gu Yue's aunt."

"Gu Lan Jiao?"

Yuan Polu, full of shock, said: "She was a Primordial Embryo Realm fifth layer, and her combat power was very strong!"

"More or less, we teamed up, each of us attacked once, and she was dead." Luo Tian said nonchalantly.

The Fatty glanced at Luo Tian.

This guy was boasting.

To be fair, the three did go against Gu Lan Jiao, each attacking once.

Initially, Ye Chen was holding off Gu Lan Jiao, which doesn't count as teaming up.

Of course, all three of them risked their lives in those attacks.

Luo Tian slashed at Gu Lan Jiao with his sword, then the Fatty set up a formation, and finally, Ye Chen, at a life-or-death juncture, comprehended the sword momentum...

Yuan Polu looked at the rather proud Luo Tian and said: "If it were me, a single hammer would have taken her down."

The four of them continued on the road, chatting intermittently.

Occasionally, they encountered a Tier Four Demon Beast, Yuan Polu would smash it with a hammer, solving the problem.

For Tier Three Demon Beasts, Ye Chen, the Fatty, and Luo Tian took turns handling them, making quick work of it.

The three even teamed up to kill several Tier Four Demon Beasts.

When the four returned to the outskirts of the Luoyao Mountain Range, the area designated for the Cangxing Martial Arts Academy's freshman hunting event, Yuan Polu shouted: "Elder Xiao, come out quickly!"

The sound waves rolled.

The mountains and forests shook.

A moment later, Xiao Yuanshan flew over.

Xiao Yuanshan was also excited.

It's a relief they all came back alive.

Otherwise, it would have been really bad for him this time!

Lingwu system now only has three disciples, two of them right here.

Yu Hui, this little Fatty, is also a treasured piece of the Star Pellet system.

Luo Tian is even valued by the dean.

If anything happened to these four, Xiao Yuanshan wouldn't dare return to Cangxing Martial Arts Academy.

Xiao Yuanshan asked about the situation.

The Fatty briefly recounted the events, deliberately skipping over the matter of the Earth's Heart Milk and Earth Marrow, not even telling Yuan Polu about it.

Upon hearing that Gu Lan Jiao and Gu Tong were taken down by these three youths, Xiao Yuanshan clearly didn't believe it. He cast a subtle glance at Yuan Polu, believing he must have intervened.

"Killed is killed. The Celestial Sword Sect provoked our Cangxing Martial Arts Academy—they were asking for it!" Xiao Yuanshan said: "Due to the beast rampage, the hunting event is ending early. Everyone else has returned to the academy, you should hurry and follow me back too."

...…

The group returned to Cangxing Martial Arts Academy.

Xiao Yuanshan was eager to report to the dean Ouyang Shang and hurriedly made to leave.

"Uncle Master, wait."

The Fatty shouted urgently, "What about the rewards for this hunting event, do they still count?"

"Wait for the dean's decision."

With that, Xiao Yuanshan's figure flickered and he disappeared.

The Fatty returned to the Star Pellet system.

Luo Tian returned to the Star Martial System.

Yuan Polu then quickly took Ye Chen back to their Lingwu system.

Liu Meng'Er, with a stunning figure and long legs, stood vigil at the entrance of the Lingwu system. Upon seeing the two return, she finally breathed a sigh of relief, saying: "Senior brother, junior brother, the teacher went to the Celestial Sword Sect."

The teacher said before leaving that until he gets back, junior brother, you are not to go anywhere."

Upon hearing that Yang Tianji went to the Celestial Sword Sect, Ye Chen felt touched.

It's not hard to guess why he went.

Liu Meng'Er urged Ye Chen, with great concern, to rest first, and only when Yuan Polu saw Ye Chen safely into the courtyard did he feel reassured.

"Junior sister, I am going to Unrivaled County." Yuan Polu said.

"The Bai Family is gone."

"It was definitely to silence them!" Yuan Polu thought it was clear, the Bai Family's extermination came at such a coincidental time, there's no way it wasn't suspicious.

"Senior brother, you didn't tell junior brother, right?" Liu Meng'Er asked.

Yuan Polu shook his head, saying: "I didn't."

"That's good, because if junior brother knew, he would definitely rush to Unrivaled County to seek revenge from the Bai Family. The situation now is very unclear; we can't let him rush into things recklessly."

"I didn't think much about it, forgot to mention it earlier, just remembered." Yuan Polu admitted candidly.

Liu Meng'Er: "..."

She realized she had overestimated this senior brother.

Indeed.

With such strength, he still managed to lose his junior brother in Luoyao Mountain Range, nearly causing an accident... his brain was probably full of muscles.

The two chatted as they left.

In the courtyard, Ye Chen frowned.

He had sensed his senior sister seemed to be hiding something, so after entering the courtyard, he quietly released a bit of Spiritual Power, overhearing the conversation between Yuan Polu and Liu Meng'Er.

It seemed...

The danger they encountered in Luoyao Mountain Range.

Wasn't only related to the Celestial Sword Sect.

The Bai Family behind Bai Feng and Bai Sen was also involved.

And now that the Bai Family has been exterminated, it's clear they were just pawns, and there is a mastermind behind it!

This mastermind could not be the Celestial Sword Sect.

The Celestial Sword Sect doesn't need to use such tactics; they come out in the open.

Therefore, the one who exterminated the Bai Family fears exposure of their identity.

A name surfaced in Ye Chen's mind.

Could it be Meng Changtian!

Perhaps many would suspect Meng Changtian.

But without evidence.

Meng Changtian is the deputy dean in charge of the Star Spirit System, and without evidence, no one can touch him!

Ye Chen gritted his teeth, clenched his fist, returned to the predominantly pink-toned room, sat cross-legged, took out the Earth Marrow, held it in his hand, and activated the second layer of the Nine Heavens Sword Manual to refine the Earth Marrow.

His injuries seemed to have healed.

Yet in reality, it was only superficial.

Especially the place where his left arm had been severed, which still throbbed with pain, with Qi Blood and original power not flowing smoothly.

Even if mysterious heat flowed constantly from within, healing his injuries, it still required time.

The gentle energy of the Earth Marrow is ideal for healing wounds.

Besides healing.

The Earth Marrow can also be used to establish a foundation.

This time, to kill the descendants of that old dog Gu Yue, Ye Chen directly broke through from the True Essence Realm Eighth Layer to the Sea of Qi Realm First Layer, and his strength became quite unstable, he could now use the energy of the Earth Marrow to solidify his foundation anew!

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