Chapter 397: Going for Breakfast

After cultivating until he reached his limit, Yi Chen finally called it a day and rested his almost throbbing head on the comfortable bed before losing himself to sleep.

The next morning, the gentle rays of the sun crept into Yi Chen’s room through the window, soon falling directly onto Yi Chen’s face.

’This...’

He grumbled in annoyance, feeling the intense rays, and turned around, but the radiating heat was making it difficult for him to fall back asleep, eventually forcing him to open his eyes and look toward the window.

’So, it’s morning already, huh...’

He thought, dissatisfaction clearly written on his face, while trying hard to open his eyes.

A part of him wanted to turn over and fall back asleep the very next moment. However, he knew that if he were to do that, then he would most likely oversleep and end up missing the first morning lecture.

Not wanting to miss it, Yi Chen killed the drowsiness in him by shaking his head a couple of times before pushing himself out of bed.

With this done, he made his way out of his room and went to freshen up in one of the common bathing areas at either end of the corridor.

About twenty minutes later, with a towel hanging around his neck, Yi Chen was making his way through the corridor.

Seeing the empty corridor, Yi Chen let out a bitter smile.

’Heh, even though I slept so late, I ended up becoming the first disciple to wake up...’

With this thought in mind, he soon arrived in his room. The next moment, he took out a pair of trousers and a set of robes which still carried the fresh scent of new clothes.

These were naturally the Outer Sect robes that the Outer Sect Disciples were supposed to wear all the time.

The robe was pure white, with silver borders that glimmered in the daylight.

A simple yet elegant design.

’It feels as if I’m not wearing anything...’

Yi Chen muttered after trying on the robes that felt as light as a feather. As a result, a satisfied smile naturally formed on his face.

"But still... that doesn’t change the fact that it feels as if I’m back at school all of a sudden."

Yi Chen let out a chuckle the next moment before glancing out of the window to gauge the time.

’I should still have about half an hour or more to spare...’

With these thoughts in mind, he started taking out all the essential items from his storage ring one after the other before arranging them in an orderly manner inside his cupboard.

When he was done with the task and was just about to sit for a few minutes to relax, he heard a knock at his door.

Knock Knock

At first, a frown naturally formed on his face as he wondered who it might be. However, the next second, his eyes widened in realisation.

’Ah, it must be Qin Yao.’

With that thought, he soon made his way towards the door before pulling it open.

"Y-You..."

Yi Chen couldn’t help but furrow his brows when he saw the person who was standing in front of him. Although the face was familiar, it didn’t belong to Qin Yao.

"Greetings, Senior Brother Chen. I’m Dong Yun. We met last night. Do you remember..."

Dong Yun asked with a warm smile apparent on his face as his eyes gleamed with a subtle trace of nervous excitement.

"Yeah... I do remember."

Yi Chen nodded his head and asked a second later in a hesitant tone, "You... Why did you knock on the door? Do you need something?"

"Ah... No, it’s not like that."

Dong Yun shook his head the next moment in an embarrassed manner as he said, "I...I just got a little overwhelmed after seeing you again that I forgot to mention it earlier.

Since my room is right next to yours, I was here to greet you and, while at it, also call you for breakfast since the dining hall would be opening soon."

"Wait... You live beside me?" Yi Chen couldn’t help but ask again, thinking that he might have misheard earlier.

"Yes. My room number is 128," Dong Yun said while pointing in his room’s direction.

"I see...It’s nice to meet you again then, Brother Dong."

Yi Chen said with a constrained smile while thinking to himself, ’What’s with this shitty luck? From all the possible outcomes, why in the hell is my room just beside this guy??’

Suddenly thinking of something, he couldn’t help but grow wary of Dong Yun the next second. ’Could it be that he still doesn’t believe the story I told last night and wants to question me again?... Wait, what if he has already figured out everything and wants to blackmail me??’

A series of such questions flooded Yi Chen’s mind, turning his mood sour the very next moment.

However, all that overthinking vanished the moment he heard Dong Yun speak his mind the next moment with an excited expression.

"Senior Brother Chen, you must have no idea, but yesterday when I got to know that your room was just next to mine, I was overwhelmed with joy. That feeling...it was so intense that even if I wanted to, I wouldn’t be able to express it in words.

Last night, all I wanted to do was to immediately knock on your door and introduce myself to you, but since it was already late at night, I forced myself to stop and waited until the morning to do so..."

Dong Yun paused briefly before continuing.

"However, I’m glad I was able to control my urge and didn’t disturb you last night, but as a result of that, I wasn’t able to sleep even a wink the whole night, as you can probably see here, hahaha."

Dong Yun chuckled in an embarrassed manner while pointing at the dark circles under his eyes.

’This... did I misjudge him last night?’ Yi Chen thought to himself while replying.

"Ah, if you say that, I couldn’t help but feel a little guilty here, Brother Dong. Since you didn’t sleep well, it would be hard for you to pay attention in today’s lecture..." Yi Chen answered with a forced smile, though he was still a little unsure about this guy’s true character.

Meanwhile, Dong Yun chuckled lightheartedly when he heard those words.

"Haha, Senior Brother Chen need not worry about such things. After meeting you just now, for some reason, all my tiredness has swept away, and I feel completely reinvigorated. In fact, it feels as if I won’t need to sleep for the next three days at all."

A tone of worship was evident in his voice as he said those words.

"Brother Dong flatters me," Yi Chen let out a soft chuckle after hearing those flowery words and nodded. "However, it’s good to see that you’re energetic."

’Maybe I really was wrong about him, but still I’ll keep an eye on him just in case...’ Yi Chen thought with an amused smile while looking at Dong Yun’s antics.

Turning around to grab his room key, Yi Chen left his room the next second and locked the door behind him.

"Let’s go then, shall we?"

Yi Chen asked the next moment while already taking a few steps forward.

"Y-yes."

Dong Yun readily agreed and started walking beside Yi Chen as they neared Qin Yao’s room.

They went through the corridor, which was now much more active with the other new Outer Sect Disciples moving about compared to earlier in the morning.

Seeing Yi Chen pass by their doors, they all greeted him with excitement in their eyes.

"Good morning, Senior Brother Chen!"

"Hope you rested well, Senior Brother Chen!"

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Similar greetings echoed in the corridor as they moved past one door after another, finally arriving near Qin Yao’s room.

’Looks like he’s almost ready.’ Yi Chen thought, seeing that Qin Yao’s door was open.

However, the moment he reached in front of his room, he saw a scene he wasn’t expecting at all.

Inside, several Outer Sect Disciples were sitting on the floor and were listening to Qin Yao’s words in a completely engrossed state.

Meanwhile, Qin Yao was comfortably sitting cross-legged on top of his bed, excitedly narrating something to the disciples who were mostly much older than him.

"So, after Brother Chen helped us take the twentieth position, he didn’t stop just at that. Instead, he single-handedly challenged all the other nineteen clans thereafter without thinking of the consequences at all.

What happened later is not something that you will be able to believe easily, but each and every word which I’m about to say is the truth..."

"..."

Yi Chen became completely speechless the moment he witnessed this scene.

’This guy...he’s still at it.’

He thought with pursed lips.

Meanwhile, Dong Yun, whose attention was focused on Yi Chen’s face, saw the subtle changes in Yi Chen’s expression and interpreted it as amazement.

Therefore, the next moment, he pointed inside the room and informed Yi Chen with an excited tone, "Thanks to Brother Qin Yao’s efforts, almost all the new Outer Sect Disciples are now aware of Senior Brother Chen’s great feats.

As for the remaining few that are left, it’s only a matter of time before they learn about them as well. Isn’t that amazing, Senior Brother Chen?

Also..." Dong Yun let out a cough to draw Yi Chen’s attention and continued, "I also contributed a little by directing a few interested disciples to Brother Qin’s room."

Dong Yun stated with a sense of pride evident on his face, as if he had contributed to something incredibly significant.

’These guys, who the hell told you all to become my PR agency...’

Yi Chen didn’t know whether to laugh or cry when he heard those words.

He was already aware of the fact that, because of the news that he had a peak-grade spirit root, he would surely pull aggro towards him from those typical snobbish young masters who must be among the sect’s many disciples.

However, thinking that it would take a little while for the words to reach their ears, he thought that he would be getting a little time to adjust himself to the new surroundings.

’From the way things are...I won’t even be surprised if I were to run into one of them by day’s end...’

Yi Chen thought as an annoyed expression began to take root on his face.

Just then, Qin Yao noticed Yi Chen’s presence at the door and exclaimed with great enthusiasm.

"Brother Chen!"

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