“Senior Sister Su, what a coincidence!” Seeing Su Xinyue, Ye Chen said indifferently.
“Hand over the snow jade orchid flower.”
“This stalk is mine.
If Senior Sister wants one, go find it yourself!” Ye Chen picked at his ear, yet quite naturally stuffed the snow jade orchid flower into his robes.
“I gave you a chance, but you refused it.” Su Xinyue immediately struck out, her jade-like hand enveloped in white light as she sent a palm strike toward him.
“Are you always this self-righteous when robbing people of their Spirit Herbs?” Ye Chen’s eyes flashed; instead of retreating, he advanced and threw a punch.
As fist and palm collided, both were shaken back.
Su Xinyue gave a cold shout and moved again, her toes tapping the ground as her body became incredibly light.
A spirit sword flew from her sleeve and was caught in her hand.
“Breeze Chant.” With another cold shout from Su Xinyue, the spirit sword trembled and glowed with spiritual light.
She thrust the sword out, piercing the air with the sound of a whistling wind; it was truly sharp beyond compare.
Seeing this, Ye Chen’s expression turned cold.
He hadn’t expected Su Xinyue to use a Secret Technique Profound Art, and her opening move was a killing blow.
He was certain that if he didn’t defend himself, his heart would be pierced by that sword.
Immediately, he drew the tianque sword from his back.
Clang!
The sound of metal clashing rang out as the tianque sword hummed and vibrated.
Ye Chen was also shaken backward.
More importantly, although Su Xinyue’s Breeze Chant was blocked, scattered wind blades tore through Ye Chen’s robes, and one even left a bloody gash on his face.
“With such heavy killing intent, you will find it hard to achieve the right path.” Having gained the upper hand, Su Xinyue swung her sword again, unleashing a half-moon wind blade that sliced through the air.
“To use lethal force against a fellow Disciple just for a single Spirit Herb…
Senior Sister Su, is it my killing intent that’s heavy, or yours?” Ye Chen was truly enraged.
He could clearly feel the murderous intent in her sword.
She was the one dealing killing blows, yet she maintained the sanctimonious posture of a righteous person.
In a flash, Ye Chen took a step forward, poured True Qi into the tianque sword, and swung it horizontally.
Clang!
Another sound of clashing metal, and both groaned as they were knocked back by the counter-force.
Ye Chen’s aura surged; he had already decided to teach Su Xinyue a lesson.
However, just as he took a step forward, a powerful palm wind whistled toward him from the side.
“Human Origin Realm.” Ye Chen’s eyes narrowed.
In an instant, he hurriedly threw a punch to counter.
However, the person in the shadows was too fast, and because he struck out in haste, he couldn’t fully gather his True Qi.
The sudden attack sent him staggering backward.
“What audacity, to dare lay a hand on someone from my Renyang Peak.”
A leisurely voice drifted like the wind, and a white figure flashed through the forest at incredible speed.
In an instant, the figure closed in on Ye Chen and swung another diagonal palm strike.
Seeing this, Ye Chen hurriedly raised the tianque sword horizontally in front of him.
Clang!
The terrifying palm force sent Ye Chen reeling back again.
Before he could even steady himself, another palm strike landed squarely on his chest.
It all happened too fast.
Even with his combat experience, he couldn’t react in time.
The attacker was a genuine Human Origin Realm cultivator with formidable strength, and combined with the sneak attack, Ye Chen had no room to fight back.
Pfft!
Once he steadied himself, Ye Chen spat out a mouthful of blood.
His body staggered, and he nearly collapsed.
Only then did Ye Chen see the newcomer’s appearance clearly.
It was a young man wearing white Taoist robes.
He could be considered dashing, and his every move displayed an elegant temperament, but the corner of his mouth wore a mocking smile that was quite repulsive.
“Senior Brother Qi Hao.” Seeing the newcomer, Su Xinyue immediately broke into a radiant smile, her beautiful eyes filled with admiration.
“Junior Sister Su, are you alright?” The young man named Qi Hao smiled like a warm breeze, yet it was incredibly fake.
“I’m fine.” Being cared for by her crush, Su Xinyue smiled somewhat shyly, but when she turned to look at Ye Chen, frost reappeared on her cheeks.
“Senior Brother, he is Ye Chen.”
Oh?
Hearing this, Qi Hao instantly became interested and looked at Ye Chen playfully.
“So you are the new Intern Disciple of our Heng Take Sect.”
“Using a Human Origin Realm cultivation to launch a sneak attack.” Ye Chen sneered, anger burning in his heart.
“Don’t think that just because you defeated that trash Zhao Long, you’re invincible.
You should know that in my eyes, you are still weak enough to be crushed with a single blow.” A cold smile flashed across Qi Hao’s lips.
“Renyang Peak gave you face, but you didn’t appreciate it.
You truly don’t know what’s good for you.”
“Remember this debt for today’s sneak attack.”
“I’ll be waiting for you to seek revenge,” Qi Hao said with a mocking smile.
With that, Qi Hao turned and walked with elegant steps to Su Xinyue’s side.
He then took the snow jade orchid flower in his fingers and gracefully handed it to her, smiling.
“Junior Sister Su, this is for you.”
“Thank you, Senior Brother.” Su Xinyue gave a shy smile, a blush flashing across her cheeks.
“Let’s go, back to Renyang Peak.”
“Mhm.”
The two left side by side, leaving a staggering Ye Chen behind.
“I’ll remember this debt.
Just you wait.” With cold light constantly flashing in his eyes, Ye Chen fiercely wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth.
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In less than half a day, his amazing recovery ability allowed his injuries to heal, and he continued searching for snow jade orchid flowers.
He needed the snow jade orchid flowers to refine jade spirit liquid so he could use it to fill his high-capacity dantian sea, allowing him to achieve a breakthrough as quickly as possible.
By dawn, he finally walked out of the back mountain.
After nearly ten hours of effort, he had only found nine snow jade orchid flowers, but it was enough for him to try refining jade spirit liquid.
It was that same small hilltop.
After Ye Chen calmed his mind and Qi, he summoned his True Fire with a thought.
Using the Qi-control method, he manipulated the flames to condense into a flame Cultivation Vessel.
Then, he threw the Spirit Herbs in one after another.
The True Fire surged, and the plants were instantly turned to ash.
“The fire is too strong?” Ye Chen thought to himself, then steadily controlled the True Fire to lower the intensity.
Another dozen or so Spirit Herbs were thrown in.
They quickly withered, and drops of various colored liquids were extracted.
This was a slow process.
Ye Chen’s mind was clear, though he was drenched in sweat and his concentration was highly focused.
Although he failed a few times, he eventually found the knack for it.
As the pile of Spirit Herb ashes on the ground grew, his control over the fire gradually became more skillful.
At some point, the fragrance of medicine began to drift over the hilltop.
“Out of the Cultivation Vessel!” At Ye Chen’s command, a glob of spirit liquid flew out of the flame Cultivation Vessel and was caught by him in a jade bottle.
Phew!
Exhaling a breath of turbid air, Ye Chen tightly gripped three bottles of jade spirit liquid, greedily inhaling the rich medicinal fragrance wafting from the bottles.
“The hard work finally didn’t go to waste.” Wiping away hot sweat and smelling the medicinal fragrance, Ye Chen felt much of his exhaustion dissipate.
“I just don’t know how effective it is,” he murmured to himself.
He tilted his head back and poured a bottle of jade spirit liquid into his mouth.
Immediately, Ye Chen’s spirit was jolted.
The jade spirit liquid entered his body like a clear spring flowing through his meridians, soothing his fatigue and nourishing his spleen and kidneys.
The pure spiritual energy contained in the jade spirit liquid replenished the True Qi he had consumed while refining the spirit liquid.
Huh?
Ye Chen let out a soft exclamation, a look of joy appearing on his face.
Because of the continuous consumption of the spirit liquid, he had touched the barrier of the Second Level of Qi Condensation.
One more push.
Ye Chen poured the remaining two bottles of jade spirit liquid into his mouth all at once.
This time, golden fire surged out.
From a distance, Ye Chen appeared to be burning with golden flames.
His black hair moved without any wind, and a massive vortex of Spiritual Qi formed with him at the center.
Ye Chen accepted all that came, his body like a bottomless pit as it greedily inhaled the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.
Pop…!
At some point, such a sound came from the void.