Ye Chen found himself inexplicably with a mortal enemy at the te stage of Qi Refining, and he felt quite helpless about it.

  But since the trouble was already there, what could he do?

  He had to accelerate his strength improvement.

  Although Jin Zhaodi was at the seventh yer of Qi Refining, she was ultimately just a rogue cultivator.

  Rogue cultivators' training was a complete mishmash.

  They used whatever they had, with no real choice.

  So their strength was generally mediocre.

  As long as Ye Chen advanced to the sixth yer of Qi Refining, he was confident enough not to fear Jin Zhaodi's revenge.

  As for time, there was clearly enough.

  The area where Ye Chen was located was the safest part of the Silver Moon Market.

  Jin Zhaodi would never dare to come here for revenge.

  So, for the time being, it was retively safe.

  But Ye Chen didn't like the feeling of being watched.

  What Ye Chen cked most now were resources.

  The tenfold returns from Lin Ke'er and Lu Jing were already insufficient for Ye Chen's needs.

  If he could get the fifteenfold return opportunity from Sun Ruoxin, it would undoubtedly be the best.

  So, he had to find that old man Sun Ye to become his apprentice, even if it meant being taken advantage of.

  But it didn't matter.

  Old man, you may cheat me out of my spirit stones, but I'll get it all back with interest from your daughter.

  Looking at the spoils he obtained from the middle-aged man, Ye Chen's face showed a satisfied smile.

  ...

  Whether it was Ye Chen being targeted for assassination, Jin Wuqing's death, or Jin Zhaodi's escape, none of it caused much of a stir in the Silver Moon Market.

  On one hand, the Mo Family intentionally suppressed the news.

  On the other hand, such things were too common in the cultivation world.

  Cultivators died in rge numbers every day for various reasons.

  There really wasn't much worth discussing.

  And so, four days passed.

  In the morning, as Ye Chen was meditating, his eyes suddenly lit up.

  He had finally broken through to the fifth yer of Qi Refining.

  Feeling the increasingly abundant mana within him, Ye Chen's smile was particurly bright.

  In the cultivation world, everything external was just that—external.

  Only cultivation and strength were fundamental.

  Now that he had broken through, how could Ye Chen not be happy?

  Moreover, the system's return cooldown had also ended today.

  It was just the right time to give away the storage bag.

  A storage bag was worth fifty low-grade spirit stones.

  With a tenfold return, that would be five medium-grade spirit stones.

  With five medium-grade spirit stones in hand, Ye Chen could go to Qingyun Workshop to become an apprentice.

  He could find an opportunity to give Sun Ruoxin a more valuable gift.

  These past few days, Lu Jing and Lin Ke'er had been particurly attentive in their competition for his favor.

  Lu Jing pretended to accidentally brush against Ye Chen's back, giving him plenty of benefits.

  And on Lin Ke'er's side, she had practiced kissing with Ye Chen again yesterday.

  Although when Ye Chen's hand involuntarily reached up, she firmly held it down, it still satisfied Ye Chen's craving.

  Lin Ke'er had given so much; it was time to give her a little reward.

  He couldn't keep her hanging forever; she might lose interest.

  Thinking of this, Ye Chen suddenly felt amused.

  At the beginning, he was the one chasing after them.

  How did it suddenly feel like the roles were reversed?

  Was this what it meant to have everything as a "lick spirit"?

  ...

  As the courtyard door was knocked upon, Lin Ke'er saw that it was Ye Chen and slightly frowned.

  To be honest, she was quite dissatisfied with Ye Chen.

  Ye Chen had been indecisive and hesitant this past week.

  It seemed he couldn't choose between her and Lu Jing.

  Lin Ke'er was extremely annoyed by this behavior of wanting both.

  It made it seem like she was competing with another woman for Ye Chen.

  Moreover, it had been a whole week.

  Ye Chen hadn't given her anything.

  Could it be that Ye Chen was out of spirit stones?

  Lin Ke'er hesitated internally, wondering if she should give up.

  But Ye Chen had taken her first and second kisses.

  Giving up now would mean a high sunk cost.

  Despite her thoughts, Lin Ke'er still showed a surprised smile and went to open the door.

  "Why has Fellow Daoist Ye come?"

  Despite her surprise, Lin Ke'er maintained a bit of distance.

  Mainly because Ye Chen had surprised her the st two times, making her wary.

  Ye Chen smiled gently, "Today, an elder from my family gave me a storage bag."

  "I don't need it, so I brought it for Fellow Daoist Lin."

  With that, Ye Chen took out the storage bag.

  Upon hearing this, Lin Ke'er's eyes lit up.

  A storage bag!

  She had long wanted a storage bag.

  With a storage bag, she wouldn't need to carry a backpack for anything.

  It was much more convenient.

  However, after Lin Ke'er received the storage bag with delight and probed it with her divine sense, she frowned.

  The storage bag wasn't as rge as she had hoped.

  It was only half a cubic meter.

  Smaller than Lu Jing's.

  Why?

  But then Lin Ke'er thought, although it was smaller, it was given by Ye Chen voluntarily.

  And Ye Chen gave it to her, not to Lu Jing.

  What did that mean?

  It meant she ultimately had an edge over Lu Jing.

  Her week's efforts and contributions had indeed paid off.

  Thinking of this, Lin Ke'er immediately smiled.

  She even wanted to strike while the iron was hot.

  So she no longer kept her distance and leaned closer to Ye Chen, gently rising on her tiptoes, "Thank you, Fellow Daoist Ye..."

  Having done it once and twice, there was no longer such a psychological burden.

  And with Lin Ke'er standing on tiptoe in front of him, eyes closed, exuding pure allure, Ye Chen certainly wouldn't be polite.

  He immediately lowered his head to savor the moment.

  After a long while, they finally parted.

  Lin Ke'er's face was flushed, and she gred at Ye Chen coquettishly.

  She had gotten a bit lost in the moment too.

  So she hadn't guarded against Ye Chen's hands in time, allowing him to take further advantage.

  ...

  Ye Chen didn't stay long with Lin Ke'er.

  After enjoying the kiss, he cheerfully bid her farewell.

  Then he began to check the system messages.

  "Gift successfully given!"

  "The gift is a storage bag."

  "Feedback in progress..."

  "Tenfold feedback, reward of ten storage bags."

  "Storage bags cannot be stored in the host's personal storage equipment; physical feedback will be temporarily stored in the System Space and can be retrieved at any time..."

  Seeing the prompt, Ye Chen felt good.

  Not triggering a critical reward seemed reasonable to Ye Chen.

  After all, he had already given Lu Jing a storage bag, and a rger one at that.

  In this situation, it was impossible for Lin Ke'er to be overjoyed.

  But this system was indeed considerate.

  Ye Chen had been worried that the system's tenfold return would reward him with a ten-cubic-meter storage bag.

  Although valuable, such a rge space would be hard to sell in a small pce like the Silver Moon Market.

  But ten storage bags made it simple.

  As Ye Chen walked, he subtly changed his appearance in an unnoticed corner.

  His magic robe also changed style.

  Even his aura was different.

  Ye Chen then began entering different shops, dealing with the storage bags one by one.

  Most shops had a buyback service.

  But even if they were almost new, they could only fetch eighty percent of the selling price.

  If he set up a stall, he might sell them for a bit more.

  But Ye Chen didn't want to waste time.

  It could also cause trouble.

  So, constantly changing his appearance and face, Ye Chen quickly dealt with all the storage bags rewarded by the system.

  He ended up with four medium-grade spirit stones.

  With such a fortune in hand, Ye Chen smirked, reverted to his original appearance, and headed towards Qingyun Workshop...

  Sun Ruoxin, your lick spirit is coming!

  CPDD