Chapter 92: The Clever Ye Tian!

The difficulty of refining the Five Elements Pill wasn’t high, after all, it was just a Qi Refining-level pill. Ye Chen, with his perfected first-grade alchemist skills, found it easy to refine.

After bidding farewell to Yao Xi, Ye Chen immediately went to buy the necessary ingredients. These days, Ye Chen no longer had to disguise himself like he did in the Silver Moon Market.

However, when buying the ingredients in the Green Cloud Market, he still included a dozen or so unnecessary herbs in his purchase. Though it meant spending more spirit stones, the improved Five Elements Pill recipe was incredibly precious, and it was worth every coin.

Ye Chen’s name was now well known throughout the sect. His title of “simp direct disciple” was recognized by everyone, and now, with his phrase “I love you, and it has nothing to do with you,” it had become even more of a topic of discussion.

Ye Chen’s reputation had already started to spread all the way to Green Cloud City. When he went to buy ingredients, no one found it unusual.

After all, Ye Chen had been running to alchemy classes every three days just to pursue Senior Sister Yao Xi. It was no surprise that he could refine pills.

While waiting for the deacon to prepare his materials, Ye Chen suddenly heard an excited voice from behind, “Seventh Brother, we finally meet!”

Ye Chen turned around and raised an eyebrow. The one calling out to him was none other than Ye Tian.

Ye Tian, the most talented member of the Ye family in this generation. But just seeing this guy made Ye Chen feel irritated.

On the very first day he joined the sect, Ye Tian had started spreading nonsense.

Ye Chen had gone out to buy a dual cultivation technique, and somehow, even the shopkeeper knew that a “simp” had entered the sect.

Half of Ye Chen’s “simp” reputation had been spread by this guy. It was bad enough that Ye Tian didn’t run away when he saw him, but now he was even coming over to try and get close.

Ye Tian didn’t notice Ye Chen’s cold demeanor and ran up excitedly, “Seventh Brother, I’ve missed you so much! The family isn’t upset with you anymore. They’ve said to visit more often. But Seventh Brother, Green Cloud Sect is great and all, but the resources here are too expensive. Look at you, a direct disciple already. How about lending me some spirit stones to tide me over? I’ll definitely return them to you soon!”

Ye Chen thought to himself, “This guy talks like the gamblers from my past life.”

Ye Chen, maintaining his composure, began to whistle nonchalantly, acting as if he hadn’t heard a thing. This made Ye Tian grit his teeth in frustration.

Deep down, Ye Tian had always looked down on Ye Chen. With his poor aptitude, low cultivation level, and his reputation as a simp, Ye Tian couldn’t understand how such a person could get so lucky. Despite being sent to the Silver Moon Market, Ye Chen had managed to obtain a peak master’s token.

Ye Tian was actually strapped for cash. His family had supported him with plenty of spirit stones, but a recent trip to the market area had initially seemed promising when he found an item worth ten low-grade spirit stones for the price of one. Buoyed by this stroke of luck, he started to believe he might just make it to Foundation Establishment through bargain-hunting.

Fired up, he frequented the market even more, only to make a series of poor judgments that led to significant losses. Now, not only was he out of medicinal pills, but he also owed the senior brother who had introduced him to the market area over twenty low-grade spirit stones.

Hence, Ye Tian, suppressing his displeasure, whispered, “Seventh Brother, I know a secret! This secret involves you and your dad. You lend me just one medium-grade, no, one high-grade spirit stone, and I’ll tell you!”

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Ye Chen raised an eyebrow. Honestly, he had long since detached himself from the Ye family in his heart and couldn’t care less about its affairs. But a secret involving him and his biological father? That piqued his curiosity.

“Speak, and if this secret proves useful, I’ll give you fifty low-grade spirit stones,” Ye Chen responded indifferently.

Ye Tian was stunned. He’d asked for one high-grade spirit stone, and here was Ye Chen offering fifty low-grade ones. Who taught him to negotiate like this?

Ye Tian thought bitterly about how generously Ye Chen had tried to give away the Five Elements Cave token, even when it was refused. Wasn’t he being a bit stingy with his own family?