He paused, his gaze sweeping over those extra blossomed flowers.
"As for these extra ones... If I just report them, it would only earn me a few perfunctory praises, a few insignificant Spirit Stones. But if I keep them..."
Altogether, a third of the Glazed Flowers had bloomed, totaling eleven flowers.
And these Glazed Flowers, were always exclusive Spirit Tea for the sect’s high-ranking members.
Their price was extremely high!
When sold externally, the price of just one Glazed Flower could reach eighty Spirit Stones!
That means, eighty Spirit Stones, for just one cup of tea... Chen Ye couldn’t help but sigh at the luxurious life of the sect’s elites.
At present.
These eleven flower teas equaled eight hundred and eighty Spirit Stones!
"Uncle Chen... you... you..."
The girl with the sword in her arms listened to his treacherous words and, for a moment, didn’t know how to respond.
Li Qiuyun was a native disciple of the Lingyin Sect, with a deep sense of honor and belonging to Lingyin Sect.
Yet, what Chen Ye did was far more excessive than secretly cultivating Silver Scale Flowers!
He directly meddled with Lisong Valley’s most core Spirit Plant!
"Why... are you telling me this?" The girl’s fingers trembled slightly, turning her head.
If Chen Ye hadn’t told her, she could completely pretend not to know.
But since he told her...
"Because..."
Chen Ye turned his head, puzzled,
"Because you are my person, Qiuyun, you wouldn’t report me, right?"
"!"
Li Qiuyun only felt her heart being tightly gripped by an invisible hand, missing half a beat!
That usually heroic pretty face flushed red in an instant:
"Uncle Chen you you you, what nonsense are you talking about! How am I your person!!"
After saying this, she whimpered, covering her flushed cheeks with her hands, even the sword she held fell to the ground.
"Hmm?"
Chen Ye got angry.
What an ungrateful bad woman!
He immediately turned dark-faced:
"Qiuyun, this is unreasonable! You are the guard of Lisong Valley, eating from me, living in my place, are you not my person?"
"Uh... ???"
The girl was stunned, dumbly releasing her hands, looking at Chen Ye.
Chen Ye snorted coldly:
"Moreover, you call me uncle, which makes you my niece. How could a niece betray her uncle! How about I give you a share later?"
"Chen, Ye!!!"
Li Qiuyun felt her tender heart being once again gripped by an invisible hand.
Gripping her until her eyes went black, igniting an unnamed fire within her.
Looking at his righteous and even somewhat aggrieved expression, an indescribable shame and anger surged straight to her head!
"I don’t want your Spirit Stones at all!"
Li Qiuyun’s voice carried a trace of tears she herself hadn’t noticed.
She stomped her foot abruptly, picked up the long sword that had accompanied her for many years from the ground, ignoring Chen Ye completely.
Turning around, she transformed into a streak of light, dashing out of the valley!
"Eh?"
Chen Ye watched her storm off, utterly bewildered.
"This... what’s going on now?"
He scratched his head, utterly puzzled.
He just wanted to express his trust in Qiuyun,
As the saying goes, to better a relation, do bad things together...
Furthermore, Chen Ye also wanted to test,
To Li Qiuyun, between the sect and him, whose side she would end up on.
But how... how did it end up angering her again?
A girl’s heart, truly more intricate and incomprehensible than that of a little girl!
Chen Ye shook his head, putting this matter aside for now.
Looking at the blooming Glazed Flowers in front of him, he smiled with satisfaction.
He’s done it again!
Earned a huge sum of Spirit Stones!
Chen Ye sat cross-legged, preparing to start cultivating.
The jade token on his waist, connected with the Mountain Protection Array and representing the main array authority, suddenly heated abruptly!
Immediately after, a warning signal that only he could sense entered his spiritual sea.
"Oh?"
Chen Ye slowly opened his eyes, letting out a cold laugh,
"So impatient, coming right to me?"
Without making a fuss, his figure just flickered, silently disappearing as if a ghost, from Xiaguang Garden.
...
Lisong Valley, Outer Valley.
The northwest corner, in front of the cliff where Divine Calculator had set a trap.
A sneaky-looking figure was anxiously pacing in place.
He appeared in a mess, with his clothes containing several slits left by tree branches. It was precisely Wang Hao who had left with Wei Cheng the other day!
At this moment, the expression on his face showed no trace of the pride and contempt he had in Ten Thousand Treasures Tower back then?
"Damn it! Damn it! How could this happen!"
Wang Hao was as frantic as an ant on a hot pan, pacing around in circles as if encountering a ghost wall, muttering curses incessantly.
This night, he had been ordered by Wei Cheng to stealthily return to Lisong Valley, wanting to investigate what kind of mess that man surnamed Chen had turned the Medicinal Garden into, so he could report back to Steward Wei for credit.
After all, the evaluations were imminent.
Let alone Wei Cheng, even these Outer Sect disciples were very concerned.
Though Chen Ye’s failures in Lisong Valley did not fall on their heads.
But if Chen Ye had fixed it... they’d feel uncomfortable about it.
He, relying on memory, easily found the backdoor left by Steward Wei long ago.
But little did he expect, just as he stepped in, the scene before his eyes changed abruptly!
The familiar cliff transformed into a boundless fog!
He was trapped within this thick fog, unable to find a way out no matter how he tried, akin to hitting a ghost wall.
Only then he belatedly realized—
Chances are... he fell into a trap!