You'll get the hang of it if you keep practicing.

Inside the hall,

Elder Yuan Zhougang, his face filled with rage, slammed the table and rose, proposing to Sect Master Song Yuanji:

"Sect Master, I suggest immediately imprisoning Chen Yuan in Youhan Valley. To be so ruthless among fellow Disciples, if not restrained, he will surely become a heinous villain in the future."

Upon hearing this, Leng Youmeng almost laughed in anger, letting out a cold snort:

"Hmph, Peak Master Yuan certainly knows how to exaggerate. Injuries and disabilities are inevitable in sparring among fellow Disciples. I've never seen you so agitated when other Disciples were injured before."

Gazing at Elder Yuan Zhougang's eyes, which were practically spitting fire, Leng Youmeng continued to tease, "Could it be because your beloved Disciple was injured this time? Is that why you're so agitated?"

"You..." Elder Yuan Zhougang was so angry his beard bristled and his eyes widened, but he couldn't utter a single complete sentence for a long time.

"What 'you'? The Sect Master is here, and you are not fit to decide whether my Disciple is at fault." Leng Youmeng went all out, not giving Elder Yuan Zhougang an inch.

"Moreover, if my Junior Martial Brother hadn't arrived in time, who knows how badly my Second Disciple and Third Disciple would have been injured! Only knowing sneak attacks and despicable tricks, I think Yuanqing Peak is nothing more than that."

"Enough!" Sect Master Song Yuanji quickly interjected to stop the two of them.

He looked at Elder Yuan Zhougang, "Losing is losing. If you want to blame someone, blame Zheng Tiancheng for being inferior."

Seeing the Sect Master speak, Elder Yuan Zhougang, though furious internally, could only let the matter drop!

Then Sect Master Song Yuanji turned his gaze to Leng Youmeng, his voice involuntarily softening a bit as he transmitted, "Junior Sister, you should also say less."

"Hmph!" Leng Youmeng's temper flared, and she didn't defer to anyone, directly turning her head away.

She didn't know why, but upon hearing Elder Yuan Zhougang accuse Chen Yuan, she felt inexplicably angry.

Sect Master Song Yuanji felt a bit awkward.

However, Leng Youmeng was the beloved Disciple of the two Old Ancestors! If Leng Youmeng hadn't been solely focused on Cultivation back then, the position of Sect Master might not have fallen to him.

"Alright, this matter ends here. Everyone, continue watching the Grand Competition."

The five people once again focused their attention on the light screen.

Sect Master Song Yuanji's heart was subtly filled with anticipation, wondering if this little fellow Chen Yuan would continue to create miracles.

As the Sect Master, he considered things more comprehensively and could not be limited to the single peak under his jurisdiction.

Within the Xuanhuang Secret Realm,

Chen Yuan took a step, arriving before Xiang Yue, "Stop playing dead. Your Senior Brother has already left. What about you? Do you plan to be blasted out by me or leave on your own?"

Hearing this, Xiang Yue immediately opened his eyes and took out a teleportation talisman, "B... Big Brother, I'll go myself. Please don't cut me with your sword!"

Xiang Yue was scared to death inside; if that sword had struck him, his life would have been gone.

At this moment, he no longer had the same heroic spirit as before entering the Secret Realm.

Defeat Chen Yuan? Don't even joke about it!

He felt that his chances of defeating Zheng Tiancheng now were higher than defeating Chen Yuan.

Chen Yuan snatched the teleportation talisman from his hand, "Leave the inner core."

Xiang Yue felt aggrieved internally and could only take out the inner core, holding it above his head.

Chen Yuan put the inner core into his storage ring, then returned the teleportation talisman to Xiang Yue.

"Scram!"

"Yes, yes!" Xiang Yue nodded repeatedly. The teleportation talisman burned out in his hand, and a white light enveloped him, disappearing from the spot in an instant.

Xiang Yue's three subordinates had already taken the opportunity to flee, but with Shen Nianchu there, the three only left after obediently handing over their inner cores.

Chen Yuan returned to Ye Baixi's side in one step.

Ye Baixi hugged him tightly, snuggling into his embrace, rubbing her head against his chest! Finally, she sweetly called out, "Gege."

Chen Yuan rubbed her head and transmitted, "Peak Master and the others can see the scenes inside the ruins!"

Ye Baixi's small face flushed, and she quickly got up from Chen Yuan, feigning a serious demeanor.

The thought of Peak Master and the others watching her hugging Chen Yuan Gege made her incredibly shy.

At this moment, a small head poked over, asking curiously:

"Junior Brother, I'm very curious. I remember you were a Qin Cultivator, weren't you? How did you suddenly become a Sword Cultivator?"

Chen Yuan pondered for a moment, then truthfully said, "I learned it just by looking."

Shen Nianchu's mouth twitched.

Not only that, the five Elders watching the Grand Competition also darkened their faces. This Chen Yuan truly wasn't modest at all!

Shen Nianchu pouted, "Boasting!" She pulled Ye Baixi aside and whispered, "Does Junior Brother secretly practice swordsmanship on weekdays?"

Ye Baixi thought for a moment, then shook her head and said, "No."

She carefully recalled her time with Gege; it seemed they rarely Cultivated together, except for doing embarrassing things.

Thinking of this, her face involuntarily flushed again, and her whole body felt hot.

Shen Nianchu touched Ye Baixi's forehead, "Xiao Baixi, why is your face red again?"

Ye Baixi replied somewhat guiltily, "N-nothing."

She couldn't possibly say she was thinking about embarrassing things!

Just then, Chen Yuan handed all his Yao Beast inner cores to Ye Baixi.

"Baixi, here are six Nascent Soul Stage Yao Beast inner cores and ten Golden Core Stage Yao Beast inner cores. Take them."

"Gege, I can't take these." How could Ye Baixi accept them? These were all obtained by Gege's hard work in killing Yao Beasts.

"There are still two days, plenty of time."

Seeing Ye Baixi still hesitating, Chen Yuan directly used his trump card, leaning into her ear and chuckling, "If you don't accept them, I won't go easy on you when *that* happens!"

Ye Baixi shivered all over, her legs went weak, and she almost fell into Chen Yuan's arms.

Thinking of Chen Yuan Gege's terrifying combat power, she immediately surrendered, transmitting, "I'll take them, Gege, please be gentler next time~"

After Chen Yuan's persistent persuasion, Ye Baixi finally accepted the Yao Beast inner cores.

Shen Nianchu, standing nearby, was full of envy, somewhat envious that Xiao Baixi had a Dao Companion to hunt Yao Beasts for her.

[Ding, detected Host gifting Nascent Soul Stage and Golden Core Stage Yao Beast inner cores, triggering a hundredfold return.

Soul Transformation Stage Yao Beast inner cores ×6.

Nascent Soul Stage Yao Beast inner cores ×10.]

The returned Yao Beast inner cores couldn't be used as Grand Competition points, but he could save them for his little Spirit Pet.

Two days later,

Three hours remained until the end of the Grand Competition.

In these two days, with Chen Yuan clearing the way, he had killed a total of seven Nascent Soul Stage Yao Beasts and seventeen Golden Core Stage Yao Beasts.

Chen Yuan gave Ye Baixi five Nascent Soul Stage Yao Beast inner cores and ten Golden Core Stage Yao Beast inner cores.

The System returned five Soul Transformation Stage Yao Beast inner cores and ten Nascent Soul Stage Yao Beast inner cores.

Naturally, he couldn't give to Xiao Baixi without giving to Second Senior Sister.

Moreover, when hunting Golden Core Stage Yao Beasts, Chen Yuan did not intervene but let Second Senior Sister take Ye Baixi to hunt them together to gain practical experience.

So, Chen Yuan gave the remaining two Nascent Soul Stage Yao Beast inner cores and seven Golden Core Stage Yao Beast inner cores to Shen Nianchu.

However, he used the System's strategy provident fund.

Therefore, Chen Yuan had collected a total of seven Golden Core Stage Yao Beast inner cores, twenty Nascent Soul Stage Yao Beast inner cores, and eleven Soul Transformation Stage Yao Beast inner cores.

"Gege, you've given us all the inner cores, what will you do?" Ye Baixi asked.

Shen Nianchu also asked from the side, "Yes, yes! Junior Brother, what will you do?"

When they tried to share the inner cores with Chen Yuan, he waved his hand to refuse, saying he had a way to win first place in the Grand Competition.

Suddenly, Shen Nianchu thought of something, her heart startled, and she asked, "Junior Brother, you're not going to compete for a Spirit Treasure, are you?"