At the Qin meeting, the Zheng family sought peace.
Night fell.
"Revered Master, you are so beautiful today!" Chen Yuan exclaimed, wrapping his arms around Leng Youmeng's slender waist.
Leng Youmeng, seated in the 'upper' position, blushed, then glared at him, "Shut up!"
"Revered Master, let me be on top."
Leng Youmeng twisted his ear. "No... you still want to 'ride' your Revered Master and destroy your ancestors?!... How dare you!!"
The next day,
Today was the end of the month, the day of assessment.
Inside Qin Shuhan's residence, in the study,
Chen Yuan easily completed the questions. After handing the bamboo slips to his Senior Sister, he turned to leave.
Just then, Qin Shuhan's clear, cold voice came from behind, "You have already broken through to the Nascent Soul Stage, so you don't need to come here to Cultivate anymore."
At this moment, Ye Baixi also put down her brush and handed the bamboo slips to Qin Shuhan.
Qin Shuhan took the bamboo slips. "Baixi, you go Cultivate first. I still have something to say to Junior Martial Brother."
"Okay!" Ye Baixi nodded slightly and turned to leave.
As she passed Chen Yuan, she made a face at him, then quickly ran off.
Chen Yuan smiled slightly, then looked at Qin Shuhan. "Senior Sister, what else did you need me for?"
"You sit down first, I'll make you a cup of tea."
Chen Yuan quickly waved his hand. "Senior Sister, there's no need for such trouble, just let Sister Xiaocui go."
"Mm."
Qin Shuhan opened the study door, instructed Xiaocui a few words, then sat opposite Chen Yuan.
"Junior Brother, do you know about the Sect's heavenly ladder ranking?"
Chen Yuan nodded; of course he knew.
Due to his top-tier Comprehension Ability, he remembered all the Sect's books after reading them once, and he knew the entire Sect structure.
The heavenly ladder ranking is for Disciples no older than a thousand years.
Those who can make it onto the heavenly ladder ranking receive additional Spirit Stone contribution points every month. The first place can get 100 contribution points per month.
Numbers 2 to 10 can get 50 contribution points.
Numbers 41 to 50 can get 10 contribution points per month.
At this moment, adoubt arose in Chen Yuan's heart, wondering why his Senior Sister wanted to talk to him about this.
Noticing the confusion on Chen Yuan's face, Qin Shuhan immediately revealed her true purpose for keeping him:
"The thirteenth on the heavenly ladder ranking is named Qin Hui, a Soul Transformation Perfection Stage Cultivator, and Qin Ling's elder brother."
Hearing this, Chen Yuan immediately realized. He had previously humiliated Qin Ling so much, it was likely that Qin Hui would stand up for his younger brother, Qin Ling.
"Senior Sister, do you mean you're afraid this Qin Hui will come for revenge?"
Qin Shuhan nodded.
"We are both Direct Disciples, so it definitely won't happen within the Sect, but a month later is the opening of the Heavenly Treasure Secret Realm. I'm afraid he will make a move against you in the Heavenly Treasure Secret Realm then."
The Heavenly Treasure Secret Realm is a relic left by an ancient powerful being, and Cultivators under three thousand years old can all participate.
It opens once every three hundred years and is jointly managed by the five first-rank powers of the twenty-three domains of the Eastern Barrens.
"Senior Sister, you didn't keep me here just to make me apologize to that Qin Hui, did you?" Chen Yuan pouted, looking displeased.
"Chen Yuan, times have changed. With your Aptitude, you will definitely catch up to him in the future."
Back at his residence, Chen Yuan frowned in thought. Just then, a sound transmission entered his mind.
It was Song Xu contacting him through the servant contract.
"Revered Master, the Zheng Family has come to our Sect to seek peace. The Zheng Family Head also asked me to convey a message to you."
Hearing Song Xu's sound transmission, Chen Yuan smiled. The news that Zheng Tiancheng's Dao Heart was damaged and his cultivation had fallen to the Early Nascent Soul Stage had already spread within the Sect.
He spent his days drinking and getting drunk in his Immortal Cave, a complete waste. The Zheng Family Head was scared, afraid of him, and wanted to seek peace.
"Song Xu, tell the Zheng Family, seeking peace now? Too late!" A fierce glint appeared in Chen Yuan's eyes. "They destroyed my Family, this enmity is irreconcilable. Continue to encircle and suppress the Zheng Family Disciples who go out for training, unless they never leave the city for the rest of their lives."
Song Xu shivered on the other end. From his Revered Master's sound transmission, he heard a strong killing intent.
It was a simple truth: regardless of Chen Yuan's feelings for his Family, from the Zheng Family's perspective, they had already offended Chen Yuan to death.
If the Zheng Family had any chance to breathe, they would definitely try to destroy Chen Yuan, so he had to wipe them out to eliminate future troubles.
After cutting off the sound transmission with Song Xu, Chen Yuan began to ponder how to deal with the troubles of Qin Hui and Qin Ling.
After a moment,
"Knock, knock, knock!" A knock on the door sounded.
"Come in!" Chen Yuan called out to the door.
Liu Meier cautiously walked in, locking the door and then looking left and right outside for a while.
Chen Yuan was a bit speechless. "Little Mei'er, you don't have to be like this. No Body Integration Stage Cultivator can probe into my residence."
Liu Meier looked resentful, like a wronged young wife, and handed a memory stone to Chen Yuan.
"Here, this is all the information I gathered."
Chen Yuan took the memory stone, then injected a spiritual force, and streaks of light and shadow appeared before the two of them.
The scenes showed Liu Meier conversing and inquiring with others, the content being about that Qin Hui.
Qin Hui was previously a Yuanqing Peak Disciple. After entering the Soul Transformation Stage, he opened his own peak, now residing on Guxia Peak, acting as a steward while retaining his Direct Disciple status.
After watching all the content, Chen Yuan's heart was filled with joy, and a plan quietly emerged.
But before that, he had to ascertain the authenticity of this matter.
He asked Liu Meier, "Are you sure Qin Hui is pursuing Lin Xue? Is the situation true?"
Liu Meier nodded vigorously. "It's true! Sister Lan'er and I used to do chores together in the laundry room, and she even showed me some letters that Senior Sister Lin Xue had thrown away!"
Mu Lan, Lin Xue's maidservant.
"Sisters, huh! That makes it easy. Use the memory stone to secretly record the contents of that envelope.
Remember, don't let Mu Lan know about this." Chen Yuan commanded in an authoritative tone.
"Ah! Little Master, what are you going to do?" Liu Meier was startled, a little scared.
Chen Yuan pinched Liu Meier's little face. "Don't ask what you shouldn't ask, or I'll make you serve me tonight!"
The destructive power of this sentence was hundreds of times greater than that of stealing. Liu Meier scurried away.
Late at night, Liu Meier swayed back to her room. Chen Yuan awoke from his meditation.
"Here, Little Master... you... what you wanted... look, I... I'll return it."
Seeing Liu Meier's tottering appearance, Chen Yuan already guessed that the Little Girl had gotten the other person drunk to secretly photograph the envelope.
"Plop!" Liu Meier's body went soft, and she fell directly into Chen Yuan's arms.
"Hehe~ So warm!" Liu Meier rubbed her head against Chen Yuan's chest, looking utterly content.
Suddenly, Liu Meier looked up, her eyes hazy, and she pinched Chen Yuan's ears with both hands. "Big doggy, you're so cute!"
...Chen Yuan's face was covered in black lines. He picked up Liu Meier by the waist and then laid her flat on the bed.
Then, Chen Yuan walked to the desk and began to write, mimicking the handwriting from the memory stone's image.
Two and a half hours later, Chen Yuan, with his top-tier Comprehension Ability, could already imitate the handwriting in Qin Hui's letter perfectly, as if it had been carved from the same mold, completely natural.