518: Chapter 518 A Prodigy as a Sparring Partner?

Bai Wanqing's expression suddenly turned cold, and a sharp glint flashed in her eyes.

"It really is the Bai family!"

She had already guessed as much, but upon confirmation, she still couldn't suppress her anger.

Standing to the side, Bai Shanshan was completely taken aback.

"The Bai family from the Kunlun Ruins?"

As a member of the Bai family herself, she actually had no idea there was another Bai family in the Kunlun Ruins!

Before she could ask her sister about this other Bai family, Ye Chen spoke up: "Isn't your Shenni Nunnery a nunnery?"

Abbess Jingan was stunned.

"It... it is."

"Shouldn't a nunnery be a place of pure senses, free from the stains of the mortal world?"

Ye Chen tilted his head and asked with a look of pure sincerity, "You all hate men so much, yet you're actually doing work for the Bai family? Is it because the Bai family has no men left?"

The entire audience: "..."

Wait.

Is Instructor Ye's tongue coated in honey?

Every sentence seems more poisonous than the last.

The nuns of Qingyin Nunnery stood to the side, their mouths twitching. They wanted to laugh but didn't dare, their faces turning red from holding it in.

The thirty-odd disciples of Shenni Nunnery turned pale and flushed by turns, so embarrassed they wished they could find a crack in the ground to crawl into.

Abbess Jingan almost lost her composure, but she ultimately forced herself to speak.

"No... that's not it."

"Instructor Ye has misunderstood."

"While our Shenni Nunnery is a place of quiet cultivation, within the power structure of the Kunlun Ruins, we also need to rely on the protection of major powers."

"The Bai family is the main family we support."

Hearing this, Ye Chen mocked her directly: "Oh, then you guys really have double standards."

Abbess Jingan: "..."

Seeing her embarrassment, Ye Chen waved his hand: "Continue."

Feeling as if she had been granted a great reprieve, Abbess Jingan continued her explanation.

"The Bai family protects our sect from being swallowed by others, and in return, we need to do things for them. This is something we cannot refuse."

Upon hearing this, Ye Chen had an epiphany: "So the Bai family is considered a major power in the Kunlun Ruins?"

Abbess Jingan nodded repeatedly, a trace of awe flashing in her eyes.

"Exactly."

"The distribution of power in the Kunlun Ruins is divided into Five Clans, Eight Sects, and Thirteen Gates."

"The Five Clans are the most noble, with heritages spanning hundreds or even thousands of years. Their foundations are unfathomably deep."

"The Bai family is one of those Five Clans."

She paused, her voice tinged with self-deprecation, "And our Shenni Nunnery... doesn't even have the right to be ranked."

These words were bleak, but they were the truth.

The hierarchy in the Kunlun Ruins was strict. The Five Clans stood at the tip of the pyramid, followed closely by the Eight Sects, and then the Thirteen Gates.

As for small establishments like Shenni Nunnery, they couldn't even make a name for themselves in the Kunlun Ruins. They could only attach themselves to major powers and live at their mercy.

In fact...

Even the factions below those factions had to find someone to rely on.

Therefore,

The Kunlun Ruins was a tangled web, far more complex than imagined!

Ye Chen hummed in thought, his finger lightly tapping his chin.

"Then why did they capture Bai Shanshan?"

Abbess Jingan gave a bitter smile.

"This..."

Ye Chen's eyebrow twitched slightly: "What? You still can't say?"

"No, no, no!"

Abbess Jingan waved her hands hurriedly, cold sweat breaking out on her forehead from anxiety.

"Instructor Ye, it's not that this poor nun is unwilling to say, it's that I truly do not know!"

"I am merely an errand runner. I do whatever those above tell me to do. How would I dare ask more?"

"The message from the Bai family was simply to capture Bai Shanshan, and she must be taken alive. They said nothing else!"

Her voice was full of urgency, fearing Ye Chen wouldn't believe her.

"I am just a small character doing someone else's bidding. I would never know the core secrets!"

"Instructor Ye, please see the truth!"

After she finished speaking, she kowtowed three more times with loud thuds.

"Fine."

Ye Chen thought for a moment, then pointed at Luoshui.

"That little nun stays. You take your people back and tell your Abbess."

"If you want the little nun back, then find out for me why they want to capture Bai Shanshan."

He held up three fingers.

"You have only three days."

"If you don't provide an answer on time..."

Ye Chen smiled slightly, a smile that looked harmless to man and beast, "I'll kill the hostage."

The entire audience: "???"

Good grief!

The dignified Chief Instructor of the Hidden Dragon Pavilion of the Dragon Group is actually resorting to kidnapping?

The nuns of Qingyin Nunnery were all dumbfounded.

The thirty-odd disciples of Shenni Nunnery looked at each other, the expressions on their faces quite a sight.

They had thought Ye Chen might kill them, or release them, or hand them over to the Dragon Group to be processed.

But they never expected...

This lord actually wanted them to go back and steal information, otherwise he'd kill the hostage?

Wait...

You're a member of the Dragon Group!

You're a government official!

How can you do something that only a bandit would do?

Standing to the side, Luoshui couldn't hold back either when she heard this.

Her beautiful face was covered in a layer of frost.

"How dare you!"

"As the Chief Instructor of the Dragon Group, you actually dare to kidnap a hostage?"

"Do you have no regard for the law?"

Ye Chen glanced at her and asked calmly: "You don't want to stay?"

Luoshui was stunned for a moment, then said angrily.

"Of course I don't want to stay!"

Hearing this, Ye Chen couldn't help but grin.

"The more you don't want to stay, the more I want you to stay."

"And..."

"The more violently you resist, the more excited I'll get."

The entire audience: "???"

The nuns of Qingyin Nunnery were completely speechless.

What... what kind of predatory words are these?

Standing nearby, Bai Wanqing's mouth twitched slightly, and she subconsciously glanced at Bai Shanshan beside her.

Bai Shanshan was speechless.

She was considering a question.

Whether she should arrest Ye Chen or arrest the people from Shenni Nunnery...

After all,

Ye Chen was technically committing a crime right under her nose!

Luoshui's face flushed crimson instantly, her eyes a mix of anger and shame.

"You!!!"

Since she was a child, everywhere she went, people had pampered, revered, and looked up to her.

When had she ever been teased like this?

And it was in front of hundreds of people, right in front of her martial aunt and junior sisters!

Seeing her look of shame and anger, Ye Chen couldn't help but laugh out loud: "Alright, I'm done teasing you. I plan to give you a chance."

"Hmph!"

Luoshui sneered upon hearing this.

"Don't tell me that if I defeat you, I can leave?"

"I'm not an idiot!"

Ye Chen spread his hands with an innocent look.

"When did I say I wanted you to defeat me?"

He pointed at Bai Shanshan, "What I said was, you just need to defeat her."

Luoshui was stunned.

Bai Shanshan was also stunned.

In the next second,

Bai Shanshan directly exploded.

"Ye Chen!"

She stomped her feet in anxiety, "I just broke through, and you want me to fight her?"

Ye Chen countered: "Is there a problem?"

"There's a huge problem!"

Bai Shanshan felt her scalp go numb.

"Look at her. She clearly looks like a veteran fighter!"

"I haven't even stabilized my realm yet. Aren't you just sending me to be slaughtered?"

Ye Chen smiled slightly: "Slaughtered? That girl has a special constitution and can fight above her level. Fighting her is the perfect way to have a sparring partner to consolidate your realm."

Bai Shanshan's complaints came to an abrupt halt.

That's right.

She had just broken through to the Heaven Realm, and she hadn't fully mastered the power in her body yet. She precisely needed a well-matched opponent to hone her skills.

Luoshui was at the Peak Earth Realm, only one step away from the Heaven Realm. Moreover, she was exceptionally gifted, with combat strength far exceeding others of the same level.

Such an opponent was indeed the best whetstone.

Bai Shanshan took a deep breath, clenched her fists, and the battle intent in her eyes ignited bit by bit.

"Fine!"

"Then I'll fight!"

Standing to the side and listening to their conversation, Luoshui's face gradually turned ashen.

She finally realized what was happening!

That bastard actually! Actually! Actually! Wanted her to be a sparring partner?

She was Luoshui!

The once-in-a-century genius of Shenni Nunnery!

An existence the entire Buddhist World looked up to!

Now she was actually being used as a whetstone?

Luoshui was furious: "I didn't agree!"

"Oh, I know you didn't agree."

Ye Chen responded.

"You can disagree, but that doesn't stop me from detaining you."

He turned his head and looked at Abbess Jingan, "Right, Nun Jingan?"

Abbess Jingan trembled and nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, yes! Instructor Ye is right!"

Luoshui's mental defenses instantly crumbled.

She whipped her head around, looking at Abbess Jingan in disbelief.

"Martial Aunt! You..."

But before she could finish,

Abbess Jingan sighed: "Luoshui, I have no choice either. Just... just submit to it."

Luoshui trembled with rage.

Submit?

What kind of word was that?

It's not like she was getting married!

After saying this, Abbess Jingan wished she could slap herself.

But what could she do?

Ye Chen was standing right there, looking at her with a smile that was more terrifying than anything else.

If she didn't go along with his wishes, let alone Luoshui, whether their group could leave Qingyin Nunnery alive would be a question.

Luoshui took a deep breath, trying to suppress the fury in her chest.

She turned her head, her gaze landing on Bai Shanshan, a sharp glint in her eyes.

"Fine."

"I'll fight."

"But I have one condition."

Ye Chen raised an eyebrow: "Speak."

Luoshui gripped the short sword in her hand and said coldly.

"If I win against her, not only must you let our people go, but you must also be at my disposal!"