168: Chapter 168 Lifesaver

Ye Xuan was Wang Mengqi's savior. He had helped her Wang Family wipe out their mortal enemy, the Wu Family, just saved her grandfather, and was so handsome, looking like an immortal descending from the heavens.

"Elder Wang, you really have some little schemes, don't you?" How could Ye Xuan not see through Elder Wang's little schemes? His gaze fell upon the shapely Wang Mengqi before him.

The next day, at Cangqiong Holy Land.

"Qianming, after hearing what you said yesterday, I specifically went to find that old monster of the Murong Family to ask about this matter. The Murong Family has no intention of calling off the marriage alliance with our Leng Family."

Leng Lishang's voice was very subtle. "That child, Murong Liyue, might truly be feeling unwell. Otherwise, how could she have possibly rejected you?"

"I previously told you to study how to please girls well. Things that were once within your grasp—as long as you learn properly now, you can still make that child, Murong Liyue, loyal to you forever."

Although Leng Lishang's words did not explicitly tell Leng Qianming to hurry up and win over Murong Liyue, the meaning behind them was self-evident.

"Child, delay leads to change!"

Leng Qianming tightly gripped the sound transmission stone. His cold, sinister face changed repeatedly, and then he remained silent for a long time.

"Damn it, what on earth happened these past few days? Why has Murong Liyue's attitude toward me changed so drastically? There must have been some unforeseen event!"

After careful thought, Leng Qianming could only think of some change occurring during these few days; otherwise, there was no way to explain why Murong Liyue had this attitude toward him now.

"Elder Leng Ku, go and investigate where Murong Liyue went after leaving Cangqiong Holy Land these past few days. And what exactly did she do during that time?"

Leng Qianming looked into the void and said indifferently.

"Yes, Young Master. This old servant will go and investigate right away."

Elder Leng Ku, who was at the ninth level of the King Profound Realm, cupped his hands toward Leng Qianming, then waved his hand and left the place.

"I hope nothing is wrong, and that it's just that Murong Liyue is in a bad mood."

Leng Qianming watched Elder Leng Ku's retreating figure, his expression slightly improving, yet deep down, he had an inexplicable premonition.

Northwest Great Territory, Yan City, Wang Family.

"Mengqi, it seems you have set up a spirit array inside this cave dwelling of yours; otherwise, why would the spiritual energy be so dense?"

Ye Xuan stretched his body. After spending the whole night learning alchemy knowledge from Wang Mengqi, he was somewhat sleepy.

"Young Master Ye's talent is truly rare in this world. Just by listening to some of the basic alchemy knowledge I described, you were able to become a first-grade alchemist."

Sitting cross-legged to the side, Wang Mengqi's beautiful eyes flickered several times, filled with admiration. Looking at Ye Xuan's stunningly handsome face, her pretty face couldn't help but flush red again.

Last night, in order to teach Ye Xuan alchemy techniques, it was naturally unavoidable for Wang Mengqi to have physical contact with him.

Sometimes, when Ye Xuan was refining pills, if his technique was incorrect, Wang Mengqi would sit behind him, holding this man's hand, inadvertently bringing the two closer together.

"If I didn't have a master teacher like Mengqi providing personal instruction, how could I have learned so quickly?"

Ye Xuan deliberately leaned his face in, a hint of a smile flashing in his deep, starry eyes.

"Young Master Ye, you are truly bad." Hearing this, how could Wang Mengqi not hear the teasing in Ye Xuan's words? Her pretty face was dyed with circles of crimson, like the sunset in the sky, tender and beautiful. She couldn't help but cast a coquettish glance at Ye Xuan, looking like a fairy who had descended into the mortal world.

"Hahaha, I won't tease you anymore."

Watching Wang Mengqi's shy appearance, Ye Xuan naturally didn't intend to continue teasing her; otherwise, if Elder Wang saw them later, that old shameless man would surely mock them again.

"By the way, after I finish my business this time, why don't you come back to Cangqiong Holy Land with me, Fairy Mengqi? After all, I really want to continue learning alchemy."

Ye Xuan looked at Wang Mengqi, who was bowing her head. This time, his voice was quite serious, lacking the previous tone of teasing.

"Mengqi will listen to whatever Young Master says."

For some reason, Wang Mengqi agreed to Ye Xuan's words without even a moment's hesitation.

In a valley three hundred miles away from the Wang Family territory.

"Kid Ye, this is the medium-sized spirit stone mine that my Wang Family discovered. Not even one ten-thousandth of it has been mined yet, but the resources inside are enough to keep my Wang Family from having to worry for the next five hundred years."

Elder Wang pointed to the valley one hundred meters ahead, his voice filled with pride.

Following the direction Elder Wang pointed, Ye Xuan looked over. A valley unlike any other sat there, reaching a height of two thousand meters, with the clouds above filled with dense spiritual energy.

"Hmm, I'll go in and take a look. You don't need to follow me." Ye Xuan said indifferently, and then his figure disappeared from where he stood.

Elder Wang wanted to stop him, but upon thinking of the Huangxuan Realm puppet Ye Xuan possessed—nearly invincible below the Saint level—he suppressed the thought of stopping Ye Xuan from going in.

Without formidable strength, one would be somewhat affected after entering this medium-sized spirit stone mine.

"Pass down the order: all Wang Family disciples are to stop mining the spirit stone mine and withdraw to outside the valley."

Although he didn't know what Ye Xuan wanted to do, Elder Wang knew this was something he could do.

Don't ask, don't look; just do it boldly.

Now, for the sake of safety, Elder Wang still chose to issue the order to the elder in charge of managing the Wang Family disciples' mining.

"Hmm... the spiritual energy inside is getting denser and denser, but the grade of these spirit stones is too low, far less pure than the spiritual energy of origin stones from the outside world."

Ye Xuan traveled underground. This valley was a facade; the real spirit stone mine was deep underground.

Going deeper underground, the scenery inside was unusually beautiful, with all kinds of emerald-green spirit stones becoming incredibly dense.

"Hmm, it's getting a bit difficult to move, but it won't stop me."

A hint of excitement flashed in Ye Xuan's eyes. He was just worrying about having no place to use the Golden Hand he obtained from that protagonist last time. At this moment, he estimated he wasn't far from the deep bottom.

"Crack—"

The Golden Hand sliced through the incredibly hard spirit stone ore as easily as cutting vegetables.

"Bang—"

"Hmm... so hard? This seems to be Origin Spirit Crystal, right?"

Ye Xuan was a bit surprised, but he still chose to use the Golden Hand to continue clearing the way and head toward the depths.

This medium-sized spirit stone mine was indeed rich in resources, and the spiritual energy was extremely pure, already not much weaker than that of Cangqiong Holy Land.

"Hmm? This is Extreme Spirit Crystal!"

Ye Xuan went deeper underground and, seeing the spirit crystals glowing with blue light before him, couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

"Heaven and earth spiritual treasures belong to those fated to have them. Since I've obtained them, they are mine."

At this moment, Ye Xuan had already begun to scavenge these Extreme Spirit Crystals.

"Creak, creak—"

Sound after sound came. One piece of Extreme Spirit Crystal after another was put into Ye Xuan's spirit ring. At this moment, Ye Xuan had even forgotten one thing: he had come to find that mysterious jade coffin, as there might be a better opportunity inside.