8: Ye Chen is going to participate in the outer sect competition

It was afternoon.

At the outer sect disciples' residence.

Inside an ordinary wooden house.

Ye Chen slowly exhaled a turbid breath, a sharp glint flashing in his eyes.

“Phew.”

“I still need to acquire a Divine Soul Treasure as soon as possible to repair the damage.”

He was currently just a remnant soul that had miraculously survived, accidentally occupying Ye Chen’s body; although it was a new lease on life, there were still many inconveniences.

Setting aside other issues, this body and he were somewhat uncoordinated, albeit subtly. If left unaddressed, it could become a major problem over time.

Today, he had used a secret technique, consuming his Divine Soul power.

A remnant soul, wounded upon wounds.

“Ultimately, I still need to deal with Shen Qing. A mere Purple Mansion Realm cultivator; if it were in the past, I could crush him with a flick of my hand, but now…”

After a moment of thought, Ye Chen decided that raising his strength should be his priority.

Entering the inner sect of the Heavenly River Star Sect was not actually difficult; the Outer Sect Grand Competition was an excellent way.

The Grand Competition was held once a year, and this year’s Outer Sect Grand Competition was not long away.

He could first enter the inner sect, then go to Danxia Valley to cultivate.

“With my talent, as long as they aren’t blind, it wouldn’t be difficult to be discovered through normal channels.”

But today, during pill refining, not only did he fail to refine a top-grade pill, he actually produced a waste pill—a top-grade waste pill, something unheard of and unseen.

This was illogical, impossible, and made no sense!

“Could it really be because my Divine Soul and body are not sufficiently compatible?”

If that was the case, Ye Qinghe had to be obtained.

And Shen Qing, if he could find an opportunity when the other party was alone, perhaps he could kill him to resolve his obsession.

No, not perhaps, but definitely; this person must die!

Although he was an alchemist, Ye Chen didn’t believe that a mere junior in the Purple Mansion Realm could contend with him.

“Enter the inner sect, contact the high-ranking officials of Danxia Valley, obtain Divine Soul Treasures or related spirit grasses and medicines, kill Shen Qing, and get Ye Qinghe.”

Having planned everything, Ye Chen continued to meditate and cultivate… “Outer Sect Grand Competition.”

Thinking of the upcoming Outer Sect Grand Competition, Shen Qing decided to join the fun.

As a direct disciple of Zhao Mingyue, he was qualified to sit with the outer sect elders and deacons to watch. He hadn’t gone before because he wasn’t interested.

But Shen Qing decided to go this time.

After all, Ye Chen, who now housed the Azure Sun Pill Emperor, would definitely participate, and at that time, it would likely trigger the other party’s life events.

Nothing happened today.

Although he had the system, Shen Qing still cultivated as usual, without slacking off.

Later in the evening, the courtyard gate was pushed open.

He hadn’t activated the formation to keep outsiders out, nor had he locked the door; it was merely closed. Ye Qinghe was quite familiar with coming here.

Xuanji Peak had a formation, but apart from the peak, the rest of it was usually not activated, and others dared not intrude without permission.

An Immortal Realm mighty expert lived here; no one could escape Zhao Mingyue’s divine sense.

“Brother Qing, I’m here~”

Ye Qinghe, dressed in a green pleated ruqun, walked with light steps, and the butterfly hairpin in her hair seemed to flutter as her body swayed.

The young girl always felt shy whenever she thought that this was Elder Xuanji’s dojo, and yet she often came here to whisper sweet nothings with Brother Qing, their hearts harmonizing when their affections deepened.

But then she thought that Elder Xuanji was busy with myriad affairs and probably had no time to bother with such trivial matters.

Moreover, this was the mountainside; the Elder was at the peak.

Shen Qing couldn’t help but pinch her round little face, making Ye Qinghe puff out her cheeks and glare at him resentfully.

There was more to a relationship between a man and a woman than just that one thing. After entering the house, the two chatted about everything under the sun, and Shen Qing also answered some of her questions about cultivation.

Night deepened.

Ye Qinghe let down her hair and took off her shoes and socks, only to see Shen Qing take out two pairs of strange items.

One pair was black, the other white, and they felt very silky to the touch.

She asked curiously, “What are these?”

Shen Qing leaned into her ear and explained.

“Ah?” Ye Qinghe’s face immediately flushed red. She instinctively lowered her head, but her vision was blocked, and she couldn’t even see her own feet at that moment.

Actually, Shen Qing wasn’t very interested in these things, but since he had drawn them, he might as well try them.

Just as he was about to activate the formation surrounding the entire small courtyard, the courtyard gate was directly pushed open, and with a cry of “Senior Brother, I’m back!!”, the originally closed room door also opened.

As soon as Ning Zhenzhen stepped in, she noticed something was off.

Normally, Senior Brother would tell her with a helpless look not to open the door so violently next time, and then ask her what fun things she encountered on her trip down the mountain.

But!

Here, there were two pairs of eyes looking at her!

Ye Qinghe, she knew her, but she never expected her to be here so late.

And, they clearly looked like they were about to… Shen Qing sighed helplessly.

“Next time, don’t open the door so violently.”

Hearing this, Ning Zhenzhen instantly became happy: “Okay!”

This was Shen Qing’s junior sister, Ning Zhenzhen.

She wore a light red dress, her dark and intricately styled hair bun, adorned with hair accessories, resembled a pair of fox ears. Her eyes curved into a smile, and a touch of cinnabar red marked her playful brows.

After being startled at first, Ye Qinghe quickly reacted and put away those two pairs of strange stockings, not letting Ning Zhenzhen see them.

Ning Zhenzhen: “Did I, interrupt?”

I’m sorry, I came at the wrong time!

She wasn’t blind; she could tell what they were about to do with just one glance.

Shen Qing rolled his eyes: “What do you think?”

You can’t possibly join in too.

“Senior Brother, I’ll come find you tomorrow!”

With that, Ning Zhenzhen dashed off and disappeared.

But Shen Qing swept his divine sense outside the house and found someone stealthily squatting in the corner.

He waved his hand, and a large hand formed of spiritual energy lifted Ning Zhenzhen away.

Ning Zhenzhen, who was thrown back home, pouted: “They won’t even let me eavesdrop, how petty.”

I wouldn’t eavesdrop on others anyway.

Hmph.

Ning Zhenzhen’s appearance was just a small interlude.

A night passed.

The sun was just right.

Shen Qing got up and stretched. Ye Qinghe was still asleep.

He turned to look; although their clothes were neatly put away, there were a few pairs of stockings, some intact, some torn, that hadn’t been tidied up.

Moving them outside, Shen Qing raised his hand and threw a ball of fire, burning them all to ashes.

A gust of wind blew, and the peculiar smell in the small courtyard vanished without a trace.

After doing all this, he also turned off the courtyard’s formation.

Last night, he hadn’t even had time to cast an Investigation Technique on his junior sister.

He’d take a look when she came later.

Knock knock—

After a knock, Ning Zhenzhen poked her head into the courtyard gate.

Seeing Shen Qing in the courtyard, she was about to greet him, but then remembered that Ye Qinghe might still be there, so she peered around like a thief.

Seeing her like that, Shen Qing went over and pulled her in: “Why are you so sneaky?”

“I’m not,” Ning Zhenzhen said, displeased. Soon after, she added, “Senior Brother, why aren’t you asking me if I encountered anything fun on my trip down the mountain this time?”

“Oh, right, about your pill refining gamble with that… that guy, did that Young Master Ye’s Dao Heart not collapse?”

Ning Zhenzhen never considered the possibility of Shen Qing losing.

“It’s a pity I came back late and missed the excitement.”