An Unintended Turn of Events

An Unintended Turn of Events

After leaving the soul tool testing area, the sky had already begun to darken, with only a few streaks of sunset remaining.

Before they left, Fan Yu told them that they only needed to come over on the two weekend days.

This was mainly so as not to delay their studies of basic martial soul knowledge. Once Ye Chen and the others reached their second year, courses would be formally arranged for them.

On the Outer Court's roads at dusk, two figures strolled along at an unhurried pace.

"Yuhao, didn't Bei Bei invite you to join the Tang Sect?"

Ye Chen was somewhat puzzled. Bei Bei's admiration had been obvious at the time. Given his personality, he shouldn't have held back until now.

In response to the question, Huo Yuhao revealed a sunny smile and said calmly, "Senior Brother Bei Bei did invite me. He said he'd give me a few days to think it over."

Ye Chen suddenly understood. He knew Bei Bei couldn't possibly be that unreliable.

If he thinks of something and doesn't do it, then he doesn't deserve to be my great-nephew!

"Then have you made up your mind?"

Huo Yuhao nodded, tacitly admitting it. Then he asked, "Brother Chen, do you know where Senior Brother Bei Bei is? I wanted to find him yesterday, but I'm not familiar with the academy, and I don't know where his class is."

He had thought it through. Rather than being alone and lonely, he might as well join the Tang Sect and have somewhere he could rely on.

From what he had observed, although the Tang Sect currently had only three members, the atmosphere between them was so harmonious and warm that he could not help wanting to join them.

Ye Chen rolled his eyes speechlessly, secretly looking down on him. He recruited the guy and still didn't explain everything clearly. Bei Bei is really getting worse with age.

"You don't need to look for him. I'll agree on Tang Ya's behalf. Just say hello when you see them next time." Ye Chen turned to Huo Yuhao and said carelessly.

"Yuhao, remember this. From now on, you're my junior brother. In front of Bei Bei and Tang Ya, you absolutely can't mention your age!"

Huo Yuhao looked at this "cheap senior brother" of his. After nodding in agreement, he could not help finding it amusing.

He was clearly a few months younger than Huo Yuhao, yet he deliberately put on such a mature appearance.

Having gone an entire day without food, coupled with the intense absorption of knowledge, Ye Chen was already starving.

"Yuhao, let's go get something to eat at the cafeteria. My treat!"

Although Huo Yuhao's head was spinning a little, he still did not want to accept someone else's favor for no reason.

If he went with Ye Chen, dinner would be settled, but after this meal, he still would not know where his next one would come from.

He couldn't keep mooching meals off others, could he?

Even if Ye Chen did not mind, Huo Yuhao's self-respect would not allow him to do that.

His expression was somewhat hesitant. The words reached his lips, but he was too embarrassed to say them.

"Brother Chen, I still have something to do, so I won't go for now. Oh, could you lend me a few Silver Soul Coins? I'll return them in a few days."

Ye Chen froze for a moment, not knowing why Huo Yuhao wanted to borrow money from him. Still, he readily took a bulging money pouch from his ring and handed it over.

"Why talk about borrowing? If you need money, just take it. No need to be polite with me."

His tone was somewhat casual. To him, money really was nothing more than a number.

Usually, all his food, clothing, and daily necessities had been arranged by his mother, Xian Lin'er, and he had nowhere to spend money anyway.

Huo Yuhao took the heavy pouch. When he opened it, he found it filled with Gold Soul Coins—at least several hundred of them.

The golden gleam made Huo Yuhao feel dizzy. In all the years since he was born, he had never seen so much money combined!

Taking one gold coin from the pouch, Huo Yuhao stuffed the rest back into Ye Chen's hand without changing a thing.

"Thank you, Brother Chen. One is more than enough. I'm borrowing this money from you, and I'll definitely return it in a few days."

Huo Yuhao emphasized once more that it was borrowed money. His heart felt warm as he spoke firmly.

He was not greedy and understood the principle of knowing when to stop.

With this one gold coin, he had enough to carry out what he needed to do next.

After dinner, Ye Chen returned to his dormitory and began cultivating on his bed.

Huo Yuhao insisted on borrowing only one gold coin, so Ye Chen did not force the matter. Some things could not be measured with money.

Like their friendship—if money were forcibly inserted into it, there might be no problem in the short term, but over time, it would surely grow moldy and deteriorate.

The Mysterious Heaven Skill circulated within his body. A powerful suction force appeared in Ye Chen's palm, drawing the metal cup from the dormitory table into his hand.

With a gentle turn of his palm, several distinct fingerprints were left on the incomparably hard metal cup.

After doing this, the Mysterious Heaven Skill circulated through several more cycles. Ye Chen let out a long breath and opened his tightly shut eyes.

"This Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon truly deserves to be one of the Tang Sect's Six Great Secret Arts. I've only just scratched the surface."

"Once I cultivate it to minor mastery, if I use it on a person, it will definitely be capable of dislocating tendons and shattering bones."

Feeling the power of Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon, a satisfied smile appeared on Ye Chen's face.

Of the six Tang Sect's Secret Arts, Bei Bei had only given him a simple introduction. Yet through his own exploration, he had already scratched the surface.

This showed that his comprehension far surpassed that of ordinary people.

"I wonder if Huo Yuhao is back yet. I'll go take a look and give him the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record while I'm at it."

Ye Chen glanced at the night outside the window, which had already darkened, then rose and walked out.

With his memory, after just a few days, he had memorized the entire Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record word for word. All that remained was to slowly comprehend it and integrate it with himself.

He did not want to stop there. Instead, he planned to use the Tang Sect's Secret Arts as reference to create skills unique to himself.

Since the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record had already lost its use for him, he might as well give it to Huo Yuhao and make the best use of it.

Dormitory 103, where Ye Chen lived, was only a few dozen steps away from 108.

True to his nature, after arriving at the door, Ye Chen did not think much and directly pushed it open.

As a result, he witnessed a scene he would never forget for the rest of his life.

Inside the room was a pale, bare back. The shoulders were not broad, yet round and smooth, trailing down into soft curves at the waist before rising at the hips.

Droplets of water slid down skin as lustrous as white jade. Because she was sitting in the bathtub, a pair of slender, long legs appeared and disappeared from view, delivering an immense shock to Ye Chen. He nearly sprayed out a nosebleed.

Holy shit, how did I walk in on this? This is going to give me pinkeye!

Ye Chen fiercely slapped his own head and hurriedly covered his eyes with both hands, yet they still disobediently opened a slit.

These hands of mine—when will they ever listen to my brain? Though Ye Chen thought this, he still could not help secretly examining Wang Dong's back.

He was not a blockhead like Huo Yuhao. He knew Wang Dong's true identity!

With a peerless beauty standing naked before him, it was inevitable that his thoughts would begin to wander.

Only then did he remember that in the original story, Huo Yuhao had suddenly returned and caught Wang Dong bathing.

But because there had been a slight deviation in timing, Huo Yuhao had not returned to the dormitory. Instead, Ye Chen had stumbled upon this scene.

"Ah!"

With a sharp scream, Wang Dong instantly released her Light Goddess Butterfly martial soul. A pair of sapphire-blue wings wrapped around her body as she turned toward Ye Chen at the door.

The fury in Wang Dong's eyes made Ye Chen's heart tremble. Only then did he realize that now was not the time to stand around here.

He mobilized all the Soul Power in his body, used his First Soul Skill to enhance himself, and stepped into the Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, shooting out of the dormitory like lightning.

He truly used every method available to him, all to escape this "terrifying" place.

"Big Brother Tang San, I didn't mean to look at your daughter's body! It was really an accident! For the sake of us both being transmigrators, just turn a blind eye and spare your little brother!"

As Ye Chen fled at top speed, he continued muttering things that sounded utterly incoherent to anyone else.