"What are you looking at me for?!"
The Fifth Elder screamed inwardly, making it clear he wasn't accepting this kind of scumbag.
But as the pill tycoon who monopolized the eastern region of the Immortal Realm, he couldn't help considering whether he should take Ye Chen as his disciple.
Ye Chen's talent for alchemy was simply too strong. If the Fifth Elder didn't want him to threaten the Dan Treasure Pavilion's pill business in the future, he would have to kill him now and nip the problem in the bud.
But the problem was that they couldn't kill Ye Chen right now. They still needed him to help draw Long Aotian's hatred.
The only thing they could do was...
Take Ye Chen in as his disciple, then use their master-disciple relationship to keep him in check.
But Ye Chen's reputation was already in tatters. Not a single elder was willing to take him on as a disciple.
"Fifth Elder!!"
Ye Chen knew that opportunities had to be seized. He strode forward, knelt before the Fifth Elder, and said with utmost sincerity, "Ye Chen has drifted through life for half a lifetime, regretting only that he never met a renowned master. If the Fifth Elder does not reject me, Chen is willing to become your disciple."
"This..."
The Fifth Elder was torn, and felt the urge to take Ye Chen in.
Ye Chen's reputation might have gone rotten, but his talent, ranked first on the Dan Cultivation Talent Ranking, was undeniable. He could be put to work for free, and kept under watch around the clock.
"He still hasn't given up!"
Qin Feng seemed to have predicted Ye Chen's prediction long ago. He had already moved beside the Fifth Elder and muttered under his breath, "I heard the Fifth Elder's wife