Ye Chen? That Damn Pervert

But Bai Zhan and Zhang Daosheng seemed to have forgotten something.

A young man with the Heavenly Eye talent was shivering outside the Lianhai Mountains.

He kept muttering, "It's a little cold outside the city at night. Speaking of which, where's Major General Bai?"

Poor kid. May he be all right.

Meanwhile, the cause of all this, Ye Chen...

Was already lying comfortably in the villa behind the school.

The little villa had two stories, or three if you counted the basement.

It really was small: a little over a hundred square meters. With the courtyard, the property barely reached ten thousand square meters... plus a hill behind it.

Ye Chen had a sharp eye. The moment he arrived, he claimed the room with the best view.

Its two enormous floor-to-ceiling windows faced east.

"If I get up early tomorrow, I can even watch the sunrise..."

"Old Zhang really knows how to live."

Ye Chen stopped thinking about it. He took out a Spirit Stone, set it on the floor, then leaped onto the soft bed.

He drifted off to sleep.

Breaking through while asleep? Sure, why not?

The next morning, the first rays of sunlight spilled into the room, and Ye Chen opened his eyes.

He immediately felt the spiritual energy flowing through his body and was overjoyed.

"Sure enough, I can break through in my sleep."

After a quick wash, Ye Chen went back to his monotonous training.

But he was frustrated. He had all this strength and nowhere he could go.

And training alone was so boring!

Just then, someone knocked on the door.

Knock, knock, knock. "Anyone home?"

Ye Chen, who was sitting on the living room sofa, frowned and opened the front door.

A rather short girl stood there holding a boxed meal. The moment she saw Ye Chen, her eyes darted away, and she thrust the meal into his hands.

"What's this?" Ye Chen froze.

"The principal asked me to bring it over. I've delivered it, so I'm leaving." With that, the girl walked away.

Ye Chen watched her go. Was that disdain in her eyes?

He shook his head and said nothing.

After a quick breakfast, he took out his phone and opened the class chat.

He hadn't been to class in ages, and his classmates had split into several cliques, but the chat was still as lively as ever.

There was more mutual flattery than ordinary conversation, though.

Ye Chen was about to close the chat when a message caught his eye.

"Did you hear? Ye Chen from our class turned down Imperial Capital University and even said he wouldn't go there if you paid him."

"I heard, I heard! Apparently he even hit that senior. The senior didn't want to make a fuss, so he didn't hit back."

"Wow, Ye Chen's that awful? I never would've guessed!"

"Well, he awakened an SSS-rank talent, you know~ No wonder he's a little arrogant~"

Compared with the earlier rumors, that last comment was dripping with jealousy.

Anger flared in Ye Chen as he read the chat.

He didn't even have to think about it. This had to be Yan Feng's doing.

But Ye Chen had no intention of explaining himself to them. The truth would speak for itself.

Besides, with his strength, as long as the person coming for him was a fellow student and not a senior, he had nothing to fear.

Ye Chen took a breath and closed the chat.

"Yan Feng... Interesting. Next time, you'll lose more than a little blood," Ye Chen muttered, his face dark.

Then he realized why the girl from earlier had looked at him that way.

Were there other stories going around too?

Ye Chen shook his head and stopped dwelling on it.

After breakfast, Ye Chen went to the sports field.

What fun was there in training all the time?

Naturally, he had to do something else...

Zhang Daosheng had also arrived at school early. When he saw Ye Chen running hard, he was delighted.

The kid had finally... realized how important it was to know when to run.

But then Zhang Daosheng thought again. Wait, that wasn't right!

The kid was already at the fourth realm. Wasn't raising his cultivation more important than running?

"Ye, my boy, come here!" Zhang Daosheng beckoned.

Ye Chen spotted Zhang Daosheng and ran over to him.

Ye Chen's stamina was excellent now, but he was still sweating.

He was a little hot, to say the least.

"Old Zhang, what's up?"

Seeing Ye Chen drenched in sweat, Zhang Daosheng's lips curled slightly. He pointed a finger.

A stream of cold air flowed from his fingertip, cooling Ye Chen down.

"Whoa, that's handy! Why couldn't I have been ice-type? Think how much I'd save on air-conditioning!" Ye Chen stared at him in amazement.

Zhang Daosheng was speechless. "Your first thought was the air-conditioning bill?"

"Ahem. I accidentally said that out loud..." Ye Chen scratched the back of his head, embarrassed.

Zhang Daosheng almost laughed at the sight. "I told you to learn to run so you could build your stamina. But your stamina's already quite good. You don't need to work on it anymore. You should spend that time cultivating."

That was why Zhang Daosheng had called Ye Chen over.

"I know, but doing nothing but cultivating is so boring!" Ye Chen said gloomily.

"Boring? How about I find a beautiful girl to cultivate with you?!" Zhang Daosheng snapped.

He had only said it offhand, but Ye Chen took him seriously.

"Sure! Sounds great!"

Zhang Daosheng froze. The kid had actually said yes!

He was about to give Ye Chen a piece of his mind when he spotted someone.

A mischievous grin spread across Zhang Daosheng's face. "Fine. Wait here."

Ye Chen froze too. What? I was just running my mouth...

"Xiaodie! Come here a moment!"

Zhang Daosheng waved to a girl not far away.

When the girl saw him calling, she jogged over.

"Uncle Zhang, did you need me?" Li Xiaodie looked puzzled, completely unaware that Zhang Daosheng had just volunteered her...

Only then did Ye Chen realize she was the girl who had brought him breakfast.

"Oh, it's you," Ye Chen said.

At the sound of his voice, Li Xiaodie noticed him. She answered with obvious distaste.

"Yeah."

Ye Chen was baffled. What was going on?

"Tell me, how many Spirit Stones do you use for cultivation each day?" Zhang Daosheng glanced at Ye Chen, then spoke with a straight face.

"About ten," Li Xiaodie answered honestly.

Zhang Daosheng nodded. "All right. I'll give you twenty Spirit Stones a day to cultivate with this kid."

Ye Chen: ...

Li Xiaodie: ???

"Old Zhang, I was just kidding..."

"Uncle Zhang... If you keep this up, I'm telling my dad..." Li Xiaodie said, flustered and indignant.

Zhang Daosheng nearly laughed. "Fine, if you don't want to, forget it. What a shame. Ye's such a fine young man, and you don't know a good opportunity when you see one."

Li Xiaodie stared at him in shock. "Uncle Zhang, is something wrong with your head? What's so good about that damn pervert Ye Chen?"

"Damn pervert?!"

Zhang Daosheng and Ye Chen spoke in unison, both utterly dumbfounded.