"Brother Ye, can you really let us take some back?"
Li Chenyuan asked in a trembling voice.
Ye Qingyun did not even turn his head.
"Pick whatever you like."
His casual tone made it sound as though he were giving away cabbages.
Yet everything in this courtyard was clearly a heavenly treasure that was incredibly rare in the outside world.
Such extravagant generosity.
Was this the bearing of a secluded expert?
They loved it, absolutely loved it.
"Thank you, Brother Ye!"
Li Chenyuan hurriedly thanked him.
Then he and his junior brother and sister began picking the heavenly treasures in the courtyard.
Although Ye Qingyun had said they could pick whatever they liked, how could the three of them dare to do so?
Did they have a death wish?
With so many heavenly treasures here, his willingness to give them any at all was already an immense favor.
They still needed to know their limits.
Thus, Li Chenyuan and the other two did not dare take much at all.
They only picked some azure origin grass, then carefully plucked two seven-leaf vermilion fruits.
As for the innate mystic fruits on the tree.
Li Chenyuan and the other two merely looked at them, not daring to pick any.
They were too precious.
The three of them did not dare touch such precious heavenly treasures.
They were already more than satisfied with the azure origin grass and seven-leaf vermilion fruits.
The three were so delighted that snot bubbles were about to pop out of their noses.
Ye Qingyun had just finished eating.
He turned to see the three of them grinning foolishly, holding a bundle of green grass and two tomatoes.
Could these three really have something wrong with their heads?
Ye Qingyun wondered.
"Why are you being so polite? Come, come, I'll pick some more for you."
Ye Qingyun was quite generous.
He picked a few more tomatoes for Li Chenyuan and the other two, cut a large bundle of garlic chives, and dug up several heads of garlic.
"Take these back and try them."
Ye Qingyun shoved everything into Li Chenyuan's arms.
Li Chenyuan was overwhelmed by the favor.
"Brother Ye, you're too kind. We don't deserve this."
Ye Qingyun waved a hand.
"What do you mean, you don't deserve it? It's just a little produce. Take it, take it."
Seeing how enthusiastic Ye Qingyun was, Li Chenyuan did not dare refuse and could only accept.
"Thank you, Brother Ye."
Xu Jing'er quietly tugged at Li Chenyuan's clothes.
"Senior Brother, isn't it a little rude of us to take so much?"
At Xu Jing'er's words, Li Chenyuan immediately realized it too.
"Indeed. We can't take this expert's things for nothing. We should give him something in return, at least."
As Li Chenyuan thought it over, he felt his brocade pouch.
"I only brought some Essence Pills. I don't have anything else."
Xu Jing'er said, "I brought the Purple Empyrean Sword. How about..."
"No, the Purple Empyrean Sword was Master's birthday gift to you. You can't just give it away, can you?"
Zhao Wangchun said with a frown.
Xu Jing'er hesitated for a moment but still took out the Purple Empyrean Sword.
"The Purple Empyrean Sword may be precious, but can it compare to what the expert has given us?"
Those words immediately left Zhao Wangchun speechless.
The Purple Empyrean Sword was indeed precious, but compared with the heavenly treasures Ye Qingyun had given them.
It truly was not worth mentioning.
Li Chenyuan then looked at Zhao Wangchun.
"I remember you found a heavenly moon stone a few days ago. Take that out too."
Zhao Wangchun was somewhat reluctant, but he still took out a silver stone.
The three pooled their belongings together.
"Brother Ye, we have no way to repay you. Please accept these as gifts in return."
"We know these things are crude and unworthy of your discerning eye, Brother Ye. We hope you won't disdain them."
Li Chenyuan was a little embarrassed.
These things really were too shabby.
They were hardly presentable.
They were very worried that Ye Qingyun would look down on these things.
Yet these were already the most valuable things they could offer.
"All right, I'll accept them."
Ye Qingyun accepted them directly, without any fuss.
Seeing how easygoing Ye Qingyun was, without the slightest hint of disdain toward them, Li Chenyuan and the other two were deeply moved.
This was the bearing of a secluded expert.
Not a single gesture of his made them feel any pressure.
Instead, being with him was like basking in a spring breeze, exceptionally comfortable.
"Brother Ye, we'll take our leave. We'll come visit you another day."
"Of course, of course."
Li Chenyuan and the other two did not linger, hurrying away with a large bundle of things.
They needed to return to the Mystic Sword Sect immediately and report everything here to the sect master.
At the Mystic Sword Sect, several hundred li from Floating Cloud Mountain.
At that moment, Xu Changfeng, the sect master of the Mystic Sword Sect, was fretting.
In his hand was an invitation.
"The Three-Sect Martial Meet has been moved forward by a full two months this time. What am I to do?"
Xu Changfeng said, his face full of worry.
His wife, Shen Qiulan, stood beside him, looking at her husband with some concern as well.
"That old fellow Gongsun Yue just broke through a few days ago."
"Chen Gongwang also emerged from seclusion last month."
"Both of their cultivation levels have already surpassed mine. At this Three-Sect Martial Meet, I'm afraid our Mystic Sword Sect will be completely suppressed by their two sects."
Xu Changfeng's tone was grave, and he sighed repeatedly.
The Gongsun Yue and Chen Gongwang he spoke of were the sect masters of the Nine Spirits Sect and the Supreme Hao Gate.
The Mystic Sword Sect, the Nine Spirits Sect, and the Supreme Hao Gate were the three foremost sects in the Heavenly Martial Dynasty.
The three sects held the Three-Sect Martial Meet at regular intervals.
Though it was called an exchange of techniques, in truth, they were competing to determine who stood above the others.
In the past, Xu Changfeng naturally would not have feared it.
But now, both Gongsun Yue and Chen Gongwang had made breakthroughs in their cultivation.
Xu Changfeng, on the other hand, had been stuck for years, making no progress at all.
The three had originally been at comparable realms, but now Xu Changfeng had been left behind. How could he have the confidence to attend the Three-Sect Martial Meet?
"Husband, why don't we decline this martial meet?"
Shen Qiulan suggested.
Xu Changfeng shook his head.
"How could it be that easy? If we decline, how will our Mystic Sword Sect maintain its standing in the Heavenly Martial Dynasty? Won't everyone say our Mystic Sword Sect is afraid to fight?"
For a moment, Shen Qiulan did not know what to do either.
Just then.
"Sect Master, Eldest Senior Brother and the others have returned."
A disciple came to report.
"Have them come here."
"Yes!"
Soon, Li Chenyuan and the other two entered.
All three wore excited expressions.
"You three went to hunt down that rabbit demon. Why are you back so soon?"
Xu Changfeng asked with a frown.
Li Chenyuan said, "Master, we didn't catch the rabbit demon."
Xu Changfeng flew into a rage.
"That rabbit demon killed a disciple of our sect, and you three actually let it escape?"
"Master, let's put the rabbit demon aside for now. Please look at these things."
Li Chenyuan hurriedly presented what the three of them had brought back.
At a glance, Xu Changfeng froze on the spot.
Beside him, Shen Qiulan was also as stunned as a wooden chicken.
All sorts of heavenly treasures.
And there were quite a few of them!
"Th... th... these are what you brought back?"
Xu Changfeng was so astonished that he could not even speak clearly.
"Master, we brought all of these back!"
Li Chenyuan raised his head with some pride.
Xu Changfeng's hands began to tremble.
Leaving aside the other heavenly treasures, this azure origin grass alone was enough to improve his cultivation.
"Where did you get these?"