"Senior Brother Ye, you take these ten spirit stones, don't do this kind of thing in the future, you and I are just the lowest disciples in the Qingshan Sect, we can't afford to provoke those people, we should still cultivate honestly and accumulate strength silently, this is the long-term solution." ”

"Relying on cleverness may allow us to obtain temporary benefits, but if we meet a ruthless person one day, find out that we have suffered a loss in our hands, and retaliate endlessly, the consequences will be unimaginable!"

After returning to the Miscellaneous Service Hall, Zhou Chong said to Ye Kai earnestly.

At the same time, he took out the spirit stone and handed it to Ye Kai.

But Ye Kai didn't reach out to pick it up, but shook his head lightly and said:

"Senior Brother Zhou, I understand your concerns, but have you ever thought about what kind of environment we are in? Here, everyone respects strength, and newcomers and weak people like us have always been the object of exploitation and oppression, if we don't take the initiative to compete with others for resources and opportunities, when will we come out?"

"You may think I'm fooling that fat man, but have you ever thought that if I wasn't there at the time, you would have been the one who was deceived!"

"Actually, trading is like this, no one wants to suffer losses, everyone wants to make a little more money for themselves, it depends on whether you know the goods or not, there is no need for senior brother to have this kind of psychological burden. ”

"Besides, if it wasn't for the dead fat man's arrogant attitude just now, I didn't want to lie to him, in the end, he is to blame for all this, could it be that his cultivation is higher than ours, so it is only us who suffers, not him, how can there be such a truth in the world?"

"Also, I can't ask for your spirit stone, I helped you because of you, if you ask for a spirit stone, then you will really become that kind of mercenary villain!"

Hearing this, Zhou Chong fell into a long contemplation, and at the end of the day, he suddenly sighed softly and said:

"Hey...... In vain, I started earlier than Senior Brother Ye, but I didn't expect that I was far from being able to see through as well as you, and that's right, since everyone in the world is like jackals, tigers and leopards, why should I be an honest person alone, but ask for a clear conscience!"

Zhou Chong is not an inflexible person, but he has been acting for a long time in the eyes of others, and has always been cautious and cautious, but he has lost the enthusiasm and courage of young people.

Ye Kai's words woke him up today, he suddenly felt that his thoughts were clear, he would not take the initiative to bully others, but if others hit him with ideas, he would definitely not sit still!

"Yes, but it's good to have a clear conscience!" Ye Kai also nodded with a smile.

Actually, he was also saying what he said to himself just now, he didn't want to fight with people everywhere, but he didn't want to be bullied everywhere!

So, let's hurry up and work hard to cultivate and make yourself stronger!

Thinking of this, Ye Kai said goodbye to Zhou Chong and returned to Baicaotang.

Before leaving, Zhou Chong insisted on giving the spirit stone to Ye Kai, but he still didn't accept it.

Although he also lacks spirit stones, he has his own principles of life, if he receives Zhou Chong's spirit stones, it will become a fellowship with him.

And friendships that are maintained by interests are often the least strong.

What he wants to make is a friend, and a friend is to make a heart.

Zhou Chong once lent a helping hand when he needed help the most, and did not ask for anything in return, this is to show sincerity, and he can only repay the king with sincerity!

......

......

Half a month has passed in a blink of an eye.

Since returning from the black market, Ye Kai has spent the rest of his time in the room concentrating on cultivation except for taking care of the medicine field every day and going to the Tiger Cave to get spiritual spring water.

There are no ups and downs in life, but what makes him feel a little strange is that since he came back from the black market, his hatred value has always increased by ten or twenty points inexplicably, and he doesn't know what the system is pumping.

And in addition to this matter, the other most obvious change is his cultivation, even if it is not an exaggeration to describe his entry in a thousand days!

And all of this is thanks to the Qi Condensing Pill and the Spirit Gathering Array in the courtyard.

The Qi Condensing Pill's Qi Condensation Speed was five times that of the Qi Gathering Pill, and the intensity of the spiritual energy in the Spirit Gathering Array was also several times higher than that of the outside world, which made Ye Kai's cultivation like a tiger's wings, and it only took half a month to reach the peak of the third layer of the Qi Training Period, which was only one step away from the fourth layer of the Qi Training Period, half a month earlier than he originally expected!

With such a fast cultivation speed, even Li Jiechen himself probably didn't expect it, otherwise he would definitely not let Ye Kai live here, after all, the spiritual energy gathered by the Spirit Gathering Array every day is limited, if Ye Kai is allowed to absorb it, what else can he use to raise the elixir!

Ye Kai didn't think about it that much, for him, the faster the cultivation speed, the better, so even if he knew, he would only pretend not to know.

"What are you kidding, it's not enough for people to breathe aura, where can you manage those elixirs, you must be people-oriented and people-oriented!"

Such days went on for a few more days.

On this day, Ye Kai was still cultivating quietly in his room as usual.

Suddenly, a feeling of breaking the wall suddenly came from the dantian.

He was slightly stunned at first, then his face was happy, and he hurriedly took out a bottle of Qi Condensing Pill from the storage bag, poured it into the mouth, and then with the help of the medicinal power, quickly absorbed the spiritual energy in the courtyard, and launched an impact on the barrier inside the dantian.

The minutes ticked by......

After this lasted for half a day, a muffled sound of "dong" suddenly came out of the dantian, and the lotus flower inside trembled lightly and grew a petal again.

The four lotus blossoms are the symbol of the four layers of the Qi training period!

And Ye Kai's combat power value at this time has also increased from the original 75 to 85, a big step forward.

"Senior Brother Li is really my lucky star!"

It only took nearly twenty days to be promoted to the fourth layer of the Qi cultivation period, Ye Kai was very satisfied, and his heart was immediately full of gratitude to Li Jiechen.

If it weren't for his Spirit Gathering Array, if Ye Kai wanted to break through, it would take at least a month or two, and then the sect competition would soon begin.

In that case, he could only participate in the martial arts competition with the cultivation of the fourth layer of the Qi training period, and he would not be able to enter the top ten.

However, it would be different if he could be promoted to the fifth layer of the Qi training period, according to what he inquired from Zhou Chong, the disciple who won the first place in the martial arts competition held by the Miscellaneous Service Hall two years ago was precisely the fifth layer of the Qi training period.

"There are still two and a half months to go, and the chance of breaking through is still quite big......" Ye Kai muttered to himself, and then continued to cultivate.

Three days later.

The breeze ushers in the sunset, and the sun sets in the western mountains.

It's a beautiful dusk again.

As usual, Ye Kai took the spiritual spring water from the Tiger Cave and set out on the return journey directly, and when he approached the courtyard, he suddenly noticed something unusual.

The weeds on the road seemed to have been trampled on, and in addition, there were several pools of blood falling to the ground, and they stretched all the way to Li Juechen's courtyard.

"Hmm, is Senior Brother Li back? It looks like he's still seriously injured......

Ye Kai frowned slightly, then stepped forward and used the stone talisman to open the prohibition of the courtyard.