My Silly, Sweet Wife

Vice President Liu was unconvinced and asked after leaving, ”Mr. Chen, is Mr. Ye a martial arts expert?”

Chen Ziran was full of pride: ”A martial arts expert? I suppose so. Ever since I met him, I’ve never seen him defeated.”

”Never defeated?” Vice President Liu was clearly a bit skeptical: ”I heard there are top-tier experts in the martial arts world. Is he even stronger than those top-tier experts?”

”Haha, top-tier experts?” Chen Ziran laughed: ”I don’t know if they are top-tier, but Ma Xiaoling once mentioned that even ten top-tier experts in front of him wouldn’t stand a chance.”

”Hiss...” Vice President Liu drew in a sharp breath, still somewhat skeptical, feeling that Chen Ziran was definitely exaggerating.

On the other side, seeing that the others had left, Luo Shentong excitedly said, ”Master, we’re really in luck this time! You know, right? These are definitely spirit stones. Once you break through to the Grandmaster Realm, your body starts to change and can absorb this kind of spiritual energy. We’re really in for it big this time.”

Ye Guichen used to feel that Luo Shentong was mysterious and also believed in the existence of spiritual energy in the world.

Since practicing the Xuanming Prison Suppressing Technique and the Green Wood Evergreen Technique, Ye Guichen gained a brand new understanding of spiritual energy.

When cultivation reaches a certain level, relying solely on food and water to replenish energy is far from enough.

And this spiritual energy is the foundation of cultivation, more fundamentally altering one’s body than food and water.

”Luo Shentong, I used to think you were mysterious, but now I understand that you weren’t lying. Tell me honestly, have you ever seen an immortal?” Ye Guichen smiled as he looked at Luo Shentong.

All along, Ye Guichen felt that Luo Shentong was not simple and knew many things beyond normal understanding.

”An immortal?”

Luo Shentong was taken aback by Ye Guichen’s sudden question, and his expression became somewhat serious: ”If someone else asked me this, I would definitely say I haven’t seen one, and even if I said I had, no one would believe me. But, Master, I’ve really seen someone fly across the sky and cover dozens of miles in one step.”

”Oh? Tell me more.” Ye Guichen nodded slightly.

Luo Shentong sighed: ”When I was young, I used to travel everywhere with my master, visiting many places. Once, we arrived at a place known as the Ghost Market. Though it’s called Ghost Market, not because of ghosts, but due to its mystery. Even grandmasters find it hard to locate.”

”The items sold there were bizarre. There were herbs that we don’t usually see, and once consumed, they could easily cure all ailments, no exaggeration. Also, certain pills could fundamentally alter a person’s physique. But they only trade using spirit stones, not cash. My master stumbled upon it by accident and had no spirit stones, and even if he did, he couldn’t afford it because everything was costly.”

Luo Shentong seemed to recall something as he continued: ”There, I saw people fighting fiercely, with one palm moving a small mountain and a sword slaying someone a hundred steps away. Even if they aren’t immortals, they probably aren’t far from it.”

Ye Guichen didn’t expect Luo Shentong to have such experiences and showed interest: ”Can you still find that place?”

Luo Shentong shook his head with a bitter smile: ”I can find it, but there seems to be a powerful array there; ordinary people simply cannot enter. Even if we reached the entrance of the Ghost Market, without strong cultivation, we probably wouldn’t see anything. Last time, we got in because my master knew an accomplished person who took us in. Now my master has long since passed, and with my current minor skills, I definitely can’t get in.”

Saying this, Luo Shentong sighed: ”Master, I hope I can visit the Ghost Market once more in my lifetime. Maybe, if I get the chance to take a pill, I’d have no regrets. Alas, even though we have a valuable spirit stone mine here, if those cultivators find out, it might bring disaster.”

Spirit stones are useless to ordinary people but treasures and hard currency for higher-level cultivators.

Luo Shentong’s concerns were valid; if some so-called cultivators learned about their spirit stone mine, they likely couldn’t keep it.

Ye Guichen smiled reassuringly: ”Luo Shentong, don’t worry. Although this spirit stone mine is large, I saw it just now, and it’s not pure. Give me a month, I’ll excavate all the spirit stones and use them up, then there won’t be an issue.”

”Use them up?” Luo Shentong seemed to hear something unimaginable: ”Master, spirit stones aren’t something that can be used at will. For ordinary martial artists, these are just worthless stones. They simply can’t extract the spiritual energy inside.”

Ye Guichen didn’t explain further but instead sat cross-legged on a large stone before him: ”Is that so?”

Then, he started practicing the Green Wood Evergreen Technique.

The next second, a vortex seemed to form in the surrounding air, visible to the naked eye as a pale blue gas appeared from the spirit stones, all converging into Ye Guichen’s body.

Luo Shentong was stunned, staring at Ye Guichen as if seeing a ghost: ”Master, are you absorbing spiritual energy?”

”Yes.” Ye Guichen replied, and the Green Wood Evergreen Technique within him quickly intensified in cultivation.

This large raw stone, although containing little spirit stone, was enough for Ye Guichen to advance the Green Wood Evergreen Technique by another realm.

Luo Shentong was not feeling well at that moment.

He never imagined Ye Guichen could absorb spiritual energy.

Wouldn’t that mean Ye Guichen is also a cultivator?

But when he focused on Ye Guichen, he found it wasn’t the case.

Unlike the cultivators he had seen before.

Ye Guichen had no true qi fluctuations; though absorbing spiritual energy, he used profound energy rather than the true qi of cultivators.

”Strange, what kind of enigma is Master?”

Although puzzled, Luo Shentong quickly became vigilant.

Clearly, Ye Guichen was cultivating, and at such times, Luo Shentong naturally wouldn’t let anyone disturb him.

The Green Wood Evergreen Technique seemed inherently attuned to spiritual energy.

Sitting on the raw stone, Ye Guichen naturally sensed its diameter to be about twenty meters.

After absorbing for nearly two hours, Ye Guichen had extracted most of the spiritual energy from the raw stone.

Meanwhile, at Jinling Airport.

Feng Guoguo was waiting in the VIP lounge.

”Ninth Grand Protector, how come you have time to come to Jinling?” Feng Guoguo had been staying in Jinling recently, and at dawn, received news of the Ninth Grand Protector arriving, so she came early to meet him.