Chapter 60: Everyone around you are cultivation monsters!

After Zhang Hai finished speaking, Zhang Xiaoxiao got down from Ye Chen's arms.

"Xiaoxiao, go play for a bit; I have something to discuss with your brother Ye Chen."

Zhang Xiaoxiao was very sensible; when Zhang Hai said he and Ye Chen had matters to discuss, she went upstairs alone.

After Zhang Xiaoxiao went upstairs, Zhang Hai handed the bag in his hand to Ye Chen.

"Check it over and see if anything is missing."

Ye Chen shook his head and said, "No need, I trust you."

After Ye Chen spoke, Zhang Hai felt deeply moved, because Ye Chen trusted him completely.

But actually, when Zhang Hai handed the bag to Ye Chen, his divine sense had already scanned Zhang Hai's bag, so he knew the medicinal herbs and stone materials inside were not lacking.

"Any other medicinal herbs you need, I'll get them to you by tomorrow at the latest."

"Mm."

After Ye Chen replied, Zhang Hai's expression changed slightly; Ye Chen noticed and asked, "If you have something to say, you can just say it directly."

After Ye Chen spoke, Zhang Hai breathed a sigh of relief, at least Ye Chen showed no displeasure.

"Actually, if possible, I'd like to ask for another peace‑bringing item for my daughter; if it's inconvenient for you, Brother Ye, I'll forget it."

After hearing Zhang Hai's words, Ye Chen thought it was a big matter, but didn't expect it to be just this small thing.

"After you find the medicinal herbs for me tomorrow, please also pick out a few pieces of fine jade; I'll make one for you and Ji An's family—polishing doesn't matter, but the jade must be good, otherwise the effect will be poor."

After Ye Chen said that, Zhang Hai quickly nodded.

Upon hearing that Ye Chen would also make one for him, Ji An's heart swelled with emotion: "I never expected that buying antiques would lead to meeting such a good person as Brother Ye; what great virtue did I cultivate in my past life!"

Ji An shouted in his heart, but Ye Chen had no idea what Ji An was thinking at that moment.

If he knew, he would say it's unnecessary, because if Ji An hadn't paved the way and introduced him to Zhang Hai, gathering these medicinal herbs would likely still take some time.

And Zhang Hai treats him well; he only wants a peace‑bringing item, which is trivial for him—why not satisfy him?

"If there's nothing else, I'll head out first; I still have some things to attend to."

Ye Chen suddenly said.

Zhang Hai and Ji An heard Ye Chen wanted to leave and didn't try to stop him; Ye Chen was mysterious, so since he had things to do, they naturally wouldn't detain him for tea or the like.

After leaving Wanbao Pavilion, Ye Chen went straight to that Gui Wu he had been to before.

After deciding to go there, Ye Chen began setting up a formation.

He also brought a sheet of paper; after letting Bai Lingling leave the Gui Wu, he decided to have Bai Lingling's soul remain on the paper.

Later he would replace it, which is also why he asked Zhang Hai to bring extra jade.

Upon arriving at the Gui Wu, Ye Chen summoned Bai Lingling, but before that he went through a procedure: disabling the Gui Wu's surveillance cameras.

He was already very practiced at such things.

Bai Lingling's soul burst out from the walls of the Gui Wu, and she clearly felt that Ye Chen's strength had increased again.

Thus, she curiously sized up Ye Chen.

After sensing Bai Lingling's gaze, Ye Chen asked doubtfully, "Why are you looking at me like that?"

"We haven't seen each other in days, and you've gotten stronger—not just a little bit stronger."

After Bai Lingling said that, Ye Chen recalled what he had done these past days; indeed, as she said, his strength had risen rapidly.

"Now isn't the time to talk about that; I'll first set up the formation, then nourish you with a living soul so your soul grows stronger, thus you won't be unable to touch sunlight—though you lack a physical body, so you still need to attach to some objects."

After Ye Chen spoke, Bai Lingling nodded lightly.

Seeing Bai Lingling nod, Ye Chen said no more, took out the prepared medicinal herbs and stone materials, and began laying the formation.

As Ye Chen set it up, spiritual energy from a radius of a hundred miles surged toward here—something the former Ye Chen could never do, but the present Ye Chen can.

Moreover, because spiritual energy is scarce, Ye Chen had to control the spiritual energy within a hundred‑mile radius.

Soon, Ye Chen finished setting up the formation.

After finishing the formation, Ye Chen told Bai Lingling, "All right, you may enter now."

After Ye Chen spoke, Bai Lingling hesitated not at all and darted into the formation he had prepared.

After Bai Lingling entered the formation, Ye Chen immediately withdrew it, then transferred the formation onto the paper he had brought—this paper is naturally not ordinary; it is paper strengthened by Ye Chen, which ordinary paper could not withstand.

After Ye Chen finished these things, he left the Gui Wu; after he left, the Gui Wu staff entered again.

At that moment, he scratched his head in utter bewilderment.

"Strange, why is the acting up again?"

However, just as he was preparing to inspect further, a phone call suddenly came in; after hearing what the person on the line said, he immediately exploded in anger.

"Damn! This lousy surveillance, I'll replace you sooner or later!"

Ye Chen naturally didn't know the Gui Wu staff's breakdown; at this moment he had already returned home, the paper effigy Ye Chen had already gone to class in his stead, and Ye Nan and Lin Ruoxi were not at home, nor did anyone know where they had gone.

"That old fogey, completely clueless—Mom's pregnant, yet he's dragging her around everywhere."

But soon Ye Chen stopped worrying about it; he summoned Bai Lingling—perhaps because she had heard his words earlier, she had not appeared in the Gui Wu, and the moment she emerged from the formation she curiously surveyed everything around her.

"Wow, this is your home? It's so beautiful!"

As Bai Lingling was speaking, the turbid eye on Ye Chen's forehead suddenly opened, and Bai Lingling saw it at once.

However, she was not afraid of the turbid eye; on the contrary, she looked at it with curiosity.

"Wow, Brother Ye Chen, you have a third eye on your forehead! How amazing!"

The turbid eye said nothing, merely gazing at Bai Lingling.

At that moment, Bai Lingling poked the turbid eye; seeing this, Ye Chen's heart leapt—knowing that the turbid eye was the world's first eye, he himself would never dare do such a thing, and now Bai Lingling doing so made him fear the eye would emit a blinding light that would annihilate her.

However, the turbid eye did not do that; at the same time, its voice sounded in Ye Chen's mind.

"She bears the mark of nine lifetimes of reincarnation, but this lifetime an accident occurred, bringing her to this hard‑to‑cultivate world; otherwise, don't let her young age fool you—if she had been born in a cultivation world, she would now be at least a Nascent Soul expert."

After hearing the turbid eye's words, Ye Chen inwardly shouted, "Holy shit!"

Hunyan, quickly tell me, this is fake!

It's not fake at all; this is her terrifying talent and strength. Speaking of which, you little brat really are surrounded by monsters!

Hunyan's tone was somewhat emotional; whether it was Ye Chen's unborn sister, or the Bai Lingling before its eyes, no matter where they were placed, they were all monsters among monsters.