Chapter 23: Theft (Part One)

  The young man bowed again to the old man and said: "Disciple takes leave!"

  Then he turned around and said to Yang Chen and the other two: "Your task is complete, you don't need to stay at the inner gate anymore. I'll send you back now!"

  Yang Chen nodded along with three others and followed the young man outwards.

  All the way, Yang Chen remained silent, his heart had calmed down at this time, no longer having a hint of resentment. He knew that all this couldn't be blamed on others, and now things had turned out like this, the Gathering Spirit Dan had already been rewarded to Zhao Qian, even if he was resentful, the Gathering Spirit Dan would still come back to him.

  "Alright, you all go back and rest! Now the other disciples are still busy in the inner sect, these two days there will only be the three of you here, remember not to cause any trouble!" The young man instructed the three after sending them off.

  He then turned to Zhao Qian and said, "Zhao Qian, take two days to adjust yourself well. When you're in your best state, you can take the Qi Gathering Pill. If nothing unexpected happens, you should be able to refine the Spiritual Energy!"

  Zhao Qian bowed respectfully and said with a smile: "Thank you, brother!"

  The young man smiled and nodded, looked at Yang Chen deeply for a moment, then turned around and walked towards the inner gate.

  Zhao Qian watched as the young man left, then turned to Yang Chen with a manic grin and said: "Yang Chen, I'm telling you, this Gathering Spirit Pill is mine! Haha!"

  Yang Chen seemed to have not heard Zhao Qian's words and didn't even look at him, turning around and walking directly towards his own room.

  Now in Yang Chen's view, Zhao Qian is just a clown, and it's not even worth paying attention to.

  Zhao Qian looked at Yang Chen and didn't even bother to acknowledge him, nor was he angry. Instead, he turned to Wang Rui beside him and said: "Wang Rui, tell me, why hasn't this waste left the Tiandao Gate yet?"

  While speaking, he intentionally raised his tone, just to make Yang Chen hear it.

  In fact, Zhao Qian didn't dare to be so arrogant in front of Yang Chen before. After all, at that time, Yang Chen had left a very strong impression on him in the mountain, and he was afraid that if he spoke coldly to Yang Chen like this normally, it would provoke Yang Chen's anger.

  But now it's different, his brother-in-law Liu Feng personally spoke out, wanting to avenge Yang Chen. With Liu Feng backing him up, he's not afraid of Yang Chen anymore.

  Wang Rui also raised his tone and shouted at Yang Chen: "Right! What's the point of keeping someone like this here? Isn't it a waste of time? Get out of here quickly! Haha!"

  The two of them burst out laughing together...

  Yang Chen's face was calm, he walked step by step towards the front, never looking back. At this moment, he didn't consider the two people behind him as human beings at all, but rather as two wild dogs barking.

  Yang Chen pushed open the door and walked in, as soon as he entered, he saw a white fox, Xiao Xue, standing on the bed with an angry face looking at him.

  Yang Chen smiled slightly, walked to the bed, and held Xiaoxue in his arms, stroking her hair as white as snow, saying: "What's wrong? Why do you look like you're very angry?"

  Xiaoxue snorted in dissatisfaction and said to Yangchen: "Yangchen, why aren't you angry? I heard them mocking you from outside!"

  Yang Chen's pupils contracted, and he said helplessly: "Angry? How can I not be angry? But what's the use of being angry now?"

  Xiao Xue tossed her head and said with a huff: "Yang Chen, I look down on you!"

  Yang Chen sneered: "Don't be in a hurry, don't be in a hurry. The things they are mocking me about now, I have deeply remembered them in my heart. Sooner or later, I will make them pay back double!"

  Xiaoxue listened to Yang Chen's cold voice, turned her head around, puffed out a breath and nodded: "Right, we must make them pay back!"

  Then, as if remembering something, Hei Tong's eyes rolled in their sockets, and Xiao Xue chuckled and continued: "Yang Chen, I just heard him mention the Gathering Spirit Dan. What is that thing?"

  "The Jizhi Dan is a kind of elixir, once we take it, there's a high chance that we can refine the spiritual energy and become an inner disciple! Yang Chen's face turned cold as he continued: "This Jizhi Dan was supposed to be our reward for going to the inner sect this time, but because I had offended someone in the past, they sabotaged me and it ended up being given to Zhao Qian!"

  Xiaoxue nodded thoughtfully and smiled at Yangchen, saying: "Yangchen, I'll go out for a bit now. You wait here for me!"

  As soon as she finished speaking, Xiaoxue didn't wait for Yang Chen to say anything, and with a whoosh, she directly jumped up from Yang Chen's body and ran out of the window.

  Yang Chen was taken aback, hastily got up and ran to the side of the window, looking outside, after a circle did not see Xiaoxue's figure, immediately showed a puzzled expression, muttered: "Where did Xiaoxue go?"

  Then looked around both sides, did not see Xiaoxue's figure, helplessly returned to the bedside and sat down.

  Suddenly, Yang Chen was taken aback, secretly thinking "Oh no", and muttered to himself in shock: "Xiao Xue just asked me about the Jiqi Dan, it can't be that she's gone to steal the Jiqi Dan from Zhao Qian, if so, she'll be in trouble if they find out!"

  Thinking of this, Yang Chen couldn't sit still and paced back and forth in the room, a worried look on his face.

  Time slowly passed by, and Xiao Xue still hadn't returned, Yang Chen's heart was getting more and more worried.

  "No way, I can't wait here, I have to go take a look!"

  After finishing speaking, Yang Chen deeply exhaled and pushed open the door of the room, directly walking outside.

  Yang Chen walked out of his room and directly looked towards Zhao Qian and Wang Rui's room, these two people because of their good relationship, actively requested to live together when dividing the rooms.

  At this glance, Yang Chen was startled, and saw a snow-white fox on the top of Zhao Qian's house. Who else could it be if not Xiaoxue?

  Yang Chen hastily looked around, secretly letting out a sigh of relief. Fortunately, all the other disciples were still working inside the inner gate, even the one in charge of them had been called back to help. Otherwise, if anyone was here, they would have discovered Xiaoxue lying on top of Zhao Qian and Wang Rui's house with just one glance.

  Yang Chen was anxious and didn't know what to do, he couldn't go shout for Xiao Xue now, otherwise Zhao Qian and Wang Rui would definitely find out, and it would not only fail to save Xiao Xue but also bring trouble to it.

  Yang Chen's eyebrows furrowed as he thought constantly about what method could be used to inform Xiao Xue.

  Just then, a creaking door sound came from not far away, Yang Chen was startled and hurriedly looked towards the place where the sound came from, and saw Zhao Qian and Wang Rui walking out of the room with smiles on their faces.