"Robbery!"

Just as Ye Chen was walking home with Li Yan, a man with a masked face jumped out, wielding a fruit knife.

"Ah!" Li Yan covered her mouth, seemingly frightened.

"..." Ye Chen was speechless.

"Hurry up and hand over all your money, watches, jewelry, and anything else valuable!"

"Don't try to stall for time, no one is coming to rescue you, hurry up, I still need to go online after robbing you!"

The masked man waved his fruit knife, shining with a silvery light, menacingly threatening them, feeling quite imposing on his first robbery.

"There's a fool born every year, but this year seems especially plentiful!" Ye Chen felt helpless about this.

"Who are you calling a fool? People have called me that before, but those people ended up dead!"

An ominous aura emerged from the masked man, as Ye Chen's words had insulted him, making him very angry.

Ye Chen was suddenly uncertain; could this person be a master?

"Your words have enraged me; today, I will rob not only your money but also your charm!" The masked man brandished his fruit knife, feeling grandly imposing.

"Now I'm sure you're a real fool, not just pretending!" Ye Chen confirmed the masked man's nature.

"You dare to speak to me like that, believe it or not, I'll kill you!" The masked man shouted angrily.

"With a fruit knife?" Ye Chen scoffed.

"Damn it, do you dare to give me a hundred bucks, and we'll have a one-on-one CF match, see how I turn you into a chrysanthemum!" the masked man bellowed.

"..." Ye Chen's face stiffened.

"Hurry up and give me the money, the team leader is waiting for me to go online for a team battle!" the masked man said anxiously.

"Bang!"

The masked man fell cleanly to the ground, knocked out by a punch from Ye Chen.

"Sorry, I couldn't help myself; you can't join the team battle tonight." Ye Chen sincerely apologized to the masked man.

"What a bizarre flower!" Li Yan earnestly remarked.

...

With a happy expression, Li Yan clung to Ye Chen's arm. All the dramatic incidents along the way made her affection for Ye Chen grow stronger.

Eventually, Ye Chen and Li Yan reached her residence; as expected, Yan Ruyu and Lin Ying were not there, which thrilled Ye Chen.

Ye Chen finally got his wish!

The next day, Li Yan moved into the villa, settling into a room upstairs, just a wall away from Zhang Xinlan's room.

Zhang Xinlan didn't like this new neighbor, and Li Yan, living next to Zhang Xinlan, was also somewhat reluctant.

Because it was too inconvenient.

However, their opinions were overruled by Ye Chen, as it was all good as long as it was convenient for him!

For seven or eight days, Ye Chen lived a comfortable and pleasant life, though he was not idle during those days.

Ye Chen helped the ladies improve their cultivation rapidly, making them stronger and closer to breaking through as martial arts masters.

At the same time, Ye Chen roughly categorized the treasures in the Qiankun Bag.

The weapons, elixirs, oddities, and treasures were all neatly arranged by Ye Chen according to their levels.

However, when Ye Chen was sorting the treasures, filling the entire villa with countless treasures, Zhang Xinlan, Su Binglan, and the others were all stunned, as Ye Chen turned out to be so wealthy!

The treasures Ye Chen moved out could pile up into a small hill, even he himself had no concept of how many treasures there were.

Nevertheless, Su Binglan and the others said that these treasures could probably be exchanged for an empire of wealth, and in terms of assets, he might rival Empress Chu who possessed wealth equal to that of a nation!

This made Ye Chen's confidence inflate boundlessly; he was not the kind of man to live off women—he was wealthy enough to rival nations!

In fact, even if Ye Chen gave up everything, he could still be a regional overlord. After all, his cultivation was there, and besides those Land Gods and the Ten Dragons Taboo, Ye Chen was considered one of the most powerful beings; at this point, he even dared to challenge the Nine Dragons!

Ye Chen gave Su Binglan and the others a small portion of the treasures from the Qiankun Bag, all of which were piled up in the villa's warehouse, serving both as resources for their cultivation and as a supplement to their household expenses.

However, there were still massive amounts of precious treasures piled up in the Qiankun Bag, and Ye Chen wanted to hand these treasures over to Chu Yanran to manage and convert into a large amount of tangible assets, but Empress Chu was far away in the capital, and Ye Chen could not contact her for the time being.

One day, Ye Chen planned to clean up the backyard of the villa, as Su Binglan and the others were progressing rapidly and were about to break through to martial arts masters. Ye Chen wanted them to practice some hand-to-hand combat techniques.

To advance to Grandmaster status merely relying on their joyful cultivation and the aid of Spirit Pills and magical elixirs was far from sufficient.

Every Grandmaster had to endure bloodbaths, struggling in life-and-death situations; otherwise, even if one became a Grandmaster, they would be pathetically weak.

"Ye Chen, if you want to clear the backyard, I can just hire a group of workers, no need for you to do it yourself," Su Binglan said.

The backyard was overgrown and cleaning it thoroughly would definitely take a lot of effort; Su Binglan didn't want Ye Chen to tire himself out, worried that he wouldn't be able to get into bed at night.

"You've really taken good care of me, knowing how to worry about your husband!" Ye Chen said with a smile.

"Hmph, just stop showing off. I'll make a call, and some people can clean it up in a few days!" Su Binglan said.

"It seems you still underestimate my abilities!" Su Binglan smiled helplessly. "Come all of you, I want to show you just how powerful your man really is!"

Ye Chen insisted on cleaning the backyard himself, so he took Su Binglan, Zhang Xinlan, and the others to the villa's backyard, wanting to show them the true capabilities of a martial arts powerhouse.

The villa covered a vast area, and the vast back court of the villa had nearly ten acres left uncultivated.

This was a piece of land previously purchased by Su Binglan, who had invested and developed it, increasing its value by seven or eight times.

The villa's backyard was filled with weeds and groups of small fruit trees; Su Binglan had no plans to use the backyard, so it had been left uncultivated.

Ye Chen wanted the ladies to practice their hand-to-hand combat skills, and this part of the backyard was perfect for that.

However, the backyard was overrun with weeds and clumps of trees, resembling a rustic pleasure garden. To transform the backyard into a training ground, it still needed to be cleared.

Clearing the backyard was no small task. The entire backyard spanned ten acres, not more, not less. Even with a dozen or more workers, it would take seven or eight days to clean up.

Ye Chen taking it upon himself to clean up the backyard was simply asking for trouble.

"Clang!"

Ye Chen opened the rusty iron gate; the land behind the villa had been neglected for so long, some of the weeds had grown taller than a person, quite a frightening sight.

"Ye Chen, maybe we should just forget it, let Binglan hire some workers; it's too much trouble to do it ourselves."

Seeing the endless overgrown grass, Li Yan felt a bit intimidated. Who knew how many snakes, insects, rats, and ants were hidden in those grasses, and what if Ye Chen got hurt?

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