"What?! You cannot find anything about who brought him!" Hu Ming questioned with a frown.
"Yes, master, I have inquired every inner disciple who was out for recruiting, but none of them have seen him or know where he came from," Hu Ben replied respectfully.
"Okay, go back and keep an eye on him; I want to know everything he does within the sect," Hu Ming instructed with a wave of hand.
Hearing him, Hu Ben nodded, and after exchanging a few more words, he left, leaving only Hu Ming in the room, pondering with a frown.
"Just who brought him into the sect—is it her or…?" He did not say anything further, but his expression became grave.
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"You won't do anything improper, right?" Li Mei asked cautiously, looking at Ye Chen, who sat in front of her.
When the morning came, she got ready and went to eat breakfast, where he suggested he could help her with cultivation, and before she could reply, Zhen Yunqi instantly agreed with this on behalf of her.
Hence, he ended up on her bed with a mischievous smile.
"Xiao Mei, I am your senior brother; so, there is no way I will bully you," he replied, lying through the teeth, before continuing.
"Just pull your clothes a little up, only enough to show your navel; that's all I need," he added with a serious look.
Hearing him Li Mei hesitated a little before revealing her milky white navel to him.
It was smooth without any fat, and in the middle was a cute pink belly button.
Then there was also her delicate and curvy waist, which was in the view.
'She really has a great body!' Ye Chen thought in his heart; however, he was calm as water.
It's not like he didn't have any interest in her, but he had seen many horrors in the war, and because of this, he was quite numb to emotions.
Moreover, he had left the fear of death behind, so there was nothing that could surprise him too much.
Li Mei didn't know this, so when she saw him not reacting, she became stunned.
She had thought he was some kind of pervert who would have nosebleeds as soon as he saw her navel.
But she was wrong, as he didn't even react a little.
'Am I wrong about him, then why does he tease me?' she thought with a puzzled look.
However, Ye Chen didn't care about her reaction and swiftly placed his hand on soft her navel.
"Xiao Mei, now close your eyes and start cultivating," he said, looking at the stunned girl.
Li Mei's cheeks flushed; however, she didn't move his hands away.
Before doing this, he had explained what he needed to do, and she had agreed without any problem.
'Why didn't I reject him?' she thought, feeling pitiful at her decision, before closing her eyes and focusing on the spiritual Qi around her.
She hadn't started cultivating yet, which means she needed to start from the beginning, and Ye Chen was here to help her with this.
So, he didn't hesitate, and with a thought, gathered the spiritual Qi in the room before moving it towards his own palm and sending it inside her body.
If it was anyone else, then they wouldn't be able to do this because they don't have control over the spiritual Qi that doesn't belong to them.
Only Ye Chen, who was a spiritual mountain, could do this.
As the spiritual Qi entered Li Mei's body, she quickly focused directing it along the path she had learned.
However, it took a long time for her to do this. Even with the help of him, it took her a long time to complete one cycle.
Watching this, Ye Chen couldn't help but frown.
'Isn't this too slow?' He muttered in his heart as it took fifteen minutes for her to do this, which meant she needed two and a half hours to complete ten cycles.
However, what he does not know is that Li Mei was shocked because the speed was too fast for her.
Zhen Yunqi had taught her the basics and informed her that to complete one cycle she would need half hour to one hour.
Although the speed of this varied depending on the talent, the grade of cultivation technique also played an important role here. The higher the grade, the greater the speed of cultivating, even if they have low talent.
Ye Chen's cultivation technique was divine grade; moreover, he has a good talent, and he was a mountain spirit. Because of this, he was able to enter the first stage for Qi gathering in just fifteen minutes.
There were also people who would get epiphany, and their process would be as fast as his, but they were too rare.
Zhen Yunqi thought he had achieved an epiphany or used some kind of other way when she saw his cultivation.
However, she didn't inquire, since in this world, asking for a secret meant asking to take their clothes off.
Just like this, two and a half hours passed, and Li Mei successfully reached the first stage of Qi Gathering.
Her whole body was sweating as if she had gone on intense exercise.
"Thank you," she expressed her grateful expression.
If not for his help, it would have even taken a long time, which was more tiring for her.
However, Ye Chen didn't appreciate her thanks.
"Xiao Mei, you should thank me by dual cultivating with me, not like this," he said with a dissatisfied look.
"Humph, rascal, I won't," Li Mei replied instantly with a blushing face.
'He is not a good person,' she thought as she destroyed the good image of him that he built by helping her.
"Okay, jokes aside, focus on consolidating your stage now. You won't need my personal help with this, but I will make spiritual Qi denser in the room, which will help you," Ye Chen said, ruffling her hair softly.
Li Mei could only glare at him with a resentful look before agreeing with a nod.
It was not like she hated him; it was just her first time being close with any man; moreover, he was handsome beyond words and teased her always giving a hard time.
However, slowly she felt more or less relived around him, especially after witnessing how calm he was and didn't try to do anything inappropriate.
'Kek! Finally letting down guard,' Ye Chen chuckled in his heart as he felt changes in her reaction; however, he didn't have any improper thoughts.
He was quite fond of this girl and really liked to have her by his side, so it was a good thing that she was changing her view towards him even though it was only a little.
After this, he said a few more words and left. He would really like to stay here and annoy her, but there were two books waiting for him to read.