You are so boring

Tang Waner and Ye Zhiqiu's pretty faces were filled with shock, their beautiful eyes fixed on Long Chen. However, a moment later, the shock on Tang Waner's face vanished, replaced by thick disdain.

"Braggart."

"Eh, how did you know?" Long Chen asked, stunned.

"Pfft."

Seeing Long Chen's expression, Tang Waner could no longer hold back her laughter; it was like peach blossoms in full bloom, exceptionally charming.

Tang Waner lightly struck Long Chen and chided, "Bastard, you aren't allowed to make me laugh. If I laugh too much, I'll get wrinkles."

Though she said that, she was still laughing until her body shook, her voice as melodious as silver bells.

Long Chen looked at Tang Waner, then at Ye Zhiqiu, and said with a look of sudden realization, "No wonder Young Miss Zhiqiu never smiles."

Ye Zhiqiu was stunned for a moment, then looked at Long Chen coldly, "You are so boring."

Long Chen couldn't help but smile awkwardly, "Hehe, just a joke, don't take it so seriously."

Beside them, Tang Waner was already laughing so hard she couldn't straighten her back. Long Chen shrugged, making a helpless expression that implied: She's the one laughing at you, it has nothing to do with me.

After a while, Tang Waner had laughed enough and felt her face aching from the laughter. Rubbing her cheeks with her jade-like hands, she smiled at Long Chen, "I couldn't tell, you look so blockheaded, but you're actually quite humorous."

"Hehe, I have many strengths. How about it? Tempted yet? As the saying goes, it's better to act than to just be tempted."

"I believe that with your Aptitude and talent, as long as you are willing to work hard, sooner or later you will move me. You must strike fast and look cool while doing it."

"This is a fiercely competitive era. As they say, he who strikes first gains the advantage, while he who strikes later suffers. Young people need drive; when you see an Opportunity, don't let it slip by, even if it means killing the wrong one."

Long Chen said with a solemn face, appearing like a respected elder patiently teaching his juniors, his face filled with the radiance of wisdom.

Ye Zhiqiu looked at Long Chen with a strange expression, as if the current Long Chen was vastly different from the one in her impression.

"Hey, can you take your stinky hand away?" Tang Waner said coldly, looking at Long Chen with disdain, her eyes narrowed.

"Ah, I was too immersed in character. Ahem, sorry, it was purely a slip of the hand." Long Chen said with a fawning smile, withdrawing his large hand from Tang Waner's fragrant shoulder.

"Alright, Long Chen, let's split the Profound Spirit Fruit. This is very important to us," Ye Zhiqiu said.

Although Long Chen said he didn't want it earlier, she felt he was mostly joking. Ye Zhiqiu was not someone who didn't understand the severity of the situation; this Profound Spirit Fruit was too precious for her to keep for herself.

"Long Chen, you and Big Sister Zhiqiu should split it. This Profound Spirit Fruit isn't of much use to me anyway."

"The reason I fought for it was because I didn't want that bastard Lei Qianshang to benefit. Besides, Big Sister Zhiqiu and I have formed an offensive and defensive alliance. To be honest, I put in all that effort for your sake as well."

Seeing Long Chen's peculiar expression, Tang Waner hurriedly added, "Hey, hey, don't get the wrong idea. I'm just thinking about the future of a capable subordinate and cultivating a powerful fighter for myself."

"Waner, you are so good to me! How can I repay you? I, Long Chen, am penniless, and the most valuable thing I have is this innocent body. Fine, I will just submit to you," Long Chen said, "choking" with emotion.

"Bastard, are you looking for death?" Tang Waner finally couldn't hold back, her jade-like hand pinching Long Chen's waist tightly.

"Pinch away, pinch away. Anyway, I have already promised myself to you. In life, I am a person of your Young Miss Waner's Family, and in death, I am a dead person of your Young Miss Waner's Family…" Long Chen's Physical Body was extremely tough, and Tang Waner did not excel in strength, so how could she hurt him? He continued to speak with deep affection.

"Pfft."

Long Chen and Tang Waner were slightly stunned because that sound didn't come from either of them. The two hurriedly looked toward Ye Zhiqiu, only to see her covering her face with her jade-like hands, having already turned away.

Ye Zhiqiu could actually laugh? Long Chen and Tang Waner both stopped moving, quietly watching Ye Zhiqiu.

However, when Ye Zhiqiu turned back, her jade-like face had returned to its eternal, unmelting ice. She shook her head and said, "You two are so boring. I will split the Profound Spirit Fruit now."

As she spoke, Ye Zhiqiu opened the jade box, took out a dagger, and prepared to cut the Profound Spirit Fruit.

"Don't!"

Long Chen was startled and stopped smiling, reaching out to block Ye Zhiqiu's action.

"The Profound Spirit Fruit is a wondrous object of heaven and earth and is incompatible with metal. If you cut it with a knife, most of the Profound Spirit Fruit's energy will be lost," Long Chen said seriously.

The two women were shocked. Both of them came from Families with great backgrounds and knew that in the assessment grounds of the Xuantian Branch, there was a Profound Spirit Fruit tree that matured right at the time of the assessment.

This was a tremendous Opportunity. The five monster-level powerhouses had long ago told them that this Profound Spirit Fruit was one of the must-contest Opportunities.

However, the Profound Spirit Fruit was a wondrous object of heaven and earth. People only knew that it had a high probability of allowing Blood Condensation Stage powerhouses to perfectly advance to the Tendon Transformation Stage.

But they were completely unaware of its taboos and other effects, so Ye Zhiqiu had almost made a huge mistake.

Seeing how serious Long Chen was, Ye Zhiqiu was startled. A single Profound Spirit Fruit had almost been ruined by her. She hurriedly put away the dagger in her hand.

"Then what should we do?" Ye Zhiqiu asked.

Long Chen said, "I am not joking with you. My body is a bit special; I don't need the Profound Spirit Fruit. Even if I ate it, it would be a waste, so Young Miss Zhiqiu, you should keep this Profound Spirit Fruit."

Seeing how sincere Long Chen was, Ye Zhiqiu glanced at Tang Waner. Tang Waner smiled, "Sometimes this bad guy's words are credible. Big Sister, you should just accept it."

Ye Zhiqiu nodded, put the Profound Spirit Fruit into her ring, and said gratefully, "Then I thank you both. Zhiqiu will remember this favor."

"Alright, the loot has been divided. Let's find a place to eat grilled fish," Tang Waner said, pulling Ye Zhiqiu along.

Long Chen's eyes widened, and he shook his head, "You two go ahead, I won't go."

"If you don't go, where are we supposed to get grilled fish?" Tang Waner said angrily.

"Are you kidding me? Why is it my fish being eaten, yet you are the one playing the host?" Long Chen was naturally a bit indignant.

"You are my subordinate, so what's yours is mine. Do you want to rebel?" Tang Waner said, her jade-like hands on her slender waist, taking it for granted.

Long Chen: "…"

An hour later, at the end of a mountain valley, the pool water was clear and the stream murmured. On a clean boulder, the aroma of grilled fish drifted through the air.

"Long Chen, you are truly capable. To be able to obtain Qi Ling Fish and Butterfly Jade Honey," Ye Zhiqiu said while eating the grilled fish, offering rare praise.

However, what Long Chen had brought out was ordinary honey mixed with a little Royal Jelly. The taste was just as sweet. If he drank the Royal Jelly directly, he would feel reluctant; that would be too wasteful.

While grilling the fish, Long Chen gave Ye Zhiqiu a thumbs up and said with an admiring face, "Young Miss Zhiqiu is truly reasonable, unlike some people who eat others' food and drink others' drinks without saying a word."

As Long Chen spoke, his eyes glanced at Tang Waner to the side. At this moment, Tang Waner was eating the grilled fish and drinking the Butterfly Jade Honey, her pretty face filled with intoxication.

Tang Waner was in a great mood and pretended not to hear Long Chen's words. She knew Long Chen was deliberately trying to anger her, and if she got angry, she would fall into Long Chen's trap.

"Long Chen, I can understand why Lei Qianshang hates you, but I'm curious, why does Qi Xin act like a mad dog biting you whenever he sees you?" Tang Waner asked, puzzled.

"How can you ask such a childish question? Of course, it's because he's jealous of my good looks," Long Chen said, his mouth stuffed with fish, his words slurred.

"I'm talking to you seriously! Why are you like this?" Tang Waner said, feigning anger.

"You can't blame me. I'm usually quite serious, but whenever I meet you, I can't help myself. I'm very easily influenced," Long Chen said with a helpless face.

"Bastard, you're the one who isn't serious!" How could Tang Waner not tell that Long Chen was insulting her indirectly? She threw the fish bone in her hand at Long Chen.

Long Chen dodged the fish bone with a grin. Seeing that Tang Waner was truly a bit angry, he knew he shouldn't take the joke too far and hurriedly poured another cup of honey for Tang Waner and Ye Zhiqiu.

"The Royal Jelly you are drinking now was obtained with his help." Long Chen recounted exactly how he had "cooperated" with Qi Xin to attack the beehive. In any case, Long Chen had excellent mental fortitude and felt that there was nothing that couldn't be told to others, so he didn't hide anything.

When Long Chen finished, Ye Zhiqiu sighed and shook her head, "This Qi Xin is truly unlucky. How did he end up provoking you?"

Tang Waner was already leaning on Ye Zhiqiu's shoulder without any decorum, laughing until her body shook, feeling as if she could barely catch her breath.

"Long Chen, you are really too… bad," Tang Waner said, panting softly, her pretty face flushed with a flush, adding a different kind of beauty to her.

Only then did Tang Waner and Ye Zhiqiu understand why Qi Xin was so crazy at that time, although he might have been doing it on purpose later.

But before that, him being so angry that his whole body trembled was definitely real; it couldn't be faked. Hearing what Long Chen said, everything became logical. Anyone else would have been angered to death.

Long Chen looked at Tang Waner's face and said maliciously, "Young Miss Waner, if you could say that a bit more coquettishly, I would find it easier to accept."

"Bad Long Chen, you can't even say three sentences seriously before going off-track. I'm ignoring you." Tang Waner turned her head away, deliberately not looking at Long Chen.

Ye Zhiqiu suddenly reminded him, "Long Chen, although your combat power is formidable, your cultivation is only at the Middle Stage of Blood Condensation. You had better be careful."

"Although we made Lei Qianshang and Qi Xin suffer a loss this time, it was not because they were weak, but because they had reservations and dared not use their full strength. You must not be careless."

Although Ye Zhiqiu was cold by nature, she was clearly more steady than Tang Waner. Seeing Long Chen's grinning face, she reminded him.

Long Chen was stunned, "So you mean, you didn't use your full strength?"

"Yes. Although the Profound Spirit Fruit is important, the core trial is even more important. No one wants to get injured at this time because in ten days, the final assessment will take place. Whether we can obtain a core quota depends on this single move," Tang Waner said, no longer angry, her face serious.

Long Chen nodded. No wonder he always felt something was missing. In his mind, monster-level powerhouses shouldn't have only this much combat power.

So they were all focused on the final assessment. If that was the case, it made sense.

Long Chen suddenly said to Tang Waner, "Can you summon your Wind Blade and let me take a close look?"