I Just Wanted To Live but I Somehow Became Better Than the Protagonist

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“Full force!? What if I kill you…” Ye Mao didn’t know what had gotten into Ye Yong, was he not self-aware?

There was an uncrossable chasm between mortals and cultivators! If he used full force, he wouldn’t even leave any dregs.

“Then I can only blame myself for not being skilled enough. Everyone present will testify for me, they definitely won’t let the elders blame you.”

The bootlickers were also puzzled by Ye Yong’s words and actions. Ye Mao cast a glance at them, and they could only nod.

Of course, Ye Mao didn’t dare kill Ye Yong, after all they were of the same clan, and he was his younger cousin. He had originally planned to give Ye Yong a black eye with his fist wind, but now his goal was to cripple Ye Yong’s hand: “Alright, stop talking, I have my own plans.”

“If you hold back, don’t blame me for not reminding you that you will suffer.” Ye Yong revealed a hint of a smile.

“Mere mortal.” Ye Mao also revealed a hint of a sneer, and immediately threw a punch at Ye Yong.

He didn’t use any martial arts or spirit arts, relying entirely on his own physique that had been strengthened by the spirit energy of a cultivator.

After Ye Mao threw his punch, Ye Yong slowly raised his fist.

The two fists met.

“Ow!!!” A miserable cry rang out.

The bootlickers only saw the mortal Ye Yong, who should have been sent flying, still standing in place. On the other hand, it was the Foundation Establishment 6th Layer Young Master Ye Mao who was squatting on the ground clutching his fist.

“What’s going on?” The bootlickers looked at each other in dismay.

Ye Yong admitted that he was starting to like this feeling of pretending to be awesome, and said smugly: “I told you not to listen, do you want to continue?”

“Of course I’ll continue!” Ye Mao’s hand was in pain, he felt that he had been careless. Ye Yong was actually not a cripple, he had only self-crippled his cultivation, the body he had trained before was still there, and his physical strength was still present. Ye Mao switched hands, this time he planned to use his spirit energy, and unleash about 20% of his strength as a cultivator.

20% of his strength shouldn’t kill Ye Yong, at most it would give him internal injuries. He could just give him some healing pills then.

Ye Mao threw a punch.

Ye Yong still raised his fist slowly.

“Ah!!!” Another miserable cry, and he was clutching his fist and squatting on the ground again: “This is impossible! Didn’t you lose your cultivation? Why do you still have such a strong body?”

“Who told you I lost my cultivation? Did you personally check?” Ye Yong shook his head, looking at Ye Mao with pity.

Long ago, Ye Mao had been looked at by ‘Ye Yong’ with this kind of gaze, and he immediately became furious.

He was a man of the Foundation Establishment 6th Layer! Even if you, Ye Yong, had started cultivating again, and were now in the Qi Condensation Stage, you would still have to tremble and kneel before him, a Foundation Establishment 6th Layer!

Ye Mao threw another punch, this time he used 80% of his strength.

However, unlike the previous two times, this time Ye Mao didn’t just squat on the ground, he was directly sent flying and crashed into the surrounding wall.

“Pfft!” Suffering from internal injuries, a line of blood seeped out from the corner of Ye Mao’s mouth. He looked at Ye Yong with shock written all over his face: “Your cultivation hasn’t disappeared! You’re still at Foundation Establishment 7th Layer! Only Foundation Establishment 7th Layer can so easily injure me.”

“Wrong.” Ye Yong shook his head.

“Could it be that you’re already at the 8th Layer?”

Ye Yong continued to shake his head.

“9th Layer?”

Still shaking his head.

“10th Layer? It can’t be that you’ve already reached the Crystallization Stage, right?”

“Not quite.” Ye Yong wouldn’t tell this nobody that he was at Foundation Establishment 11th Layer. Even if he said it, no one would believe him, except for Wu Xue and his doting mother.

“But my grandfather clearly said that he saw that your cultivation was gone…” Ye Mao was unwilling to accept this fact. He had only been the number one genius of the Ye family for a few days? Was he going to have to step down now?

“Sometimes, even old people can make mistakes.” Ye Yong had originally planned to make a grand appearance tomorrow, but he didn’t mind releasing some rumors now, indicating that he actually still had his cultivation.

The most important reason was that Ye Mao, who was only at Foundation Establishment 6th Layer, dared to come to his residence to provoke him.

Tomorrow was the day that Tianluo Sect would open its doors to recruit disciples. As a former genius who had been engaged to Qin Shimeng, Ye Yong naturally had many people who envied him. If any Tom, Dick, or Harry thought he was a mortal and came out to provoke him, it would be very annoying.

If he was going to pretend to be awesome, he might as well do it with those geniuses who were truly talented, instead of wasting his time on nobodies. He didn’t want to be as free as the protagonist Long Tian, fighting and killing with nobodies all the time, pretending to be awesome without any real substance.

“If there’s nothing else, you may leave.” Ye Yong waved his hand. In any case, Ye Mao had only suffered some internal injuries from the recoil just now. He could go back and take some healing pills, and he would be fully recovered by tomorrow, which wouldn’t affect his participation in the Tianluo Sect assessment at all. His parents probably wouldn’t come to him for trouble either.

“Young Master Ye Yong, actually, the reason we came today… was to ask if you need help with your luggage tomorrow!” Those bootlickers were smarter than the other, and seeing that Ye Yong was stronger than Ye Mao, they changed their tune faster than flipping a book, displaying their ability to switch sides with the wind to the extreme.

In any case, they hadn’t said anything to mock Ye Yong just now, at most they had collectively jumped ship to make Ye Mao unhappy.

“Scram, I don’t need your help. Just leave me alone and you’ll be helping me.” Ye Yong really couldn’t understand those young masters and villains. Why did they hang out with a bunch of male lackeys all day ? Was it really that great to have people fawning over you? Wouldn’t it be more pleasant to be with a cute maid or a beautiful swordswoman?

In any case, Ye Yong would never spend all day with a bunch of lackeys, and he didn’t need any lackeys around him.

After Ye Mao and the others left in a huff, Wu Xue came over with a handkerchief and wiped away the nonexistent sweat from Ye Yong’s face. “Young Master, are you hungry? I’ll go get you something to eat.”

Although Ye Yong had already reached the eleventh level of the Foundation Establishment stage and could survive on just absorbing spiritual energy, eating with a cute little maid could improve their relationship.

“Alright.” Ye Yong grabbed her little hand. “But before that…”

Could it be, could it be that he wants to eat me?

Wu Xue was extremely nervous, but also a little happy.

“How’s your cultivation going?” However, Ye Yong asked a question she didn’t want to hear.

“Qi Refining, seventh layer…” Wu Xue lowered her head and answered listlessly.

“Qi Refining, seventh layer in seven days. That’s amazing. Why aren’t you happy at all?” Even Ye Yong was happy, shouldn’t Wu Xue be even happier? After all, she had always yearned to become stronger.

“I am happy.” Wu Xue forced a smile.

“You’ve improved so quickly. I should give you a reward.”

“Re, reward!” Wu Xue suddenly became excited again.

The last time she succeeded in body tempering, the young master kissed her. Now that she could cultivate, what kind of reward would she get?

“Here, this is a yellow-grade, fifth-rank saber. Take it.” Once again, Ye Yong gave Wu Xue a reward that she didn’t want.

Yellow-grade, fifth-rank wasn’t considered very powerful, but most ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators couldn’t afford this level of weapon because it was too expensive. Ye Yong had only spent 10 reversal points to redeem it from the mall. After all, being too expensive was only true for ordinary cultivators, not to say that it was worthless.

Worthless items were sold very cheaply in the system store. Even spirit herbs, as long as they weren’t too old or too rare, only cost a few thousand reversal points. They weren’t even as expensive as a complete set of Heaven- grade heart techniques.

However, spirit herbs and the like were ultimately one-time consumables. Once they were used up, they were gone. Heart techniques and the like could continuously assist in cultivation, so this pricing wasn’t difficult to understand.

It wasn’t that Ye Yong was stingy with Wu Xue. It was just that if he gave her too good of a weapon, she would become a target for others. The weapon was originally meant to protect her, not to cause her trouble.

“Thank you, Young Master.” Wu Xue accepted the saber, her smile tinged with a touch of sadness.