Affect others?
Ye Fei listened to Wu Xia's words and smiled silently, preparing to turn and leave.
Wu Xia had her own way of life, and Ye Fei had his.
Getting angry over Wu Xia's couple of remarks, with Ye Fei's current Foundation Establishment Stage cultivation, seemed unworthy.
Moreover, since their conversation was incompatible, Ye Fei naturally chose to ignore her.
"You're like a rock in a latrine—stinky and stubborn!"
Seeing Ye Fei ignore her, Wu Xia didn't mind.
After all, this wasn't the first or second time. She still continued, "Oh by the way, stop pestering Meng Ying. You can't give her happiness, so it's better to let go early and not ruin a good girl like her!"
Good girl?
Ye Fei laughed out loud immediately.
Collaborating with Bai Meng to harm him, greedy for vanity—Meng Ying, a good girl?
But these things, even if spoken aloud, Wu Xia likely wouldn't believe.
Of course, Ye Fei didn't want to say much more. Meng Ying had already received the punishment she deserved, and that was enough.
So Ye Fei said indifferently, "My own matters, I know how to handle them myself. Thanks for your concern."
"You... What kind of attitude is that?"
Wu Xia looked at the indifferent Ye Fei and secretly cursed him for being ungrateful, then coldly snorted, "Don't forget, you're still living in my family's house right now, so watch your tone when speaking to me!"
"I'll move out in the next two days!"
Ye Fei continued in a calm tone, turning around to leave, leaving Wu Xia alone stamping her feet in anger...
Night fell.
Ye Fei finished tidying up the room that had been ransacked by Black Tiger Hall, finally sitting cross-legged to begin cultivation.
He had now reached the Foundation Establishment Stage.
According to the old man he met today, this was the Innate Martial King Realm!
Therefore, his need for food had significantly reduced!
The most urgent priority now was to seize every moment for cultivation—after all, Ye Fei still had great youth ahead of him, and if he wanted to avoid death, he had to reach the Nascent Soul Stage within ten years.
He cultivated for three days and nights.
But Ye Fei discovered that his power improvement was negligible; even with the Spirit Gathering Array set up, the spiritual energy absorbed wasn't enough to fill the gaps between his teeth.
Compared to the boost he got from swallowing souls on Qingyun Mountain that day, the gap was incomparable.
"It seems that normal cultivation—forget ten years—even ten thousand years wouldn't get me to the Nascent Soul Stage! Now there are only two options: one is to find a place like Qingyun Mountain and devour soul bodies; the other is to refine pills and consume them!"
However, grave sites like Qingyun Mountain, Yuntai only had that one, and it had been completely depleted by his actions that day.
Pills also couldn't be refined out of thin air; many valuable medicinal herbs were required, and these herbs all cost money!
Thinking about money, Ye Fei couldn't help but feel a headache.
Although becoming a Cultivator gave him power he'd never had before, Ye Fei knew this couldn't instantly make him rich.
After all, there were plenty of people with skills who still lived dirt poor.
He couldn't possibly use his Foundation Establishment Stage strength to rob a bank, right?
Even as a Cultivator, Ye Fei couldn't bring himself to do such things.
Ye Fei furrowed his brows and thought long and hard but came up with nothing. He eventually stopped cultivating, slowly getting up, and walked outside.
Cultivation required money, and so did finding a new home!
Since deciding to follow the path of cultivation, Ye Fei had been planning to find a place to live—after all, cultivation demanded absolute silence and safety.
Ye Fei didn't want to be disturbed while cultivating and end up going berserk, and whether devouring soul bodies or refining pills, anomalies would appear, which made the bustling city quite unsuitable.
So Wu Xia's remarks today were merely a catalyst!
"Sigh… I'll first go to Uncle Fang's place to see if there's any work available! Might as well settle the wages from my previous part-time jobs—they should cover the rent, right?"
Thinking this, Ye Fei quickened his pace. In no time, he arrived at Fang Snack Shop nearby, where he had worked part-time during summer vacation.
Inside, everything was bustling. A middle-aged man saw Ye Fei and immediately laughed, "Well, if it isn't Xiao Fei! You've been gone for a while now!"
"Uncle Fang, sorry about that, I've been caught up with a few things lately!" Ye Fei replied with a smile.
"No need to apologize, kid. You're a college student—studying is more important. By the way, I haven't paid you for your part-time work last month!"
Uncle Fang spoke as he went to retrieve the money.
But Ye Fei smiled and said, "No rush, Uncle Fang. Is there any work that needs doing right now? I'll help you first!"
"You're a diligent one, huh? But you need to take your money first!"
Uncle Fang handed a stack of cash to Ye Fei, then grinned, "Haha, now that I've given you your wages, I feel at ease. Oh, there's a delivery that needs to go out—mind helping with it?"
"Sure! No problem!" After accepting the cash, Ye Fei quickly took the food box and address from Uncle Fang and left the snack shop.
With Ye Fei's Foundation Establishment Stage strength, delivering food was extraordinarily quick—even faster than riding a bike.
So he reached the destination in no time.
However, as Ye Fei was heading back and passing by a corner, a young woman suddenly rushed out and collided directly into him.
"Ouch! That hurts!"
The woman murmured in pain, but immediately hid behind Ye Fei.
"Help… Please save me! Bad people are chasing me!" she said timidly.
Bad people?
Ye Fei, hearing this, looked ahead. A group of thuggish men had emerged from the same corner, matching the woman's claim.
"Little girl, you bumped into me and now you think you can escape? Let's see where you run!"
The leader, a man with dyed yellow hair, smirked sinisterly.
"It's him! I accidentally bumped into him earlier, and now he wants to grab me… and… and he wants me to…"
The woman shivered as she spoke, unable to finish her sentence. But it was clear what the unspoken part implied.
Before Ye Fei could respond, the yellow-haired man immediately laughed, "Hey kid, you've got guts, trying to play hero against Black Tiger Hall? Let me tell you—you'll end up worse than a hero, a total fool. Get the hell out of my way!"
With that, he smirked sinisterly and reached out, ready to grab the woman's arm.
The woman saw this and stepped back in despair, but she was already backed against a wall in this corner. There was nowhere to escape.
The yellow-haired man was about to succeed while his lackeys behind him cheered, whistling.
"Come here, girl!"
Slap!
Suddenly, a hand grabbed his wrist. Ye Fei's icy voice sounded, "You're from Black Tiger Hall?"