Chapter: 5358

The first thought that flashed through his mind was excitement.

After all, Ye Chen was willing to let him go back to America, which meant he wouldn't want his life or lock him up.

So he asked excitedly, "Can I?"

Ye Chen looked at his excited expression and couldn't help but smile quietly in his heart.

In reality, he was not prepared to kill Hong Changqing either, just using some tricks with Shi Tianzhi, although it's a bit extreme. He could still give the medicine cauldron away, even if unwillingly, and consider it a gamble.

Besides, he had some personal connection with his own grandmother, so if he were to recognize her in the future, it would be awkward if he ended up killing or imprisoning her, let alone confining her to a dog farm.

Moreover, he was now using people at this moment. As an old master who had spent many years in America and had a reputation as "Hong Tian Shifu" in high society, if he could take advantage of the situation, it would be the best.

So, he asked Hong Changqing if he wanted to return to America, which was just a small test, guessing that if Hong Changqing was indeed a smart person, he wouldn't immediately seize the opportunity to return to America at this moment.

It's true.

As soon as Hong Changqing said "Can I?", his heart suddenly felt dejected and wanted to die.

He couldn't help but think in his heart: "What the heck am I doing? I traveled all the way here for Ye Chen, hoping to get a strong spiritual elixir or learn some powerful alchemy from him. Instead, I ended up losing my inherited medicine cauldron and didn't even manage to learn anything. If I just leave like this, isn't it getting more and more disadvantageous?"

But he couldn't say that out loud, only muttering to himself without making sense.

Ye Chen smiled and said: "Alright then, Hong Tian Shifu. Although you voluntarily gave me the medicine cauldron, as for me, I don't like owing favors to others. If not, I can arrange a private plane for you to return to America today afternoon, and you can go ahead and tell my grandmother about it. Just say you have other plans and won't be waiting here."

Hong Changqing knew Ye Chen was not prepared to kill himself, so he suddenly didn't want to leave like that and could only say reluctantly: "Ye Shifu, I won't hide it from you - for many years, I've been focused on seclusion and haven't had time to manage the True Way, and the True Way inside is already exhausted of talent, with nothing much left to pursue, so I..."

He didn't dare say out loud his intention to temporarily stay in Jinling.

Ye Chen saw him hesitating for a long time without getting anywhere, so he smiled and asked: "Don't you mean that there's no point in going back, so you're planning to stay in Jinling for a while?"

Hong Changqing's ears perked up at this, unconsciously clapping his thigh: "Ye Shifu is correct! I'm exactly thinking that way!"

After finishing speaking, he looked nervously at Ye Chen, waiting for Ye Chen's response.

Ye Chen didn't get angry but smiled slightly and said: "Hong Tian Shifu, listen to me explain things - let's see if this makes sense or not."

Hong Changqing hurriedly said: "Please tell me, Ye Shifu!"

Ye Chen nodded his head, continuing: "You see, your purpose in coming to Jinling is nothing more than trying to find out who has refined the Rejuvenation Pill and the Blood-Stoppering Pill. Now that you've already succeeded in finding me, hasn't your purpose for this trip been achieved? Since the purpose has been achieved, why are you still staying here?"

After hearing Ye Chen's unanswerable words, Hong Changqing looked dejectedly at his entire body, his lips trembling and teeth chattering uncontrollably, as if he wanted to start banging them together in his mouth.

Hong Changqing naturally didn't want to leave, but he was completely unsure how to open up to Ye Chen.

He was also afraid that he would take one step too far and Ye Chen would suddenly change his mind, which would be a great loss at that time.

Just then, Ye Chen suddenly changed the subject: "Ah, Hong Tian Shifu, how long have you been stuck in the realm of eight-star martial arts?" JrNovels.com