As soon as Chen Yue walked out of the Emerald Tower, his face became solemn, without the slightest expression on his whole face, which made people feel a chill just by looking at him.

  Along the way, he encountered quite a few apostles. From a distance, they were pointing at Chen Yue, but Chen Yue just pretended not to see them and didn't pay any attention.

  In this past month, he had become famous. Among the first-rank apostles, Chen Yue's name was known to everyone.

  It wasn't that what had happened to Chen Yue at the Crescent Island Training Base had been disclosed. In fact, whether it was Venia or the side of Kles Nuo, they were all very secretive about what had happened at the training base. Moreover, since West and others hadn't returned to the Capital of Freedom, very few people knew about his experience in the Purgatory difficulty.

  However, the battle in which he defeated Kina within ten seconds had become known to everyone in the Apostle Association after Will and others returned to the Capital of Freedom. Even a small number of noble and powerful people and professionals with high status in the Capital of Freedom had learned that an exceptionally outstanding first-rank apostle had emerged in the Apostle Association and had a bit of an impression of the unfamiliar name Chen Yue.

  You should know that Kina's strength was not low. He was above average among the first-rank apostles. To defeat him within ten seconds, even some second-rank apostles wouldn't dare to boast like that.

  Although such an exaggerated battle record was due to a surprise attack, outsiders didn't know the whole story completely. Moreover, after Will and others learned Chen Yue's identity, they didn't dare to offend him anymore. Instead of smearing him, they exaggerated it in a disguised way.

  As a result, as the rumor spread, somehow it became a rumor that Chen Yue was invincible among his peers of the same rank, which was quite intimidating.

  This, however, aroused the dissatisfaction of some people. It was said that someone already wanted to challenge Chen Yue.

  Naturally, these "some people" were all outstanding among the first-rank apostles.

  Hearing these rumors, Chen Yue also had a bit of a headache. Although he wasn't afraid of challenges, he didn't want to be distracted at this critical moment. Even if he really had to fight, he hoped that he could settle it with one battle, stifle all doubts, and establish his prestige. As for ordinary challenges, he wasn't interested.

  "Hi, Chen Yue, wait for me." After just a few steps, a young man about the same age as Chen Yue ran over and greeted from a distance.

  "Mo Ye, what's the matter?" Chen Yue stopped and waited for him. This young man could barely be considered a friend.

  Mo Ye familiarly put his arm around Chen Yue's shoulder and said with a grin, "I say, why do you keep a straight face and act so cool all day long? Cultivating and cultivating, be careful that you become stupid from too much cultivation. Come on, I'll take you out to have fun tonight."

  Both of them were disciples under Venia. Besides, Mo Ye was warm-hearted, generous, and good at making friends, so they easily became friends. However, whether they could become true friends could only be tested by time.

  "Forget it." Chen Yue declined his enthusiastic invitation.

  But Mo Ye wouldn't give up and kept pestering him, refusing to leave.

  "Lord Chen Yue." Suddenly, a familiar female voice sounded weakly not far away.

  Turning his head to look, it turned out to be an acquaintance, Aina, a follower of Venia and the receptionist in the front hall of the Apostle Association. At this time, she was standing in the distance, looking at them a bit timidly.

  "Aina, why are you standing so far away? Come here if you have something to say." Chen Yue reached out and pushed away Mo Ye's hand on his shoulder, smiling.

  He was secretly smiling bitterly in his heart. Of course, he knew the reason for Aina's behavior. She was scared by his cold face.

  However, the reason why he put on such an expression wasn't what Mo Ye said about acting cool. It was to paralysis Kles Nuo. As one of the three deacons, it would be unreasonable to say that there were no his spies in such a large association. The reason why Chen Yue always had a straight face when going in and out was just to convey the message that he was unable to break through, hoping it would have some effect.

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  Seeing Chen Yue showing a smile, Aina looked a bit more relaxed and said respectfully, "Lord Chen Yue, someone came to the association to look for you. Hearing that you were cultivating, they left. But she said she would come again tomorrow and left an address for me to pass on to you."

  Speaking of this, a hint of ambiguity appeared on Aina's face as she handed over a piece of paper.

  "Someone is looking for me?" Chen Yue took the piece of paper with some confusion and unfolded it. There was a line of delicate small characters written on it. Just from the appearance of the characters, it gave people a very good impression.

  However, the problem was that these characters knew Chen Yue, but Chen Yue didn't recognize them...

  "Ahem." Chen Yue coughed awkwardly a few times and handed the piece of paper back to Aina: "Well, I'm too tired from cultivation and my eyes are a bit blurry. Uh, Aina, could you please read it for me."

  Aina gave Chen Yue a somewhat suspicious look and took it as he said. Naturally, she wouldn't suspect that Chen Yue actually couldn't recognize a single character from another world...

  "Brother Chen Yue, I'm staying at my sister's place. Come and find me quickly, or else, humph." Aina actually imitated the last two words vividly, which made Chen Yue a bit distracted for a moment.

  Seeing that Chen Yue's expression was a bit unusual, Aina thought she had caused trouble and quickly explained, "Uh, my lord, I'm just reading it as it is. I didn't add the words at the back. Well, the signature here is..."

  "Is it Ling Yue'er?" Chen Yue smiled. As soon as he heard these words read by Aina, he seemed to see a young girl waving her small fists with a cute and innocent look on her face.

  Remembering all kinds of things about the girl in the past, unconsciously, his heart was filled with warmth.

  Calculating carefully, it had been more than two months since they parted in Qiya City. Their caravan should have arrived at the Capital of Freedom by now. Remembering that he had promised to pick her up when he arrived at the Capital of Freedom, he really felt terrible. Once he got busy, he had actually forgotten about this matter.

  No wonder he had been feeling restless today. Seeing that he didn't go to pick her up and that she came to look for him but he was cultivating, the little girl must be angry...

  "This Ling Yue'er must be very beautiful, right?" Mo Ye came up: "Seeing your lovesick look, I know she must be a little beauty."

  Seeing that Chen Yue ignored him, he turned to Aina: "Aina, tell me."

  Aina peeked Chen Yue at a glance，her face blushing and she didn't dare to answer.

  "I understand. You go to find your old flame. I'll look for you next time." Mo Ye patted Chen Yue's shoulder generously and walked away with his head held high.

  Chen Yue wished he could kick him to death. He only breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Mo Ye had gone far away and asked, "Aina, did you read the address on it?"

  "Because the person who accompanied Miss Ling Yue'er was my classmate, that is, Miss Ling Yue'er's sister, Ling Zhu'er. Since I know where they live, there was no need to leave the address." Facing Chen Yue's confusion, Aina said respectfully.

  Chen Yue suddenly understood.

  ...

  Looking at the sky, it was still early. Thinking about it, it was lucky that he didn't keep busy until dark as usual today. Otherwise, if he had made Miss Ling Yue'er wait in vain for a whole day, he didn't know how she would punish him.

  Aina was a student of the Aoke Academy. The Aoke Academy was the largest institution of higher learning in the Capital of Freedom and was among the top ones even in the whole Tianye Empire. It was located in the Fifth District of the Capital of Freedom, quite a distance from the Third District where the Apostle Association was located.

  The two of them stopped a carriage by the roadside and headed for the Aoke Academy.

  The Fourth District was the largest trade market in the Capital of Freedom. When passing by, Chen Yue asked the carriage to stop. After instructing the coachman to wait, Chen Yue calmly started strolling around the market.

  Aina was full of questions, but since Chen Yue didn't say anything, she didn't dare to ask.

  Strangely enough, Chen Yue didn't seem to have a specific target. Whether it was weapon shops, jewelry shops, clothing shops, treasure shops, etc., he didn't stop at any of them. In a blink of an eye, after strolling through most of the market, the two of them still had empty hands and didn't buy a single thing.

  "Aina, tell me, if I want to apologize to a girl, what kind of gift should I give?" After walking around for a long time and not knowing what to buy, Chen Yue frowned and could only turn to Aina, who was also a girl, for help.

  Aina then understood what was going on and secretly laughed in her heart, but of course, she didn't dare to show it: "My lord, is Miss Ling Yue'er your lover?"

  "Lover?" Chen Yue was stunned when he heard this. He had never thought about such a question. It wasn't that he was ungrateful. Perhaps Ling Yue'er was a bit young, which made him unconsciously not think in this direction.

  However, thinking about the harmonious and intimate relationship between the two of them and the warm feeling in the silence, even if they were lovers, it would be just like this.

  "Why do you ask?"

  "If you and Miss Ling Yue'er are really lovers, then whether the gift is precious or not doesn't matter." Aina said respectfully. While speaking, she also secretly looked at Chen Yue. Seeing that he didn't have any unhappy expression, she continued, "Between lovers, what matters is whether the other person has you in their heart. As long as it's sincere, even a branch is more precious than a pearl. In my hometown, there is a saying: 'Only buy the right thing, not the expensive one'."

  "Only buy the right thing, not the expensive one." Chen Yue murmured and was silent for a moment: "You're right."

  While talking, Chen Yue stopped in front of a shop. His eyes swept over the goods and suddenly fixed on something: "This is it."