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

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Just Wanting to Live Well but Surpassing the Protagonist – 71 Unyielding

Before going to the Mission Hall to accept a mission, Ye Yong had to go to the Sword Pavilion Hall first. Going out to test his strength wasn’t a must, but it was necessary to always pay attention to when the Ye Family’s so- and-so came into contact with the protagonist and caused a collision.

Ye Yong had already reviewed the big and small events of the Ye Family’s friction with the protagonist in the novel several times in his mind and memorized the approximate time points.

In the early stages of the novel, the Ye Family was the protagonist’s mortal enemy, but in the middle stages, they had no role at all because they had already been destroyed.

Therefore, Ye Yong set a small goal for himself. No matter what, he had to endure until the timeline of the middle stage. As long as he had no role, the Ye Family should be able to be marginalized and avoid the fate of being extinguished.

Ye Yong was more afraid that the so-called world consciousness would cause trouble, create something out of nothing, and forcibly let the Ye Family get involved with the protagonist.

In any case, when facing the protagonist, Ye Yong was always on high alert and didn’t dare to relax his vigilance for a moment. Because crises often occurred in moments of relaxation.

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As soon as he arrived at the mountain gate, Ye Yong saw Lu Xiaoqiao reading in the guardhouse. Although she was very focused on her reading, she was a Crystallization cultivator after all, so she immediately sensed someone approaching. When she discovered that it was Ye Yong, her expression became somewhat nervous: “Junior Brother Ye, are you going out again?”

“Well, I want to go to the Sword Pavilion Hall first, and then to the Contribution Hall to accept a mission and go out to train.” Ye Yong didn’t need to lie, because with his current level of conspicuousness, it would be known very quickly no matter where he went.

“Junior Brother Ye, please reconsider!” Lu Xiaoqiao, who already had a bad feeling, felt her heart suddenly hang up after listening to him: “You don’t know, those women outside have gone crazy. If it weren’t for Senior Sister Bai and the others guarding the mountain gate yesterday, I’m afraid that our Yinhua Hall’s mountain gate would have been overcrowded!”

“Uh…” Ye Yong was a little speechless. Was it that exaggerated? He had Ni Wai with Little Cutie Wu Xue for a day yesterday, and he had also met quite a few Senior Sisters in the back kitchen, so he didn’ t think about what had happened at the mountain gate at all. Moreover, he felt that in the eyes of other cultivators, he could only be considered an auxiliary.

After all, he hadn’t displayed any combat-type spells to the outside world. He had only displayed musical and painting skills. Moreover, at the beginning, musical and painting skills didn’t have any combat power. At least, they could only be used against enemies at the Golden Core stage.

If one were to say that they coveted his Gathering Spirit Melody, that wouldn’t be enough. Wouldn’t it be better to just take a few more elixir? It wasn’t as if having more spiritual energy could make one level up faster. At the same realm, some people absorbed more while others absorbed less because their physiques were different. One couldn’t generalize.

At this time, Yi Bai and the others also rushed over and persuaded Ye Yong not to go out. They said that they would go and buy whatever he wanted, and that they were also willing to give him contribution points.

“Thank you for your kindness, Senior Sisters, but I appreciate it.” Ye Yong would never become a guy who is waiting to die. He took two steps forward, leaving behind a handsome and lonely figure. He looked into the distance, his voice sonorous and powerful: “If an eagle is bound and unable to spread its wings and embrace the sky, what difference is it from a chicken? If a sapling doesn’t experience wind and rain, how can it grow into a towering tree? I am very grateful for your concern, Senior Sisters, but there are some paths that only I can walk. Senior Sisters cannot help me.”

Ye Yong’s figure was very small under the vast blue sky and white clouds, but in the eyes of the Senior Sisters, he was incomparably tall.

Yi Bai and the others originally wanted to persuade him again, but at this moment, they no longer had that thought: “Since that’s the case, Junior Brother Ye, go ahead. Please pay attention to safety. Oh right, take these. It’s better to be safe than sorry.”

As if they were their own family, the Senior Sisters stuffed their own self-defense treasures into Ye Yong’s hands.

Ye Yong was embarrassed. He was a cultivator, and so were the others. They were all out on missions to gain experience, so why did he feel like he was going to war?

Besides, he remembered the dangerous areas and the areas where powerful forces were active in the novels, so he would definitely avoid them and not cause any trouble.

After some pushing and pulling, Ye Yong accepted a few items, and his senior sisters finally let him go.

After Ye Yong left, Yi Bai said, “Let’s go cultivate.”

“Yes.”

“Okay.”

No one moved.

“Let’s go cultivate.” Yi Bai repeated.

“Yes.”

“Okay.”

Still, no one made a move to leave.

That’s right, there was no way they could rest assured letting Ye Yong go out alone. They planned to follow him secretly. Even if Ye Yong wouldn’t encounter any real danger during the mission, who knew if female cultivators from other halls would follow him and plot against their Junior Brother Ye?

“Wouldn’t it be bad if there were too many people?” Yi Bai frowned.

“How about we draw lots?” Lu Xiao Xiao was the only Crystal Formation cultivator among the senior sisters present. If it came down to strength, she wouldn’t stand a chance.

“That’s fine.” Many senior sisters agreed.

“Draw lots? What a joke.” Yi Bai glanced at everyone present. “Too many people will make it easy to be discovered. One person is enough. If anyone has a problem with that, come fight me.”

As expected, she would use this move!

The other senior sisters had long guessed that this would happen. Yi Bai had broken through to the ninth level of the Golden Core realm a few days ago, and the highest cultivation level among them was only the seventh level. Their cultivation levels were being suppressed , and even if they attacked Yi Bai together, they might not win because Yi Bai was skilled in painting and could use her paintings to defend herself.

“Since my junior sisters have such faith in me, I will definitely live up to your expectations and protect Junior Brother Ye.” After saying that, Yi Bai left happily.

Lu Xiao Xiao and the others could only watch helplessly.

Weakness was a sin.

———

Ye Yong didn’t know what had happened after he left. All he knew was that he had suddenly become a celebrity, and no matter where he went, he attracted a lot of attention.

When he arrived at the Sword Pavilion Hall, the Sword Pavilion Peak was magnificent and much larger than the Echo Peak. The Hidden Sword Peak, where the disciples of the neighboring hall lived, was also ridiculously large. One hall occupied two peaks, so the importance of the Sword Pavilion Hall in the Heavenly Luo Sect could be imagined.

The Sword Pavilion Peak was bustling with activity, and people could enter and leave without being questioned. However, there were still Law Enforcement Hall senior brothers and sisters patrolling the area. Whenever there was a dispute or fight between cultivators, they would immediately intervene and punish the offenders.

When Ye Yong appeared, he attracted the attention of many Sword Pavilion Hall disciples. The Law Enforcement Hall senior brothers and sisters silently approached Ye Yong, ready to intervene at any moment.

Fortunately, there was no chaos. Ye Yong used a sound transmission stone to inform Ye Mao, who was listening to a lecture at the time, but he came over immediately.

“How was it at the Echo Peak?” Ye Mao felt uncomfortable the moment he saw Ye Yong.

He was indeed impressed by Ye Yong’s talent and potential, but in the novel, he was the second most annoying member of the Ye family after ‘Ye Yong’. He was extremely arrogant and believed himself to be the son of destiny. He was unwilling to bow and scrape to the other Ye family juniors like Ye Yong. Besides, he was Ye Yong’s older cousin. What would it be like if he had to bow and scrape to his younger cousin?

In addition, Ye Yong had chosen music and painting, which were relatively weak in combat. Once Ye Mao mastered the Divine Sword, he would become a peerless sword immortal in the future. Wouldn’t it be his era then? If anyone was to blame, it was Ye Yong himself for being stupid. Why would he leave the Sword Pavilion Hall for the Music and Painting Hall just for women?

Initially, when Ye Mao learned that Ye Yong had a Seven-Colored Foundation Establishment, he was truly outdone and couldn’t hold his head up. However, when Ye Yong chose the Music and Painting Hall, he saw a glimmer of hope for himself .

“It was pretty good.” Ye Yong could sense that Ye Mao was even more arrogant than he had been when the assessment had just ended.

Could he really think that just because I chose the Music and Painting Hall, I wouldn’t be good at swordsmanship?