Chen Xinru's invitation

Yu Nian then accepted it.

"By the way, you should all wear these sets yourselves. Don't give them to your pets anymore. Their health is already very high, so there's no need to worry."

Zhu Qiang laughed and said, "Don't worry, Brother Chen, we know! I've been wearing mine the whole time!"

After saying this, the Pharaoh Armor on Zhu Qiang appeared, and a yellow and blue defensive set manifested on him.

It must be said that this Pharaoh defensive set is really quite handsome.

Yu Nian also put on the Wraith defensive set. It was azure blue, interspersed with many white traces, and looked exceptionally beautiful.

This kind of item changes automatically according to the wearer's physique, which is very convenient.

It seems that only Lord-Rank monsters drop defensive sets.

As expected, the higher the monster's Rank, the better the loot it drops.

After throwing the excess loot into the Battle Alliance Warehouse, the six of them, led by Ye Chen, turned and left.

It was already three in the afternoon; this battle had consumed quite a lot of time.

After coming outside, they found that more people had gathered.

Everyone was craning their necks, waiting expectantly.

Seeing the six of them come out, everyone was overjoyed: "Lord Ye Chen is out! It looks like they won!"

"Lord Ye Chen, how did it go? Was the monster killed?"

"Yes, what was the monster's Rank and level?"

Everyone asked, talking over one another.

Just as Zhu Qiang was about to say it was a Level 30 Lord-Rank monster, Ye Chen stopped him.

Ye Chen spoke up: "It was killed. It was a Level 29 Lord-Rank monster with very formidable strength. The six of us joined forces and spent a great deal of effort to kill it. From now on, Green Expo Garden will be safe."

"That's amazing!"

Everyone was overjoyed!

"Lord Ye Chen is awesome!"

"As expected of our leader in the Aggregation Zone! We are so proud of you!"

"Let's see who dares to say our Aggregation Zone is no good from now on!"

"A Level 29 Lord-Rank monster, hunted down just like that! You really are too strong!"

These were all members of loose teams, so it was normal for them to lack insight.

If he had said it was a Level 30 Lord-Rank monster, it would have scared them to death.

Amidst the cheers and excitement of the crowd, the six of them left.

Sure enough, news had already spread in the Monster Chatroom.

"Lord Ye Chen killed that monster, it's safe now!"

"Really? Lord Ye Chen is awesome!"

"Of course it's true! And it was a Level 29 Lord-Rank monster at that!"

"Damn, that's too strong!"

"..."

Zhu Qiang asked curiously: "Brother Chen, why didn't you tell the truth just now?"

Tang Qiu rolled her eyes at Zhu Qiang and said, "What do you know? This is called keeping a low profile. If this news got out, imagine what kind of shock it would cause."

"Exactly, I'm afraid of jealous people. That would be very disadvantageous for us. After all, human hearts are unpredictable!"

Indeed, everyone now knows how strong a Level 30 Lord-Rank monster is. For a team with a maximum level of 28 to hunt a Level 30 Lord-Rank monster—most people wouldn't believe it, but one has to worry about petty people.

Even last time, when hunting Lisandra, in Wang Zhan's eyes, most of the credit went to Xuannv. His respect for Ye Chen was partly due to Ye Chen himself, but more so because he feared Xuannv, as he knew the relationship between Xuannv and Ye Chen was unusual.

Upon arriving in the Safe Zone, Ye Chen said to Yu Nian and the others: "You all go back first, I have something to take care of."

They didn't ask any further questions and headed toward their residence.

After Yu Nian and the others left, Ye Chen picked up his phone and sent a message.

"I've arrived in the Safe Zone."

Not long after, his phone rang.

"I'm on the top floor of our stronghold, come over."

Putting his phone away, Ye Chen headed straight toward the Northern side, heading toward the Tiandao Alliance.

At noon, Chen Ruxin had sent Ye Chen a message saying she had something to discuss with him and wanted to meet in the Safe Zone.

Arriving in front of the Tiandao Alliance headquarters building, the two people at the door immediately made way for Ye Chen.

You might not know anyone here, but you must know Ye Chen!

Ye Chen made his way to the top floor without any obstruction.

Opening the door to the roof, flowers and plants appeared before his eyes.

The layout of the roof here was similar to the previous layout of the Tiandao Alliance, resembling a sky garden.

For some reason, Chen Ruxin had a special fondness for this.

Chen Ruxin was wearing a light blue dress and sitting on a chair. Her flawless face, combined with the light blue dress, made her look like a fairy.

Hearing footsteps, Chen Ruxin looked back and gave Ye Chen a radiant smile: "Come, sit."

Ye Chen looked at the layout of the roof and laughed: "You really have a refined taste, but it is truly beautiful here."

As he spoke, Ye Chen pulled out a chair and sat down beside Chen Ruxin.

"No matter the environment, one must always have a heart that yearns for beauty," Chen Ruxin said with a sweet smile.

Ye Chen nodded, agreeing with Chen Ruxin's statement.

"What's wrong? Why did you suddenly call me here?" Ye Chen asked with a smile.

Chen Ruxin's expression became serious: "I would like to ask you for a favor."

"No problem, what is it? Go ahead," Ye Chen said directly.

Chen Ruxin smiled mischievously: "Aren't you going to ask what it is? Aren't you afraid it might be something bad?"

"I'm not, I trust you!"

"Hehe!" Chen Ruxin laughed and leaned against Ye Chen's shoulder.

"I want you to come with me to the Eighth region."

"Huh? The Eighth region? What's wrong?" Ye Chen asked with some curiosity.

Chen Ruxin sighed: "Sigh, an Elder and five members from my Alliance went to the Eighth region on business. I don't know what happened, but they were imprisoned by the local Alliance. They told me to bring 500,000 gold coins to ransom them. I... I don't dare to go alone, so I wanted you to come with me."

"The Eighth region? What were they doing there?" Ye Chen was even more curious.

Chen Ruxin smiled bitterly: "You know, I used to be a Puppet for Zhang Yun and the others from the Law Enforcement Alliance, and they handed some business over to me. This business involved taking some supplies there to trade for gold coins. The place I took over is H City in the Eighth region, which borders our Z City."

"Hmm? Trading, could it be?" Ye Chen's tone was a bit low.

He didn't want to hear that Chen Ruxin had been involved in those dirty businesses.

Seeing the change in Ye Chen's expression, Chen Ruxin laughed: "Don't worry, it's not what you think. They used to engage in human trafficking, exploitation, and oppression, but I haven't done any of those things. What I do is very legitimate trading, for example, buying some useful loot at a low price—consumables are the most common—as well as some clothing, daily necessities, etc., and transporting them to H City in the Eighth region to trade with the locals and earn the price difference."

"Hmm? Is it profitable?" Ye Chen asked curiously.

"I can earn about 50,000 gold coins per trip."

Ye Chen was stunned; he hadn't expected Chen Ruxin to be so business-savvy.

Seeing Ye Chen's surprised gaze, Chen Ruxin said proudly: "Haha, you didn't expect that, right? I used to be in business before!"

Ye Chen looked at the proud Chen Ruxin and also laughed.