Li Xiang found the reason.

  After pondering for a long time, he decided to wait outside for Ye Chen to come out.

  He had no other intentions, nor did he want to threaten Ye Chen.

  Unlike Earth, where there is order and everyone is protected by w, threats often have no serious consequences. At most, both parties might get into a fight, but it rarely results in serious harm.

  However, the order in the cultivation world is pathetically fragile. Every day, countless cultivators meet untimely deaths. Therefore, most cultivators treat others with courtesy. If you threaten someone, who knows if they will hold a grudge? Will they wish to kill you? Will they constantly think about how to kill you? Or will they, out of fear, kill you the moment they break through?

  To get into a conflict with a cultivator over such a trivial matter and become mortal enemies is truly foolish.

  So Li Xiang was waiting for Ye Chen to come out, simply to advise him to stop being a lick spirit.

  If you like a female cultivator, can't you pursue her normally?

  Damn it, do you have a problem with your brain, giving away cultivation resources without a care?

  But we don't have a problem with our brains!

  Who wants to compete with you like this?

  Of course, Li Xiang wouldn't speak so bluntly; it would be too offensive.

  So he politely said, "Fellow Daoist Ye, cultivating is not easy. If you fall behind at thirty without reaching Foundation Establishment, it's unlikely you'll ever make it in this lifetime."

  "Fellow Daoist Ye, you're from the Ye family, and our Li family is simir, both small Qi Refining families."

  "Though we may not be the best, we are better than many."

  "The resources we possess are already enough to make countless rogue cultivators envious."

  "So I think what we should do is use our resources wisely for cultivation. If one day we break through to Foundation Establishment, transforming like a carp into a dragon, then what female cultivator wouldn't be avaible?"

  "For example, Senior Li behind the Silver Moon Market, at sixty, has eighteen Dao companions, all shapes and sizes, and some don't even get a second turn."

  "What does this show? Strength is everything."

  "Fellow Daoist Ye, giving precious resources to female cultivators, do you think they will be grateful? In reality, once they break through, they'll just leave you."

  "After all, look at the female cultivators in the cultivation world; which of their Dao companions isn't stronger than them?"

  "In the cultivation world, strength is fundamental; female cultivators don't look up to men weaker than themselves."

  "So, fellow Daoist, keep the resources for yourself, don't give them away!"

  "As long as you become stronger, maybe even Lin Ke'er will come back to you..."

  "And if one day you reach Foundation Establishment, Lin Ke'er will probably regret it deeply."

  Li Xiang's words were sincere.

  He wasn't joking; he was genuinely frustrated with Ye Chen's ck of progress.

  Being a man like Ye Chen, a lick spirit, he even felt embarrassed.

  So he truly hoped Ye Chen would come to his senses.

  Li Xiang continued, "I admit I have feelings for Lu Jing. But I'm not saying this to stop you from pursuing Lu Jing..."

  "I just hope you restrain yourself and don't use gifts to chase women."

  "This way, you're destined to end up with nothing."

  ...

  Hearing this, Ye Chen finally understood.

  This rival wasn't here to threaten him.

  Instead, he was here to advise him to stop being a lick spirit.

  This...

  Why does it feel a bit touching?

  Li Xiang was like those forum brothers from his past life, angrily scolding lick spirits, hoping they would come to their senses.

  Ye Chen could feel the goodwill from the other party.

  Ye Chen, of course, understood that being a lick spirit would only harm himself, leaving him with nothing.

  It might even infte the market price.

  After all, female cultivators have a tendency to compare.

  If someone else's Dao companion gives her such expensive gifts, why shouldn't I get them? Am I not worthy?

  If you don't give, it means you don't love me.

  Thus, a trend of comparison forms, ultimately harming all male cultivators.

  Ye Chen also understood that resources were for female cultivators to see, not to use.

  Keeping them for himself and becoming stronger would make it easier to find a Dao companion.

  But the problem was, Ye Chen wasn't really a lick spirit.

  Ye Chen was just completing the system's tasks, making investments.

  But this was something he couldn't expin to the outside world.

  As for licking?

  It was definitely necessary.

  So, to maintain his persona, Ye Chen firmly shook his head, "Shallow, vulgar. What you said isn't love at all."

  "You don't understand what it means to truly love someone!"

  Li Xiang initially thought he had expined things clearly enough.

  Maybe Ye Chen would come to his senses.

  But in the blink of an eye, Ye Chen came up with such a response?

  Love?

  What love?

  If you truly loved, would you switch targets the moment you got dumped?

  Li Xiang felt Ye Chen's brain was broken, his thinking fwed.

  And Ye Chen continued, "You don't understand, truly loving someone means giving your all without expecting anything in return."

  "Whether you win them over or not doesn't matter, as long as you see them happy."

  "In true love, there's no calcution."

  "Although I gave her gifts, in my eyes, the smile she shows when receiving them is the real treasure..."

  "You really disappoint me..."

  "You clearly love Lu Jing, yet you're unwilling to let her have a better life, better resources, and instead, you come to advise me not to give."

  "What does this show? You don't love her; you're just lusting after her, trying to get her through tricks."

  "You're not even my rival..."

  "Because you don't understand what true love is!"

  "If you truly loved her, you'd be like me, giving her all sorts of things, letting her live the life she wants."

  After speaking, Ye Chen turned and left.

  With an air of disdain for associating with someone like him.

  As Ye Chen spoke, many passing cultivators were drawn over.

  Even the street girls took a break to watch the commotion.

  Ye Chen's words undoubtedly challenged their worldview.

  But it also confirmed Ye Chen's identity.

  Lick spirits in the cultivation world are rare creatures.

  In the Silver Moon Market, Ye Chen was the only one.

  No one expected to see him in person today.

  Male cultivators only wondered if Ye Chen had a problem with his brain.

  How could he say such outrageous things?

  While female cultivators and the street girls looked at Ye Chen with shining eyes.

  They also wanted such selfless love.

  Men like Ye Chen were the standard for a Dao companion.

  And Li Xiang himself, watching Ye Chen's back, was utterly bewildered.

  He was genuinely stunned.

  He had come to advise Ye Chen not to be a lick spirit.

  But in the blink of an eye, he was the one being lectured by Ye Chen?

  The most important thing was, when Ye Chen first spoke, he almost felt it made sense.

  But then he snapped back to reality.

  What sense?

  One-sided delusion of true love?

  It's simply a brain problem.

  Thinking he almost got brainwashed by a lick spirit, Li Xiang felt a chill.

  At this moment, Li Xiang just wanted to say, "Lick spirits are truly something else!"

  CPDD