An Unexpected Gain for Elder Yao

"Everyone, I only came here today to borrow a few urgently needed medicinal ingredients. I will definitely repay them twofold someday!"

Xiao Yan cupped his hands and spoke to the surrounding alchemists with remarkable calm.

"Haha, what a joke. Theft is theft. What excuses could there be?"

"We don't even know who you are. How can we trust that you'll return them someday?"

After Xiao Yan said this, the two vice presidents of the Alchemist Association clearly refused to accept it, both opening their mouths to mock him.

"Everyone, I only came here today for some medicinal ingredients. I do not wish to hurt anyone!" Seeing that they refused to make way, Xiao Yan said in a deep voice.

"Hmph, what big words. If you want to hurt people, you'll first have to see whether you have the ability!"

Upon hearing Xiao Yan's words, fury rose on the faces of everyone from the Alchemist Association. The next moment, more than a dozen people attacked Xiao Yan at once.

The weakest among these dozen people possessed the strength of a Da Dou Shi, while the majority were Dou Ling experts. Xiao Yan, meanwhile, was merely a small-time Dou Master. Faced with their combined assault, he almost immediately handed control of his body over to Elder Yao.

The next moment, a massive Black Ruler suddenly appeared in "Xiao Yan's" hand. He then swung it fiercely around himself, and an incomparably powerful force erupted from the Black Ruler, whipping up a violent gale.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

Under this strike from "Xiao Yan," the first three or four people to rush before him were all sent flying back. However, "Xiao Yan" had held back throughout and had not harmed their lives.

Seeing this, the two leading vice presidents exchanged a glance. The next