The Mantis Stalks the Cicada

After leaving the Black Seal Auction, Xiao Yan looked at the large sum of money in his hand and then went to the Thousand Medicine Pavilion.

When he came out again, his original million-plus Gold Coins were now reduced to just tens of thousands of pocket money...

Playing with the Purple Gold Card in his hand, Xiao Yan couldn't help but smile bitterly. He hadn't expected that after all this time, he was still penniless.

However, with the support of this batch of medicinal herbs, he can refine a lot of pills to improve his strength, and then auction off the rest, which will bring him a large sum of money.

This demonstrates the immense wealth-generating ability of alchemists. They may not be wealthy at the beginning, but once their level increases, they will always have more money than they can spend!

"Be careful, someone is following you. I think it's probably someone from the Eight Gates."

Just as Xiao Yan turned a street corner, Old Yao's calm voice suddenly rang in his mind.

Xiao Yan paused slightly before continuing his unhurried pace, thinking to himself, "As expected of the Black Corner Region. They're already making their move before even leaving the city. Aren't they afraid that if word gets out, no one will dare to participate in this damn Auction anymore?"

"There's nothing we can do. There aren't many forces in the Black Corner Region that have the power to hold this kind of Auction, after all, it's just too chaotic here." Old Yao laughed. "But for now, you don't need to worry about them. We don't need to have too much conflict with them right now."

"Um."

Xiao Yan nodded slightly.

Because of Old Yao's presence, Xiao Yan was not afraid of these small fry at all. If he wanted to, they wouldn't even be able to touch his shadow.

However, this incident did stir up some thoughts in Xiao Yan's mind.

"Teacher, there were quite a few good items at Auction... Do you think someone might try to ambush those who got them?"

When Xiao Yan was taking his own money at the auction house earlier, he casually asked which faction had obtained the Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill.

Xiao Yan originally thought the other party would keep it a secret, but the steward told him without any hesitation, which left Xiao Yan speechless for a long time.

Given their complete lack of confidentiality towards their customers, I bet everyone in those organizations that managed to snag the best items knows about it by now.

Given the nature of these people in the Black Corner Region, Xiao Yan didn't think they would get along peacefully.

Upon hearing Xiao Yan's question, Old Yao immediately guessed his disciple's ulterior motives. After a moment's thought, he asked, "You mean... you want the snipe and the clam to fight, while the fisherman benefits?"

Xiao Yan chuckled, a hint of cunning in his voice, "No! What I mean is, the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind!"

"Isn't this the same thing!" Old Yao said irritably.

Xiao Yan raised an eyebrow and chuckled, "Hehe, teacher, don't you know that after the oriole, there's always the hunter?"

A momentarily speechless, the Old Yao burst into laughter, "So, you want to be a hunter, huh..."

He underestimated his disciple's thoughts.

However, being a hunter in the shadows would be quite nice...

"Alright! Little guy, now go and find out where the Blood Sect, Black Skull Tomb, and Heavenly Snake Mansion people live... These three families are the biggest winners in this Auction, and there will definitely be countless eyes watching them. We'll find an opportunity to see which prey is more suitable to make a move...!"

The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind... The oriole is unaware that a hunter is poised to shoot from behind, but little does the hunter know that a hungry tiger and a dragon lurk in the darkness behind him...

After the Auction ended that day, Fan Ling, the young master of the Blood Sect, and his group did not leave Black Seal City immediately. Instead, after resting for a night, they swaggered out of the hotel around noon the next day and rushed out of Black Seal City.

After Fan Ling and his group left Black Seal City, a dark shadow followed them silently, like a persistent leech, impossible to shake off no matter what they did.

Little did the shadowy figure know that a hundred meters away, a harmless-looking young man was sitting there drinking a cup of tea.

Using his Minimap, Mo Tang could see that Fan Ling and his group were already more than 100 meters away from the city, and that more than one small red dot was secretly following behind their group.

"Hehe, looks like this is going to be much more exciting..."

Setting down his teacup, Mo Tang let out a faint, cold laugh before quickly heading out of the city.

Following Fan Ling and the others around, to Xiao Yan's astonishment, Fan Ling suddenly changed direction and began to rush towards the west of the city.

This sudden change caught Xiao Yan off guard, and he wondered what the other party was trying to do.

But since he had already come this far, there was no way he could give up, so Xiao Yan continued to follow. Anyway, with Old Yao concealing his presence, these people wouldn't be able to detect him, so Xiao Yan wasn't afraid.

After running for nearly twenty minutes, Old Yao's voice suddenly rang in Xiao Yan's mind.

"Little guy, be careful. There are many powerful auras hidden in the hollow ahead. One of them is even more powerful than the Dou Emperor aura in the auction house earlier. Moreover, the aura is as cold as ice and is very similar to Fan Ling's aura."

Upon hearing Old Yao's words, Xiao Yan's expression changed. He shrank behind a tree, his heart filled with alarm as he thought, "Have they discovered us?"

"Doesn't seem like it..."

The Old Yao pondered, "Judging from how they concealed their presence, it seems like they're lying in ambush..."

These words delighted Xiao Yan, who exclaimed, "Haha, as expected of the Black Corner Region! These Blood Sect people have already obtained so many good things, yet instead of thinking about how to protect themselves, they're trying to take advantage of others... They've practically delivered themselves to our doorstep..."

He originally thought that being a hunter would be very difficult, but he never expected that the Blood Sect would be so greedy... Isn't this just delivering themselves to his doorstep?

The Old Yao was also very happy at this moment, but he still gave a word of advice, saying, "Alright, since the other party has given us an opportunity, we should naturally seize it."

The enemy has Dou Huang expert, so we need to be careful and not reveal ourselves prematurely. We should look for an opportunity later...

Xiao Yan nodded, "Don't worry, teacher, I know all of that!"

And so, Xiao Yan hid himself in the forest, like a piece of wood, without emitting any aura.

What he didn't know was that, on his other side, about a few hundred meters away, a figure was also lurking in the shadows.

Although Mo Tang's hiding place was far away from both sides, he could clearly observe both sides.

In addition, Mo Tang also discovered the existence of another Dou Spirit level expert on his Minimap ...

"This guy is... the manager of the Thousand Medicine Pavilion? Isn't he one of Medicine Emperor Han Feng's men? Judging from his current position, is he here to monitor Xiao Yan?"

Unexpectedly, he only gave the other party a vague piece of information, and they were able to find Xiao Yan's whereabouts...