The Sorrow of the Medicine Clan

After returning to the Pill Tower, Xiao Ming did not immediately enter seclusion to refine the Demonic Flame. Instead, he made a few arrangements.

The most important one was telling the Pill Tower members to act more cautiously. He could foresee that the Hall of Souls would definitely accelerate its plans next.

Although he had not done much personally this time, he had still revealed some of his strength. Even if Hun Tiandi did not come to kill him immediately, he would certainly speed up his plans.

Given Hun Tiandi's desire for the Tou She Ancient God Jade, he might resort to some despicable methods.

After all, the Tou She Ancient God Jade in Xiao Ming's possession was not enshrined like those of the Ancient Races. Hun Tiandi did not know exactly where it was kept.

Even killing Xiao Ming would not necessarily allow Hun Tiandi to obtain the Tou She Ancient God Jade.

In that case, he might use methods similar to those used to threaten Xiao Zhan in the original Timeline.

There were quite a few things that could threaten Xiao Ming now: the Xiao Family, Jia Nan Academy, Heavenly Court members, his wives and daughters...

To avoid being threatened, Xiao Ming had long since made arrangements for most of them, though some places still could not be properly arranged.

For example, the Heavenly Court needed to function and needed people to guard various places. All of that required strong experts.

If the Soul Clan captured them, one or two would be manageable. But if they captured many of them and used them to threaten him into handing over the Tou She Ancient God Jade, Xiao Ming really would have no good solution.

Ultimately, Xiao Ming was not such a cold-hearted person in most situations.

Of course, that