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"Mm, this was indeed a second-grade Bone-Growing Pill. You could eat it directly." Mr. Yao took the medicine bottle Jiang Lin handed him and opened it for a sniff. Although he was not an Alchemist, he could still determine from the scent whether some of the pill's ingredients were poisonous, allowing him to help Jiang Lin.

After hearing that, Jiang Lin directly swallowed one of the three remaining Bone-Growing Pills. He had kept himself from eating them before because he was worried they were a trap Big Brother Pei Suo had set for him. What if they were poison? But now, Jiang Lin realized he had judged a gentleman by the standards of a petty man. He repented.

The Bone-Growing Pill dissolved quickly after entering his stomach, melting as soon as it entered his mouth. Then Jiang Lin felt a warm sensation spread through his entire body, making his eyes light up. Pills really were good stuff. Someday, he absolutely had to capture an Alchemist and make him his slave—no, his good friend.

Jiang Lin had realized that pills provided an enormous boost to a cultivation path like his, which was practically body refinement.

"Ah." Seeing Jiang Lin's straightforward nature, Mr. Yao let out a soft sigh. "Rock Tiger told me quite a bit. Those two Dou Artifacts are in your room. If you're leaving, take them with you."

Jiang Lin was a little surprised. He had just run into an idiot, and now he was suddenly encountering so many clever people and cryptic speakers. It made him rather uncomfortable.

"Does Captain Rock Tiger have some connection with you, Mr. Yao?"

Mr. Yao shook his head. "There isn't really much of a connection. There was only a simple doctor-patient dispute between us. But overall, the few of us do have some old ties."

Mr. Yao explained to Jiang Lin how the conflict among Qingshan Town's Artifact Forgers had begun. Pei Suo had first connected with the Wolf Head Mercenary Group, then established ties with some Dou Masters within the Fierce Tiger Mercenary Group. However, Rock Tiger did not believe Pei Suo's promise of a Yellow-grade advanced, third-tier Dou Artifact. Still, he did not openly refuse either, silently watching as members of his own Mercenary Group were gradually absorbed by Pei Suo.

"Oh, right. The Wolf Head Mercenary Group is gone. Mu She and his son died in the mountain fire," Mr. Yao suddenly added.

"I mean, the voice sounded pretty familiar." Jiang Lin smiled happily. Because of his status at Myriad Medicine Pavilion, it had actually been difficult for Jiang Lin to act ruthlessly. Only after he gradually separated himself from Myriad Medicine Pavilion through his identity as an Artifact Forger did he gain the qualification to trade blades with others. Mu She and Mu Li had secretly tripped him up more times than he could count, doing it solely to disgust him. When Jiang Lin later made the Disposable Magic Core Sniper Firearm, he had been thinking of quietly taking out Mu Li, who specialized in making people sick.

Mr. Yao shook his head. "Competition in Black Rock City is also extremely fierce. Rock Tiger wants to go there, but his Mercenary Group is too bloated. He had already intended to streamline it. Compared with those first two Mercenary Groups, the members Rock Tiger absorbed were quite a mixed bunch. Yet due to historical reasons, it was difficult for him to dismiss them himself. Pei Suo gave him an opportunity, and the Fierce Beast Mercenary Group was split into two from that point onward."

"Rock Tiger knew about my situation, so he knew that I wasn't the one who killed the Second-Order Magical Beast. He understood your strength. Though it was hard to believe, the facts were what they were: you, a Dou Zhe of only two years, were able to kill a Dou Master."

"Rock Tiger never came into direct contact with Pei Suo, so he did not know what Pei Suo looked like either. He wanted to use you to draw out Pei Suo, who was lurking in the shadows. But your strength clearly exceeded his expectations. In the end, before he could even make a move, you had already killed Pei Suo."

Mr. Yao did not know what to say. Rock Tiger had long told him about the battle between Jiang Lin and Pei Suo, the two Artifact Forgers. The Dou Artifacts consumed by both sides during that battle were practically enough to buy his entire Myriad Medicine Pavilion. After witnessing that scene, Rock Tiger went up the mountain the next day, after the wildfire had completely died out, retrieved the two only slightly damaged second-tier Dou Artifacts, and delivered them to Myriad Medicine Pavilion.

Rock Tiger was clearly a smart man. Of course, if he were not smart enough, he could never have climbed to his current position among the treacherous mercenaries.

"Then what does Captain Rock Tiger want?" Jiang Lin felt that Rock Tiger must have something he wanted to ask of him.

Mr. Yao looked at Jiang Lin with an odd expression. "Within three years, a Yellow-grade High-tier Battle Weapon. And an opportunity to challenge him."

"???" Three enormous question marks appeared above Jiang Lin's head.

But he quickly came to his senses, thought of something, and said, "Mr. Yao and Captain Rock Tiger had a doctor-patient dispute? So Rock Tiger isn't going to beat you up anymore? He plans to make me take the beating in your place?"

Mr. Yao shot Jiang Lin a glare. "Kid, you're looking down on your boss too much. Even if I gave him one hand, I could still pin him to the ground and whip him like a spinning top!"

"But you could only whip him once, right?" Jiang Lin scratched his head and blurted out, "After that, any Dou Master you run into might whip you like a spinning top."

A chill appeared on Mr. Yao's face. Jiang Lin had clearly struck a sore spot. With a cold snort, he said, "Do you think everyone is like you? The world isn't just about fighting and killing!"

"But if you can't fight, people can only catch you and slaughter you like a pig. In every sense of the phrase." Jiang Lin spread his hands helplessly.

Mr. Yao stared coldly at Jiang Lin for a long time. In the end, he snorted through his nose, turned, and walked away.

Jiang Lin hurriedly smiled apologetically. "Don't be angry, Mr. Yao. I'll accept Captain Rock Tiger's request."

"The Fierce Beast Mercenary Group plans to recuperate in Qingshan Town for a year, then leave for Black Rock City the following year. The rest is up to you." Mr. Yao left behind those words before departing.

Jiang Lin scratched his head, took out ink and paper, and left Xiao Yi Xian a letter saying that he had been very happy during his time away from Myriad Medicine Pavilion. Then he entered the room, saw the shield and bow on the table, put them into his precious Storage Ring, climbed out through the back courtyard, and slipped into the Monster Mountain Range once more.

The Fierce Beast Mercenary Group had lost many people in the mountain fire. They would recuperate in Qingshan Town for a year, which meant that one year later, Rock Tiger would challenge Mr. Yao to avenge Shi Kun. Naturally, Mr. Yao could not accept the challenge. One fight and he would be reduced to a Dou Master. With Mr. Yao's mindset of wanting to whip others like spinning tops, after one battle, he might only have the cultivation of a two- or three-star Dou Master left. Jiang Lin could turn him into a spinning top too. Protect him! Not let others whip him.

So the task was clear: teach Rock Tiger, who had no whip, a lesson one year later, and forge a third-tier Dou Artifact for Rock Tiger within three years.

Unfortunately, Lan Kun had run away. If he had not, Jiang Lin would have let Rock Tiger see his bird. Super huge.

Shaking his head and throwing all the random thoughts from his mind, Jiang Lin moved silently through the Monster Mountain Range and soon arrived at Peach Blossom Valley.

The Mystic Armor Puppet Technique, Azure Feather Archery, Adamantine Inner Armor, Azure Feather Bow—there were too many things Jiang Lin could make. He had to take them one at a time.