16: The Might of the Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid

After taking all the valuable items from the cave, Su Luo and Su Muyue returned to the Blood War Mercenary Group's headquarters in Qingshan Town.

As soon as they arrived, Su Luo saw Kagan gathering the members of the Blood War Mercenary Group, preparing to enter the Monster Mountain Range to search for him.

"Thank goodness, you're alright." Seeing that Su Luo and Su Muyue had returned safely and appeared uninjured, Kagan breathed a sigh of relief before hurriedly apologizing to them.

"My apologies, sir. It was my failure not to discover those magical beasts beforehand. Please punish me."

Su Luo waved a hand. "Uncle Kagan, this isn't your fault. It wasn't that you failed to spot those magical beasts in advance—they were deliberately lured there by someone. It would have been strange if you had noticed them beforehand."

"What?!" Kagan's pupils contracted sharply. Then, seemingly realizing something, he turned around and found that the other Dou Masters were all present—only Mu She was missing.

"Mu She?"

Su Luo nodded.

"Damn it! I put aside our past grievances and took him in, yet he turned out to be so ambitious and treacherous! Don't worry, sir. Within three months, I'll capture Mu She and give you and Madam an explanation."

Su Luo shook his head. "No need. We escaped Mu She only because we encountered a Third-tier Magical Beast. Mu She has probably already ended up in that beast's stomach. You won't be able to find him."

"He got off easy," Kagan said resentfully.

One of the Blood War Mercenary Group's Dou Masters stepped forward. "Captain, he may have died an easy death, but he still has a son."

"This..." Kagan frowned slightly. Taking his anger out on someone else's child just because he could not catch the father did not sit well with him.

But when he thought of Mu She's attempt on Su Luo's life—an act that could have destroyed the Blood War Mercenary Group's foundation—Kagan gritted his teeth and made his decision. "Capture Mu Li and send him to meet Mu She!"

"Yes!"

The mercenaries accepted the order and quickly turned to head deeper into the Blood War Mercenary Group's headquarters to seize Mu Li.

Seeing the Blood War Mercenary Group charging toward him with killing intent in their eyes, and noticing that four of the group's five Dou Masters were present while his own father was nowhere to be seen, Mu Li understood what had happened almost instantly.

Without hesitation, he knew that, as someone at the seventh stage Dou Qi, he could not defeat that group of Dou Practitioners. Fortunately, since he had not even reached the Dou Practitioner realm, he was merely a member of the Blood War Mercenary Group's Reserve Team and usually stayed with the other Reserve Team members who had not reached the Dou Practitioner realm either.

"Mu Li, what are you trying to do?"

As Mu Li's hate-filled gaze swept over her, Ling'er suddenly felt a bad premonition.

Mu Li did not answer. There was no time for that now. The moment he saw Ling'er, he swiftly reached out to grab her.

At that moment, Qing Ye, who stood beside Ling'er, stepped forward and grabbed Ling'er by the shoulder, throwing her behind herself.

"You care about her quite a bit, huh? But capturing you is even better!" Mu Li sneered and threw a punch at Qing Ye.

Yellow-tier Advanced Dou Technique, Green Wood Impact Fist.

Facing Mu Li's incoming punch, Qing Ye did not back down and threw out a punch of her own.

Yellow-tier Advanced Dou Technique, Green Wood Impact Fist.

As the two fists were about to collide, a cold smile appeared on Mu Li's lips. He could tell that Qing Ye was using the same Yellow-tier Advanced Dou Technique as him: Green Wood Impact Fist.

But he was older than Qing Ye. When Qing Ye had only just reached the sixth stage, he had already attained the seventh stage in Dou Qi cultivation.

He had now remained firmly at the seventh stage Dou Qi for a full year. It could be said that he was already in the late seventh stage Dou Qi and was on the verge of reaching the eighth stage Dou Qi.

Although Qing Ye had the help of the Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid, she had only been at the sixth stage Dou Qi before using it. Mu Li believed that the liquid might have allowed Qing Ye to reach the seventh stage Dou Qi, but as someone who had remained at that stage for a long time, he was confident he would not lose to anyone else at the same stage.

Especially since Qing Ye shared his attribute and was using the same Dou Technique, Mu Li felt that, as a veteran seventh-stage Dou Qi cultivator, his advantage was overwhelming.

"You big-breasted, brainless idiot! If you'd used another Dou Technique, you might actually have been difficult to deal with... Aaah!"

Mu Li had barely begun to mock her when their fists collided.

It was nothing like Mu Li had imagined, where he would instantly crush Qing Ye after their fists met. The instant they collided, a sharp pain shot through his arm. Then, in the clash of their power, Qing Ye forced him back several steps.

Then a Yellow-tier Advanced Dou Technique, Heavy Whip Kick, struck Mu Li in the chest. With just one kick, it sent the already injured Mu Li flying backward, vomiting blood as he crashed heavily into the wall.

After Mu Li fell to the ground, Qing Ye ruthlessly stomped on his back, leaving him unable to even stand.

Qing Ye's high heel ground against Mu Li's back, making Mu Guiying let out scream after scream.

"Who did you just call big-breasted and brainless?!"

It sounded like the battle had taken a long time, but in truth, from the start of the fight to its end, only seconds had passed. Before anyone could properly react, Qing Ye had already subdued Mu Li.

"Qing Ye, you..."

Seeing Qing Ye swiftly crush Mu Li, Kagan and everyone familiar with the two wore stunned expressions.

Mu Li was somewhat older than Qing Ye. He had entered the seventh stage Dou Qi even earlier than Qing Ye had entered the sixth stage Dou Qi. So when they saw Mu Li and Qing Ye about to exchange punches, they had already been considering how to save Qing Ye from him.

Who would have thought that Qing Ye would not need saving at all? Instead, she had instantly defeated Mu Li.

Casually stepping on Mu Li's face and pressing it into the ground, Qing Ye smiled sweetly. "Thanks to the Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid, I was lucky enough to break through to the eighth stage Dou Qi not long ago."

"What? The eighth, eighth stage? It hasn't even been a year! From the sixth stage to the eighth stage, this..."

Kagan and the mercenaries all looked toward Su Luo, unable to stop themselves from drawing in sharp breaths.

It had taken less than a year to go from the sixth stage Dou Qi to the eighth stage Dou Qi. Only now did they understand the terror of the Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid.

"Sir, are you selling this Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid?"

Every Dou Practitioner and Dou Master in the Blood War Mercenary Group with children looked eagerly at Su Luo. Clearly, they all wanted the Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid.

Looking at the considerable number of Dou Practitioners, Su Luo, who had just obtained all the wealth from the cave and was in no need of money, frowned. If every Dou Practitioner in the Blood War Mercenary Group received a bottle of Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid, he would have no time left to cultivate.

"Fifty thousand gold coins per bottle. And I'll only sell one bottle per month."

Mu Li, beneath Qing Ye's foot: "..."

Ling'er, who was only at the fifth stage Dou Qi: "..."