Storming the Valley

Time rewound to a few breaths earlier.

Hua Qiang brought Luo Feixuan and her maid Xiao Qing to the entrance of Medicine King Valley.

"Master!"

Luo Feixuan began to explain, "Medicine King Valley has its rules. No matter who you are, no matter how wealthy or powerful you may be, if you come here seeking medicine, you must follow their rules.

Starting from this road, you must climb the steps one at a time. Every hundred meters, you must kneel and kowtow to show your sincerity."

"Fuck!"

Hua Qiang could not help blurting out a curse. Did they take themselves for saviors of the world?

Did all these people from Medicine King Valley live entirely in their own little world?

Glancing at the steps within the valley, Hua Qiang took one step forward, intentionally or otherwise.

The force beneath his foot was just a little too heavy, and the first step was crushed beneath him.

Ring-ring-ring-ring-ring!

A piercing alarm rang out along the mountain path, quickly alerting everyone in Medicine King Valley.

The elder responsible for the sect's security immediately activated the Valley Protection Array. Of course, that array was the barrier before Fatty Fei Wuji, and the fat man innocently became its sacrifice.

Luo Feixuan and her maid were badly startled. Why would an alarm suddenly sound in this perfectly fine valley?

Yet because Hua Qiang was there, the two women quickly steadied themselves, and their faint unease vanished like smoke in the clouds.

Their master was so powerful. What was there to fear?

Within Medicine King Valley, clouds billowed and rosy mists drifted. Glazed tiles gleamed against ancient pines and emerald cypresses, while hundreds of palace-like buildings rose in staggered layers along the mountainside. Medicinal fragrance permeated the air between the upturned eaves and carved brackets.

Along the