Tianya City, Luo Xiaoyao

Cao Ying and Dan Chen were shocked. They had only broken through to the Dou Emperor realm not long ago, yet Shen Wen was already planning to break through to Dou Ancestor?

"Why not use a Pill to Break Dou Zong?"

Cao Ying frowned. Breaking through from Dou Emperor to Dou Ancestor was dangerous. If he failed and damaged his foundation, recovery alone would take a great deal of time.

A Pill to Break Dou Zong might be precious to others, but for Shen Wen, it merely took a little time to refine.

"There's no rush. I'm only trying to gain some insight for now. I naturally already have the materials."

Shen Wen smiled, then suddenly asked in a somewhat teasing tone, "Are you worried about me?"

"W-Who's worried about you? If you fail your breakthrough and get injured, it'll be the Pill Pagoda's reputation that suffers." Cao Ying paused before giving a cold snort.

Yet her cheeks were slightly flushed, making her seem even more alluring.

It was Dan Chen's first time seeing such an expression on Cao Ying. Her eyes curved into crescents. It seemed that Sister Ying and Brother Shen Wen had quite a good relationship.

No wonder Sister Ying had been so angry when she had chatted with Brother Shen Wen before.

"We're here!"

Just as Shen Wen was about to tease her further, a silver ring of light appeared in the distance. That meant they had arrived at Tianya City.

He collected his thoughts and pulled his hood back over his head.

Cao Ying and Dan Chen did the same. As a ripple passed through them, the dazzling colors within the Space Wormhole were replaced by sunlight.

"Hurry up and leave! Don't linger here and block the Space Ships behind you!"

A sharp shout rang out. Shen Wen stowed the Space Ship in his Storage Ring, and the three of them descended from the air to the ground.

Cao Ying asked, "Are we going directly to the Tagor Desert next?"

"No. We have something to do in Tianya City first."

Shen Wen had not chosen Tianya City at random.

He remembered that the Luo Family in Tianya City possessed a Sixth-Order Scorpion Poison Dragon Beast Magic Core.

That Magic Core was a necessary component of the Poison Pill Method used to resolve Xiao Yi Xian's Calamity Poison Body.

Although the Poison Pill Method required a Seventh-Order Scorpion Poison Dragon Beast, obtaining this sixth-order one would at least give him a fallback option.

Besides.

It would be useful for Shen Wen to practice with later.

As for whether the Luo Family would trade it, he was fairly confident in his identity as a Seventh-Grade Alchemist recognized by the Pill Pagoda.

After all, since Luo Cheng had been willing to give it to Xiao Yan in the original story, that meant the item itself was not particularly important to the Luo Family.

Trading it for the favor of a Seventh-Grade Alchemist—so long as Luo Cheng was not an idiot, he would certainly be willing.

Besides.

Shen Wen was not planning to seize it by force. He would simply exchange pills for it.

On the crowded street, Shen Wen and the two women walked at an unhurried pace when a burst of commotion suddenly arose ahead, accompanied by the crack of a whip and the sound of galloping hooves.

"Move! Get out of the way! If you get trampled to death, it's because you failed to watch where you were going!"

Looking over, Shen Wen and the others saw the previously dense crowd scatter to both sides as though they had encountered a plague god.

"The Luo Family's little princess is out again!"

"She rides her horse through the streets every day. I heard she even trampled someone to death a few days ago!"

"What can anyone do? The Luo Family is the local emperor of Tianya City. And the Luo Family Ancestor is a Five-Star Dou Zong. I heard Luo Xiaoyao is deeply favored by him."

Hearing the voices around him, Shen Wen raised an eyebrow. What a coincidence?

He had run into Luo Xiaoyao.

But it was not really much of a coincidence—or rather, it was inevitable.

Luo Xiaoyao had long been accustomed to running wild through Tianya City. Riding through the streets and knocking people down was practically routine for her.

It was simply that she had never encountered anyone the Luo Family feared before. Meaningless resistance had only fueled her arrogance.

"Let's step aside a little and avoid trouble." Shen Wen himself disliked trouble. Even with a Guardian present, there was no need to provoke the Luo Family.

He only wanted to obtain that Sixth-Order Scorpion Poison Dragon Beast Magic Core from the Luo Family.

Cao Ying gritted her teeth. "Avoid her? Even I have never been so overbearing and unruly!"

Cao Ying was the Cao Family's Eldest Miss, yet she would never gallop recklessly through the streets of a city.

"Good dogs don't block the road! Get out of the way, all of you! If you get trampled to death, no one will be held responsible!"

In the distance.

Luo Xiaoyao, riding Red Horse at a gallop, shouted angrily. Shen Wen pulled Cao Ying and Dan Chen aside. He was not Luo Xiaoyao's father.

He could not be bothered to discipline her!

Luo Xiaoyao rode in from afar, stirring up a gust of wind that flipped back Shen Wen's hood and revealed his handsome face beneath it.

"Whoa!"

The Red Horse came to an immediate stop. Luo Xiaoyao looked at Shen Wen and said sweetly, "Take off your hood!"

Shen Wen frowned. Somehow, this had become connected to him as well. He removed his hood, revealing his entire face.

When Luo Xiaoyao saw Shen Wen's handsome features, she noted that, as an Alchemist, he possessed a calm and detached temperament. Yet now that he cultivated the Azure Heaven Dragon Transformation Art, he also carried an aura of savagery and dominance.

The two blended together.

To a young girl like Luo Xiaoyao, it was undoubtedly like an intoxicating wine.

"Fine. From now on, you'll follow me!"

Luo Xiaoyao said it as if it were only natural. He was so handsome, and his physique looked quite good. He would be fun to play with.

Shen Wen's brows furrowed slightly, while Cao Ying was even more furious. How could she not be angry when someone had set her sights on her Husband?

She immediately grabbed Shen Wen's hand and headed in another direction.

"Stop right there!"

Seeing that Cao Ying had ignored her and was taking away the man she had taken a liking to, Luo Xiaoyao gripped her Whip.

Crack!

The Whip shot forth, stirring up a fierce gust as it lashed directly toward Cao Ying's head.

"You're courting death!"

Cao Ying had not even had time to react.

Shen Wen's other free hand suddenly shot out.

It caught the Whip.

Flames spread from Shen Wen's hand around the Whip, burning it to ashes.

"You! You actually dared to burn me!"

The scorching flames made Luo Xiaoyao let go at once. Her willow eyebrows rose as rage filled her face. With the Old Ancestor backing her in Tianya City, she was not even afraid of Dou Huangs.

"Uncle Hua, Uncle Liu, capture this guy and bring him back! And kill that one!"

Luo Xiaoyao pointed at Shen Wen and Cao Ying as she shouted furiously.

The moment her words fell.

Two elderly figures swiftly tore through the air, blocking the path before Shen Wen and the others.

The two figures who appeared before Shen Wen had gray and white hair respectively. Their faces were quite aged, and their auras lay somewhere between those of a Five-Star Dou Huang and a Six-Star Dou Huang.

"Friend, my Miss sincerely wishes to invite you to the Luo Family as a guest. It would be one thing if you refused to appreciate her kindness, but you even burned her Whip. Isn't that a little excessive?"

The Gray-Haired Elder was still cautious. He could not sense the auras of the three people before him, and seeing the black robes they wore, he feared there might be something unusual about them. However, the Old Ancestor was a Dou Zong powerhouse, so the Gray-Haired Elder's tone remained rather forceful.

He even directly placed the blame on Shen Wen.

"Get lost!"

When had Cao Ying ever endured such treatment? Letting it go on the street was one thing, but this bitch had even set her sights on Shen Wen.

Did she really think the Demoness of the Cao Family had such a good temper?

If her temper had been good, she would not have been called a Demoness.

"Kill her!" Although Luo Xiaoyao could not see Cao Ying's face clearly, judging by her voice and figure, she had to be a woman.

No wonder she was so angry. It seemed this handsome man had a deep relationship with her. That was perfect—then she could just kill her.