Silent Town

"Thank you, Third Young Master."

Mu Yu Die stood up and calmly put away the guqin. Looking at the flickering Nether Moon Envoy, she said, "You chased for so long, did you ever expect to bury yourself here?"

"Bei Ming Ce, this is a matter between Dark Nether and the Mu Family. Your Bei Ming Family had best not interfere!" The Nether Moon Envoy didn't look at Mu Yu Die but stared directly at Bei Ming Ce. "As long as you let me take Miss Mu away, our Nether Lord will surely reward your Bei Ming Family. We can discuss anything."

"There's nothing to discuss." Bei Ming Ce shook his head and calmly said, "Since you're here, don't plan on leaving."

Two elders, one fat and one thin, behind him suddenly flew out again.

The two elders looked like demons and lunged directly at the Dark Nether envoys. After a few seconds, including the Nether Moon Envoy, all the Dark Nether envoys were disemboweled and died on the spot.

After finishing everything, the two sinister elders silently stood behind Bei Ming Ce, like his two shadows.

Di Ya Lan stood beside Mu Yu Die and watched the tragic deaths of the Dark Nether envoys with a look of horror.

Although she knew how powerful the Bei Ming Family was within the Merchant Alliance, she still hadn't expected them to be this powerful!

The Bei Ming Family clearly didn't take Dark Nether seriously, acting without mercy, killing when they needed to, and showing no respect.

"Sister Lan, do you think our decision was wrong now?" Mu Yu Die asked with a smile.

Di Ya Lan's expression was complex, and she sighed softly, "You're not wrong, it's just me..."

"Don't think about it. For our future, it's best to forget what needs to be forgotten as soon as possible," Mu Yu Die gently advised.

"Mm." Di Ya Lan nodded lightly with a helpless expression.

"Can we leave now?" Bei Ming Ce's dark eyes roamed over Di Ya Lan and Mu Yu Die for a moment before he asked politely.

"Of course."

In another part of the stone forest.

Shi Yan had just stepped into a fork in the road when he suddenly felt a sense of danger and quickly retreated.

"Whoosh!"

An arrow instantly streaked past him. At the same time, a Blue Smoke Bomb from the Mo Family flew into the sky.

"Hmph! It's you again! You're courting death!" Shi Yan's face darkened, and he snorted coldly.

Mo Yan Yu, holding a crossbow, emerged from a stone cave with an icy expression, looking at him coldly. "You've finally appeared!"

Qiang Sen, with his severed arm, and Li Han also came out from behind the rocks, blocking Shi Yan from both sides, their faces full of vigilance.

"You're looking for death!"

Shi Yan roared and suddenly lunged like a sharp sword towards Mo Yan Yu.

As his body streaked through the air at high speed, white mist swirled around him, and his killing intent soared, making him look like a ferocious demon.

"Miss, be careful!" Li Han exclaimed. Like a duckweed, he flashed towards Mo Yan Yu like lightning.

Li Han, with his cultivation at the Human Position Second Heaven realm, could see at a glance the terrifying explosive power contained within Shi Yan's body! Mo Yan Yu would have a hard time withstanding such fierce power!

"Chch!"

Shi Yan's heels scraped the ground, and his body leaned back, carving a long gully in the dirt. He abruptly halted his mid-air momentum, then suddenly turned and charged towards Qiang Sen with even greater speed.

"Bang!"

Before Qiang Sen could even figure out what was happening, he felt a white figure suddenly charge at him, and a mountain-collapsing force slammed into his body.

"Crack crack crack!"

Qiang Sen's bones shattered all over his body, blood flowed from his mouth and eye sockets, and he fell to the ground groaning.

"Qiang Sen, right? A while ago, when your whip lashed me, did it feel good?" Shi Yan stood beside Qiang Sen, kicking him in the chest repeatedly, kicking and sneering, "Does it feel even better now? Hmm?"

Qiang Sen's face was filled with terror. The shattered bones in his chest pierced his heart. His eyes rolled back, and he gasped his last breath, dying.

"You ruthless brat!" Li Han's face changed drastically. He wanted to step forward and kill Shi Yan, but he was worried that Mo Yan Yu would suffer the same fate as Qiang Sen. He hesitated and shouted but didn't dare to come forward and stop him.

Mo Yan Yu's beautiful eyes were filled with horror. She watched Shi Yan brutally kill Qiang Sen with her own eyes and was stunned for a moment.

Qiang Sen's Essence quickly disappeared into Shi Yan's acupoints. In just a few seconds, all of Qiang Sen's Essence was gone.

Shi Yan turned his head and stared intently at Mo Yan Yu, sneering, "Beautiful lady, we'll meet again. Believe me, you'll regret provoking me."

With that, he lowered his head and crawled into a hollow stone. After wandering in the stone forest for a while, he disappeared.

"Old Li, why didn't you kill him!" After Shi Yan disappeared, Mo Yan Yu said furiously.

"This guy has at least Xiantian Second Heaven cultivation, and his methods are brutal, killing with the first move. His speed is also too fast; it's a bit difficult for me to keep up with him. If I leave you, you'll become a target. I'm worried something might happen to you..." Li Han said helplessly.

"Xiantian Second Heaven!"

Mo Yan Yu gasped, her eyes filled with even greater horror, and she murmured, "How is that possible? Two months ago, he only had a wisp of Essence in his body and was only at the Houtian First Heaven realm!"

"What?" Li Han's body trembled violently. He looked at her in disbelief and was stunned for a long time before saying, "If that's true, forgive me for saying this, Miss, but you've brought a huge trouble to the Mo Family!"

Shi Yan calmly and composedly flew rapidly through the stone forest, not lingering in any area.

He could tell that Li Han had cultivation at the Human Position realm. Coupled with the Blue Smoke Bomb from the Mo Family already in the air, experts would soon gather. He had to leave quickly to avoid being surrounded.

It was precisely because of his vigilance that he had escaped that dangerous area early, before Mo Chao Ge and his group arrived.

In the stone forest, there didn't seem to be many dangerous individuals lurking. He sped along the way, and to his surprise, he wasn't ambushed by any strangers. This made Shi Yan somewhat astonished, and he vaguely guessed that the anomaly in the stone forest might be related to the important person Mu Yu Die was waiting for.

As evening approached.

Shi Yan finally passed through the stone forest and headed towards the nearby Silent Town.

At this point, he slowed his pace slightly, slowly sorting through the memories of the original owner of this body, and learned in detail about the Shi family's situation.

He needed the identity of the original owner of this body.

As one of the five great families of the Merchant Alliance, the Shi family possessed a unique advantage in various cultivation resources for Martial Artists, such as Martial Skills, gravity training halls, various precious medicinal ingredients, and tireless guidance from experts...

He needed to utilize these advantages to maximize his own strength.

Back when he was by the blood pool, he had already decided to go to the Shi family. Because he had made plans, he had refused Mu Yu Die's invitation.

The identity of the original owner of this body was special. Joining an unfamiliar force would only breed too many unnecessary troubles.

Furthermore, unfamiliar forces would not use truly good things on him.

Going to the Shi family was different...

The original owner of this body was the young master of the Shi family. As long as he showed enough talent, the Shi family would spare no expense to cultivate him, and would not be stingy with any cultivation resources.

With such unique resources, wouldn't it be a waste not to use them?

Stepping into Silent Town, without a second thought, Shi Yan walked directly towards a shop that bought all sorts of strange ores. As soon as he entered, he boldly called out, "Anyone here."

A shop assistant, smiling obsequiously, stepped forward and said flatteringly, "Young Master Yan, you're back! The family head was worried you hadn't come out of the Gloomy Forest yet, so he sent Concubine Han to pick you up. Young Master Yan, Concubine Han is in the backyard. He's been waiting for you for a while. However, Concubine Han is a bit occupied right now, would you like to wait a moment before..."

The shop assistant's expression was ambiguous, and his gaze towards the backyard was full of meaning.

"It's fine, I know what he's doing." Shi Yan ignored him and walked straight towards the shop's backyard.

In the shop's backyard, several Shi family Martial Artists were gambling. Upon seeing Shi Yan approach, they became flustered and awkwardly put away their dice, saying in unison, "Young Master Yan!"

"You guys continue playing." Shi Yan waved his hand and strode through the Martial Artists towards a side room in the back.

Seeing that Shi Yan showed no intention of blaming them, these gambling Martial Artists were somewhat surprised as they left.

"Huh? Young Master Yan didn't scold us this time. That's strange."

"Yeah, whenever he saw us gambling before, he would lecture us, saying we were neglecting our duties and indulging in frivolous pursuits, and so on. He didn't say anything this time. How peculiar."

"Young Master Yan seems different from before. He seems to have gained some presence, a sense of authority. Don't you think so?"

"Now that you mention it, it really does seem so."

"..."

Shi Yan arrived at the door of the side room and pushed the door open, barging in. "Uncle Han, when did you get here?"

Inside the side room, Han Zhong was energetically engaged in activity with a seductive young woman, shouting excitedly, "Nine shallow, one deep! Let you try my nine shallow, one deep! Feels good, right? Little slut, watch Han Master not wear you out!"

"...Oh, Han Master is mighty!" The young woman, dripping with sweat, lay by the bed, her fair legs tightly wrapped around Han Zhong's waist, shouting loudly.

They were at a crucial moment and didn't even notice Shi Yan enter, still shouting.

Shi Yan grinned, naturally sat down on a chair in the room, calmly poured himself a cup of tea, and watched the two with a smile as he drank.

Two minutes later.

After a low roar, Han Zhong collapsed on the young woman like a dead dog, lazily saying, "How was it? Am I amazing, Han Master? How do I compare to your family's Wu Gui?"

"How can that 'turtle' compare to Han Master like you?" The young woman stretched lazily, and her eyes happened to land on Shi Yan drinking tea nearby. She immediately screamed, "Ah..."

Han Zhong froze, hastily put on his clothes, and said with a dry laugh, "...Uh, Young Master Yan, when did you come in?"

"A while ago." Shi Yan smiled, took another sip of tea, and waved his hand. "It's fine. If you two haven't had enough, you can do another round of nine shallow, one deep. I'm bored anyway, so I can observe and learn some experience from Uncle Han."

"...Cough, cough, cough!" Han Zhong coughed violently, awkwardly saying, "We've had enough, we've had enough... Uh, Xiao Feng Xian, what about you? Isn't it time for you to go back to business?"

"Mm, I'm leaving now." The young woman, covering herself as she put on her clothes on the bed, got off the bed with a blush. As she reached the door, she suddenly turned back and glared at Shi Yan, saying, "They all say Young Master Yan of the Shi family is the most proper. I think those people's eyes are blind. Anyway, I've never seen such a wicked 'proper' young master! Hmph!"

With that, Xiao Feng Xian chuckled, winked at Shi Yan, and then walked out gracefully.