Lihuo City

All right!

That Old Man Chiyun really did care about his face. In the blink of an eye, a perfectly fair fight had been branded by him as Qin Shaofeng's sneak attack!

But Chi Hu and the others believed him outright.

Because, in their eyes, that young man couldn't possibly be a match for Old Man Chiyun.

Still, recalling the instant they had clashed and the force he had felt, Old Man Chiyun couldn't help but feel secretly shaken.

Thank goodness I reacted quickly and made the wise choice to defend myself in time. Otherwise, the power of that punch would have left me seriously injured!

Yet the more he thought about it, the more murderous intent surged in Old Man Chiyun's heart.

That kid is far too extraordinary. I can't let him live!

He's not even twenty, yet he's already a little stronger than me. If I let him keep growing, Yanhuo Village will eventually rise. That would be a grave threat to my Chihuo Village!

Thinking of all the things his Chihuo Village had done to Yanhuo Village over the years, Old Man Chiyun grew increasingly uneasy.

No, I have to think of a way!

After pondering for a moment, Old Man Chiyun's eyes suddenly lit up. A trace of resolve flashed across them, and he turned to his son, Chi Hu. "Chi Hu, take a few men and hurry to the Lihuo Tribe ahead of us. Then go find Master Liyuan!"

"Find Master Liyuan?"

Chi Hu paused, not understanding what his father meant.

Master Liyuan was a low-level master-rank medicine refiner from the Lihuo Tribe itself. Medicine refiners were divided into four ranks: apprentice, medicine refiner, master, and grandmaster. Each rank had three stages: low, middle, and high.

There were only a dozen or so master-rank medicine