Ran Jinrong

But Qin Shaofeng had a different take on the matter.

The Lihuo Tribe wouldn't have set a three-day deadline for no reason. Qin Shaofeng was certain that if everything had gone as the tribe originally expected, the city gates would have been closed long ago.

Something must have changed with the Beast Tide, which was why they had extended the deadline.

Otherwise, the consequences probably wouldn't have been good.

However, Qin Shaofeng hadn't expected a group of people to arrive from the direction of Lihuo City that day.

Among them was someone Qin Shaofeng was at least somewhat familiar with.

It was Chi Hu from Chihuo Village!

After leaving ahead of the main group from Chihuo Village, Chi Hu had actually reached the city gates in the middle of the night, early on the third day.

Once inside the city walls, Chi Hu had used some special connections to obtain permission to enter Lihuo City.

After arriving, he spent some time getting in touch with Master Liyuan.

When Chi Hu explained why he had come, Master Liyuan was delighted. The trouble was, Chi Hu hadn't brought along the inheritance treasure of Chihuo Village.

In the end, Master Liyuan had sent only one of his disciples to accompany Chi Hu.

Even so, Master Liyuan didn't consider this a problem at all.

Though the man was only his disciple, he was already an advanced physician.

If he mastered alchemy and learned to refine pills, he could become a master-level apothecary.

From Chi Hu, Master Liyuan learned that the person they had to deal with wasn't a master-level apothecary, so he didn't take the matter seriously.

Sending his disciple to handle such a minor character was more than enough.

In Master Liyuan's eyes, all his disciple had to do was give his name,