Doctor Huang revealed a sinister smile and sneered, "Overbearing? I'll show you what overbearing really means!"
As he spoke, he lifted his leg and kicked at Xu Yan.
Xu Yan dodged to the side, avoiding the kick, but Doctor Huang had also thrown the shop door wide open.
Xu Yan was getting angry, too. This man was unreasonable and overbearing; anyone would lose their temper.
However, Doctor Huang immediately took out a pill and shoved it into his mouth.
The next moment, black qi erupted from his body.
Xu Yan retreated several steps to put some distance between them and shouted, "What the hell? Come on, we don't have some deep-seated grudge. This is way too much!"
That pill was clearly a Black Blood Pill. Taking one was a death sentence.
"Xu Yan, you're dead!"
Doctor Huang bellowed and released black Spiritual Power, punching toward Xu Yan.
Boom!
Just then, Daoist intent burst forth from the Calligraphy and Painting, reducing Doctor Huang to body and soul.
Xu Yan stared at the spot where Doctor Huang had suddenly vanished, feeling a little surprised.
Still, it was a good thing that lunatic was gone. Otherwise, Xu Yan would have been in danger today.
The Golden Emperor Ant said, "Master, it seems that the mortals who possess Black Blood Pills aren't isolated cases."
The situation in Tianren City was likely because Evil Cultivators had arrived and were distributing Black Blood Pills on a large scale.
Xu Yan said, "Hopefully those cultivators can deal with it soon. Otherwise, there'll be no living in Tianren City."
He rather liked his current life and didn't want to move unless he had no other choice.
Hu Li asked the Demon Tiger Clan Third Elder, "Third Elder, what do you think is happening in Tianren City? Why are mortals taking Black Blood Pills?"
They had been staying in Tianren City, waiting for the elite of the Demon Tiger Clan who had entered the little shop to come out.
But that elite still hadn't appeared. Most likely, he was dead—and had been killed by some unknown being. That was why they didn't dare casually approach Xu Yan's shop.
The Devil Clan Third Elder said calmly, "If a mortal is taking a Black Blood Pill in broad daylight, then there are probably many more mortals who have them in secret but haven't taken them yet."
"Evil Cultivators must have come to Tianren City and secretly spread the Black Blood Pills. Chaos may break out in Tianren City soon."
He hadn't expected something like this to happen in Tianren City. He had originally wanted to take Hu Li and the others away, but now he'd changed his mind.
Perhaps they could take advantage of the chaos in Tianren City to capture Su Jiuer, then return to the Demon Tiger Clan.
Hu Li was listening to the Demon Tiger Clan Third Elder when he suddenly noticed several people approaching. He hurriedly called out, "Third Elder, someone's coming."
Those people were all cloaked in black, with their entire bodies hidden beneath their robes, as if they couldn't bear the light of day. They looked even more bizarre than the black-clad group Hu Li and the others belonged to.
The Demon Tiger Clan Third Elder looked up and sensed a faint hint of danger. Fixing his gaze on the three figures in black robes, he said, "Greetings, fellow Daoists. It's been a while."
He was certain he didn't know these three, yet all of them were in the Sea of Consciousness Realm. Two were at the Sea of Consciousness First Heaven, while the third gave him a sense of danger and was at least a powerhouse at the Sea of Consciousness Second Heaven.
The black-robed figure at the front spoke. "Demon Tiger Clan Third Elder, I need you to do something for us."
As he spoke, he tossed a bottle toward the Demon Tiger Clan Third Elder.
The Demon Tiger Clan Third Elder reached out and caught the bottle, finding the man's behavior baffling. "Fellow Daoist, I don't believe we know each other. I have things to attend to, so I can't do anything for you."
If he weren't wary of their strength, he would already have slapped the man across the face. The nerve of him, ordering the Demon Tiger Clan Third Elder around. Damn, he was arrogant.
The black-robed man spoke chillingly. "Third Elder, do you think you have a choice?"
Then he released his cultivation aura. It had already surpassed the Sea of Consciousness Second Heaven and reached the Sea of Consciousness Triple Heaven.
Gulp!
The Demon Tiger Clan Third Elder swallowed, then put on a smile. "May I ask what you want us to do, fellow Daoist?"
He was trying to figure out who these three were. One at the Sea of Consciousness Triple Heaven and two at the Sea of Consciousness First Heaven—this was an extremely terrifying lineup.
Even Tianren Sect and Tianya Sect had no cultivators at the Sea of Consciousness Triple Heaven.
Across the entire Southern Domain, cultivators at the Sea of Consciousness Triple Heaven could be counted on one hand, and all of them were old monsters who spent most of their time in seclusion.
The black-robed man said, "Simple. Distribute the pills in the bottle to the mortals in Tianren City."
At the black-robed man's words, the Demon Tiger Clan Third Elder's hand trembled slightly around the bottle. "Fellow Daoist, the pills in here aren't Black Blood Pills, are they?"
He had just been discussing the pills with Hu Li, and now the people behind them had shown up, asking them to distribute pills. It was absurd.
"They're Black Blood Pills. You only need to put them in the hands of mortals," the black-robed man said coldly.
After that, the three black-robed figures left together.
Only after they were gone did Hu Li grumble, "Third Elder, those three are way too arrogant."
They were members of the Demon Tiger Clan, yet they'd been threatened. What a freak occurrence.
The Demon Tiger Clan Third Elder was silent for a moment, then said, "The strong make the rules. All three of them are cultivators in the Sea of Consciousness Realm, and one is even at the Sea of Consciousness Triple Heaven. We can only do as they say."
No matter how unwilling he was to be ordered around, there was nothing he could do. A cultivator at the Sea of Consciousness Triple Heaven could kill him as easily as turning over a hand.
Hu Li felt even more aggrieved. Then a thought struck him, and he came up with an idea. "Third Elder, they must be Evil Cultivators. What if we tell Tianren Sect and let them fight the Evil Cultivators, then slip away while they're distracted? What do you think?"
He didn't want to hand out any Black Blood Pills. If Tianren Sect caught him doing it, they'd beat him to death.
The Demon Tiger Clan Third Elder shook his head slightly. "If we do what you suggest, we'll probably be dead before we even reach Tianren Sect. You know they're Evil Cultivators, so you should understand that there's nothing they wouldn't dare do."
Evil Cultivators were infamous for their brutality and bloodlust. From sect masters to mortal children, there was no one they wouldn't kill.
Even the utterly inhuman massacres of entire villages were mostly the work of Evil Cultivators.
And no one knew where the Evil Cultivators' headquarters was. Perhaps they didn't even have one, which made it difficult to target them.
After leaving the Demon Tiger Clan, the three black-robed figures quickly left Tianren City.
They were certain that the few members of the Demon Tiger Clan wouldn't dare disobey them. As for themselves, they were about to get down to what they had really come to do.
The three black-robed figures made their way to a secluded spot at the foot of Tianren Mountain. Before them stood a cave dwelling hidden beneath weeds and a stone door covered in dust.
They didn't attack the stone door. Instead, they waited nearby, occasionally glancing up at the sky.
With nothing to do, one of the black-robed figures at the Sea of Consciousness First Heaven asked the figure at the Sea of Consciousness Triple Heaven, "Hall Master Mu, do you really think there's a hidden expert in Tianren City?"
They had also heard the rumors that the mysterious zither player was a hidden expert from Tianren City. But this hadn't affected their plans, since they had no way of knowing whether the rumors were true.