Xiao Yi Xian's Crisis!

Although the timing differed from the original story, and things had changed because of Xiao Fan's appearance, Xiao Yi Xian's assistant, Li Fei, still betrayed her just as she had in the original.

Not only did Yao Chuanshan, the master of Ten Thousand Medicines Hall, learn a great deal about Xiao Yi Xian from Li Fei, but so did Mu Li, the young leader of the Wolf Head Mercenary Group.

Xiao Yi Xian trusted Li Fei, her assistant, deeply. Though she had not told Li Fei about all of her and Xiao Fan's gains, the bits and pieces that slipped out unintentionally were already enough to make Li Fei jealous.

As for Xiao Yi Xian and Xiao Fan's agreement to spend seven days gathering herbs in the Monster Mountain Range, that was hardly a secret. Li Fei easily learned of it after probing indirectly.

Xiao Yi Xian did not pay much attention to it. After all, whenever she went out to gather herbs in the past, she would roughly explain how long she would be gone.

She had even occasionally given Li Fei a small benefit.

Compared with the portion Xiao Fan had given her, it was truly just a tiny amount.

Yet Xiao Yi Xian had never imagined that Li Fei, the assistant she trusted most, would betray her for profit.

Li Fei had also played a part in Yao Chuanshan establishing contact with the Wolf Head Mercenary Group.

As the master of Ten Thousand Medicines Hall, Yao Chuanshan was also a cunning old fox.

Before making a move against Xiao Yi Xian and Xiao Fan, Yao Chuanshan had sent people to investigate. From the mercenaries of the Blood Battle Mercenary Group, his men learned that Xiao Fan possessed a fairly powerful Magical Beast Mount.

Therefore, to be safe, Yao Chuanshan planned to have the Wolf Head Mercenary Group deal with Xiao Fan, while Ten Thousand Medicines Hall handled the weaker Xiao Yi Xian.

Before long, the Wolf Head Mercenary Group also received word that Xiao Yi Xian would soon be leaving Green Mountain Town.

Under normal circumstances, they would not have cared whether Xiao Yi Xian left or not.

But things were different now. Mu Li had learned from Li Fei that not only were the spiritual herbs Xiao Yi Xian had harvested over the past few days extremely valuable, but she also seemed to have obtained a profound Dou Qi cultivation method from a cave earlier.

How could they let Xiao Yi Xian take those things away?

"Father, let's go to the inn now and capture that Xiao brat. The spiritual herbs he has must be even more plentiful than Xiao Yi Xian's!"

At the Wolf Head Mercenary Group headquarters, Mu Li's face was filled with urgency after receiving the news as he spoke to his father, Mu She.

Mu She merely shook his head slightly. "No rush. Let's wait a little longer."

Mu Li asked in confusion, "Wait for what? If we wait until tomorrow, they'll have left Green Mountain Town."

Mu She smiled faintly. "You're still too young and too impulsive. Do you think that old fool Yao Chuanshan doesn't know the Xiao brat has more spiritual herbs on him? Why didn't he choose to make a move against the Xiao brat himself, and instead have us deal with him?"

"Why?" Mu Li asked.

Mu She narrowed his eyes slightly. "Because Yao Chuanshan knows that the Xiao brat is no simple matter. Over the past two days, I also had people from the group investigate him. We did get some information from the Blood Battle Mercenary Group."

"More than ten days ago, members of the Blood Battle Mercenary Group escorted Xiao Yi Xian into the Monster Mountain Range to gather herbs. They were surrounded by Gale Wolves and nearly failed to return. It was the Xiao brat who saved them. Never mind how strong he himself is—his Magical Beast is at least at the high second tier, and it's a flying Magical Beast!"

Mu Li froze slightly at that. "Then if the Xiao brat escapes on that flying Magical Beast, won't we end up with nothing?"

Mu She shook his head. "Your thinking is still too shallow. The Xiao brat is likely difficult to deal with, so we should wait. Once Ten Thousand Medicines Hall gets results, we'll bring along that old fool Yao Chuanshan's men and deal with the Xiao brat together."

Mu Li said with some dissatisfaction, "Father, you're being overly cautious!"

Mu She said calmly, "There's never anything wrong with being careful."

The night grew deeper.

Even bustling Green Mountain Town had fallen into a rare silence.

Ten Thousand Medicines Hall.

After Li Fei left, Xiao Yi Xian sat in a daze for a while before going to bed. She had already drifted into sleep.

As Xiao Yi Xian slept, her brows suddenly furrowed. Then she abruptly sat up, a chill flashing through her eyes.

She had sensed the presence of poison!

Ordinary people naturally could not sense poison while asleep, but Xiao Yi Xian possessed the Calamity Poison Body and was far more sensitive to poison.

Stimulated by the poison in her body, Xiao Yi Xian quickly woke up completely.

Xiao Yi Xian straightened her clothes, then quietly moved behind the door and waited for it to open!

"It should be about time, right? Half an hour has already passed. Xiao Yi Xian probably has no strength left to resist now!"

At that moment, a familiar voice sounded from outside the door.

It was Li Fei!

The moment she heard that voice, Xiao Yi Xian easily recognized who it was, and pain filled her heart.

She had thought Ten Thousand Medicines Hall was under attack by an outside enemy. Never had she imagined that the person who poisoned her would be Li Fei, whom she had trusted wholeheartedly!

"It is indeed about time. Go in, but remember not to harm Xiao Yi Xian's life!"

As Xiao Yi Xian pondered this, another familiar voice reached her ears—it was Yao Chuanshan, the master of Ten Thousand Medicines Hall.

"Creak!"

Before Xiao Yi Xian could think further, the door gave a soft sound as it was opened from outside.

Sensing someone enter, Xiao Yi Xian immediately flicked her hand and scattered the poison powder she carried for self-defense.

"Not good, poison!"

A cry of alarm rang out, followed by a thud as two burly men crashed heavily to the floor.

Xiao Yi Xian shook her head slightly, feeling somewhat regretful. The people she had poisoned were merely two ordinary guards from Ten Thousand Medicines Hall.

Outside the room, Yao Chuanshan chuckled. "Xiao Yi Xian, you truly have some tricks up your sleeve. It seems this old man was right to be cautious."

Yao Chuanshan knew Xiao Yi Xian was a skilled physician. Medicine and poison had always gone hand in hand, so it was only natural that she would know some methods of using poison. That was why he had not entered the room himself.

Xiao Yi Xian said coldly, "Mister Yao, what is the meaning of this? Why did you plot against me?"

Yao Chuanshan chuckled. "As the saying goes, wealth moves the heart. And what you obtained is no ordinary wealth. Hand over the precious spiritual herbs you harvested these past days, along with the cultivation method you obtained from the cave in the Monster Mountain Range. Then you will remain an honored guest of Ten Thousand Medicines Hall."

Xiao Yi Xian said, "Fine. Mister Yao, come in and take them."

Yao Chuanshan shook his head slightly. "Xiao Yi Xian, do you take me for a fool? How about this? I'll have Li Fei enter and tie you to a chair. Do not resist, and then this old man will go inside."

A cold gleam flashed through Xiao Yi Xian's eyes. "Fine. Let her come in."

Outside the door, Li Fei's expression changed drastically. "Mister Yao, I... can I not go in? Xiao Yi Xian must hate me to death now. If I go in, she'll definitely poison me."

Yao Chuanshan's face darkened. "Didn't you say you were utterly loyal to this old man? What, you won't even listen to me now? Are you planning to defect to the Wolf Head Mercenary Group? Either you go in yourself, or..."

Yao Chuanshan did not finish his sentence, but Li Fei already understood what he meant. Trembling, she could only say, "I... I'll go in."

Then Li Fei cautiously called into the room, "Xiao Yi Xian, I'm coming in. Please don't poison me. I was only following orders."

As she spoke, Li Fei carefully made her way into the room.

The instant Li Fei entered the room, Yao Chuanshan immediately signaled to the guards behind him, telling them to follow her inside.

Xiao Yi Xian wished Li Fei dead at once. How could she possibly refrain from poisoning her?

The moment Li Fei entered the room, Xiao Yi Xian immediately scattered a handful of poison powder over her.

"Ah! It hurts! It itches! Xiao Yi Xian, please spare me!"

Li Fei cried out in agony as both hands clawed continuously at her face. Before long, she had scratched herself until her face was covered in blood.

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"

At that moment, several attacks shot rapidly from the doorway toward Xiao Yi Xian!