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Murong Canghai calmed down.

After careful thought, he finally reached a conclusion:

"To take the Blood Dragon Pill from my robes without my noticing, and even deliberately leave the box behind..."

"This person must be an expert! His realm... is at least above the Organ Refining Realm!"

At that thought, Murong Canghai broke out in a cold sweat!

Fortunately, that mysterious expert had only been interested in the pill. If he had wanted Murong Canghai's life, wouldn't it have been as easy as taking something from his pocket?!

Without me even noticing, I'd already taken a trip through the gates of hell?

The more the old man thought about it, the more frightened he became.

For a moment, countless emotions churned within him—the pain of losing the pill intertwined with the relief of having survived...

"Good thing Li Fei's promising son was killed by demonic cultivators while on an out-of-sect mission. Otherwise, I wouldn't have dared make a move against Li Fei..."

"As for the Horse Gang... they're a scattered heap of sand, nothing to fear!"

Murong Canghai carefully reviewed everything. Aside from that mysterious expert hiding in the shadows, he hadn't made any other mistakes in his attempt to seize the pill.

As for that brat hiding in the locust tree in the courtyard while he fought Li Fei for the pill, the thought merely flashed through Murong Canghai's mind before he cast it aside. He would probably forget about him completely soon enough.

Such an ant-like existence wasn't even worth his notice.

"What a pity... my Blood Dragon Pill!"

Murong Canghai could only curse his bad luck!

The next day.

Early in the morning, Laifu Restaurant's main hall was already packed with customers.

Restaurants were usually hubs of information in a city. Whatever news had recently occurred, people from every walk of life would gather there to chat about it.

Loving excitement and bragging were simply human nature.

Eat, drink, boast—body and soul both felt refreshed.

Especially after yesterday's demon disturbance at the Execution Platform in the market and the death of the Horse Gang's Third Elder that night, those two matters had become everyone's favorite topic of conversation.

"How noisy." An unhappy voice rang out, and four figures appeared at the entrance.

More than half the hall instantly fell silent. Some people glared over in indignation, but the moment they recognized the insignia on the four people's clothing, the anger in their eyes vanished.

The four wore black robes embroidered with a golden character for dragon over their chests.

They were the robes of Dragon Roar Martial Hall disciples.

Three men and one woman—every one of them was a Registered Disciple of Dragon Roar Martial Hall!

Their status was indeed illustrious!

It was only natural for them to be so arrogant!

The one who had called the hall noisy was the only woman among them. She was pretty, but her face bore a calculating look, and there was a sharp edge between her brows. One glance was enough to tell she wasn't easy to get along with.

Her name was Qi Weiwei. Backed by the Qi Family of the city, she naturally spoke with confidence and looked down on everyone else.

"Junior Sister Qi, let's sit in the main hall. We still have business later, and we may need to get to work as soon as we finish eating," Qin Yu said.

Qin Yu had entered the martial hall first. Among the four, his martial arts were the strongest and his Root Bone aptitude was the best. On top of that, he was the only son of the Qin Family Rice Shop in the city. His future was boundless.

"I'll follow Senior Brother's arrangements."

Before Qin Yu, Qi Weiwei wore the obedient expression of a little woman. Her appearance was exceptionally lovely, and as she exuded her charm, the entire hall seemed to dim around her.

Quite a few young men secretly glanced at her from the corners of their eyes, only to hurriedly look away, swallowing hard and not daring to stare at her directly.

"Junior Brother Fang, Junior Brother Jin, please," Qin Yu said to the other two disciples.

The two junior brothers clasped their hands. Then the four chose a clean table by the side of the hall and took their seats.

Before long, the dishes were served, and the four chatted as they ate.

"Senior Brother Qin, have you heard? Yesterday, at the Execution Platform, a demon caused trouble..." Qi Weiwei said.

She had wanted to remain reserved, but Senior Brother Qin hadn't spoken to her for so long that she had no choice but to find a topic herself.

"I heard. In the end, the Demon Suppression Division had to dispatch three Demon Catchers in the Organ Refining Realm before they could stabilize the situation."

Qin Yu nodded. At the mention of the matter, his expression turned rather grave.

He continued, "Unfortunately, that demon was too difficult to deal with. They say it had all sorts of methods, like parasitism and creating avatars. Moreover, it grew stronger through slaughter, becoming fiercer the longer it fought. In the end, even when three Organ Refining experts joined forces, they couldn't capture it and let the demon escape..."

"Senior Brother, I'm so scared!" Qi Weiwei pouted slightly and acted coyly, pretending to be frightened.

Her body leaned hard toward Qin Yu's side.

"Don't be afraid... don't be afraid..." Qin Yu was thoroughly uncomfortable and hurriedly lowered his head to eat.

The young waiter serving dishes nearby stood by the counter, listening with great interest.

Suddenly.

"You! What are you looking at?!"

Qi Weiwei had just run into a wall with Qin Yu and was secretly annoyed. When she saw the waiter staring this way, rage immediately surged in her heart.

"I... I wasn't..."

The waiter panicked. He had indeed been captivated by her beauty and accidentally looked at her a couple of extra times.

"What status do you have, daring to look at me?"

Qi Weiwei gritted her teeth, rose directly to her feet, and strode over, fiercely slapping the waiter across the face.

Smack!

The blow swelled the waiter's cheek, and several teeth flew from his mouth.

Blood filled his mouth as he begged, "I... I won't dare again!"

"Heh. You still dared to look at me? I'll gouge out your eyeballs!" Qi Weiwei said coldly.

As soon as she spoke, she grabbed a pair of wooden chopsticks from the neighboring table and viciously stabbed them toward the waiter's eyes!

Just as the waiter was about to have both eyes pierced through—

Suddenly.

A hand seized the waiter by the back of his collar, and his entire body flew backward, barely dodging Qi Weiwei's vicious strike.

Still trembling with fear, the waiter looked behind him and immediately saw a familiar face. As though grasping a lifeline, he cried, "Boss, you have to save me... I really didn't mean to look at her!"

The one who had reached out and saved the waiter was Li Qiming.

After taking the Blood Dragon Pill, Li Qiming's chest had burned unbearably. Only alcohol could suppress the power of the Flood Dragon Blood Essence contained within the pill.

Stimulated by the pill last night, he had practiced martial arts all night and drunk all night as well.

Just moments ago, he had come to the front hall to continue drinking. He saw these four enter and overheard their conversation, learning that the demon had escaped even under the siege of three Organ Refining experts. He couldn't help but feel secretly alarmed.

Who would have thought that the very next moment, this woman would suddenly lash out, beating the waiter and even trying to destroy his eyes.

Her methods were far too vicious. Besides, this waiter was also one of his underlings and called him Boss. With the alcohol starting to go to his head, Li Qiming couldn't restrain himself from stepping in to save him.

"Who are you?" Qi Weiwei frowned as she stared at Li Qiming.

She was somewhat surprised as she looked him up and down. He reeked of alcohol, had an utterly ordinary face, and wore the gray work clothes of a menial servant.

How had such an ordinary person saved someone from her hands?

Although she hadn't attacked seriously just now, with her mid-stage Blood Refining Realm cultivation, even a casual strike from her wasn't something an ordinary menial servant could handle.

"I'm the head of the servants here. My apologies. It's my poor discipline that disturbed the young lady's mood," Li Qiming said with cupped hands.