Seven-Colored Poison Scripture! Flying Dou Technique!

Mu She lay on the ground, his entire body trembling from the intense pain.

He raised his head to look at Xiao Xuan, his eyes filled with terror.

"Lord Xiao, I was wrong!"

Xiao Xuan looked at him calmly.

"Please spare my life! I was blind and offended you. My son deserved to die, and I shouldn't have stood up for him!"

Mu She's voice trembled. None of his earlier arrogance remained.

Xiao Xuan said nothing.

Mu She kept kowtowing, his forehead striking the ground with dull thuds.

"Lord Xiao, in your great mercy, spare this dog's life! I don't want the Wolf Head Mercenary Group anymore, and I won't stay in Green Mountain Town either. I'll get far away immediately and never appear before you again!"

Xiao Xuan reached out, seized his right arm, and gave it a light twist.

Crack!

Mu She let out a miserable scream!

His entire right arm was twisted apart, the sound of shattering bones clearly audible.

Xiao Xuan then grabbed his left arm.

Crack!

His left arm was twisted apart as well.

Mu She's screams echoed through the night sky. He collapsed to the ground, all four limbs crippled.

"Xiao Xuan! You'll die a horrible death!" Mu She roared with the last of his strength.

Xiao Xuan raised his right hand and struck with his palm.

The force of his palm hit Mu She's head.

Mu She's voice abruptly stopped. His eyes widened, then closed, and he never moved again.

Mu She, leader of the Wolf Head Mercenary Group, died on the spot.

At the inn entrance, Xiao Yi Xian stared at Mu She's corpse, her entire body stiffening.

She recalled how worried she had been about Xiao Xuan before and laughed bitterly to herself.

It seemed her earlier worries had been completely unnecessary.

Xiao Yi Xian murmured to herself inwardly.

When the surrounding mercenaries saw Mu She's corpse, every face turned deathly pale.

No one knew who knelt first, but with a thud, followed by a series of thuds, people began dropping to their knees.

Dozens of mercenaries all knelt on the ground.

"Lord Xiao, spare us! We'll never dare again!"

"Mu She forced us to come! We had no choice!"

"Please spare our lives, my lord!"

Xiao Xuan's gaze swept over the kneeling mercenaries, his face expressionless.

He raised his right hand.

He struck with his palm.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Wherever the palm force passed, dozens of mercenaries were sent flying at once. They hit the ground and never moved again.

Not one was left alive.

Outside the inn, over a hundred corpses lay scattered across the street.

Xiao Yi Xian looked at the corpses covering the ground, her expression changing slightly.

She had not expected Xiao Xuan to act so decisively, refusing to spare even those who begged for mercy.

But she knew these people were all desperadoes, every one of them with blood on their hands.

If they were released now, they would gather even more people to retaliate tomorrow.

The night passed without incident.

The next morning.

Xiao Yi Xian emerged from her room. Xiao Xuan and Xiao Xun'er were already in the courtyard.

"Young Master Xiao, Miss Xiao." Xiao Yi Xian walked up to them. "Thank you for what happened yesterday."

Xiao Xuan glanced at her but said nothing.

Xiao Yi Xian hesitated for a moment.

"Young Master Xiao, there's something I'd like to discuss with you."

"Speak," Xiao Xuan said.

"I discovered a cave in the Magic Beast Mountain Range. There may be treasures hidden inside."

Xiao Yi Xian said, "I'm not strong enough to enter alone, and I don't dare go in. Young Master Xiao, you've saved me twice. I'd like to take you along. If there are any treasures inside, we'll split them evenly."

Xiao Xuan looked at her without speaking.

Xiao Xun'er spoke from the side. "Brother Xiao Xuan, it wouldn't hurt to take a look."

"Fine," Xiao Xuan said.

A smile appeared on Xiao Yi Xian's face.

"Then let's set out now."

The three left the courtyard and headed toward the Magic Beast Mountain Range.

The Magic Beast Mountain Range lay along the border of the Jia Ma Empire, stretching for thousands of miles.

Magic Beasts roamed freely through the mountains. The deeper one went, the higher their ranks became.

Mercenaries hunted Magic Beasts here year-round, exchanging Magic Cores and materials for rewards.

But most only dared to operate around the mountain range's outskirts. The high-rank Magic Beasts deeper within were not opponents they could handle.

Xiao Yi Xian led the two through several dense forests.

Xiao Xun'er followed closely behind her.

After walking for about half an hour, a steep mountain wall appeared ahead.

Vines covered the cliff face, hanging down in dense layers and nearly concealing the entire wall.

Xiao Yi Xian walked up to the mountain wall and pushed aside the vines, revealing a pitch-black cave entrance.

"It's here," Xiao Yi Xian said.

Xiao Xuan glanced at the entrance. It was completely dark inside, and nothing could be seen.

"I'll go in first," Xiao Xuan said.

He stepped into the cave, with Xiao Xun'er and Xiao Yi Xian following behind him.

The cave was dark, lit only by the faint light filtering in through the entrance.

Xiao Xuan raised his right hand, and golden flames surged from his palm, illuminating the surrounding stone walls.

The cave was not large.

At the innermost wall stood several old chests covered in dust, their surfaces blanketed with cobwebs and grime.

No one knew how many years they had been left there.

Xiao Yi Xian walked to a corner where a heap of broken junk was piled up.

She rummaged through it for a while. Then her eyes suddenly lit up as she pulled out a yellowed scroll.

"Found it!"

Xiao Xun'er walked over to her.

"Sister, what is this?"

"The Seven-Colored Poison Scripture," Xiao Yi Xian said, her voice filled with excitement.

"This is what I've been searching for all along. It records the methods for refining many poisons."

Xiao Yi Xian carefully put away the scroll and turned to Xiao Xuan.

"Young Master Xiao, take whatever you want. We agreed to split everything evenly."

Xiao Xuan walked over to the old chests.

He opened one of them. It was filled with Gold Coins.

Xiao Xuan put all the Gold Coins into his Storage Ring.

He opened another chest.

Several scrolls lay inside. Xiao Xuan picked one up and unfurled it for a glance: a Mystic Tier Intermediate cultivation method.

He picked up another one: a Mystic Tier Low-Level Dou Technique.

There were three cultivation methods and two Dou Techniques in total.

Xiao Xuan put all the scrolls into his Storage Ring. Though these cultivation methods and Dou Techniques were useless to him, he could give them to Xiao Xun'er.

The last chest was smaller than the first two.

Xiao Xuan opened it. Inside lay a pair of palm-sized purple wings, covered in profound patterns and emitting faint Dou Qi fluctuations.

Purple Cloud Wings.

Xiao Xuan's brows lifted slightly.

The Purple Cloud Wings, a flying Dou Technique, were an exceptionally rare type of flying Dou Technique.

They could allow cultivators who had not reached the Dou Wang level to fly.

Xiao Xuan put the Purple Cloud Wings into the system backpack as well.

Xiao Yi Xian looked at him.

"Young Master Xiao, have you taken everything?"

Xiao Xuan nodded.

"Then let's go," Xiao Yi Xian said.

The three were just about to leave the cave.

Suddenly, an enraged roar sounded from outside!

Roar!

The roar shook loose stones from the mountain wall, making the entire cave tremble.

Xiao Yi Xian's expression changed instantly.

"What was that sound?"

Xiao Xun'er's face grew solemn as well.

"A Magic Beast!"

The three walked out of the cave.

In the clearing before the entrance stood an enormous Magic Beast.

It was a giant tiger covered entirely in black fur, standing nearly twenty feet tall. Its fur gleamed with an eerie luster like obsidian.

A pair of crimson eyes stared at the three of them as it emitted a low growl.

A fifth-rank Magic Beast, the Mystic Nether Tiger!

It was equivalent to a human Dou Wang-level powerhouse!