Xiao Yan's Principles, Yun Yun Requests a Meeting

"What exactly is going on with this Poison Sect? Jia Lao, please explain in detail," Xiao Yan asked somewhat anxiously.

Sensing Xiao Yan's sudden change in attitude, Jia Xingtian realized that the Poison Sect seemed to hold a special place in Xiao Yan's heart, so he quickly revealed everything he knew:

"Master Yan Xiao, I don't know much about the Poison Sect. The only information I have is that the Poison Sect leader is a woman who suddenly appeared a few months ago and established the Poison Sect. That's all I know."

"The sect leader is a woman... She only established the Poison Sect a few months ago..." Xiao Yan extracted these two important pieces of information, and the corners of his mouth under the mask couldn't help but curl up unconsciously.

For others, these two conditions are quite vague.

But for him, a transmigrator, the Poison Sect was all too familiar.

It's clearly the sect that Xiao Yi Xian established during her training in the Chu Yun Empire.

The two pieces of information provided by Jia Xingtian confirmed his guess.

"It seems I need to make a trip to the Chu Yun Empire before heading to the Jia Nan Academy," Xiao Yan thought to himself.

I roughly outlined my plans for the future in my mind.

Xiao Yan snapped out of his reverie and said to Jia Xingtian, "Jia Lao, the reward for the information on the Heavenly Flames has been settled. As for the remaining rewards— the Beast Flame, the Heart Blood Essence, and the Earth Flame Fruit —I'm not in a hurry. Jia Lao can prepare them before the Alchemist Conference ends."

Hearing Xiao Yan give him such ample time, Jia Xingtian smiled and nodded, "Master Yan Xiao, rest assured, I will definitely prepare these three rewards for you before the Alchemist Conference."

Xiao Yan said, "Alright, once Jia Lao has prepared the reward, please ask Senior Teng Shan to inform me."

After a brief exchange, Jia Xingtian took his leave.

Xiao Yan looked up at the sky, and seeing that it was about time, he left the Mittel Family and headed to the Nalan Family.

On his way to the Nalan Family, Xiao Yan was suddenly stopped by a Dou Ling.

"Master Yan Xiao, please wait." The Dou Ling deliberately lowered his voice.

Xiao Yan stopped and looked at the person.

The person was dressed in a black robe, which completely covered their face and body, making it difficult to tell whether they were male or female.

"What is it?" Xiao Yan looked behind the man and saw that he was carrying a huge sack, and he had a guess in his mind.

Without wasting words, the black-robed Dou Ling threw the sack in front of Xiao Yan, pulled it open, and revealed the figure inside.

He was a middle-aged man, covered in wounds, his meridians destroyed, his Dou Qi constantly draining away, and his expression one of despair.

"Master Yan Xiao, this is an elder of the Mu Clan, with the strength of Dou Ling. I wonder if the bounty you mentioned is still valid?" the black-robed Dou Ling asked respectfully.

At this moment, people coming and going on the street gathered around to watch.

"That's Master Yan Xiao? That Sixth-Rank Alchemist?!"

"I recognize that man covered in wounds. He's an elder of the Mu Clan, a Dou Ling cultivator. How come his meridians are all destroyed?!"

"Nonsense, don't you remember the Yan Xiao placed on the Mu Clan? It's obvious that a powerful figure has made a move."

"I wonder if Master Yan Xiao will keep his promise, after all, a Tier 4 Medicinal Pill is extremely precious."

Hearing the noisy discussion around him, Xiao Yan's expression remained unchanged beneath his mask. He snapped his fingers, took out a jade bottle from his Storage Ring, and tossed it to the black-robed Dou Ling, his voice calm. "Hmm, Tier 4 Medicinal Pill, the Purple Heart Barrier-Breaking Pill. Taking it will raise your cultivation by One-Star at the Da Dou Shi stage."

"Or, you can provide the Medicinal Herbs yourself, and I will refine a Tier 5 Medicinal Pill for you. You can choose."

The black-robed Dou Ling exclaimed with delight, not expecting Xiao Yan to offer not the lowest-value healing pill among pills of the same grade, but the highest-value cultivation-enhancing pill. "Thank you, Master Yan Xiao, I choose the Purple Heart Barrier-Breaking Pill!"

Xiao Yan didn't waste any words and simply tossed the pill to him.

The black-robed Dou Ling accepted the pill, clasped his hands in a salute, and then instantly retreated.

Seeing that someone had actually obtained the elixir, the discussion immediately became heated.

"We really got the pills!"

"They actually obtained Tier 4 Medicinal Pill. No wonder they're Alchemist; they're incredibly wealthy."

"In that case, wouldn't the head of the Mu Clan, Mu Chen, one of the Ten Great Experts of the Jia Ma Empire Dou Wang, be able to exchange for a Tier 5 Medicinal Pill, or have Yan Xiao refine Tier 6 Medicinal Pill?"

"Don't you know? The head of the Mu Clan suddenly died last night. It's estimated that some powerful figure couldn't resist the temptation of the pills and made a move that very night."

As the black-robed Dou Ling retreated, seemingly in an organized manner, many other people dressed in black robes came over carrying sacks.

They threw all the sacks in front of Xiao Yan, opened them, and introduced them one by one.

At a glance, there were nearly ten members of the Mu Clan.

One was Dou Ling, and nine were Da Dou Shi.

Xiao Yan didn't waste any time and took out the pills again.

However, when he saw a Da Dou Shi's body ravaged and mangled, his breath faint and near death, his voice immediately carried a hint of displeasure. "I only said to destroy his meridians, preventing him from cultivating again for the rest of his life. When did I say I would take their lives?"

He took out a healing pill from his Storage Ring and fed it to the Mu Clan's Da Dou Shi.

As the healing pills took effect, the flesh and blood of this Da Dou Shi of the Mu Clan slowly coalesced, and his aura gradually became more profound.

After doing this, Xiao Yan faced everyone and said seriously, "My only request is to cripple the Mu Clan ' meridians, not to take their lives. Everyone who wants to exchange the bounty with me, remember this, otherwise I will not give out the pills."

"This time, let's not do it again."

After saying this, Xiao Yan tossed the pills in his hand to the men in black robes.

The onlookers began to discuss it.

Xiao Yan didn't listen carefully, but most of the comments were about how his actions were too confusing.

He offered a bounty on the Mu Clan, essentially driving Mu Clan to their doom, yet now he says he doesn't want to harm any members of the Mu Clan. This is utterly contradictory.

Xiao Yan offered no explanation.

He offered a bounty on the Mu Clan Mu Clan because they were his enemies, and he wanted to eliminate them completely.

Otherwise, if the Mu Clan becomes too powerful in the future, although he is confident that no one in the Mu Clan can catch up with him, it would also be a hidden danger if the Mu Clan were to attack those around him.

The reason they weren't killed was because of the feud with the Mu Clan; apart from Mu Chen and Mu Zhan, the others weren't at a level where death was absolutely necessary.

His solution was to abolish their cultivation path and make them ordinary people.

Not killing innocent people indiscriminately might sound ridiculous in the Dou Qi Continent.

But this is indeed one of his principles, and he has no intention of changing it.

After pausing for two seconds to make sure no one else was coming, Xiao Yan continued towards the Nalan Family's residence.

He didn't notice that in a room on the second floor of a teahouse not far from here, a beautiful woman dressed in blue nodded at him with an approving look.

The beautiful woman put down her teacup and said to the old man beside her, "Elder Yun Jing, would you please go and invite Master Yan Xiao over for a chat?"

Yun Jing nodded and replied, "Yes, Sect Master."