High Damage Left Fist, High Damage Right Fist!

A crowd of mercenaries with Dou Zhe strength blocked the cave's only exit.

Xiao Yi Xian put on a frightened act. "Young Master Xiao, I'm scared~"

Her voice was coy and affected, soft enough to make one's bones melt.

Xiao Yan could not help breaking out in goosebumps. Xiao Yi Xian seemed to have a bit of a mischievous streak.

Yet the voice that made him feel somewhat sick sounded like heavenly music to everyone else.

The mercenaries all wore intoxicated expressions, their gazes toward Xiao Yan filled with envy. They wished they were the ones standing in front of Xiao Yi Xian.

Behind the crowd of mercenaries, a figure cast an icy look their way.

He stepped out from behind the others and stared directly at Xiao Yan. "You're the brat who injured five mercenaries from our Wolf Head Mercenary Group?"

"You really do look young. Your talent must be quite good, but no matter how good it is, before you've grown up, you're still nothing but trash!"

Xiao Yan looked at him and slowly asked, "Uh, who are you?"

Mu Li's expression stiffened, and the corner of his eye twitched.

Xiao Yi Xian reminded him from behind, "He's Mu Li, the young leader of the Wolf Head Mercenary Group. His father, Mu She, is a two-star Dou Master."

Xiao Yan immediately understood. So this was the minor villain from the original story who had caused him quite a bit of trouble.

He looked like a complete loser.

"Hmph, now you know who I am, right? Since you know, hand over the opportunity you obtained. Then perhaps I might give you a chance to live." With more than a dozen Dou Zhe mercenaries behind him, Mu Li was brimming with confidence.

He glanced at Xiao Yi Xian and gave a lewd smile. "At the Ten Thousand Herb Pavilion, I couldn't do anything to you. But here, even if I swallowed you whole and skinned you alive, no one would ever know."

He turned to the mercenaries behind him. "I'll go first. You lot line up!"

Xiao Yi Xian's face immediately flushed red with rage. "You... you... you bunch of perverts!"

She suddenly realized something and asked, "Wait, how did you know about this place?"

"Other than myself, I only told my assistant Feilin..."

She did not need to finish. Xiao Yi Xian had already realized where the problem lay and clenched her fists in fury.

"Yes, so what?" Mu Li admitted disdainfully.

Xiao Yi Xian said nothing. She wrapped an arm around Xiao Yan's and pleaded, "Young Master Xiao, don't let them go!"

Xiao Yan shrugged. "Even if you hadn't said so, I wasn't planning to."

"If you don't pull weeds out by the roots, they'll grow again in the spring wind."

"Today, not a single one of them will leave alive."

Hearing Xiao Yan's words, Mu Li and the dozen or so mercenaries behind him burst into laughter. "Hahaha! None of us will leave alive? Aren't you embarrassed to talk so big?"

Xiao Yan did not bother arguing. He released the Dou Qi within his body, condensing a layer of Dou Qi Gauze over his skin.

The laughter came to an abrupt halt.

They knew better than anyone what Dou Qi Gauze represented. It was the mark of a Dou Master.

In the entire Wolf Head Mercenary Group, only their leader, Mu She, had reached that level.

In an instant, Mu Li and the dozen or so Wolf Head Mercenary Group mercenaries behind him all revealed fearful expressions.

"Young Master, please be magnanimous and spare us, all right?" Mu Li forced a smile. His attitude changed so quickly that even Xiao Yan was taken aback.

However, how could Xiao Yan possibly allow an uncertain factor like Mu Li to remain?

He shook his head with a laugh. "You thought you had victory in hand because you had more than a dozen Dou Zhe mercenaries behind you. You strutted around, arrogant beyond measure."

"Then, after learning that I possess Dou Master strength, you immediately became humble and fawning."

"Arrogant before, respectful after. Heh."

Xiao Yan took up a fighting stance and clenched his fists.

Seeing this, Mu Li knew that changing his attitude was useless.

His expression hardened as he said to the dozen or so mercenaries behind him, "He's so young. He's probably only just entered the Dou Master realm. Attack together, and maybe we can wear him down until he dies!"

"Attack together! He reached the Dou Master realm at such a young age, so he must have relied on plenty of pills. His Dou Qi is definitely unstable. If we attack together, we might not lose!"

"That's right, everyone attack together! I refuse to believe we can't beat one person!"

The mercenaries encouraged one another.

However, when Xiao Yan truly threw a punch straight at Mu Li—

The mercenaries who had just claimed they would swarm him instantly turned around and ran toward the cave exit. Without exception, Mu Li included.

But Xiao Yan's fist was far too fast.

Mu Li did not even have time to turn around before Xiao Yan's punch struck him squarely in the abdomen.

Pfft!

Blood splattered everywhere, red and yellow staining the ground.

Mu Li's eyes widened as he said in disbelief, "How could... he be this strong?"

As soon as he finished speaking, his head tilted to one side, and he died on the spot.

Xiao Yan ignored him and immediately began chasing the fleeing mercenaries.

There was only one path through the cave. The mercenaries were slower than him and had no way to scatter in all directions, so he caught them one by one.

"Spare..."

"No..."

Every one of them wore an extremely humble expression before him, wanting to beg for their lives.

Xiao Yan ignored every last one of them, taking them down with one punch each.

High damage left fist, high damage right fist. After more than a dozen booming punches, he had dealt with every fleeing mercenary.

Blood dyed the cave red, as well as Xiao Yan's clothes, leaving them sticky and slick.

Xiao Yan simply tore off his clothes, planning to find a small river later to wash up and change into fresh garments.

At that moment, Xiao Yi Xian also caught up, panting heavily. The ground was littered with chunks of mangled corpses. Even though she was a physician who had seen plenty of bloody scenes, she nearly vomited.

Looking at Xiao Yan as he tore off his clothes, Xiao Yi Xian's impression of him underwent a tremendous change.

What refined young noble capable of refining pills? He was clearly a ruthless Asura who struck with fists of flesh and blood!

"Let's go." Xiao Yan extended his hand and smiled faintly.

Xiao Yi Xian immediately turned her head away, feeling her cheeks burn.

What's going on? Why does my heart feel so strange? This feeling...

"What are you standing around for? Don't tell me you like this place," Xiao Yan urged.

Xiao Yi Xian vigorously patted her face, came back to her senses, and said casually, "It's nothing. Let's go, let's go."

The two left the cave. Xiao Yan carried Xiao Yi Xian and used the protrusions on the cliff wall for leverage, returning to the top of the cliff in a few flashes.

"Let's find a small river first. I need to wash up," Xiao Yan said.

Xiao Yi Xian nodded shyly beside him. Freed from the cave's dim surroundings, Xiao Yan's bare upper body gave her an even greater shock.

The two walked some distance through the outskirts of the Magical Beast Mountain Range and found a small river.

Xiao Yan jumped in and washed himself clean. Without bothering to avoid Xiao Yi Xian's gaze, he stripped completely and changed into a fitted black outfit.

Xiao Yi Xian watched for quite some time, only covering her eyes after Xiao Yan had finished dressing. "Have some shame!"

Xiao Yan:?

"Then why were you staring so carefully just now?" Xiao Yan directly questioned her.

Xiao Yi Xian stubbornly replied, "I was only checking whether you were injured."

Xiao Yan could not be bothered to argue about it. "I promised to teach you alchemy. Should we find somewhere to stay? Are we going back to the Ten Thousand Herb Pavilion, or somewhere else?"

"Not the Ten Thousand Herb Pavilion." Xiao Yi Xian's gaze dimmed.

Her assistant had betrayed her. She had no one at the Ten Thousand Herb Pavilion whom she cared about anymore. Besides, Xiao Yan had killed Mu Li, and she would inevitably face plenty of trouble if she returned. She might as well not go back.

"I know a secluded valley. Come with me there," Xiao Yi Xian said.

Xiao Yan recalled the small valley from the original story and did not refuse. "All right, we'll go there. It'll be a good chance for me to improve myself as well."

He silently added in his heart, Once I learn a flying Dou Technique, I can go cause trouble for the Purple Gold Winged Lion King. The blood essence of a sixth-tier magical beast and the sixth-tier Beast Flame, Purple Flame, are both treasures I can't afford to miss.