Xiao Yi Xian?

Suddenly.

A handful of powder was scattered, drifting toward Xiao Yu's face.

Poison?

He instinctively held his breath, yet a trace of dizziness still crept into his mind.

Xiao Yu yanked the hand gripping the other person's neck toward himself with force.

"Ah..."

A panicked, low cry escaped the woman's lips.

Xiao Yu pivoted his feet, sidestepping her lunging form while simultaneously releasing his grip on her neck.

He shaped his fingers into a blade.

Bang!

With a clean, decisive strike to the back of her neck, the woman's body went limp, as if all her strength had been drained, and she collapsed to the floor.

Having finished this, Xiao Yu walked to the door, opened it, and stepped outside.

His thumb brushed across the ring he wore; a faint shimmer flashed, and a medicinal pill appeared in his palm.

Xiao Yu quickly tossed it into his mouth and swallowed.

A few seconds later, feeling the dizziness in his head gradually fade, he finally let out a sigh of relief.

It's a good thing I refined some Antidote Pills while I was brewing medicine earlier. Xiao Yu had always adhered to the philosophy that while one should not harbor the intent to harm others, one must always be prepared to defend against them.

He turned to look back into the room; in the dim light, he could only see the silhouette of a figure, unable to make out the person's features.

Just as Xiao Yu was about to step forward to investigate, the arguing downstairs grew increasingly intense.

She took a palm strike from me, so she shouldn't be waking up anytime soon. I'll head downstairs first; perhaps I can find information about this person from them. After weighing his options, Xiao Yu closed the door.

In front of the Xiao Clan Medicine Shop, Xiao Lin and several employees were locked in a standoff with a group of people opposite them.

Woken by the sound of violent knocking, Xiao Lin had learned that someone wanted to enter the shop to search for a thief, and he immediately raised an objection.

"The medicine shop is filled with many drugs and herbs. If all of you rush in and something goes missing, who will be held responsible?"

"Say no more, I absolutely do not agree. I have never seen or heard of the thief you speak of, and they are certainly not in the medicine shop."

"The reputation of Myriad Medicine Pavilion? If you push us too far, are you not afraid of my Xiao Clan elders coming here?"

Facing the aggressive, burly man, Xiao Lin did not back down.

The burly man at the front looked grim, especially when he heard Xiao Lin demanding the specific characteristics of the thief; his brows furrowed even deeper.

Tonight, Mr. Yao had suddenly flown into a rage and ordered them to come out and find someone.

Although they claimed publicly that they were searching for a thief, the burly man was one of the few who knew the full details.

That so-called thief was, in fact, Xiao Yi Xian.

Not long ago, the burly man didn't know the reason why, but Mr. Yao had suddenly imprisoned Xiao Yi Xian and announced to the public that she had died while gathering herbs.

Because he and the others were Mr. Yao's trusted aides, they had been responsible for guarding Xiao Yi Xian during this period.

Unexpectedly, Xiao Yi Xian had actually managed to escape.

"I can guarantee you that we will only search; we will absolutely not touch anything. If you are worried, you can follow us the entire time."

Recalling Mr. Yao's instructions before leaving, the burly man had no choice but to adopt a more tactful attitude.

Xiao Lin felt caught in a dilemma.

Deep down, he did not want to provoke the Myriad Medicine Pavilion or bring trouble to his clan.

"What is going on?"

At this moment, Xiao Yu walked over.

Xiao Lin hurriedly recounted the situation.

A woman? Myriad Medicine Pavilion? And she uses poison?

Xiao Yu keenly locked onto these few keywords, and a person flashed through his mind.

But he was not entirely certain.

He had heard from many people just this afternoon that the person was already dead.

"Young Clan Head Xiao, please make things convenient for us." The burly man cupped his fists.

Xiao Yu said indifferently, "There is no convenience to be had. You should all head back."

The burly man was stunned. "Young Clan Head Xiao..."

"Do you not understand human speech? If you want to search, go search somewhere else. Your Myriad Medicine Pavilion targeted my Xiao Clan Medicine Shop so aggressively before, and now you want me to make things convenient for you? Where is your shame?" Xiao Yu coldly interrupted him.

Seeing that the Xiao Clan Medicine Shop would not be swayed by soft or hard tactics, and remembering the attitude Mr. Yao had demanded, the burly man no longer held back.

"Every shop in Green Mountain Town must be searched tonight. Young Clan Head Xiao, my apologies!" The burly man waved his large hand.

Behind him, over a dozen men swarmed forward, surging into the shop.

"Protect the Young Clan Head!"

Seeing this scene, Xiao Lin ignored his trembling body and roared, intending to shield Xiao Yu behind him.

But an arm barred his path, forcing Xiao Lin to stumble back two steps, only to watch as Xiao Yu charged straight into the crowd.

Before long.

Xiao Yu stood in the center of a pile of fallen men.

"The, the Young Clan Head is already this strong? It feels like he's no less capable than the Third Young Master." Xiao Lin was dumbfounded.

Earlier, when facing Iron Head and Mu Li, he hadn't been able to gauge just how powerful the Young Clan Head truly was.

But this time, over a dozen people hadn't even been a match for him.

Inside the shop, the jaws of the other employees were practically hitting the floor.

If they hadn't heard the boss call that person the Young Clan Head, they would have suspected the youth was a humanoid Magical Beast.

Not a single one of those dozen men could withstand even a single punch or kick from him.

"Close the shop, time to sleep." Walking back into the store, Xiao Yu tossed out a flat remark and headed straight upstairs.

Xiao Lin snapped out of his daze and gave instructions to the other employees.

He then followed in Xiao Yu's footsteps up to the second floor.

Xiao Yu asked, "Is there something else?"

"Young Clan Head, I wanted to ask if we should consolidate the medicinal pills in the shop. Even the Myriad Medicine Pavilion was hit by thieves; could the other party also..."

As Xiao Lin spoke, he watched Xiao Yu push open the bedroom door, and his voice trailed off.

"No need, no one will come to steal." Xiao Yu closed the door.

In that brief moment, Xiao Lin had caught a glimpse of a figure lying in the room. The person's black attire didn't look like that of a good person at all.

Was it the thief the Myriad Medicine Pavilion was searching for?

Xiao Lin froze for a moment before heading back to his own room without lingering.

Just how powerful was the Young Clan Head? The Myriad Medicine Pavilion had turned Green Mountain Town upside down tonight, yet the thief had actually been captured by the Young Clan Head?

Inside the room.

Xiao Yu lit a candle, its orange glow illuminating the space.

He knelt beside the figure on the floor, turned her over, and removed the covering from her face.

Instantly, an exquisite face was revealed before him.

"This must be her."

Xiao Yu muttered to himself, then busied himself for a moment, tossing the woman onto the bed.

Until dawn, the medicine shop remained undisturbed.

On the bed, a figure slowly opened her eyes, her gaze filled with confusion and bewilderment.

Where am I?

The Little Doctor Fairy gazed at the bed curtains above, feeling that they were completely unfamiliar—not the decorations from her own room.

The next second.

Fragmented memories flashed through her mind, and her eyes instantly cleared.

I was knocked unconscious!

The Little Doctor Fairy immediately prepared to rise, only to discover that her hands and feet were bound, leaving her unable to move.

Her body, which had jolted upright, fell heavily back onto the mattress with a dull "thud."

"You're awake?"

Just then, a voice reached the Little Doctor Fairy's ears. It sounded like a young man's, and she turned her head immediately.

She saw a youth sitting cross-legged on the floor not far from the bed. He had refined features, a handsome face, and a faint smile playing on his lips.

"Was it you who knocked me out last night?"

The Little Doctor Fairy found it hard to believe; the youth before her was clearly not very old.

Based on her experience last night, that person's strength was definitely not that of a two or three-star Dou Practitioner.