A Bet

Salt City, located in the eastern province of the Jia Ma Empire, is situated on a wide avenue, making it a vital route for those traveling from within the empire to the eastern provinces, giving it an extremely advantageous strategic location.

Therefore, this city, which is said to be the largest in the eastern province of the Jia Ma Empire, has been heavily guarded by the empire for many years. And apart from the empire's power, the most powerful force is the Mo Clan.

Because the Mo Clan is backed by the behemoth Misty Cloud Sect, nearly 30% of the industries in Salt City now belong to the Mo Clan. Their annual profits are extremely high. After deducting necessary taxes and expenses for cultivating relationships, the Mo Clan has made a fortune.

It is foreseeable that in the next few years, the power of the Mo Clan will grow stronger and their control over Salt City will become more complete. Perhaps one day, even the Jia Ma Imperial Family will not easily cause trouble for the Mo Clan.

After a six-day flight using flying magical beasts, Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian finally arrived in Salt City.

Speaking of which, the Mo Clan conducts biochemical experiments, transplanting limbs or organs from magical beasts or people with special constitutions into their own bodies. Although Xiao Yan is not a disciple of the Misty Cloud Sect, he is Yun Yun's nominal disciple.

The Mo Clan's reckless actions have brought shame to the Misty Cloud Sect, which in turn brings shame to Yun Yun, and Xiao Yan also loses face.

To be honest, if it weren't for the enormous tributes the Mo Clan paid to the Misty Cloud Sect every year, the Misty Cloud Sect, given its status, would never have stooped to deal with the Mo Clan, unless...

Did the person in charge of this matter at the Misty Cloud Sect reap considerable benefits from it?

For example, that old dog Yun Leng?

Having come up with a plan, Xiao Yan is now working through the process while looking at the answers. This matter concerning the Mo Clan should indeed be addressed when an opportunity arises.

Furthermore, since my eldest and second eldest brothers have gone to the Jia Nan Academy, they naturally won't be running a mercenary group in Mo Tie City. Therefore, Qing Lin's matter also needs to be included in my next plans and route planning.

As Xiao Yan pondered, he led Xiao Yi Xian along the wide road in Salt City.

Xiao Yi Xian had never been here before, and looked around with some curiosity.

Tap tap tap!

Suddenly, the sound of horses' hooves came from not far behind. Turning their heads, they saw several men and women riding fine horses galloping towards them. The dust they kicked up forced people on the road to scramble to avoid them. A nameless anger rose in their hearts, but when their angry gazes fell on the leading figure on horseback, they forcibly swallowed their anger.

The first person to ride a horse was a young girl. She wore a tight-fitting red dress that perfectly accentuated her budding figure. Her face was quite pretty, and a small crystal pendant adorned her smooth forehead. As it swayed slightly, it added a touch of liveliness to her face, which held a hint of spoiled charm.

The girl in red didn't linger on the trouble she caused the others by riding her horse; she merely glanced at them sideways before continuing to ride forward at full speed.

Xiao Yi Xian frowned, clearly disliking this spoiled and willful person, but seeing that Xiao Yan seemed to be thinking about something, she ignored the girl, reached out and pulled Xiao Yan to the side of the road.

But the girl was not alone; there were several people behind her, and several horses occupied the entire road. The horses' hooves clattered, kicking up dust, leaving many people around them covered in dirt.

Because he didn't want to be too conspicuous, Xiao Yan didn't wear his alchemist's robe. Instead, he changed into a clean black outfit. As everyone knows, black is not very dirt-resistant, especially when it comes to dust.

Xiao Yi Xian was wearing a white dress and was a very clean person; how could she tolerate the dust settling on her and Xiao Yan?

However, before she could make a move, Xiao Yan had already come to his senses and immediately raised his hand to deliver a Fire Blowing Palm strike. Just then, the girl shouted "Giddy up!" and ended up with a mouthful of ash.

The handsome men and beautiful women around her were also slapped by Xiao Yan and left looking disheveled. They all reined in their horses and dismounted.

"Kid, you deliberately blew dust at us, do you have a death wish?"

One of the older boys, who was obviously a sycophant, asked in an extremely arrogant manner.

Xiao Yan ignored him and looked at the girl in red.

"Are all dogs from your Mo Clan this noisy?"

He naturally recognized the girl in red as a young lady from the Mo Clan. In the original work, she seemed to have a good relationship with Nalan Yanran, but he didn't know if it was just a superficial sisterhood.

After all, she was reborn, and she treated him fairly well in this life, so he could at least give her some face.

"Ptooey!"

The girl had just eaten a mouthful of dust and was unable to speak.

The boy got angry when he heard himself being called a dog.

Even though he's a simp, it's not okay to say it out loud!

Xiao Yan didn't even bother with him. He simply grabbed him with his Sucking Palm and then casually threw him away, embedding him into the wall next to him so that he could sleep peacefully.

Seeing Xiao Yan act so decisively, the young men and women were completely stunned.

The onlookers were also deeply shocked.

No matter what, that young man was still a member of the Mo Clan, albeit not from the main branch, he still bore the surname Mo. How dare this person be so arrogant as to attack?

This is something that hasn't been seen in Salt City for many years.

Do you still have any objections?

Xiao Yan wanted this preemptive strike, but it wasn't a big deal; there was no need to kill people so easily.

Of course, this could be considered an act of mercy on his part.

If it were anyone else, the kill check would have already started, the opening move would be "A righteous death," followed by aiming a hidden weapon...

Upon hearing Xiao Yan's words, the boys and girls all turned their gazes to the girl in red, Mo Linglin, the second young lady of the Mo Clan.

Although she was only slightly younger than Xiao Yan, her aura was incomparable to that of someone like Xiao Yan, who had fought for months in the Monster Mountain Range, was Dou Master at the age of eleven, and was also Third-Grade alchemist.

They only exchanged a glance, but he was startled by the cold gaze in those dark pupils.

After all, they were just a bunch of kids still cultivating their Dou Qi, and they had no chance of winning against a Dou Zhe.

Clearly, she couldn't believe that the black-clad youth before her was actually a Dou Master.

But this was, after all, Mo Clan territory. Once the girl came to her senses, she prepared to take out a signal flare from her bosom.

Xiao Yan reacted swiftly, using the same trick again. Sucking Palm and pulled her towards him, his hand gripping the girl's fair neck like an iron clamp.

Xiao Yan's tone was gentle, but his smile held a hint of menace as he threatened:

"Let's make a bet. Let's see if you fire the signal flare first, or if I snap your neck first?"