Leaving Green Mountain Town, Secrets of the Small Valley

"Li Fei! You!" Xiao Yi Xian had never imagined that she would be betrayed by her only friend. She had even worried about her when she left.

"Sister Xiao Yi Xian, you have to believe me. I was really forced into it. That beast Mu Li is slandering me." Li Fei crawled before Xiao Yi Xian, clutching her leg as she begged for mercy.

Xiao Yi Xian looked at Li Fei before her. Li Fei was no longer the Li Fei she remembered; the woman before her felt like a stranger.

She did not plead with Tang Chen for Li Fei. Instead, she shook off Li Fei's hand and walked out of the small courtyard alone.

Tang Chen watched from the side and did not interfere with Xiao Yi Xian's choice.

Xiao Yi Xian's decision pleased Tang Chen. He did not want her to be some indecisive saintly fool; even if that sort of person grew powerful in the future, it would be a waste.

"Sister Xiao Yi Xian! Please..." Li Fei tried to crawl after Xiao Yi Xian and grab her, but Tang Chen gave her no such chance. He seized her by the neck from behind.

"M-My lord, my body... everything I have can be yours. I'll serve you well. Please, spare..." Li Fei's face was filled with panic as Tang Chen gripped her neck. She reached up and undid her clothes, trying to seduce Tang Chen as she had seduced Mu Li.

Crack!

But who was Tang Chen? Before she could finish speaking, he tightened his grip and snapped her neck, tossing her corpse aside like garbage.

"Next, it's your turn..."

Tang Chen said to Mu Li beneath his foot.

Tang Chen's voice entered Mu Li's ears like the whisper of a demon, driving his terror to its peak.

"Don't worry. You won't be lonely on the road. I'll send your father to keep you company too, so you father and son can be reunited nice and neatly."

A faint smile touched Tang Chen's lips as he pressed down slightly with the foot planted on Mu Li's head.

Bang!

Mu Li's head exploded beneath Tang Chen's foot, brain matter spraying everywhere. His body stopped trembling, and all breath left him.

Tang Chen flicked out a burst of flame, burning every bit of trash in the small courtyard to ash and erasing every trace of their existence.

"If you don't pull weeds up by the roots, they'll grow again when the spring wind blows."

Tang Chen vanished from the small courtyard. In a single instant, he arrived above the Wolf Head Mercenary Group.

The terrifying aura of a Dou Zong directly enveloped the entire Wolf Head Mercenary Group.

"Look! Th-There's someone in the sky!"

"..."

There were quite a few mercenaries in the Wolf Head Mercenary Group. All of them saw Tang Chen and Xiao Yi Xian standing in the air above them.

Sensing the aura, Mu She hurried out of the house, followed by several deputy leaders of the Wolf Head Mercenary Group.

"My lord, I am Mu She, leader of the Wolf Head Mercenary Group. May I ask what my lord requires of us?" Feeling the terrifying aura Tang Chen radiated, Mu She did not dare be careless. He stepped forward and cupped his fists in salute.

"I'm sending you to reunite with your son."

Tang Chen pointed a finger at Mu She from afar, and the power of space descended upon Mu She and the deputy leaders beside him.

Pop! Pop! Pop!

Mu She and the deputy leaders were all crushed into pulp by the power of space.

"The leader is dead! R-Run!"

With the Wolf Head Mercenary Group's upper ranks dead, the entire mercenary group was left leaderless, and everyone fled in terror.

From that day on, there was no longer a Wolf Head Mercenary Group in Green Mountain Town.

After settling everything, Tang Chen returned to Xiao Yi Xian's side.

When Xiao Yi Xian saw Tang Chen appear, she asked nothing. She was somewhat silent.

"Don't be sad over this. The people and events here are already in the past. Your future lies on the vast continent."

Seeing that Xiao Yi Xian was feeling down, Tang Chen spoke to comfort her.

"Come on, I'll take you away from here." Seeing that his comfort had worked, Tang Chen extended his hand to Xiao Yi Xian.

"Thank you." Seeing Tang Chen's large outstretched hand, Xiao Yi Xian shyly reached out her small hand and took it.

Tang Chen held Xiao Yi Xian's hand, and with a flash, they left the bounds of Green Mountain Town in an instant.

"Where are we going next?" Xiao Yi Xian asked Tang Chen.

"Do you know of anywhere nearby with abundant energy? Somewhere secluded would be best." Tang Chen recalled the small valley Xiao Yi Xian had stayed in in the original story. That place was rather mysterious, and he wanted to see it for himself.

"A place with abundant energy..."

"I know one. I found it before while gathering herbs with a good friend."

Xiao Yi Xian recalled the valley she had discovered with Lan Ying. It seemed to meet Tang Chen's requirements.

Xiao Yi Xian pointed Tang Chen in a direction. He flew that way, and before long, they arrived at a small valley.

The valley was extremely well hidden. The moment Tang Chen entered, he sensed that the energy here was several times denser than outside.

The valley was filled with blooming flowers and many medicinal herbs. At its center stood an elegant little wooden house.

"What do you think? This place is nice, right?" Every time Xiao Yi Xian came here, much of her bodily fatigue vanished. This place made her feel very relaxed.

"Compared to the outside world, this is practically another world," Tang Chen replied.

The first thought that came to Tang Chen's mind upon arriving here was: Something is off about this place.

Yet no matter how he released his soul perception to investigate, he could not discover anything unusual.

"How strange. Is my strength still insufficient?" Tang Chen's soul perception covered the entire small valley and swept through it several times, yet he still found nothing.

"It seems to be underground."

Tang Chen sent his soul power beneath the valley, only to find something blocking his soul perception and preventing him from seeing what lay below.

"Forget it. I'll continue exploring after I become stronger." Tang Chen gave up on continuing the investigation. His instincts told him that, at his current strength, he could not yet come into contact with whatever was below.

Tang Chen planned to go nowhere for the next few days.

He would practice his alchemy here.

The energy of heaven and earth was abundant here, making it the perfect place to try refining a seventh-grade pill.

"What! You're an alchemist too?"

Only when Xiao Yi Xian saw Tang Chen take out a medicinal cauldron did she learn that he was actually an alchemist as well.

"Of course I am," Tang Chen said.

"Do you think I have the talent to become an alchemist?" Xiao Yi Xian came to Tang Chen's side, her large eyes fixed on him as she asked in a flattering tone.

She had dreamed of becoming an alchemist, but she had lived in Green Mountain Town and had never seen one before. She had no idea whether she possessed such talent.

"You don't have the talent to become an alchemist," Tang Chen said bluntly.

"Alright..." Although Xiao Yi Xian had long prepared herself for this possibility, she was still somewhat disappointed when she learned the truth.

"Although you can't become an alchemist, you can settle for the next best thing and become a poison master."

Tang Chen shifted the conversation and pointed Xiao Yi Xian toward another path better suited to her.

"A poison master? It sounds so evil."

The moment Xiao Yi Xian heard "poison master," she felt it was some utterly wicked profession, nothing like the prestigious image of an alchemist.