The Same Goal

The moment he heard the Purple Crystal Lion Wing King's voice, joy welled up in Chu Yang's heart—he had succeeded!

"I can take human form now! I can take human form now..."

The fellow babbled away like a madman.

It took a long while before he finally calmed down.

"Next, I'm going to take a look around your Wutan City—"

The Purple Crystal Lion Wing King abruptly took off in a gust of wind.

"Uh—Lion King—"

How could Chu Yang possibly stop him?

But then a thought suddenly occurred to him, and he remembered the bone flute the Purple Crystal Lion Wing King had once given him.

"Whoo—"

A strange sound drifted out. Chu Yang did not think it was particularly loud, but in the blink of an eye—

The burly man the Purple Crystal Lion Wing King had transformed into had already appeared before him.

The latter had only just put away his fleshy wings. Now that he had taken human form, those fleshy wings formed through Dou Qi Wings could vanish into his body, just like Chu Yang's Azure Cloud Wings.

"Didn't you summon me because something happened?"

While Chu Yang was still astonished that the Purple Crystal Lion Wing King had come as though answering a command, the latter realized there was no emergency here and immediately seemed somewhat displeased.

I never expected this bone flute to really bring you here in an instant! Chu Yang was still caught up in his excitement and had nearly blurted that out. At the last moment, though, he felt it would be inappropriate. When the Purple Crystal Lion Wing King had handed him the bone flute, he had said to call only if something happened. Using it like this was no different from joking around and wasting his time.

If he did this once or twice more, it might turn into the tragedy of King You of Zhou lighting the beacon fires to amuse the lords. When it truly became a life-or-death situation, the Purple Crystal Lion Wing King might not come to save him.

Left with no choice, Chu Yang found an excuse. "I wanted to tell you not to cause trouble recklessly in Wutan City! The Jia Ma Empire may have many hidden experts. If you draw too much attention and they discover that you are a magical beast transformed into a human, intending to harm the human race... I needn't say the rest. Think about it yourself!"

These words did make the Purple Crystal Lion Wing King take heed. To be honest, without Chu Yang's Transformation Pill, his dream could never have come true. He thought to himself that, at least within the areas Chu Yang knew—namely Wutan City—it would be best to keep a low profile while in human territory.

Thus, the Purple Crystal Lion Wing King agreed to Chu Yang's request and promised not to stir up trouble.

Only then did Chu Yang let him leave.

Besides, Chu Yang himself still had matters to handle and did not want the Purple Crystal Lion Wing King at his side for the time being. He wanted to wait and see what came next. If the system missions he received were too difficult, he might need the Purple Crystal Lion Wing King to stay by his side and lend him a hand.

When Chu Yang returned to the Xiao Family and continued refining Fighter Pills, the Blood Coagulating Powder refined by Xiao Yan with Old Yao's help and the Spring Powder refined by Liu Xi had already begun competing in the market. The Xiao Family and the Jia Lie Family were also locked in an increasingly fierce struggle, both open and covert.

Xiao Yan, along with Xun'er on his side, and Liu Xi on the other, had even begun harboring killing intent toward one another, each intending to secretly eliminate the other.

The conflict between Xiao Yan and Liu Xi was fundamentally a competition between alchemists.

As for why Xun'er wanted to kill Liu Xi, it was because Liu Xi had lusted after her.

That day, several younger members of the Xiao Family went out to have fun. Liu Xi happened to see Xun'er, and he was instantly stunned by her beauty, to the point that he could barely eat or sleep. Later, he even asked Jia Lie Bi to help him seize Xun'er.

Since Xun'er belonged to the Xiao Family, and the Jia Lie Family and Xiao Family were currently like fire and water, Jia Lie Bi naturally agreed to help.

However, although the Jia Lie Family and Liu Xi's plan to secretly capture Xun'er seemed flawless, it ultimately failed. They encountered a mysterious and terrifying expert, and Xun'er escaped the ordeal.

Not only that, Xun'er discovered their plot against her.

For a time, they could not understand it. Even Xiao Zhan had been unable to uncover that they were behind the scheme, so how had Xun'er found out?

How could they have known that Xun'er had a mysterious master backing her in the shadows...

Thus, aside from Chu Yang, Xun'er also wanted Liu Xi dead.

Naturally, there was one more person who wanted to kill him: Xiao Yan!

Xun'er did not know that Xiao Yan also wanted to get rid of Liu Xi. She did not know that Xiao Yan could no longer tolerate Liu Xi continuing to help others target the Xiao Family.

And neither Xun'er nor Xiao Yan knew that there was yet another Chu Yang who wanted Liu Xi's life.

The last time Chu Yang had suddenly disappeared, he had nearly died at the hands of someone Liu Xi had summoned. No one in the Xiao Family knew about this, and Chu Yang had not told them afterward.

The night Chu Yang decided to act was a dark and windy one.

He knew that Xun'er, as well as Xiao Yan with Old Yao's assistance, intended to deal with Liu Xi. But he had not fully anticipated that they would come on the very same night he planned to act.

Thanks to his advantageous position and his connection with the Jia Lie Family, Chu Yang managed to secretly hide himself in Liu Xi's room without anyone noticing.

He had now thoroughly investigated some of Liu Xi's background. It turned out that his initial investigation had been wrong. Liu Xi was not an alchemist with almost no Dou Qi cultivation at all—his true strength was actually that of a five-star Fighter!

Although Chu Yang had already advanced to a six-star Fighter through the Fighter Pills he refined himself, and despite not being particularly experienced in combat, his greater strength, combined with the Yellow Demonic Puppet as his assistant, meant he was more than capable of dealing with Liu Xi.

Chu Yang was only worried that too much noise would draw Jia Lie Bi and the others over. He did not want Jia Lie Bi and the others to know that he was the one who killed Liu Xi.

That was why he had seemingly gone to unnecessary lengths to hide in Liu Xi's room beforehand. He hoped that, when the time came, he would have a better chance of avoiding alerting Jia Lie Bi and the Jia Lie Family's other experts.

That night, Chu Yang had only just hidden himself in a concealed corner of the somewhat spacious room the Jia Lie Family had arranged for Liu Xi when the door was pushed open with a loud bang.

Chu Yang thought Liu Xi had returned and was just preparing to make his move when he saw from his hiding place that the visitor was merely a beautiful maid.

It turned out that Liu Xi had promised Jia Lie Bi that he would refine an additional kind of medicinal pill called the Power Accumulating Pill to help the Jia Lie Family increase their cultivation. Jia Lie Bi had then agreed to fully cooperate with him in secretly dealing with Xun'er once again.

What they feared now was the mysterious expert behind Xun'er.

However, Liu Xi said that he had secretly sent word to invite his teacher out of seclusion. At the same time, he had also established contact with another mysterious force. When the time came, they would be fully capable of erasing the Xiao Family from Wutan City.

For the moment, they could not capture Xun'er, but today Jia Lie Bi had arranged for a very beautiful maid from another place to serve Liu Xi in bed.

This maid had been sent into Liu Xi's room by Jia Lie Bi ahead of time.