"Yang Ji, go find out whether the Cao Clan has any outstanding talents. Preferably female, and younger." Although Lei Qi already had a target in mind, he still had to go through the proper motions.
"Yes."
The guard, Yang Ji, responded and left.
Mang Tianchi did not interject this time. If they merely wanted someone from a family affiliated with the Pill Tower, even one of the Pill Tower's old monsters present would surely give them that courtesy.
After instructing Yang Ji to gather information, Lei Qi, Mang Tianchi, and Zhang Yi entered the city as well.
In the Pill Domain, alchemists were the one thing never in short supply.
However, the levels of these alchemists were not particularly impressive.
That made sense. This was neither the Pill Convention nor any grand event, so sixth- and seventh-tier alchemists naturally would not be wandering everywhere.
After wandering around, Lei Qi found the streets quite crowded. The Pill Domain truly deserved its reputation as the center of the Central Plains and even the Dou Qi Continent. Everything here was abundant. So long as one possessed sufficient wealth—or something that money could not buy—one could obtain whatever they needed.
And money was something Lei Qi naturally did not lack.
When he left, he had even brought a purple-gold card marked with seven silver ripples.
On the Dou Qi Continent, only Dou King—or even Dou Emperor-level—experts could possess such a card. Its balance naturally amounted to tens of millions.
However, almost everything that caught Lei Qi's eye was beyond the reach of money. Unless some sect or faction desperately needed funds, transactions were inevitably conducted through barter.
After roughly the time it took to burn an incense stick, the guard Yang Ji appeared before Lei Qi and the others.
"Young Master Lei Qi, I have learned everything. Among the Cao Clan's younger generation, there is indeed an exceptionally gifted alchemy prodigy. It is said that when she was born..." Yang Ji began recounting the information he had gathered.
The enchantress Cao Ying was only thirteen, yet she was already a fourth-tier alchemist.
Moreover, her cultivation was not weak either. She had already reached the Three-Star Da Dou Shi realm.
A thirteen-year-old girl, a Three-Star Da Dou Shi, and a fourth-tier alchemist.
She undoubtedly deserved the title of "enchantress."
"Let's go to the Cao Clan. I happen to be lacking a personal maid at my side. She'll do," Lei Qi said.
"Didn't the clan already arrange personal maids for you?" Mang Tianchi interjected.
Lei Qi's forehead instantly darkened with black lines!
Seeing this, Mang Tianchi laughed. How could he not understand Lei Qi's intentions?
Led by Yang Ji, the group of four headed straight for the Cao Clan.
As the rulers of this city, the Cao Clan naturally occupied its very center. Within several thousand meters lay the Cao Clan's estate. Ordinary people were forbidden from entering, and its defenses were exceptionally strict.
Even the gatekeepers were Da Dou Shi, along with one "expert" Dou Ling.
Lei Qi and the others arrived at the gate, and Yang Ji stepped forward. "Call out someone from your clan who can make decisions."
Though Yang Ji was Lei Qi's guard, his status within the Thunder Clan was not low. After all, he was a commander of the Thunder Legion.
He could not compare to Lei Qi, but before a Central Plains clan, he still possessed his own pride.
The guards initially wanted to ask about their identities, but upon sensing that terrifying pressure, they hurriedly agreed and rushed frantically into the estate.
Before long, several figures appeared before the Cao Clan's gates.
The leader was a mid-stage Three-Star Dou Venerate. Beside him stood one Late Two-Star Dou Venerate and three Early One-Star Dou Venerates.
Apart from those five, there were also more than twenty "experts" at the Dou Zong and Dou Emperor levels.
Although this clan was affiliated with the Pill Tower, its own strength was already no weaker than the Four Pavilions of the Central Plains.
In truth, the so-called one hall, one tower, two sects, three valleys, and Four Pavilions—
These representative powers were simply the strongest powers within their respective regions.
For example, within the territories controlled by the Hall of Souls and the Pill Tower, there were likewise factions with Dou Sheng and Half-Saint ancestors. Yet because the Hall of Souls and the Pill Tower had experts as numerous as clouds, those factions were completely suppressed.
Likewise, around the two sects, there were many powerful sects and clans. But if they could not compare with those two sects, they could only line up behind them.
The Dou Qi Continent was incomparably vast, with countless races standing side by side. The Misty Cloud Sect of the original world had been considered a top-tier power and a colossal existence, but that was only within the region of the Jia Ma Empire. The Four Pavilions and Three Valleys were the same.
They were merely powerful within a particular region, not across the entire continent.
After the group emerged, they looked toward Yang Ji.
Seeing this, Yang Ji's lips curled slightly upward, and a powerful aura burst forth.
The aura of an Eight-Star Dou Venerate erupted instantly!
In an instant, everyone present turned pale in shock!
There were many of them?
What was the use of having numbers?
An Eight-Star Dou Venerate!
And behind him stood two figures whose strength could not be discerned. Even the young Lei Qi was a Dou Emperor expert.
How could the Cao Clan dare act recklessly before people like this?
"Greetings, Senior." Though he had arrived aggressively, the Cao Clan's patriarch immediately cupped his fists in salute upon sensing the pressure.
"Hmph."
Yang Ji was full of disdain as he withdrew his pressure.
Only then did the Cao Clan's Dou Zong and Dou Emperor experts feel slightly better.
"Senior, may I ask who in my Cao Clan has offended you?" No matter how he looked at it, the Cao Clan patriarch felt that they had come with ill intent.
He had already begun to speculate. It was normal for such a large clan to have a few wastrel descendants.
Whoever it was, he had no intention of protecting them!
After all, if they dared come to his doorstep, they surely had confidence. Who did not know that the Cao Clan was affiliated with the Pill Tower?
"No one."
However, Yang Ji answered calmly.
"Then does my Cao Clan have some grievance with you, Senior?"
"No."
Upon hearing that, the Cao Clan patriarch was dumbfounded!
There was neither old enmity nor new grievance, yet they had come so aggressively?
"My young master has specifically requested a woman from your clan to serve as his personal maid," Yang Ji said as he looked at the Cao Clan patriarch.
It was not that he had not wanted to state it directly earlier; the Cao Clan patriarch's imagination had simply been a little too wild.
"A woman from the clan? A personal maid?"
The Cao Clan patriarch paused, suddenly seized by a bad feeling.
"Yes, the Cao Ying from your clan known as the 'enchantress,'" Yang Ji added.
"This..."
At that moment, not only the Cao Clan patriarch, but the expressions of the other Cao Clan elders also became unsightly.
After all, Cao Ying was a prodigy the Cao Clan had not seen in centuries.
The Cao Clan had hoped that Cao Ying could join the Pill Tower. Once she attained a higher status, the Cao Clan's own position would surely rise even further!
"Is that difficult?" Yang Ji asked calmly as he looked at them.
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