I Killed Him

Little Doctor Fairy cried for a long time. This unfortunate woman had finally found a chance to vent today.

Xiao Yun stood there without moving for a long while, letting Little Doctor Fairy cling to him and cry.

After a long time, another set of footsteps sounded outside the quiet stone door.

"Someone else is coming." Xiao Yun patted Little Doctor Fairy's shoulder and comforted her. "Little Doctor Fairy, now isn't the time to cry. Let go of me."

Little Doctor Fairy was somewhat reluctant. It wasn't that she had any feelings for Xiao Yun; she simply hadn't been able to pull herself out of her grief.

"Hurry! Young Master Mu Li hasn't come out for so long. Let's go see what happened."

The newly arrived footsteps belonged to members of the Wolf Head Mercenary Group stationed atop the cliff.

"Captain, look at the person lying on the ground. Isn't that Young Master Mu Li?" The moment they entered the stone chamber, one man pointed at Mu Li's lifeless body on the ground in shock.

The captain leading them looked in the direction his subordinate indicated and indeed saw Mu Li.

He immediately rushed to Mu Li's side. "Young Master Mu Li! What happened to you?!"

"He's dead. I killed him." Little Doctor Fairy looked grimly at the people who had entered.

She was already in a terrible mood, and these people had come to interrupt her emotional release. Naturally, she didn't look pleased.

"Little Doctor Fairy! You actually dared to kill Young Master Mu Li!"

The squad captain looked at Little Doctor Fairy, his heart filled with shock. If news of Mu Li's death here reached home, the best outcome for the mercenaries who had accompanied him would be death.

Unless they captured the culprit. Then they might still have a chance to live when they returned.

"Wolf Head members, seize her. Dead or alive." The squad captain gave the order.

There were two men who had come down with him, both two-star Dou Practitioners.

Upon hearing their captain's command, they immediately charged at Little Doctor Fairy, intending to capture her alive and take her back.

Little Doctor Fairy showed no fear. She reached out, took out a handful of poison powder, and scattered it at the two men rushing toward her.

The poison powder instantly enveloped them. The moment they came into contact with it, the two men lost all their strength and fell stiffly to the ground.

"What?!" The squad captain hadn't expected Little Doctor Fairy to possess such a method. It was impossible to guard against, and he wasn't confident he could withstand it either.

Without hesitation, he didn't even bother with any threats before turning and running outside.

Just as Little Doctor Fairy wanted to pursue him, Xiao Yun stopped her. "Forget it, Little Doctor Fairy. Let him go."

"Why? If we let someone return alive, what happened here will definitely be exposed. The Wolf Head Mercenary Group certainly won't let us go then." Little Doctor Fairy didn't understand why Xiao Yun wanted to release a member of the Wolf Head Mercenary Group.

Xiao Yun said, "Wouldn't it be too troublesome to deal with them one at a time?"

"You want to wipe out the Wolf Head Mercenary Group in one go?" Little Doctor Fairy blinked her slightly reddened eyes and frowned. "Are you sure? The Wolf Head Mercenary Group has a Dou Master."

Little Doctor Fairy had spent many years in Green Mountain Town and understood the Wolf Head Mercenary Group's strength very well. She couldn't help worrying about Xiao Yun.

Xiao Yun nodded and looked outside the stone chamber. "Don't worry. A Dou Master poses no threat to me."

Little Doctor Fairy ultimately chose to trust Xiao Yun and did not chase after him. Besides, the man had already run out of the cave, so she would not have been able to catch him anyway.

Xiao Yun looked at the two people Little Doctor Fairy had subdued on the ground. With a flick of his finger, he shot out two streams of Dou Qi and ended their lives.

Other than Little Doctor Fairy and Xiao Yun, only several corpses remained in the stone chamber.

The atmosphere instantly became somewhat strange. Both Xiao Yun and Little Doctor Fairy wanted to say something to break the silence, but neither could think of anything to say.

After a long while, Xiao Yun looked at Little Doctor Fairy and asked, "Little Doctor Fairy, come with me from now on. I'll help you control the Calamity Poison Body."

Little Doctor Fairy fell silent for a moment before finally nodding. "All right."

Little Doctor Fairy's feelings were strange. She wanted to die, to see her mother and apologize to her, but when she looked at Xiao Yun, she felt somewhat reluctant to leave.

In the end, upon hearing Xiao Yun's words, her heart stirred.

By the time Xiao Yun and Little Doctor Fairy walked out of the cave, dawn was almost breaking.

The Wolf Head Mercenary Group members atop the cliff had already left.

After returning to the herb-gathering party, Xiao Yun and Little Doctor Fairy discovered that the Wolf Head Mercenary Group members there had also all departed.

The originally massive group had now been reduced by half.

The Ten Thousand Medicines Hall's herb-gathering mission had been nearly completed the previous night, so the group would be setting out to return today.

Near noon, the herb-gathering party began its journey back.

The Wolf Head mercenary squad captain was leading several men through the forest at a mad dash when they suddenly encountered a group of people.

"Captain, that looks like the Third Commander!"

"It really is the Third Commander!"

"Great!"

"Third Commander, something terrible has happened! Young Master Mu Li was killed!"

Before long, Hemon, the Wolf Head Mercenary Group's Third Commander, learned that Mu Li had been killed.

After having the squad captain continue carrying the news back to the Wolf Head Mercenary Group, he led a group of Wolf Head Mercenary Group members toward the herb-gathering party. It was not long before they encountered the party returning home.

"Little Doctor Fairy, I heard you killed my dear nephew, Mu Li?"

There was no sorrow on Hemon's face. As he looked at Little Doctor Fairy among the crowd, a trace of greed flashed in his eyes. Clearly, Mu Li's death did not matter to him. The reason he had rushed here so quickly was because he had another purpose.

"He deserved to die." Although she had expected it, Little Doctor Fairy had not thought the Wolf Head Mercenary Group would find her so quickly. Still, she wasn't afraid.

Xiao Yun stepped out from Little Doctor Fairy's side and said, "Actually, I killed Mu Li."

"You? Who are you?" Hemon looked at Xiao Yun with a frown.

"Xiao Yun," Xiao Yun replied flatly.

"Hmph, what stray cat or dog are you? My dear nephew was killed by Little Doctor Fairy. Boy, are you trying to play the hero and take the blame for Little Doctor Fairy?"

Hemon suddenly declared with righteous indignation, "Impossible. I, Hemon, will not let a bad person go, nor will I wrong a good person."

Hemon looked so upright that someone meeting him for the first time might nearly have believed him.

In truth, his purpose in acting this way was to obtain Little Doctor Fairy.

Hemon had long coveted Little Doctor Fairy, but she had a great reputation in Green Mountain Town. Many people had been treated by her, so no matter how much he desired her, he could not use force. Otherwise, he would provoke public outrage.

But things were different now. Little Doctor Fairy had killed Mu Li. Whether that was true or not, as long as he claimed it was true and established Little Doctor Fairy's guilt, he would have a reason to make a move against her.

With that reason, the people of Green Mountain Town would have nothing to say. Otherwise, they would be opposing the entire Wolf Head Mercenary Group.

"Little Doctor Fairy, obediently come with your uncle. You killed my nephew Mu Li, so you must give the Wolf Head Mercenary Group an explanation."

Seeing Hemon arrive and immediately try to take Little Doctor Fairy away, several people stepped out from the herb-gathering party. They were all around four-star Dou Practitioners. Looking at Hemon, they said, "Hemon, you say Little Doctor Fairy killed Mu Li. Where is your evidence?"