The Secret to Easily Reaching Transformation Force?

A pill that could make breaking through to Transformation Force effortless.

Though he had already stepped into Transformation Force and had no use for such a thing, he could still save it for Zhang Yao.

"Alright."

Lu Fan's lips moved, and he spat out a single word.

At those words, intense excitement flashed through Li Xiao's eyes.

Since this old bastard coveted that pill, then he still had a sliver of hope.

As long as he stayed alive, he would have a chance to take revenge.

But in the next instant, a black shadow appeared before him. A fist slammed into his chest, and surging force invaded his body, instantly shattering his heart.

"Ah, you... no..."

Before Li Xiao could finish speaking, he toppled stiffly to the ground and went still.

Lu Fan watched the scene with icy eyes, his expression utterly unmoved.

He would not truly believe everything Li Xiao had just said. Even if the pill was not on Li Xiao, he could search for it slowly after killing him.

Keeping Li Xiao alive, on the other hand, would only invite needless surprises.

After Li Xiao fell, Lu Fan did not immediately approach. He waited a while longer, and only after confirming that the man was completely dead did he search his body.

Before long, he pulled a jade bottle no larger than half a palm from Li Xiao's robes.

After removing the stopper, he poured out its contents. It was a crystal-clear pill with faint threads of scarlet at its center. The dense vitality and blood energy it gave off far surpassed that of a Qi-Replenishing Pill.

Looking at the pill in his hand, he could not help recalling the pill the head of the Feng Household had sent him through Ma Sheng two days ago.

The vitality and blood energy contained within them felt remarkably similar.

However, the one in his hand contained even denser blood energy, and something else seemed to be mixed within it.

He inspected it more closely. The streak of red at the pill's center looked like blood, and it constantly gave off an eerie feeling.

He quickly put the pill away in his robe, searched Li Xiao again, and found several three-thousand-tael banknotes. After pocketing them all, he headed out through the courtyard gate.

After leaving the courtyard, he did not reveal himself immediately. Instead, he looked outside.

At that moment, Zhang Yao lay motionless beside the road, by the wall. It was impossible to tell whether he was alive or dead.

Lu Fan hurried over at once to check on him.

To his relief, Zhang Yao had merely fallen unconscious. He was not dead.

However, Li Xiao's earlier attack had severely injured Zhang Yao. His internal organs had been damaged, and even his meridians were injured. Even if he recovered in the future, his strength would decline drastically.

That was the result of a Dark Force martial artist facing a Transformation Grandmaster.

At the moment, he had no good way to help Zhang Yao recover. All he could do was move Zhang Yao away as quickly as possible before the Feng Household's people arrived.

But that alone would not be enough.

He could not keep maintaining Chen Liu's identity forever.

The entire Chi City was now under the Feng Household's control. In such circumstances, only by escaping Chi City would they have a sliver of hope.

Especially once the Feng Household learned of Li Xiao's death, they would likely turn Chi City upside down just to find Zhang Yao.

They might even go after Zhang Yao's wife, children, and the rest of his family.

Therefore, they had to withdraw from Chi City tonight.

But how... could they leave?

After a flicker passed through Lu Fan's eyes, a tall, forthright figure suddenly surfaced in his mind.

Zhou Haiyan!

He remembered that Zhou Haiyan had a certain network of connections in Chi City. Moreover, she was at Late Bright Force, which was not conspicuous in a Chi City now crawling with Dark Force martial artists.

The problem was that he did not seem to know how to contact Zhou Haiyan.

Then he remembered that he and Zhou Haiyan had once escorted a shipment for the Qin Household.

Perhaps Qin Yaxin, the Qin Household's young mistress, knew how to contact Zhou Haiyan.

With that in mind, he first found a place to hide Li Xiao's corpse. Only then did he carry the unconscious Zhang Yao and head for Shen Yuniang's shop.

A stifling air hung over the shop.

More than half a day had already passed.

Yet the elderly Chen Liu who had left still had not returned.

Shen Yuniang paced back and forth through the shop, her beautiful face now clouded with worry.

Meanwhile, in a corner not far away, Zhang Zhi and Qin Yaxin leaned against each other. Their faces appeared calm, but the unease in their hearts could not be concealed.

They had no idea what the situation in Chi City was like now.

What they did know was that the Feng Household would likely make another major move tonight, and Thunder Martial Hall might also take action.

All they could do now was follow that lord's instructions and wait.

But how long were they supposed to wait?

Shen Yuniang bit her lip hard. She did not care in the slightest whether Zhang Yao lived or died.

But if Zhang Yao died, then she and her daughter might be the next to die.

Knock, knock.

The sound of knocking echoed clearly through the shop.

The faces of the three women tightened as they immediately turned toward the door.

If the people outside were from the Feng Household or Thunder Martial Hall, then the fate awaiting the three of them was all too easy to imagine.

But even if they wanted to flee now, it was already too late.

Shen Yuniang took a deep breath, walked to the door, and tremblingly opened it.

In the next instant, the appearance of the person outside entered her sight.

The first thing she saw was that familiar Cracked Mask.

"Senior Chen!"

Shen Yuniang's heart, which had risen into her throat, finally settled.

Upon hearing Shen Yuniang's cry, Zhang Zhi and Qin Yaxin inside immediately stood up as well.

Then Shen Yuniang saw Zhang Yao on Lu Fan's back.

"Zhang Yao?"

"Father?"

Upon hearing that, Zhang Zhi rushed to the doorway and saw the unconscious Zhang Yao.

Especially after sensing Zhang Yao's extremely faint breath, her expression grew even uglier.

Zhang Yao was injured, and his injuries were severe.

In the entirety of Chi City, the only one capable of injuring Late Dark Force Zhang Yao to such an extent was Li Xiao, who was at the Transformation Force Stage.

"Let's talk inside."

Lu Fan swept his gaze over the three women and spoke.

The three women came to their senses at once and hurriedly moved aside. Before long, the shop door was shut.

The street returned to silence.

Inside, the three women were stunned by the situation before them.

Zhang Yao being injured meant that Transformation Grandmaster Li Xiao had made a move.

Then how had Lu Fan managed to rescue Zhang Yao from Li Xiao's hands?

And where was Li Xiao now? What exactly was happening outside? Had the Feng Household made any moves?

At that moment, every one of the three women wore an anxious expression.

Under their gazes, Lu Fan slowly spoke.

"We must leave tonight."

As his words fell, the three women's expressions froze.