"Yes—Master."
Long Yun's voice came out rough and strained. Perhaps because he was speaking in his true form, none of the boyish tone he had possessed in human form remained.
Long Fei, on the other hand, spoke much more smoothly and could even manage a few extra words.
"Master, are we going to kill someone?"
"Kill someone—"
Ji Yuan had only intended to visit the Pill Cauldron Sect to make a trade: one liang of Heavenly Origin Resin.
If they were willing to trade, so much the better. Ji Yuan could pay in Spirit Stones or other Immortal Resources.
But if they insisted on being unreasonable—
Ji Yuan recalled the Pill Cauldron Sect's two Nascent Soul Realm grand elders. One was Dan Xuzi, at the Nascent Soul Middle Stage and a Fourth-Tier alchemist. He had heard that Dan Xuzi had never been skilled in combat.
The other, Dan Yangzi, was at the Nascent Soul Early Stage, and much the same.
The Pill Cauldron Sect lived so comfortably in the Star-River Archipelago largely not because its members were powerful, but because they could supply Cultivation Pills without end.
"One Nascent Soul Middle Stage, plus one Nascent Soul Early Stage, and neither of them good at fighting. Master and Sister Long Fei together—whoosh, whoosh, whoosh! You'd finish them off in no time!"
Beside Ji Yuan, Tu Yue mimed the moves, then clapped her hands as though the job were done.
Afterward, she leaned close and whispered encouragement. "Master, that's the Pill Cauldron Sect. They must be swimming in riches. If we wiped out the whole sect, from top to bottom—just think how rich we'd be."
Admittedly, at those words,
Ji Yuan's usually steady mind wavered, and temptation seized him at once.
If he really did destroy the Pill Cauldron Sect too—
No,