Gu He's face turned deathly pale, and the urge to retreat stirred in his heart.
He had personally witnessed those people's earth-shattering battle in the desert.
None of them were from the Jia Ma Empire. His schemes might work against Jia Xingtian and the others, but against this group, they would be nothing but a joke.
Gu He frowned and retreated behind the others.
The Mulan Three Elders of the Mulan Empire eyed Zi Yan's exquisite curves and graceful figure, lechery glinting in their eyes. "Hehe, leave this little girl to us."
"Wait." Yan Luotian, the Golden Goose Sect's sect master from the Luo Yan Empire, spoke softly. "This girl is fated to be with me. I happen to need a maidservant, and she is just the one."
The Mulan Three Elders' expressions shifted.
All three were merely at the peak of the Dou Emperor realm, but their secret joint-attack technique allowed them to unleash the strength of a Two-Star Dou Zong.
Yan Luotian, however, was a genuine Two-Star Dou Zong.
They were still deeply wary of him!
With that, Yan Luotian stepped through the air and looked at Zi Yan with a kindly expression. "Little girl, come over to Uncle. Uncle will treat you well."
Gu He smacked his lips.
He had wanted to stop them, but on second thought, letting these men draw Zi Yan's wrath would only make it easier for him to escape.
Gu He had no powerful master or backing. He had become the Jia Ma Empire's foremost alchemist and claimed the title of Pill King through three things alone: betraying trust, biting the hand that fed him, and selling out his brothers.
Back then, he had earned Fa Ma's appreciation at the Alchemist Guild and gone on to win the Alchemist Grand Meeting, only