At Worst, I'll Return the Pure Yuan Pills to You

This had been Lin Dong's best chance to improve his strength.

And just like that, it was gone?

Little Marten had no answer to that either.

Yet vaguely, he seemed to sense a terrifying aura pressing down on him, making him extremely uncomfortable.

But he could not find where that aura was coming from.

It left him deeply uneasy.

As though something was about to happen.

Little Marten decided to warn him, "Lin Dong, I have a bad feeling about this. We shouldn't stay here long. We should hurry to Great Desolate County!"

Lin Dong paused, then nodded. "All right!"

Ding. Lin Dong felt confusion and curiosity. Emotion points +100.

Ding. Little Marten felt strange. Emotion points +50.

As several system notifications rang out by his ear,

Above Thunder Source Mountain,

Chen Xuan, standing in midair, sneered.

Lin Dong, oh, Lin Dong!

You were dumbfounded now, weren't you?

Heh. You wanted to use the Thunder Source Crystal Beast to increase your strength?

Were you still dreaming?

That was right.

The mysteriously vanished Thunder Source Crystal Beast had been killed by him in passing, when he suddenly recalled it.

Chen Xuan had also collected all the thunder source within its body.

It could serve as a gift when meeting someone in the future.

And it could cut off Lin Dong's current opportunity.

And now, upon hearing that they intended to head straight for Great Desolate County,

Chen Xuan merely sneered.

Had they asked for his opinion?

His figure flashed, and he vanished from where he stood.

When he appeared again,

He was already inside a tent.

"Y-you... who are you?"

Seeing Chen Xuan appear so suddenly, the Liu Family head nearly pissed himself.

This was an expert!

Chen Xuan said coldly, "You are not worthy of knowing my name or origins!"

Liu Kui: "??"

Chen Xuan said, "Call that old bastard Di Teng here to see me!"

"Yes, sir. I'll make the arrangements immediately. Please wait a moment, Senior."

The terrifying aura emanating from Chen Xuan left Liu Kui struggling to breathe.

He guessed that this person's strength

Was at least that of a Creation Realm expert!

Not someone he could afford to offend!

He immediately accepted the order and turned to find Di Teng.

Not long after,

He brought Di Teng and a group of Di Family experts over, all wearing puzzled expressions.

As soon as they entered the tent,

Di Teng saw that it was a young man and immediately flew into a rage.

He turned and berated Liu Kui, "Old Liu, are you fucking with me?"

Di Teng was speechless.

You told me that a Creation Realm expert wanted to see me.

Fine.

So I brought my men over.

Yet,

The person before him was probably not even eighteen yet!

This was the peerless expert he had mentioned?

Who was he trying to fool?

He turned, ready to leave.

The next second,

A terrifying force lifted him directly into the air.

Di Teng was scared out of his wits and hurriedly begged, "Senior, spare my life! Please spare my life!"

Di Teng had never imagined

That this young man before him would be so powerful.

Such a casual move had made him feel as if he were already seeing his great-grandmother!

He could only cry out that he had badly misjudged him.

Meanwhile, Liu Kui was secretly laughing.

Old ghost Di, I warned you.

You were the one who didn't take it seriously.

You can't blame me!

Had it been him, he probably would have been deceived by Chen Xuan's appearance as well.

They said seeing was believing and hearing was not.

But sometimes,

Even eyes could deceive you.

Di Teng desperately begged, "Senior, please spare my life."

Chen Xuan could not be bothered to kill him.

He tossed him directly onto the ground.

"Thank you for sparing my life, Senior. Thank you, Senior..." Having narrowly escaped death, Di Teng kowtowed and repeatedly bowed to Chen Xuan in gratitude.

Only when Chen Xuan's voice sounded beside his ear did he stop.

Chen Xuan said, "I have a task for you. If you fail to handle it properly, you die!"

Before even hearing what the task was,

Di Teng hurriedly declared, "Please give your orders, Senior. My Di Family will certainly do everything in our power."

So that was how it was?

Liu Kui refused to be outdone. "My Liu Family is willing to die ten thousand deaths for Senior!"

Although Chen Xuan was younger than them,

His strength surpassed theirs.

Thus, the two of them found it especially natural to address Chen Xuan as Senior.

They felt no psychological burden whatsoever.

"The two of you will join forces. No matter what methods you use, beat up a kid near Thunder Source Mountain who has a Fire Python Tiger with him! Just leave him alive!"

If Chen Xuan merely wanted revenge to vent his anger, he only needed to kill him

And wipe out the Lin Family of Qingyang Town.

But he felt

That would be letting Lin Dong off too easily.

Thus, he was brewing an even crazier plan for revenge!

A plan that would make Lin Dong regret it beyond all remedy!

Di Teng froze for a moment, then asked tentatively, "Senior, is that person named Lin Dong?"

Chen Xuan nodded. "Yes."

"No problem. Old ghost Liu Kui and I will definitely handle this matter properly."

As it happened, Di Teng had clashed with Lin Dong before this.

He knew that although Lin Dong was formidable,

He had not yet broken through to the Form Creation Realm.

If not for the Thunder Source Crystal Beast, he would have taught him a lesson long ago.

Now, with Liu Kui assisting him and the experts of both families,

Beating him up

Would be even easier!

However,

What puzzled them was that

With Senior's strength, dealing with a kid who had not even reached the Form Creation Realm

Would be effortless, would it not?

Why make the few of them do it?

Oh, right.

He surely did not want to bully the weak or use his strength to oppress the small, which was why he had them act.

In this world where the strong were revered,

That was far too rare!

Chen Xuan did not know what they were thinking. To save time

And prevent Lin Dong from escaping,

He gave them a location

And vanished.

The two dared not delay and hurried after that location.

Meanwhile,

The unaware Lin Dong was riding the Fire Python Tiger swiftly through the forest.

Very soon,

Little Marten within the Stone Talisman noticed something amiss.

Little Marten warned, "Lin Dong, that Di Teng from before has come after you with his men!"

Lin Dong was speechless. "That old bastard Di Teng, I only took twenty thousand Pure Yuan Pills from him. Did he really need to make such a huge fuss?"

"Pure Yuan Pills? It's probably not that simple."

"Huh? Don't tell me they think I took the Thunder Source Crystal Beast?" Lin Dong's mouth twitched.

Just thinking about it gave him a headache.

Little Marten's expression was grave. "That possibility cannot be ruled out!"

"Damn it!"

"Two Form Creation Realm Lesser Completion experts. What do you think? Can you handle them?"

"I haven't even broken through to the Form Creation Realm yet. How am I supposed to fight two Form Creation Realm Lesser Completion experts?"

Lin Dong could neither laugh nor cry.

It truly was a leaking roof hit by a night storm.

One step later,

And he would have escaped this area.

Yet at this moment,

The Di Family and Liu Family forces had nearly surrounded the entire valley so tightly that not even water could pass through.

Moreover, Di Teng and Liu Kui were both standing atop a large tree.

As they looked down at the valley, killing intent surged in their eyes.

Lin Dong had nowhere left to run.

Di Teng shouted harshly, "You little bastard, get the hell out here!"

Faced with so many people blocking him in,

Lin Dong could only come out. "Brother Di Teng, is there some misunderstanding between us?"

A misunderstanding?

Hearing this, Di Teng's face turned sinister. "You snatched twenty thousand Pure Yuan Pills from me in broad daylight. You took the thunder source in front of everyone. And you call that a misunderstanding?"

Well, that was a convincing reason.

"At worst, I'll return the Pure Yuan Pills to you. As for the thunder source, it truly has nothing to do with me."

Lin Dong did not want to keep tangling with them.