Since she was leaving with Xiao Ce, Xiao Yi Xian naturally could not stay at the Myriad Medicine Pavilion. After letting Xiao Ce know, she went to Mr. Yao of the Myriad Medicine Pavilion to resign.
And the result was...
"Xiao Yi Xian, why are you leaving so suddenly? You're the Myriad Medicine Pavilion's golden signboard. What will the pavilion do without you?
"You've been here so long, and the Myriad Medicine Pavilion has treated you well. How can you be so heartless?" Mr. Yao chose to use morality and emotion to hold her hostage.
Xiao Yi Xian was not made of stone, after all. It would be a lie to say she felt nothing for the Myriad Medicine Pavilion, but the Woeful Poison Body was an unavoidable crisis. If she did not leave with Xiao Ce, she would certainly die when her poison body erupted.
Compared with that attachment, Xiao Yi Xian valued her own life more.
"Mr. Yao, I have to leave," Xiao Yi Xian said firmly.
Mr. Yao fell silent briefly, then his voice suddenly became calm. "Xiao Yi Xian, are you truly certain you want to leave? I'll ask you one last time."
Xiao Yi Xian keenly sensed something amiss and immediately reached for her waist, gripping a small bottle.
Mr. Yao's expression turned icy. "Xiao Yi Xian, I never wanted things to become this ugly between us.
"But you simply refuse to appreciate my kindness."
"Those poisons of yours can indeed keep me from touching you for a while, but from this moment on, don't even think about leaving this room!"
Xiao Yi Xian took a deep breath, then shouted toward the outside, "Senior, save me!"
The next instant, the door was broken open from outside. Mr. Yao's expression changed, and he immediately unleashed all his Dou Qi.
Xiao Ce walked in from outside, looked at Mr. Yao, and pressed a palm toward him.
The palm was not fast and looked utterly unremarkable, yet for some reason, Mr. Yao felt he could not resist it. He wanted to move, but his body would not obey him at all.
Sweat instantly beaded on his forehead. Mr. Yao opened his mouth, but before he could say anything, the palm had already pressed down on his shoulder.
"Aah!" Mr. Yao screamed in agony. His entire shoulder collapsed, his collarbone and shoulder blade shattered outright by the blow.
Hiding behind Xiao Ce, Xiao Yi Xian could not quite bear it. "Senior, Mr. Yao did treat me well in the past, after all. Please spare his life."
Xiao Ce stopped his next move and nodded. "You do cherish old ties. Very well, I'll spare his life."
Mr. Yao immediately grasped the situation, realizing that Xiao Yi Xian had found a powerful backer. Enduring the pain, he forced out a smile. "Please spare me."
Xiao Ce glanced at him, then turned and led Xiao Yi Xian out of the room. But before leaving, he suddenly shot an extremely fine, invisible thread of fire from his fingertip into Mr. Yao's body.
This thread of fire would erupt in a few days, burning Mr. Yao from within until his intestines ruptured and his innards rotted.
Since Xiao Yi Xian had pleaded with him, he could do her the courtesy and leave a good impression, but actually leaving a future threat alive was absolutely impossible.
Meanwhile, also before stepping out, Xiao Yi Xian quietly took out a small paper packet, swiftly opened it, and tipped it into the room. Fine white powder quickly dispersed without a trace.
This powder was a deadly poison she had concocted. An ordinary Dou Shi who inhaled it would die from the poison within a week.
Xiao Yi Xian clenched the paper packet and thought, *If I weren't trying to leave a good impression on Senior, I never would have pleaded for him.
But Mr. Yao is a future threat. He absolutely cannot be left alive!
Although they had not communicated, Xiao Ce and Xiao Yi Xian had both made the same choice without consulting each other.
Inside the room, Mr. Yao watched Xiao Ce and Xiao Yi Xian leave. Dragging his shattered shoulder, still believing he would survive, he muttered with hatred in his eyes, "I will never let you two get away with this!"
Outside the room, Xiao Ce listened as the Ninth Grade Golden Pill told him what it had just sensed, and the corners of his mouth curled upward.
He turned to Xiao Yi Xian and smiled. "Xiao Yi Xian, I think I'm starting to admire you a little."
Xiao Yi Xian's cheeks reddened, followed by her earlobes. She sounded surprised. "Huh?"
Not long after Xiao Ce and Xiao Yi Xian left the Myriad Medicine Pavilion, a group of mercenaries suddenly surrounded them.
"Young commander, that's him! He even has a treasure like a Storage Ring. He's definitely a big fish!" a mercenary told a reasonably handsome young man with a somewhat sinister air.
Mu Li sized Xiao Ce up, then spotted Xiao Yi Xian beside him. His expression turned hostile. "An outsider? You even dare cozy up to a woman I've set my sights on?"
Unmoved, Xiao Ce turned to Xiao Yi Xian. "Close your eyes. I'm going to finish this quickly."
Xiao Yi Xian froze for a moment, and in that very second, Xiao Ce moved.
He appeared before Mu Li and swung a slap.
What followed was just like the slap The Beast had furiously dealt the Axe Gang's leader in "Kung Fu Hustle."
Mu Li's body remained still as his head was forcibly spun around three full turns. His neck twisted and snapped, his face pointed backward, and all life left him.
An uproar swept through the crowd.
Seeing such a terrifying Xiao Ce, the Wolf Head Mercenary Group's mercenaries trembled in fright. Without any thought of revenge, they turned and fled.
But Xiao Ce had no intention of releasing a tiger back into the mountains. Cutting the weeds out by the roots had always been his guiding principle. Since they had offended him, not one would be spared.
He opened his hand, and flames rose from his palm, transforming into snakes of fire that instantly rushed after the fleeing Wolf Head Mercenary Group mercenaries. Once they caught up, they quickly burned them into heaps of ash.
Xiao Yi Xian stared blankly at the scene without even blinking.
For some reason, she felt no fear.
"Take me to the Wolf Head Mercenary Group's base," Xiao Ce told Xiao Yi Xian, who stood frozen in place.
Xiao Yi Xian shuddered. Not daring to look at Mu Li's gruesome corpse, she immediately nodded. "Yes!"
She led the way, cautiously asking Xiao Ce, "Senior, what are we going to the Wolf Head Mercenary Group for?"
Xiao Ce answered calmly, "To cut the weeds out by the roots."
"Cut the weeds out by the roots?" Xiao Yi Xian was somewhat bewildered. Was this really the same man who had spared Mr. Yao just because she had pleaded for him?
Xiao Ce asked in return, "What, do you think it's cruel?
"You didn't seem burdened when you scattered that poison at the Myriad Medicine Pavilion a little while ago."
Xiao Yi Xian's eyes widened. Senior knew everything?!
Panic crossed her face, and she immediately explained, "Senior, I didn't mean to deceive you. I just didn't want you to think I was a cruel person. I only killed him because I was afraid he would cause you trouble later!"
Xiao Ce waved a hand and smiled. "I'm not blaming you.
"On the contrary, you were right to cut the weeds out by the roots. I like that very much."
Xiao Ce stepped forward and pinched Xiao Yi Xian's fair, tender cheek, his tone casual. "Otherwise, why do you think I said I admired you?"
Looking at Xiao Ce, Xiao Yi Xian's heart beat rapidly, and her breathing grew a little heavier. "Senior, I... I admire you very much too."
"Heh, turning the natural order on its head, are you?"
The Wolf Head Mercenary Group's headquarters.
The commander, Mu She, reclined in a cushioned chair, stroking the face of the woman beside him in utter enjoyment.
"Hehe..." The woman giggled, her gaze alluring as she fed Mu She a piece of fruit.
Swallowing the fruit, Mu She suddenly looked up at the room's roof and said, "Why does it feel a little hot?"
Thinking Mu She was hinting at something, the woman giggled. "Then let me change your clothes for you."
Mu She did not respond. He stood, his expression growing increasingly grave. He kept feeling that a powerful danger was bearing down on him.
Soon, his eyes widened, and all his Dou Qi gathered over his body, forming a gauze garment of Dou Qi.
The next instant, the roof collapsed. A gigantic palm formed from flames pressed down from above. Wherever it descended, buildings crumbled, and no one survived. Even Mu She failed to last three seconds before dying in terror and confusion.
And viewed from above, the building Mu She occupied had already been the last to collapse in the entire Wolf Head Mercenary Group's base. The other buildings had fallen even earlier.
Apart from a few mercenaries who were away, the entire Wolf Head Mercenary Group had been wiped out!
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