Mu She: A robbery

"Damn it."

"Curse him!"

Mu Li's face was gloomy.

Of course he had noticed such a huge commotion in the herb-gathering camp.

He had seen Xiao Yi Xian, whom he regarded as his exclusive possession, nestled so obediently in someone else's arms.

He wanted nothing more than to charge over and kill Xiao Han.

But he held himself back.

As the Wolf Head Mercenary Group's young commander, he was naturally no fool.

He knew his side had no Dou Shi. No matter how many men they had, they were no match for one.

He could only endure, waiting until dawn when his father, a Dou Shi, returned.

Then they would charge together and torture this hateful outsider Dou Shi to death.

As for Xiao Yi Xian, he sneered.

She had refused to be the young commander's wife, so she could hardly blame him now.

Early the next morning.

Xiao Han opened his eyes and stretched. Crackling sounds came from his body. Tempering his body with Strange Lightning all night had opened one of his basic meridians.

The Dou Qi vortex formed beneath his skin gave his body's surface a faint bronze luster. Even without using Dou Qi, his physique alone could now withstand blows from a One- or Two-Star Dou Zhe.

Xiao Han thrust his chest out in a vigorous stretch. As he lowered his hand, he patted behind him and felt a mound of slick, cool, soft flesh.

Xiao Yi Xian was still fast asleep on her stomach on the mat. Who knew what she was dreaming about? Her drool had soaked her hair, leaving it clinging stickily to the creamy white curves that had only just begun to develop and were now pressed flat.

Perhaps because the beast hide covering her was too hot, one long leg, as white as jade, poked playfully out. Her slightly curled toes looked like lotus seeds, enough to whet anyone's appetite.

The sight made Xiao Han, his fires burning strong after a night of cultivation, swallow.

She really was a little temptress.

Xiao Han sighed inwardly. If he had not come to the Battle Through the Heavens World, he could have worked his entire life without ever having such an exquisite beauty.

If Xiao Yi Xian was already like this, just how captivating would Medusa be, when even Xiao Yan had called her bewitching?

Never had he felt his strength was so feeble as he did at this moment.

He could not even beat Medusa.

The voice of the Myriad Medicine Pavilion's steward came from outside the tent. He was calling for the mercenaries to pack up and prepare to return to Qingshan Town.

Smack!

Xiao Han raised his hand and slapped Xiao Yi Xian hard on her ample bottom.

"The sun's shining on your backside. Wake up." Xiao Yi Xian wriggled drowsily and instinctively pulled the beast hide over her head. Her slightly hoarse voice emerged from beneath it.

"Let me sleep a little longer..."

"Hmm?" Xiao Han raised an eyebrow and lifted his hand again. This time, instead of hitting her, he reached farther inside. Xiao Yi Xian jolted and sprang upright, hurriedly dressing as though she feared any delay would subject her to an utterly merciless assault.

"Am I that scary?" The corner of Xiao Han's mouth twitched. He got up briskly and flashed out of the tent.

Xiao Yi Xian immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

She was not pretending. Xiao Han really was terrifying. Even after a full night's sleep to recover, her body still ached a little.

She really could not withstand another campaign.

Before long, Xiao Yi Xian finished dressing and followed him out of the tent. She swept her gaze over the camp and saw the mercenaries beating their chests and stamping their feet. Her pretty face reddened. Just as she was about to duck back into the tent, an irritating voice suddenly came from the surrounding woods.

"Xiao Yi Xian, and this unfamiliar Dou Shi friend! Hahaha, what a fortunate meeting!"

Mu She stood there holding a spear.

Behind him, Mu Li stared fixedly at Xiao Yi Xian. Her disheveled hair drove Mu Li, who had already been with several women, nearly mad with jealousy.

The Wolf Head Mercenary Group's sudden appearance left Xiao Yi Xian somewhat bewildered.

She could not make heads or tails of their overt hostility either.

Fear? There was none of that.

What a joke. Her Brother Xiao Han, who had slept with her, was a legendary Dou Sheng.

That was two whole major realms above even a Dou Emperor.

The sudden appearance of the Wolf Head Mercenary Group made the Myriad Medicine Pavilion steward's heart lurch. He demanded, "Commander Mu! What is the meaning of this? Are you planning to rob our Myriad Medicine Pavilion?"

Mu She narrowed his eyes, twirled his spear, and glanced at the mercenaries drawing their weapons inside the camp. He laughed. "Steward Yao, you mustn't slander our Wolf Head Mercenary Group. We're not bad people. Your Myriad Medicine Pavilion and our mercenary friends here are free to leave whenever you wish. I guarantee we won't make things difficult for you."

"But he cannot leave." Mu She pointed his spear straight at Xiao Han, undisguised greed filling his eyes.

After learning that Xiao Han and Xiao Yi Xian had returned from having sex out in the wild, he was one hundred percent certain this man had a secret.

Whatever treasure it was, he would have it today.

"Well..." Steward Yao looked troubled.

He had been hoping to use his connection with Xiao Yi Xian to recruit Xiao Han into his service.

Then the Myriad Medicine Pavilion would have its own Dou Shi, and within a year, it could stand on par with Qingshan Town's Three Great Mercenary Groups.

Yet before he could act, the damned Wolf Head Mercenary Group had caught the scent and come looking.

Who in Qingshan Town did not know how blackhearted and ruthless the Wolf Head Mercenary Group was? They wanted every good thing for themselves. They clearly had their sights on the treasures carried by Xiao Han, this outsider Dou Shi.

After all, anyone who could break through to Dou Shi was no ordinary person. Any single treasure they carried could benefit a Dou Zhe immeasurably.

But Mu She was a Dou Shi who had long been renowned in Qingshan Town. It was not impossible to rally the mercenaries under the Myriad Medicine Pavilion's name to resist him together, but Steward Yao feared the Wolf Head Mercenary Group would settle the score afterward.

After all, there was still no guarantee Xiao Han would join the Myriad Medicine Pavilion.

Steward Yao's expression shifted uncertainly as he wavered between leaving and staying.

But while he wavered, the mercenaries did not. Five hundred gold coins only paid them to escort the herb-gathering party. Fighting other people was not included.

The unaffiliated mercenaries did not dare oppose the long-established Wolf Head Mercenary Group.

Thus, the moment Mu She finished speaking, more than eighty percent of the mercenaries scattered in a rush.

"Good. A wise man knows which way the wind blows."

Seeing how easily he had broken up the mercenary party, Mu She laughed with his spear in hand. Patting his chest, he promised, "Brothers who have shown me this respect, the doors of my Wolf Head Mercenary Group will always be open to you."

At those words, the remaining twenty percent of the mercenaries began to waver as well.

Joining the Wolf Head Mercenary Group was an excellent opportunity for them. Besides, their goddess Xiao Yi Xian was already a flower claimed by another. Why risk their lives for the Myriad Medicine Pavilion when they could no longer win the beauty?

At once, every last one of them left too.

Seeing this, Steward Yao heaved a long sigh. "Young fellow, you'll have to pray for your own good fortune."

Within moments, only the Wolf Head Mercenary Group's members and the pair, Xiao Han and Xiao Yi Xian, remained in the clearing.

With victory in his grasp, Mu She waved his hand. The Dou Zhe behind him spread out in pairs, blocking Xiao Han's escape routes.

"Hahaha, all right, Xiao Yi Xian, and you, my friend." Mu She's greedy gaze swept over the bundle on Xiao Yi Xian's back.

"Xiao Yi Xian, as long as you hand over that bundle, I guarantee I'll let you both live after I've searched it."