The Entire Pleasure City Had Vanished into Thin Air

The Old Scholar Tree gently swayed its branches and said:

"Your idea sounds good, but relying solely on the power of medicine to forcibly open up meridians and create experts is unreliable."

The meridians are open and the acupoints are activated, but a person's physical constitution, mental state, and adaptability haven't kept up.

In a real fight, they might look intimidating, but they're actually quite weak.

When the medicinal effects in the body are superficial and lack a solid foundation, they can easily cause the meridians to become disordered and lead to qi deviation when encountering even the slightest challenge.

At best, their power will dissipate; at worst, they will be crippled. They are not true masters at all.

It thought for a moment and then said:

"But it's not entirely impossible. We can first use tree roots to help them clear their meridians and deliver the medicine to lay a good foundation."

Then let them work hard and practice diligently to gradually digest the medicinal effects and integrate them into their own bodies.

Finally, we'll hone our skills through real combat to solidify the superficial medicinal effects.

Only by taking it step by step can the accumulated skill be stabilized, and only then can one be considered a truly capable and effective master.

Zhou Wanwan instantly understood; this was no different from cultivation in fantasy novels.

Soon, the cinnabar ore was seen being lifted up piece by piece, and the tree-men were carrying large baskets on their backs.

They put the cinnabar ore into the large baskets they carried and ran towards Black Wind Stronghold.

For others, it would take several years or even more than a decade to mine this cinnabar ore.

Productivity in ancient times was relatively low, but Zhou Wanwan was different; she had those tumbleweeds.

And those grasses that grow underground are incredibly strong, especially since they absorb energy.

Zhou Wanwan held the cinnabar ore in her left hand and continuously channeled energy into it with her right.

That energy could only be described as ferocious.

The tumbleweeds quickly pushed up the cinnabar mines.

Those tree roots can also quickly penetrate into the soil and pick up the cinnabar ore.

Where have Water Ghost ever seen anything like this?

He was so frightened that he stood behind Zhou Wanwan, too scared to move.

The cinnabar mine was emptied out in one night.

Zhou Wanwan breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I'm so tired! But this cinnabar ore is so useful, let's go to the Earth Ranking Courtyard and get some missions!"

Zhao Lili is truly going crazy now. She returned to Pleasure City only to find that the entire Pleasure City had vanished.

Within an hour or two, the entire Pleasure City seemed to have vanished into thin air.

"Impossible, this is too bizarre. How could they just disappear? Investigate! Find out the truth!"

Zhao Lili was now wealthy and powerful, and soon three thousand elite soldiers set off.

Unfortunately, they couldn't find anything at all, mainly because there wasn't even a footprint.

Zhao Lili was nearly driven mad. "This is a mountain, not flat ground, how could there not even be any footprints?"

Even the three thousand elite soldiers couldn't believe their eyes. "There really weren't any footprints, only some strange marks, just small pits, and we don't know what caused them."

Zhao Lili was so angry that she went straight home and cried her eyes out.

Zhao Lili's family is also very prominent, holding a certain position in the Jianghu Alliance.

She has six older brothers who manage various branches of the Zhao Family.

Zhao Laoda looked at Zhao Lili and said, "You little brat, what are you crying for? You're twenty years old already, and you're still crying like that. Aren't you ashamed?"

Zhao Lili grabbed Zhao Laoda's hand and said, "Brother, sob sob... My Pleasure City has been taken away, and everything in the warehouse has been taken away too."

Zhao Laoda frowned and said, "They were all moved away? How come it's similar to what happened to you last time?"

Zhao Lili's eyes Honghong from crying.

"That's pretty much it! Who did it? And why are they staring at me?"

"And last night, we went to the cinnabar mine, but several Earth Ranking experts were killed by people hiding in the shadows."

"Killed him?" Zhao Laoda was greatly surprised.

Zhao Lili wiped her eyes:

"I don't know what was hidden in the shadows; it was like a vine that pulled people right in."

Those people didn't even have time to struggle.

Zhao Laoda asked in shock, "Who were those people taken in?"

"One of them is Hei Niu."

"Hei Niu? A master ranked 87th on the Earth Ranking. To make someone ranked 87th on the Earth Ranking completely helpless, one must be at least Earth Ranking 70th or higher."

"We'll give up on that cinnabar mine, and you don't need to investigate it," Zhao Laoda said in a deep voice.

"But my Pleasure City, I spent over ten thousand taels of gold on it! Waaah... I can't bear to part with it."

Zhao Laoda shouted loudly:

"Reluctant to let you go? Reluctant to let you provoke such a powerful person, that's a potential danger."

Don't go out and cause trouble lately. Have you messed with someone? Think about it carefully.

Zhao Lili thought for a moment and said, "I want to buy a restaurant."

Zhao Laoda snorted coldly and said:

Is your family lacking you food or clothing?

Why are you deliberately picking a fight with that restaurant? It's just a restaurant, isn't it? You should just stop now!

Zhao Lili said with a wronged expression:

That restaurant makes a fortune every day, earning tens of thousands of taels of silver a month.

Besides, isn't the restaurant owner just a six-year-old girl?

What can possibly happen?

Zhao Laoda looked at her and said, "Are you sure it's just a child?"

"Yes, it was a child. I'm absolutely certain, and that child was at the cinnabar mine that day. I suspect she's been murdered."

Zhao Laoda sighed and said:

"Lili, you know that your brothers love you, but you can't do whatever you want."

What happened last time caused the family a lot of losses, so you'd better be careful these days!

Zhao Lili quickly nodded and said, "Don't worry! I know what I'm doing."

All she thinks about now is how to make money.

She went straight to the restaurant, but when she arrived, she was dumbfounded.

The entire restaurant was emptied out.

When Zhou Wanwan built the restaurant, it was so that it would be easy to dismantle.

Zhou Wanwan simply moved the restaurant back, since there were more and more people in the mountain stronghold anyway.

They also need a canteen, but they didn't even leave one for Zhao Lili when they moved it.

Zhao Lili stood there, bewildered in the wind.

Who did it?

I finally made some money recently, and then I lost it all, boohoo..."

She was truly wronged.

Zhou Wanwan didn't care about any of that. She simply paid the money again nearby and reopened the restaurant.

Anyway, she's not short of money now. If Zhao Lili tries to steal it again, she'll teach her a lesson.

As for why Zhao Lili wasn't killed, it's because Zhao Lili's family is indeed powerful; they can only hire top-ranked experts from the Earth Ranking.

Zhou Wanwan cannot take any risks now.

The Old Scholar Tree and the Old Ancestor are also slowly leveling up, Zhou Wanwan plans to go to the Earth Ranking Courtyard to take on some tasks.

The current Earth Ranking Courtyard is quite different from before. Zhou Wanwan took Long Aotian and the Water Ghost directly to the Earth Ranking Courtyard.

The current Earth Ranking Courtyard has changed a lot compared to before; even the contents and data on the task list have been updated extensively.

Zhou Wanwan claimed all the rewards available for her Earth Ranking status, and then started accepting missions.