Wild Dogs

This person was just killed by Yang Fan, and his face was peeled off and made into a mask.

Yang Fan was extremely familiar with the situation, but he knew he absolutely could not reveal any flaws at this moment.

He looked at Xue Ming with a blank expression.

"May I ask, Master, who is this person?"

Seeing Yang Fan's bewildered expression, Xue Ming lost his patience.

He waved his hand casually.

"It's nothing, just an ordinary disciple."

"Someone reported to me today that this kid broke into the Corpse Refining Hall last night, so I was planning to call him in for questioning."

"But I never expected that after searching all day, I still couldn't find him."

Xue Ming's tone turned colder, and his sharp gaze swept over Yang Fan.

Yang Fan's heart tightened, and he immediately lowered his head.

"Master, this disciple has never seen this person before."

"I came back immediately after I finished skinning the corpses at the Skinning Cave today. On the way, I also helped out at the Herb Garden. I didn't see this person."

Yang Fan was actually gambling in his heart that Xue Ming wouldn't go to the medicine garden to verify.

After all, Xue Ming wouldn't be so idle as to be that bored.

Of course, if Xue Ming really went to ask, Yang Fan would be in trouble.

Hearing Yang Fan's words, Xue Ming waved his hand.

"I know it wasn't you, I know it has nothing to do with you, I just happened to be passing by and asked if you knew anything about it."

"By the way, how's your cultivation going lately?"

Xue Ming sized up Yang Fan.

Yang Fan felt a chill run down his spine and hurriedly nodded repeatedly.

"I have been cultivating quite well recently. If all goes well, I should be able to break through to the third level of the Qi Refining stage within two months."

"Okay, that's good. Focus on your cultivation and don't let it interfere with important matters."

After saying that, Xue Ming stood up, took the portrait, and walked out.

Clearly, because of this Senior Brother Dong's sudden disappearance, he had begun to suspect that something was wrong on Corpse Puppet Peak.

After seeing Xue Ming off, Yang Fan wiped the sweat from his forehead, knowing he would have to be more careful in the future.

Fortunately, the method of skinning and refining human skin masks is indeed quite good. As long as the other person's body shape is similar to one's own, the disguise can be maintained.

Yesterday, I secretly sneaked up the mountain and took the Earth Vein Fire. Fortunately, everyone thought it was that senior brother surnamed Dong who did it, not him.

This saved Yang Fan a lot of trouble.

Thinking of this, Yang Fan stroked his chin, thinking that he might be able to find a way to make more human skin masks in the future to deceive others.

Yang Fan thought to himself, then shook his head repeatedly.

"No, indiscriminate killing of innocent people is not a good thing."

After much thought, Yang Fan decided to put the idea aside for the time being.

Since Xue Ming hasn't suspected him, let's not act rashly for now and wait until this period of time has passed.

Now that the man surnamed Dong first broke into the Corpse Refining Hall and then mysteriously disappeared, anyone can sense that something fishy is going on here.

Yang Fan was prepared, but he still needed to be careful in the next few days and try not to give himself away.

In the following days, Yang Fan became much more honest and low-key.

Every day he would go to the skinning cave early in the morning, and after skinning people, he would return to his cave to cultivate in seclusion.

With the disappearance of Senior Brother Dong, chaos erupted on Corpse Puppet Peak.

Many people began to search for the whereabouts of Senior Brother Dong, but they found nothing despite their efforts.

The crowd immediately began to discuss the matter, with some saying that Senior Brother Dong had stolen something from the sect and taken the opportunity to escape.

Some people say that Senior Brother Dong was murdered. After all, Senior Brother Dong was a womanizer, and it is very likely that an elder discovered his secret and killed him with a single palm strike.

After the last version of events came out, Xue Ming, who had been searching for the man surnamed Dong in a big way, suddenly stopped.

In his view, this was the most likely outcome.

This man surnamed Dong likely tried to enter the Corpse Refining Hall to seek a way to protect himself, but he couldn't find one and was forced to leave.

This man surnamed Dong was likely discovered to be having an affair with one of the elders' wives and concubines, and as a result, he was killed by those angry elders with a single slap.

If he continues to argue under these circumstances, not only will he not get anything good, but the elders will also lose face, which would put him in real trouble.

With this in mind, Xue Ming temporarily suppressed his idea of ​​continuing the search.

This relieved Yang Fan.

Yang Fan began to eagerly await the opportunity to descend the mountain.

In the past few days, more and more corpses have been sent to the skinning pit. Looking at those piles of corpses, Yang Fan felt a chill run down his spine.

He could tell that the battle between the Great Liang Kingdom and the Great Xia Kingdom must be extremely fierce.

However, as the lowest-ranking disciple, he was not qualified to know about the battle situation outside.

Therefore, Yang Fan could only worry anxiously.

However, judging from Xue Wang's expression, although the battle was fierce, the Great Liang Kingdom's offensive should have been going smoothly.

After Yang Fan finished dealing with the corpses that day, Xue Wang called him over.

"Alright, kid, I have something else to tell you."

"Go down the mountain now and help me purchase another batch of supplies."

As Xue Wang spoke, he handed Yang Fan a bag of spirit stones and a list.

After seeing the list, Yang Fan was overjoyed. He was worried about not being able to get down the mountain, and now that Xue Wang was letting him go down the mountain again, wasn't that a great thing?

"Yes, disciple will descend the mountain immediately."

Yang Fan took the items and prepared to leave.

Just then, Xue Wang suddenly waved.

"Don't rush off yet. Come here; I have a few things to tell you."

Yang Fan didn't understand what he meant, so he could only obediently walk over.

Xue Wang looked at Yang Fan and smiled slightly.

"The first thing is that you're doing a good job skinning people. I'd like to promote you to captain here. Would you be willing?"

"What? Captain?"

Yang Fan was taken aback, then his heart leaped with joy.

If he can be promoted to captain, his status will be higher than before, which will make things much easier for him.

"Of course I am willing, thank you for your guidance, Elder."

Yang Fan bowed respectfully to Xue Wang, looking as if he was about to kneel down.

Xue Wang waved his hand.

"Alright, no need to bow anymore."

"My second question is with you: are you willing to leave Xue Ming's side and join my ranks?"

Xue Wang looked Yang Fan up and down, speaking with a meaningful gaze.

Yang Fan was overjoyed once again.

"Of course I'm willing, but my master might not be able to let me go."

Xue Wang thought for a moment.

"You don't need to worry about that. I'll talk to Xue Ming. You just need to tell me whether you're willing or not."

Yang Fan took a deep breath and nodded emphatically.

"Of course I'd like to."

"That's good. Go down the mountain now to buy some things, and I'll talk to Xue Ming."

"After you finish shopping down the mountain, you will become my disciple and serve me wholeheartedly."

After he finished speaking, Xue Wang patted his shoulder with a smile.