Wild Dogs

"Damn it!"

Seeing so many rats, the young man's face turned ashen.

He thought he had everything under control, but unexpectedly Yang Fan appeared out of nowhere.

Yang Fan was also startled.

He hadn't expected the little drum to be so powerful, capable of summoning so many rats at once.

"Thump!"

Yang Fan struck the small drum again, and as the drumbeat sounded, more and more rats came out, and these rats began to frantically bite the poisonous snakes around them.

The venomous snake was very fierce, but it was no match for the rat. It was quickly bitten and killed or injured.

"Damn it!"

These venomous snakes were carefully raised by the young man, but he never expected them to die at Yang Fan's hands.

"You little beast, I'll kill you!"

The young man growled menacingly at Yang Fan, but Yang Fan immediately saw through his bluster.

"Is that so? You want to deal with me? Let's see if you have the ability."

Yang Fan sneered, and the rats around him surged toward the young man like a tidal wave.

Even if Yang Fan didn't know how to operate the small drum, the mice could still act according to his wishes.

"No!"

So many rats rushed at the young man and bit him. In a panic, the young man threw out a black pill and ran away.

"Bang!"

The black pill instantly cracked open, and a cloud of black energy spread outwards, poisoning and killing all the rats nearby.

But there were just too many rats.

Some of the rats died from the poison, and the remaining rats immediately chased after the young man in a frenzy.

The young man had been chasing Xu Longyue all the way, and he was at his limit, which is why he used those poisonous snakes to deal with Xu Longyue.

Now, being chased by rats, there's nothing they can do.

Yang Fan turned around and saw that Xu Longyue had lost consciousness and was instinctively writhing on the ground. He was immediately relieved.

As long as Xu Longyue doesn't know he's here, everything will be fine.

"You should just die!"

Yang Fan sneered and gently patted Xiao Hei.

Xiao Hei understood, immediately jumped down from the tree, and then quickly went around to the side.

The young man was busy killing the rats and didn't notice Xiao Hei coming around from the side.

Xiao Hei circled around from the side and, taking advantage of the man's unpreparedness, bit down on the young man's throat!

"Snap!"

A sound of bones cracking rang out.

The young man was struck by Xiao Hei and almost had his neck bitten off!

Xiao Hei swallowed hard and immediately retreated to the side.

"Damn it, where did this monster come from!"

Although Xiao Hei is not a demon beast yet, it has already begun to transform into one after eating so much demon beast meat.

Although this young man's strength was greatly diminished, he was still a cultivator at the sixth level of Qi Refining, so he couldn't have been killed so easily!

However, because of Xiao Hei's delay, the surrounding rats swarmed around again.

Surrounded by rats, the man finally panicked.

"You can't kill me, I'm an inner disciple of the Black Fiend Sect..."

"I don't care about you!"

Yang Fan rushed over and threw a talisman directly in their direction.

At this moment, the surrounding rats rushed up and clung tightly to the man.

Once entangled, the young man had no way to escape and could only watch helplessly as the talisman fell in front of him.

"burst!"

Yang Fan gave a cold shout.

"boom!"

The explosive talisman exploded instantly.

This explosive talisman was already extremely powerful, and after being enhanced by the small cauldron, it became equivalent to a top-grade talisman. The power after the explosion was simply terrifying.

Smoke and dust billowed up, killing many rats, but these rats still fearlessly charged into the center of the smoke and dust.

When the smoke cleared, Yang Fan saw a large group of rats gnawing on the young man's corpse.

The corpse had long been blown to pieces.

Little Black rushed into the swarm of rats, snatched the young man's storage bag, and kept wagging its tail.

"So clever!"

Yang Fan patted Xiao Hei's head, looked at the somewhat dirty storage bag, wiped it clean, and carefully put it away.

Now is not the time to check the storage bag; finding the jade pendant is the key.

Yang Fan rushed to Xu Longyue's side and saw that Xu Longyue's face was flushed and she was struggling to move, her clothes already half undone.

"It seems the poison hasn't been neutralized yet."

Yang Fan hurriedly fed Xu Longyue an antidote pill, then picked her up and ran deeper into the mountains.

It was almost dawn.

The explosion was really loud; it will probably attract people here soon.

Whether it attracts enemies or people from Qingyun Temple, it will be disadvantageous for Yang Fan.

Therefore, it would be best to take Xu Longyue away from here first.

After carrying Xu Longyue for most of the day, Xiao Hei found a safe cave, and Yang Fan led Xu Longyue inside.

"Little Black, keep watch for me!"

Xiao Hei immediately went outside obediently and looked around.

Yang Fan carefully put Xu Longyue down and looked at her flushed face, a thought stirring in his heart.

This woman is probably poisoned by more than one kind of poison; the antidote can only temporarily suppress the toxins.

"We need to find a way to draw the poison out of her body!"

Yang Fan took a deep breath and then shifted his gaze to Xu Longyue's thighs.

If he remembered correctly, Xu Longyue was bitten on the thigh.

"Excuse me!"

Yang Fan murmured softly, carefully parted the dress covering Xu Longyue's thighs, and then tore it open forcefully.

"Rip!"

The fabric fluttered like snowflakes, revealing one of Xu Longyue's fair thighs.

Yang Fan coughed lightly and hurriedly covered most of his exposed skin with his old servant's clothes, then patiently searched for his wound.

"Found it!"

Fortunately, Yang Fan finally found the wound not long after. He carefully cut two openings with his sword, and then immediately sucked out the poisonous blood by holding the wound in his mouth.

"Pooh!"

Black, poisonous blood flowed out, and Yang Fan felt his mouth go numb.

The snake venom was far more terrifying than he had imagined.

Yang Fan quickly rinsed his mouth and swallowed several antidote pills.

After taking a deep breath for a while, the blood from the wound finally turned bright red, and Yang Fan finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"The snake venom has been removed; now all that's left is to treat the wound properly!"

Yang Fan patiently sprinkled medicinal powder on the wound, and then fed Xu Longyue some detoxifying pills.

Seeing that Xu Longyue's breathing had calmed down, Yang Fan breathed a slight sigh of relief.

But now is not the time to relax; we need to find the jade pendant quickly.

Thinking of this, Yang Fan immediately began searching for the jade pendant on Xu Longyue's body.

After searching for a while, Yang Fan finally found a strange jade pendant in Xu Longyue's inner garment.

The jade pendant is entirely black and appears to be incomplete.

"This should be it. I hope I haven't made a mistake."

Yang Fan took a deep breath and then carefully took the jade pendant into his hand.

He searched Xu Longyue thoroughly and found only this one jade pendant, so it must be the right one.

Consider this interest on your bailout.

After putting away the jade pendant and helping Xu Longyue tidy her clothes, Yang Fan wanted to leave.

But when Yang Fan looked back at Xu Longyue, who was still unconscious, he felt another wave of worry.

"She's all alone here. If something were to happen to her, wouldn't I be the one who harmed her?"

After pondering for a while, Yang Fan did not rush to leave but instead stayed outside the cave.

Whenever any beasts tried to approach the cave, Yang Fan would find a way to drive them away.

A few hours later, a commotion broke out. Yang Fan looked over and saw that it was people from Qingyun Temple. Only then did Yang Fan breathe a sigh of relief.

The disciples from Qingyun Temple who came to provide support have arrived, and Xu Longyue is now safe.

With that thought in mind, Yang Fan quietly left.

After wandering around in the woods for a while, Yang Fan led Xiao Hei to another cave and went inside.

"The number of people at Qingyun Temple will definitely increase. I need to wait until they discover me, then it will make sense."

Yang Fan had figured it out: if asked how he survived, he would explain that he escaped to a cave.

As for those assassins, they only cared about Qi Refining stage disciples, which made me safe.

Although this explanation isn't perfect, it's at least passable.

Besides, he was just a handyman, and no one really cared whether he lived or died.

"Since we have plenty of time, let's see what's in this person's storage bag."

The Black Fiend Sect's storage bag is different from the Qingyun Temple's; you definitely can't take this with you, but the contents might come in handy.

Yang Fan carefully opened the storage bag and immediately began rummaging through it.

The storage bag contained mostly spirit stones.

Yang Fan already felt he had made a huge profit by receiving one hundred spirit stones.

Unexpectedly, this person had a full five hundred low-grade spirit stones in their storage bag.

"As expected of an inner disciple of a major sect, he carries so many spirit stones with him. I'm afraid there are even more spirit stones in his cave."

Yang Fan immediately put all the spirit stones into the small cauldron.

Besides the spirit stones, this person also had a small pocket in their storage bag.

"What is this?"

Yang Fan picked up the small bag and was stunned when he saw the words on the bottom pocket.

"A beast-taming pouch? What's that?"

Yang Fan opened the beast-taming bag, glanced inside, and then immediately closed it.

Inside the beast-taming bag were dozens of small snakes.

"So it was used to raise animals, no wonder it's called a beast-taming bag."

Yang Fan thought for a moment and then put the beast-taming bag into the small cauldron.

"I don't know if the living creatures have changed after entering the small cauldron, but I can't worry about that now, I'll just put them in first."

Then Yang Fan continued to rummage through the storage bag.

Then he found another weapon inside, but it was just an ordinary magic artifact and didn't seem to be of much use.

Only the last item caught Yang Fan's attention.

"What is this?"

Yang Fan picked up a wooden box out of curiosity.

Two talismans were pasted on the wooden box, and Yang Fan carefully peeled them off.

Inside the wooden box were two jet-black pills, with an empty space on the other side.

"Isn't this the black pill that person just threw out?"

At the time, the black pill even poisoned and killed quite a few rats, so its power was quite impressive.

"Since there are three, why not use the other two? Is there a restriction on their use?"

Yang Fan picked up a pill, ready to give it a try.

Just then, footsteps came from outside.

Yang Fan hurriedly put the item into the small cauldron, while he threw the storage bag deep into the cave.

The footsteps grew closer, and Yang Fan pretended to look at the cave entrance with fear, while simultaneously becoming more vigilant.

If it turns out to be an enemy, he will take action immediately.

"Creak!"

A young man walked into the cave, and Yang Fan's heart sank when he saw him.

"It's Wang Yu! What a small world!"

Wang Yu was also somewhat surprised. He hadn't expected that the kid would still be alive after such a commotion last night.

He was suddenly filled with murderous intent.

"This is a golden opportunity! As long as we eliminate this person, no one will know about the Ascension Order!"