Wild Dogs

The beautiful woman standing nearby immediately became dissatisfied.

"Let him go? How can you do that? This is no joke."

"No, we must capture him, skin him alive, and execute him by slow slicing."

Hearing such fierce words from the other party, Yang Fan frowned and broke out in a cold sweat.

He cupped his hands in a respectful gesture.

"I did have some misunderstandings and conflicts with you before."

Before he could finish speaking, the Flower Fairy immediately turned her head.

"You scoundrel, how dare you twist the truth like this? You were the one trying to steal my things."

Yang Fan shrugged.

"Why do you have to come here, fairy? Didn't I tell you before that I would let you leave as long as you hand over that puppet?"

"I didn't threaten the fairy in the slightest before."

The Flower Fairy was speechless for a moment, but Yang Fan's words were true.

But it was absolutely impossible to make her lower her head, so she turned her head away.

"Hmph, that's just an excuse. You still want to steal the treasures from me."

"Honestly, if it weren't for the Mother-Child Bond Curse you planted in me, I would have really died at the hands of this little thief."

She looked at the beautiful woman with a wronged expression.

The beautiful woman held her daughter tightly in her arms.

"My good child, don't worry, Mother will avenge you right away."

She stared intently at Yang Fan below, raising her hand as if to kill him outright.

Unexpectedly, at that moment, the middle-aged man next to her raised his hand to block her.

"Don't rush into action."

"Why won't you let me kill him? Didn't you see him bullying your daughter?"

The beautiful woman glared fiercely at Yang Fan, looking as if she wanted to devour him.

Yang Fan was also startled and looked at the middle-aged man, at a loss for what to do.

The middle-aged man coughed lightly.

"What's the rush? This kid still has his uses."

"What use is he? What use could he be? Wouldn't killing him solve everything?"

"You don't understand."

The middle-aged man flew in front of Yang Fan, made a gesture, and pointed at the puppet.

"Do you see that puppet?"

The beautiful female cultivator frowned.

"What is that?"

"This is the Heavenly Mystery Puppet of the Heavenly Mystery Palace. It is completely different from those of the Corpse Refining Sect."

"These puppets are entirely composed of mechanisms; they can operate on their own as long as spirit stones are added."

"It's much more powerful than the puppets of the Corpse Refining Sect."

"It is said that at its peak, the Heavenly Mystery Palace had nearly a hundred Nascent Soul level Heavenly Mystery Puppets within its ranks."

"There are over a thousand Core Formation level cultivators, making it the largest super sect in this area."

"The former Land of Annihilation and the surrounding area all belong to the Heavenly Mystery Palace."

Yang Fan was startled, never expecting that the puppet he had obtained had such a remarkable origin.

"What does that have to do with this kid? He's just a Heavenly Secret Puppet."

The beautiful female cultivator spoke with dissatisfaction, but a hint of hesitation flashed in her eyes.

She looked at the middle-aged man with a serious expression.

"Do you mean this kid can control the Celestial Puppet?"

"That's right, didn't you notice? This Heavenly Mystery Puppet has been protecting him the whole time."

The middle-aged man looked at her.

"You're just too concerned to think straight. You want to protect Baihua when she's being wronged."

"Didn't you see that this young man has been controlling the Celestial Puppet the whole time?"

"This means that he is either a successor of the Heavenly Mystery Palace or he has the Heavenly Mystery Token left behind by the Heavenly Mystery Palace."

"Moreover, he should have already refined the Heavenly Secret Token."

The middle-aged cultivator scrutinized Yang Fan intently, a burning glint in his eyes.

"What? This kid has refined the Heavenly Secret Token?"

The beautiful female cultivator looked at Yang Fan excitedly and couldn't help but lick her lips.

"That's good. If he really refines the Heavenly Secret Token, then we can indeed keep him here."

The Flower Fairy immediately looked at her parents with displeasure.

"Father, Mother, what are you doing? This boy hurt me!"

"Do you really want this kid to live?"

The middle-aged man smiled and nodded.

"Of course, the token on this kid is quite extraordinary."

"So this kid must have some secrets. We're going to take him back and investigate him thoroughly."

He continued to scrutinize Yang Fan, then slowly extended his hand.

"Boy, hand over the Heavenly Secret Token."

"The Heavenly Secret Token? What Heavenly Secret Token? I don't know what you mean by the Heavenly Secret Token."

Yang Fan's heart pounded as he thought of the jade pendant, but he pretended to be clueless.

"Oh, you don't know about the Heavenly Secret Token."

Yang Fan shook his head.

"Of course I don't know."

The middle-aged cultivator waved his hand, and a scroll flew out.

"Look, this is what the Heavenly Secret Token looks like. See if you have one on you."

Yang Fan looked at the scroll and his heart skipped a beat.

The scroll clearly depicts the outline of a white jade pendant, with the words "Heavenly Secrets" inscribed on it.

It was exactly the same as the jade pendant Yang Fan had obtained before.

Yang Fan couldn't help but swallow hard and shook his head.

"I've never seen this before."

"You didn't see it? Then you might as well just die."

The middle-aged cultivator raised his hand and slammed it down hard on Yang Fan.

A loud bang.

Yang Fan quickly dodged to the side, and his palm strike shattered the nearby boulder into dust.

Even the ground was left with an extremely large palm print.

Seeing the power of that palm strike, Yang Fan felt a tightness in his chest.

This is the strength of someone in the Core Formation stage.

Moreover, the man was only at the mid-stage of Core Formation, while the woman next to him was clearly at the late-stage of Core Formation.

Her power will only increase.

He turned his head, swallowed hard, and felt goosebumps all over his body.

"So, do you remember now? Do you have a jade pendant on you?"

The middle-aged man looked at Yang Fan with a smile.

Yang Fan took a deep breath and nodded.

"I remember now, I do have such a jade pendant on me."

He hurriedly took out the jade pendant and respectfully handed it over.

The middle-aged man waved his hand, took the jade pendant, gently stroked it, and then shook his head.

He glanced at the woman next to him.

"What a pity, he's already refined this thing, otherwise it would have saved us a lot of trouble."

The beautiful woman snorted coldly.

"It seems this person really can't be killed. If we kill him, this token will be unusable."

"Alright, what do you suggest we do?"

"What should we do? Let's keep this person here for now."

"Since we've left him here, let's take him to the Hundred Flowers Palace and bring him there when the Heavenly Mystery Palace opens next time."

The middle-aged male cultivator looked at Yang Fan.

Yang Fan felt a chill run down his spine.

"Do you seniors wish for me to stay?"

The middle-aged man laughed.

"What, you're still not satisfied with being spared? Do you want to die?"

Yang Fan shook his head repeatedly.

The Flower Fairy, however, was not pleased.

"Father, Mother, this brat is trying to kill me! Aren't you going to do anything about it?"

The middle-aged man shook his head.

"Baihua, you don't understand yet. This kid has a Heavenly Secret Token on him, and he has already bound it to him with his blood."

"If we kill him now, we'll have to wait a hundred years for the Heavenly Secret Token to recognize a new master."

"Your mother and I can't wait a hundred years."

"Therefore, this person must stay."