Wild Dogs

After leaving the storage bag behind, Yang Fan immediately decided to return.

He was very careful along the way, and after avoiding the disciples who were patrolling the mountain, he quietly returned to the wooden house.

"Let's see what changes the flying sword has undergone."

This flying sword is a low-grade flying sword; its level is still somewhat low.

Yang Fan took out his flying sword, and his eyes lit up.

At this point, the flying sword had become a high-grade flying sword.

"A low-grade flying sword is already very fast; if it's upgraded to a high-grade flying sword, it will definitely be even faster."

"This trip down the mountain was quite fruitful."

He has obtained the medicinal materials needed to refine the Rejuvenation Pill, and now he can begin refining it in large quantities.

Once Yang Fan has refined enough Rejuvenation Pills, he can then focus entirely on improving his strength.

"Once I reach the sixth level of the Qi Refining stage, I'll try to refine and control that flying needle talisman, and then use it to kill the Gu worms!"

Judging from the current internal observation, the Gu worms are getting closer and closer to complete awakening.

Even if he could get the antidote on his next trip down the mountain, Yang Fan didn't think he could keep going.

"The old Taoist clearly doesn't want me to live. You want me to die, but I'll live anyway to prove you wrong."

Yang Fan clenched his fist.

Since joining the Xu family, too many people have wanted him dead, but Yang Fan is determined not to let them have their way.

"I wonder what changes have been made to the Floating Willow Movement Technique?"

Yang Fan definitely needs a powerful movement technique right now.

If he could acquire movement techniques, it would greatly help his close combat.

Yang Fan's eyes lit up as he took out the movement technique from the small cauldron.

【Eight Desolate Wandering Steps】

Just by looking at the name, you can tell this thing is extraordinary.

Yang Fan picked up the booklet, glanced at it, and then carefully put it away.

On the surface, he cannot cultivate now, and these techniques and movement methods should not appear on him.

With movement techniques and a flying sword already acquired, escaping in the future will be much easier.

After carefully storing these away, Yang Fan began refining pills.

With his control over flames, the success rate of refining the Rejuvenation Pill is quite high.

Overnight, Yang Fan had refined fifteen Rejuvenation Pills.

Although more than a dozen pills were ruined during the refining process, they could still be consumed after being processed in a small cauldron.

"My success rate in refining pills is now close to 50%, which is much better than that of ordinary alchemists."

"However, the gap between him and Grandmaster Qingyang is still very large."

Normally, Yang Fan's alchemy skills cannot compare with those of his grandmaster Qingyang, but his control over flames has become superb.

After all, his fire control skills were far superior to others' ability to start fires.

"Let's go check out the front hall first. We must act as if nothing's wrong today."

Yang Fan pondered for a moment, then carefully put everything away and headed towards the front hall.

Mo Wen died last night, and probably no one knows it yet.

Especially at times like these, Yang Fan needs to act ordinary.

Just as he thought, no one should know that Mo Wen was dead, and the whole day was peaceful.

This made Yang Fan breathe a slight sigh of relief.

By the time others realized something was wrong, it was too late.

He had already destroyed Mo Wen's body and disposed of all evidence, so he wasn't afraid of anyone else discovering it.

Over the next few days, Yang Fan consumed large quantities of Rejuvenation Pills to enhance his strength.

However, haste makes waste, and Yang Fan remained restrained.

Seven or eight days passed, and he had already reached the threshold of the sixth level of Qi Refining. As long as he cultivated diligently for a while longer, he should be able to advance to the sixth level of Qi Refining.

However, while he was in the front hall that day, Zhou Bantou suddenly ran over to find Yang Fan, covered in sweat.

"Senior Brother Yang, you should go back and check on things. Several senior brothers from other peaks are looking for you."

The senior brothers from the other peaks?

Given Zhou Bantou's personality, he would never address other handymen as "senior brother".

Those whom he addresses as "senior brother" are most likely disciples in the Qi Refining stage.

Yang Fan's heart skipped a beat.

It seems that Mo Wen's death has been discovered.

However, since they didn't arrest anyone directly but questioned me, they probably didn't suspect me.

Just as Yang Fan had expected, when he returned to the wooden house, he saw two Qi Refining stage disciples waiting there.

The two people were a man and a woman. Yang Fan did not recognize the man, but the woman next to him was Xu Longyue.

"Why is it this woman?"

Yang Fan's heart skipped a beat.

He had taken the jade pendant from her before, and if the woman wasn't stupid, she should have noticed that the jade pendant was missing.

That would be troublesome if they suspected you.

However, after thinking it over carefully, Yang Fan relaxed again.

I did it very discreetly at the time, and besides, the woman was completely out of her mind, so she should be fine.

Besides, he hadn't done anything wrong, so this woman probably wouldn't target him.

After a moment of random thoughts, Yang Fan walked up to the two men and immediately bowed.

"Greetings, my two senior uncles!"

According to the rules, Yang Fan, a menial servant, should address disciples in the Qi Refining stage as "Uncle-Master".

"No need to be so formal, just call me senior brother or senior sister from now on."

The male disciple waved his hand dismissively and said it with an indifferent expression.

Xu Longyue, standing beside him, gave Yang Fan a faint smile, looking at him with a meaningful gaze.

Yang Fan's heart skipped a beat, and he instinctively felt that something was wrong.

However, he still forced himself to remain calm and looked at the two of them.

"May I ask what business you two have with me?"

Upon hearing this, the two exchanged a glance, and Xu Longyue coughed lightly before walking in front of Yang Fan.

"Junior Brother Yang, it's nothing really. It's just that Senior Brother Mo Wen's whereabouts are unknown..."

Before he could finish speaking, Yang Fan immediately looked at the two of them with a shocked expression.

"Senior sister, you're saying Senior Brother Mo Wen is missing? How is that possible!"

"How could Brother Mo Wen, such a good person, suddenly disappear without a trace?"

Yang Fan forced out tears, looking like he was about to cry and heartbroken.

"Junior brother, what's wrong?"

The male disciple next to Yang Fan looked at him with surprise.

"Senior brother, you don't know this, but I was able to climb the mountain back then entirely thanks to Senior Brother Mo Wen. He was the one who led me up the mountain."

"Now that I hear he's missing, my junior brother is truly heartbroken..."

Yang Fan forced out even more tears, looking genuinely moved.

"Junior brother, please accept my condolences!"

Xu Longyue sighed and continued to explain to the person next to her.

"Junior Brother Yang was brought up from the mountain by Senior Brother Mo Wen and me more than two months ago, so it's understandable that Junior Brother Yang is a little sad."

With Xu Longyue as a witness, and seeing Yang Fan's sorrowful appearance, the male disciple dispelled the last trace of doubt in his heart.

"Alas, Junior Brother Mo Wen had such a promising future, and now he's gone missing, it's truly..."

"Well, we originally wanted to ask our junior brother if he had come down the mountain a few days ago, but it seems that's not important now."

The male disciple couldn't help but sigh.

A cold sweat broke out on Yang Fan's back.

Several people knew that he had gone down the mountain, but fortunately his performance dispelled their doubts, and Yang Fan finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Alright, Junior Sister Xu, let's go to the next place to investigate. It seems that Junior Brother Yang is no longer a suspect."

Xu Longyue smiled sweetly.

"Senior brother, junior sister needs to refine some pills, so I'd like to trouble you to look into it."

Upon hearing this, the male disciple didn't say anything more, nodded, and left.

"Alright, Junior Brother Yang, take me to the front hall to refine pills. The rest of you don't need to come along."

After dismissing the other servants, Xu Longyue glanced at Yang Fan, who had no choice but to bite the bullet and leave with her.

Once the two had walked a distance, Boss Zhou spat out a mouthful of envy.

"Pah, as expected, pretty boys are still popular. They even need someone to help them refine pills."

On the other side, Yang Fan felt like he was sitting on pins and needles as he walked ahead.

"Junior brother, you went down the mountain a few days ago, didn't you?"

Just then, Xu Longyue suddenly spoke.