Wild Dogs

"Oh no, she found out!"

Cold sweat seeped from his back, but Yang Fanqiang nodded calmly.

"Yes, I took a stroll around the town at the foot of the mountain a few days ago."

Xu Longyue smiled and nodded.

"I see. Junior brother is in high spirits."

Seeing that Xu Longyue had stopped talking, Yang Fan was completely baffled.

Why did Xu Longyue only say one sentence and then stop?

Yang Fan could only try to make conversation with Xu Longyue.

Xu Longyue neither agreed nor disagreed, but simply nodded as she listened.

Yang Fan was at a loss for words and eventually couldn't continue.

"Junior brother, I have something I want to ask you!"

After taking two steps, Xu Longyue stopped and stared intently at Yang Fan.

Yang Fan could only stop, his scalp tingling.

"During the sect's Qi Refining stage disciple trials, you were with Junior Sister He Qingqing, weren't you?"

Yang Fan nodded, his mind racing.

Could this woman have noticed something?

"After I got back, I asked Junior Sister Qingqing, and she said that when you were in danger, you were the one who rushed out and lured the enemy away?"

what?

Yang Fan was taken aback; he hadn't expected He Qingqing to say that.

After thinking about it carefully, he understood what was going on.

It's obvious that He Qingqing said that because she didn't want the news of Yang Fan using talismans to spread.

This woman is quite clever.

"That's true, but it wasn't to lure the enemy away. It was actually because my junior brother was too scared that he ran away!"

That's all Yang Fan can say for now.

"So, after you escaped, where did you go, and who did you meet?"

Xu Longyue stared intently at Yang Fan.

"This woman definitely sensed something was wrong."

Yang Fan really didn't understand.

How could this woman, who had clearly lost consciousness, still recognize him?

There were more than just one or two people who went in for the trial that day; there were even more when you included the menial disciples.

Although there were many dead and injured, quite a few survived. So why did they notice him the most?

Having reached this point, Yang Fan had no choice but to continue explaining, even if it was difficult.

"I was only focused on escaping at the time. After running for a long time, I found a cave and crawled inside, where I stayed until dawn."

"Later, Senior Brother Wang Yu found me, and that's when I came out."

Yang Fan forced himself to continue explaining.

"Is that all?"

"That's all!"

Yang Fan forced himself to speak, and Xu Longyue stared at him for a long time until she saw that he was getting a little scared, then she regretfully looked away.

"Looks like it wasn't you!"

This woman is bluffing me!

Yang Fan immediately realized what was happening.

The woman had no idea who had saved her.

Perhaps out of instinct, she felt that Yang Fan was likely the one who had saved her, so she wanted to come and test him.

She had thought she could throw Yang Fan into disarray, but now it seemed that Yang Fan really didn't know anything, so she was naturally extremely disappointed.

"I see!"

Xu Longyue immediately lost interest in Yang Fan.

"Junior Brother Yang is truly blessed with good fortune and a long life. But having survived such a calamity, he is sure to have great luck in the future, and his prospects are limitless!"

As she spoke, Xu Longyue lowered her voice.

"Junior brother, you must not let anyone else know about your trip down the mountain during this time, or it will be bad for you."

Because she cared about Yang Fan, Xu Longyue specifically investigated Yang Fan's situation and learned that Yang Fan had come down the mountain a few days ago.

However, she did not suspect that Yang Fan had killed Mo Wen.

Yang Fan hasn't even reached the first level of Qi Refining yet, which shows that his Hidden Spiritual Root is really too weak.

There's simply no way someone with that kind of strength could kill Mo Wen.

Yang Fan knew he had passed the test and was noticeably more relaxed.

"Senior sister, shall we go refine pills now?"

Yang Fan hurriedly spoke.

"No need. I've thought about it, and the sect's affairs are more important."

Xu Longyue smiled slightly, then suddenly took a step forward, grabbed Yang Fan's collar, and gently sniffed him.

"no!"

This aura is different from that person's.

Xu Longyue was completely heartbroken. She sighed helplessly, immediately let go, and turned to fly away into the distance.

"Respectfully seeing off Senior Sister!"

Yang Fan respectfully bowed to Xu Longyue.

It wasn't until long after Xu Longyue left that Yang Fan straightened up and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

"That was close. Luckily, I used other scents to cover up my original smell beforehand, otherwise I would have been exposed."

Yang Fan, still shaken, shook his head and hurriedly walked towards the front hall.

This also served as a reminder to Yang Fan that he needed to be more careful in his actions in the future.

Fortunately, he appeared to be weak on the surface, and Xu Longyue didn't believe he could kill Mo Wen, which prevented things from becoming too complicated.

After finishing his work in the front hall, Yang Fan didn't return until very late.

In the days that followed, he continued his ascetic practices.

Five days later, Yang Fan finally broke through to the sixth level of the Qi Refining stage!

His progress in breaking through is simply too fast.

However, in the end, it was all due to the reliance on pills to push him forward.

Yang Fan didn't have much time to waste; he had to improve his strength as quickly as possible.

"I've finally reached the sixth level of Qi Refining. Now I can try refining the Flying Needle Talisman Treasure."

Yang Fan took a deep breath and took out the flying needle talisman.

He had already obtained the method for refining talismanic treasures from the shop owner.

As he bit open the talisman, he dripped his blood into it.

A moment later, the essence blood quickly merged into the talisman.

Once the essence blood had completely merged with the talisman, Yang Fan infused spiritual energy into it.

Then a light shone on the talisman.

"rise!"

With a flick of his finger, Yang Fan sent the talisman flying into the air, gleaming with golden light.

"As expected of a talisman treasure, it already possesses such power even before being fully activated; it is truly extraordinary."

"However, we need to test it a few more times before using the talisman to deal with the Gu worms!"

After thinking for a moment, Yang Fan left the wooden house and ran towards the back mountain.

Anyway, Xiao Hei was hiding in the back mountain, and with it on guard, Yang Fan wasn't worried about anything happening.

Once they reached a secluded spot, Yang Fan mobilized all the spiritual energy within his body to attempt to activate the talisman.

As a continuous stream of spiritual energy flowed into the talisman, a moment later, the talisman shone brightly with golden light, and then a golden flying needle appeared in mid-air.

"So this is the true form of the Flying Needle Talisman? Let me try to figure out how to use it!"

Yang Fan immediately tried to control the flying needle talisman to stab forward!

"call out!"

The talisman shot forward at incredible speed, piercing straight through a boulder.

However, the entire process was almost completely silent.

"So fast!"

Yang Fan was immediately tempted.

If the flying needle talisman is really fast enough, it can indeed kill the Gu worm in one strike.

However, he will definitely get injured next.

"I can't worry about that now, saving my life is the priority!"

Yang Fan clenched his fists, immediately sat down cross-legged, and began to introspect.

After pinpointing the exact location of the Gu worm, Yang Fan immediately picked up the flying needle talisman and aimed it at the Gu worm.

"Next, it's a one-hit kill!"

Yang Fan infused the talisman with spiritual energy, then took a deep breath.

"call out!"

The talisman shot towards the Gu worm.