Wild Dogs

"Rip!"

In an instant, the Gu worm was pierced by the flying needle talisman, but the talisman then pierced through Yang Fan's body.

"what!"

A sharp pain struck.

Yang Fan felt as if his body was being torn apart.

He hurriedly took the healing medicine.

But when I looked down, my waist was covered in blood, and it seemed like the bleeding wouldn't stop.

"This thing is terrifyingly powerful."

Yang Fan was terrified and broke out in a cold sweat. He took out the small cauldron and pressed it onto his wound, which prevented the injury on his waist from worsening.

"call!"

"Luckily, I had the small cauldron, otherwise this talisman would have killed me!"

He didn't want to think about what would happen if the talisman hit him directly on the head.

After a while, his injuries were completely healed. Yang Fan looked inward and saw that the Gu worm was dead beyond any doubt. Only then did he endure the excruciating pain and cut open his body to dig out the Gu worm.

"Finally, finally I'm free!"

Looking at the Gu worms that were about to hatch, Yang Fan didn't know whether to cry or laugh.

The pain of more than two months was finally swept away, and he trembled with excitement, wanting to roar to the sky.

"It's not the right time yet."

Yang Fan clenched his fist.

As long as the old Taoist priest is still alive, it's not time to be happy yet.

"You old bastard, you just wait, I'll never let you get away with this!"

Reaching the sixth level of Qi Refining is just the beginning. The old Taoist's strength is even higher than his. In the remaining time, he must improve his strength as quickly as possible.

With this in mind, Yang Fan sat down cross-legged and continued his arduous cultivation.

He must raise his cultivation level to a higher level in the days to come.

"I still have plenty of Rejuvenation Pills left, which should be enough to support me in raising my cultivation level to a higher level."

In the days that followed, Yang Fan devoted himself to rigorous training.

Aside from occasionally being called upon by Master Qingyang to help with alchemy, he spent most of his time diligently cultivating.

During this time, he went down the mountain again and bought some more monster meat.

Xiao Hei's size has increased significantly compared to before.

In just two months, Xiao Hei has grown to almost four feet tall.

You should know that when he first found Xiao Hei, Xiao Hei was big enough to fit in his arms.

"As expected, the enhancement from monster meat is terrifying!"

After eating so much monster meat, Xiao Hei is indeed changing in the direction of a monster.

As a result, Yang Fan became even more reluctant to let Xiao Hei show itself in front of others.

"Yang Fan, come out here for a moment, your grandmaster is looking for you!"

That evening, while Yang Fan was diligently cultivating, Senior Brother Chen suddenly came to Yang Fan's room and whispered inside.

"Is Master Qingyang looking for me?"

Yang Fan was somewhat surprised. Why would Master Qingyang be looking for him at night?

Generally speaking, cultivators also need to choose the right time to refine pills.

For example, if the elixir to be refined is extremely yang and strong, then it needs to be refined when the yang energy is at its peak.

Why would someone be refining pills so late at night?

However, Yang Fan still opened the door and went out.

"Senior Brother Chen..."

Before Yang Fan could finish speaking, Senior Brother Chen immediately gestured for him to be quiet.

"Be careful not to alert anyone else. Come with me!"

Don't alert anyone else? Could something serious have happened?

Yang Fan walked onto Senior Brother Chen's flying sword, and was then carried away by Senior Brother Chen to fly into the distance.

However, not long after they flew out, Yang Fan's expression changed slightly.

Senior Brother Chen was flying in the direction of the back mountain of Dantang, not towards Qingyang Zhenren's direction.

"Senior brother, we've gone the wrong way..."

Yang Fan whispered a reminder, already extremely vigilant.

Late at night, Senior Brother Chen suddenly showed up at the door and made up a story that the Grandmaster was looking for him. There must be something fishy going on here.

"Hehe, you didn't go to the wrong place."

Senior Brother Chen chuckled and flew rapidly forward.

A sense of unease arose in Yang Fan's heart, and he silently gripped the talisman in his hand.

"Senior brother, what exactly happened?"

Yang Fan pretended to be afraid as he spoke. After a while, Senior Brother Chen led Yang Fan slowly down into the forest behind the mountain, and then looked Yang Fan up and down with a smile.

"What happened?"

Senior Brother Chen scratched his head and shook his head helplessly.

"Oh, junior brother, I didn't want this to happen either, but I had no choice. If you don't die, some people won't be at ease."

As he spoke, a ferocious look appeared on Senior Brother Chen's face.

"So, junior brother, you should die now!"

Senior Brother Chen walked aggressively toward Yang Fan.

"Who? Who sent you to kill me?!"

Yang Fan had calmed down, but on the surface he pretended to be afraid as he looked at Senior Brother Chen.

"Who? It's Senior Brother Wang Yu, of course!"

"Senior Brother Wang Yu is an inner disciple; I, an outer disciple of the Pill Hall, dare not offend him."

Senior Brother Chen pressed on relentlessly.

"Junior brother, don't blame your senior for being ruthless. A common man is innocent, but possessing a treasure is a crime. Who gave you the Ascension Token?"

"You know, wouldn't it be so much better if you just obediently went down the mountain and lived a normal life?"

"There is a difference between immortals and mortals; the strong prey on the weak!"

"Don't worry, I'll burn paper money for you after you die, so you can go in peace!"

As he spoke, Senior Brother Chen reached out and grabbed at Yang Fan's chest.

Senior Brother Chen's movements were very casual, as if he didn't think Yang Fan would have any power to resist.

After all, Yang Fan seemed to be just an ordinary mortal, whose most basic skill was starting a fire.

"Why!"

Seeing Senior Brother Chen attack him, Yang Fan lightly took a step back.

He had also learned some of the Eight Desolate Wandering Steps, and although he hadn't mastered them, he could still dodge this claw attack without any problem.

"Senior Brother Chen, I didn't want to kill you."

"Although you like to take advantage of others, you're not the worst person I've ever met."

"But why did you have to deliberately throw your life away?"

To Senior Brother Chen's astonishment, the talisman glowed.

"A talisman, a talisman treasure!"

"How is this possible? Aren't you supposed to be a useless spiritual root that can't cultivate? How could you...?"

Before he could finish speaking, Senior Brother Chen, sensing something was wrong, immediately tried to fly away on his sword.

But at that moment, the flying needle talisman swiftly pierced through Senior Brother Chen's head.

"Bang!"

Blood mist sprayed out, looking extremely gruesome.

"Thump!"

Senior Brother Chen fell heavily to the ground, convulsed a few times, and died.

The flying needle talisman flew back into Yang Fan's hand.

Looking at Fu Bao, Yang Fan nodded in satisfaction.

"As expected of a talisman, its effects are indeed remarkable."

After carefully putting away the talisman, Yang Fan stepped forward and picked up Senior Brother Chen's storage bag.

This Senior Brother Chen's cultivation level wasn't high, and his storage bag didn't contain anything of value.

Yang Fan searched for most of the day, but apart from a dozen or so low-grade spirit stones and a few odds and ends, he didn't find anything of value.

"How shabby."

Yang Fan accepted the spirit stones, but didn't touch anything else.

"Little Black, come out!"

Xiao Hei was in the forest behind the mountain. Yang Fan whistled, and Xiao Hei immediately ran out.

"Take his body to the nearby mountains."

Although Xiao Hei couldn't understand human speech, it managed to understand most of what was being said through gestures.

Then Xiao Hei immediately carried Senior Brother Chen's corpse away into the distance.

"Under no circumstances can his body be found on the back mountain."

There are also many demonic beasts in that mountain range. If we throw Senior Brother Chen's body into the mountain range, there will definitely be demonic beasts that will deal with it.

That way, no matter how much others investigate, they won't be able to trace it back to him.

Watching Xiao Hei leave, Yang Fan clenched his fists slightly, a hint of coldness in his eyes.

"There is a difference between immortals and mortals, and the law of the jungle prevails; he is right."

Yang Fan had previously thought that after dealing with the old Taoist priest, he could go back and reunite with his family.

But now, he finally understood.

Once you embark on the path of cultivation, you cannot stop; you can only keep moving forward, with no possibility of retreating.

"If I don't move forward step by step, I'll be the one who dies."

Because they had taken away Yang Fan's Ascension Token, Wang Yu and his grandfather had obviously set their sights on Yang Fan and had no intention of giving him a way out.

Yang Fan has lived for two months, and in their opinion, it's time for him to die.

However, Wang Yu clearly didn't want to get his hands dirty, so he asked Senior Brother Chen to help him, hoping to use someone else to do the dirty work.

In their eyes, it was just the death of a menial servant; how many people would care?