Dual Cultivation: A Carefree Journey Through Another World, the Empress Falls into My Hands

At this moment, the Wang family's team was divided into four groups, with hunting dogs, searching in the mountains and forests for the murderers who had killed Wang Panfeng and Wang Xueyi.

Just then, Chu Yunfan, leading a swarm of gold-devouring rats, suddenly emerged from underground behind one of the teams.

Subsequently, the entire team was annihilated.

Among them, the leader, a Martial Venerable Realm early stage expert, was killed by Chu Yunfan's sneak attack with a single sword strike.

The others were swarmed by the gold-devouring rats and devoured one by one.

They moved so fast that they didn't even have a chance to send out a distress signal.

Next, Chu Yunfan used the same method to defeat the remaining three teams.

However, when dealing with the last team, Chu Yunfan deliberately made one of them die a little slower, giving him a chance to send out a distress signal.

Then, Chu Yunfan disguised himself as the member of the Wang family who had sent the distress signal and began to escape.

At the same time, let the Gold-Eating Rat King lead all the Gold-Eating Rats to float underground.

Within moments, Wang Qifeng, who had discovered the distress signal, rushed over.

When he saw Chu Yunfan running away, he flashed to Chu Yunfan's side and then pressed down on Chu Yunfan's shoulder.

"Was that you who sent the distress signal? Where is the others?"

Wang Qifeng roared loudly.

Upon hearing this, Chu Yunfan pretended to be startled, his body trembling slightly. He then turned around, tears streaming down his face, and answered haltingly:

"They're all dead! They've all been devoured by the rat demon!"

There are so many rat demons, I can't even count them all!

As he spoke, Chu Yunfan pretended to be terrified, his eyes wide and lifeless.

Upon hearing his answer, Wang Qifeng flew into a rage. He had only been gone for a short while, and yet everyone had died.

Then, he suddenly realized a problem: everyone had been devoured by the rat demon, including the Martial Venerable Realm expert who was leading the team.

So how did this person survive?

However, before Wang Qifeng could figure out the problem...

A dull, unyielding dagger suddenly appeared in front of him, aiming straight for his heart.

Because the distance was too close, Chu Yunfan could not use his longsword, so he took out the mid-grade spiritual weapon dagger he had obtained from the Martial Grandmaster assassin last time.

However, to Chu Yunfan's surprise, when the dagger in his hand landed on Wang Qifeng's chest, it seemed to be blocked by something and could not pierce Wang Qifeng's body at all.

"A defensive artifact!"

Instantly, Chu Yunfan's expression changed drastically, and a huge sense of foreboding welled up in his heart.

At the same time, Wang Qifeng noticed Chu Yunfan's sudden assassination attempt and was also startled.

At such close range, completely unprepared, he had no time to dodge.

However, to his surprise, the high-grade spiritual artifact defensive inner armor he was wearing actually withstood the sneak attack.

Wang Qifeng was overjoyed and raised his right hand to strike Chu Yunfan's head.

Anyone who dares to ambush him is doomed!

However, at that moment, the Gold-Eating Rat King and the other Gold-Eating Rats suddenly rushed out from underground and bit Wang Qifeng's two calves.

Wang Qifeng's defensive inner armor can only protect the upper body; the lower body is only protected by spiritual energy armor.

But the spiritual armor was no match for the iron teeth and copper fangs of the Gold-Eating Rat swarm, especially since there was a Gold-Eating Rat King among them.

Instantly, a large chunk of flesh was bitten off Wang Qifeng's two calves by the swarm of gold-devouring rats.

The immense pain immediately filled Wang Qifeng's mind, causing him to pause in his actions.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Chu Yunfan drew the Snow Cold Sword and stabbed it into Wang Qifeng's brow.

Immediately afterwards, the longsword moved forward and pierced through Wang Qifeng's entire head.

At the same time, an extremely cold aura emanated from the Snow Frost Sword.

In the blink of an eye, Wang Qifeng was frozen into an ice sculpture.

The palm strike that Wang Qifeng had aimed at Chu Yunfan also disappeared naturally.

At this point, Chu Yunfan finally breathed a sigh of relief.

When the assassination attempt failed, his heart was in his throat; he felt as if death was beckoning him.

Fortunately, the Gold-Eating Rat King and his swarm of Gold-Eating Rats appeared in time, giving him a chance to turn the tables.

Otherwise, he might have died here today.

In fact, when Chu Yunfan first attempted the assassination, his first thought was to stab Wang Qifeng in the neck.

After all, no one knows whether Wang Qifeng is wearing any defensive magical artifacts.

The neck, being a visible area, makes a surprise attack feel safer.

However, since he and Wang Qifeng were facing each other, if he stabbed Wang Qifeng in the neck with the dagger, Wang Qifeng would likely notice his assassination attempt, thus causing the sneak attack to fail.

In addition, the dagger in his hand was a mid-grade spiritual weapon, and it was also poisoned.

Therefore, he finally decided to stab Wang Qifeng in the chest with the dagger.

Unexpectedly, Wang Qifeng actually possessed a defensive magical artifact, and it was an extremely precious high-grade defensive magical artifact.

It's important to know that a high-grade defensive spirit artifact costs at least 500,000 low-grade spirit stones.

Five hundred thousand low-grade spirit stones are equivalent to the entire Lianshan City's annual income.

"This old guy is really rolling in money; he can actually afford to wear a high-grade defensive magical artifact!"

Chu Yunfan made a sarcastic remark, then looted all of Wang Qifeng's spoils before leading the Gold-Eating Rat swarm back to hide deep underground.

However, before hiding it, Chu Yunfan deliberately left Wang Qifeng's body intact on the ground so that the Wang family could pay their respects later.

Once underground, Chu Yunfan immediately took out a bottle of Heaven and Earth Spirit Liquid and handed it to the Gold-Eating Rat King.

"Xiao Jin, this bottle is a Heaven and Earth Spirit Liquid, which can improve your cultivation without any side effects. Consider it a reward for your action just now."

In fact, both Chu Yunfan and the Gold-Eating Rat King understood that the Gold-Eating Rat King's actions just now were mainly for its own benefit.

Previously, Chu Yunfan's original plan was for him and the Gold-Eating Rat King to launch a sneak attack on Wang Qifeng to ensure that nothing went wrong.

Chu Yunfan did not expect that the Gold-Eating Rat King had a subconscious fear of Wang Qifeng because he had almost died at Wang Qifeng's hands before.

Furthermore, the term "cowardly as a mouse" is not an exaggeration.

Therefore, the Gold-Eating Rat King hesitated for a moment the instant Chu Yunfan gave the order to launch the sneak attack.

It wasn't until Chu Yunfan was in danger and urged it again that it finally took action.

Because after recognizing Chu Yunfan as its master, its life was already bound to Chu Yunfan's; if Chu Yunfan died, it would surely die as well.

Therefore, in principle, Chu Yunfan should not only not reward the Gold-Eating Rat King, but should also punish it for disobeying his orders.

However, considering that the Gold-Eating Rat King had ultimately saved his life, and given the Gold-Eating Rat King's timely rescues on several previous occasions, Chu Yunfan decided to reward the Gold-Eating Rat King to cultivate its loyalty.

Moreover, the stronger the Gold-Eating Rat King becomes, the better it can help itself.

That's why we're seeing this scene now.

Sure enough, when the Gold-Eating Rat King saw that Chu Yunfan was going to reward him with the Heaven and Earth Spirit Liquid, given its greedy nature, it didn't immediately reach out its claws to take the Heaven and Earth Spirit Liquid from Chu Yunfan's hand. Instead, it showed a look of shame.

“Master, it was Xiao Jin's fault just now. He was scared out of his wits by the enemy.”

Xiao Jin was already extremely grateful that its owner did not punish it.

As for the Heavenly Elixir, Master should keep it for himself!

Hearing Xiao Jin's words, Chu Yunfan was very satisfied.

Then, he tossed the Heaven and Earth Spirit Liquid in his hand to the Gold-Eating Rat King, saying at the same time:

“You’ve put in a lot of effort lately, so a reward is a must.”

Moreover, following me will bring even better rewards in the future!

Then, Chu Yunfan turned around and began to count the spoils of war on Wang Qifeng.

"This old guy even has a high-grade defensive magical artifact. There must be a lot of good stuff in his storage ring!"