Shen Yuan Ring

Daoshu City, a secluded little courtyard.

"My lord, the Ji family's affiliated families are already panicking. Should we add fuel to the fire?"

"No rush. The Ji family is still under investigation, and things are tense right now. The longer he stays away, the better it is for us. Let him wait a bit."

"Could he...?"

“Tell him that if he wants to live, he has to do as we say. Besides, didn’t he just receive a batch of essence blood? That’s enough for him to use for a while! Doesn’t he understand the principle of slow and steady wins the race?”

……

A middle-aged man said to Liu Rushuang, "My lady, he's in there!"

"You two stay outside and block him off! If he dares to escape, intercept him. We must not let him get away."

After responding, the two quickly disappeared!

As soon as Ji Daoyi and Liu Rushuang entered the courtyard, they smelled a peculiar floral fragrance.

Before long, a man dressed in a black robe and wearing a black veiled hat emerged from the room. His hoarse voice came from behind the veil: "Who are you? What are you doing in my courtyard?"

Ji Daoyi, with a look of deep-seated hatred, shouted with all his might, "You destroyed my Shijiazhuang, and you ask me what I've come for? Of course I've come to take revenge on you!"

"Little friend, are you being provoked by someone? When did I ever destroy your Shijiazhuang? I have no grudge against you."

"I witnessed everything with my own eyes, and you still want to deny it! If I hadn't been hiding in the artificial hill, you would have killed me long ago. Today, my master and I have come here to take revenge on you!"

"Oh, little one, you only want to see your master?"

"My master is very strong! Stronger than the manor lord, do you really think you can escape?"

"Is that so? Kid! I'm afraid you're out of luck! If you seek revenge against the Ji family, I might really have no hope. But, I should thank you for sending me such a wonderful gift! Can Can!" The man in black robes let out a sinister laugh.

Just as Liu Rushuang was about to act, she suddenly felt dizzy and scolded, "What did you do to me? Why am I so dizzy and can't use my Yuan Power!"

"You haven't smelled any unusual fragrance since you came in? Otherwise, why do you think I've been wasting so much time talking to you two? It's something I prepared specifically for people like you." The man in black robes seemed confident of victory, becoming even more arrogant.

"You're despicable and shameless! Is this all you know how to do? If you've got the guts, fight my master for real!"

"Don't worry, I'll have a real fight with your master later, but not here. Of course, you won't get to see it," the black-robed man said, his words both sinister and ruthless.

Seeing that Ji Daoyi and Liu Rushuang were in much better condition, the man in black slowly walked towards them.

When he was less than a foot away, Ji Daoyi and Liu Rushuang suddenly sprang up and each struck his chest with a palm from the left and right.

The man in black robes was sent flying backwards, his veil falling to the ground, and blood gushing from his mouth.

"This...how is this possible? You're all alright?"

"How could anything happen to us! In your words, the reason we've been wasting so much time talking to you is just waiting for you to lower your guard and come forward to die! What else do you think we're waiting for!"

Upon hearing this, the man in black became enraged and spat out even more blood. His pupils then dilated infinitely as he pointed at Ji Daoyi and the other man, wanting to say something, but he could no longer utter a word.

The man in the black robe probably never imagined that he would one day be so angry that he would die!

Ji Daoyi did not immediately step forward to investigate, but instead raised his hand and threw the Seven Star Blade at the black-robed man's chest.

Seeing no resistance from the man in black, Ji Daoyi stepped forward to investigate.

Liu Rushuang, who was standing to the side, did not expect that Ji Daoyi was not only resourceful but also so cautious.

(Is this really a ten-year-old child? Are all the children raised by the Ji family like this? How come I never noticed before? It seems I need to spend more time with the Ji family in the future.)

It turned out that Ji Daoyi had noticed something was wrong with the fragrance as soon as he entered the courtyard, which led to the performance that followed. The purpose was to make the man in black confess his crimes, but they did not expect it to go so smoothly.

Ji Daoyi didn't notice Liu Rushuang's surprise. He went forward to check on the black-robed man and only picked up his storage bag after confirming that he was dead.

As expected, Ji Daoyi found pills made from essence blood and body-tempering pills mixed with mind-control powder in the black-robed man's storage bag.

"Deacon Liu, I'll take the black-robed man's corpse and storage bag with me. After all, I still need him to hand over the mission."

"Master Ji is joking. I only came here to assist you in dealing with the heretical cultivators."

Ji Daoyi then found a piece of animal hide in his storage bag. When he opened it, he discovered that the animal hide was actually the recipe for refining the Essence Blood Pill.

"These harmful things shouldn't be allowed to live!" Liu Rushuang said angrily.

She then snatched the animal hide from Ji Daoyi's hand, intending to destroy it.

However, when Liu Rushuang tried to destroy it, the animal hide seemed to come alive, emitting a dazzling light and shattering the void before disappearing.

"This……"

"..."

Liu Rushuang and Ji Daoyi never expected things to end this way.

"It seems that this animal hide cannot be destroyed at will. It can break through the void and escape. This matter is beyond our control."

Liu Rushuang was on the verge of tears: "Could it be that I've provoked a terrifying being? May they come after me for revenge in the future."

"Probably not. It probably triggered the self-protection mechanism of the Beast Hide Pill Recipe. Otherwise, it wouldn't have run away; it would have killed us. Besides, I think it's probably looking for the next 'alchemist'."

Hearing Ji Daoyi's analysis, Liu Rushuang's expression improved considerably, but she had not yet recovered from her fear.

Ji Daoyi searched the black-robed man's storage bag again and finally found an exquisite wooden box inside. He opened it and found several letters. He picked up a letter at random and started reading, but the more he read, the worse his expression became, and he began to swear.

"Damn it, who on earth is secretly trying to harm my Ji family?"

A venomous snake lurking in the shadows is more dangerous than an enemy in the open, because you never know when it will launch a sneak attack.

Seeing that Ji Daoyi became angry after reading the letter, Liu Rushuang asked, "Master Ji, what happened that made you so angry?"

Ji Daoyi didn't speak, but simply handed the letter in his hand to Liu Rushuang, who took it and began to read it.

Liu Rushuang was furious after reading the letter: "Damn it! These people are utterly depraved. They actually colluded with evil cultivators to harm our fellow countrymen. Alchemist Ji, rest assured, our Alchemy Hall will never allow such forces to exist in Daoshu City. Alchemist Ji, you can send this message back to your family and let them check if there are any suspicious individuals."

"Thank you for the reminder, Steward Liu. I will return to my family now."