After conquering the Empress, I proved my Dao with the Heaven and Earth Spirit Furnace!

Huang Yan was stunned, and tightly covered his swollen face, unable to believe that the other party would actually dare to hit him.

"Elder Shi... save me!"

He looked terrified and hurriedly asked Old Man Shi for help, but found that he was missing a tooth and had a lisp, making him look quite comical.

Moreover, remembering what Qin Chuan had just said, he quickly covered his mouth.

Seeing Huang Yan being beaten, Old Shi's expression turned rather ugly; clearly, the other party didn't take him seriously at all.

However, Huang Yan was in the other party's hands at this time, and he was not entirely confident, so he naturally dared not make any rash moves.

After a moment's hesitation, Old Shi clasped his hands and said, "I hope you will show mercy. Consider it a favor I owe you!"

"What would I do for a favor from an old geezer?"

Qin Chuan smiled coldly, "I'm afraid you'll make a move against me as soon as I release your young master."

What use is this ethereal and intangible thing to me?

Upon hearing this, a cold glint flashed in Old Shi's eyes, but being an old and shrewd man, he wouldn't get angry over just a few words.

After a moment of silence, Elder Shi suggested, "In that case, how about I use spirit crystals to redeem it?"

Upon hearing this, Qin Chuan smiled and said, "Wouldn't it have been better to ask for the money earlier?"

As he spoke, he gestured over Huang Yan's body, "This arm costs 50,000 spirit crystals, this leg costs 80,000 spirit crystals, and this little thing..."

As Qin Chuan read them out one by one, Huang Yan turned pale, nearly fainting from fright. His face contorted with rage, he cried, "Big brother, don't scare me like that..."

Not far away, Elder Shi also had a dark face and said in a deep voice, "You can just say the total amount!"

"Oh, so you want the complete version?"

Upon hearing this, Old Shi took several deep breaths to suppress his anger.

"How about this."

Just as he was about to lash out, Qin Chuan smiled and said, "Your young master spent 200,000 spirit crystals to buy my life before, so let's double it to one million."

Doubling it is one million?

Old Shi's facial muscles twitched; he wished he could make a move right now.

After glancing at the yellow rock in Qin Chuan's hand, Shi Laoqiang suppressed his anger and said in a deep voice, "One million spirit crystals is too much. I don't have that many on me. I can only give you four hundred thousand spirit crystals!"

"Oh, really..."

Qin Chuan smiled slightly and said, "That's easy. We'll just leave some of the young master's belongings behind."

As he spoke, his gaze moved over Huang Yan's body, finally settling between her legs.

Upon seeing Qin Chuan's gaze, Huang Yan turned pale and shouted angrily, "Give it to Elder Shi! Give it all to him!"

I was afraid that if I spoke too late, some things might be lost.

"Ugh…"

Seeing this, Elder Shi sighed, then looked at Qin Chuan and said seriously, "I only have 400,000 spirit crystals on me, but I can give you a low-grade pill treasure as well, so it shouldn't be too bad."

Upon hearing this, Qin Chuan thought for a moment and nodded, saying, "Okay."

Immediately, Elder Shi took out a storage ring and held it in his hand, saying, "Release the young master, and I will give you this storage ring."

"Do you think I'm stupid?"

Qin Chuan's face turned cold, and he sneered, "If I let go, you can attack me, right?"

"But how can I trust that you won't go back on your word?" Old Shi squinted.

"You probably don't understand the current situation. You have no right to negotiate with me!"

Qin Chuan sneered, "I'll say it three times. If you don't give me the item, your young master will die!"

"Your Excellency is rather..."

"three!"

Qin Chuan smiled coldly, not having time to waste any more words from the other party.

"two!"

Just as he finished shouting "two" and was about to shout "three," a black storage ring was thrown in an arc through the air and headed towards him.

Old Master Shi's expression was icy, and he said in a cold voice, "If you dare to go back on your word, I will make sure you die without a burial place!"

Ignoring the old man's threat, Qin Chuan caught the storage ring and began to examine it.

Sure enough, he found 400,000 spirit crystals and a fist-sized, entirely black bead among them.

This bead must be that low-grade elixir treasure.

Although it felt a bit strange, this was not a good time to conduct research.

Immediately, he turned his gaze to Huang Yan beside him and said in a deep voice, "Hand over your storage ring and that treasure-hunting rat!"

Huang Yan's expression changed, "You can't..."

He was about to say something when he saw Qin Chuan's cold gaze sweep over him. He immediately trembled and quickly handed the treasure-hunting rat from his sleeve and the storage ring on his hand to Qin Chuan.

"Your Excellency! The young master's storage ring contains our Huang family's ancestral martial arts techniques, which you cannot take away!" Elder Shi said solemnly.

"it is good."

After glancing at it, Qin Chuan took out the cultivation techniques and martial arts skills inside and casually tossed them to Elder Shi.

He didn't find any of these things appealing.

Upon seeing this, Old Shi's facial muscles twitched, his expression turned somewhat ugly, and his gaze was fixed on Qin Chuan.

"As the saying goes, greed knows no bounds; I hope you won't be so greedy as to overeat."

Upon hearing this, Qin Chuan gave a cold laugh and said, "Whether you can eat or not is probably none of your concern!"

As he spoke, Qin Chuan struck Huang Yan in the chest with a palm strike.

"puff!"

This sudden palm strike caused Huang Yan to vomit blood, and he was sent flying backward.

The moment Huang Yan was pushed away, Qin Chuan immediately used the Falling Leaf Step to escape from the area.

As he left, he also threw a high-grade spiritual weapon in the direction of Huang Yan.

After doing all this, he ran away without looking back.

"So fast…"

Old Shi, who originally intended to give chase, was stunned and somewhat incredulous upon seeing the speed at which Qin Chuan fled.

Furthermore, given the magical artifact Qin Chuan left behind before departing, if he were to abandon Huang Yan, the latter might very well die in his heart.

Thinking of this, Elder Shi had no choice but to let Qin Chuan leave and turn to save Huang Yan.

"call…"

After running a long way, seeing that Old Man Shi hadn't chased after him, Qin Chuan gasped for breath and secretly sighed with relief.

After all, the other party was a powerful expert at the fourth level of the Profound King Realm, and it was an extremely rare thing to be able to snatch food from him.

Although he felt a lingering fear, Qin Chuan also felt a sense of relief.

This time we've gained quite a lot.

Besides the 400,000 spirit crystals, there were also many good things in Huang Yan's storage ring.

However, there was no need to rush to look at these things. Qin Chuan took out the Spirit Rat from his body.

He had kept this little thing on his person all along, but it was unusually quiet.

This spirit rat is much smaller than a regular rat, with its whole body covered in yellowish-brown fur, except for its back, which is covered in layers of scales.

"It really has been recognized as a master..."

Looking at the small, spirit-communicating rat, Qin Chuan narrowed his eyes and immediately sensed the essence blood of the others. Without a doubt, this must be the one that Huang Yan had recognized as his master.

If a mythical beast is bound to another beast by blood, it can no longer be controlled.

Otherwise, the original owner would sense it.

However, there are exceptions to everything.