It seems to have the scent of some kind of elixir.

Moreover, it's a high-grade elixir!

Ye Feng immediately turned his head to look in a certain direction, and his divine sense spread out.

As soon as Ye Feng's divine sense spread out, it collided with Chen Hei Hu's divine sense. It was clear that Chen Hei Hu had also noticed the unusual aura of the elixir.

"Mr. Ye, you noticed it too?" Chen Heihu asked.

"Yes, General Black Tiger, what grade do you think that is?" Ye Feng asked.

Chen Heihu exclaimed in surprise, "So it's a elixir! I thought it was some rare and precious treasure!"

Chen Heihu was not an alchemist and was not sensitive to the aura of elixirs. Therefore, although he sensed the unusual fluctuation of spiritual energy, he could not distinguish that it was a high-grade elixir. He simply subconsciously thought that some rare and precious treasure had appeared.

“Let’s go take a look,” Ye Feng said.

The next moment, Ye Feng and Chen Hei Hu flew out of the hotel together, heading towards that unusual aura.

The source of the aura was in the suburbs of Lanling City. As soon as Ye Feng and Chen Heihu arrived in the woods, they saw a young woman covered in wounds and blood, sitting wearily under a large tree.

Before long, waves of true energy emanated from the area.

"Li Cuicui, where do you think you're going to run to!"

The leader was a dark-faced man, and the men following behind him did not look like good people either.

Upon seeing these people, Chen Heihu immediately transmitted his thoughts to Ye Feng: "I know these people. The one leading them is Zhao Yuanlie, who is ranked sixty-ninth on the Black List. He is a mid-stage Divine Travel Realm martial artist."

"The people behind him are Li Jiahe, ranked 74th on the Black List; Tong Xiaohu, ranked 78th on the Black List; Hong Xiushan, ranked 84th on the Black List; and Helian Cheng, ranked 87th on the Black List."

Night Wind chuckled and said, "I didn't expect you to know so much about the Blacklist."

“The Black List is a renowned ranking list in our Great Xia Kingdom. Those listed are all experts, so of course I know about it,” Chen Heihu said.

"It seems these ruthless individuals on the blacklist are after the elixir from Li Cuicui. But who exactly is Li Cuicui?" Ye Feng said.

"I don't know about that. Although I've been to Lanling City more than once, I've never actually heard of this Li Cuicui," Chen Heihu said, shaking his head.

Zhao Yuanlie, Li Jiahe, and others surrounded Li Cuicui, blocking all possible escape routes for her.

Li Cuicui looked at them with a pale face and a look of grief and indignation on her face.

"Why are you stealing my elixir? This is a keepsake left to me by my master!" Li Cuicui shouted.

"Li Cuicui, even now, you still don't understand who's trying to steal your elixir? Hahahaha, you're too naive." Zhao Yuanlie laughed loudly.

“It’s you guys!” Li Cuicui questioned.

“We’re just doing this for money. The person who really wants the elixir and its formula isn’t us,” Zhao Yuanlie said, shaking his head.

"Who hired you?" Li Cuicui asked again.

"Why should I tell you?" Zhao Yuanlie retorted.

With tears streaming down her face, Li Cuicui said, "Since I'm about to die at your hands anyway, can't you at least let me die knowing why?"

Zhao Yuanlie then said, "Alright, since you're about to die here, I'll tell you, so you can die knowing the truth."

After a pause, Zhao Yuanlie finally said, "The people who hired us to steal the elixir are the most prestigious family in Lanling City—the Ximen family!"

Upon hearing the words "Ximen family," a deep sense of despair immediately appeared on Li Cuicui's face.

Ye Feng used telepathy to ask, "What kind of family is the Ximen family in Lanling City? Why would they want to snatch the elixir from Li Cuicui?"

Chen Heihu frowned deeply and said through telepathy, "The Ximen family is the most prestigious family in Lanling City. Twelve hundred years ago, the Ximen family produced a prodigy named Ximen Fei."

"Although Ximen Fei is not good at fighting, his alchemy skills are first-rate. Moreover, he has reached the Saint Realm through alchemy. At the same time, the Ximen family is a family of doctors, so Ximen Fei is known as the Medicine Saint."

"The emergence of Ximen Fei led to the rise of the Ximen family, and since then the Ximen family has become the most powerful and influential family in the entire Lanling City."

"However, Ximen Fei succeeded in alchemy, but he also failed in alchemy. Nine hundred years ago, he suffered a backlash from his failed alchemy attempt and ultimately died."

"The current head of the Ximen family is named Ximen Yue. He is a Transcendent Realm expert and also the garrison general of Lanling City."

Night Wind asked in confusion, "The garrison general?"

"You don't even know the garrison general?" Chen Heihu asked, a look of doubt on his face.

“I’m sorry, I haven’t paid attention to this kind of thing before,” Ye Feng said.

Chen Heihu then said, "Our Great Xia Kingdom has fourteen provinces and one hundred and fifty-six cities, including fourteen provincial capitals and eight special-level cities. Ordinary cities do not have generals stationed there, but the fourteen provincial capitals and eight special-level cities each have a general at the Transcendent Realm stationed there for a long period of time."

"This is the garrison general. Mr. Ye, you should understand now, right?"

Night Breeze nodded slowly and smiled, "I see, I understand now."

Chen Heihu frowned and said, "If what Zhao Yuanlie said is true, and it really was the Ximen family who hired them to steal the elixirs and pill workshop from Li Cuicui, then the Ximen family's reputation will probably be ruined."

Ye Feng certainly understood why Chen Heihu said that.

Since Ximen Yue is the garrison general of Lanling City in the Great Xia Kingdom, he represents the official government of the Great Xia Kingdom.

Now that Ximen Yue's family has done something like stealing other people's elixirs and even hiring ruthless people from the blacklist, how could his reputation not be ruined?

Moreover, since Ximen Yue represents the Great Xia Kingdom, if his reputation is ruined, the Great Xia Kingdom's officialdom will also lose face.

Of course, this was not something Ye Feng should consider, nor was he interested in it. He was only very interested in the elixir in Li Cuicui's hand.

What kind of elixir did Li Cuicui possess that would warrant the Ximen family hiring a ruthless member from the Black List to risk so much to steal it?

"Li Cuicui, hand over the elixir, and I'll give you a quick death," Zhao Yuanlie said.

“Since I’ll die whether I hand it over or not, why should I hand over the elixir?” Li Cuicui said coldly.

"Didn't I say that if you hand over the elixir, I can give you a quick death? If you don't, then I won't let you die a quick death. I will torture you, make you suffer unbearable pain, and let you experience what despair is!" Zhao Yuanlie said fiercely, his eyes revealing a ferocious light that seemed to devour anyone who might harm him.

Li Cuicui was clearly frightened, but she did not back down.