"Tell me, that Miss An is so beautiful, how come that boy can be so fierce and scold her so easily? If it were me, I would cherish her too much to bear scolding her!"

The Fujiang team had just finished killing a ninth-tier alien beast. Guan Zian was sitting on the ground, panting heavily and grumbling.

"Song Ji, do you think there's something fishy going on here?" Luo Nan turned his gaze to Song Ji, who had remained silent.

"Me!" Song Ji's expression darkened, and he slowly said, "My intuition tells me that Jiang Yuan is no ordinary person!"

"His killing intent was restrained yet pure, and the bloodstains on the edges of his robes carried a subtle pressure. Facing Luo Nan, a ninth-tier warrior, he only showed indifference. All signs indicate that this person is a powerful expert! Perhaps, as An Xiaoyu said, he could easily kill a super ninth-tier beast in his peak condition!"

A look of confusion flashed across Guan Zi'an's face. He pressed on, "If he's so strong, why does he still pay us protection money?"

"Two reasons. First, they are indeed injured and need shelter; second, they want to use our mercenary tokens!" Song Ji ripped out the beast's heart with a single strike and stored it in his storage ring.

“Yes, mercenary tokens can only be used by mercenary captains. Since they got separated from their original teams, they definitely need to borrow mercenary tokens from other teams!” Luo Nan nodded in agreement with Song Ji’s statement.

Song Ji sneered and said, "That's not all. Look, An Xiaoyu mentioned the Flame of Life twice and was stopped. Obviously, their goal is closely related to the Flame of Life! In fact, they may have fallen to this state because of the Flame of Life. However, because of the importance of the Flame of Life, they do not want to give up or leak information, so they have issued a mercenary mission to solve a certain problem."

“That makes sense!” Luo Nan nodded, his eyes deep, and suddenly said, “What if they are deliberately using the Flame of Life as bait to deceive us?”

"It's quite simple to resolve this concern! As long as we don't act as pawns and keep a close eye on Jiang Yuan and his group, we won't be used or deceived!" Song Ji said coldly.

“Yes, as long as we keep a close eye on them, we will act whenever they make a move. We can’t let them lead us by the nose!” Luo Nan wholeheartedly agreed.

"Go back and have Binghai get close to An Xiaoyu; maybe he can get her to tell us something!" Song Ji's eyes were sharp, as if he was planning every step to come.

"Let's deal with the alien beasts first. Their arrival has significantly increased the pressure on us!"

The trio continued clearing out the alien beasts, but because Zhou Han and Yang Binghai were stationed at the base, their speed of clearing out the beasts was much slower, and they had to spend more time on the task.

In the camp tent

"Little Jiang Jiang, did I act well?" Yu Tu waited mysteriously for Jiang Yuan's praise.

Jiang Yuan, no longer cold, smiled and said, "Not bad!"

"What do you mean 'not bad'? I was just being myself! Who told me to be such an innocent and genuinely beautiful woman inside and out!" Yu Tu said smugly, sticking out her tongue.

"Keep your voice down, the walls have ears!" Jiang Yuan pointed outside.

"Don't worry, my soul energy has already shielded this place!" Although Yu Tu had restrained herself somewhat, she was still very casual.

None of the members of the Fujiang team noticed her soul energy because the gap between them was too great. The only one who might have noticed something was wrong was Song Ji, who was only at the eighth level, which was far too much of a difference compared to her super ninth level.

"Not bad, it actually has 1200 soul energy!" Jiang Yuan praised.

"Thanks to you, I was burned to 1200 by the Flame of Life!" Yu Tu rolled his eyes. This guy actually thought he had done a good deed. He was clearly the culprit who burned him, so why didn't he have any sense of guilt?

"Well done!" Jiang Yuan said calmly.

"Oh!" Yu Tu leaned forward, bringing her face close to Jiang Yuan's. She blinked her eyes affectionately and said, "Then, how about not being lewd?"

Jiang Yuan chuckled. After hearing this, he pressed down on Yu Tu's head, which was leaning towards him. "Speaking of being flirtatious, I actually have something to tell you!"

"You've finally figured it out?" Yu Tu teased.

"Remember the Jade Maiden Heart Sutra from before?"

Yu Tu was greatly disappointed; she had thought something serious might happen. "It's okay, if you don't want it, you don't want it. I don't blame you!"

Jiang Yuan had strongly urged her to give up the Jade Maiden Heart Sutra; otherwise, she would have bought it even though she was already tempted by it, since it was a mental technique for controlling desires, and it was something that was hard to come by.

"You still want to blame me?" Jiang Yuan said with a smile.

"How could I? I, An Xiaoyu, would never turn down a long-term meal ticket!"

As she spoke, Yu Tu tried to squeeze into Jiang Yuan's arms.

"Don't move!" Jiang Yuan waved his hand, and a skill orb appeared in his palm. "Let's see what this is first!"

"A skill orb?" Yu Tu grabbed the skill orb and examined it closely. Before even using his soul energy to investigate, he confidently declared, "If you gave it to me, it must be something good!"

"This is for you, open it and take a look!" Jiang Yuan gestured for her to use the skill ball.

"So mysterious, could it be something improper?"

Yu Tu activated the skill ball while joking around, but three seconds later, she stood frozen in place.

"Looks like I really do look like a bad guy!" Jiang Yuan said awkwardly, rubbing his nose.

Yu Tu was stunned for a long time, and when he finally woke up, his eyes were shining.

"Don't thank me, you deserve it!" Jiang Yuan immediately stretched out his hand to block in front of him; he couldn't handle this guy's enthusiasm.

"you?"

Yu Tu's expression was complicated, a mixture of embarrassment and gratitude. "You already had this technique before you stopped me, didn't you?"

"No, I just think the Jade Maiden Heart Sutra that the Palace Spirit gave me is severely incomplete, not as good as mine. After thinking about it, it would be a pity to throw it away, so I might as well do you a favor and give it to you!" Jiang Yuan concealed the fact that he had spent 20,000 ninth-tier Holy Spirit Stones. He didn't want to make Yu Tu feel indebted to him.

"Tch, nobody believes that!" Yu Tu rolled her eyes resentfully. If this thing were really so easy to obtain, then the temple spirit wouldn't have praised it so highly. Obviously, this guy paid an unknown price to get the Jade Maiden Heart Sutra.

"I'm giving you this for no other reason than to hope that you can control your body and stop being unable to take your eyes off men!" Jiang Yuan said with a dry laugh.

"Get lost! I hate you!" Upon hearing this insult, Yu Tu punched him.

"Woman, you repay kindness with enmity! I'll never send you anything again!" Jiang Yuan's expression changed rapidly as he clutched his stomach and lay on the ground groaning.

Seeing this, Yu Tu panicked completely. She immediately squatted down and said worriedly, "I...I didn't mean to, are you alright!"

"This is the second time. I think next time you might as well just kill me!" Jiang Yuan felt his blood churning. Under the backlash of the Five Elements Ring, he really couldn't withstand any violence.

Knowing he had made a mistake, Yu Tu could only lower his head and wait for Jiang Yuan to scold him. After a while, when there was no response, he timidly said, "You can scold me. It will be better to vent."

Jiang Yuan pressed his chest; the reset was almost complete, and he would soon be able to get rid of this backlash. "Forget it, I was also wrong; I shouldn't have made assumptions about your thoughts!"

"Let's hug and make up!"