Qing Shuang's words made Jiang Yuan's aura extremely gloomy, like a volcano about to erupt at any moment.

"Huo Yun doesn't like men touching her. You're going to drive her to her death!" Qing Shuang stared intently at Jiang Yuan's hand. Although he was only using energy to support Huo Yun and didn't actually reach out to hug her, his other hand was already on Huo Yun's lower abdomen.

The meaning of this subtle gesture is self-evident.

"You mean this?" Jiang Yuan raised his right hand, a half-smile on his face.

"Give me the pills, and I'll take good care of her!" Qing Shuang reached out to Jiang Yuan, asking for the Snow Ginseng Pills.

"To be honest, if I were lustful, I would steal you, not her!" Jiang Yuan ran his finger lightly across Huo Yun's face, his tone full of teasing.

"Of course, putting aside looks, I still prefer you as a teammate. You have a fiery personality and bring me more fun!"

Jiang Yuan spoke extremely frivolous words, and with the aura of the Golden-Patterned Faceless, he was simply a heinous demon.

“You…” Qing Shuang gritted her teeth, almost unable to suppress the anger in her heart.

"Cough cough!"

After being infused with vitality and self-healing factors, Huo Yun regained a sliver of consciousness. However, upon waking, he choked on the blood stuck in his throat, and immediately began coughing incessantly.

Previously, Huoyun's left shoulder had been shattered, and this action affected other muscles, causing pain to inevitably spread throughout his body.

"If you're awake, take the pills!" Jiang Yuan rarely spoke so gently as he handed Huo Yun a snow ginseng pill as white as jade.

"It's you!"

The words, spoken almost right next to her ear, startled Huo Yun. Ignoring the pain, she tried to break free from Jiang Yuan's control.

"Seriously, it's rare for me to show kindness like this. If you let me down like this, I can't guarantee that your teammates won't have some kind of accident!" Jiang Yuan's words carried a hidden threat.

Sure enough, after hearing this, Huo Yun didn't make any more rash moves, but asked nervously, "What exactly do you want to do?"

"I just destroyed your Flame Domain. As compensation, I will help you repair this talent!" Jiang Yuan said calmly.

Besides acquiring talent through killing, he can also choose to imitate talents to create templates, thereby creating the desired talents through these templates.

As for killing Huo Yun, he hadn't considered it. The Hand of Death controls reincarnation, and he wouldn't create unnecessary karma of life and death. This was his professional ethics and self-cultivation as the representative of Death.

"Of course, I'm saving you!" Jiang Yuan's hand remained on Huo Yun's lower abdomen, the occasional warm current proving his gentlemanly behavior.

"Cough cough!"

Huo Yun was so angry that he coughed violently.

"Now that you're awake, I won't take up any more of your time... I won't take care of you anymore!" Jiang Yuan gently pushed Huo Yun, and Huo Yun landed smoothly in front of Qing Shuang. Then he took out two Snow Ginseng Pills.

"I've already helped suppress her injuries. Here are two pills; take them six hours apart, and she should be fully recovered by tomorrow!"

Two snow ginseng pills flew towards Qing Shuang.

"Thank you!" Huo Yun bit her lip and thanked Jiang Yuan. She could feel the warm current he left in her lower abdomen. That power was constantly repairing her injured parts. This effect was much faster than that of pills.

"I just don't want to owe anyone a favor!" Jiang Yuan raised his hand, revealing a storage ring he had prepared beforehand. He tossed the ring to Huo Yun and said, "You were credited with killing those three silver-armored holy spirits, so the spoils will be split between you and me, three for you and seven for me!"

"For me?" Huo Yun was a little taken aback. In fact, Qing Shuang usually received far more attention than the others in the team, and many people didn't like her because of her carefree personality. Now, she was being treated differently, which made her feel somewhat flattered.

However, Huo Yun had no idea that this mysterious person was plotting to replicate her talent.

"If you don't want it, you can give it back to me. That way, I can steal fewer people's storage rings!" Jiang Yuan said calmly.

"this……"

Everyone was speechless. This guy was talking about robbery as if it were an everyday occurrence.

"Qing Shuang, let's head back to the Alliance first!" Although Liu Wenxuan and the others had recovered from their injuries, their combat strength was greatly weakened, so they did not dare to stay in Echo Valley for long.

Qing Shuang glanced at Jiang Yuan, who remained unmoved, and finally tentatively said, "Okay, let's go together!"

After saying that, the two teams merged and began to retreat to the outskirts of Echo Valley.

However, as they walked, Qing Shuang and Liu Wenxuan's expressions became increasingly abnormal, because they discovered that the terrifying masked man was following them.

"It must be a coincidence!"

At this moment, both Qing Shuang and Liu Wenxuan comforted themselves in this way. From their brief contact, they knew that this mysterious masked man was greedy by nature and unpredictable, even openly displaying his lust for women. Such a person was extremely dangerous.

But after the two teams walked for more than ten minutes, they realized that the person behind them had no intention of leaving at all. No matter which path they chose, that guy followed them closely like a leech, and they couldn't shake him off.

"Sister Qing Shuang, that person seems to be following us!" The members of Qing Shuang's team couldn't take it anymore. Anyone would be unsettled if they were being followed by such a powerful person.

Qing Shuang frowned slightly and turned to Huo Yun, asking, "How is your recovery? Are the pills alright?"

She was a little afraid that the other party might be playing tricks.

"My injuries have healed by 60%, and my combat power by 30%! As for the pills, there shouldn't be any problem. Once the effects of the medicine wear off, my energy limit might increase by a few points!" Huo Yun's opinion of the masked man completely changed because only she herself had personally experienced that power, the vigorous vitality, and the mysterious self-healing ability. These were all gifts that the masked man had given her.

"Fire Cloud, what do you think of that guy following us?" Qing Shuang asked, frowning.

"Ah! Is he following us?" Huo Yun's combat strength was weakened, and he didn't even realize that he was being followed.

"Yes, we changed our route halfway through, but he still kept following us!" Qing Shuang sighed heavily. She was really frustrated because she couldn't beat him or shake him off.

Huo Yun felt a little secretly pleased when she heard this, but she still kept her composure and said, "He probably doesn't mean any harm. He saved me when I was almost killed by the Holy Spirit!"

Qing Shuang's face darkened upon hearing this. Wasn't it her who saved him? Why did it suddenly become the masked man's credit?

The reason she sent Huoyun to fight was because she saw through the formation the opponent had set up. That's why she sent Huoyun to activate the formation and get trapped, while she herself went to kill the Holy Spirit as the main force in the battle.

"Could he also be returning to the Alliance?" Huoyun suddenly thought of a possibility.

“But I don’t remember anyone like that in the Haicheng mercenaries!” Qing Shuang shook her head, denying Huo Yun’s idea.

"Miss Qing Shuang, the Alliance is just ahead, let's go in first!"

Liu Wenxuan, who had been followed all the way, immediately fled when he saw that things were not going well. He was afraid that the masked man who was following him closely would cause trouble, so it was safest to return to the base camp first.

We're almost there!