Mei Hua Twelve bowed slightly and said, "Then thank you very much, Brother Tan!"

Zu'an, who was standing to the side, saw that Brother Tan was walking towards him with his hand on the knife, and couldn't help but feel depressed: You two were putting on a show of brotherly love, but in the end I'm the one who suffers.

He was pondering whether to reveal his cultivation level when suddenly his eyes widened, because Plum Blossom Twelve, like a leopard, suddenly pounced from behind, covered Brother Tan's mouth, and then slashed his neck with a knife.

Brother Tan clutched his neck and frantically backed away, pointing at him in disbelief: "You...you..."

Plum Blossom Twelve wiped the blood off her knife with a handkerchief: "Killing you would give me the gang leader's bounty, and I could keep all the money you hid for myself. Why should I split it with you?"

"You will definitely... die... badly..." Brother Tan clutched his neck and fell to the ground. When he died, his eyes were wide open and never closed.

“Curses are merely the rage of the incompetent.” Plum Blossom Twelve sheathed his sword and walked toward Zu’an. “Brother Zu, you need not be afraid. He is a traitor to our gang, and everyone has the right to kill him.”

"Oh~" Zu An swallowed hard, suddenly finding the way he called him "Brother Zu" particularly grating. After all, the guy he had just been calling him brother so affectionately was now lying dead on the ground with his eyes wide open.

The atmosphere on the rest of the journey was somewhat somber. It wasn't until he felt that the air was so much fresher and sweeter than in his previous life that Zu An's mood calmed down a bit. He figured this was because the world was full of vital energy, which explained why so many people in this world could cultivate.

They didn't encounter any danger along the way. After all, this place was near the edge of town, and the ferocious beasts of Dragon Hidden Mountain were all deep in the mountains. Only one or two would occasionally run out, and even if they did, their level wouldn't be too high.

"Hey, what are you doing in Jackal Valley?" Plum Blossom Twelve suddenly thought of something and asked curiously.

"That Divine Doctor Ji in the city has posted a quest to collect dog treasures, I'll try my luck." Zu'an's expression at this moment was as simple and honest as could be.

"You think you can do this?" Plum Blossom Twelve laughed. Even he only dared to walk on the edge of Jackal Valley, yet this guy dared to go looking for Gou Bao without knowing the immensity of the sky and the earth.

Zuan chuckled and said, "I'll go try my luck. Maybe I'll find some corpses of fierce black jackals."

Mei Hua Twelve looked at him with disdain, thinking that this kid was really stupid, but he held back his impulse to say something. After all, if he made him back down, how could he complete his plan? "But you are already the son-in-law of the Chu family, so you can just give me the consultation fee directly, right?"

He had heard a bit about the rules of Doctor Ji's side.

Zu An sighed, "Don't laugh at me, brother, but as a son-in-law who lives with his wife's family, I have no status whatsoever in the Chu family. Everyone looks down on me, so how could they possibly give me any money? You're the best, brother, for not forgetting me after all this time."

"That's right, that's right, we're like brothers." Plum Blossom Twelve thought to himself that this guy still had some self-awareness. "By the way, is Miss Chu really that beautiful?" He had never had the chance to meet Miss Chu, who was so high and mighty, and only knew about her from rumors.

"A celestial maiden descended to earth." Zu An spoke the truth; his cheap wife was indeed quite attractive.

"Does it feel good?" Plum Blossom Twelve winked and grinned, his face full of lewdness.

Zuan sneered inwardly, but replied aloud, "So white, tender, and smooth, it's absolutely amazing."

Mei Hua Twelve swallowed hard and said sourly, "You're quite the ladies' man."

Anger value from the Twelfth of the Plum Blossoms +99!

Zuan was immediately amused. It seemed to be another toad, jealous of others' success even though he couldn't have the swan himself.

A foul stench filled the air, and some bone fragments were scattered not far away, making it impossible to tell what kind of animal it was before it was born. Plum Blossom Twelve chuckled: "If it falls into the mouth of other ferocious beasts, at least it will have a skeleton after it dies. But if it falls into the hands of the fierce black jackal, it will chew up even the bone fragments."

Now that they were nearing Jackal Valley and there was no one around, he was no longer afraid that the other side would back down.

"Is that Jackal Valley ahead?" Zuan vaguely saw a valley ahead and pretended to be scared, grabbing Plum Blossom Twelve's arm. "Big brother, you're so powerful, you have to protect me later."

"Yes, that's right ahead. I'll definitely 'protect' you properly." Plum Blossom Twelve grinned maliciously. "Zu'an, Zu'an, I'm starting to admire you. How can someone be so stupid? You weren't struck by lightning last time, and now you've deliberately run into me again."

Zuan looked "panicked": "Big brother, what do you mean?"

He had originally planned to ambush him, but upon hearing the words "struck by lightning," he decided to hold back for now and take this opportunity to gather relevant information and get used to the new power in his body.

Anyway, the opponent is slightly weaker than him, and he has trump cards like a dagger and paralyzing poison, so he shouldn't mess things up.

Mei Hua Twelve shoved him away and saw him fall to the ground with a light push like a weak chicken. She couldn't help but feel even more contemptuous. She patted the sleeve that he had just hit and said, "I'm in a good mood today, so I'll let you die knowing why. Last time, I took you to the outskirts and tied you to a tree on a stormy night. I didn't expect that the lightning didn't even kill you."