"Alright, the renovation of the restaurant is entrusted to you two. Any questions?"

Qingzhiyi and Huarong both shook their heads. They could see that Xiaoyezi was already very busy, and it was good that they could share some of the burden.

"And what about me?"

"You, just wait to be fed in the yard." By placing the white flag in their yard, they also took a great risk.

The third young master of the Bai family is such an obvious target. The powerful family that the Bai family has recently been clashing with must really want to kill Bai Qi. Not for any other reason than to annoy Bai Feng and strike a blow at their opponent.

At that time, they will all act as accomplices and then kill each other to silence them.

Alas, they're now tied to the Bai family on the same boat. Even if they don't take in Bai Qi, they'll still be targeted.

By taking in Bai Qi, Bai Feng would at least send more people to protect their safety.

"You're wasting my talent."

"How about you come with me to the Fran Bureau for secluded cultivation? It's such a meaningful thing, I'm sure you'll like it very much."

Bai Qi's face flushed red. "Like what? Who likes cultivation? Besides, he already has an enhanced spirit-gathering array in his room. Why waste spirit crystals going to the Fulan Bureau? It's completely unnecessary."

Please tell me your choice.

"Stay here and supervise."

Great, we've dealt with the White Flag. Now that Brother Xiu Qi and the others are back, Shui Qingqing can go to Youran Residence with peace of mind.

There are some books in the You Ran Ju collection that she must read and absorb.

The selection process for the Haoqi Pavilion will begin in less than a year. Her alchemy skills are still too low. She needs to raise her alchemy skills to the eighth rank before the selection, which will take time.

It's already late, so Brother Xiu Qi probably won't be back. Ye Xiruo went straight to her room to sleep.

Early the next morning, Ye Xiruo received a message from Xiu Qiyu that they would be back that day.

This time, they stayed in the forest for four days, but did not venture deep into the forest. Firstly, because their numbers were very small, only three people, which was a very small group and they were easily spotted.

Secondly, their strength wasn't enough to allow them to roam freely in the forest. So, naturally, they would familiarize themselves with the terrain on the outskirts of the forest and, incidentally, rob some fearless bandits who came to extort them.

After robbing several groups of people, the three realized how lucrative this industry was. No wonder so many people became robbers; getting rich through such an easy way of making money is truly captivating.

These people have blood on their hands, and even if they obediently hand over the spirit crystals, they certainly won't let them go. So, there's no need to spare their lives.

Ye Liusha chopped the man into pieces, and Xiu Qiyu cut him in half with a single sword strike. The scene was bloody and brutal.

The only one who was gentle was Senior Brother Zishu. How should they die? By being cut in half at the waist.

Xiu Qiyu and his group aren't serial killers. As long as you don't run into them, they're quite gentle and won't form a robbery trio to make a living by robbing.

They could handle the ferocious beasts on the outskirts of the forest, but these beasts were not high-level and wouldn't fetch much money. After collecting the materials that could be sold, they would store the meat separately and take it back to see if it could be used to make dishes.

Occasionally, when they encounter powerful beasts, the three of them work together to cope.

There weren't any ferocious beasts in the surrounding area. It was Zishu who, for the sake of a few spiritual herbs, sent Xiu Qiyu to lure away the wild beasts so he could secretly dig up the herbs.

Xiu Qiyu agreed to help on conditions: he would take half of the spiritual herbs Zishu harvested, which would naturally go to Ye Xiruo.

These spiritual herbs are reasonably valuable, mostly ninth-grade spiritual herbs, and sometimes, if you're lucky, you might even find tenth-grade ones.

Anyway, once they're inside, robbing or collecting spirit herbs will be more profitable than slaughtering wild beasts.

However, Xiu Qiyu also had his own considerations. Most of the beast meat used in Zuixianju came from the outer areas. He didn't know if the meat from the ferocious beasts inside would taste good, but one thing was certain: it would be extremely expensive.

So, if you encounter any new types of magical beasts along the way, just kill them first.

Along the way, their small team encountered many other groups, some of which wanted to recruit them to join them in gathering spiritual fruits or eliminating a severely wounded magical beast, but Xiu Qiyu refused them all.

They're complete strangers to these people, so isn't it obvious they'll get scammed? Who else would they scam if not them? To put it bluntly, no matter how nicely they talk, when it really comes down to it, they'll definitely be cannon fodder, the kind that draws the most firepower.

They had only ever cooperated with one small mercenary group to harvest a type of spirit peach. That patch of spirit peaches was occupied by a group of white-haired monkeys, and they needed people to hold off the monkeys' attacks.

These dead monkeys weren't very big, but they were extremely violent and bloodthirsty. They had claimed this peach orchard as their own and wouldn't allow anyone else to set foot in it. Otherwise, they would kill them and bury them under the peach trees as fertilizer.

There were about thirty of these dead monkeys, with strength at the Nascent Soul and Golden Core stages. Their main attack power was their sharp claws, which could easily tear through a martial artist's defenses, while their own defenses were very difficult to break through. In addition, this group of monkeys always fought in groups, and one-on-one duels were completely out of the question.

This kind of spiritual peach is one of the main ingredients for refining the Jade Complexion Pill, so it is very expensive.

Xiu Qiyu was thinking that Xiao Yezi would definitely like to eat such good spirit peaches, so he had to find a way to get more and take them back. It would be best if he could dig up a small peach tree and take it back, Xiao Yezi would definitely like it.

In addition, the monkey and the spirit peach reminded him of monkey wine, a hundred-year-old monkey wine, a thousand-year-old monkey wine, which is a good thing to increase one's power and tastes absolutely delicious. It is the heart and soul of the dead monkey.

Xiu Qiyu set her sights on monkey wine, and was determined to get it.

The monkey king of this bunch of dead monkeys is at the peak of the Nascent Soul stage. If Xiu Qiyu, Zishu, and Ye Liusha were to combine their powers, they could defeat him. Killing him wouldn't be a problem either.

But what about the Monkey King and his horde of monkeys?

The team that invited Xiu Qiyu consisted of only six people, the highest of whom was the same as Zishu, also at the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm. The others included two at the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm and three at the early stage of the Nascent Soul realm.

"We need to hold off the Monkey King and also keep up with his monkey offspring. There probably aren't enough of us."

"To be honest, we've made full preparations for this operation. My junior sister has a beast-taming flute that can temporarily hypnotize and control those monkeys, then we can just use a sleeping potion to knock them out. As for the monkey king, we plan to have three people hold him off while the rest of us go gather spirit peaches."