Ruan Xiyan raised an eyebrow slightly, not expecting the Lu family to act so quickly, which was undoubtedly due to the decisive and efficient style of the Lu family head.
After annexing the Fan family, the Lu family's power increased significantly, and even the Sha Tuan Guild could not easily touch the Lu family.
"These are all things we looted from the Fan family. If it weren't for you, sir, we wouldn't have been able to take over the Fan family so easily. We're just offering them as a token of our gratitude," Lu Ce said.
“Since Patriarch Lu says so, then I won’t stand on ceremony.” Ruan Xiyan glanced at the wooden box containing the treasures.
She put all the herbs and magical artifacts into her spatial storage. As for the pills, they were of low grade and poor quality, and she felt they took up too much space in her storage.
"These are all I need; the rest can be left to Patriarch Lu."
Lu Ce was surprised to see that the adults hadn't taken a single one of the precious pills from the box.
It was only later that I realized that this person was an alchemist himself, and probably had no shortage of pills.
Adults may look down on these pills, but they don't mind them. No matter how high or low the grade of the pills is, they are the most precious things to them.
He wasn't the only one who thought this way; everyone in this chaotic place shared the same idea.
The next day, after bidding farewell to Lu Ce, Ruan Xiyan went to the Sha Tuan Guild.
Ruan Xiyan looked around and immediately noticed a group of about twenty people sitting at the door, their bodies exuding a fierce and malevolent aura.
Passersby on the street glanced at them briefly, their eyes filled with fear, and they quickly turned away and hurried away.
The passersby walked close to the wall, afraid of being targeted by this group.
The man in the lead was bald with a scar on his head, and his fierce expression was enough to scare a child to tears.
He was toying with a token in his hand, occasionally tossing it into the air and catching it with his hand.
One of the men, who was idly chewing on a blade of grass, suddenly spat it out in a fit of rage. "Didn't they say some kid joined our Wolf Nightmare Gang?! Damn it! Why hasn't he shown up yet?"
"How dare he make us wait for him! Commander, once he arrives, we must teach him a lesson and give him a taste of his own medicine."
Another man spoke up, "What's the rush? The agreed time hasn't arrived yet, Skinny Monkey. You're just too impatient."
"I'm willing to be impatient. Since he knows we're going to the Fallen Sword Demon Cave today, he should be waiting here before dawn as a newbie. He's acting like he owns me. I'm going to teach him a lesson."
“The Wolf Nightmare Gang.” Ruan Xiyan walked up to the group with the token in her hand.
The bald man narrowed his eyes as he looked at the token in her hand. "You're the new kid. What's your name?"
"Ling Xi".
"Tch! I thought it was some kind of guy who dared to join our Wolf Nightmare Gang, but it turns out to be just a pretty boy. Not only does he look effeminate, but his name is also so girly."
"Kid, with your frail appearance, you won't be scared to death in the Fallen Sword Demon Cave, will you?" Skinny Monkey's words caused the others to burst into laughter.
"Let me test you first, so you won't hold us back when we get to the Fallen Sword Demon Cave." The skinny monkey attacked Ruan Xiyan with his five fingers forming claws.
The bald man didn't stop him. He used the skinny monkey's lesson to intimidate the kid and also to probe his strength.
Ruan Xiyan raised her folding fan and easily blocked the fierce attack.
Undeterred by his initial failure, the skinny monkey continued his attack on Ruan Xiyan.
Ruan Xiyan didn't move her feet, but used the opponent's force against him, deflecting every single one of the skinny monkey's attacks.
Dao Tu, the leader of the Wolf Nightmare Gang, rubbed his bald head. Looking at the skinny monkey, who was sweating profusely, he had failed to hit the kid. A dark glint flashed in his eyes.
This kid is far more complex than he appears.
"Skinny Monkey, are you even capable?!"
"If it doesn't work, we can take over," the other members of the Wolf Nightmare Squad jeered.
Seeing that Ruan Xiyan wasn't using her full strength at all, but instead was just toying with the skinny monkey, they knew that they couldn't test the kid's strength for the time being.
Dao Tu spoke up to stop the farce, "Alright, it's getting late, we should get going."
Hearing Dao Tu say that, Skinny Monkey reluctantly stopped, and he glared fiercely at Ruan Xiyan.
We failed to take down this kid earlier, which made him look foolish in the Wolf Nightmare Gang and become a laughing stock. What a despicable kid!
Once inside the Fallen Sword Demon Cave, he has plenty of ways to kill him without anyone noticing, leaving him with no place to bury his body.
The members of the Wolf Nightmare Gang had ventured deep into the Fallen Sword Demon Cave many times, but this was Ruan Xiyan's first time entering.
The Demon Cave of the Fallen Sword.
As soon as she entered, Ruan Xiyan sensed the malevolent energy around her. As she activated and absorbed it, the malevolent energy entered her body.
The power of malevolent energy is several times stronger than that of spiritual energy, but due to the ferocity of malevolent energy, the amount of malevolent energy absorbed by the body is limited.
Having been tempered by demonic energy and lightning tribulations, and with the Azure Lotus in her dantian, Ruan Xiyan found that mere evil energy was entirely beneficial to her.
Ruan Xiyan absorbed the malevolent energy into her body without any restraint.
When the skinny monkey saw Ruan Xiyan daring to absorb the evil energy like this, he snorted coldly, "You're such an ignorant brat, you're already this greedy on your first visit to the Meteor Sword Demon Cave."
Even without his intervention, that kid would be courting death, his meridians bursting from the baleful aura.
No one from the Wolf Nightmare Gang spoke up to warn them; they were simply waiting to see what would happen.
Ruan Xiyan glanced at the amused expressions on their faces and naturally knew what they were thinking.
Improving her strength was the most important thing; she didn't care about their foolish, narrow-minded thoughts.
Dao Tu looked at Ruan Xiyan and said coldly, "Don't look around or touch anything in the Fallen Sword Demon Cave. If you cause trouble for us, I'll be the first to deal with you."
"Commander, that's the Blood Python Branch." One of them pointed to the herbs on the huge rock not far away and exclaimed in surprise.
The Fallen Sword Demon Cave contains many rare and precious materials. Members of the Fiend Gang often come here to collect fiendish energy, and if they are lucky, they may also find some treasures.
The Blood Python Branch has an extremely strong healing effect, which is very tempting to those who venture into the Fallen Sword Demon Cave.
"We're really lucky this time. We've only been in the Fallen Sword Demon Cave for a short time before we encountered such a treasure." Dao Tu stepped forward and plucked the blood python branch that was growing on the rock.
Suddenly, the "stone" moved, and a blood python soared into the sky, its cold, vertical pupils staring intently at the person in front of it.
"It's a monster! Be careful!"
Demonic beasts that cultivate using malevolent energy are a hundred times more difficult to deal with than ordinary magical beasts.
The blood python lashed out with its long tail, instantly sending several people who were nearby flying. Dao Tu, the strongest among them, managed to dodge the attack.
When Dao Tu started to pluck the Blood Python Branch, Ruan Xiyan had already quietly moved some distance away.
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