Qin Changsheng glanced at Jiang Fan and said indifferently, In this Solitary Boat City, aside from my Qin family, nowhere else will have Qi Condensing Liquid.
If youre begging Treasure Pavilion for Qi Condensing Liquid, Im afraid youve come to the wrong place.
Rather than begging them, youd be better off begging Young Master Lu.
Lu Zheng said mockingly, Begging me for Qi Condensing Liquid? Hed be better off begging me to spare his fiancée, hehe!
He spurred his horse on and rode away, laughing loudly.
Qin Changsheng gave Jiang Fan a sidelong look and said contemptuously, Dont even think about Qi Condensing Liquid.
As long as I, Qin Changsheng, am here, you can forget about obtaining even a single drop of Qi Condensing Liquid for the rest of your life.
With that, he also urged his horse forward in pursuit.
Jiang Fan shrugged.
Low-grade Qi Condensing Liquid? Even dogs wouldnt want it.
Before long.
An important figure arrived at Treasure Pavilion.
One dignified Chen family member after another came in.
The shopkeeper bent at the waist and said in fear and trepidation, Eldest Miss, the matter is just as I described earlier.
Among the Chen family members was a beautiful young woman with delicate features, a tall figure, and wisdom in her eyes.
She was the Chen familys Eldest Miss, Chen Siling.
Did you send anyone to investigate his identity? Chen Siling asked sharply.
The shopkeeper shuddered and hurriedly said, How would this old servant dare? What soul masters fear most is being coveted by others. If we displeased him, wouldnt that bring a catastrophe upon the Chen family?
Chen Silings expression eased slightly, and only then did she relax. Very good. You handled this extremely well!
You both gave this soul master benefits and drew closer to him, without the slightest negligence.
Next, whether we can establish ties with this soul master will depend on his mood!
If he can provide us with some mid-grade Qi Condensing Liquid at the exhibition, well be able to make a great name for ourselves and compete with the Qin family.
Thinking of how the Chen family had been suppressed by the Qin family for a hundred years, Chen Siling desperately hoped that soul master could give the Chen family a hand and change their familys fate.
When the time came, she would be willing to pay any price.
As for Jiang Fan, after returning to the residence, he heard the household in an uproar.
Search! Hurry and search! Even if you have to dig three feet into the ground, find Xu Youran!
What?
Xu Youran was missing?
Jiang Fans heart panicked. The scene from that morning, when she had suddenly left, immediately flashed through his mind, and an ominous thought sprang up.
That silly girl couldnt have gone to find heavenly treasures for his breakthrough, could she?
The sky was almost dark now, and she still hadnt returned. Could she have run into danger?
He hurriedly ran out of the city, heading for the nearby Cloudmist Mountain, the only place where heavenly treasures grew.
Beauty Xu, stop struggling. If you fall and turn into meat paste, what a waste that would be!
By the edge of a cliff, three burly men with bats embroidered on their chests grinned viciously as they stared down below the cliff at Xu Youran, who was clinging tightly to a vine.
Because she had been gripping the vine for so long, blood had seeped from her abraded palms.
Due to her exhaustion, her face was pale, and her body trembled uncontrollably.
Beneath her feet was a sheer precipice of ten thousand fathoms, filled with roiling clouds and mist, its end unseen.
Hurry and come up. Debts have their debtors. We only want to capture you and demand from Lu Zheng the gambling debt he owes us.
We swear we wont do anything to you.
That was what they said, but their greedy gazes never left Xu Yourans alluring body for even a moment.
Once she fell into their hands, what would happen was easy to imagine.
Xu Youran gritted her teeth. Dream on!
The man in the lead lost patience. A fierce light flashed in his eyes as he said, Pull her up!
He refused to believe Xu Youran would really let go and kill herself!
The other two burly men immediately began forcibly pulling the vine upward.
Xu Youran watched as she was gradually pulled up, her heart filled with desolation.
She bit her red lips and said miserably, Xiao Fan, Im sorry. I wont be able to marry you in this life.
Her hand loosened, and she was about to leap into the abyss.
Just then.
A string of hurried footsteps suddenly sounded.
Immediately after, one of the men pulling the vine was caught off guard and kicked over the edge of the ten-thousand-fathom cliff.
His dark figure plunged into the clouds amid a series of screams from his mouth, vanishing without a trace.
The other two men flew into a rage and fought desperately with the newcomer.
Soon, another fell to the ground screaming.
The only one left was terrified and roared, You dare kill people from my Blood Bat Palace! Youre dead! Dead!
The last man shouted as he ran.
Xu Youran was startled. Who had come?
Of the three Blood Bat Palace members just now, one was at the third level of Qi Condensation, and two were at the second level of Qi Condensation!
Suddenly.
A head poked out, and Xu Youran instantly froze. Xiao Fan?
She couldnt believe that Xiao Fan had been the one to drive off the villains just now.
With a dark expression, Jiang Fan pulled her up, slapped her hard on the buttocks, and roared, Who told you to come here?
After being shouted at, Xu Youran lowered her head in self-reproach. She silently raised her bloodstained hand. In her palm was still a spirit-rich herb, and she said weakly, I just wanted to help you.
Looking at her hand, scraped raw, yet still unwilling to let go of the herb, Jiang Fan felt a stabbing pain in his heart.
He pulled her tightly into his arms and said with heartache, Youre the most important person to me. If even you leave me, then in this world, therell be no one left for me to care about!
Listening to his reproach, Xu Yourans heart felt as sweet as if she had tasted honey, a sweetness she had never felt before.
Leaning against his broad chest, she also felt a sense of safety she had never known.
With her body and mind relaxed, and carrying deep exhaustion, she fell asleep just like that.
Jiang Fan couldnt bear to wake her.
He looked at the corpse of the Blood Bat Palace member on the ground, and his heart stirred. He searched the mans body.
Before long, he found a token and couldnt help saying joyfully, A Blood Bat Palace token! The City Lords Manor once issued a bounty.
For killing one Blood Bat Palace member, one can enter the City Lords Manors spirit pool to cultivate once.
Quite a few people have broken through inside!
He put the token away, then looked around.
At the moment, it was pitch-black, and the path down the mountain could no longer be seen clearly.
He could only find a safe cave and spend the night inside with Xu Youran.
While keeping watch over her, Jiang Fan did not remain idle.
He took out the materials for Qi Condensing Liquid that he had exchanged for at Treasure Pavilion and attempted to refine Qi Condensing Liquid.
At dawn the next day.
Jiang Fan looked at the pile of ashes on the ground and said with heartache, Three sets of materials wasted.