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Hearing Lin Feng's words, Ye Zhong once again nodded in agreement. "Lin Feng is right. If the Three Leaders of the Pill Tower truly had a hand in this, then staying inside the Pill Tower is actually safer for him. After all, those three old foxes wouldn't dare make a move against Lin Feng within the Inner halls of the Small Pill Tower."
"Well, fine then. But, husband, you must still be careful. If you ever find yourself in danger, you can crush the spatial jade slip I gave you right away."
Hearing the two men speak, Feng Qing'er finally nodded and stopped trying to persuade Lin Feng to move to the Wind Lightning Pavilion.
Then, something suddenly came to her mind. During his battle with that Six-Star Dou Zun, Lin Feng had used the Void Sky Suppressing Seal—a Dou Technique of the Ancient Void Dragon Clan.
Her beautiful eyes narrowed slightly as she asked, "Husband, I almost forgot to ask you—how did you learn the Ancient Void Dragon Clan's Void Sky Suppressing Seal?"
"Uh…"
Lin Feng froze for a moment at her question before replying, "I have some ties with the Ancient Void Dragon Clan. That Dou Technique was a gift from them."
Ye Zhong's old face immediately twisted into another expression of utter shock. He could swear that in his entire life, he had never experienced so many emotional ups and downs in a single day.
Although he didn't know much about the Ancient Void Dragon Clan, he at least knew that they were one of the most dominant overlords of the magical beast world.
Most importantly, the relationship between the Ancient Void Dragon Clan and the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan was absolutely terrible.
As expected, the moment Feng Qing'er heard Lin Feng say he was acquainted with the Ancient Void Dragon Clan, her delicate face instantly darkened.
After all, ever since their ancestor, the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix, had vanished, the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan had never again been able to stand on equal footing with the Ancient Void Dragon Clan.
Because of that, the dragons had acted without restraint—frequently hunting members of the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan as food. To them, the Ancient Void Dragons were no different from man-eating demons.
Thinking of that, Feng Qing'er's fists clenched tightly.
Seeing that she was on the verge of losing control, Lin Feng quickly spoke up, "Qing'er, I'll explain everything to you later. You'll understand when the time comes. For now, let's focus on the matter at hand."
"Fine."
Biting her lower lip, Feng Qing'er nodded, deciding not to press further.
After all, she'd spent enough time with Lin Feng to know what kind of person he was. Judging from his tone, there was clearly more to the story—something he wasn't ready to tell yet. So, for now, she pushed the matter down and kept it buried in her heart.
After flying day and night without rest, by the next evening, the group finally saw the outline of a distant city rising along the horizon. After continuing onward for some time, Lin Feng and his group finally arrived before the tall city walls.
Because four of them were alchemists, the guards at the gate didn't dare to question too closely about the "corpse" in Lin Feng's hand.
Once they confirmed that the group had no malicious intent, the guards respectfully led them into Qingling City, before returning to their posts.
"Husband, are we taking Xiao Yan straight to the central square now?"
After entering the city, Xiao Yixian looked at the unconscious Xiao Yan—who had awoken several times along the way, only to be knocked out by Lin Feng each time—and asked softly.
"No. Let's go to an inn and book a room first."
Lin Feng rejected her suggestion, lifting the unconscious Xiao Yan by one arm as a cold smile appeared on his face. "We've been traveling nonstop along the way and haven't had much time to rest. Now that we're in Qingling City, we should take our time… and give this guy a proper 'welcome.'"
Hearing that suggestion, the others all nodded in agreement. Since Xiao Yan had ambushed them halfway, if they didn't torment him properly, they wouldn't even be able to sleep tonight!
"In that case, let's find an inn to stay for now."
Seeing that no one objected, Lin Feng spoke again.
After saying that, he was the first to walk toward a nearby inn. The others followed closely behind. After booking a luxurious suite, Lin Feng led the three women straight into the attached cultivation room.
As for Ye Zhong, he had little interest in this matter. Once his room was ready, he immediately went inside to refine pills and repair the Earth Demon Puppet. After all, in that earlier battle, the puppet had taken several direct hits from Xiao Yan's God Seal Technique.
If not for the fact that Lin Feng had used top-quality materials in its creation, it would've been reduced to scrap on the spot under such fierce attacks.
"Xian'er, do you have a drug that can keep someone conscious but prevent them from using their Dou Qi?"
Inside the cultivation room, Lin Feng looked at Xiao Yan, who was bound to a cross, then turned toward the slender figure in white standing nearby.
"That's easy."
Upon hearing this, Xiao Yixian's pink lips curved into a confident smile.
Although the other party possessed several Heavenly Flames, the difference in their cultivation was far too vast. For someone with the Woeful Poison Body, poisoning him was child's play.
She waved her hand lightly, and two wisps of violet-green poison mist shot out, swirling through the air before slipping straight into Xiao Yan's nostrils.
Moments later, Xiao Yan's body began to convulse violently. Soon after, his Three-Star Dou Zong aura rapidly plummeted. Before long, the Dou Qi fluctuations around him vanished completely.
Lin Feng's gaze then shifted toward the black, ancient-looking ring on Xiao Yan's finger. The black ring bore no ornate carvings—simple and plain in design. At its center was a single snow-white storage stone.
What truly caught Lin Feng's attention, however, was that there wasn't the faintest trace of soul protection on that stone. After all, on another finger, Xiao Yan wore a far more ordinary high-grade storage ring, one that emanated a faint soul aura.
That meant the ring had a soul barrier.
"This ring without a soul barrier... it must be the one Yao Chen left for him," Lin Feng mused silently, his eyes narrowing slightly.
Thinking of Yao Chen's massive fortune, he immediately reached out and pried the black ring off Xiao Yan's finger. Since Xiao Yan had dared to ambush him, taking a bit of "mental compensation" wasn't unreasonable.
But that rough motion caused the long-unconscious Xiao Yan to stir. In his dazed state, he suddenly felt a sharp sting from his finger. His eyelids twitched slightly before he sluggishly opened his eyes.
As his blurry vision cleared, he vaguely saw Lin Feng not far ahead, holding a very familiar black storage ring in his hand.
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