"It's Mu Xuan."

  Mu Xuan... A figure fshed through Lin Hao's mind.

  Mu Xuan and he were both at the sixth level of Qi Refining.

  But Mu Xuan had a retive who was an elder, aen funted his power ier sect, bullying disciples without any bag.

  Just because Lin Hao didn't yield to him in a small internal petition, Mu Xuan bore a grudge against him.

  "Sending a woman to make a deal and assassinate me while I'm distracted, that bastard is truly insidious!" A fierce glint fshed in Lin Hao's eyes.

  He preferred to keep a low profile and develop quietly, but that didn't mean he would be a coward. If someone was trying to kill him, would he just sit bad do nothing?

  "Mu Xuan, I will kill you!"

  Seeing the cold glint in Lin Hao's eyes, Li Xunran couldn't help but be startled.

  "Senior Brother Lin, I've told you everything. you put the dagger away? What if..."

  "Bitch, do you think you have the right to iate with me?

  You trespassed into my cave dwelling and attempted to assassinate a fellow disciple. Just these two offenses are enough for me to kill you."

  Li Xunran's face turned pale, tears welling up in her beautiful eyes as she sobbed, "Senior Brother Lin, spare me! I was blinded by greed and made a terrible mistake.

  I won't dare to do it again. I'll give you everything in my ste bag, just spare my worthless life!

  Senior Brother... no... Master, I'm willing to be your servant and serve you well."

  "But you're someone Mu Xua. Keeping you by my side is like inviting a tiger into my home, waiting for you to stab me in the back?"

  Cold sweat dripped from Li Xunran's forehead. To save her life, her mind raced.

  "Master, do you have any poison pills that trol people? You give me ohen you'll be at ease!"

  "You're quite clever, but those things are too expensive. I don't have any! And you're not worth me buying a poison pill just for you. Serve me well iure, or die. Uand?"

  Li Xunran nodded like a peg chick.

  "Master, could you return my ste bag?" she asked cautiously.

  "Open it."

  Li Xunran's heart trembled, fearing he would take her belongings, but she dared not resist.

  With a wave of her delicate hand, a sky-blue spiritual energy flew out, unlog the ste bag's seal.

  Lin Hao emptied its tents: a bottle of Spirit Gathering Pills, a low-grade magical artifact, a few mid-grade talismans, and the rest were women's clothes.

  Not even a single spirit stone. He cursed her as a pauper under his breath, thehe Spirit Gathering Pills, saying indifferently, "I'll keep this bottle of pills as punishment for your previous misduct."

  The pills Lin Hao had given her were impossible to take back, and her only pills had been fiscated. Li Xunra a pang of pain.

  But fearing his ruthlessness, she swallowed her dissatisfa.

  ***

  The day, after letting Li Xunran go.

  Lin Hao drew three talismans and po go down the mountain.

  He mainly o visit the market.

  To sell some talismans, exge them for spirit stoo set up his cave dwelling, increasing the tration of spiritual energy.

  Only inner disciples could fly on swords within the sect; outer disciples had to walk down the mountain.

  As he he foot of the mountain, he spotted Li Xunran and immediately frowned.

  Her suspicious behavior caught Lin Hao's attention, and he followed her quietly with cold eyes.

  She wound her way to the area where the servant disciples lived, finally stopping in front of a courtyard. After cautiously for any abnormalities, she slipped inside.

  Lin Hao's fusion deepened. He cealed his spiritual energy and silently circled to the back of the courtyard, then climbed over the wall.

  Stig close to the wall, he listeo the sounds inside.

  There were voices of a man and a woman versing.

  The voices were very familiar, and Lin Hao's expression grew colder as he stealthily approached the window, peering through a narro to observe the se inside.

  Just as he suspected, Li Xunran was secretly meeting with Mu Xuan!

  This woman was truly shameless!

  Lin Hao cursed them in his heart, fog on eavesdropping och couple's versation.

  "Boss Mu, I failed the assassination... but he's already under my trol, lettiay by his side."

  "Then proceed with the sed pn!" Mu Xuan said. "That kid is really lucky. You could have been with me, without doing such dangerous tasks."

  Li Xunran was the woman he fancied, but she always made excuses, unwilling to be with him, yet now she was with that brat Lin Hao.

  "Boss Mu, what about the promised reward?" Li Xunran didn't want to waste words with Mu Xuan.

  Seeing Li Xunran still ag so aloof, Mu Xuan's expression ged.

  But he suppressed his ahinking to himself, a defiled woman is no longer worthy of being mine!

  "Don't worry, I won't shortge you."

  Mu Xuan took out a small jade bottle and said.

  "Inside are ten Spirit Gathering Pills, your reward faining Lin Hao's trust.

  Tonight, give that dog Lin Hao the Ten Fragrance Soft Bone Powder, then wait for me to e and torture him to death!

  O's done, you'll be richly rewarded!"

  "Alright!" Li Xunran took the jade bottle and said.

  Outside the window, Lin Hao's face was icy cold.

  Very well, bitch couple, if you dare to e tonight, I'll send you both to hell!