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Thinking of the bandits outside, Lin Feng felt a faint blaze of anger in his chest.
"Mm."
Xiao Yixian responded softly, quickly putting away the prescription in her hands.
The next instant, her graceful figure flickered and appeared right at Lin Feng's side.
"Your strength… I'd say you're already at the peak of Dou Zong, aren't you?"
Seeing the exquisite spatial control from the beauty beside him, Lin Feng couldn't help clicking his tongue in amazement.
"It's just the special nature of the Woeful Poison Body—can't compare to you."
Xiao Yixian shook her head with a gentle smile. Then, she took the initiative to grasp his hand and led him toward the outside.
At the inn entrance, the crowd who had been crouching and waiting all this time almost jumped with excitement when they saw Lin Feng and Xiao Yixian finally appear.
"Those two bastards… they've stayed in that inn for nearly ten days. Finally, they've come out."
The Earth-Splitting Two Fiend and the low seventh-tier alchemist ground their teeth as they muttered to each other.
If not for the alchemist saying the pair had purchased numerous rare treasures in the market and possessed extremely rich assets, the elder brother had long since given up wasting time and left on his own.
"Quick, let's follow them."
Seeing Lin Feng and Xiao Yixian walking toward the city's west gate, the hunched old man hurriedly called over the group of experts he had gathered through his connections.
Soon, the whole group was trailing behind them toward the western gate.
"I thought not many people left the city each day, but I didn't expect there to be so many."
Outside the west gate, standing on the sand, Lin Feng looked back at the long, snake-like queue of people leaving the city and couldn't help clicking his tongue.
Inside the gate, there were nearly a thousand men and women lined up. If he and Xiao Yixian weren't Dou Zong—strong enough to force the poor soul at the very front to give up his spot—they would probably still be waiting in line for hours.
"Hehe, that's only natural. Back in Di Gang City, there were already countless mercenaries venturing into the Western Wasteland Desert to hunt magic beasts and search for heavenly treasures.
"But this Western Desolate Region lies deep in the desert, and its cultivation resources are far richer than those in the outskirts near Di Gang City. Besides, the people here value wealth over their own lives—if no cultivators came to explore, that would be strange."
Xiao Yixian's pink lips curved into a soft smile as she spoke.
"Forget about them. Let's go find a suitable spot to send that group tailing us on their way… then we'll focus on increasing our strength."
Turning toward the boundless expanse of the Western Wasteland Desert, Lin Feng narrowed his eyes, killing intent flickering within them.
With that, he was the first to shoot into the uninhabited depths of the desert. Xiao Yixian's toes lightly tapped the void, and she followed right after him.
Behind them, the group of Dou Zong quietly pursued. The relentless gales whipped across the golden-yellow sands.
Above, the scorching sun poured its blazing orange light directly onto the ground, carrying an oppressive heat.
The air above the desert shimmered with ripples like waves on water. Together, the wind and sun made the Western Wasteland Desert seem like a living hell.
Yet even in such harsh conditions, the people of the Western Desolate Region still ventured forward into the desert without hesitation.
Even Dou Zong and Dou Zun experts were no exception. For in the unexplored depths of the desert lay endless possibilities.
Over the long years, countless adventurers had entered the depths of the Western Wasteland Desert—there was no shortage of people who stumbled upon some extremely rare heavenly treasure, or discovered an inheritance left behind by some powerhouse of the past.
From there, they would soar into the sky in a single leap, becoming a local warlord who ruled their own domain.
Every day they would enjoy mornings where representatives of countless factions came to offer tribute, enriching their personal collection.
And at night, they would spend blissful days with a harem of thousands of concubines—or even male companions—doing their utmost to please them.
Because of this, even though everyone knew that within the Western Wasteland Desert…there existed numerous powerful magic beast clans, occupying most of the desert's territory.
And deeper in the desert lay naturally-formed deadly zones, where even a Dou Zun powerhouse could fall.
It still could not stop people's thirst for strength.
Every single day, a massive number of cultivators would throw themselves inside, hoping to find some heaven-defying treasure.
By around noon, after flying for more than four hours, Lin Feng finally slowed to a halt.
"Hehe, everyone, you can all come out now. I've long since noticed you."
He then turned, looking at the seemingly empty sky behind him, and smiled faintly.
"Jie jie… since you've already discovered us, you still didn't run? Or is it that the Nine-Star Dou Zong at your side has given you the courage to face the two of us?"
Once they were exposed, the Earth-Splitting Two Fiends immediately appeared. The male half of the pair spoke in a sinister tone.
Right after, the hunchbacked alchemist and the group of Dou Zong experts he had hired through his connections also revealed themselves one by one.
"Hehe, two Nine-Star Dou Zong… if it were before, you really might have been a bit tricky to deal with."
Lin Feng smiled faintly as he looked at the man who appeared to be only in his fifties.
Then his gaze swept over the low seventh-tier alchemist with the strength of a Five-Star Dou Zong, and the people standing beside him.
After glancing over them all, Lin Feng sneered. "A low seventh-tier alchemist, hiring one Eight-Star Dou Zong, two Six-Star Dou Zong, and five Four-Star Dou Zong all in one go… what, did you empty your entire family fortune for this? You really dare to gamble."
"Hehe, these things may be precious, but as long as I can advance to a mid seventh-tier alchemist, it's worth the expense."
The hunchbacked old man chuckled, then turned to the Earth-Splitting Two Fiends. "That Nine-Star Dou Zong will have to trouble you two."
"Haha, no problem. As long as what you told us earlier is true, then these two are definitely worth the effort for the two of us."
The male elder laughed heartily, then grinned.
As soon as he finished speaking, a surge of rock attribute and earth attribute Dou Qi erupted from the man and woman respectively.
In an instant, the color of their skin shifted.
Under the blessing of these two Dou Qi attributes, their physical defenses suddenly skyrocketed several times over.
The next moment, they charged straight at Xiao Yixian. As for the hunchbacked old man, upon hearing what the man said earlier, a trace of pain flashed in his eyes.
When Lin Feng was buying things earlier, he had followed closely behind the man the entire time.
For the other party to be able to so freely and extravagantly purchase all kinds of rare cultivation techniques, Dou Techniques, and mysterious secret arts… his wealth must be unimaginably deep.
Now that he had to hand over fifty percent of it for free, how could his heart not ache?
If it weren't for the fear that the female powerhouse might take the Four-Star Dou Zong and run, leaving him with nothing…he would never have agreed to bring in the Earth-Splitting Two Fiends at the cost of giving away half the spoils.
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