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"Brother Song, how about we talk while we walk? After all, dealing with Lin Feng is important, but finishing the mission at hand takes priority."
Seeing the other man lost in thought, Xiao Yan quickly reminded him. Right now, his main goal was to obtain the Three Thousand Burning Flame. Therefore, this Pill Gathering was something he treated with utmost importance.
His words snapped Song Qing out of his daze.
After regaining his composure, he looked at Xiao Yan and smiled. "Brother Xiao, you're right. Let's talk as we go. In a bit, I'll introduce you to a few of my friends. Most of them are pursuers of Dan Chen, and they all resent Lin Feng quite a bit."
"Didn't expect this bootlicker to have some brains," Xiao Yan thought with faint amusement. "He knows he can't beat Lin Feng himself, so he's using those young idiots' jealousy over Dan Chen to rally them against him."
Realizing that he could gain some extra allies, Xiao Yan's expression flickered with surprise, then he nodded slightly.
After all, the stronger his side was, the better it would be for him. Although he knew that those people's strength couldn't compare to Lin Feng's, the forces backing them were nothing to scoff at.
If these young men ended up angering Lin Feng and got themselves killed by him, then Xiao Yan wouldn't even need to stir the pot himself—those powerful clans behind them would naturally step up to seek revenge on Lin Feng.
When that happened, he would instantly gain the support of numerous factions. Just thinking about it filled him with smug delight. Without wasting time, the eager Xiao Yan continued flying toward the location marked on the map.
Naturally, Song Qing flew right beside him. While in flight, the two discussed in low voices how they would deal with Lin Feng.
"Cao Ying really is a femme fatale, huh…"
Not long after the two left, Lin Feng stepped out from behind a patch of empty air nearby, a helpless look on his face.
He hadn't expected that just chatting with Cao Ying for a while would make Song Qing hold such a grudge. To make matters worse, the guy even went as far as to join forces with Xiao Yan to target him.
"Sigh… if I actually slept with her, fine, hate me all you want. But damn it, I don't even know what she looks like under her clothes!"
He let out a long sigh, looking genuinely wronged.
If he had actually done something with Cao Ying—like he did with his own wife—tried all the positions and knew every inch of her body, then sure, he'd accept being hated for it.
But as things stood, he hadn't even held her hand!
He wasn't afraid of people coming after him, but being targeted by a bunch of Cao Ying's jealous admirers without even getting any benefits out of it? That was just unfair!
"Looks like I'll have to thin out the number of Pill Tower geniuses a bit…"
Sensing the group of hidden auras tailing behind Xiao Yan and Song Qing, Lin Feng shook his head helplessly.
He could tell those covert high-level Dou Zong auras belonged to Old Mu Gu's subordinates. But since those people wanted him dead, he could only strike first.
While they were still unprepared, he would use the Hall of Souls's hand to eliminate them all inside the Pill Realm. With that decision made, Lin Feng formed a hand seal in front of him.
A moment later, a figure identical to him shot out from between his brows, hovering in midair not far away. The figure looked exactly like Lin Feng, but its aura was only around the Half-Step Dou Zun level—far weaker than the real Lin Feng.
"You go inform Xiao Yixian and Cao Ying about Xiao Yan and Song Qing. Tell them to be careful."
Lin Feng ordered his Three Thousand Lightning Illusionary Body clone calmly. He knew that with Song Qing and Xiao Yan's current strength, they couldn't possibly harm Xiao Yixian inside the Pill Realm.
But what worried him was if Song Qing went insane—Cao Ying might not know better and could get tricked into meeting him alone.
If Cao Ying were to leave Xiao Yixian's protection, she wouldn't stand a chance against those people's combined assault.
"Don't worry, main body. I'll make sure the message gets through."
After saying that, the clone's surroundings twisted violently as space itself split open, and it darted inside the rift before vanishing.
Seeing this, Lin Feng immediately resumed his journey toward the location marked on the map—the Ten Thousand Medicinal Mountain Range. He knew well that the ruler of that place was a Rank 8 Ancient Dragon Bear.
With the Spatial Jade Slip given to him by Hei Qing, Lin Feng was confident that he could convince the Dragon Bear to mobilize its vast army of magical beasts to help him accomplish a few things.
Moreover, if Zi Yan was truly in this area, then she was most likely there as well. Due to the gradual decay of the Pill Realm over the years, its size had drastically shrunk.
At present, the Pill Realm's actual territory was barely one-third the size of the Pill Region itself. Because of that, it only took Lin Feng, with his Dou Zun-level speed, a single night to cross half the realm's territory.
By dawn the next day, he had already arrived near the mountain range that was specially marked on his map.
Along the way, most people who sensed the deep, unfathomable strength radiating from him chose wisely not to provoke him. As a result, his journey went smoothly—without a single reckless fool daring to stand in his way.
Soon, the distant, majestic silhouette of the mountain range—stretching endlessly like a coiled dragon—appeared across the horizon. When Lin Feng caught sight of it, he couldn't help but feel a bit dazed.
The sheer density of energy within that vast stretch of mountains was simply astonishing! Even from afar, he could see thick mists swirling over the peaks.
However, with his powerful soul perception, he quickly discovered that those weren't ordinary mists formed by moisture in the air.
Instead, they were fog-like manifestations of pure energy condensed from an overwhelming abundance of spiritual power.
That alone spoke volumes about how rich the energy concentration within the Ten Thousand Medicinal Mountain Range truly was.
As he drew closer, Lin Feng could distinctly hear the constant roars of countless beasts echoing throughout the mountain range, their cries reverberating like thunder and adding a feral, violent aura to the land.
At the same time, he noticed the multitude of tents and gathered cultivators stationed at the base of the mountain range, hesitant to venture further.
Clearly, the beasts inside weren't just roaring for show—they were dangerous enough to make even proud contestants think twice before stepping in.
Lin Feng, however, paid them no mind. He directly ignored the gathered alchemists and shot straight toward the depths of the mountains. In the blink of an eye, his figure vanished into the mist-shrouded wilderness.
The moment he entered, he was immediately struck by the overwhelming surge of energy within. It was so dense it almost felt suffocating.
At that moment, he fully understood why the Pill Tower had named this place the Ten Thousand Medicinal Mountain Range.
With such rich natural conditions, it wasn't at all impossible for rare heavenly treasures and spiritual herbs—ones nearly extinct in the outside world—to thrive here.
However, the mountain range was far from peaceful. Beastly roars erupted one after another, resounding endlessly through the valleys.
"Looks like other contestants have already ventured in," Lin Feng thought to himself. "That's probably why the beasts are so agitated."
Of course, there was another possible reason—the Pill Realm had existed for too long, and over the centuries, a strange violent factor might have accumulated within it.
Those beasts, tainted by that volatile energy, had likely become unnaturally irritable and aggressive.
Otherwise, under normal circumstances, magical beasts—especially those in a realm designed for alchemists—would have preferred trading medicinal herbs for the pills they needed, a mutually beneficial arrangement.
But now… that balance was gone.
The Pill Realm was more dangerous than ever.
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