Volume 2: Feng Xiang Wu Yin Chapter 31: Robbery

  "I'm going for a walk somewhere else." Tang Nian said suddenly.

  Zhu Miao Jie was still self-examining, but upon hearing this, she paused for a moment before blurting out: "I'll accompany the mistress together with you."

  "It's fine." Tang Nian thought for a moment and pointed at Shu Lan who had been following silently behind him, "Just let Shu Lan follow me."

  Zhu Miao Jie actually wanted to say, Mistress, your expression doesn't seem like you're just out for a casual stroll, but rather that you're going to do something special. But since Tang Nian Nian has already said so, she couldn't force the issue, besides...

  "Don't go too far, mistress."

  Tang Nian nodded, turned around and headed towards the plum forest in the north. Her eyes sparkled with uncertainty, and a hint of blue color flowed through them. Shu Lan followed closely behind her, without anyone else around, she also became bolder, and asked Tang Nian in a low voice: "Miss, is there something good happening?"

  How did she guess it?

  Tang Nian looked at Shu Lan in surprise, Shu Lan didn't want to say it, Miss, your thoughts are almost written all over your face.

  Tang Nian did not respond, but instead asked in her heart: "Lü Lü, where are you?"

  "In front... in front of..." The green sparrows are jumping around, "It's getting more and more fragrant, so fragrant ~ so fragrant ~ it's about to ripen!"

  Tang Nian's smile on his face grew thicker, and he had already used his footwork to move forward like a clear breeze. Just now, Green suddenly said that the heavenly treasure was about to mature, and she smelled the scent of the treasure, which must be a spiritual medicine.

  "Wow..." Xiao Lan's eyes widened in shock, when did Miss become so formidable?! Even if she used all her strength, she couldn't keep up, and before long, she could only watch as the white-blue figure disappeared into the distance, vanishing into the plum blossom forest.

  "Really?"

  Tang Nian's feet touched the clear snow, her movements getting faster and faster, but suddenly she heard a strange cry, and a blue and white figure appeared in front of her, blocking her way.

  Tang Nian's eyes swept around and she stopped in her tracks, "Something wrong?"

  The people who came face to face were Guan Zichu and Tang Qiusheng, whom they had seen the day before. The call was from Guan Zichu. Guan Zichu saw that Tang Nian did not mind his way of addressing her, and a smile flashed in his eyes as he smiled and said: "Nian is in such a hurry to go where?"

  It was just a casual sentence of concern and inquiry, but Tang Nian's face slightly cooled down, shaking his head, "Nothing, I'll leave now."

  "Nian Nian, how can you be so rude to Brother Guan!" Tang Qiu Sheng scolded her as a good elder brother, stretching out his hand to pull back the departing Tang Nian Nian.

  "Crack——"

  Tang Nian's arm swung back in a reflexive motion, and a robust medicinal energy burst forth. As Tang Qiusheng stared at him with eyes wide with shock, his hand accompanied by the sound of cracking bones was struck out several meters away, knocking down several plum blossom trees, their branches snapping and flowers falling.

  "Ah!" Yesterday's injury had not fully healed, and this sudden movement almost made Tang Qiufan dizzy. His face was filled with rage as he glared at Tang Nianian, his fractured hand twisted and hanging abnormally. A master alchemist, a pair of hands were more precious than life itself; everyone on the continent knew that harming an alchemist's hands was one of the most vicious tactics.

  Tang Nian's eyebrows furrowed, why didn't you dodge, useless. Walked over and directly fed a dan medicine into Tang Qiusheng's mouth, stood up coldly and said: "I don't like others touching me."

  Guan Zi's eyes flashed for a moment. He remembered that she was quietly nestled in the arms of the Snow Swallow Manor owner like a cat yesterday.

  Tang Nian looked at Tang Qiusheng, who was still furious, and kindly reminded him: "If you don't want to get hurt, then stop showing off in front of people who are stronger than you. That slap is the price for touching me, I won't forgive it."

  She's got some nerve!?!

  Tang Qiusheng almost spat out a mouthful of blood in anger.

  Tang Nian didn't want to talk to them anymore, so they wouldn't be able to keep up with her. Thinking of the heavenly treasures, she hurriedly wanted to go over.

  "Wait a minute!" Guan Zichu spoke up in time, seeing Tang Nian's impatient face, but smiled politely and said: "Nian is also an alchemist? Although my family can't be considered the best in the world, we do have some wealth and connections. Rare treasures are not uncommon in our household. If you're interested, Nian, you can come to my place for a chat."

  Alchemists are particularly interested in rare and exotic treasures, even though the Snowy Sparrow Manor has countless treasures, but not all of them.

  As expected, Tang Nian's eyes lit up and she asked him: "Does your family have many precious medicinal herbs?"

  Guan Zi smiled and nodded slightly at first.

  "For example?" Tang Nian asked.

  "Yunhai blood coral, white gold purple dew grass, long spring stone chrysanthemum, deep wave spiritual ginseng, clustered wind bell grass, blue diamond lotus..."

  Tang Nian's eyes grew brighter with his words, the smile on his face deepened, and his tone was filled with joy and determination, "I will definitely go!"

  Guan Zi had never seen her smile so joyfully before, not coquettish or flirtatious, but natural and pure, like the first dew of dawn. His gloomy mood suddenly surged with a hint of pure delight. "Then I'll await Nian Nian's arrival."

  Tang Nian nodded and turned around, continuing on her way deep into the plum forest without stopping. In her heart, she thought that one day she would definitely go to Guan Zichu's home to retrieve those things he had snatched away.

  Guanzi never thought that his words would invite not a good friend but a ruthless thief who devours flesh without spitting out bones.

  The most pitiful one was Tang Qiusheng, whose injuries were not yet healed and had added new ones. Although he was treated with top-notch medicine, the pain still lingered. Not only was he ignored by his sister, but also by his brother. If it weren't for him being a self-proclaimed gentleman, he would have already burst out in anger, even if he didn't shout, his face had turned bright red, looking especially terrifying.

  Deep in the plum forest, Tang Nian's body technique reached its peak, but after walking for a whole incense stick, she still hadn't walked out of the plum forest. She had some understanding of her own speed, and this plum forest was problematic.

  Tang Nian stopped in her tracks, "Lu Lu, where are you?"

  Lu Lu: "Up ahead, just up ahead, very close... very close, Master... does this forest seem to have an array formation?"

  "It's not like that, it really exists." Tang Nianian confirmed and released her spiritual consciousness, and after a moment of silence, she found the true eye of this formation.

  Lin Zi's formation technique wasn't high-level, she had seen many formation books in Xue Yan Mountain Villa, plus she had Ci Ling Gu Du's guidance, and with her all-pervasive spiritual awareness, this formation technique really couldn't stump her.

  The formation was broken, and the scene in front of me changed completely. There was no way to go forward, a towering green mountain stood in front of us. Green said: "Up, up..."

  Tang Nian jumped up without saying a word, her feet treading on the mountain rocks as she soared into the sky, stopping at a naturally formed cloud platform halfway up the mountain. The cloud platform was littered with jagged rocks, and near the mountain gate lay an old man in tattered clothes. The old man's appearance was disheveled, his white hair scattered wildly behind his head, his face flushed with a drunken glow, saliva dripping from his mouth, and his gray robes covered in dust and scars from being scraped by the rocks.

  He had one foot bent and the other flat, his body leaning against the mountain rock like a rotten mud, with a wine jar in one hand. The jar emitted a strong fragrance, which made Tang Nian smell the taste of plum blossom clear wine.

  Tang Nian looked at the old man and frowned, muttering coldly and numbly, "Old monster."

  This person reminded her of the old monster. Equally dirty and equally old, with a murderous aura emanating from his eyebrows. The only difference was that the old monster reeked of evil poison, while this person smelled of alcohol and sweat, both equally unbearable.

  The old man's body shook, his eyes snapped open, and inside was a fierce coldness and a hint of shock. When did this girl come, he didn't notice at all until she spoke out and he woke up with a start.

  Tang Nian saw that this person's eyes felt more like it, and his tone was even more numb and cold. "Open the door." She pointed to the stone wall leaning against the old man.

  "Hah!" The old man couldn't help but laugh, "This girl really doesn't know the height of heaven and the thickness of earth!" Before he had even finished speaking, the old man's entire body was already surging with cold murderous aura, and he leapt up...

  The old man fell to the ground with a "bang".

  "What the...?!" The old man was shocked, and his body couldn't muster up any strength. He was a top-grade cultivator, ordinary anesthetics were useless against him, let alone being administered to him when he was completely unaware.

  Tang Nian kicked an old man in the stomach with one foot, "Open the door."

  Don't look at this kick that looks light and airy, in fact, Tang Nian used her full strength of ten points. Who made her dislike this person, and this person wanted to kill her?

  "Cough! Cough!" The old man spat out a mouthful of blood, staining his already unsightly and pitiful face. "Girl, is this how you treat your elders?"

  Tang Nian kicked him lightly again, her face showing obvious dislike. "You're ugly." She liked good-looking people or things and disliked old monsters like this old man.

  The old man looked pitiful and useless, so he endured it without spraying blood again. His face was ferocious. Damn it, who told him that the younger and more beautiful a girl is, the softer her heart is?

  "Heh heh, little girl, there's nothing in here either. Why bother this old man?"

  Tang Nian kicked the thing that the old man had secretly taken out into pieces, disregarding the old man's drastically changing expression. Her pale fingertips were pinching a grain-sized flying insect.

  Digression

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