Chapter 285: Departure, to the Tagore Desert!

  Before long, Xiao Yan found himself walking through the bustling streets of a crowded town.

  Listening to the noise around him, Xiao Yan, who had been cut off from society for several months, couldn't help but reflect. Humans truly are social creatures; he wondered if he would still be able to speak if he were to spend decades alone in the wilderness.

  Shaking his head and dismissing this odd thought, Xiao Yan patted the heavy ruler ed in bck cloth on his back, stood at a street er, and looked around. After a moment’s thought, he stopped a passerby to inquire about the location of the Wolf Head Merary Group in Qingshan Town.

  "Excuse me, sir, do you know where the Wolf Head Merary Group is stationed?" Xiao Yan asked calmly.

  "The Wolf Head Merary Group?" Upon hearing Xiao Yan's question, the passerby seemed a bit stuhen ughed, "Young man, the Wolf Head Merary Group used to be stationed on the south side of the town, but they disbanded a few days ago."

  "Disbanded?" Xiao Yan was taken aback by the passerby's reply.

  "Sir, do you know why the Wolf Head Merary Group disbanded, and where their leader Mu She went?" Xiao Yan asked eagerly.

  "It looks like you haven’t been to Qingshan Town for a long time. Almost every resident of Qingshan Town knows about the Wolf Head Merary Group. Their leader Mu She was beheaded by a woman in white just a few days ago at their own base. Afterward, that woman in white decred that she hoped o hear the name 'Wolf Head Merary Group' in Qingshan Town again," the passerby expined iail.

  "What! Mu She is dead!" Hearing that Mu She was dead, Xiao Yan wasn't sure how to feel. His purpose in ing to Qingshan Town was to seek revenge on Mu She, but someone had beaten him to it.

  After a while, Xiao Yan shook his head with a bitter smile, sighing, "To kill Mu She irike, it looks like he really provoked someone formidable, some powerful senior."

  In Xiao Yan’s subscious, the woman in white who could kill Mu She would likely be of a siderable age.

  "Hehe!" Seemingly hearing Xiao Yan’s sigh, the passerby chuckled and said, "Young man, you guessed wrong there. The woman in white who killed Mu She isn't some senior expert; she looked to be only sixteen or seventeen years old."

  "Sixteen or seventeen?" Hearing this, Xiao Yan became uled.

  The woman in white was about his own age.

  Yet, to break into the Wolf Head Merary Group alone and kill Mu She ht, she must have the cultivation of at least a five or six-star Dou Shi.

  "Master, that woman in white must have an incredible talent!" After thinking for a moment, Xiao Yan suddenly excimed to Yao Lao inside his ring.

  Ihe ring, upon hearing Xiao Yan's words, Yao Lao's eyes revealed a ptive look.

  Yao Lao had also heard the passerby's description, and all the details made him think of a figure in the Demo Mountains.

  If it was her, then killing Mu She indeed wouldn’t be a problem.

  In his heart, Yao Lao sighed lightly, feeling that this was not the time to undermine Xiao Yan's fidence. Instead, he chose to ence him: "Xiao Yan, it's true that others may currently have a higher level of cultivation, but you must uand that steady and solid practice will ultimately take you further. So, don't envy others for their temporary achievements."

  Hearing Yao Lao's words, Xiao Yan pondered for a moment before replying seriously, "Master, I uand your point. What others have now, I won't envy. Only through steady and sistent effort oruly go further."

  "Good, Xiao Yan. inally, I wanted you to train in the Demo Mountains until you broke through to the Dou Shi level, and now that you've achieved this, it's time to prepare for your jouro the Tagore Desert," Yao Lao said with satisfa, nodding his head as he id out the step of the pn.

  "Tagore Desert."

  Hearing this, Xiao Yan remembered his father, Xiao Zhaioning that his older brothers had formed a merary group there. Going to the desert would be a good opportunity to reuh them.

  The moment, Xiao Yan grinned and said, "Master, as long as it doesn't leave any sting effects, bring on the rigorous training; I ha."

  "You rascal, just don't get cold feet when you're there," Yao Lao said, his eyes filled with affe.

  "Rest assured!" Xiao Yan replied fidently, then he added another question.

  "Master, why did you specifically choose the Tagore Desert for my training?"

  Hearing this, Yao Lao in the riated briefly before expining, "I once visited the Tagore Desert because I had heard that a type of Heavenly Fme was hidden within the vast desert."

  "Unfortunately, I didn't find it back then. If you're lucky enough this time, perhaps you'll have a ce."

  Hearing Yao Lao mention the Heavenly Fme, Xiao Yan's eyes lit up, and he ched his fists, murmuring softly, "Heavenly Fme, if I could find it, my Fme Mantra might evolve!"

  ...

  Eastern Demo Mountains.

  After some time traveling, Xiao Yan finally arrived at the eastern edge of the Demo Mountains.

  The city to him now was a rge city in the eastern province of the Jia Ma Empire, grahan Wutan City, and among the top in terms of overall strength in all the rge cities of the Jia Ma Empire.

  Xiao Yan's primary goal was to reach this city, known as Bck Rock City, because only such rge cities were equipped with the empire's civilian air transport squads. sidering the vast distaween the Demo Mountains and the eastern border, it would take at least four to five months if Xiao Yao walk to the Tagore Desert. However, Xiao Yan didn't have time to waste, so he had to reach Bck Rock City to take an air transport to the empire's border.

  "Xiao Yan, I wonder if there is an Alchemist Association in Bck Rock City. If there is, you should try to see if you reach the sed-grade level," Yao Lao suddenly spoke as Xiao Yan was heading towards the foothills.

  "Go to the Alchemist Association?" Xiao Yan was startled, asking, "Wouldn't that expose my identity as an alchemist?"

  Hearing this, Yao Lao was momentarily speechless, then said with a ugh, "I don't recall ever telling you to hide your identity as an alchemist!"

  "An alchemist's identity is respected everywhere, and many pces provide alchemists with numerous privileges. I believe the Jia Ma Empire is no exception!"

  "Alright, I'll follow your advice!" Hearing Yao Lao's expnation, Xiao Yan nodded emphatically.

  (End of Chapter)

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