The vast desert stretched endlessly, its golden sands the sole dominant color. The sound of the howling wind echoed incessantly as it carried the sand across the nd and sky.

  A pair of fiery red wings sliced through the sky above the yellow sands with a rumbling sound of breaking wind. The strong wind carved a trail on the ground that was quickly covered by the shifting dunes.

  Xiao Yan was flying directly from Desert City to Rock Desert City. For ordinary people, the distaweewo cities was a very long one.

  To put it in perspective, Desert City was like a port city, while Rock Desert City was like an isnd in the middle of the sea. However, for Xiao Yan who could fly, it only took him an hour to arrive.

  As for the map Hai Bodong had given him, he didn't even spare it a gnce.

  Soon, the outline of Rock Desert City led iager Desert faintly appeared in Xiao Yan's line of sight.

  The smile on his face grew a few more degrees as he saw the city not far away.

  When he was still a few hundred meters away, Xiao Yaracted his Eagle Wings and slowly the city gates, paid the entry fee, and followed the stream of people inside.

  'There sure are a lot of people here.'

  To his surprise, this city in the desert had a siderable flow of people ing and going. Most of them were fierce-looking meraries armed with swords and daggers. There were also a few traveling merts among them.

  Rock Desert City had a heavier, more oppressive atmosphere thaies within the empire. The people who chose to stay here all came for the resources in the desert. Perhaps due to the Snake-People Race, the defenses here were much stricter than in Wu Tan City. Fully armed city guards could be seen patrolling everywhere.

  After entering the city, Xiao Yan casually inquired and easily found out the location of the Desert Metal Merary pany.

  'It seems Big Brother and Sed Brother's merary pany has quite a reputation in Rock Desert City.'

  Xiao Yan couldn't help but feel a few traces of curiosity in his heart upon hearing the residents' evaluation of the Desert Metal Merary pany.

  He walked south, and soon a pound simir in size to the huge pound the Xiao occupied in Wu Tan City appeared before his eyes.

  At the top of the pound, a fg waved in the wind with the words 'Desert Metal Merary pany' written iters. The drawing on the fg faintly emitted a sense of unyielding iron-bloodedness.

  Xiao Ya his anxious heart rex a little as he looked at the huge pound. At least his two older brothers had succeeded iablishing themselves outside.

  "Halt! This is the territory of the Desert Metal Merary pany. Non-members are not allowed to enter!" Suddenly, two Dou Practitioners wielding spears blocked Xiao Yan's path.

  Xiao Yan touched his nose and smiled slightly. "I am the younger brother of your two pany Leaders. My name is Xiao Yan."

  "You're the genius third brother the two pany Leaders often talk about?"

  The two guards exged gnces but remained skeptical. They shouted, "How you prove it?"

  Xiao Yan chuckled and lightly flicked his finger. A burst of energy instantly sent the ons iwo men's hands flying as he said, "Is this enough proof?"

  Isn't this just causing trouble?!

  The two guards didn't retreat in the face of Xiao Yan's terrifying dispy of strength. Instead, oood firmly in front of him while the other took out a whistle and blew.

  Xiao Yan inwardly nodded. 'It seems Big Brother and Sed Brother have good judgment iing people. At least they didn't pick a bunch of cowards.'

  Hearing the sound of the guards' whistle, several burly men ihe pound quickly grabbed their ons and rushed out fiercely, gring at the troublemaker.

  A hint of a smile appeared on Xiao Yan's face as he looked at this group of well-trained meraries. He said, "All right, let's see hoable the merary pany assembled by my big brothers is."

  He slowly took a step forward. Even though they khey were no match for him, the two guards gritted their teeth and lu him.

  Xiao Yan sidestepped and, trolling his strength, kwo of them away with two precise punches. With his hands csped behind his back, he walked into the pound of the Desert Metal Merary pany.

  Seeing someone dare to show such disregard for their Desert Metal Merary pany, all the meraries let out a shout, grabbed their ons and charged at him.

  "Sigh, that's so like Third Brother." In a building ihe pound, a white-robed man who bore some resembo Xiao Yan sighed helplessly.

  However, that look of helplessness could not ceal the gratified smile at the ers of his mouth.

  "It's fine, let him cause a ruckus for a while. It's also a good ce to see how these men would rea the face of an actual enemy attack."

  One could imagihe result. Whether in terms of Qi Methods, Dou Teiques, physical strength, or Spiritual Strength, Xiao Yan was on a pletely different level. Fet a few dozen men, eveimes that number would be easily suppressed by him.

  Basically, her Dou Practitioners nor Dou Masters could withstand a single punch from him. In no time at all, most of them were lying on the ground wailing in pain.

  "Alright, alright, if you keep going, they won't be able to go out on missions tomorrow." The young man in the white robe smiled as he looked at Xiao Yan. His eyes, a few degrees brighter than an ordinary person's, gleamed with a hint of wisdom and barely perceptible ing.

  "You brat are really a genius. Your strength has grown even more terrifying. What's your cultivation level now?" The other young man in the merary outfit stood tall and strong. His dark eyes reflected both ziness and a touch of severity.

  A joyful smile stered on his face, but beh that smile, there seemed to be a trace of wolf-like ferocity hidden. It was clear that although this young man appeared amiable, he was the type to fiercely retaliate if provoked, even in the face of death. A man who wouldn't attack if unprovoked, but would definitely bite back if attacked.

  Xiao Yan looked at the two men walking out of the pound, and a warm current flowed through his heart. "Big Brother, Sed Brother."

  His Big Brother Xiao Ding and Sed Brother Xiao Li were his biological elder brothers born to the same parents.

  "Hahaha! Xiao-Yan-Zi, you finally came. How is it? Does this Desert Metal Merary pany pass muster in the eyes of a genius like you?" Xiao Li ughed heartily as he quickly stepped fiving Xiao Yan a bear hug and a big pat on the back. His voice was equally filled with excitement and joy.

  Xiao Yan put his arm around Xiao Li's shoulder and ughed, "Not bad at all. Their physical dition is pretty good and they have guts too. At least there are no spineless cowards among them. They deserve a reward!"

  Xiao Yan flicked his ste ring, and ten bottles filled with medial pills appeared in his hand with a series of gs.

  The eyes of the meraries lying on the ground immediately lit up when they saw those bottles brimming with pills. Even Xiao Ding and Xiao Li couldn't help being a little startled.

  Their father, Xiao Zhan, had long told them that Xiao Yan was an alchemist who had refined a rge number of pills for the . This allowed the Xiao onopolize the entire Wu Tan City and bee the sole dominant force.

  Even so, the sight of Xiao Yan's generous gift still gave them a shock.

  "Here are tles of 1st-tier Rejuvenation Pills suitable for Dou Practitioners. They heal wounds quickly. There's also a bottle of 2nd-tier Body Recovery Pills suitable for Dou Masters. These pills not only help with external wounds but are also effective for internal injuries."

  "Sed Brother, take care of the distribution." Xiao Yan directly stuffed all the bottles into the arms of a dumbstruck Xiao Li.

  "Tsk tsk tsk, you really are something..." Xiao Li was at a loss for words. So many pills! Even the biggest medial mert in Rock Desert City probably couldn't take out this many at once.

  Standing behind them, Xiao Ding g Xiao Yan and uood his iions in doing this. Carrot and stick—this move would likely uhe entire Desert Metal Merary pany like a solid steel pte.

  Xiao Yan wasn't just simply testing the members of the merary pany, but also raising the standing of his two elder brothers to prevent anyone from being a mole for outside merary panies.

  Even moles would turn into their own men with this gesture.