Are you crazy? Who asked you to hunt for treasures in the emperor's harem?

Ye Fan didn't bother to pay attention to the old man with the cane's struggle and threatening look. He turned to look at the caravan, "Is what that rubbish old man just said true? We can reach Qinhuai City by crossing the Ailao Forest?"

Many people in the caravan lowered their heads, not daring to reply to Ye Fan. After a long while, the girl who had been humiliated by the old man with the cane gritted her teeth and spoke, "Yes...it's like this, my benefactor, if we take the Ailao Forest, we can greatly shorten the time to reach Qinhuai City. Compared with the official road, we can arrive more than half a month earlier. However, the Ailao Forest is not only difficult to walk through, but also has fierce monsters and miasma, and is haunted...Without special methods, even a Hou-level cultivator can only enter but not exit..."

"That's it!"

Ye Fan touched his chin, thinking about whether to take this route.

At this moment, the mysterious energy of the old man with the cane burst out and he broke free. He stepped back, a light flashed on his hand, and he took out a meteor hammer from the Naxuan Ring, and circulated the golden mysterious energy to attack Ye Fan.

In the blink of an eye, the meteor hammer in the old man's hand with a surging golden aura hit Ye Fan's head firmly, making a dull thud, but Ye Fan did not move at all. The next moment, Ye Fan slapped the old man on the right cheek with a slap, which distorted his face. The whole person rolled in the air and fell to the ground...

The old man with a cane, Chen Batao, twitched a few times on the ground, and then he died...

"He killed the eighth-rank general Chen Batao with a single slap..."

“I haven’t… used my profound energy yet… what kind of strength is this…”

"It's all... relying solely on the strength of the body..."

"Wow...what a powerful external martial arts!"

..........

Seeing this scene, all the business travelers were stunned. They had thought that Ye Fan might be very strong, but they didn't expect Ye Fan to be so outrageous.

The businessmen who had reacted were in a state of confusion. Some stepped forward to express their gratitude to Ye Fan, while others were in a state of confusion, because it was naturally gratifying that Ye Fan had taught Chen Batao a lesson, but they also needed Chen Batao to lead them out of the Ailao Forest... However, due to Ye Fan's strength, they did not dare to express anything...

"Um... little girl, do you know how to get to Ailao Forest?"

After a pause, Ye Fan spoke to the girl who had spoken to him before. He noticed that when she spoke, she looked at the path in the forest ahead.

Little girl?

As soon as these words came out, many people in the business trip looked strange, because Ye Fan and the girl looked about the same age, but Ye Fan's address was...

"I know... Many people know how to get to Ailao Forest... You can just walk along the path on the ground... The direction is not a problem, the problem is how to get there..."

The girl from before spoke again.

"Oh, little girl, we are also going to Qinhuai City. Why don't you lead the way? If we encounter any monsters, we will deal with them!"

Ye Fan didn't know the other person's name, so he had to continue calling her "little girl". While speaking, he also glanced at Liu Mengying beside him.

"My name is Li Shuhong. Thank you for what I did just now!"

The girl hesitated for a moment, then walked up to Ye Fan and thanked him sincerely.

"Oh, no! Let's keep walking!"

Ye Fan waved his hand, then strode along the overgrown path.

"Let's go!"

Liu Mengying smiled at Li Shuhong, then walked towards Ye Fan.

Li Shuhong was slightly stunned and quickly followed.

The group of merchants looked at each other, and finally their eyes fell on an older man with a bulging belly and was quite fat.

"If we go back and take the official road now, we will definitely miss the grand event in Qinhuai City. Let's catch up and see first!"

...........

at dusk,

After an afternoon, Li Shuhong was no longer as reserved as she was at the beginning, and she and Liu Mengying began to talk and laugh.

With Li Shuhong as the intermediary, the business travel team gradually became familiar with Liu Mengying, and no one paid any attention to the old man with a cane, Chen Batao...

As for Ye Fan, all the business travelers were in awe and didn't dare to talk to him. After all, Ye Fan was a super expert who could kill an eighth-grade Xuan cultivator with a single slap. In their opinion, such super experts usually had strange personalities. They didn't want to bring about a fatal disaster with just one word or a careless glance...

Ye Fan didn't know what the business travelers were thinking, but he was also happy to be free...

"Big brother, look, I found something!"

At this time, Liu Mengying ran over happily with a box in her hand.

"Eh~ Four-fruit soup from Jiangzhou City?"

When Ye Fan saw the box that Liu Mengying handed over, his eyes suddenly lit up, because the box contained Jiangzhou City's famous fruit drink, Four Fruit Soup.

"Uh-huh!"

Liu Mengying nodded. "That group of merchants came from quite far away. They prepared many local specialty products and planned to make a fortune during the grand event in Qinhuai City!"

"But they seemed to have encountered thieves on the way. Not only did they waste a lot of time hiding, but they also deviated from the direction. That's why the old man named Chen Batao led them to take the Ailao Forest route!"

Liu Mengying started eating the four-fruit soup in the box while talking.

“It’s a familiar taste, really good!”

Ye Fan ate the four-fruit soup and couldn't help but praise it.

"Indeed!"

Liu Mengying agreed deeply, "But big brother, it would be better if this four-fruit soup could be added with ice, after all, the weather is still quite hot now!"

"With ice?"

Speaking of this, Ye Fan took out the Naxuan ring that Qian Duoduo gave him when he left Jiangzhou City. This Naxuan ring has a freezing function and is very rare. At first, it could make ice, but now it only has a slight chill and can't even keep fruits fresh...

"This kind of ordinary Naxuan ring only has the function of storing items... There is a limit on the number of times it can be used... The things inside will still become old after being left for a long time. The temperature is not much different from that outside, and fruits and vegetables will also rot... Qian Duoduo's Naxuan ring is quite special... It has a freezing function..."

"This freezing function should be using the extremely rare ice-attributed Xuanqi stone on the Naxuan Ring... The Naxuan Ring should be closely related to the Xuanwen, just like the Zhenxuan Cuffs..."

"This Xuanwen is really a good thing... Although I have learned a lot in Tianzhuan Academy, I feel that I have only learned the basics. The Naxuan Ring, Xuanwei Armor, and Zhenxuan Cuffs are all related to Xuanwen, but I don’t understand them. I have to study the Xuanfu Secret Record carefully..."

Ye Fan looked at the Naxuan Ring given by Qian Duoduo and thought for a while. At this moment, the ice-attributed Xuanqi stone inlaid on the Naxuan Ring had changed from its original crystal clear color to a dull gray.

"Brother, what's wrong with you?"

Seeing Ye Fan looking at the Naxuan Ring in his hand in a daze, Liu Mengying couldn't help but speak out.

"Nothing, I'm just wondering if I can build my own Naxuan Ring, preferably one with a freezing function or something like that!"

Ye Fan changed the subject and said, "By the way, Xiao Douya, these boots are for you!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a light flashed on Ye Fan's hand, and a pair of rather exquisite white boots appeared in front of Liu Mengying.

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