When Fang Yue was in Gu Yue Village, he felt a pang of heartache even burning a single Soul Fire Torch.

Now, cultivating internal energy techniques consumes lifespan on a yearly basis.

Of course, he couldn't afford to squander it now.

Because his lifespan had been almost completely depleted in Qing Si County.

This was not good news.

Besides daily consumption, lifespan was most crucial when cultivating martial arts, requiring a massive amount.

And apart from conventional methods like doing tasks for the Qing Si government, killing aberrant creatures was the fastest way to acquire it.

If possible, Fang Yue intended to kill more aberrant creatures along the way to accumulate some lifespan.

Once he reached Chu Nuan City, Fang Yue could calm down and cultivate his inner techniques, improving his strength.

Compared to his rapidly advancing cultivation realm, Fang Yue's two internal energy techniques and martial skills were severely lagging behind.

And how to improve the strength of [Strange Realm]? Could he really just keep taking pills?

Although Fang Yue could afford it, he was now like a snake bitten once, afraid of the well rope for ten years, and temporarily unwilling to touch this thing.

With the [White Transparent Aberrant] gone, the members of the Da Yang Merchant Group were relieved and began to hurry on their way during the day.

After this battle, everyone became respectful to Fang Yue.

Even the young mistress, Yang Hongxia, became much more restrained in her attitude towards Fang Yue.

Fang Yue followed the merchant group, and in addition to daily cultivation, he would also ask Butler Hai about information regarding Chu Nuan City and the Chao Yang Avenue.

Through these exchanges, he established a general understanding of this area.

Surprisingly, Butler Hai didn't know where the [Phoenix Organization] was hiding.

Organizations like the [Phoenix Organization], which operated in the gray areas, usually didn't appear in the open.

But as a native, deeply rooted in [Chu Nuan City] for many years, the old merchant group could naturally feel the undercurrents in Chu Nuan City, and the existence of an organization hidden in the darkness.

"Chu Nuan City is a city with a large commercial circulation. In addition to the [Qing Si] and [Lan Shan] government forces, there is only one major force, the merchant alliance [Tian Shang Alliance] composed of merchant groups, which manages the overall situation. Our Da Yang Merchant Group is a member of the [Tian Shang Alliance]. If the Phoenix Organization has been rooted in Chu Nuan City for many years, then the top merchant groups in the [Tian Shang Alliance] are the most suspicious."

The Phoenix Organization had grand ambitions, and according to the information, it had already built [Chu Nuan City] into a huge and stable central hub, and used this as a base to provide a steady stream of [human medicine] business to the entire Qing Kingdom.

Fang Yue even suspected that the Qing Si internal, or even the [Lan Shan] government organization, had been infiltrated.

Fang Yue had launched a heavy attack on the Phoenix Organization in the Black Green Mountains, and he hadn't concealed his identity at that time.

His face was probably etched in the minds of the Phoenix Organization members who escaped.

Not to mention internally, they might have even put out a wanted order.

It wasn't that Fang Yue was cautious, but that he had to overestimate the Phoenix Organization, this behemoth.

And the more this kind of behemoth, the more terrible it was to do things without limits.

This kind of organization that operates in the gray area, if it tears its face and insists on dragging itself into the water and taking its life, it is really hard to guard against.

Fang Yue's strength was still far from being invincible, he still needed to lie low and develop.

If [Chu Nuan City] hadn't been infiltrated so badly by the Phoenix Organization, Fang Yue would have really been willing to report to Qing Si, instead of thinking about how to hide his identity and act in a low-key manner.

[Qing Si] might not be clean, [Lan Shan] might not be clean either, as for [Tian Shang Alliance], that was simply the Phoenix Organization's big nest, who knew how many high-level people were from the Phoenix Organization.

Fang Yue still remembered that the first time he knew about the existence of the Phoenix Organization was from the Black Crow Merchant Group.

So the Phoenix Organization and things like merchant groups really had countless connections.

In addition, [Chu Nuan City] was actually a union of merchant groups, with one dominating, the secrets here were self-evident.

After thinking for a while, Fang Yue took out the Misted Black Robe that he hadn't used for a long time, and his body was shrouded in black mist.

"Sir Ye, what is this?"

"Butler Hai, are your people...tight-lipped?"

When Butler Hai heard this, he immediately understood Fang Yue's meaning, and said, "This group of people who are traveling with me are all old buddies, they will never leak any information about Sir Ye."

After a pause, Butler Hai asked, "Sir Ye has been asking about the Phoenix Organization, could it be that you have a grudge against them?"

"There is some conflict, in short, it is better to be careful."

Butler Hai didn't ask any more questions.

Fang Yue's thinking was very clear, when he entered the city, or on the way, he would use the [Human Skin Mask] to change his face, and his identity would be disguised more perfectly.

After roughly understanding the situation of [Chu Nuan City], Fang Yue was not so optimistic about this trip.

It was good that he came to [Chu Nuan City] first, and he was relatively calm.

If it were Captain Wu, that reckless youth, he would have gone straight to [Tian Shang Alliance] after entering the city, to find out where the Phoenix Organization was.

An Dong'er was in the hands of [Tian Shang Alliance], Fang Yue had to find a way to investigate the information of the Phoenix Organization and find a chance to rescue her.

This was basically half of the Phoenix Organization's base camp, operating for many years, deeply cultivating for many years, head-to-head confrontation was completely an act of courting death.

As such an important trade transit center, the Phoenix Organization would definitely send heavy troops to guard it and would not allow anyone to cause damage casually.

So the safest way was to investigate the situation first, and then slowly plan it.

This meant that hiding his identity and ensuring his own safety were particularly important.

When others first saw a person in a black robe, completely shrouded in black mist, suddenly appear in the team, they were all stunned.

But after all, it was a merchant group, and they had heard of things like Misted Black Robes, but only a few people had actually seen them.

At first, everyone was very curious and would take a few more glances.

But after looking at it a few more times, they didn't feel anything anymore. Knowing that Sir Ye was inside, they would say hello every time they saw him.

In the next two days, the days became stable.

The merchant group encountered three aberrant creatures, but before the guards could take action, Fang Yue rushed out in a hurry and killed them first.

Fang Yue was so brave and so active, he was increasingly loved by the members of the merchant group.

However, Fang Yue himself didn't feel anything about it, he was even a little depressed about why there were so few aberrant creatures attacking, and these rewards and lifespan were not enough to fill the gaps between his teeth.

Fang Yue himself was not aware of it at all, completely forgetting what kind of aberrant creatures were staring at him in the Black Green Mountains, which caused a special phenomenon.

Under normal circumstances, the official road still had a certain degree of safety guarantee, otherwise the merchant group would not have developed so well.

Just when Fang Yue felt that his lifespan was enough for him to cultivate his inner technique for a while, there was a sudden burst of intense hoofbeats outside, extremely fast from far to near.

Along with the screams, Fang Yue had already rushed out of the carriage.

But it was still too late.

What he saw was the back of a galloping horse that had already raised dust!

What fast horses!

Panic and shouts rang out, and with a thud, Butler Hai knelt next to Fang Yue, shouting repeatedly, "Please save us, Sir Ye! The young mistress has been kidnapped by a night thief! Please save her, Sir Ye!"

Night thief?!

Fang Yue narrowed his eyes.

"I want their horses."

"What..."

With a swoosh.

Before Butler Hai could react, Fang Yue's figure was extremely fast, chasing after the direction the night thief had left!

Hunter, requesting to fight!