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When Xiao Lin took the list of the "lucky winner" that Zi Yan had pulled out, he was completely dumbfounded.
It was none other than the files on the Black Prison Alliance!
It had to be said, Zi Yan really knew how to pick them!
In Xiao Lin's plan, the Black Prison Alliance was the very last faction they intended to visit; it was obviously impossible to go scrounge from them first. As for the other factions, Xiao Lin didn't have a specific preference for the order.
But of all things, Zi Yan just had to draw the Black Prison Alliance!
Faced with this situation, what could Xiao Lin do other than go back on his word?
"Change it. This one has to be saved for the very last..."
As he spoke, Xiao Lin put away the information regarding the Black Prison Alliance. Upon hearing this, Zi Yan's "bun-face" puffed up instantly.
"You, you, you! You stinky Old Man Lin! You're going back on your word! You said whoever I drew is who we'd pick!"
Looking at Zi Yan's posture, she looked like she wanted to rush forward and bite him.
"The Black Prison Alliance is the exception. We're saving them for the end; they have a major use!"
Xiao Lin could only explain it this way.
If he had known, he would have pulled the Black Prison Alliance's files out before letting her pick. But who could have guessed that out of so many documents, Zi Yan would select them at a single glance?
It could only be said that the Black Prison Alliance truly had a "path to death" laid out for them.
"Hmph!"
Hearing Xiao Lin's explanation, Zi Yan wasn't someone who didn't know how to prioritize, but she still let out a heavy huff to express her inner dissatisfaction.
However, she also vaguely guessed that Xiao Lin had other objectives for coming to the Black Corner Region besides just scrounging.
This was evident from the fact that he specifically went to talk to the First Elder before they left and brought out so much intelligence. So, despite her annoyance, she didn't continue to make things difficult for him.
Moving past the incident, Zi Yan reached out and pulled another file at random, handing it to Xiao Lin.
"There. This time there shouldn't be a problem, right?"
She stared intently at Xiao Lin as he took the paper.
Clearly, she was afraid he would back out again. While it wasn't a huge deal, it was a blow to her ego!
Xiao Lin looked at the name on the list and instantly smiled.
The information on that sheet was about the Blood Sect!
He had a decent impression of this sect from the Black Corner Region. In the original story, the Sect Leader of the Blood Sect seemed to have been Xiao Yan's enemy. Since Zi Yan's second draw was the Blood Sect, there was nothing more to say.
Just do it!
If the looting wasn't clean enough, then the Blood Sect would have done a good job of hiding their herbs and pills!
"Naturally, there's no problem."
Seeing Xiao Lin nod, Zi Yan's puffed-up cheeks finally deflated.
"Then... we set off?"
"What else are we waiting for?"
As their voices fell, the Pair of Chaos-Bringing Demons that had plagued every single Elder in Jia Nan Academy finally fixed their gaze on their first Dou Huang-level target in the Black Corner Region: the Blood Sect!
Following their usual routine, Zi Yan's small hand sliced through the void in front of her, immediately opening a spatial tunnel. In the next instant, the two stepped into it simultaneously.
Having experienced this many times, Xiao Lin naturally felt no discomfort.
When they stepped out of the spatial tunnel again, they were already within the headquarters of the Blood Sect. That's right—the two of them entered the Blood Sect's base in a grand and overbearing manner, without the slightest hesitation!
With Xiao Lin's Heavenly Realm soul power acting as a cover, the fluctuations caused by crossing through the void didn't leak out even a tiny bit.
Naturally, they weren't discovered by the people of the Blood Sect. Afterward, the two of them strolled through the sect grounds as if they owned the place.
Again, thanks to the protection of the Heavenly Realm soul power, even when they passed right in front of the Blood Sect disciples, they remained completely undetected!
It could be said that as long as they weren't arrogant enough to try this in front of a Dou Huang powerhouse, even a Dou Wang would be unable to find Xiao Lin and Zi Yan while they were hidden by soul power.
This was the "bug-like" advantage of Heavenly Realm soul power.
If Xiao Lin had to choose between his current soul power and his Dou Zong cultivation, he would choose the former without hesitation.
One can see the path forward to reach Dou Zong from nothing, but gaining Heavenly Realm soul power again would be harder than reaching the heavens.
After all, Xiao Lin wasn't an Alchemist, nor did he have a specialized soul cultivation technique. He couldn't exactly "awaken past life memories" a second time; that would be too ridiculous!
In this manner, Xiao Lin and Zi Yan wandered through the Blood Sect's base.
Once Xiao Lin's soul power sensed the residence of the Blood Sect Leader, the Dou Huang powerhouse Fan Lao, he simply made sure to steer clear of him. The rest of the Blood Sect was like an uninhabited land to them!
Before long, the two found the location of the Blood Sect's medicinal herb warehouse. Upon entering, Zi Yan's eyes began to sparkle.
"Wow! These are Tier 6 medicinal herbs: Purple Heart Flower, Water Accumulation Grass, Sun Dew Branch! And Tier 5 herbs: Black Water Lotus, Severed Wood Lotus Root, Moon-Clear Flower Juice... Eh? There's even a Tier 7 herb, the Earth Core Water-Fire Grass! Hahaha! We struck it rich! We're rich!"
Seeing these high-quality herbs, Zi Yan didn't hesitate for a second. Her hands were a blur of grabbing and taking. In the Blood Sect's warehouse, besides these Tier 5 and above treasures, the Tier 4 and below items were too numerous to count!
Without any surprise, from this moment on, all these herbs belonged to Zi Yan! Watching Zi Yan sweep through the herbs like a "bandit entering a village," even Xiao Lin couldn't help but feel a bit embarrassed.
At the same time, he silently thought to the Blood Sect: You deserve it!
After all, the Blood Sect wasn't like the Yun Lan Sect in the original story, and Fan Lao wasn't like Yun Shan. Yun Shan went astray because of his obsession, but Fan Lao was different—he was pure evil!
Given that, how could Xiao Lin feel any guilt about stripping their warehouse bare?
In fact, never mind just one warehouse; even if there were several more, Xiao Lin would still have Zi Yan empty every single one of them!
If it weren't for the need to execute the plan to weaken the Black Corner Region's overall strength, Xiao Lin might have just charged into Fan Lao's room and beaten him to death on the spot.
Simply looting the sect's medicinal herbs was already letting him off easy. One must know that even within the Black Corner Region, Fan Lao and his Blood Sect were among the ones with the worst reputations!
It was highly likely that these precious herbs were obtained through plunder and coercion anyway.
They were essentially "acting on behalf of Heaven" by taking them!
Soon enough, Zi Yan had completely emptied the Blood Sect's warehouse; she didn't even leave behind a single Tier 1 herb!
Someone finding this later would probably think the warehouse had been infested by a swarm of supernatural rats. Throughout the process of harvesting these precious herbs, the smile on Zi Yan's face never vanished!
"Alright, all done! Old Man Lin, shouldn't we move on to the next house?"
Having gained so much from the first raid, Zi Yan could no longer restrain her itching heart.
"Wait a second. I'm going to leave something behind."
After saying that, Xiao Lin began to use his Dou Qi to leave six short words in the Blood Sect's medicinal herb warehouse:
Done by Jia Nan Academy!
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