Concubine Yunxia forcefully suppressed her fear and said in a firm voice:
"Senior, my husband, the Demon Emperor, is outside."
"If you capture me, it might cause unnecessary trouble."
She had personally battled with a Nascent Soul expert before.
Concubine Yunxia had a deep understanding of their terrifying power.
A severely wounded and dying Green Crane Master almost took them down with him.
Let alone a perfectly unharmed Nascent Soul expert.
Apart from the deterrence of the Sky Demon Emperor.
No means would work against this person.
Yan Dao’an smiled slightly, "Beauty, you underestimate our Jiangshan First-class Building."
"If we couldn’t transport even a living person away, how could we conduct big business?"
"Rest assured, I, the deputy building master, will take you boldly past the Sky Demon Emperor without him noticing at all."
Concubine Yunxia’s heart pounded fiercely a few times.
She had no doubts about Yan Dao’an’s words.
This would certainly not be the first time Jiangshan First-class Building did such things.
Nor would it be the last.
They had ample means and experience to transport a person away right under the nose of a Nascent Soul expert.
Jiang Fan’s heart sank to the bottom.
This was even more despairing than encountering the Green Crane Master.
At that time, he still had the Blood Dress as his trump card.
And the scale in the Sea Charm’s possession as his ace.
Yuan Chen hurriedly got up, clutching his painfully aching shoulder, and returned to Yan Dao’an’s side.
He stared venomously at Jiang Fan, "Senior, kill him now!"
Jiang Fan’s heart raced.
He secretly clenched the Netherworld Poison hidden in his sleeve.
At worst, he would spread this poison.
If he couldn’t have it easy, nobody present should think they could either.
However, it would also affect Concubine Yunxia.
But compared to being captured, sold, and becoming a toy for others’ pleasure.
Wouldn’t dying here be much better?
Yan Dao’an waved his hand and said, "No rush."
Yuan Chen paused and said unwillingly, "Senior, this person is extremely hateful, why..."
Before he could finish his words.
He suddenly groaned and spat out another mouthful of blood.
But Yan Dao’an had just glanced at him lightly.
"Does the deputy building master need you, a junior, to teach me how to do things?"
"If not for the fact that I infiltrated the Tiger Demon Emperor Mansion using your identity."
"You’d have been dead a long time ago!"
Yuan Chen hurriedly lowered his head, feeling uneasy, and dared not speak further.
Yan Dao’an turned back to Jiang Fan and said, "Boy, you checked the hall; what did you find?"
Jiang Fan’s eyes flickered.
This person didn’t seem to be in a hurry to kill him?
Thinking it over, he answered truthfully, "We only found things in two halls so far."
"One is Hall Twenty."
"The other is the one in front of us."
Yan Dao’an nodded slightly, "At least you’re honest."
"Among the twelve halls here still protected by arrays, the others were strangely empty."
"Only these two halls still had anything."
Jiang Fan was on guard.
So Yan Dao’an had already inspected them beforehand.
If he had lied earlier, who knows how this person would have dealt with him.
Maybe it wouldn’t matter, maybe a single strike would have killed him.
"Do you want to live?" Yan Dao’an asked.
"Help me with something, and I will spare your life."
This kind of talk was just something to listen to.
Since Jiang Fan knew about him capturing Concubine Yunxia, Yan Dao’an would certainly not let Jiang Fan leave the Tiger Demon Emperor Mansion alive.
But he feigned ignorance.
He respectfully said, "Please instruct me, Senior. I will do my best."
Yan Dao’an nodded slightly, "Follow me."
He walked ahead leisurely.
Jiang Fan followed, while Concubine Yunxia hesitated.
Until Jiang Fan’s Mute Zen voice appeared in her mind.
"Just follow for now."
"We take each step as it comes."
"Do not give up hope until the very last moment."
Concubine Yunxia felt encouraged immediately.
When facing the Green Crane Master, weren’t they at a dead end as well?
Yet they miraculously made it through in the end.
Watching Jiang Fan’s back, she inexplicably felt a sense of safety.
Although Jiang Fan was younger than her and his strength was even weaker, he gave her a feeling of reliance.
She smiled radiantly and muttered in her heart.
Jiang Fan glanced back at her curiously.
Concubine Yunxia’s heart skipped a beat, then she realized they were communicating through the Mute Zen technique.
What she thought, he would know too.
Her ears turned a little red with embarrassment.
Yan Dao’an stopped in front of Hall Twenty.
His gaze pierced through the array, watching the Mixed Element Nine-Colored Marrow inside.
His eyes uncontrollably showed a look of longing.
Jiang Fan wasn’t too surprised.
This place could only attract Yan Dao’an with the Mixed Element Nine-Colored Marrow, which had magical effects on the Nascent Soul Realm.
His eyes flickered, and he said, "Senior, are you planning to forcefully break the array?"
Yan Dao’an chuckled, "This is arranged by a late-stage Nascent Soul expert of the Human Clan invited by the Tiger Demon Emperor."
"How could someone like us forcibly break it?"
"Daring to break the array, the items inside being destroyed by the shockwaves of the array would be minor."
"I, too, could possibly die from the backlash of the array’s counterattack."
Jiang Fan understood.
If these arrays were so easy to break.
Wouldn’t the Sky Demon Emperor have already opened them all, gathered all the mystical treasures, and eliminated future troubles?
How could they still exist safely then?
Under Jiang Fan’s astonished gaze.
Yan Dao’an took out a Pill Book Silver Scroll, on which were engraved Demon Race characters, clearly showing "Volume Twenty!"
It matched this hall exactly.
Jiang Fan secretly pondered.
This wasn’t a coincidence.
Could it be that Hall Twenty had a breakthrough treasure for the Human Clan, and Yan Dao’an just happened to acquire Volume Twenty of the Pill Book Silver Scroll?
There was only one answer.
Yan Dao’an had several volumes of the Pill Book Silver Scroll!
The ones the Demon Emperor took were just one of them.
How extensive was the commercial network of Jiangshan First-class Building?
They could actually gather so many volumes of the Pill Book Silver Scroll.
Yan Dao’an threw the Pill Book Silver Scroll to Jiang Fan, "I need you to go inside and fetch that bottle of Spiritual Liquid for me."
Suddenly understanding.
No wonder Yan Dao’an wasn’t in a rush to kill him.
It turned out he wanted Jiang Fan to enter the hall filled with poisonous mist to retrieve the treasure.
Jiang Fan’s eyes flickered.
He could withstand the poisonous mist for a short period.
He could also extract the Mixed Element Nine-Colored Marrow.
But, if he really took it out.
It would be the end of him.
"Senior, this colorful mist is poisonous, isn’t it?" Jiang Fan showed a hint of resistance.
Yan Dao’an squinted his eyes, not bothering to conceal anything:
"It’s poisonous and can kill."
"But do you have a choice?"
"Bring it out, and I can spare your life."
He glanced at Concubine Yunxia, a slight smirk playing on his lips.
"Though it would be a pity."
"If there’s really no way, I’ll have to let the beauty make a trip for you."
He actually threatened him with Concubine Yunxia!
Jiang Fan showed a look of struggle.
Finally, he gritted his teeth helplessly and said, "Alright, I’ll go!"
"Please don’t make things difficult for Concubine Yunxia."
Yan Dao’an’s expression softened.
He smiled, "Then go in quickly."
But Jiang Fan hesitated:
"Senior, this junior is weak, only at the Fifth Layer of the Core Formation Realm."
"Even you don’t dare to touch this poisonous mist, I’m worried that I might die in there without even reaching the jade bottle."
"It’s alright if this junior dies, but if it delays your important matter, my death a million times over wouldn’t be enough."
"Could you perhaps grant me some magical treasures or pills to protect myself?"
Hearing this, Yuan Chen was both annoyed and amused.
This scoundrel is actually taking the opportunity to ask for benefits!