Fang Ling followed Bai Xingyou, flying for nearly half an hour before arriving at the ancient abandoned mine.
It was a towering mountain, quite a distance from Dragon City.
The mountain was almost completely hollowed out, crisscrossed with numerous mining tunnels.
When the wind blew, the ancient abandoned mine would emit a strange humming sound, like a giant beast roaring.
"That's the ancient mine site," Bai Xingyou said, stopping and looking at the mine.
"My strength is weak, so I won't go in with Young Master Fang and become a burden."
Fang Ling nodded, "Thank you, Elder Bai, for leading the way!"
"It's late, Elder Bai should return to rest. No need to stay here."
Bai Xingyou nodded slightly and bowed, "Young Master Fang, take care and be cautious!"
With that, they parted ways, and Fang Ling strode towards the ancient abandoned mine.
As he walked, he saw many people camped around the outskirts of the mine.
Some were there to search for treasures, others to explore and admire the site, making it more lively than he had imagined.
"Young master, are you planning to enter the ancient mine?"
"I have something good here that you might need."
"Hunyuan Pills! Taking one will enhance your endurance, allowing you to go further into the mine."
Suddenly, a young girl with many freckles on her face jumped out from the roadside, following Fang Ling and promoting her pills.
"Others sell them for five hundred spirit stones each, but I’m not that greedy. I just need enough to get by, so I’m selling them for half the price!"
"Would you consider it, young master?"
Fang Ling gently shook his head, finding her chatter quite annoying.
Seeing that Fang Ling had no intention of buying, the freckled girl stopped following him and sighed in frustration.
Suddenly, someone kicked her, sending her flying.
A group of people then surrounded her, punching and kicking her.
"You little brat, do you really have a death wish?"
"We've already warned you, this is our territory. You can't steal our business. Don't you understand?"
"And you sell Hunyuan Pills so cheaply, you're slapping us in the face!"
A burly man with a thick chest hair and an axe in his hand sneered at the freckled girl being beaten by his underlings.
"Brother Yang, please have mercy. Let me sell here for a few days."
"Once I've sold all my pills, I won't sell anymore."
The freckled girl covered her head with her hands, pleading.
"Money over life, huh?" The burly man chuckled, "Then I'll grant your wish!"
He gripped his axe tightly and strode forward menacingly.
His underlings quickly stepped aside.
"Little brat, I heard that when your father was alive, he found a treasure around here."
"If you hand over the treasure obediently, I'll spare you and let you continue selling here."
"Otherwise, I'll chop off your head with one swing!" The burly man threatened.
The freckled girl fell silent.
"Boss, do you think the treasure might be on her? Should we strip her?" A rat-faced lackey behind the burly man suggested with a wicked grin.
"Such an important item, she must carry it with her. Big Head makes sense!" Someone immediately agreed.
The burly man looked at the freckled girl, cracking his neck, "Though her face is average, her figure looks decent."
"It's dark anyway, we can't see her face clearly. Stripping her for some fun wouldn't be bad!"
"Get her! Be quick about it!"
"Yes, sir!" The burly man's lackeys approached her with lecherous smiles.
The freckled girl curled up on the ground, her eyes filled with despair...
At that moment, the sound of a sword being drawn rang out.
"You bullies, ganging up on a young girl like this!"
A woman in white appeared from the darkness, charging at the burly man and his group with her sword.
"Where did this meddlesome girl come from?"
"Take her down first!" The burly man snorted.
The group turned to attack her, but with a few swift sword strokes, they were all cut down.
The burly man widened his eyes in terror and tried to flee.
But before he could take a few steps, a flying sword pierced his chest, and he fell to the ground.
"Thank you for saving me!" The freckled girl, with tears in her eyes, thanked the woman in white.
The woman in white helped her up and comforted her, then suddenly looked towards Fang Ling.
Fang Ling was walking when the woman in white caught up to him.
She looked at Fang Ling with displeasure, "You are truly cold-blooded and heartless!"
"That girl was almost assaulted, and you did nothing!"
Fang Ling ignored her and continued walking.
The woman in white stomped her foot in anger, "Hey! I'm talking to you!"
"Which family are you from? What sect?"
"Why aren't you speaking? Are you ashamed?"
Fang Ling slowly turned to her, his voice cold, "If you keep being noisy, I'll slap you to death!"
The woman in white's eyes widened, about to explode in anger.
But an old woman suddenly appeared beside her, pulling her away.
"Grandmother, what are you doing?" The woman in white asked indignantly.
"This guy is not only cold-blooded but also so arrogant. I must teach him a lesson today!"
The old woman looked at Fang Ling and said solemnly, "Miss, this person is not simple. It's best not to cause trouble."
"I've seen many people in my life and rarely misjudge."
"Moreover, if you hadn't intervened just now, that girl would have been fine."
"Impossible! This guy was just walking leisurely, he wouldn't have helped!" The woman in white retorted.
"Miss, your realm is still lacking, so you didn't notice. At that moment, there was a subtle fluctuation of spiritual power from this person." The old woman explained.
"But because you intervened, it disappeared quickly."
"So I wrongly accused him?" The woman in white pursed her lips.
"But this guy is really rude. I just said a few words, and he threatened to slap me to death."
"Wait, my realm is lacking?"
"Compared to you, Grandmother, but I'm already at the early stage of the Phecda Realm!"
"In this small South Sun Kingdom, I'm considered a top expert. How could I not detect his spiritual power?"
"According to you, he must be at least in the late stage of the Phecda Realm."
"This guy looks younger than me. In this tiny South Sun Kingdom, it's impossible for such a genius to exist."
The old woman smiled, "Miss, just because he's in the South Sun Kingdom doesn't mean he's from here."
"You're not from the South Sun Kingdom, so why must he be?"
The woman in white thought for a moment, "That's true, but if he's stronger than me at such a young age, could he be from one of those great families?"
"Or a successor of those immortal sects?"
"I don't know his identity... If he has a protector, that protector must be stronger than me, because I couldn't sense anything." The old woman said.

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