After a while, Little Fairy Doctor finished collecting all the herbs.
The two of them walked back to the platform.
It was unclear if the group of mercenaries was slow to react or what, but no one had come looking for them yet.
An hour ago—
“Ah!” A sound echoed, and the nearest mercenary heard it.
“Eh?
Where did that sound come from?” The mercenary looked at the peaceful camp.
He nudged the person next to him.
“Did you hear a sound?”
The person next to him didn’t open his eyes.
“What sound?
You must have misheard!” Then he started snoring.
“Did I mishear?
It must be.
With so many people, what could happen?
I’ll doze off a bit more.”
And so, it was now.
Looking at the cliff before them, Xiao Jian deliberately asked, “How do we get up there?”
Little Fairy Doctor smiled slyly.
“Beg me!
If you beg me, I’ll take you up!”
“Don’t be mischievous, or I’ll spank you!” Xiao Jian said, even raising his hand.
Little Fairy Doctor was so scared that she took two steps back.
She gnashed her teeth and cursed, “Bastard, pervert!”
“Alright, alright!
Tell me quickly what to do.
It won’t be good if others discover us.” Now he had to humor this young lady; he didn’t want to climb up.
“Stay away from me!”
“Mm-hmm, mm-hmm!” Xiao Jian nodded quickly, then took a few steps to the side.
Seeing this guy’s obedient look, Little Fairy Doctor felt relieved and walked to the front, took out a short flute, and put it to her lips.
Immediately, a low flute sound spread out into the night.
“Hiss!”
A sound emerged, and soon after, a Blue Hawk landed at the cave entrance.
It allowed Little Fairy Doctor to stroke its beautiful feathers.
“Xiao Lan is so well-behaved.
I need your help this time.”
After communicating with the Blue Hawk, Little Fairy Doctor climbed onto its back.
She said to Xiao Jian, “Come up.”
Xiao Jian walked over, and the Blue Hawk, seeing him approach, let out a wary cry, not letting him get close.
Seeing this, Little Fairy Doctor quickly soothed it.
“Xiao Lan, it’s alright.
He’s a friend.
No ill intentions.”
After speaking, she stroked the Blue Hawk’s feathers again.
She said, “Alright, come on.”
Xiao Jian nodded and got onto the Blue Hawk’s back.
This time, the Blue Hawk didn’t resist.
It obediently let Xiao Jian get on.
“Let go!” In the sky, a pair of lecherous hands were tightly wrapped around Little Fairy Doctor’s slender waist.
No matter what Little Fairy Doctor said, he wouldn’t let go.
“No, what if you throw me down!” Xiao Jian shook his head frantically.
“Hehe!
I think you’re afraid of heights!”
“How could that be?
How could I be afraid of heights?
Impossible!”
“Hahahaha!
You’re actually afraid of heights!”
Xiao Jian held Little Fairy Doctor’s waist tightly.
“So what if I’m afraid of heights?
Is it against the law?!”
“Hahahaha!”
What followed was a round of mockery and counterattack, which could be summarized as:
“You’re afraid of heights.
How embarrassing!”
“You…
you…
you…
I…
I…
I!”
The Blue Hawk circled once and landed the two on the ground above the cliff.
“Thank you, Xiao Lan!”
“Hiss!”
“Xiao Lan is so good!”
“Hiss!” (You’re welcome!)
The person and the bird chatted for a while longer.
Only then did Little Fairy Doctor let the Blue Hawk leave.
“Goodbye, Xiao Lan!”
“Hiss!” (Goodbye, Master!)
Don’t ask how they communicated despite the language barrier; I don’t know either.
After the Blue Hawk flew away, Little Fairy Doctor turned to Xiao Jian and asked, “Where are you going next?
Leaving by yourself?
Or going back?”
Xiao Jian pondered for a moment.
“I won’t go back for now.
I’ll find a place to cultivate some Dou Techniques first, then we’ll see.
What about you?
Are you going back?”
Little Fairy Doctor nodded.
“Yes.
Going back.”
“Then I’ll come see you in a few days.”
“Who wants you to visit?
You pervert!” Although she said that, her tone was happy.
What was this, tsundere?
“Then I won’t come.”
“You dare!”
Seeing Xiao Jian’s teasing expression, Little Fairy Doctor realized she had fallen for it.
She immediately changed her words.
“I mean, we’re friends, after all.”
Xiao Jian smiled slightly.
“Friends, alright.”
He was too lazy to go back to the camp; cultivating alone was more convenient.
He still had many things to do, and time waited for no one.
A moment of silence.
Suddenly, Little Fairy Doctor seemed to remember something, and she asked with a blush, “That…
what’s your name?”
“Xiao Jian.”
“Then you can leave!”
…Xiao Jian really didn’t expect Little Fairy Doctor to have such a sudden change.
He truly couldn’t guess a girl’s thoughts.
“Alright then.
I’m leaving!” But if he couldn’t guess, he wouldn’t guess.
Little Fairy Doctor, watching Xiao Jian’s departing figure, suddenly smiled sweetly and shouted, “Remember to visit me!”
Xiao Jian didn’t look back, waving his hand.
“Okay!”
The next day.
Xiao Jian seemed to have suddenly discovered something.
His eyes lit up, and he walked towards a waterfall ahead.
Swish swish!!
As the two swords returned to their sheaths, a stone cave of twenty to thirty square meters appeared before Xiao Jian.
Looking at his masterpiece, Xiao Jian felt very comfortable.
“Hmm!
As expected of me!”
Behind him, the Black and White Profound Sword expressed that it had cried itself unconscious in the toilet.
Sitting on the stone bed, Xiao Jian closed his eyes and circulated his Immortal Slaying Divine Scripture.
He needed to adjust his state, then cultivate the Purple Cloud Wings.
Until evening, Xiao Jian slowly opened his eyes.
A scroll appeared in his hand.
“Wings of the Eagle”
The Black Flame Purple Cloud Eagle is a fifth-tier flying Magical Beast, rumored to possess a rare ancient Phoenix bloodline.
Its flight speed ranks among the best of all flying Magical Beasts.
It is naturally cunning and ferocious, extremely difficult to capture, and only lives in the Cloud Mist region in the southern part of the continent.
“This Dou Technique scroll, named Eagle Wings, also known as Purple Cloud Wings, was formed after I and a few friends spent three years successfully capturing a Black Flame Purple Cloud Eagle and extracting its wings using a secret method.
This Dou Technique scroll was drawn with Dou Qi by me before my death and can only be cultivated by one person.
Remember.”
Gently stroking the purple wings on the scroll, as if touching a pair of real wings, Xiao Jian took a deep breath.
Closing his eyes, Dou Qi entered the scroll through his hands.
Instantly, a violent remnant soul entered Xiao Jian’s mind through his hands.
Xiao Jian immediately felt a surge of Soul Power impacting his soul.
His face instantly paled slightly.
The clash of souls was not as flashy but far more deadly, and the pain it caused was inexpressible.
Just as Xiao Jian was preparing to defend himself rigorously, a silvery-white light abruptly appeared in Xiao Jian’s mind.
A flicker of light, seemingly on the verge of extinguishing at any moment, yet incredibly sharp.
As soon as it appeared, it stabbed towards the black shadow.
Whoosh!
With just a gentle touch, the black shadow turned into nothingness.
The remaining white light points fell into Xiao Jian’s soul.
Instantly, Xiao Jian felt his mind much clearer; this should be due to a slight increase in his Soul Power.
Opening his eyes, Xiao Jian smiled.
“Sword Intent!
Power from the soul.
That’s great.
My Soul Power has greatly increased.
Now, refining a Grade Three medicinal pill will be no problem.”
Although he could refine Grade Three medicinal pills before, it was a struggle, mostly relying on luck.
But now, as long as he broke through to Dou Master, refining Grade Three medicinal pills would be no problem.
All that was left was practice.
And for Dou Master, he felt it wasn’t far off; he could break through in at most another month.
Then he would go to the Alchemist Association to find spirit storage.
After that, he would head to the desert to see the refreshed Hai Bodong.
Oh, right, Xiao Zhan also asked him to send a letter to his elder brother, Xiao Yan.
Suddenly, Xiao Jian’s eyes lit up.
Injecting Dou Qi into the scroll again.
This time, no soul invaded.
Following the meridians on the scroll, Xiao Jian slowly circulated his Dou Qi.
When the meridians had circulated for one cycle according to the scroll’s method, two clusters of purple Dou Qi entered Xiao Jian’s back along his arms.
This was the core of the Purple Cloud Wings.
Actually, when cultivating Dou Techniques, the circulation of meridians isn’t that important.
What’s more important is the cluster of energy within the Dou Technique.
Without that, even if your meridians circulate more smoothly, it’s useless.
Cultivation methods and medicinal recipes are the same.
Without that special thing, even if you memorize the Dou Technique, it’s useless.
This is even more true for higher-grade cultivation methods and Dou Techniques.
Replication is more difficult.
Without strength, you simply cannot do it.
Continuing to input Dou Qi, Xiao Jian felt as if something was growing out of his back.
Hmph!
With a cold snort, fine beads of sweat began to appear on Xiao Jian’s forehead.
It was not a simple matter for something to suddenly grow inside the human body.
Fortunately, it only grew a little before stopping.
As he continued to input Dou Qi, a pair of purple wings slowly extended from those two points, then grew larger and larger, until they reached about two meters.
Whoosh!
Xiao Jian let out a long breath, wiping the sweat from his forehead.
His wings slowly flapped, gradually rising into the air.
Splash!
The sound of an object passing through water emanated.
Xiao Jian slowly flapped his wings in the air outside the waterfall.
It was a magical feeling; the wings were like his hands, moving with his will—up when he wanted, down when he wanted.
And he was clearly standing; the wings weren’t flapping very fast, yet he could stay in the air.
“This Dou Qi is consuming a bit quickly.
With my current Dou Qi, I can only sustain it for about five minutes at most.
If I’m in combat, it would probably only last about a minute.
As for pushing it to the limit…
uh, it seems I’m not worthy of pushing it to the limit right now.”
But even so, it was still great.
The feeling of being able to fly was incredibly good, completely different from riding the Blue Hawk yesterday.
Withdrawing his Dou Qi, Xiao Jian dropped straight into the water.
Too much sweat—time for a bath.
He was a clean person.
After showering, he used Dou Qi to dry the water from his clothes.
Seeing his clothes dry in just a minute, Xiao Jian was in a great mood.
He said, “Dou Qi is really useful!”