After finishing a delicious dinner, Xiao Jian contentedly rubbed his stomach.
Slumping down beside the wooden house, just like a long time ago, he sat watching the sunset by the door after eating, enjoying the cool air.
Back then, his family was poor, but his elder brother and mother were always by his side.
Little Fairy Doctor walked over, sat down next to him, and asked gently, “What are you thinking about?”
Xiao Jian smiled and replied, “Thinking about family.”
Little Fairy Doctor fell silent for a moment.
“Family?
I miss mine too.”
Xiao Jian knew about Little Fairy Doctor’s past.
Looking at this gentle girl, he knew she must have lived a very painful life.
He apologized, “I’m sorry.”
Little Fairy Doctor hugged her knees and shook her head.
“It’s fine.
I’m already used to it.”
Xiao Jian turned his head to look at the sunset and sighed, “Habit.
What a terrifying word.”
Little Fairy Doctor shook her head, forcing a smile.
“Enough about me.
What about your family?
If you miss them, go back and visit.”
Xiao Jian shook his head.
“I can’t go back.”
Girls are always emotional.
She understood what Xiao Jian meant and said with a smile, “Then we’re the same.”
Xiao Jian didn’t answer, continuing, “In the past, we would also be like this.
Eating dinner and sitting down to watch the sunset.
We were poor then, but very happy.”
“Yes!
I really miss those times.
But life still has to go on, right?” Little Fairy Doctor always seemed gentle; even when she was sad inside, she still comforted her friend.
Xiao Jian laughed wryly.
“I’m not that fragile.
But you, you must live well.”
“Mhm!” Little Fairy Doctor agreed.
Just like that, the two watched the sunset gradually fall until the last trace of light vanished.
“Alright, let’s rest early.” Little Fairy Doctor stood up, gave a gentle smile, and said.
Xiao Jian also stood up and replied with a smile, “Rest early.” The two then walked toward their respective rooms.
Little Fairy Doctor returned to her room.
Just as she was about to close the door, a voice called out, “Good night.”
Little Fairy Doctor smiled slightly.
“Good night.”
Xiao Jian closed the door.
He had originally intended to tell Little Fairy Doctor to stop consuming poison, but the words reached his lips and turned into “Good night.” Before he found a solution, he wouldn’t easily mention it.
“Since I’ve replaced Xiao Yan and become your friend, I must fulfill the responsibilities I should.
Don’t worry, I will definitely let you live.” Xiao Jian thought to himself.
He had never been arrogant.
This was a realistic world, no longer a novel, and what might happen was unknown.
He didn’t know if he could succeed, but some things absolutely had to be done.
The next morning, Xiao Jian slept in for a change, perhaps because he felt at ease.
He hadn’t cultivated the previous night.
He had been too tired recently, not physically, but a kind of exhaustion stemming from the depths of his heart.
Rubbing his face vigorously, Xiao Jian told himself, “Cheer up, idiot.”
He then walked out of the room.
Little Fairy Doctor had already prepared breakfast outside, indicating he had indeed slept for quite a while.
He greeted her, “Morning.”
Little Fairy Doctor smiled gently.
“Morning, though it’s not early anymore.
Come eat.”
“Mhm!
Okay.”
After eating, Little Fairy Doctor went to tidy up, while Xiao Jian officially began taking stock of his gains from this period.
Taking out all the storage rings, Xiao Jian first took out the contents of his own storage ring and placed them on the ground one by one.
There were quite a few Magical Cores, many scrolls, and a good amount of medicinal herbs.
He then took out a small pouch and broke open the storage rings inside one by one.
Xiao Jian was full of curiosity about the storage rings found in the Amethyst Winged Lion King’s cave.
The owners of storage rings collected by a sixth-tier magical beast certainly wouldn’t have been too weak.
Fortunately, most magical beasts are not adept at using flexible power, at least not before transforming into human form.
While they might be able to destroy a storage ring, it would be difficult for them to break open a storage ring used by a human, as it contains not only Dou Qi but also Soul Power.
It was a good thing this was the case, or these storage rings would have been emptied long ago.
Since the owners of these storage rings were all dead, it was relatively simple for Xiao Jian to break them open, taking about ten minutes per ring.
However, two of the rings still took him nearly half an hour.
These two storage rings were also the only two Middle-Rank storage rings among the entire collection.
Based on Xiao Jian’s speculation, these two rings either belonged to a Dou King expert or an alchemist of the fourth grade or higher.
Therefore, he was highly anticipating the contents of these two rings.
There were now a total of thirty-two storage rings laid out before Xiao Jian.
Seven of them belonged to him or his defeated enemies, and the remaining twenty-five were taken from the Amethyst Winged Lion King’s cave.
Dividing everything into seven categories—medicinal herbs, medicinal pills, cultivation techniques, Dou Techniques, gold coin savings cards, Magical Cores, and miscellaneous items—Xiao Jian began sorting everything.
By the time everything was sorted, an hour had passed.
This was mainly because there were many cultivation techniques and Dou Techniques that Xiao Jian needed to examine one by one, and he also had to check if certain medicinal pills and herbs were still usable.
As for the items he didn’t recognize, he could only pile them up on the side for now.
There were five scrolls of Profound Grade High-Rank cultivation techniques, namely: the Flaming Art, the Wind Control Art, the Azure Wood Art, the Sand Earth Art, and the Red Flame Art.
There were twelve scrolls of Profound Grade Middle-Rank cultivation techniques, and ten scrolls of Profound Grade Low-Rank cultivation techniques.
There were nine scrolls of Profound Grade High-Rank Dou Techniques: Extreme Wind Slash, Azure Wood Aura, Azure Wood Soaring Steps, Sand Tornado, Fire Bird Technique, Flame Fire Spear, Water Elemental Shield, Thunder Kill, and Roaring Lion Chant.
There were fifteen scrolls of Profound Grade Middle-Rank Dou Techniques, and twenty-one scrolls of Profound Grade Low-Rank Dou Techniques.
Additionally, there was one fifth-grade Pill Formula: the Blazing Pill, whose main ingredient was a fourth-tier attribute magical core.
There were six fourth-grade Pill Formulas, nineteen third-grade Pill Formulas, and a handful of second and first-tier ones.
Furthermore, he discovered that among the fourth-grade medicinal pills, there was one type that was extremely suitable for him.
Its main ingredient was the Amethyst Winged Lion King’s purple spirit crystal.
The medicinal power of this pill was very gentle, primarily lying dormant in the body to slowly nourish the physique and Dou Qi.
Yun Yun might have been looking for the purple spirit crystal specifically to refine this kind of pill.
Sure enough, one of the rings belonged to a fourth-grade alchemist.
Don’t ask how he knew, but it contained quite a few fourth-grade medicinal pills, though not a single fifth-grade one.
There were forty-two savings cards, though he didn’t know if they were registered under a name.
The total amount of gold coins was estimated to be around seven or eight hundred thousand.
Magical Cores: two fifth-tier magical cores, one of which was inside the ring that took him a significant amount of time to open.
Eighteen fourth-tier magical cores.
Thirty-five third-tier magical cores, and a handful of second and first-tier ones.
Medicinal Herbs: one Star Moon Grass, one Fire Cloud Fruit, one Ice Spirit Flame Grass, three Cold Bone Ginsengs, two Golden Crow Ganoderma (found in the alchemist’s storage ring), one Green Creeper Flower (alchemist’s), one White Spotted Fruit (another storage ring), and a handful of other herbs.
Medicinal Pills: six fourth-grade medicinal pills, thirty-two third-grade medicinal pills, and a handful of second and first-grade ones.
Xiao Jian looked at the medicinal pills that had turned to ash due to poor preservation and the herbs that had dried into hay, feeling incredibly agitated.
Those were all his things.
What a pity.
Looking at the remaining pile of miscellaneous items, most were weapons and such, plus a piece of black ore whose purpose he didn’t know.
There was also a four-mouthed cauldron, and then clothes and the like.
He planned to throw it all away.
He didn’t have the habit of wearing clothes others had worn, and there were even a few small skirts among them.