After finishing off those five mercenaries, no one else was foolish enough to look for trouble with Xiao Yan.
Xiao Yan found an inn to check in and rested well for a day.
He had traveled on foot from Wutan City to Qingshan Town for several days; although his body did not feel tired, it had been a long time since he had a comfortable sleep.
The next day.
Xiao Yan left the inn and went outside Wan Yao Pharmacy.
After a while, Xiao Yi Xian also appeared and came to Xiao Yan’s side.
Xiao Yan said, “Let’s set off.”
Xiao Yi Xian nodded and then asked, “Young Master Xiao, what is your strength?
Do you need to hire some mercenaries under the excuse of gathering herbs?”
Xiao Yan did not state his true combat power, only exposing his Qi cultivation: “Not high, 7-star Dou Master.”
“7-star Dou Master?!” Xiao Yi Xian’s mouth formed a round shape.
The strongest people in Qingshan Town were only low-star Dou Masters, yet Xiao Yan actually possessed the cultivation of a 7-star Dou Master.
Could it be that although Xiao Yan looked young, he had actually taken some special Medicinal Pill?
Xiao Yi Xian did not ask abruptly, instead laughing it off, “That’s fantastic, then we won’t have to worry about danger.”
Xiao Yan didn’t speak, simply nodding along.
With the cultivation of a 7-star Dou Master, the physical body of a Tier 4 Magical Beast, and the Soul Power of a Tier 4 Alchemist.
Coupled with Yao Lao in the shadows who could possess him, his combat power—let alone in the outer perimeter of the Magical Beast Mountain Range, even going deep inside to face those Tier 6 Beast Emperors directly—would be more than adequate.
This was the reward brought by his hard work to improve himself.
Xiao Yi Xian led the way, and Xiao Yan paved the path.
After spending some time, the two of them had already arrived at the cave mentioned by Xiao Yi Xian.
That cave was located on the cliff face of a precipice, blocked by shrubs and gravel, extremely steep.
Xiao Yan glanced at the bottomless cliff base, feeling that with his physical fitness, even if he fell, nothing much would happen, but Xiao Yi Xian would most likely lose her life.
Fortunately, Xiao Yi Xian was well-prepared, taking out a rope and hook, hanging one end on the fissure of a boulder and tying the other end around their waists.
The two exchanged a glance and successively descended the cliff face.
Because the area occupied by the cliff face was too small, the two had to press closely together to barely move.
This inevitably produced some intimate contact.
Xiao Yan’s firm and powerful muscles emitted a strong masculine aura.
Xiao Yi Xian’s body was unbearably soft, pressing against Xiao Yan like a soft piece of dough flattened into a pancake.
The youth and maiden were both experiencing such contact with the opposite sex for the first time, inevitably feeling shy.
Xiao Yi Xian said softly, “We should have come down one by one.”
Xiao Yan pretended not to hear, directly wrapping one arm around Xiao Yi Xian’s waist and saying, “Don’t move around, I’ll carry you across.”
Xiao Yi Xian instantly stiffened, her face as red as a monkey’s backside.
Xiao Yan exerted strength in his thighs, stepped on a protrusion of the cliff face, held Xiao Yi Xian, and leaped out fiercely, landing precisely on the outward-extending area of the cave.
The rock snake from the original work did not appear; perhaps the timing was wrong, and Xiao Yan did not delve deeply into it.
“Um, can you let go of me now?” Xiao Yi Xian said shyly.
Xiao Yan quickly released her and coughed lightly, “We’ve arrived, let’s go inside quickly.”
“Mn.” Xiao Yi Xian turned her head away, too embarrassed to look at Xiao Yan.
Xiao Yan took out a moonlight stone for illumination from his storage ring, led Xiao Yi Xian deeper into the cave, and quickly arrived in front of the stone door.
Xiao Yi Xian looked at the stone door, observed and analyzed, “It looks like some kind of mechanism…”
Before Xiao Yi Xian could finish speaking, Xiao Yan had already mustered all his strength and slammed a fist directly into the center of the stone door.
“Bang!”
The stone door cracked from the very center and exploded open with a bang.
Xiao Yi Xian’s mouth once again formed the shape of an egg; the number of times she was shocked today exceeded any other day in the past.
Is this a Dou Master?
“Stop dazing off, let’s go in together.” Xiao Yan grabbed Xiao Yi Xian’s wrist.
Xiao Yi Xian didn’t notice and followed him into the secret chamber together.
Inside the secret chamber, it was divided into several sections.
An area piled with gold coins and gems.
A flower bed planted with various precious herbs, among which was even the Ice Spirit Flame Grass, which was another main ingredient for the blood lotus pill.
Combined with the blood lotus essence and supplemented by other herbs, a Tier 5 Medicinal Pill, the blood lotus pill, could be refined.
In the Xiao Family, Xiao Yan had already gathered a set of herbs and had already asked Yao Lao to refine a blood lotus pill.
However, he was destined not to absorb only one Heavenly Flame, so preparing a second blood lotus pill early was also for unexpected needs.
Xiao Yan put away the Ice Spirit Flame Grass.
Although the other herbs could also be considered precious, he didn’t think much of them, so he said to Xiao Yi Xian, “You can put away these herbs.”
Xiao Yi Xian was looking at the numerous treasures and herbs inside the secret chamber, full of envy.
She didn’t regret it; after all, with her personal ability, wanting to enter this secret chamber was not easy.
Furthermore, this was also a deal between her and Xiao Yan.
Xiao Yan successfully obtained benefits here and would teach her alchemy later on, so she only felt envy.
But she didn’t expect Xiao Yan to actually let her put these herbs away.
“These herbs are very precious, do you not want them?” Xiao Yi Xian asked.
“After all, you brought me to this place, so what does it matter to share some Opportunity with you?
As for the deal I promised you earlier, I will naturally teach you alchemy, but it is fundamentally impossible for you to become an Alchemist.
This deal was a loss for you, so I’m just making it up to you now.” Xiao Yan said indifferently.
Xiao Yi Xian stared at Xiao Yan for a few seconds, then suddenly covered her mouth and chuckled softly, “Such handsome words, I almost fell for them.”
Xiao Yan:…
Shaking his head helplessly, Xiao Yan walked over to the table in the center of the stone room, on which three stone boxes were placed.
Xiao Yan raised his hand and directly crushed the stone lock into powder.
He now somewhat liked this feeling of brute force overpowering everything.
Opening the three stone boxes, three scrolls came into view.
Profound Rank Dou Technique, Roaring Mad Lion.
Profound Rank Flight Dou Technique, Purple Cloud Wings.
Seven-Colored Poison Manual.
Xiao Yan pretended to open and read through all of them, quickly memorizing them with his memory.
Then he directly threw the Seven-Colored Poison Manual to Xiao Yi Xian.
“This is the Seven-Colored Poison Manual; it should be useful for a physician like you.
Take it.”
Xiao Yi Xian did not refuse, only bowing gratefully, “Young Master Xiao, thank you very much.”
“Mn.”
Xiao Yan responded politely, then pretended to curiously fiddle with the skeleton in the stone room.
With a gentle pull, the skeleton directly fell apart.
A small scroll fell out.
He quickly put it away, muttering, “Hiding it so deep, it must be a good thing.”
By this point, there was nothing else useful inside the entire stone room.
The two tidied up and left the cave.
However, just a few minutes after walking outward, a dozen figures appeared on the only path leading out of the cave—all of them mercenaries exuding the aura of a Dou Practitioner all over their bodies.
Xiao Yi Xian cast a pitying glance at these mercenaries and consciously retreated behind Xiao Yan.
There was no help for it; Xiao Yan’s terrifying combat power of shattering the stone door with a single punch left her completely devoid of any sense of crisis.
If these people were to take a punch from Xiao Yan, wouldn’t they end up bruised black and blue all over?
(End of Chapter)