Having successfully resisted the remnant soul's assault from the Purple Cloud Eagle, Xiao Yao immediately began cultivating the Purple Cloud Wings.
The yang-attribute Dou Qi within his body circulated along the meridian route recorded in the scroll. Then he pressed his palm against the purple-black wings on the scroll.
The purple-black wings on the scroll blazed with light. Purple and black instantly enveloped the mountaintop, as though night had fallen in an instant.
Xiao Yi Xian looked over in surprise. She had not expected cultivating this Flying Dou Technique to cause such a commotion.
A moment later, she looked nervously toward Qingshan Town in the distance. Surely no one would notice the commotion here and come to investigate?
Realizing this, Xiao Yi Xian could not help worrying whether she had enough poison on her.
She also silently prayed that Xiao Yao would finish cultivating quickly, lest a situation arise that she could not handle.
At the same time, the purple-black wings seemed to turn into two bolts of lightning and burrowed into Xiao Yao's palm.
After entering Xiao Yao's body as light, the purple-black wings swiftly circulated along his meridians.
Only when they reached Xiao Yao's spine did they abruptly stop. Then, near the main meridians there, they forcibly opened up two slender branch meridians.
There were countless meridians in the human body. Besides the main meridians, there were also some less important branches.
Certain special cultivation methods or Dou Techniques required these branch meridians to be opened before they could be cultivated.
In an instant, Xiao Yao let out a muffled grunt, and a layer of sweat beaded on his face. Even so, he gritted his teeth and did not cry out.
At the same time, he drew on the Sun Power within his body to nourish and repair the two newly opened branch meridians.
They had been forcibly opened in an instant, after all, so some damage was inevitable.
Fortunately, Sun Power possessed the dual properties of destruction and vitality, allowing it to repair the damage.
Nourished by the Sun Power, the pain swiftly faded, and Xiao Yao's complexion improved considerably.
Only when the pain had completely subsided did Xiao Yao slowly open his eyes.
By now, the scroll in his hand had become completely blank. The writing recorded on it and the purple-black wings drawn upon it had all vanished.
Seeing that Xiao Yao had finally finished cultivating, Xiao Yi Xian breathed a great sigh of relief.
His complexion had looked terrible earlier, and she had thought something had gone wrong with Xiao Yao's cultivation.
Now that she saw Xiao Yao had recovered, she could finally set her mind at ease.
"Young Master Xiao Yao, are you all right? Is cultivating this Dou Technique so dangerous?"
"I'm fine. This Dou Technique just requires new branch meridians to be forcibly opened near the spine. It was a little painful, that's all."
Xiao Yao spoke calmly, as though the intense pain just now had been nothing more than a little wind and frost.
Xiao Yao removed his clothes, wanting to look at the Purple Cloud Wings on his back.
Seeing Xiao Yao suddenly undress, Xiao Yi Xian gave a startled "Ah!" and hurriedly looked away.
"Young Master Xiao Yao, what are you doing?"
"I just want to take a look at the Purple Cloud Wings."
Xiao Yao offered an explanation.
Then he took a crystal mirror out of his Storage Ring.
In the mirror, he saw a pair of purple-black wing markings on his back. They looked lifelike, as though a pair of real wings had shrunk and settled there on Xiao Yao's back.
Xiao Yi Xian could not contain her curiosity either. Braving her embarrassment, she looked at Xiao Yao's back and found that there really was a pair of pitch-black wings.
She blinked her beautiful eyes, finding it quite amazing.
After looking for a while, her gaze drifted elsewhere. She noticed that Xiao Yao had an upright figure and well-proportioned, firm muscles, full of strength and masculine vigor. She could not help taking a few more looks.
Xiao Yao did not notice Xiao Yi Xian staring. At that moment, he was concentrating on sensing the Purple Cloud Wings.
At Xiao Yao's command, the yang-attribute Dou Qi within his body passed through the two branch meridians by his spine and poured into the purple-black wings.
In the next instant, the purple-black wings, originally only the size of a palm, stretched out into a pair of lifelike wings.
Unlike the wings in the original story, which emitted a faint purple glow, Xiao Yao's wings had a layer of flickering golden light.
At the edges of the wings, golden light could be seen gathering.
Looking at the Purple Cloud Wings, which had changed because of his yang-attribute Dou Qi and seemed to have become even more brilliant, Xiao Yao could not help feeling a little surprised.
Gold covered the black, while purple and gold reflected each other, forming a pair of purple-gold wings that looked exceptionally magnificent.
One only had to look at Xiao Yi Xian beside him, her beautiful eyes fixed on them, to know just how magnificent the wings were.
With a slight thought, Xiao Yao made the wings flap, and a lifting force slowly raised his body.
After taking some time to get used to them, Xiao Yao suddenly beat his wings harder and shot straight into the sky.
The powerful wind swept up fallen leaves from the woods, making Xiao Yi Xian narrow her eyes and cover her mouth and nose.
Then she could not help raising her head to gaze at Xiao Yao in the air, her eyes full of wonder.
"Young Master Xiao Yao can fly!"
As far as Xiao Yi Xian knew, flying through the air was something only lofty Dou Wang experts could do.
She had not expected Young Master Xiao Yao to be able to do it now as well.
Xiao Yao flew through the air, enjoying the feeling of being completely unrestrained.
He could not help bursting into a carefree laugh.
The feeling of flying really was wonderful!
The wings behind Xiao Yao gave a slight beat, and he instantly swept dozens of zhang sideways. His speed was far more than a notch above what it had been before.
This tremendous leap in speed, combined with the unrestrained feeling of flight, thrilled Xiao Yao so much that he could not help losing himself in it.
Xiao Yao flew in the air for a long time before slowly descending.
"Xiao Yi Xian, would you like to try flying?" Xiao Yao asked with a smile.
Xiao Yi Xian blinked her beautiful eyes. After hesitating for a moment, she nodded.
Although it was her first time being so close to a man, and she felt a little shy.
She was already Xiao Yao's maid, however, and took care of his daily needs. Contact to this extent would probably be unavoidable in the future.
Since that was the case, she might as well get used to it early and experience the joy of flying beforehand.
"Shall I carry you?"
Xiao Yi Xian nodded somewhat shyly. Xiao Yao put one arm around her shoulders and the other under her knees, then easily picked her up.
Xiao Yi Xian gave a startled cry and wrapped her slender arms around Xiao Yao's neck to steady herself.
"Hold on tight!"
Xiao Yao spoke with a smile. Then the purple-gold wings on his back beat fiercely, and the two rose into the air.
With an extra person, their speed slowed considerably.
Xiao Yao did not mind, though. Holding Xiao Yi Xian, he got his bearings in the air and flew toward Wutan City.
Things on this trip to Qingshan Town had gone much more smoothly than Xiao Yao had expected.
Xiao Yao had expected that after reaching Qingshan Town, he would still have to find Xiao Yi Xian and search for the cave ruins.
He had not expected the Wolf Head Mercenary Group to have done the work for him.
In the end, all the Wolf Head Mercenary Group's hard work had sewn a wedding dress for Xiao Yao, and now he could return straight to the Xiao Clan.