Cultivating Purple Cloud Wings

After a while, Xiao Yi Xian had finished gathering all the herbs. The two returned to the platform. Whether those mercenaries were slow to react or for some other reason, no one had come looking for them yet!

An hour earlier!

"Ah...!"

As soon as the cry rang out, one of the mercenaries closest to the area heard it!

"Huh? Where did that sound come from?" The mercenary looked around the camp. Everything was calm. He shook the person beside him. "Did you hear that?"

The person beside him did not even open his eyes. "What sound? You heard wrong!" Then he started snoring!

"Did I hear wrong? Must be. With so many people around, what could possibly happen? I'll shut my eyes for a bit longer—!"

And then, it was now!

Looking at the cliff before them, Xiao Heng deliberately asked, "How are we getting up?"

Xiao Yi Xian gave a crafty smile. "Beg me! If you beg me, I'll take you up!"

"Stop being naughty, or I'll spank you." As Xiao Heng spoke, he even raised his hand!

Xiao Yi Xian was so frightened that she backed away two steps. Gritting her teeth, she cursed, "Bastard! Perverted hooligan!"

"Alright, alright! Hurry up and tell me what we can do! It won't be good if someone else discovers us!" He had to coax this little lady now. He had no desire to climb up himself!

"Stay away from me!"

"Mm-hm, mm-hm, mm-hm!" Xiao Heng nodded rapidly, then took several steps to the side!

Seeing how obedient he looked, Xiao Yi Xian finally felt at ease. She walked forward, took out a short flute, and raised it to her lips. A low, deep flute melody immediately spread through the night!

"Shriek!"

Not long after the sound spread, a Blue Eagle landed at the cave entrance, allowing Xiao Yi Xian to stroke her beautiful feathers!

"Xiao Lan, you're such a good girl. I need your help this time!"

After communicating with the Blue Eagle for a moment, Xiao Yi Xian climbed onto her back and said to Xiao Heng, "Come up!"

Xiao Heng walked over as well. When the Blue Eagle saw him approaching, she gave a wary cry and refused to let him near!

Seeing this, Xiao Yi Xian hurriedly soothed her. "Xiao Lan, it's fine. He's a friend! He doesn't mean any harm!"

After saying that, she stroked the Blue Eagle's feathers again. "Alright, come on!"

Xiao Heng nodded and climbed onto the Blue Eagle's back! This time, the Blue Eagle did not resist and obediently allowed him up!

"Let go!" Up in the sky, a pair of lecherous hands was tightly wrapped around Xiao Yi Xian's slender waist! No matter what she said, Xiao Heng refused to let go!

"No! What if you throw me off?" Xiao Heng shook his head wildly!

"Hehe! I think you're afraid of heights!"

"How could that be? How could I possibly be afraid of heights? Impossible!"

"Hahahaha! You're actually afraid of heights!"

Xiao Heng held her waist tightly. "So what if I'm afraid of heights! Is that against the law?!"

"Hahahaha!"

What followed was a round of mockery and counterattacks. To sum it up...

"You're afraid of heights. How embarrassing!"

"You... you... you... I... I... I!"

The Blue Eagle circled once, then set the two of them down on the ground above the cliff!

"Thank you, Xiao Lan!"

"Shriek!"

"Xiao Lan is the best!"

"Shriek!" (You're welcome!)

The girl and the bird chatted for a while longer before Xiao Yi Xian finally let the Blue Eagle leave!

"Goodbye, Xiao Lan!"

"Shriek!" (Goodbye, Mistress!)

Don't ask how they communicated despite not speaking the same language. I don't know either!

Once the Blue Eagle had flown away, Xiao Yi Xian turned to Xiao Heng and asked, "Where are you going next? Leaving on your own, or going back?"

Xiao Heng thought for a moment. "I won't go back for now! I'll find a place to practice my Dou Technique first, then decide from there... What about you? Are you going back?"

Xiao Yi Xian nodded. "Yes! I'm going back!"

"Then I'll come see you in a few days!"

"Who wants you to come see me? Perverted hooligan!" Although she said that, her tone was still happy. What was this called? Tsundere???

"Then I won't come!"

"Don't you dare!"

Seeing Xiao Heng's teasing expression, Xiao Yi Xian realized she had fallen for it. She immediately changed her words.

"I mean! We're friends too, aren't we?"

Xiao Heng smiled faintly. "Friends, sure!"

He could not be bothered to return to the camp. Cultivating alone was more convenient! He still had many things to do, and time waited for no one!

A stretch of silence followed!

Suddenly, Xiao Yi Xian seemed to remember something and asked with a blush:

"Um! What's your name?"

"Xiao Heng!"

"Then you can go!"

Xiao Heng had truly not expected Xiao Yi Xian to change the subject so abruptly! He really could not understand what girls were thinking!

"Alright then! I'm leaving!" If he could not figure it out, then he would not bother trying!

As Xiao Yi Xian watched Xiao Heng's departing back, she suddenly smiled brilliantly and shouted:

"Remember to come see me!"

Xiao Heng did not turn around. He merely waved a hand. "Alright!"

The next day!

Xiao Heng seemed to have suddenly discovered something. His eyes lit up as he headed toward a waterfall ahead!

Swish! Swish!!

As Two swords returned to the Sword Scabbard, a stone cave of twenty to thirty square meters appeared before Xiao Heng! Looking at his own handiwork, Xiao Heng felt quite pleased!

"Mm! As expected of me!"

Behind him, Black and White Profound Cut indicated that it had already cried itself unconscious in the bathroom!

Sitting cross-legged on the stone bed, Xiao Heng closed his eyes and circulated the Innate Skill! He needed to adjust his condition before cultivating the Purple Cloud Wings!

It was not until evening that Xiao Heng slowly opened his eyes! A Scroll appeared in his hand!

"Eagle's Wings"

The Black Flame Purple Cloud Eagle was a Fifth-tier Flying Magical Beast. It was said to possess a thin trace of Ancient Phoenix bloodline. Its flying speed ranked among the best of all flying magical beasts. Naturally cunning and vicious, it was extremely difficult to capture and lived only in the Cloud Mist region in the southern part of the continent.

"This Dou Technique is called Eagle's Wings, also known as Purple Cloud Wings. Several friends and I spent three years before we successfully captured a Black Flame Purple Cloud Eagle. We used a secret method to take its wings, and only then was this created! This Dou Technique was drawn with my Dou Qi before my death and can only be cultivated by one person. Remember this well!"

Gently stroking the purple wings on the Scroll, as though he were touching a pair of real wings, Xiao Heng took a deep breath!

Closing his eyes, he sent Dou Qi through both hands and into the Scroll!

In an instant, a violent remnant soul entered Xiao Heng's mind through his hands! Xiao Heng immediately felt a force of Soul Power assaulting his soul! His face instantly paled. The clash of souls was not as dazzling, but it was far deadlier, and the pain it caused was beyond words!

Just as Xiao Heng was preparing to make a last stand, a silver-white light suddenly appeared in his mind! The tiny glimmer flickered as though it might go out at any moment, yet it was incomparably sharp! The moment it appeared, it stabbed toward the black shadow!

Whoosh!

With just a light strike, the black shadow turned into nothingness! The remaining white specks of light fell into Xiao Heng's soul! In an instant, Xiao Heng felt his mind become much clearer. This was probably because his Soul Power had increased slightly.

Opening his eyes, Xiao Heng smiled. "Sword Intent! A power born from the soul! Not bad at all. My Soul Power has grown considerably! Now, refining Third-grade Pills will be no problem whatsoever!"

Although he had been able to refine Third-grade Pills before, it had only been barely possible and relied mainly on luck. But now, as long as he broke through to Dou Shi, refining Third-grade Pills would no longer be a problem! All that remained was practice!

As for reaching Dou Shi, he felt it was not far off either. At most, another month and he would break through!

After breaking through, he would first fuse his cultivation methods and see whether he could raise them to Earth Grade Cultivation Method! Then he would go to the Alchemist Association to look for a Spirit Gathering Ring! Then he would head for the desert! He would go see Hai Bodong, refreshed and clear-minded. Oh, right! Xiao Zhan had also asked him to deliver a letter to Xiao Yan's eldest and second brothers!

Suddenly, Xiao Heng's eyes lit up. Queen Medusa had not taken the Heavenly Flames yet at this point, right? It seemed there was still a chance! Even if he did not use it himself, he could give it to someone else! For example, Xiao Yan! He would not steal too many of Xiao Yan's opportunities. Although he also needed opportunities, somehow, deep down, he seemed to feel that the Heavenly Flames were not the most important thing to him.

More than opportunities, he needed an opponent! A true opponent. For that, he could give even more! In this world, only Xiao Yan was worthy of being his true opponent!

In truth, without realizing it, Xiao Heng had already changed! From a chess piece, he had become a chess player. Though this chess player had yet to grow up, a chess player was still a chess player! He had become proud and confident.

As for why he was not cultivating an Earth Grade Cultivation Method right now, it was because, at his current stage, a Mystic Rank Technique was already enough. Cultivating an Earth Grade Cultivation Method too early would drag down his cultivation speed. Even Xun Er had not begun by cultivating a Heavenly Rank Cultivation Method, right!

Every stage had its own tasks. That was why he had not cultivated more Dou Techniques for the time being! Giving a child a wooden stick was already the limit. If one insisted on giving him a blade instead, he would only hurt himself!

He injected Dou Qi into the Scroll again. This time, no soul invaded him. Following the meridians shown on the Scroll, Xiao Heng slowly circulated his Dou Qi! After his meridians completed one cycle according to the method on the Scroll, two clusters of purple Dou Qi traveled along his arms and entered Xiao Heng's back! This was the core of the Purple Cloud Wings!

In truth, when cultivating a Dou Technique, the circulation of the meridians was not that important. What mattered more was that cluster of energy within the Dou Technique. Without that thing, it was useless no matter how smoothly one circulated their meridians! The same was true for cultivation methods and pill formulas! Without that special element, it was useless even if you memorized the Dou Technique! The higher-grade the cultivation method or Dou Technique, the more this was the case! Copying them became increasingly difficult! Without sufficient strength, you simply could not do it!

As he continued pouring in Dou Qi, Xiao Heng felt as though something was growing from his back!

Hmph!

With a cold snort, fine beads of sweat began to appear on Xiao Heng's forehead!

It was no simple matter for something to suddenly grow from within a human body. Fortunately, that thing only grew a little before stopping. As he continued to feed it Dou Qi, a pair of purple wings slowly extended from those two points, growing larger and larger until they reached around two meters in span!

Huff!...

Xiao Heng let out a long breath and wiped the sweat from his forehead! His wings slowly flapped as he gradually rose into the air!

Whoosh!

The sound of something cutting through the water rang out... Xiao Heng slowly flapped his wings in the air outside the waterfall! It was an amazing feeling. The wings were like his own hands, moving exactly as he wished! If he wanted to rise, he rose; if he wanted to descend, he descended! And although he was clearly standing upright and his wings were not flapping very quickly, he could still remain suspended in midair!

"This Dou Qi is draining a little too quickly! With my current Dou Qi, I can sustain it for five minutes at most. If I'm fighting, though, one minute is probably about it! As for pushing it to the limit... uh! It seems I'm not qualified to drive it to its limit yet!"

Still, it was already very good! The feeling of being able to fly was incomparably wonderful! It was completely different from riding Blue Eagle yesterday!

Retracting his Dou Qi, Xiao Heng dropped straight into the water. He had sweated too much, so it was time for a bath! He was someone who liked to keep clean!

After washing up, he used Dou Qi to dry the water from his clothes!

Looking at the clothes, which had dried in just a minute, Xiao Heng's mood greatly improved!

He said, "Dou Qi is really useful!"