Yun Yun Recovers and Leaves, Second Battle with the Amethyst Winged Lion King

The next day!

Xiao Heng opened his eyes and saw that the person beside him was already gone. A sense of loss filled his heart.

"Did she leave? Fine."

He walked out of the cave and came to the riverbank, scooping up water to wash his face. But just as he crouched down, a sword was placed against his collar.

Looking at his reflection in the water, he saw a graceful figure standing behind him with a sword in hand, its blade resting against his collar.

Xiao Heng suddenly smiled. "I thought you were going to leave without saying goodbye."

The sword was not withdrawn. "How could I? I still have to fulfill your wish of dying beneath a peony flower."

He gently pushed the sword aside with his left hand, wearing a shameless grin. "Could you bear to?"

Sheathed her sword, she had already changed back into her own clothes. The hairpin atop her head had also been firmly fastened back into her hair.

Yun Yun had no way of dealing with this guy. She shot him a glance and said nothing.

Xiao Heng looked at Yun Yun and said, "You're even more beautiful now."

Yun Yun still said nothing. She should have left directly, or killed him before leaving. But when this guy had gently pushed her sword aside, she knew that she would never be able to kill him for the rest of her life. We should never meet again after this. She changed the subject. "Help me with something."

Xiao Heng naturally would not refuse. "What do you need me to do?"

"Purple Spirit Crystals are usually kept inside the Amethyst Winged Lion King's Cave. Last time, I had intended to sneak inside, but it discovered me in the end. I'll lure the Amethyst Winged Lion King away. As for you, I'd like you to enter its cave and help me find the Purple Spirit Crystal."

"No problem." Xiao Heng nodded.

Yun Yun gave a soft acknowledgment, then took out a purple crystal and handed it to Xiao Heng. "Take this crystal. It will heat up whenever it gets close to a Purple Spirit Crystal. You'll be able to find it by following the intensity of the heat."

"Alright." Xiao Heng accepted the purple crystal.

"Then let's go!" With that, Yun Yun formed Dou Qi Wings.

Just as they were about to set off, she saw Xiao Heng spread his arms. He was preparing to imitate Xiao Yan. Yun Yun had been asleep when he used the Purple Cloud Wings that night, so she did not know he could fly.

"What, it's so far away. You don't expect me to run there, do you? What if I run into some third- or fourth-tier magical beast on the way? Wouldn't I be finished? Then wouldn't your plan be finished too?"

"Ah..." Yun Yun let out a light sigh. This guy...

In the air, Xiao Heng tightly wrapped his arms around Yun Yun's waist, practically pressing himself against her. Yun Yun's face turned bright red.

"Are you trying to fall?"

Xiao Heng frantically shook his head. "No, no, no! I'm holding on this tightly precisely because I don't want to fall. Don't misunderstand!"

Yun Yun was speechless and could only let him do as he pleased.

The two landed not far from the Amethyst Winged Lion King's Cave, and Xiao Heng reluctantly let go.

Yun Yun glared at him. "It's starting. Be serious."

Xiao Heng's expression also turned solemn. "Don't worry. Be careful."

Yun Yun replied as well, "Mm. You be careful too."

The two exchanged a glance, a tacit understanding passing between them. Yun Yun shot into the sky, while Xiao Heng quietly headed toward the Amethyst Winged Lion King's Cave.

"Human woman, you dare show yourself again? Today, I will take your life to avenge the destruction of my horn!"

Yun Yun did not waste any more words. Last time, she had been alone, and only after her infiltration failed had she tried to exchange peacefully. But this time, her goal was to hold it back, so there was naturally no need for further talk. She swung her sword, sending a streak of azure sword light toward the Amethyst Winged Lion King.

The Amethyst Winged Lion King was no less courteous. It burst out of the cave, and the azure and violet streaks of light began clashing in the sky once more!

Seeing the Amethyst Winged Lion King lured away, Xiao Heng immediately rushed toward the cave.

The high-tier magical beasts near the Amethyst Winged Lion King's Cave had mostly been dealt with by Yun Yun's sword strike. Only two or three remained, trembling in fear. They had no time to concern themselves with Xiao Heng, and with his speed, he entered the cave without any trouble.

As soon as Xiao Heng entered the cave, two passageways appeared before him!

He entered through the passage on the right. He had read the original novel, after all—the Purple Spirit Crystal was on this side, and there was also a Young Amethyst Winged Lion King inside! It was at the peak of the third tier. With his current strength, he probably could not defeat it! So, he decided to freeload off Xiao Yan's wisdom again. Naturally, he had Purple Smoke Fruit as well. This kind of fruit that attracted magical beasts was not too difficult to find! And besides Purple Smoke Fruit, he also had a second-tier medicinal pill specifically used to drug magical beasts. Don't ask why—Alchemists generally had several ways of dealing with magical beasts. If Old Yao had wanted to help Xiao Yan back then, he would have had plenty of these pills!

After stuffing the pill into the Purple Smoke Fruit and injecting it with several other substances that attracted magical beasts, Xiao Heng quietly made his way inside!

Inside the cave, a Young Amethyst Winged Lion King was sleeping soundly when it suddenly caught a wonderfully fragrant scent! It had never smelled anything so delicious before. It walked over to the fruit and sniffed it again. It really was the source!

A voice in its heart told it not to eat it, but its instincts told it that the thing smelled wonderful. After hesitating, instinct won out! It swallowed the fruit in one bite. After a while, it suddenly felt sleepy. Its eyelids drooped against its will, and it lay on the ground and fell asleep!

Crouching in the shadows, Xiao Heng smiled smugly. "You little brat. This stuff can knock out even a fourth-tier magical beast. If it can't handle you, what am I even doing here?"

Without wasting any time, Xiao Heng walked straight to where the Young Amethyst Winged Lion King had been lying. He tapped around the area, and after only two or three knocks, found a hollow section! He opened it, stored the Purple Spirit Crystal in his Storage Ring, then put the other crystals into it as well. He was not Xiao Yan. He refused to believe that a dignified sixth-tier magical beast had only this little wealth! After quietly searching further, he discovered three more hidden compartments!

He opened the first hidden compartment. Inside were several Magic Cores, none of them low-tier. They were all third-tier or above, and there was even a fifth-tier one.

He opened the second hidden compartment. "Star Moon Grass! Fire Cloud Fruit!" Even Xiao Heng was astonished. Star Moon Grass was an extremely precious medicinal herb with a very special effect: it could enhance Soul Power. To an Alchemist, it was incomparably valuable. Directly enhancing Soul Power—how was that any different from directly improving one's alchemy skills?

One had to know that a person's Soul Power was fixed. It could only possibly increase when one advanced in rank, so there was no need to mention just how precious a herb capable of directly enhancing Soul Power was!

As for the Fire Cloud Fruit, its effects were no less impressive. For those who cultivated fire-attributed techniques, it could purify their Dou Qi and increase their affinity with flames! If these two medicinal ingredients appeared on the market, they could not be bought for less than a million Gold Coins, and even then, they were things one could only hope to encounter by chance!

He opened the third hidden compartment, but there was not much inside—only some Storage Rings, probably belonging to people the Amethyst Winged Lion King had killed in the past. It seemed it knew that these Storage Rings contained valuable items as well!

After storing everything away, Xiao Heng smiled as he hurried toward the other side! Mainly because he did not know when the Amethyst Winged Lion King would return! If he ran into it, he would undoubtedly die. Even the Dou Ling Experience Card would be useless! Just look at the magical beasts outside! The gap in strength between a Dou Emperor and a Dou Ling was not small at all!

Having experience, Xiao Heng naturally would not let the Companion Purple Gold Source leak away like Xiao Yan had. He carefully used a Purple Spirit Crystal to knock open a small opening, then took out a vial. He had forgotten how many bottles Xiao Yan had filled back then, but he filled a full twelve and a half bottles!

After packing away all the Companion Purple Crystal Sources, Xiao Heng hurriedly slipped out. With the strength of a Dou Shi, he was naturally much faster than Xiao Yan had been back then, so he did not run headlong into the Amethyst Winged Lion King!

Just two or three minutes after Xiao Heng left the Amethyst Winged Lion King's cave, a purple shadow flew into the cave!

At that moment, Yun Yun also caught sight of Xiao Heng. Flapping her wings, she flew to his side.

"Shall we leave first?"

Instead of asking whether he had obtained the Purple Spirit Crystal, she first led Xiao Heng away. Soon after, Xiao Heng heard an enraged roar from the air!

"How dare you steal my treasure! Damned humans, I will never let you off!"

However, Xiao Heng and Yun Yun had already left by then, so even if it wanted to pursue them, it could not find them! After issuing an order to search, it returned to check on its cub. Though its cub merely appeared to have been knocked unconscious, humans had always been cunning! What if something had happened? It only had this one son!

Back in Xiao Heng's cave, Yun Yun asked, "You weren't hurt, were you? Did you find the Purple Spirit Crystal?"

Xiao Heng took out the Purple Spirit Crystal and handed the purple crystal to Yun Yun. "I wasn't hurt!"

Yun Yun accepted the crystal. "Thank you!"

Then she took out three scrolls. "This is the Mystic Grade High cultivation method, the Wind Control Art. The one in the middle is the Mystic Grade High Dou Technique, Extreme Wind Slash. The last one is the Mystic Grade Mid Dou Technique, Explosive Step. Extreme Wind Slash and the Wind Control Art are part of the same set! Cultivate them properly. I see that your cultivation method has no attribute, so switch over as soon as possible! It can help you somewhat."

Xiao Heng did not refuse. Taking the scrolls, he asked, "Are you leaving?"

Yun Yun nodded. "Yes! I've already been delayed here for quite some time! And about what happened before... forget it!"

Though she felt sorrowful inside, she was ultimately a Dou Emperor and the Sect Master of the Misty Cloud Sect. They could never be together!

"I can't forget!" Xiao Heng shook his head.

Yun Yun nearly thought she had misheard! She said again, "We're impossible. Do you know who I am?"

Xiao Heng smiled. "I do. You're the Sect Master of the Misty Cloud Sect! Your name isn't Yun Zhi either. It's Yun Yun, right?"

Yun Yun was somewhat stunned. She had always thought he did not know, never expecting that he had figured it out long ago. "How did you know?"

Xiao Heng smiled again. "It wasn't hard to guess, was it? A Dou Emperor, wind-attributed Dou Qi, and the surname Yun! Who else could it be besides the Sect Master of the Misty Cloud Sect?"

"Then you...!"

Xiao Heng cut her off. "I know what you want to say. It's only the Misty Cloud Sect. My cultivation will soon match yours, and may even surpass it!"

Yun Yun shook her head helplessly. "I really don't know where you get such confidence!" Though she said that, she truly felt a little more joy in her heart!

Xiao Heng said no more. Instead, he smiled and said, "Then just wait for me! Sooner or later, you'll be mine, and mine alone!"

For a moment, Yun Yun felt somewhat unaccustomed to the person before her. Was he really that little lecher? But... since he was so confident, what was wrong with waiting for him?

"Then I'll wait for you!"

With that, she swiftly pecked Xiao Heng on the lips, then transformed into a streak of Flowing Light!

Xiao Heng watched the Flowing Light depart, touched his lips, and smiled in relief. "Life truly is like a dream! But I'll have to work even harder from now on!"

Yun Yun, who had left, was equally conflicted inside. She found it hard to believe that she had truly fallen for this little man, who was so much younger than her and so much weaker in cultivation. She had originally resolved to make a clean break with him, yet in the end, he had once again thrown her heart into turmoil, leaving her at a loss!

Xiao Heng did not return to the cave. Instead, he headed toward Qingshan Town. His injuries had healed, and he needed to go back to buy more medicine and some necessities.