Six Stars

The third box also contained a Dou Technique, a high-level Mysterious Tier Dou Technique—Roaring Lion Chant!

In the original story, this box had been snatched by Mu Li, the young leader of the Wolf Head Mercenary Group. It was later forcibly opened by Mu She, who obtained this Dou Technique.

Unfortunately, this Dou Technique only appeared once before Mu She was killed by Xiao Yan...

Roaring Lion Chant, a high-level Mysterious Tier Dou Technique. It consumed a great deal of Dou Qi to form a ferocious energy lion that smashed through every obstacle before it!

This was a very powerful Dou Technique, and it was highly practical for Mo Tang in his current state.

"Then this Dou Technique is mine."

Xiao Yi Xian nodded repeatedly. "Mm-hmm, hurry up and put it away..."

There had been three Stone Boxes in total, each containing something exceptionally precious. She had obtained two of them, which left Xiao Yi Xian feeling somewhat guilty.

Of course, if she knew that Mo Tang had already secretly put away the most precious item—the Fragment Map of the Heavenly Flames—she might not have thought so...

Xiao Yi Xian had originally thought that since she had gained the advantage here, she could give Mo Tang a larger share of the other items.

But when the Jade Bottles containing medicinal herbs were placed before them, the little girl suddenly found herself reluctant to part with them...

"Ah... what should I do?!"

Xiao Yi Xian clutched her head, so conflicted that her head felt like it was about to burst.

Mo Tang was rendered speechless. He had not expected this girl, who had always given him the impression of being mature and steady, to have such a side to her.

"Alright, alright. How about this? Give me the Ice Spirit Flame Grass, and I'll take one-third of the rest. Sound good?"

Though the bottles before them were all essentially Energy Points, they were nowhere near comparable to what he had seen in the Wind Thunder Emperor Ruins.

Other than the Ice Spirit Flame Grass, each of the remaining herbs averaged only fifty or sixty points. Based on the information provided by his system, Mo Tang chose the five herbs with the highest Energy Point values and gave all ten of the rest to Xiao Yi Xian.

Xiao Yi Xian was also very pleased with this arrangement.

Although he had taken the most precious Spirit Medicine, she had far more in her hands...

So everyone was happy!

The remaining valuables did not leave the two of them agonizing for long. They simply split them equally.

By Mo Tang's calculations, all the Gold Coins and other valuables here were worth around seven hundred thousand in total. That gave each of them over three hundred thousand, enough to spend freely for quite a long time.

Mo Tang knew very well that after obtaining the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture, Xiao Yi Xian would awaken her Calamity Poison Body. When that happened, she would need a great deal of precious poisonous herbs for cultivation.

That would likewise require an enormous amount of money...

With an ample supply of poison, the Calamity Poison Body's cultivation speed would be terrifying. Mo Tang even suspected that she might not be any worse than him, even with his cheat-like system!

However, considering the instability of the Calamity Poison Body, Xiao Yi Xian would most likely still have to live alone in some desolate, uninhabited place in this life...

At this point in time, there were still around six months before Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian met in the original story. He wondered what kind of life such changes would ultimately lead her to...

He hoped she would not end up as miserable as she had in the original story, where a gentle and kind little girl had been forced into becoming a Heavenly Poison Girl who regarded human life with indifference!

At that thought, a trace of pity flashed through his gaze as he looked at the white-clad figure before him.

Opposite him, Xiao Yi Xian had been about to say something when she inadvertently caught sight of the expression on the young man's face. Her brows immediately furrowed.

"What kind of look is that?"

The girl's voice brought Mo Tang back to his senses. Seeing her expression, he hurriedly put away his thoughts and laughed. "Nothing, nothing. I just got so many good things at once that I was a little too overwhelmed with surprise..."

"More nonsense!"

Xiao Yi Xian immediately rolled her eyes at him.

With several hundred thousand Gold Coins' worth of valuables piled up like a small mountain, Xiao Yi Xian naturally could not take them away. In the end, Mo Tang could only place them in his Storage Ring and wait until they left to get her a Gold Card from a Money Shop, Gold Shop, or a similar place.

However, such services could only be handled in a first-rate major city like Black Rock City. So not long after Mo Tang and Xiao Yi Xian returned to Qingshan Town, Mo Tang headed back to Black Rock City alone.

Of his share of over three hundred thousand Gold Coins, Mo Tang spent another hundred thousand or so on low-grade Energy medicinal herbs, while storing the rest away in preparation for breaking through to Dou Ling in the future.

There was no helping it. Rare medicinal herbs of Fourth-grade and above would certainly require astronomical sums of money. He needed to start preparing now.

For this reason, he even made a special trip to the Miter Auction House and built a relationship with the Mite'er Family's Steward Lei. He asked the man to reserve any rare medicinal herb auction items for him if he found them, saying that he did not mind paying a little extra for them.

Though Steward Lei agreed with a warm smile on his face, Mo Tang could not shake the feeling that the fellow was unreliable...

There was no helping it. Black Rock City had an Alchemist Guild branch.

With such a branch present, Black Rock City had several times more alchemists than other major cities.

Under such circumstances, any rare medicinal herbs would flow directly into the hands of those alchemists.

In this regard, the current Mo Tang had no confidence in competing with those filthy rich people!

After absorbing all the medicinal herbs he had bought for more than one hundred and twenty thousand Gold Coins, he had only gained 980 Low-grade Energy Points.

That was nearly two hundred points less than before...

There was no helping it. Just as he had said before, these medicinal herbs were not something one could buy whenever one wanted. Sometimes, even if you had money, you simply could not buy them...

Mo Tang's massive purchases even caused a minor disturbance in Black Rock City's low-grade medicinal herb market, driving up the prices of many herbs by twenty percent...

Who knew how many people were probably cursing him behind his back!

Of course, Mo Tang did not care about any of that. What concerned him now was his strength...

Name: Mo Tang
Level: Five-Star Da Dou Shi ↑

Cultivation Method:

Thunderous Qi (Grand Completion) ↑

Wind Thunder Gangsha (Perfection)

Dou Techniques:

Triple Blade Qi (Perfection)

Blood Beast Body Forging Art · Wind (First Layer)

Blood Beast Body Forging Art · Wind (Second Layer) ↑

Swift Star Chasing Moon Bow Technique (Grand Completion) ↑

Wind-Lightning Twin Wings (Minor Accomplishment) ↑

Available Energy Points:

Low-grade: 226 + 980 = 1206

Mid-grade: 2100 + 480 = 2580

There was also the high-level Mysterious Tier Dou Technique, Roaring Lion Chant, that he had obtained in the Ruins. After hesitating for a moment, Mo Tang decided to upgrade it as well.

However, upgrading a high-level Mysterious Tier Dou Technique required an enormous number of Energy Points. After deliberating for a long time, Mo Tang ultimately chose only to raise Roaring Lion Chant to Grand Completion, then raised his own strength by one star. Afterward, it became—

Name: Mo Tang
Level: Six-Star Da Dou Shi ↑

Cultivation Method:

Thunderous Qi (Grand Completion) ↑

Wind Thunder Gangsha (Perfection)

Dou Techniques:

Triple Blade Qi (Perfection)

Roaring Lion Chant (Grand Completion) ↑

Blood Beast Body Forging Art · Wind (First Layer)

Blood Beast Body Forging Art · Wind (Second Layer) ↑

Swift Star Chasing Moon Bow Technique (Grand Completion) ↑

Wind-Lightning Twin Wings (Minor Accomplishment) ↑

Available Energy Points:

Low-grade: 300

Mid-grade: 2580