Heavenly Poison Woman

Xiao Han smiled smugly and wrapped an arm around Little Fairy Doctor's slender waist. A soft, silky sensation immediately met his hand, intoxicating him.

"Treasure hunting begins!"

Xiao Han was extremely excited. Although he knew what lay within the cave below, this was, after all, his first time entering it.

"Mm, let's begin. You'd better not get handsy, or I'll definitely poison you to death!"

Little Fairy Doctor tried her best not to look at Xiao Han. Pressed so closely against him, she could easily smell the masculine scent on his body. Her arms circled his waist.

Xiao Han did not push things any further. He lightly tapped the cliff face with his toes, holding Little Fairy Doctor with one arm while grasping a vine with the other, then dropped straight down toward the bottom of the cliff.

It was noon, and visibility was clear. Just as they were about to reach the cave beneath the cliff, Xiao Han suddenly stopped in midair.

"Why did you stop?" Little Fairy Doctor asked curiously, her Dai Eyebrows drawing together slightly.

"I seem to have overlooked something." Xiao Han's heart tightened as he fell into thought.

Swoosh.

Just as Xiao Han finished speaking, a faint sound of something cutting through the air rang out.

"Not good. A Rock Snake."

As its name implied, the Rock Snake was a serpentine magical beast that lived among rock walls. Its rank was not high; it was merely a first-rank magical beast. However, its body was flat and long like a wing, allowing it to soar through the air like a bird. More importantly, because its attribute was stone, its body was exceptionally tough, and ordinary blades could hardly inflict any real damage upon it.

Little Fairy Doctor's expression changed drastically. Just as she was about to throw the item in her hand at the incoming Rock Snake, a powerful suction force suddenly emerged.

Mysterious Low-Rank Dou Skill: Absorption Palm

Bang!

An unbelievable sight appeared. Blood-red liquid was actually drawn out from the Rock Snake's body. The red liquid was especially abundant around its mouth and snake eyes. Then, the suction force abruptly vanished. The Rock Snake's eyes turned vacant, its life force gone, and it fell straight into the abyss below.

"Ding!"

"Congratulations, you have killed a low-level first-rank magical beast—Rock Snake. Experience Points obtained: 10. Energy Points obtained: 0.1."

"Ding!"

"Congratulations, you have killed a low-level first-rank magical beast—Rock Snake. Skill Book obtained: Rock Light."

Rock Light: Yellow-Rank Mid-Level Dou Skill. After use, it could form a rock-like Dou Qi barrier over the surface of the user's body.

"I never expected that aside from bullying women, you also possessed such formidable combat strength." Little Fairy Doctor stared at Xiao Han in astonishment. When facing danger just now, Xiao Han had been remarkably calm. That demeanor was simply not something a young man should possess.

"Hehe." Xiao Han grinned smugly.

Ever since selling those three Qi Gathering Powders at the Mittel Auction House, Xiao Han had acquired a large sum of money. He had converted all of it into Points. As a result, all three of his combat skills had now been upgraded to the Great Completion realm.

The Rock Snake just now had only been the lowest-level first-rank magical beast. As a Three-Star Dou Zhe, Xiao Han could naturally forcefully draw out the Rock Snake's blood after using Absorption Palm at the Great Completion realm.

Before long, Xiao Han finally set foot outside the cave entrance as he had wished.

"Can you let go of me now?" Little Fairy Doctor asked weakly.

"Hehe!"

Xiao Han chuckled and withdrew the hand around Little Fairy Doctor's slender waist. Her warmth still lingered on his fingers. Looking at the rubble and twisted wood piled around the entrance, Xiao Han smiled faintly and suddenly threw a punch.

Eight Extremes Collapse

Boom!

As Xiao Han's fist came down, a domineering surge of Dou Qi erupted from it. Faintly, the sounds of eight muffled thunderclaps layered together, blasting the tangled rubble and twisted wood into pieces.

Not only that, but several cracks even appeared in the protruding rock where Xiao Han and Little Fairy Doctor stood. Little Fairy Doctor had no doubt that if Xiao Han's strength had been any greater, both of them would have fallen off the cliff.

"Let's go in!"

Xiao Han called out and stepped into the pitch-black cave.

Once inside, Little Fairy Doctor discovered that the cave was not completely dark. A faint glow shone from the surrounding stone walls. By that light, she could see chisel-like markings all around the cave.

The entire cave was extremely quiet, with only Xiao Han and Little Fairy Doctor's footsteps echoing within it. The gloomy, deep atmosphere made Little Fairy Doctor instinctively stick close to Xiao Han.

"Ah!"

Suddenly, Little Fairy Doctor failed to stop herself in time and collided with Xiao Han's back.

Under the pressure, Xiao Han could distinctly feel two soft masses pressing against his back.

Such intimate contact made Little Fairy Doctor's cheeks flush red. Embarrassed and annoyed, she said, "What are you doing?"

"Look, there's no path ahead." Xiao Han smiled helplessly and pointed at the stone door before them, which emitted a yellow glow.

"The stone door is very thick. I'm afraid it would take a Dou Master-level expert to break it open by force." Little Fairy Doctor placed her hand on the door and lightly tapped it. Seeing Xiao Han carefully feeling along the stone door with his palm, she asked curiously, "What are you doing?"

"Looking for a mechanism. In caves like this, the owner would not leave visitors with a dead end. They would only set up mechanisms and traps to test those fated to come here, to determine whether they were qualified to inherit their legacy." As Xiao Han spoke, he continued carefully feeling along the stone door.

"You... know mechanism arts too?" Little Fairy Doctor looked at Xiao Han in surprise.

"I wouldn't call myself proficient. I merely read a few related books when I had nothing better to do," Xiao Han replied casually, though his movements remained steady.

With God's Perspective, Xiao Han naturally knew that to open the stone door before him, he had to find the mechanism that activated it.

While Xiao Han searched for the mechanism, Little Fairy Doctor's gaze fell upon the stone walls on either side of the door. By the dim light of the firestarter in her hand, she could vaguely make out several figures carved upon them.

These figures seemed to be telling a story. They were presumably some of the cave owner's deeds from before their death.

"Found it."

Just as Little Fairy Doctor was about to study it more closely, Xiao Han's delighted voice suddenly rang out.

Creak.

As Xiao Han touched a tiny protrusion on the stone door with his finger, the massive door, weighing several thousand jin, began to slowly rise.

As the stone door lifted, a faint silver glow seeped out from within.

"Alright, let's go in," Xiao Han called.

"You really intend to share the treasures in the cave with me?" Little Fairy Doctor's eyes gleamed with excitement as she looked at Xiao Han skeptically.

"Obviously." Xiao Han shot Little Fairy Doctor an annoyed glance.

"Wait."

Seeing Xiao Han about to step into the cave, Little Fairy Doctor grabbed him. She then picked up a pebble and hurled it hard through the stone doorway. Only after seeing no reaction did she smile. "Now we can go in."

"Hehe, you really are cautious."

Xiao Han smiled helplessly. Perhaps it was precisely this caution that had allowed Little Fairy Doctor to survive in the Chuyun Empire, where poison masters ran rampant. Later, she would rise to power and become the Heavenly Poison Woman in the eyes of others.