Qi Recovery Pill, Training Nalan Yanran!

Qi Recovery Pill, Training Nalan Yanran!

There were quite a few shops lining the streets of Green Mountain Town. Xiao Yan glanced around before walking straight into a medicinal herb store.

"Green Spirit Grass, Hundred Grass Dew, Nether Grass..."

Xiao Yan scanned the herbs behind the counter, feeling slightly disappointed. "There's no Spirit Recovery Scarlet Fruit."

The Spirit Recovery Scarlet Fruit was an important ingredient for refining Qi Recovery Pills, and the Qi Recovery Pill was also one of Yao Lao's proudest prescriptions.

It could rapidly restore Dou Qi! Yao Lao said with an amused laugh, "The Spirit Recovery Scarlet Fruit counts as a high-grade medicinal herb. It usually grows in perilous places and is guarded by powerful magical beasts. If anyone managed to pick one, it would have long since been sold elsewhere!"

"Is that so?"

Xiao Yan nodded slightly and had the clerk pack up the materials he needed.

Afterward.

He walked straight out of the herb store, leaving only Nalan Yanran and Xiao Yi Xian staring at each other on the street.

"He didn't recognize me?" Xiao Yi Xian felt somewhat disappointed.

Nalan Yanran, meanwhile, looked sullen. After hesitating for a long while, she actually sat down beneath the shade of a tree to wait for Xiao Yan's return.

As for why she was waiting, even she herself did not know.

"Perhaps it's because I still haven't repaid the favor I owe him?" Nalan Yanran thought.

Magical Beast Mountain Range.

Deep within.

"Whoosh!"

Xiao Yan flapped his enormous Fire Wings and spread out his vast Mental Strength, searching for the fluctuations of the Spirit Recovery Scarlet Fruit.

"Found it!"

Xiao Yan folded away his Fire Wings and landed joyfully.

In the distance.

A group of mercenaries had surrounded the cliff face where the Spirit Recovery Scarlet Fruit grew.

"Who's there?!"

Sensing a disturbance behind them, the mercenaries abruptly drew their swords.

Among them, a rather young girl had to tug twice before she managed to pull out her sword, and her cheeks immediately flushed with embarrassment.

Xiao Yan smiled. "Everyone, I mean no harm. I'm simply interested in the Spirit Recovery Scarlet Fruit."

Seeing Xiao Yan's young face, the group visibly relaxed.

"I thought it was someone from the Wolf Head Mercenary Group."

Just as the middle-aged man at the front spoke with a smile, the young girl who had embarrassed herself earlier immediately took out her frustration on Xiao Yan.

"Do you know any rules at all? We spotted the Spirit Recovery Scarlet Fruit first!"

"Fu Ling, don't talk nonsense!"

Ka Gang rebuked Fu Ling, then smiled amiably. "Are you a mercenary too, little brother? Why did you enter the Magical Beast Mountain Range alone?"

"Uncle Ka Gang!"

Fu Ling puffed up her cheeks. "Why waste words with him? He must have followed us all the way here, waiting until we cleared out the magical beasts along the route so he could steal the Spirit Recovery Scarlet Fruit!"

After saying that.

Fu Ling glared at Xiao Yan indignantly. "Listen up, Uncle Ka Gang is a Five Star Dou Zhe, Uncle Gan Mu is a Four Star Dou Zhe, and there's also Brother Mu Lan, a Five Star Dou Zhe!"

When she mentioned Mu Lan's name, Fu Ling's little face turned pink.

But that was hardly surprising.

Girls like her adored princes charming like Mu Lan, men who had both strength and good looks.

"The Spirit Recovery Scarlet Fruit is ours. You, get lost!" Fu Ling glared threateningly.

Just then.

"Roar!"

An enraged roar suddenly rang out from above the cliff.

Immediately after.

"Boom!"

A massive Blizzard Demon Ape crashed down with a fierce howl of wind.

Shattered rocks flew into the sky.

"Blizzard Demon Ape!" Ka Gang cried out.

The Blizzard Demon Ape was a second-tier magical beast, equivalent to a human Dou Shi expert! "Retreat, quickly!"

The mercenaries hurriedly backed away. Fu Ling, who was being held by Ka Gang, had gone pale with fright.

Bang!

With a sweep of its massive paw, the Blizzard Demon Ape sent several mercenaries flying.

Immediately after, it strode toward Fu Ling with enormous steps, its face twisted in savagery.

"Help!"

Fu Ling's eyes widened, her face filled with despair.

"Ling'er!" Ka Gang was grief-stricken, but as only a Five Star Dou Zhe, the wind from the Blizzard Demon Ape's palm threw his Dou Qi into disarray. For the moment, he could not climb back up the mountain wall and was utterly powerless.

"Don't block my way!"

Just as Fu Ling waited in despair for death, Xiao Yan casually struck out with his palm, blasting the Blizzard Demon Ape into a cloud of blood mist.

The enormous bone wings spread behind him were tyrannical and menacing, emanating an aura of desolation.

"Dou... Dou Wang?" The thought exploded through Ka Gang and the others' minds like thunder.

Fu Ling stood there dumbfounded.

With their shallow knowledge, they naturally could not recognize the Heavenly Flames.

"As expected, they're Spirit Recovery Scarlet Fruits—and there's more than one."

Without sparing them a glance, Xiao Yan drew several Spirit Recovery Scarlet Fruits into his palm from afar and lightly weighed them.

"Not a bad harvest. These will last me for a while."

Whoosh!

After storing the Spirit Recovery Scarlet Fruits in his Storage Ring, Xiao Yan beat his wings, kicking up a scorching gale as he shot into the distance.

Watching the black dot gradually shrink away, Ka Gang and the others finally relaxed, gasping for breath.

Bitter smiles appeared on every face.

A Dou Wang...

Slumped on the ground, Fu Ling stared in the direction Xiao Yan had vanished, her lips trembling uncontrollably.

"I... I'm sorry."

After returning to town, Xiao Yan put on his hood and entered an inn under the gazes of Xiao Yi Xian and Nalan Yanran.

"Xiao..." Xiao Yi Xian hesitated before letting out a helpless sigh.

Perhaps

Xiao Yan had truly forgotten her!

Compared to the gentle Xiao Yi Xian, Nalan Yanran was far bolder.

Without a care, she followed Xiao Yan into a guest room.

"You're a girl, yet you're alone in a room with a grown man like me. Aren't you afraid I'll devour you?" Xiao Yan frowned slightly.

"If you really had designs on me, the forest would have been a better place. You're an honorable gentleman." Nalan Yanran gave her assessment without the slightest blush.

"Suit yourself."

Glancing at Nalan Yanran seated nearby, a strange glint suddenly flashed through Xiao Yan's eyes.

Still unaware that she was about to suffer misfortune, Nalan Yanran eagerly studied Xiao Yan.

She tried to guess at Xiao Yan's identity.

With a brush of his Storage Ring, Xiao Yan took out the Flame Fire Essence Medicine Cauldron gifted by the Mittel Auction House.

He began refining pills.

"You're an alchemist?" Nalan Yanran could no longer sit still and rose to her feet in shock.

She knew better than anyone just how precious alchemists were.

Whoosh!

Xiao Yan continued refining the medicine on his own, his exquisite technique making Nalan Yanran's eyes shine with wonder.

"A Tier-4 Alchemist!"

Nalan Yanran declared with certainty, but then she grew somewhat doubtful. "No, a Tier-4 Alchemist's Mental Strength wouldn't be this powerful..."

Could he be...

Tier-5?

Thinking of how the black-robed young man was not only powerful but also exceptionally skilled in pill refinement, Nalan Yanran could not help feeling a wave of admiration.

"This isn't a good sign." Yao Lao, watching the show, chuckled.

A great deal of love began with admiration, and love born of admiration was even more obsessive and pure.

Like him back then...

"Whoosh!"

Dispelling the flames, Xiao Yan looked indifferently at Nalan Yanran. "Do you want your strength to soar, to break through to Dou Shi within a month?"

Nalan Yanran froze for a moment, then nodded eagerly like a pecking chick.

"Xiao Yanzi..."

Having guessed Xiao Yan's intentions, Yao Lao's mouth twitched. After a long while, he finally squeezed out a sentence.

"She's your fiancée in name. Using her as an experiment—you've gone mad!"