Obtaining Purple Cloud Wings

As soon as the words fell, the Zi Wu Qi Xing Sword on Xiao Tian's back trembled violently. He then gripped it tightly, surging with Battle Qi. With a low growl, he swung it down fiercely!

"Mountain Collapse Earth Split Slash!!"

Instantly, a dazzling red sword energy shot out from the blade, directly cleaving towards the charging Rock Snake swarm!

Rumble...

The sword strike echoed through the heavens, stirring up fierce winds and rolling waves. Wherever it passed, gravel flew from the ground, and dust billowed up. The second-tier magical beasts, the Rock Snakes, that had been charging forward were instantly reduced to mist and blood!

Not only that, the powerful residual force swept in all directions. Countless gravel rained down from the surrounding rock walls, forcibly carving out a passage about ten feet wide, leaving Xiao Yi Xian utterly dumbfounded!

"You know, you're actually quite reliable when it counts!" After a moment of stunned silence, Xiao Yi Xian looked up, her bright, moist eyes blinking as she looked at Xiao Tian with surprise and admiration.

Xiao Tian smiled faintly, remaining silent as he continued to carry Xiao Yi Xian forward.

If he wasn't mistaken, the most mysterious part of the cave lay beyond the stone door not far ahead.

As expected, after passing through the deep, dark passage, there was no further path. Only a three-zhang tall, earth-yellow stone door stood before them.

The material of the stone door was neither metal nor wood. Its surface was covered in intricate, complex patterns, exuding an ancient and weathered aura.

"Let go of me already!!"

At this moment, realizing Xiao Tian was still holding her tightly around the waist, Xiao Yi Xian's pretty face flushed as she said angrily.

"Oh." Hearing this, Xiao Tian chuckled sheepishly and quickly released his arm.

"This stone door looks extraordinary, and judging by its thickness, I'm afraid only cultivators at the peak Dou Grandmaster realm or above could open it!" Xiao Yi Xian said, frowning as she examined it closely.

"Get out of the way, let me blast it open with Eight Extremes Collapse!" Xiao Tian waved his hand dismissively.

Seeing this, Xiao Yi Xian rolled her eyes and chided, "Always resorting to brute force. This stone door is covered in runes and faintly glows; it's clearly set up with mechanisms. We just need to find the mechanism's location, and we can open the stone door easily!"

With that, Xiao Yi Xian crouched down slightly, her beautiful eyes carefully observing every corner of the stone door.

"Click—!"

Suddenly, her eyes lit up, and she gently pressed a raised point with her jade finger.

Immediately, the stone door, which had been unmoving, slowly slid open, revealing a bright passage within.

"Alright, let's go in!" Standing up, Xiao Yi Xian smiled and gestured with her chin towards Xiao Tian.

The two then slowly stepped through the stone door, their vision suddenly broadening.

At the front was a huge stone platform. On the platform sat three ancient wooden boxes, along with various gold coins and other precious treasures.

Besides that, in front of the stone platform was a stone chair. Sitting on the chair was a skeleton, clad in opulent but long-rotted clothing, with only a few tattered fragments hanging on its frame.

After a quick scan, Xiao Tian and Xiao Yi Xian walked forward.

"Huh? There are so many high-grade medicinal herbs here!"

Just then, Xiao Yi Xian exclaimed in surprise, looking towards a corner.

There, a patch of fertile soil formed a semicircle around a verdant medicinal garden. In the center of the garden, over a dozen rare medicinal herbs were in bloom.

Excited, Xiao Yi Xian immediately went over, took out a shovel, and carefully dug up these precious herbs.

Xiao Tian glanced at them with no interest and walked directly towards the stone platform, his gaze fixed on the three wooden boxes.

After a moment of hesitation, Xiao Tian picked up the first wooden box and opened it.

Creak!

As the wooden box opened, a colorful, ancient scroll instantly appeared before Xiao Tian. Written above the scroll were four small characters: Seven-Colored Poison Scripture!

After a brief scan, Xiao Tian, not particularly interested, set the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture aside and opened the second wooden box.

What greeted his eyes was another scroll. However, the words on this scroll made Xiao Tian incredibly surprised.

"Mysterious Tier High-Grade Flying Dou Technique—Purple Cloud Wings! It's actually a flying Dou Technique, tailor-made for me!" A smile curved Xiao Tian's lips. With a flick of his finger, the scroll immediately entered his Storage Ring.

On the Dou Qi Continent, generally only Dou King cultivators could condense Battle Qi into wings and fly for extended periods. Thus, the rarity of flying Dou Techniques was self-evident, and their value immeasurable!

This Mysterious Tier High-Grade Flying Dou Technique was like adding wings to a tiger for Xiao Tian!

With this flying Dou Technique, even in the Dou Disciple stage, he could fly as he pleased!

At this moment, the scroll of the Mysterious Tier High-Grade Flying Dou Technique was fully unfurled by Xiao Tian.

Instantly, the images of two terrifyingly dark eagle wings appeared before his eyes. The feathers of these wings were as black as ink, but upon closer inspection, they also revealed purple cloud patterns, looking extremely resplendent and sacred, as if alive, lifelike, and even exuding a sense of pressure.

Looking at this flying Dou Technique, Xiao Tian felt quite pleased. He knew very well that if he could master this flying martial skill, his future battles would be twice as effective with half the effort.

Excitedly, Xiao Tian's gaze also swept over the small text on the left.

"This flying Dou Technique is called Purple Cloud Wings. It was made from the wings of a fifth-tier flying magical beast—the Black Flame Purple Cloud Eagle—that this old man captured with a friend. As it was drawn by this old man using Battle Qi before his death, only one person can cultivate it. Remember this!"

Upon reading this, a look of joy reappeared on Xiao Tian's face. This Black Flame Purple Cloud Eagle was a fifth-tier flying magical beast, rumored to possess the bloodline of an ancient phoenix, and its flight speed was incredibly fast!

If he could master this flying Dou Technique, he would be able to break free from the constraints of his level and fly.

However, the scroll also stated that to cultivate this flying Dou Technique, one must first withstand the soul attack of the Black Flame Purple Cloud Eagle.

Seeing this note, Xiao Tian smiled faintly and unhesitatingly placed his palm on the center of the scroll, allowing the Black Flame Purple Cloud Eagle's soul attack to commence.

With his soul level at Mortal Realm Great Perfection, he didn't need to fear even a wisp of the Black Flame Purple Cloud Eagle's remnant soul.

Therefore, in just a moment, Xiao Tian had already qualified to cultivate this flying Dou technique. The eagle wings on the scroll immediately turned purple and black, transforming into two streaks of light that drilled into Xiao Tian's body.

Almost instantly, Xiao Tian discovered incredible changes occurring within him. The two streaks of light flowed rapidly, reaching Xiao Tian's spine in the blink of an eye and forcibly creating two small new branches!

"That's it?"

Observing the two new meridians that had suddenly appeared within him, Xiao Tian was slightly surprised and immediately prepared to test them out.

However, just then, a sinister laugh echoed from the cave entrance:

"Heh heh, Xiao Yi Xian, thanks to you leading the way, we wouldn't have known that treasure was hidden at the bottom of this cliff!"