Worthy of the Protagonist!

Chen Yang left Qingshan Town without a worry.

After obtaining the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture, Xiao Yi Xian had discovered that she possessed the Calamity Poison Body, but she had still concocted some of the poisons recorded within.

Combined with the medicinal knowledge Chen Yang had taught her over the past month and a half, the poisons Xiao Yi Xian concocted could now threaten even a Da Dou Shi. As for the mere Wolf Head Mercenary Group—leaving aside the lingering fear Chen Yang had instilled in them—even if Mu She grew bold enough to defy him, Xiao Yi Xian could easily deal with them.

After leaving Qingshan Town's territory, Chen Yang used the Mysterious Tier Low-grade movement Dou Technique he had obtained from Ya Fei. After a few flashes, he entered the Monster Mountain Range.

[ Ding! ]

[Detected that the highest-ranked Dou Technique currently in the Monster Mountain Range is a Low-level Earth Tier Dou Technique. Host has obtained the Earth Tier Intermediate Dou Technique Long Rainbow Swordplay!]

[Detected that the highest-ranked flying Dou Technique currently in the Monster Mountain Range is a Mysterious Tier High-grade Dou Technique. Host has obtained the Low-level Earth Tier flying Dou Technique Phoenix Soars Nine Heavens!]

"???"

Chen Yang, who had been running, suddenly came to a halt atop a towering tree.

The System scanning a Low-level Earth Tier Dou Technique did not surprise Chen Yang. After all, Xiao Yan was about to cultivate the Flame Splitting Wave Ruler, which was one of the objectives of his trip to the Monster Mountain Range. The Earth Tier Intermediate Dou Technique, Long Rainbow Swordplay, obtained through the System Mechanism did not seem unusual to Chen Yang either. After all, it was just a name; the actual contents had definitely been heavily altered.

Otherwise, how could a sword from a wuxia world possibly be more powerful than the Heavy Black Ruler?

What puzzled him and made him stop was the Mysterious Tier High-grade flying Dou Technique. If Chen Yang had guessed correctly, this Mysterious Tier High-grade flying Dou Technique had likely come from Xiao Yan as well.

Were there really that many Mysterious Tier High-grade flying Dou Techniques in the Monster Mountain Range?

Chen Yang scratched his head in confusion.

"Could it really be because of the protagonist's halo?"

"The luck of the Dou Qi Continent really does favor Xiao Yan!!!"

Chen Yang clicked his tongue in amazement. He had originally intended to sell the Purple Cloud Wings to Xiao Yan. Medicine Elder surely had plenty of strange items in his collection, and this thing would definitely fetch a good price. Yet now Xiao Yan had gotten one himself???

"Ah, worthy of the protagonist!"

Chen Yang sighed, then summoned the Low-level Earth Tier Dou Technique Phoenix Soars Nine Heavens and fused it with his Dou Qi Transformation Wings. His speed instantly surged by a large margin.

"The consumption is pretty high, but it should be fine for escaping at critical moments!"

After flying around once, Chen Yang put away Phoenix Soars Nine Heavens and retained only his Dou Qi Transformation Wings.

In the original story, after Xiao Yan devoured the Fallen Heart Flame and Fen Jue evolved to the Low-level Earth Tier, combining Dou Qi Transformation Wings with a flying Dou Technique would drastically increase his Dou Qi consumption. Chen Yang's Blazing Sun True Art was likewise Low-level Earth Tier. Fortunately, he was a Seven-star Dou Huang; otherwise, given Phoenix Soars Nine Heavens' Low-level Earth Tier rank, the consumption would only be even greater.

"I wonder when I'll obtain a stronger Cultivation Method. Does the Misty Cloud Sect even have an Earth-tier Cultivation Method..."

Chen Yang sighed, then leaped into the depths of the Monster Mountain Range.

On Xiao Yan's side, things were just as Chen Yang had expected—the protagonist treatment was completely maxed out.

One day half a month earlier, Xiao Yan had made initial progress in cultivating the Flame Splitting Wave Ruler, and his Dou Qi had also broken through to Six-star Fighter. Seeing this, Medicine Elder had sent him to gather medicinal materials and refine a batch of second-grade Qi Replenishing Pills.

While gathering herbs, Xiao Yan had accidentally discovered a cave beneath a cliff.

However, compared to the one Chen Yang had encountered, this cave was fraught with danger. Had Medicine Elder not warned him, even Xiao Yan's physical constitution, equivalent to that of a Third-tier Magical Beast, might not have endured it.

In the end, after bypassing every mechanism, Xiao Yan successfully obtained a Mysterious Tier High-grade flying Dou Technique, Green Swallow Wings, as well as a Mysterious Tier High-grade Dou Technique. However, it was wood-attributed, and Xiao Yan's Big Brother, Xiao Ding, happened to possess a wood attribute, so Xiao Yan kept it and planned to give it to his Big Brother later.

Besides that, there were some Gold Coins and the like.

Those Gold Coins happened to solve Xiao Yan's urgent need. Chen Yang had previously emptied out his entire savings at the Mittel, and Xiao Yan had then bought a large batch of Yellow Lotus Essence at the Myriad Medicine Pavilion, spending nearly all two thousand Gold Coins. After staying at an inn that night, Xiao Yan did not even have money for breakfast the next morning.

Medicine Elder, who knew everything, merely stroked his beard and chuckled. If Xiao Yan learned that all the savings he had accumulated in Wutan City had been earned away by Brother Yang, how would he feel?

Having obtained the flying Dou Technique, Xiao Yan eagerly began cultivating it. Half a month had now passed, and he could finally fly freely.

"Teacher, this Fen Jue is way too trash!"

"Now, whenever I refine a second-grade Medicinal Pill, I have to take a Qi Replenishing Pill halfway through. Damn it!"

Xiao Yan cursed as he refined pills and swallowed medicine.

Refining one Qi Replenishing Pill while consuming one Qi Replenishing Pill—wasn't that the same as refining nothing at all?

"Although the number of Qi Replenishing Pills you have hasn't increased, your cultivation and Alchemy are improving, aren't they?"

"Don't worry. Once you devour your first Heavenly Flame and Fen Jue evolves, refining pills will become much easier in the future!"

"Hehehehe!"

Medicine Elder stroked his beard and laughed.

"..."

Xiao Yan rolled his eyes at Medicine Elder, thinking, Why don't you listen to what you're saying, you old guy?

Still, although Fen Jue frustrated him greatly, he had chosen this path himself, so he had to keep walking it no matter what.

Besides, with the Medicinal Pills Chen Yang had sold him, the speed at which his cultivation had improved was countless times faster than what Medicine Elder had originally arranged for him.

"Teacher, where do you think Brother Yang is now?" Xiao Yan suddenly asked.

"Who knows?"

"Perhaps he has left the Jia Ma Empire. Or perhaps he is somewhere in this Monster Mountain Range!" Medicine Elder shrugged, looking utterly indifferent.

"The Monster Mountain Range?"

"How could that be?"

"Brother Yang has probably already returned to his own sect!"

Xiao Yan shook his head, smoothly finished refining this batch of Qi Replenishing Pills, then sat down cross-legged and began recovering his Dou Qi.

He had Qi Replenishing Pills, but his family was not exactly wealthy. He should save where he could!

"Achoo!"

"Achoo!"

At that moment, Chen Yang, who was gathering herbs in the mountains, suddenly sneezed twice.

"Hm???"

"Is someone cursing me???"

Chen Yang reached up to scratch his nose, then looked at the Fourth-tier Ice Attribute Magical Beast before him and smiled slightly.

"Well, now I can make money off Xiao Yan again. Though, he probably doesn't even have a single Gold Coin on him now, right?" Chen Yang chuckled as he looked at the Ice Ling Snake flicking its tongue at him, as though he could already see Xiao Yan's furious expression.

Selling the Fourth-tier Ice Attribute Magic Core to Xiao Yan would not only earn him a large amount of Gold Coins, but also gain him a Fifth-order Magical Core, along with a favor from Yan Di, the future master of the Endless Fire Domain. It was simply a huge profit!

There was probably no one else who could do business as well as he did.

"Devouring a Heavenly Flame requires Na Ling, and I also need to prepare Medicinal Pills for support. There isn't anything in the Fourth-grade Pill Recipe that can assist in devouring Heavenly Flames. If I want Xiao Yi Xian to safely devour a Heavenly Flame and become a Sixth Grade or even Seventh-grade Alchemist, it can't wait!"

Chen Yang casually killed the Fourth-tier Ice Ling Snake with one palm strike. He used the Rainbow Sword to dig out its Magic Core, placed it into a jade box, then stored it in his Storage Ring, all while frowning in thought.

Although he did not know where the Netherworld Poison Flame was, the Chuyun Empire in the Northwest Region might very well contain the Netherworld Poison Flame.

However, his Alchemy would improve soon enough. In another year or so, once he set foot in the Imperial Capital and ascended Misty Cloud Mountain Peak, both his Dou Qi cultivation and Alchemy would reach a terrifying level.

"Mm... I should gather some medicinal materials first. Otherwise, if my Alchemy improves but I have no medicinal materials, that would be rather helpless..."