Demonic Flame Fragment Map Acquired

After some joking around, Xiao Ce reached out and touched the stone door.

"All right, let's open this stone door first."

"Judging by its thickness alone, this stone door can only withstand attacks at the Doushi level."

As he spoke, Xiao Ce prepared to blast the stone door open by force, but Xiao Yi Xian stopped him. "Wait a moment!"

Xiao Ce looked at her.

"What, are you interested in the mechanisms on the stone door?"

He remembered that in the original story, Xiao Yi Xian had used mechanisms to open this stone door.

Xiao Yi Xian nodded eagerly. "I know a little about mechanisms. Let me give it a try."

With that, she began studying the stone door.

Xiao Ce watched quietly from the side. It was not only men who were attractive when they were serious; women were equally charming when focused.

Xiao Yi Xian looked left and right, studying it for a full ten-odd minutes before finally cheering, "Found it!"

Before her voice had faded, she raised her hand and pressed a certain spot on the stone door. Amid a rumbling sound, the door slowly rose, revealing the vast space behind it.

"Ce, I did it!"

Xiao Yi Xian turned and threw her arms around Xiao Ce, her pretty face lit up with a radiant smile.

"That was amazing!"

Xiao Ce naturally patted her butt and praised her.

Xiao Yi Xian did not resist much. She merely twisted a little and slipped out of Xiao Ce's embrace, then turned expectantly toward the stone door, eager to see what treasures lay inside.

"Let's go in and take a look."

With that, the two entered the stone chamber together.

The stone chamber was plain and spacious, but its four corners were piled high with all kinds of valuables.

Three of the corners contained hundreds of thousands of gold coins and other rare treasures, while the final corner was planted with all sorts of precious medicinal herbs, whose value far surpassed the wealth in the other three corners.

Aside from that, a chair stood in the center of the stone chamber, and upon it sat a skeleton. Its ghastly white skull had fallen onto its leg bones, making the quiet chamber feel somewhat eerie.

Naturally, Xiao Yi Xian did not sense that at all.

The moment she entered the stone chamber, she was instantly captivated by the mountain-like piles of treasure and medicinal herbs in its four corners. Her eyes sparkled, and she was so delighted she nearly jumped up.

"We're rich, we're rich!"

"Ce, we've struck it rich!"

In all her life, she had never seen so much wealth.

Especially when she saw the various high-grade medicinal herbs growing there, Xiao Yi Xian could no longer contain her delight and ran over.

"Zilan Leaf, White Spirit Ginseng Fruit, Snow Lotus Seed..."

Xiao Ce followed her over. Seeing her look like a little miser, he smiled. "Calm down. Aren't they just some medicinal herbs?"

Xiao Yi Xian pursed her lips. "You don't understand. For people like me who love medicinal herbs, obtaining one rare herb may excite me more than gaining a hundred thousand gold coins."

"All right. If you like them, pack them all up. No one's going to fight you for them."

"Ce, you're so good to me."

Xiao Yi Xian's beautiful eyes shone brightly. She rose onto her toes and kissed Xiao Ce on the cheek, then immediately took out a small shovel from her Storage Ring and began carefully harvesting the herbs.

Xiao Ce, meanwhile, walked alone to the center of the stone chamber. His gaze landed on the skeleton's arm, and he snapped it off in one motion, revealing a small scroll wedged between the bones.

"Found it!"

Xiao Ce took out the scroll, the corners of his lips curling upward slightly.

It was impossible for him not to be interested in the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.

After all, he did not have some system. Other than the Xuantian Yin-Yang Dao, he had nothing, and many things had to be fought for by himself.

Xiao Ce casually stored the Demonic Flame Fragment Map in his Storage Ring, then removed the three keys from the skeleton's palm and looked toward the three locked stone boxes in front of it.

After opening them, he obtained three items.

They were the Purple Cloud Wings, Mad Lion Roar, and Seven-Colored Poison Scripture.

These three items were not particularly useful to Xiao Ce.

Though the Purple Cloud Wings were a high-grade Xuan Class flying Dou Technique, with Xiao Yi Xian helping him cultivate together, it would not be long before he broke through to Dou Wang. He would have no need for the Purple Cloud Wings.

The Mad Lion Roar sounded like a sound-wave Dou Technique from its name, but it actually was not. Given Xiao Ce's current foundation in Dou Techniques, he had no need for it either.

Finally, there was the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture. Xiao Ce gave it a brief look. It was not a cultivation method, but more like an encyclopedia of the poison arts. It not only recorded information about the Woeful Poison Body, but also contained methods for refining poisons, concocting poisons, and detoxifying them. It was an exceptionally good match for Xiao Yi Xian.

As a physician, Xiao Yi Xian usually made a few simple poisons for self-defense, but she did not know much about them.

With the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture, she could formulate more potent poisons to increase her strength.

While Xiao Ce was flipping through the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture, Xiao Yi Xian had somehow moved closer, her head pressed beside his as she read its contents.

When she saw the records and descriptions of the Woeful Poison Body in the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture, she said in surprise, "I didn't expect this to have records about the Woeful Poison Body too. What a coincidence!"

Since she already knew beforehand that she possessed the Woeful Poison Body, Xiao Yi Xian did not show much emotional fluctuation. She was only slightly surprised.

The two continued reading downward. When they reached the various methods of refining poisons recorded in the scripture, Xiao Yi Xian's eyes grew brighter and brighter.

"So poisons can be refined like this. This has truly opened my eyes."

The more Xiao Yi Xian read, the more she liked it. She actually shoved Xiao Ce aside with her butt, took the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture, and began studying it herself.

Xiao Ce's face darkened as he gave her butt a hard smack.

"Xiao Yi Xian, you're getting bolder and bolder."

Xiao Yi Xian stuck out her tongue at him.

"Sorry, I was too excited. This Poison Scripture is just too attractive to me."

"If I can refine the poisons recorded in it, my strength will definitely soar by leaps and bounds."

Xiao Ce looked at her meaningfully. "You're excited now, but tonight, it'll be my turn to get excited."

The moment Xiao Yi Xian heard that, her cheeks flushed crimson, and she lowered her head without speaking.

While Xiao Yi Xian read through the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture, Xiao Ce packed all the gold coins and valuables in the stone chamber into his Storage Ring.

Xiao Ce's Storage Ring was not particularly high-grade, and it could only barely hold all the valuables in the stone chamber.

After leaving the cave, Xiao Ce held Xiao Yi Xian and leaped upward, easily returning to the steep cliff above.

The gains from the cave left both of them beaming.

Xiao Ce looked at Xiao Yi Xian. "Are we heading back?"

Xiao Yi Xian shook her head mysteriously. "Wait a little longer. I'll take you somewhere in a moment."

Xiao Ce's heart stirred at her words.

The place Xiao Yi Xian mentioned should be that little valley from the original story.

He had not expected her to have already discovered the little valley.

After speaking, Xiao Yi Xian took a bamboo flute from her robes and gently blew into it.

The next instant, strange sound waves spread from the bamboo flute.

With a shrill cry, a Blue Eagle flew down from the sky.

Xiao Ce was not surprised. Over the past few days, he had already seen this Blue Eagle from the original story.

Then, with a tap of their toes, the two leaped onto the Blue Eagle's back.

Xiao Yi Xian crouched down and patted the Blue Eagle's head.

"Xiao Lan, let's go!"

"To the little valley!"