The Powerless Little Fairy Doctor

Little Fairy Doctor's pupils constricted at this sight.

After slaying the Rock Snake, a sound like a "puff" came from Ning Chen's hand, and a cluster of deep-colored flames erupted, flickering with a faint, violent heat.

It was exactly the Rank 5 Beast Fire, Chi Xin Fire, that he had previously drawn from the system.

Holding the beast fire like a lantern, Ning Chen walked straight into the pitch-black cave with an expressionless face.

From beginning to end, he did not look back, nor did he say a single word to Little Fairy Doctor.

Little Fairy Doctor stood where she was, her heart struggling for a moment.

Run?

In front of a Dou Wang capable of soaring through the skies and burrowing into the earth, deep within the Magic Beast Mountain Range, where could she possibly run to?

She bit her lower lip, and in the end, she cautiously followed behind Ning Chen into the cave.

After the two walked through the cave for over ten minutes, they finally stopped in front of a stone door emitting a pale yellow halo.

Ning Chen scanned the area and quickly found an inconspicuous protrusion at the base of the stone door. With one kick, the door let out a dull boom and slowly slid upward.

Before long, it opened completely, revealing the scene behind the stone door.

It was a massive stone chamber, empty and desolate, illuminated by Moonlight Stones embedded in the surrounding walls.

In the center of the chamber, a skeletal human frame sat upon a wide chair, facing the entrance, looking quite eerie.

Seeing this, Little Fairy Doctor instinctively leaned toward Ning Chen, but upon regaining her senses, she quickly retreated a few steps.

Compared to this skeleton, Ning Chen seemed even more terrifying.

Ning Chen curled his lip, his gaze sweeping across the stone chamber before finally resting on the rectangular bluestone platform in front of the seat.

To be precise, it rested on the three locked stone boxes atop the bluestone platform.

As for the large piles of gold coins and treasures stacked in the corners of the chamber, he didn't even spare them a glance.

Little Fairy Doctor, however, saw the large amount of medicinal herbs planted in the flower beds around the chamber and her eyes lit up. Even though she feared Ning Chen, she couldn't help herself, and bracing against her anxiety, she carefully shuffled toward them.

"Heh..." Ning Chen found this amusing.

He didn't continue to scare her, walking straight to the three stone boxes instead.

The first stone box opened to reveal a cyan scroll.

"High-tier Xuan-grade Dou Technique, Mad Lion Roar. Hmm, a sonic Dou Technique; I can keep this to study."

Speaking of sonic Dou Techniques, Ning Chen suddenly recalled a major power that appeared in the original story but was never described in detail.

Sound Valley, one of the three valleys.

He could go take a look when he had time. According to the forums from his past life, Sound Valley once produced a Dou Di expert. If that were true, what was that Dou Di called?

Sound... Di... perhaps?

Ning Chen chuckled to himself. After putting away the scroll, he looked at the second stone box, which also contained a scroll upon opening.

"Mid-tier Xuan-grade flight Dou Technique, Eagle Wings. It can rival high-tier ones, and for a Dou Wang, they can be stacked to take speed to the next level."

But... the problem was, he didn't need to run from those weaker than him, and those stronger than him... didn't seem to require running either.

It was just something to keep for now; even if it were useless, he had to take it since it was free.

"As for the last one..." Ning Chen opened the final stone box, and a colorful, ancient-looking scroll came into view.

"Seven-Colored Poison Scripture..."

Ning Chen's eyes narrowed. He glanced toward the corners of the stone chamber at Little Fairy Doctor, who was crouching by the flower bed, excitedly inspecting the herbs.

After a moment of contemplation, he placed the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture on the bluestone platform. With a surge of Dou Qi, he dug a large pit in front of the chair to bury the skeleton, taking the Purifying Lotus Demonic Flame Fragment Map hidden in its arm bone while he was at it.

The commotion from Ning Chen digging the pit was significant enough to naturally draw Little Fairy Doctor's attention.

The brief joy brought by the herbs faded, and she suddenly snapped back to reality, remembering that there was a temperamental Dou Wang expert beside her.

Seeing that Ning Chen had finished his tasks and his gaze seemed to be sweeping toward her, her heart jumped into her throat, not knowing what he intended to do next.

However, Ning Chen's next action made her feel as if she had fallen into an ice cellar; her blood almost froze solid!

She watched as Ning Chen brushed the non-existent dust off his hands, his gaze sweeping over her slender figure. He smacked his lips and muttered to himself in a voice just loud enough for her to hear, "Tsk, finally finished with all that..."

As he spoke, he actually began to undo the buttons on his cyan robe!

"Next, it's time for the real business..."

Before the words had even faded, he had casually stripped off his cyan robe and draped it over his arm.

With a "wicked smile" on his face that appeared incredibly glaring and evil to Little Fairy Doctor, he walked straight toward her.

"You... don't come over!"

A "buzz" echoed in Little Fairy Doctor's mind; all her fearful conjectures seemed to be confirmed at this moment.

Boundless terror, the grief and indignation of impending humiliation, and a sense of desperate, shamed rage erupted in her heart like a volcano!

She let out a scream and, like a startled fawn, lunged backward, her back slamming heavily against the cold stone wall, with nowhere left to retreat.

In a moment of desperation, she abruptly drew the sharp dagger she had kept hidden in her sleeve for self-defense.

A cold glint flashed as she instinctively aimed it at the approaching Ning Chen, but she immediately realized it was meaningless.

Despair washed over her like a freezing tide, and she gritted her teeth, a look of grim determination flashing in her eyes.

With a twist of her wrist, she pressed the icy blade firmly against her own fair, fragile neck!

"Stop! Take one more step... and I'll die right here!"

Little Fairy Doctor's voice trembled violently, her eyes instantly turning red, tears swirling within them but stubbornly refusing to fall.

"I would rather die than let you have your way!"

Ning Chen paused slightly, the "wicked smile" on his face seeming to deepen.

He shook his head and said with a light sigh, "Why bother?"

Before his voice had even faded, he simply flicked his finger casually in the direction of Little Fairy Doctor.

"Hum!"

An invisible yet mountain-like pressure of Dou Qi descended instantly, precisely enveloping Little Fairy Doctor's entire body.

She felt the air around her suddenly solidify into an unbreakable shackle; she couldn't move her arms, let alone a single finger!

The dagger pressed against her neck could no longer move forward, nor could it fall.

The absolute gap in strength had stripped her of even the right to end her own life.

Tears finally broke through her eyelids, unable to be held back, rolling down Little Fairy Doctor's pale cheeks.

Her eyes were filled with resentment, despair, anger, and the deepest sense of powerlessness.

She closed her eyes, her long eyelashes soaked with tears and clinging to her skin, her body trembling slightly from extreme fear and sorrow.

It's over... everything is over...

She could feel the man's presence drawing near, even sensing the warmth radiating from his body.

An unprecedented sense of humiliation and coldness enveloped her, making her feel as if she were suffocating.

The rough violation she had anticipated did not come.

The next moment, she felt her hand lighten as the dagger she had been gripping tightly was easily taken away.

Immediately after, the despairing sense of confinement around her receded like a tide, and the sudden relaxation caused her legs to go weak, sliding her down the wall to the floor.

A soft, cyan garment, still carrying his body heat, was draped gently—almost tenderly—over her trembling shoulders, wrapping around her body, which was clad only in a thin dress.

Little Fairy Doctor opened her tear-blurred eyes in astonishment, only to see that the wicked smile was gone from Ning Chen's face, replaced by a gentle expression that would make anyone feel at ease.

"It must be exhausting to keep up that act for so long."

Ning Chen shook his head slightly and placed the scroll of the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture into the hands of the still-bewildered Little Fairy Doctor.

"This contains detailed information about your constitution. Once you finish reading it, you will understand everything."

"As for all my previous actions..."

Ning Chen paused, reached out to gently wipe the tears from Little Fairy Doctor's cheeks, and smiled.

"I was just teasing you. After all, if I hadn't done that, it would have taken you a long time to realize that on the Dou Qi Continent, strength is the only capital for survival. Without it, everything you feared today would eventually come to pass."

"Alright, take your time reading. I'm going to go check on these medicinal herbs."