Seven-Colored Poison Scripture! Purple Cloud Wings!

The mountain cave was silent, filled with a faint chill amidst the pitch-black darkness.

Xiao Yi Xian rubbed her arms, feeling the biting cold.

Watching the sturdy figure of Xiao Ze ahead, Xiao Yi Xian couldn't help but quicken her pace, moving a little closer to him.

The makeshift torch did not provide much light, barely enough to make out the immediate surroundings.

Xiao Yi Xian kept her eyes fixed on Xiao Ze, her mind lost in thought.

I wonder what kind of face lies beneath that mask of his.

Just as Xiao Yi Xian was lost in her imagination, Xiao Ze suddenly stopped in his tracks.

Xiao Yi Xian failed to stop in time, and her body collided with Xiao Ze once again!

The two figures were pressed together almost seamlessly.

Feeling the unusual sensation, Xiao Ze did not move recklessly.

Xiao Yi Xian pulled away from Xiao Ze's back in a fluster.

Given the force of that collision, her peaks had practically flattened into hills!

Xiao Ze must have felt that!

Xiao Yi Xian felt a wave of shyness.

However, having already experienced an intimate embrace while descending the cliff earlier, she recovered quite quickly this time.

"Xiao Ze, what's wrong? Why did you stop so suddenly?"

"Ahem, we've reached the end of the cave. Are you preoccupied? You were so deep in thought that you didn't hear me when I called out a warning."

Xiao Ze coughed and offered an explanation.

Although his voice had been a bit soft, in this quiet cave, anyone not completely distracted should have been able to hear it clearly.

Xiao Yi Xian's pretty face flushed slightly. Seeing that Xiao Ze did not bring up the awkwardness from a moment ago, she followed his lead.

She cast her gaze toward the end of the path.

There stood a stone door emitting a pale yellow light.

"It really seems like a stroke of fortune!"

Xiao Yi Xian hurried over to the stone door.

A stone door constructed by human hands like this was likely the remains of a cave dwelling left behind by some predecessor.

Xiao Ze followed and came to Xiao Yi Xian's side.

He remembered that this was a mechanism door, and the switch was likely hidden nearby.

His soul perception spread out, and he quickly located the trigger!

Just as Xiao Yi Xian was frowning, trying to figure out how to crack the stone door, Xiao Ze kicked a protruding spot. With a creak, the stone door slowly began to rise.

"This! Xiao Ze, you're too amazing! How did you find the way to open the mechanism door so quickly?"

Watching the stone door slowly open, Xiao Yi Xian turned her head toward Xiao Ze in surprise.

Reflecting the firelight, Xiao Yi Xian's wide, sparkling eyes were filled with admiration, making her look truly adorable.

"Haha, my perception is just a little better than average."

"Don't be so modest. I feel like there's nothing you can't do, Xiao Ze."

Xiao Yi Xian said with a serious expression, counting on her fingers as she listed them off.

"My constitution, the incident in Green Mountain Town, this stone door right here... it seems like any problem can be easily solved when it's in front of you!"

"Alright, if you keep praising me like that, I'm going to get conceited. Let's go; the door is open, let's see what good things our predecessor left behind."

The two entered the stone chamber, where large amounts of gold and silver were piled carelessly to one side.

"It seems this predecessor didn't place much value on such wealth," Xiao Yi Xian remarked thoughtfully.

"Perhaps there are things here that are even more precious?" Xiao Ze scanned the stone chamber.

In the center sat a table and chair, with a skeleton resting on the chair and three boxes placed upon the table.

Beyond the gold and silver piled on the floor, there was also a flower bed filled with rare medicinal herbs!

"Wow! Purple Blue Leaf, White Spirit Ginseng Fruit, Snow Lotus Seed... so many high-grade herbs! And this is the Ice Spirit Flame Grass, which is extremely hard to find in the outside world!"

Xiao Yi Xian ran over in high spirits, muttering to herself as she accurately named every single high-grade herb.

"Just as you said, Xiao Ze, compared to that gold and silver, these high-grade herbs are the real treasures!"

"Haha, hurry up and collect these herbs. I'll go take a look around the rest of the room."

"Alright!" Xiao Yi Xian nodded obediently and took out a jade shovel.

She carefully dug up the medicinal herbs from the flowerbed, preserving them with great care.

On the other side, Xiao Ze retrieved three keys from the skeletal hand.

He also rummaged through the remains to find the remnant map of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.

However, it was far too early to consider the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.

After waiting for a while, Xiao Yi Xian walked over with an excited expression and nodded at Xiao Ze.

"Come, let's open the treasure chests!"

Xiao Ze opened the three boxes on the stone platform one by one.

They contained the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture, the Xuan-tier high-level flight Dou Technique Purple Cloud Wings, and the Xuan-tier high-level Dou Technique Mad Lion Roar.

"Xiao Yi Xian, you take this Seven-Colored Poison Scripture. I said before that I have no interest in concocting poisons."

"Alright. As for the other two Dou Techniques, I don't want them; they don't seem to match my attributes."

Xiao Yi Xian happily accepted the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture and began flipping through it on the spot.

Xiao Ze, meanwhile, browsed through the Purple Cloud Wings and the Mad Lion Roar. Since there was no immediate danger, they could stay in the stone chamber for a while longer.

They could even remain in the cave until they were ready to return to Wutan City.

This place was hidden and safe, impossible for ordinary people to find; they only needed to watch out for flying magical beasts.

The two found separate areas to begin their cultivation. Xiao Ze unfurled the black scroll, which depicted a pair of lifelike wings!

As his aura brushed over them, the feathers on the wings seemed to sway gently.

Cultivating the Purple Cloud Wings was no simple task, as the soul of a Rank 5 magical beast, the Black Flame Purple Cloud Eagle, resided within it!

Although it was merely in an unconscious, feral state, it was still not to be underestimated.

Legend had it that the beast possessed a trace of ancient Phoenix bloodline, making its flight speed among the very best.

In the original story, Xiao Yan was only able to withstand the impact of the remnant soul because his soul strength was sufficient.

With the help of Yao Lao, he had held onto his true self, thereby avoiding becoming a beast that knew only how to kill.

Xiao Ze was very confident in his own soul strength, which was definitely far superior to others of his rank!

Furthermore, the feedback from the system when he promoted to a Dou Master had allowed his soul strength to increase once again!

Dealing with an unconscious soul impact should be relatively simple now.

After carefully studying the scroll, Xiao Ze called over Xiao Yi Xian, who was still researching the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture.

"Xiao Ze, is something the matter? I discovered that the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture has records of the Woeful Poison Body! It's just as you said."

Xiao Yi Xian walked over holding the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture, but as she finished speaking, she suddenly realized she might have said the wrong thing.

"Xiao Ze, I didn't mean to doubt your words."

"It's fine. Although the Woeful Poison Body is uncommon, it is documented. I called you over to guard me while I cultivate this flight Dou Technique."

"Alright!"

Xiao Yi Xian put away the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture and stood guard nearby with a serious expression.

Xiao Ze touched the wings on the scroll with his fingertip, and a soul impact surged from them.

Just as Xiao Ze prepared himself for a war of attrition, he realized that this soul impact didn't seem like much at all!

His resistance to this type of attack had increased significantly!

Facing the impact of the violent soul now felt like nothing more than a gentle breeze brushing against his face.

After a period of time, the impact of the violent soul finally receded like a tide.

Xiao Ze did not hesitate and continued his cultivation.

He hadn't even expended much energy enduring that first impact.

He had to finish the cultivation in one go!

Water-blue Dou Qi covered the wings on the scroll.

The wings erupted with purple and black light, which grew increasingly intense.

Finally, like a bolt of lightning, the light surged along Xiao Ze's palm and into his body.

It began to carve out two tiny meridians within him!

Intense pain, like a rising tide, washed over him once again.

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