The cave was silent, with a faint chill hanging in the darkness.
Xiao Yi Xian rubbed her arms, feeling the biting cold.
Seeing Xiao Ze's strong figure ahead, Xiao Yi Xian unconsciously quickened her pace and moved a little closer to him.
The simple torch gave off little light, barely illuminating their surroundings.
Xiao Yi Xian stared at Xiao Ze, her mind wandering.
I wonder what Xiao Ze looks like beneath that mask.
Just as Xiao Yi Xian was lost in her imagination, Xiao Ze suddenly stopped.
Xiao Yi Xian didn't manage to stop in time and bumped into Xiao Ze again!
Their bodies fit together almost perfectly.
Feeling the unusual contact, Xiao Ze didn't move.
Xiao Yi Xian hurriedly stepped away from behind Xiao Ze.
That collision had squashed her peaks into hills!
Xiao Ze definitely noticed!
Xiao Yi Xian felt a little embarrassed.
But after their intimate embrace while descending the cliff earlier, she recovered quickly this time.
"Xiao Ze, what's wrong? Why did you suddenly stop?"
"Ahem, we've reached the end of the cave. Got something on your mind? You seemed lost in thought. I did try to warn you."
Xiao Ze coughed and explained.
His voice had been a little soft, but in this quiet cave, anyone who wasn't too distracted would have heard him clearly.
Xiao Yi Xian's pretty face flushed slightly. Seeing that Xiao Ze hadn't brought up their awkward moment, she simply went along with what he'd said.
She looked toward the end of the cave.
There stood a stone door glowing with a pale yellow light.
"Looks like this really is some kind of fortuitous encounter!"
Xiao Yi Xian hurried over to the stone door.
A stone door built by human hands like this was probably the entrance to a cave dwelling left behind by some senior.
Xiao Ze followed and came to stand beside Xiao Yi Xian.
He remembered that this was a mechanism door, and the switch was probably hidden somewhere nearby.
His soul perception spread out, and he soon found the switch!
Xiao Yi Xian was frowning as she tried to figure out how to open the stone door.
Xiao Ze had already kicked a protruding spot. With a creak, the stone door slowly rose.
"Wow! Xiao Ze, you're amazing! You found a way to open the mechanism door so quickly!"
As the stone door opened, Xiao Yi Xian turned to Xiao Ze in surprise.
The firelight reflected in her wide eyes, making them sparkle with admiration. She looked adorable.
"Haha, my perception is just a little sharper than most."
"You don't have to be so modest. I feel like there's nothing you can't do."
Xiao Yi Xian said earnestly, counting on her fingers as she listed everything.
"My constitution, what happened in Green Mountain Town, and now this stone door. It seems like no matter what happens, you can solve it with ease!"
"All right, if you keep praising me, I'll get conceited. Come on, the stone door is open. Let's see what kind of good things the senior left behind."
The two entered the stone chamber. A large pile of gold and silver had been casually heaped to one side.
"Looks like this senior didn't care much about money," Xiao Yi Xian said thoughtfully.
"Maybe there's something even more valuable," Xiao Ze replied, surveying the chamber.
In the center stood a table and chairs. A skeleton sat in the chair, and three boxes rested on the table.
Besides 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 medicinal herbs! And this is the Ice Spirit Flame Grass, which is almost impossible to find outside!"
Xiao Yi Xian ran over excitedly, naming each precious medicinal herb with precision.
"Just like you said, Xiao Ze. Compared to all that gold and silver, these high-grade medicinal herbs are the real treasures!"
"Haha, hurry up and gather the herbs. I'll take a look around."
"Okay!" Xiao Yi Xian nodded obediently and took out a jade shovel.
She carefully dug the herbs out of the flower bed and stored them away with care.
Meanwhile, Xiao Ze took three keys from the skeleton's hand.
He also found a fragment of a map to the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame.
But it was too early to think about the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame.
After waiting a while, Xiao Yi Xian came over, beaming with excitement, and nodded to Xiao Ze.
"Come on, let's open the treasure chests!"
Xiao Ze opened the three boxes on the stone table one by one.
They contained the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture, the high-grade Huang-tier Flying Dou Technique Purple Cloud Wings, and the high-grade Huang-tier Dou Technique Mad Lion Roar.
"Xiao Yi Xian, you can keep this Seven-Colored Poison Scripture. I already told you that I don't want to concoct poisons."
"Okay. I don't want the other two Dou Techniques. They don't seem suited to my affinity."
Xiao Yi Xian happily took the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture and began flipping through it on the spot.
Xiao Ze looked over Purple Cloud Wings and Mad Lion Roar. There was no danger now, so they could stay in the stone chamber a little longer.
They could even remain in the cave until they returned to Wutan City.
This place was secluded and safe. Ordinary people would never find it; they only had to watch out for flying magical beasts.
The two found separate spots to begin cultivating. Xiao Ze unrolled the black scroll, revealing a pair of lifelike wings!
A breeze passed over them, and the feathers on the wings swayed gently.
Cultivating Purple Cloud Wings was no simple matter. The soul of a fifth-tier magical beast, the Black Flame Purple Cloud Eagle, dwelled within!
Though it was only an unconscious beast, it was still not to be underestimated.
It was said to possess a trace of the ancient phoenix's bloodline, and its flying speed ranked among the best.
In the original story, Xiao Yan had been able to withstand the impact of the remnant soul because his soul was strong enough.
With Yao Lao's help, he had held fast to his original nature and avoided becoming a beast that knew only slaughter.
Xiao Ze was very confident in the strength of his own soul. It was definitely far beyond that of anyone at the same level!
Moreover, when he had advanced to Dou Master earlier, the system's feedback had further strengthened his soul!
Dealing with an unconscious soul's impact should be fairly easy now.
After studying the scroll carefully, Xiao Ze called over Xiao Yi Xian, who was examining the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture.
"Xiao Ze, is something wrong? I found a record of the Woeful Poison Body in the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture! It's pretty much just like you said."
Xiao Yi Xian came over with the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture in her hands. Then she suddenly realized she might have said the wrong thing.
"Xiao Ze, I'm not doubting what you said."
"All right. The Woeful Poison Body isn't common, but it has been recorded before. I called you over to keep watch while I cultivate this Flying Dou Technique."
"Okay!"
Xiao Yi Xian put away the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture and stood guard nearby, her expression serious.
Xiao Ze touched the wings on the scroll with his fingertip. A wave of soul energy surged out of them.
Just as Xiao Ze prepared for a long battle, he realized the soul impact wasn't all that impressive!
His resistance to this kind of attack had increased dramatically!
Now, facing the impact of a violent soul, it felt like a gentle breeze brushing over him.
After a while, the violent soul's impact finally receded like a tide.
Xiao Ze didn't hesitate and continued cultivating.
That first impact had barely drained him.
He had to ride the momentum and finish cultivating in one go!
Water-blue Dou Qi covered the wings on the scroll.
The wings glowed purple and black, their radiance growing ever more intense.
At last, they shot into Xiao Ze's body like lightning, traveling through his palm.
They began to open up two tiny subsidiary meridians inside him!
A fierce pain surged over him once more, like the sea.
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