Lucky Draw and Check-in Points

This mission required him to stop Xiao Yan from showing off, preventing him from making the same bold, impassioned declaration before Nalan Yanran as he had in Battle Through the Heavens. Honestly, it was rather difficult!

After all, Xiao Yan's mouth was on Xiao Yan himself. How was Chu Yang supposed to shut him up?

Though he found it difficult, Chu Yang was no longer merely eager to give it a try. He absolutely had to do it.

Having tasted the benefits of the previous Lucky Draw—the Medicine Emperor's basic alchemy skills—he found them quite useful.

Once someone had tasted the sweetness of something, they could never stop at just one taste. Chu Yang was no exception!

Besides, there were another twenty thousand checkpoint points at stake!

This mission was simply too tempting!

The previous mission had only awarded ten thousand checkpoint points, while this one gave three times as much. How could that not make him salivate?

"Mm..."

Chu Yang was already delighting in the thought of receiving the reward when Xiao Yi Xian stirred awake beside him.

This time, Xiao Yi Xian had fully recovered. She no longer looked as terrifying as she had when she was taking poison earlier.

"You're awake!"

After saying that, Chu Yang did not know what else to say. He could hardly start boasting about how much he had done for Xiao Yi Xian, hoping to earn her gratitude. He felt that approach was rather beneath him.

"Mm! Just now, you did that to me..."

It sounded a little like she was holding him accountable. Chu Yang froze. Could it be that his good intentions had gone unrewarded and had even been misunderstood?

Seeing his expression, Xiao Yi Xian suddenly giggled. "I was teasing you! I'm not blind. I saw that you were helping me!"

Chu Yang smiled at once. In truth, he had not felt particularly relieved; even if Xiao Yi Xian had misunderstood him, he would not have been afraid.

That was because he now possessed the Medicine Emperor's basic alchemy skills. He believed that, in the future, he could refine pills for Xiao Yi Xian—at the very least, pills that could ease the pain caused by the Ebon Poison Body better than his previous crude methods.

Perhaps... he could even use certain pills in place of poison for Xiao Yi Xian to consume, with far less severe side effects. In the end, he might be able to prolong the time before Xiao Yi Xian died from the Ebon Poison Body, perhaps even until he could refine the Medicine Emperor's advanced pills and cure her illness completely!

But not now. For now, it was only Chu Yang's fantasy.

Still, it was possible in the future.

Chu Yang reminded himself that he had to complete missions quickly. Only then could it become reality.

And he had just received a system mission. He needed to hurry to the Xiao Clan in Wutan City.

It was not that he did not want to spend more time with Xiao Yi Xian. Though Xiao Yi Xian might not possess Xun'er's ethereal beauty, Medusa's dazzling splendor, or Ya Fei's seductive charm, her slender waist, orchid-like temperament, kindness, and gentle heart had surely made countless mercenaries in Green Mountain Town, who risked their lives in the nearby Monster Mountain Range, fall for her.

In short, Chu Yang felt an indescribable warmth and sweetness whenever he was with Xiao Yi Xian.

Precisely because he cared for her, he wanted to complete more missions as soon as possible, so that one day he could refine the Medicine Emperor's advanced pills and help her escape that suffering completely.

After Xiao Yi Xian thanked Chu Yang, he took the opportunity to ask where they were.

Chu Yang said that he had entered the Monster Mountain Range in search of medicinal ingredients and gotten lost. It was a harmless lie. He did not want to tell Xiao Yi Xian outright that he had transmigrated here. It was not because he thought she would immediately be frightened; rather, he felt that even if he solemnly told her the truth, she might not believe him and might instead think there was something wrong with his mind. Why bother?

When Xiao Yi Xian heard that Chu Yang did not even know where he was, she was somewhat surprised. She found it hard to understand how he had dared enter the Monster Mountain Range alone to search for medicinal ingredients, since she could tell that he did not seem to possess even the strength of a one-star Dou Zhe.

Someone like him entering the Monster Mountain Range alone was not searching for medicine—it was courting death! Did he not know how dangerous the Monster Mountain Range was?

Even its outer region contained many Magical Beasts capable of killing people.

Chu Yang then explained that he had entered with a group of people, but had been scattered by Magical Beasts and become lost afterward.

He did not want Xiao Yi Xian to worry too much about him, nor did he want her to keep questioning him and expose his lie.

Fortunately, Xiao Yi Xian did not press him for details afterward.

Through their conversation, Chu Yang learned that this was the outer region of the Monster Mountain Range, near Green Mountain Town.

Seeing that Chu Yang was eager to head for Wutan City, Xiao Yi Xian pointed out the nearest route for him.

Afterward, the two parted ways, agreeing to meet again in the future.

Chu Yang thought to himself that once he had enough checkpoint points to exchange for more of the Medicine Emperor's knowledge and skills, and could refine some pills beneficial to Xiao Yi Xian's body, he would come find her himself.

So that he could help ease the suffering brought by her Ebon Poison Body.

Chu Yang and Xiao Yi Xian had agreed to part ways in Green Mountain Town. Since Xiao Yi Xian saw that Chu Yang had no Dou Qi cultivation, she assumed he was simply a physician like herself, perhaps with some inherited methods that allowed him to help examine her condition.

Xiao Yi Xian therefore escorted Chu Yang back to Green Mountain Town, intending to have him take a flying Magical Beast from the station to Wutan City.

Chu Yang had originally been willing to take a flying Magical Beast from the station to Wutan City, but at the last moment, he suddenly realized that he had no money on him at all—not Gold Coins, nor silver coins, nor even copper coins.

He had transmigrated here wearing only a set of clothes. How could he have prepared such things? Now, he did not even have money for a meal, much less transportation.

After parting with Xiao Yi Xian, his pride as a man kept him from going back to borrow money from her.

After escorting Chu Yang to the flying Magical Beast station in Green Mountain Town that led to all directions, Xiao Yi Xian left. She probably never expected that the moment she left, Chu Yang would leave the station as well.

Unable to buy a "ticket," Chu Yang decided to wander around town first and see whether he could find any opportunities.

Because Green Mountain Town was close to the Monster Mountain Range, it was technically a remote border town of the empire. Yet with mercenary groups, herb-gathering teams, and merchant caravans conducting business there, it was actually quite lively.

As Chu Yang walked through the bustling center of Green Mountain Town, his gaze swept over the streams of passersby. Then, his eyes suddenly lit up!

At the same time, he heard words that made him rather excited—

"Miss Ya Fei, the inn has already been arranged."

Ya Fei? Could it be that woman—the exceptionally charming auctioneer from the Miel Auction House?

Chu Yang silently guessed as his eyes immediately spotted that single flash of red amid the sea of green.