Little Fairy Doctor's Grievance, an Unexpected Surprise, a New Side Quest

"What do you want with me? We've only just met. We're not familiar with each other." Wang Teng asked curiously.

Little Fairy Doctor had heard that Wu Tan City was holding an alchemy competition. Since Wu Tan City was not far from Green Mountain Town, she had come over to take a look.

She should have returned after watching it, but after seeing the effects of the Combined-Strength Pill, she suddenly changed her mind.

Facing Wang Teng's gaze, Little Fairy Doctor said, "I want to buy a Combined-Strength Pill."

"You should go to the Mittel Auction House," Wang Teng replied.

Little Fairy Doctor revealed an embarrassed expression.

"Short on money?" Wang Teng probed.

Sure enough, the tips of Little Fairy Doctor's ears reddened as she nodded slightly.

This afternoon, the Mittel Auction House auctioned off Combined-Strength Pills. I went, but I simply couldn't outbid those people.

They bid first-tier pills up to twenty thousand gold coins each. What Fighter could come up with that much money?

"You're quite bold for a young woman, daring to come knocking alone for the sake of a single pill." Wang Teng admired her.

The Jia Lie Clan did not have the best reputation in Wu Tan City. The image of Young Master Jia Lie Ao bullying men and women alike was deeply ingrained in the hearts of most of Wu Tan City's residents.

Little Fairy Doctor's delicate body tensed, and her jade-like hand pressed against the belt at her waist. She shouted, "I'm warning you, don't try anything. I know several kinds of poison."

A strange expression appeared on Wang Teng's face.

Under his scrutinizing gaze, Little Fairy Doctor felt uncomfortable all over and asked nervously, "What are you looking at?"

Other than having a slimmer waist, this woman's figure was far inferior to Ya Fei's.

Wang Teng secretly shook his head. "Put away those pitiful tricks of yours. Those poisons are useless against me."

Unless you've awakened the Woeful Poison Body by now.

Hearing Wang Teng's blunt words, Little Fairy Doctor looked dejected.

Perhaps it was because the poisons she regarded as her trump cards had been dismissed by Wang Teng, or perhaps because her own charm had been ignored.

"I only have five thousand three hundred and thirteen gold coins. Can I buy one Combined-Strength Pill?" Little Fairy Doctor took out a card and a bag of gold coins.

Such an exact amount? Could that be all the money she had?

For her to save up this much in Green Mountain Town, she had probably spent a long time doing so.

Wang Teng asked in confusion, "Why do you want to buy a Combined-Strength Pill?"

"To increase my strength." Little Fairy Doctor looked to the side, avoiding Wang Teng's eyes.

"You're lying!" Wang Teng said.

"I'm not," Little Fairy Doctor replied.

"As far as I know, you hold a very high status in the hearts of those mercenaries in Green Mountain Town. Your personal strength isn't that important to you, so there's no need for you to spend so much money on pills." Wang Teng sneered.

Little Fairy Doctor's delicate body trembled slightly, as though someone had seen through the secret in her heart.

How strange. I've never heard of Wang Teng in Green Mountain Town. Why does he know so much about me?

I naturally know how those mercenaries treat me.

If I weren't worried that the cave I discovered would draw other people's attention if I delayed too long, I never would have spent all my savings on a Combined-Strength Pill.

"If you don't want to sell it, just say so. I won't buy it, then." Little Fairy Doctor stood up to leave.

She had only taken one step when Wang Teng's cold voice came from behind her. "Stop!"

Little Fairy Doctor turned around, her eyes slightly red. Her fingers slipped into the green belt around her waist as she asked aggrievedly, "What?"

"When did I say I wasn't selling?" Wang Teng countered, pointing at the seat opposite him. "Sit down first."

Little Fairy Doctor asked in surprise, "You're willing to sell it to me at a lower price?"

Wang Teng knew perfectly well whether a Combined-Strength Pill was worth twenty thousand gold coins each. Ya Fei's ability to sell them for that price was her own skill, coupled with the pills' scarcity.

At the normal price for a first-tier pill, selling a Combined-Strength Pill for five thousand each would already count as expensive.

Wang Teng looked at Little Fairy Doctor as she sat down again. "I can sell you one, but you have to agree to one condition."

Little Fairy Doctor instinctively clutched her collar and asked warily, "Say it first."

"When you return to Green Mountain Town, take me with you," Wang Teng said.

"Alright." Little Fairy Doctor breathed a sigh of relief. A trace of curiosity flashed through her eyes. "What are you going to Green Mountain Town for?"

"I'm an alchemist. Of course I'm going there for medicinal herbs. What else? Did you think I was going for you?" Wang Teng said.

What an infuriating man!

Am I that ugly?

Little Fairy Doctor gritted her teeth in anger at Wang Teng's faintly disdainful tone.

Just you wait. Once we reach Green Mountain Town, it'll be my territory. If you dare keep up that attitude from today, let's see how those mercenaries mess with you.

"Here's the money. Hand over the pill." Little Fairy Doctor smiled sweetly.

Light flashed from Wang Teng's storage ring, and a jade bottle fell into his palm. He tossed it toward Little Fairy Doctor.

Little Fairy Doctor cried out in alarm and caught the jade bottle, its surface covered in greasy stains. She glared at Wang Teng angrily.

"Why are there so many?" Opening the bottle's cap, Little Fairy Doctor was startled by the three round pills inside.

Could everything he said before have been intentional? Was this his way of playing hard to get?

Seeing Little Fairy Doctor sneak a glance at him, Wang Teng said indifferently, "Take one out yourself."

Little Fairy Doctor stared at the bottle in conflicted silence.

"This is the Jia Lie Clan. You don't really think you can snatch the pills and run away with that little strength of yours, do you?" Wang Teng's punchable voice came over.

Little Fairy Doctor bared her teeth and said fiercely, "Believe it or not, I'll eat them all?"

"Go ahead. But you'd better be ready to work off your debt." Wang Teng did not care in the slightest.

In the end, Little Fairy Doctor poured one pill out and placed it in her fair palm for Wang Teng to see clearly.

With the Combined-Strength Pill in hand, she prepared to leave.

"I advise you to eat it right here. Otherwise, if Mu Li finds out, he might snatch it away," Wang Teng said.

Little Fairy Doctor stopped at the door, a conflicted expression appearing on her pretty face.

The reason she had bought the Combined-Strength Pill was to secretly increase her strength, so she could explore that cave with greater confidence.

If Mu Li finds out, he might not take it from me, but my plan to hide my strength would be ruined too.

"Stop trying to sow discord between Mu Li and me," Little Fairy Doctor said stubbornly.

But after retorting, she sat cross-legged with her back to Wang Teng and swallowed the Combined-Strength Pill.

Wang Teng nearly failed to keep a straight face.

A moment later, energy rippled around Little Fairy Doctor, and her cultivation rose by two stars.

Feeling that fluctuation, Wang Teng could not help but sigh.

Before awakening the Woeful Poison Body, Little Fairy Doctor was truly weak. Even after taking a pill, she had only risen to a three-star Fighter.

Yet in the future, relying on the Woeful Poison Body, she would surpass Xiao Yan and reach the Dou Zong realm before him.

"I'm leaving. We'll return to Green Mountain Town tomorrow. I'll come find you before we set off." Little Fairy Doctor hurried away.

Wang Teng withdrew his gaze, and a thought crossed his mind.

[Side Quest: Little Fairy Doctor's Trouble! Follow Little Fairy Doctor back to Green Mountain Town and help complete the cave exploration! Reward unknown.]

His sudden change of mind and request to go to Green Mountain Town with her had not been a whim.

It was because he had discovered that he had triggered a side quest.

Compared to the rewards for main quests, the rewards from the two side quests so far had both been quite good. Whether it was the three pill formulas or the Mind-Splitting Technique, both were extremely practical.

In a little over a year, he would have to face the Alchemist Tournament.

Wang Teng urgently needed to grow stronger, so he certainly would not miss any opportunity to obtain system rewards.

Besides, the treasures inside that cave were quite good as well.

Xiao Yan, I'm taking your opportunity for myself.

Nothing happened that night.

The next morning, Wang Teng woke up, washed up, and prepared to set off.