In the Cave

After wrapping an arm around Little Doctor Fairy's waist, Xiao Yun leaped straight off the cliff.

Little Doctor Fairy went pale with fright, her heart pounding wildly. "Are you trying to get us killed?!"

Extending his soul power, Xiao Yun bounced off the cliff face several times before landing steadily in front of a cave.

Once her hands and feet touched the ground, Little Doctor Fairy felt dizzy and nearly lost her footing. It took her quite a while to recover.

Little Doctor Fairy shot Xiao Yun a resentful look, but before she could lose her temper, rustling sounds came from the left side of the cave.

Glancing in the direction of the sound, Little Doctor Fairy immediately ran behind Xiao Yun.

"Rock Snake!"

Little Doctor Fairy's face instantly turned pale. She had not expected a Rock Snake to be lurking near this cave, and she was deeply thankful that she had not encountered this magical beast during her previous explorations.

Rock Snakes were magical beasts that lived among rock walls. They were generally around the first rank and looked much like ordinary snakes.

Moreover, because Rock Snakes were a mutated earth-element magical beast, their bodies were as hard as stone. Ordinary blades could hardly harm them at all.

They were extremely troublesome magical beasts.

"Xiao Yun, hurry up and deal with it!" Little Doctor Fairy said anxiously.

She had no way to handle a Rock Snake herself, so she could only place her hopes on Xiao Yun.

Yet Xiao Yun did not deal with the Rock Snake immediately. Instead, he maliciously let it draw closer, intending to scare Little Doctor Fairy a little more.

Seeing the Rock Snake getting closer and closer, Little Doctor Fairy shouted angrily, "Xiao Yun, you bastard! Hurry up and do something!"

Figuring that was enough, Xiao Yun formed a sword with his hand and slashed at the leaping Rock Snake. A powerful surge of Dou Qi flashed out, slicing the Rock Snake cleanly in two.

Clapping his hands, Xiao Yun said, "It was only a small magical beast. Look how scared you were."

Little Doctor Fairy opened her dark eyes wide and fiercely glared at Xiao Yun.

She was certain that Xiao Yun had deliberately delayed killing the Rock Snake.

"Alright, I know your eyes are pretty. Let's go. Time to hunt for treasure."

Ignoring Little Doctor Fairy's furious glare, Xiao Yun turned and headed into the cave.

"Bad man," Little Doctor Fairy muttered, following far behind him.

The cave was very deep, and the two were soon swallowed by darkness.

Even with a torch to light their way, the darkness surrounding them and trailing behind them grew more oppressive as they went deeper. Fear crept into Little Doctor Fairy's heart, and under that pressure, she gradually moved closer to Xiao Yun.

Having someone beside her gave her a little sense of security.

The pitch-black world made people unwilling to speak. Little Doctor Fairy kept walking behind Xiao Yun, but before long, Xiao Yun suddenly stopped.

"Ah!" Little Doctor Fairy had not expected Xiao Yun to stop so suddenly. Unable to rein herself in, she crashed into his back.

At such intimate contact, Little Doctor Fairy's face immediately flushed crimson. She hurriedly stepped back and said irritably, "Why did you suddenly stop?"

"There's no path ahead," Xiao Yun said calmly, as if the incident just now had caused no ripple in his heart.

Little Doctor Fairy looked ahead and indeed saw a stone door blocking their way.

Frowning slightly, Little Doctor Fairy stepped forward and studied the stone door. "Beyond this stone door should be the destination of our trip."

Walking over to the stone door, Xiao Yun said, "Move aside. I'll blast it open."

"You only know how to use brute force. There must be a mechanism on this stone door. If you smash it open and ruin the treasure inside, I'll bite you." Rolling her eyes at Xiao Yun, Little Doctor Fairy ran her jade-like hand across the stone door and slowly examined it.

Seeing Little Doctor Fairy choose such a troublesome method, Xiao Yun shrugged and stopped bothering with her. Instead, he began looking around at the surroundings.

The surrounding stone walls bore traces of artificial carving, depicting some images. However, they had become extremely blurred after so much time, making it impossible to tell what they meant.

"I found it!" Little Doctor Fairy cried joyfully not long after.

She had crouched beside the stone door, touching a small protrusion beneath it. She pressed it lightly, and a creaking sound rang out as the stone door gradually rose.

"Hehe." A smug expression appeared on Little Doctor Fairy's face.

Xiao Yun smiled lightly when he saw it and gave her a thumbs-up.

As the stone door rose, light spilled from within and drove away the darkness. Soon, the interior beyond the stone door came into view.

Perhaps because Xiao Yun had praised her, Little Doctor Fairy became even smugger than before. Raising her snow-white chin, she said, "Let's go in."

The two stepped through the stone door and entered a stone chamber. The space inside was quite vast.

The stone chamber looked very simple. Luminous stones used for illumination were embedded in the walls, while in the center stood a stone chair with a skeleton seated upon it.

Within the stone chamber, that set of human bones looked somewhat eerie and lonely.

In front of the skeleton stood a stone platform, upon which rested three locked stone boxes.

Aside from that, the corners of the chamber held piles of glittering gold coins and other valuables. There were roughly several hundred thousand gold coins.

Xiao Yun had no interest in money. His gaze searched around before finally stopping at a corner.

There was a patch of soil in the corner of the stone chamber, where all kinds of precious medicinal herbs grew. The value of those herbs alone exceeded that of the piles of gold coins in the chamber.

"Purple-Blue Leaf, Snow Lotus Seed, Dragon-Tail Grass, Magnolia Seed Flower..."

Little Doctor Fairy stared blankly at the patch of soil as the names of one high-grade medicinal herb after another spilled from her small lips.

Xiao Yun's eyes swept over the high-grade medicinal herbs one by one before finally settling on a stalk with alternating white and red leaves at the center—the Ice Spirit Flame Grass.

This Ice Spirit Flame Grass was something Xiao Yan would need in the future. Since Xiao Yun had come across it, he naturally had to secure it for Xiao Yan.

"You know this thing too?" Little Doctor Fairy asked in surprise when she saw Xiao Yun staring at the Ice Spirit Flame Grass.

Not many people bothered to memorize knowledge about medicinal herbs. She herself had only read some basic books on medicinal herbs because of her dream.

"Yes, one of my juniors needs it." Xiao Yun nodded, then turned to gaze at Little Doctor Fairy, his meaning obvious.

"You want to take the most valuable thing as soon as we get here?" Little Doctor Fairy asked somewhat unwillingly.

Seeing this, Xiao Yun chuckled. "What a little money-grubber. How about this? I'll only take the Ice Spirit Flame Grass. You can have all the other herbs."

Hearing Xiao Yun say this, Little Doctor Fairy's face immediately brightened. She no longer cared that he had called her a money-grubber and nodded.

Xiao Yun stepped forward, carefully collected the Ice Spirit Flame Grass without damaging it, then moved aside.

Little Doctor Fairy took out a small shovel and began digging up the remaining herbs.

Xiao Yun did not disturb Little Doctor Fairy. Instead, he walked over to the skeleton.

Three black keys lay quietly in the skeleton's palm.

After picking up the keys, Xiao Yun carefully examined the skeleton's arm. Finally, he took out a small scroll from a crack in the bone.

Little Doctor Fairy quickly finished gathering the herbs. Xiao Yun called out, "Come over, time to divide the treasure. Don't say I opened the treasure chests without telling you later."