The Third Stone Box

[After learning that you wanted to take a long leave of absence, Instructor Ruo Lin was stunned for a moment. She spoke gently, trying to change your mind.

Her full yet exquisite figure exuded a mature charm that young girls could hardly match. A gentle smile rested on her beautiful face, and paired with her soft voice, she possessed an allure that made men nearly unable to refuse.]

[However, Medicine Elder had already arranged your training plan, and it couldn't be changed. You refused.]

[In the end, Instructor Ruo Lin decided to give you a chance. As long as you could last thirty exchanges under her, she would grant your leave request.]

[You chose...]

[A: Overcome with fear, you threw yourself into Instructor Ruo Lin's plump, graceful embrace and agreed to obediently attend school.]

[B: Fight Instructor Ruo Lin.]

[After you prepared yourself, the blue whip in Instructor Ruo Lin's hand slashed straight down at you like a venomous snake. You raised your hand and used the Dou Technique Medicine Elder had taught you—Flame-Blowing Palm—against it.

A burst of violent force blew out without warning, immediately knocking the whip off course.

Instructor Ruo Lin's curvaceous body spun in place. The whip that had been blown into the air suddenly trembled, then shot down from above as swiftly as a swimming dragon.

At that moment, you followed up with the Absorbing Palm you had learned from the iron sheet. Though you had sold that Dou Technique, it didn't mean you hadn't learned it yourself.

A powerful suction force erupted, causing the descending whip to accelerate sharply.

If that strike landed squarely on your head, it might immediately split your skull open. But you also possessed the Void Vortex Force.

Just as the whip was about to strike you, you instantly unleashed the Void Vortex Force. It was as though a vortex had formed in your palm. It not only shredded the whip's force, but also disrupted Instructor Ruo Lin's stance, making those perfect curves tremble sharply.

You didn't stop attacking. Your foot stomped heavily against the ground, and you charged toward Instructor Ruo Lin like an arrow leaving the bow, once again using the Eight Extremities Collapse Medicine Elder had taught you.

Watching you close in, Instructor Ruo Lin had never expected a mere Dou Shi like you to be so troublesome. She used the Force-Dispersing Water Mirror.

This was a high-level Yellow Tier Dou Technique. Though its grade wasn't high, many experts with water-attributed Dou Qi used it.

Azure Dou Qi surged from Instructor Ruo Lin's delicate palm and swiftly condensed into an oval blue water mirror before her.

Your attack followed immediately after. Its tyrannical force struck the mirror, only to be dispersed by the rushing current within.

Just when everyone thought your attack would fail, the hidden force of the Eight Extremities Collapse erupted. The entire water mirror shattered with a bang, spraying water everywhere and soaking nearly half of Instructor Ruo Lin's dress.

Having suffered a loss at the hands of a Dou Shi like you, Instructor Ruo Lin began to take things seriously. You could only defend through the Infinite Void-Sinking Force and Void Vortex Force.

Unable to defeat you for so long, Instructor Ruo Lin used her Profound Tier Dou Technique, Water Mandala, in the final exchange.

The wind pressure created by the enormous water snake condensed from Dou Qi pinned you in place, quickly trapping you within the water.

Just when everyone thought it was over, and even Medicine Elder felt he needed to intervene, you pushed the Heaven-Earth Yin-Yang Flow to its limit, dispersing the attack upon your body into heaven and earth.

With a thunderous boom, the water around your body shot in every direction. You looked at Instructor Ruo Lin with a smile.

Everyone was greatly shocked!]

[Having won your leave, you bid farewell to Ya Fei and your father, then left Wutan City.]

[Not long after leaving home, you carried the Mysterious Heavy Ruler on your back once more. Due to the tremendous improvement in your physical condition, you still moved as swiftly as if you were flying, leaving Medicine Elder dumbfounded.]

[After arriving at Qingshan Town, you bought Blood Lotus Essence, mistaken for Yellow Lotus Essence, from the Thousand Medicines Hall pharmacy at an extremely low price.]

[Without being greedy, you left directly. Upon stepping outside, you still saw Little Fairy Doctor, dressed in white, her slender waist supple as a willow.]

[Knowing that Little Fairy Doctor wasn't as pure and fairy-like as she appeared, and that she had plenty of means to protect herself, you merely glanced at her a few times before finding an inn to rest.]

[The next day, you displayed the strength of a two-star Dou Zhe and joined Little Fairy Doctor's herb-gathering team.]

[Along the way, the way you effortlessly slaughtered magical beasts with overwhelming strength not only earned the admiration of the mercenaries, but also drew the attention and invitation of Mu Li from the Wolf Head Mercenary Group. You refused.]

[After setting up camp, you passed through the forest and reached the cliff. Little Fairy Doctor had still arrived before you.]

[Looking at the fair jade hand reaching out from the cliff, you chose...]

[A: Ruthlessly destroy the flower and keep the treasure for yourself.]

[B: Pull her up and use your strength to make her submit.]

[The vast difference in strength left Little Fairy Doctor with no choice but to cooperate with you and share the spoils.]

[At dusk, after meeting up with Little Fairy Doctor, you wrapped an arm around her slender waist, which was too delicate to grasp fully, and pulled on the rope as you descended the cliff.]

[Already knowing that a Rock Snake would attack here, you reacted the instant it moved. Bending your finger into a bow and condensing your Qi into a string, you used the Lava Heaven-Breaking Force to compress fire-attributed Dou Qi, piercing through the Rock Snake's head and killing it.

Afterward, you used the Absorbing Palm to retrieve the Rock Snake's corpse and obtained a first-tier magical beast core.]

[After entering the cave, you divided the medicinal herbs with Little Fairy Doctor, then walked to the skeleton and took the key on its arm, along with the fragment map of the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame hidden within.]

[Knowing that Mu Li and the other mercenaries were waiting behind you like orioles, you quickly opened the three stone boxes. From the third stone box, you obtained the high-level Profound Tier Dou Technique, Mad Lion's Roar.]

[At that moment, Mu Li and the others appeared. You immediately took out the Mysterious Heavy Ruler and, with strength gradually approaching that of a two-star Dou Shi, began a one-sided slaughter.]

[As you were about to reach the cave entrance, Little Fairy Doctor warned you that there was an ambush atop the cliff. You chose...]

[A: Leave later by riding Little Fairy Doctor's magical beast.]

[B: Kill your way straight up.]

[After killing the mercenaries left behind, you parted ways with Little Fairy Doctor.]

[Upon arriving at a hidden valley with a waterfall, you examined your gains.]

[Although you had obtained the item from the third stone box, it was unfortunate that Mad Lion's Roar was a wind-attributed Dou Technique and unsuitable for your cultivation.]