Dungeon Exploration (Part 1)

Seeing that all the arrangements had been made, Yun Yun felt somewhat reassured. As she took to the air, she turned her head and softly said to Xiao Yi Xian, "You... be careful. Don't let anything happen to you."

With a slight smile, Xiao Yi Xian said, "You be careful too. Although I'd love to see you get sealed again, I still hope you'll be all right."

Yun Yun shook her head helplessly and said no more. With a flap of the wings on her back, her graceful figure leaped lightly into the sky, then shot toward the enormous cave entrance like lightning.

Xiao Yi Xian did not conceal herself. Thus, when she came within a hundred meters of the cave, waves of beastly roars echoed across the mountain range.

Her jade hand clenched, and a strange azure longsword appeared in her palm. Yun Yun transformed into a streak of azure light and plunged into the dense forest around the cave in an instant.

Immediately, shrill beast roars erupted one after another. Numerous Magical Beasts fled frantically from around the cave. Before a Dou Emperor, these savage Magical Beasts had no chance to display any savagery at all.

"Human woman! You dared to show yourself again?! Today, I will take your life to avenge the loss of my horn!"

As Yun Yun slaughtered the guarding Magical Beasts, the Amethyst Winged Lion King's furious roar exploded through the skies from within the enormous cave.

With that roar, a streak of purple light shot out of the cave like lightning and crashed headlong into the forest. Brilliant light burst forth, and the woods were instantly reduced to ruins.

As the forest was destroyed, two lights, one azure and one purple, chased each other into the heavens. More than a thousand meters above the ground, they began a fierce clash.

Glancing at the battle high in the sky, Xiao Yi Xian began to move as well. A pale-purple figure slipped past silently, then swiftly darted into the forest and stealthily made her way toward the cave atop the mountain.

After a while, Xiao Yi Xian passed through the forest Yun Yun had entered earlier. Before her lay many enormous third-tier and higher Magical Beasts, their heads severed from their bodies as they lay in pools of blood.

The bloody scene raised Xiao Yi Xian's estimation of a Dou Emperor's strength by another level.

There might have been high-tier Magic Cores within the corpses of the Magical Beasts, but Xiao Yi Xian had no time to search for them now. She swiftly leaped over the bodies and darted out of the forest.

Once she emerged from the woods, the enormous cave entrance came clearly into view.

Naturally, Xiao Yan, who was not far away, had also noticed the situation. After all, the power of a Dou Emperor was terrifying.

"Yao Lao, what's going on over there?"

Xiao Yan looked at the two swaths of azure and purple in the distance, feeling puzzled. Even the faint pressure made his heart tremble.

Yao Lao stood with his hands behind his back, watching the man and beast at the horizon. "Just a battle between Dou Emperors," he said calmly.

Xiao Yan's eyes were filled with shock and envy at those words. There were only a few Dou Emperors in the entire Jia Ma Empire.

Yao Lao looked at Xiao Yan beside him, shook his head, and said, "Come. Let's go take a look. Your teacher will conceal your aura."

Using the sword case to conceal her aura, Xiao Yi Xian quickly slipped into the cave. The light inside was not as dim as she had imagined.

Purple crystal blocks were embedded here and there along the mountain walls. These crystal blocks were natural products of the cave. In the human world, such Amethyst Crystal Blocks were quite precious decorations and worth a great deal.

The deep, spacious interior of the cave was adorned with these Amethyst Crystal Blocks, making it exceptionally beautiful. Looking at this naturally formed dwelling, Xiao Yi Xian could not help sighing. "That lion spirit actually knows how to enjoy a comfortable life. Seriously, that's awesome..."

As she carefully proceeded onward, she found that, just as Yun Yun had said, there were no other Magical Beasts within the cave. Apart from the faint sound of her footsteps, there was no other noise along the way.

After passing through the long cave passage, two branching paths appeared before her after some time.

Xiao Yi Xian frowned at the two paths and pondered for a moment. She decided to take the treasure on the left first, then head right to help Yun Yun retrieve what she wanted.

The passage on the left was quite winding. Xiao Yi Xian made several turns, and as she ventured deeper, she suddenly realized that the temperature around her was steadily rising.

Suddenly, she recalled some of the treasures from the original story, such as that liquid Xiao Yan had overestimated himself enough to lick...

Looking at the exit ahead, which faintly radiated purple light, Xiao Yi Xian rubbed her hands together and took a deep breath. Dou Qi slowly began circulating through her body, driving away the scorching sensation.

Staring at the nearby exit, Xiao Yi Xian lowered her footsteps as much as possible. Then, she cautiously poked out half her head and swiftly swept her gaze through the spacious cave interior.

To Xiao Yi Xian's surprise, her careful scan revealed no trace of even a single Magical Beast. She blinked, observed for a while longer, and only then entered with relief.

Upon entering the cave, Xiao Yi Xian looked around. At last, her gaze settled on the center of the cave, where Amethyst Crystal Stones more than a meter high had been piled into something resembling a platform.

Resting quietly atop the Amethyst Crystal Stone platform was a purple, spherical object as large as a human head.

Xiao Yi Xian stared intently at the purple sphere. She knew that all the heat within the cave was being emitted by this object.

If she remembered correctly, the liquid inside this sphere was the Companion Amethyst Crystal Source!

The Amethyst Winged Lion King was an exceptionally gifted strange beast. Otherwise, it would not have been able to become a sixth-tier Magical Beast.

Whenever this kind of Magical Beast gave birth, there was an extremely small chance that, along with the cub, it would also produce this Companion Amethyst Crystal Source.

Because the Companion Amethyst Crystal Source remained in the Lion King's womb for an extremely long time, the pure energy it contained was quite astonishing.

Once the cub grew into a fourth-tier Magical Beast, it could directly become a Fifth-tier Magical Beast by swallowing this Companion Amethyst Crystal Source.

Moreover, the Purple Fire within its body would become even more powerful than that of Amethyst Winged Lions that had never consumed the Companion Amethyst Crystal Source!

It was truly a treasure. This was Purple Fire—sixth-tier Purple Fire. Even for her, it would be of considerable use.

Even if she did not use it, it would still fetch a good price whether she sold it or did anything else with it.

Xiao Yi Xian drew You Su. Purple Sword Qi directly severed the rock beneath the Companion Amethyst Crystal Source, and she immediately stored it in her Storage Ring.

Now that she had obtained the item, it was time to change locations. Returning to the fork, Xiao Yi Xian darted into the other passage.

Since she knew there was also a young Amethyst Winged Lion King, Xiao Yi Xian was especially cautious. As she walked, she did not even dare step carelessly on the pebbles beneath her feet.

After following the passage for a while, the view before her widened once more.

With her body pressed tightly against the cave entrance, Xiao Yi Xian exposed one eye and slowly scanned the cave, which was almost entirely filled with Amethyst Crystal Stones.

Her gaze slowly came to a stop upon reaching the center, because there, a smaller Amethyst Winged Lion King was lying prone on the ground, sleeping peacefully.