Purple Spirit Crystal

Inside the cave, Yun Yun sat cross-legged on the stone bed with her eyes tightly shut, powerful Dou Qi fluctuations radiating from her body. After roughly half an hour, she formed a seal with her hands, her cherry lips parting as she gave a soft shout. "Break for me."

As her low shout rang out, the air instantly froze. Jia Lie Jun felt even breathing become somewhat difficult as dense energy spread through the cave. Yun Yun slowly opened her beautiful eyes, a sharp gleam flashing within them, carrying an innate authority. Then she walked out of the cave and said without looking back, "Let's go." Hearing this, Jia Lie Jun hurriedly followed.

Beside the waterfall, Yun Yun stretched her limbs and expanded her chest, instantly revealing her curvaceous figure in full. Jia Lie Jun's heart skipped, and he quickly shifted his gaze away, not daring to look any longer.

"We'll act according to the plan. Be careful," Yun Yun said softly. Then her body trembled slightly, and a pair of cyan wings slowly extended from her back. Seeing Jia Lie Jun stretch out both arms in an embrace, she asked in confusion, "What are you doing?"

"Hey, my Lady Dou Emperor, it's so far away, and I can't fly. Are you expecting me to sprint all the way there?" Jia Lie Jun said with a helpless expression.

Yun Yun drew a deep breath, suppressed the gloom in her heart, and nodded helplessly. Seeing her nod, Jia Lie Jun happily wrapped his arms around Yun Yun's slender waist. With the beauty in his arms, a faint, intoxicating fragrance of extremely refined quality drifted into his nose, and he took a deep sniff. The cyan wings gave a slight flap, and a tremendous buoyant force lifted the two of them into the air.

"Why are you holding me so tightly?" Yun Yun asked, looking impatient.

"I'm a little afraid of heights. I'm scared I'll fall," Jia Lie Jun whispered against Yun Yun's crystalline, jade-like earlobe. The warm breath by her ear made Yun Yun's face flush red, and a tingling sensation ran from her tailbone all the way to the back of her head. Her body stiffened slightly, wobbling in midair. Then her jade hand reached toward the soft flesh at Jia Lie Jun's waist and twisted hard, making Jia Lie Jun bare his teeth in pain. Hearing him suck in a cold breath, the corners of Yun Yun's mouth lifted slightly, her face full of smug satisfaction.

After flying for about half an hour, Yun Yun slowly descended toward the ground. The moment his feet touched down, Jia Lie Jun reluctantly let go of Yun Yun's waist.

"That is the cave where the Amethyst Winged Lion King resides. In a while, I will deal with the magical beasts guarding the entrance and draw out the Amethyst Winged Lion King. You take the chance to sneak into the cave and retrieve the Purple Spirit Crystal." Yun Yun extended a slender jade finger and pointed toward a mountain ridge not far away. Jia Lie Jun looked in that direction and focused his gaze, only to see a cave faintly visible behind the cover of tree branches. Jia Lie Jun nodded solemnly.

"Take this crystal. It will heat up once it gets close to the Purple Spirit Crystal." Yun Yun took a rhombus-shaped crystal from her Storage Ring and handed it to Jia Lie Jun. Jia Lie Jun accepted the crystal, examined it, and casually hung it around his neck.

"I'll do my best to hold back the Amethyst Winged Lion King and buy you enough time. You... be careful. Don't let anything happen to you." Yun Yun looked at Jia Lie Jun with concern and softly reminded him.

Jia Lie Jun smiled faintly, patted his chest hard, and said with heroic confidence, "Don't worry about me. This bit of danger won't stump me. In the future, I'm going to make my name resound throughout the Dou Qi Continent. Oh right, you be careful too. I wouldn't mind taking care of a beauty like you."

"Enough. What time is it, and you're still spouting nonsense?" Yun Yun rolled her eyes at Jia Lie Jun, then said softly, "Since we're ready, let's begin." With that, her cyan wings flapped, and she swept toward the mountain ridge.

A violent lion roar resounded throughout the entire Monster Beast Mountain Range. Yun Yun and the Amethyst Winged Lion King faced each other in the sky. Seeing this, Jia Lie Jun did not hesitate at all and sprinted wildly toward the Amethyst Winged Lion King's cave. Along the way, Jia Lie Jun encountered quite a few magical beast corpses, their wounds smooth and neat. They had likely been chopped into several pieces by Yun Yun's sword.

At the cave entrance, Jia Lie Jun stopped. The Spiritual Power in his Mud Pill Palace swept through the entire cave like a tide, probing it. After investigating, he discovered two magical beasts guarding the entrance. He then took out a jade bottle and sprinkled the medicinal powder inside all over his body. These powders were very common powders used to mask human scent, and they had a strong market among mercenaries.

Then he spread the Purple Cloud Wings on his back and flew in a circle along the cave entrance. He discovered a narrow stone hole in the rock wall, just barely large enough for a person to pass through. Jia Lie Jun was overjoyed. He put away the Purple Cloud Wings and crawled in through the stone hole. After entering the cave, Jia Lie Jun had no time to observe his surroundings and rushed toward the depths of the cave. In a few flashes, he arrived at the center of the cave.

Jia Lie Jun stared heatedly at the center of the cave, where a purple sphere the size of a watermelon was placed atop a square platform over a meter high, piled together from purple crystal stones. His thoughts spun. Then he withdrew from the center of the cave and tiptoed into the passage on the left. He stuck out his head and looked inside, only to see a small Amethyst Winged Lion King lying in a nest made of piled purple crystal stones, sleeping soundly.

Jia Lie Jun smiled strangely and took an oil-paper packet from his Storage Ring, which contained white medicinal powder. Immediately after, he reached out, Dou Qi condensing in his palm into a tiny vortex that blew out light gusts of wind. The white powder drifted into the cave with the breeze, and as the Amethyst Winged Lion King breathed, it inhaled a large amount of the powder.

After roughly a few minutes, the little Amethyst Winged Lion King gradually became restless, low lion growls coming from its mouth. Then it opened its beast pupils, flapped its wings, and flew toward the cave entrance.

Seeing this, Jia Lie Jun rushed into the cave, took out the rhombus-shaped crystal, and turned around inside the cave for a long while before finally finding the Purple Spirit Crystal beneath the little Amethyst Winged Lion King's nest. He placed it into his Storage Ring, turned around, and ran toward the center of the cave.

Arriving before the purple sphere, Jia Lie Jun took out a jade bottle the size of a wine jug and used the Purple Spirit Crystal to carefully tap the purple sphere. With a crack, several fissures instantly appeared across the surface of the purple sphere. Then, with a bang, it shattered apart. Thick purple liquid immediately flowed out, and Jia Lie Jun hurriedly caught it with the jade bottle.

Only after not a single drop of the Companion Purple Crystal Source was left did Jia Lie Jun plug it with a jade stopper, turn around, and shoot toward the cave entrance. However, before he had run far, an enraged lion roar came in from the cave entrance, and Jia Lie Jun hurriedly stopped. He saw the little Amethyst Winged Lion King blocking the entrance, its beast pupils glaring furiously at Jia Lie Jun.

Jia Lie Jun swallowed, braced himself, and the Storage Ring on his hand flashed faintly. A longsword appeared out of thin air, three mysterious runes carved upon it. It was actually a Three-Marked Treasure Artifact. The longsword floated in the air, trembling slightly and letting out waves of humming. Cyan Dou Qi slowly spread out from within his body and wrapped around Jia Lie Jun's surface, actually forming a thin gauze-like garment.

Jia Lie Jun steeled his heart and stomped heavily on the ground. The tremendous force actually cracked the stone beneath him. Borrowing the ground's recoil, his body shot forward like a cannonball, carrying a whistling sound as he charged fiercely toward the little Amethyst Winged Lion King. At the same time, the longsword gleaming with a cold light also stabbed swiftly toward the little Amethyst Winged Lion King's beast pupils.