Starlight lingered, the bright moon shone, and in the blink of an eye, night had fallen.
At this very moment, inside a cave filled with fluorescent light, Xiao Yan sat cross-legged on a blue stone. Before him stood the crimson Myriad Beast Cauldron, its interior blazing with flames and Heavenly Flames. The terrifyingly high temperature was so intense that even through the cauldron, one could still feel a scorching heat.
"Hmm..."
Suddenly, a soft moan came from inside the cave. The sound was quite gentle, like a beautiful woman just waking up from a dream.
At that moment, on a blue stone bed a few feet away from Xiao Yan, a beautiful young girl had just woken up from her coma. This girl was the same one who had fallen into a coma again during the day in order to avoid Xiao Yan.
The girl awoke, her beautiful eyes trembling slightly as she slowly opened them. The first thing she saw was the cold stone wall above her head. Then, she immediately recalled the events of the day.
Immediately, the girl's heart tightened slightly, and she tried to get up, but found that because her injuries were getting worse, she couldn't even move her body. Her already delicate body now only brought her a heavy sense of weakness.
Realizing this, the girl's pale face changed slightly. If she were really returned to Sun Che and his group by that kid during the day, wouldn't she be in real trouble?
With this thought in mind, the girl gritted her teeth, enduring the pain emanating from her body. She slowly turned her head and looked towards a flickering patch of firelight on the wall.
The next moment, the girl's pretty face couldn't help but freeze slightly. What appeared in her sight was a huge crimson medicine cauldron. The cauldron was engraved with various magical beasts, some of which she couldn't even name with her knowledge.
Immediately, Xiao Yan, dressed in a black robe, sitting cross-legged, and manipulating dazzling Heavenly Flames in his hands, appeared in the girl's beautiful eyes.
"Forehead..."
Startled for a moment, the girl quickly looked elsewhere in the cave, only to find that she and Xiao Yan were the only two people inside.
The girl immediately understood. It seemed that Xiao Yan hadn't really handed her over to those guys again. Perhaps what Xiao Yan said during the day was just a joke.
As the girl turned to look at Xiao Yan, he seemed to sense it as well. He slowly opened his slightly closed eyes, stopped what he was doing, and looked at the girl.
His gaze casually swept over the girl's alluring figure, and finally, Xiao Yan's eyes met hers. Their eyes locked, and the girl's expression slightly hardened, while Xiao Yan merely pursed his lips before saying:
"What, you're awake?"
Hearing Xiao Yan's question, which he already knew the answer to, the girl surprisingly blinked her bright eyes, and then tried to sit up, perhaps thinking that it would make her feel more comfortable.
"I think you'd better not move around too much. Your injuries are already recurring, and if you move again, you might die."
Turning back, Xiao Yan continued to focus intently on the medicine cauldron in front of him, while speaking to the girl in a detached tone.
"Well..."
Upon hearing Xiao Yan's words, a look of fear appeared on the girl's beautiful face. Her eyebrows furrowed slightly, and she pouted her cute little mouth before lying back down obediently with a helpless expression.
Bored, the girl turned her gaze to Xiao Yan. Noticing his skillful fire control techniques, she was astonished. Looking at Xiao Yan's youthful face, she exclaimed in surprise:
"You're an alchemist?!"
Unexpectedly, the black-robed youth in front of her, who looked to be about the same age as her, was not only stronger than her, but also an alchemist. Moreover, judging from his skillful fire control technique, his alchemist rank was probably not low either!
However, Xiao Yan remained unmoved. It wasn't that he intended to show off his alchemy skills in front of the girl; it was just that he had already given her his last Xiao Yan -Emperor Grade Pill to heal her injuries. Now, the girl's injuries had flared up again, even more severely than before. Without the help of Emperor Grade Pill, the girl might really be in mortal danger.
Xiao Yan was not a person who liked to do good deeds, but the girl's second serious injury was related to him, and he could not just sit idly by. Therefore, Xiao Yan had no choice but to refine healing pills for her.
Ignored by Xiao Yan, the girl immediately rolled her eyes at Xiao Yan before turning her gaze to the Xiao Yan medicine cauldron in front of him.
She felt a mixture of curiosity and surprise at the medicine cauldron before Xiao Yan. She hadn't expected that, despite her knowledge of magical beasts, she couldn't recognize all the various creatures depicted on the cauldron. What was the origin of this medicine cauldron?
Looking at the crimson medicine cauldron, the girl frowned. She seemed to have some recollection of it, but in the blink of an eye, it vanished without a trace.
After a long while, when Xiao Yan had refined the medicinal herbs in the cauldron to almost the required quantity, the girl suddenly seemed to remember something. Her fair and delicate face froze slightly, then her expression turned to surprise as she looked at the cauldron in front of Xiao Yan. She then turned her gaze to Xiao Yan himself, her mouth slightly open, her tone filled with utter astonishment, and said:
"Your medicine cauldron is actually the Myriad Beast Cauldron, ranked sixth on the Heavenly Cauldron Ranking! Just who are you?"
Upon recognizing the Myriad Beast Cauldron, Xiao Yan frowned slightly, his hands continuing their work, but he then turned to look at the girl.
Seeing that Xiao Yan was finally moved, a smile appeared on the girl's pretty face. However, when she saw Xiao Yan's slightly stern gaze, the smile on her face gradually disappeared. Like a child who had made a mistake, she pouted and timidly looked away.
Seeing the girl's delicate appearance, Xiao Yan's heart softened. He sighed softly and then spoke gently to her:
"You've asked so many questions, don't you think you should introduce yourself before asking others? Besides, I'm your savior."
Upon hearing this, the girl glanced sideways at Xiao Yan, pouted, and muttered:
"How can you, a grown man, be so petty, always bullying a weak woman like me?"
"If you, a dignified Four-Star Half-Emperor, were also a weak woman, then there would be no strong people left on this continent."
Upon hearing Xiao Yan's words, the girl's expression froze for a moment, a blush spreading across her fair face. She then gave an embarrassed laugh and chuckled:
"Alright then, since you're my savior, hehe. Hello, my name is Murong Qianqian. Murong is my surname, Qianqian is my given name."