Finding the location of the mountain cave, Chen Xiao had achieved the most important goal of his trip to Green Mountain Town.
However, due to the abundance of items in the stone chamber and the harassment from Magical Beasts along the way, Chen Xiao could only make one round trip per day.
This meant he couldn't leave for the time being. Until he emptied that stone chamber, it felt as if ants were crawling all over him.
He had considered returning to Wu Tan City first, auctioning a Storage Ring at the Mitre Auction House, and then coming back to take everything away in one go.
But the problem was that Storage Rings were rare items in Wu Tan City and couldn't be bought every day. Even during the auctions at the beginning and middle of the month, they sometimes weren't even seen.
Therefore, instead of going back to try his luck, it was better to be more grounded and make more round trips to the Magical Beast Mountain Range, which would actually save more time.
It's worth mentioning that in the following days, Chen Xiao went to Black Flame City, the closest city to Green Mountain Town, multiple times and exchanged those bags of gold coins for a Four-striped Platinum Card.
The Four-striped Platinum Card was a universally accepted high-level gold card on the continent that could be obtained by those below the Dou Ling realm. The threshold was having a deposit of over 100,000 gold coins.
As for the higher-level Five-striped Purple-Gold Card, one needed the strength of a Dou Ling to be eligible to apply.
Of course, if you had the backing of a transcendent power, you were not subject to this rule.
After all, rules are meant to be broken!
(The Purple-Gold Card is explicitly mentioned in the original work, not fabricated)
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Within the Magical Beast Mountain Range.
With one strike, he split the attacking Azure Wood Wolf into two. Chen Xiao checked it and confirmed there was no Magic Core, immediately losing all interest.
In the past, after killing a Magical Beast, he would take the most valuable parts back to Green Mountain Town to sell. But now, there was no need for that at all.
The space in his bag was limited; he needed to save it to hold more gold coins.
Wiping off the blood stained on his body, Chen Xiao jumped into a small river nearby. Under the adorable gaze of the beavers in the river, he cleaned himself up before leaving comfortably.
With no second-tier Magical Beasts appearing, Chen Xiao, a Nine Star Dou Zhe, had clearly become the little overlord of this outer region.
"The effect of this training was quite ordinary, but it was only a side trip anyway. There will be plenty of opportunities in the future."
With this thought, he crossed the small basin of the Ten Thousand Medicines Pavilion's herb-gathering area, then crossed a patch of jungle, and arrived at the cliff where the mountain cave was located.
Entering the stone chamber with practiced ease, and thanks to the early hour today, Chen Xiao was not in a hurry to pack up and leave.
Sitting cross-legged on the ground, he circulated the Ice Emperor Scripture to adjust his state to the best. Chen Xiao reached into his embrace and took out the black scroll he carried with him.
This scroll was none other than the Profound High-Rank flying Dou Skill, Eagle Wings!
Items also had different levels of importance. Chen Xiao didn't feel comfortable hiding all his important things in the inn. Therefore, this Eagle Wings, as well as the Purifying Lotus Demon Fire Remnant Map and the gold coin card, had always been carried with him.
Although it was a bit troublesome, it brought peace of mind.
Holding the scroll in his hands, Chen Xiao's eyes burned with fervor. If he hadn't been busy moving the items from the stone chamber these past few days, he would have been eager to cultivate this Dou Skill long ago.
Soaring through the sky was a fantasy most people had, regardless of the world.
Untying the carefully bound thin string on the scroll, Chen Xiao slowly unfurled it.
Instantly, a pair of black eagle wings that were somewhat chilling came into view.
Because these eagle wings were drawn on the scroll, their shape was not large. However, when Chen Xiao reached out his palm to touch them, he could feel a faint heat, which was incredibly strange.
The eagle wings were entirely black, with a hint of purple cloud patterns, as if forged from black steel, possessing a special metallic texture.
Shifting his gaze from this wondrous pair of wings, Chen Xiao noticed a line of small text beside them.
"Black Flame Purple Cloud Eagle, a fifth-tier flying Magical Beast. Legend has it that it possesses a sparse bloodline of the ancient phoenix. Its flying speed is among the best of all flying Magical Beasts. It is naturally cunning and ferocious, extremely difficult to capture, and only lives in the Cloudy Mist Land in the southern part of the continent."
"This scroll of Dou Skill, named Eagle Wings, also known as Purple Cloud Wings, was formed after I and a few friends spent three years successfully capturing a Black Flame Purple Cloud Eagle, extracting its wings using a secret method. Finally, this scroll of flying Dou Skill that can be cultivated by people was created. This Dou Skill was drawn with Dou Qi before my death and can only be cultivated by one person. Remember this!"
A fifth-tier Magical Beast was comparable to a human Dou Wang expert!
This Dou Skill was obtained by extracting its wings using a secret method. Chen Xiao suddenly understood.
No wonder these wings looked so mysterious.
"I remember that within these wings, there is also the unconscious soul of that Black Flame Purple Cloud Eagle, or perhaps instinct is a more appropriate term. I need to be more cautious when cultivating."
Taking a deep breath, Chen Xiao looked at the cultivation method detailed on the scroll. After seeing the clear explanation that even if the cultivation failed, there would be no danger to life, and at most, he would only fall into a coma, Chen Xiao finally felt completely at ease.
The nearby Magical Beasts had been cleared out over the past few days and rarely appeared now. Otherwise, Chen Xiao wouldn't have gone to the other side of the herb-gathering area to find Magical Beasts to play with.
And humans rarely set foot here, otherwise, it wouldn't have been until a few years later that the Little Fairy Doctor discovered the cave.
Based on all of the above, even if Chen Xiao failed to cultivate and was backlashed into a coma for three days and three nights, there wouldn't be too much danger.
"The stronger the soul power, the simpler it is to cultivate this Dou Skill. My soul strength shouldn't be too bad."
Chen Xiao had never tested his soul power, and Wu Tan City didn't have the conditions to test soul power.
However, from some subtle details, one could still see clues about the strength of a person's soul power.
For example, memory.
After awakening the memories of his previous life, Chen Xiao could clearly feel that his memory had become stronger.
The most direct proof was the Seven-Colored Poison Manual from a few days ago.
At that time, Chen Xiao had only roughly flipped through it, but after returning to Green Mountain Town, he was able to easily write down the preparation methods for many medicines.
From this, it seems he should have some advantage in terms of soul power, more or less.
Having made up his mind, he glanced at the entrance of the stone chamber.
After a brief thought, he still pushed the bluestone platform over to block it.
With everything prepared, he no longer hesitated. He slowly extended his palm, placed it on the scroll, and closed his eyes, gently pressing the soft, dark wings.
Not long after his palm touched the wings, the violent eagle soul within the eagle wings suddenly let out a sharp cry that made his soul tremble. The cry passed through the scroll and finally followed Chen Xiao's arm, like a drill, desperately impacting his mind.
Chen Xiao's seated body trembled abruptly, but quickly stabilized. The corner of his mouth slightly curved upwards.
This soul impact was indeed not as terrifying as he had imagined.
Or, to be precise, his soul strength was
not bad!
Quickly casting aside distracting thoughts, Chen Xiao guarded his mind, allowing the violent thoughts to rage in his mind, yet remaining as still as a mountain, maintaining his clarity.
Let him be strong, the gentle breeze brushes the mountain peak.
Let him be wild, the bright moon shines on the great river!
This soul struggle lasted for more than ten minutes. The violent thoughts of the Black Flame Purple Cloud Eagle seemed to realize they couldn't affect Chen Xiao, and finally let out an unwilling wail, completely dissipating.
His mind returned to peace, and Chen Xiao slowly opened his tightly closed eyes.
In terms of strength, he was naturally far inferior to a fifth-tier Black Flame Purple Cloud Eagle, but the other party had been dead for who knows how many years. Its soul was already just a shell, with only that violent primal instinct remaining.
It was also thanks to this that Chen Xiao didn't feel much pressure from beginning to end.
"Now, I can be considered to have the qualification for formal cultivation."
Grinning, Chen Xiao placed his palms on the eagle wings again.
This time, it was as calm as water, without any further attacks.
Chen Xiao's Dou Qi was ready to go, slowly circulating within his body according to the trajectory detailed on the scroll.
After a moment, the cool Dou Qi flowed to his arms and gradually entered his palms.
When the Dou Qi appeared in his palms, the eagle wings on the black scroll suddenly burst into brilliant light. The purple and black colors became increasingly intense, finally transforming into two tiny purple-black rays of light that shot into Chen Xiao's body like lightning along his arms.
At this moment, Chen Xiao could clearly feel that these two purple-black rays of light, when they flowed to the meridians in his back, seemed to have found a resting place and suddenly stopped.
Immediately, they actually forcibly pulled out two extremely small branch meridians from the main meridians!
At the same time, a sharp pain of flesh being torn apart followed, causing Chen Xiao's face to instantly turn pale and cold sweat to pour down.
It took a full fifteen minutes for this pain to gradually subside.
Chen Xiao took off his clothes and, after a brief sensation, discovered that on his back, there were two long, thin wounds as if cut by a sharp small knife, as well as a pair of palm-sized black eagle wing tattoos!
"If this were in the past, my dad would have beaten me half to death..."
He muttered, got up, moved the bluestone platform blocking the entrance, and returned to the top of the cliff.
Flying Dou Skills were completely different from ordinary Dou Skills. For Chen Xiao, this could be considered a complete success in cultivation.
What was lacking was just skilled application, reaching the point of being able to control them as easily as his own limbs.
With a hint of anticipation, Chen Xiao's mind moved, and the Dou Qi in his body circulated. Receiving the transmission of Dou Qi, the dark tattoos immediately released a faint purple light. Then, they suddenly unfolded, transforming into a pair of wings that seemed almost substantial!
Chen Xiao glanced back and controlled them to start flapping. In an instant, an invisible and intangible buoyancy appeared beneath him, lifting Chen Xiao's body slowly off the ground.
Flap~ Flap~
The speed of the wings flapping increased, and Chen Xiao also rose higher and higher from the ground.
It wasn't until he ascended to about two zhang that Chen Xiao felt a bit of weightlessness and couldn't maintain stability as well.
Wobbling in mid-air, Chen Xiao looked into the distance, overlooking the land from this bird's-eye view for the first time.
"The breeze is gentle, the forest sea ripples. If you don't stand high, you will never feel this wonderful!"
Even the small Magical Beast Mountain Range was like this. What kind of spectacular scenery did the wider world hold? The endless snowfields in the north of the continent, the boundless sea in the east, the south of the continent, and the Central State where hidden dragons and crouching tigers resided?
After a moment of longing, Chen Xiao withdrew his thoughts and practiced for another half an hour until most of the Dou Qi in his body was consumed, only then stopping with lingering reluctance.
At the same time, the two long, thin cuts on his back also slightly increased in size.
Without further delay, he checked the time, entered the cave, rolled up a full package of gold coins, and returned to Green Mountain Town.
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Ten Thousand Medicines Pavilion.
The girl standing on the wooden box saw that familiar, handsome face, and her heart was completely calm.
Once, twice, three times, four times...
She was already used to it.
Chen Xiao didn't say much, and very simply took off half of his upper garment, revealing the two thin cuts on his back.
"The wounds are a bit deep, but not serious. Apply some medicinal powder, and they will heal in two or three days. A fragile body is easily injured, but its recovery ability is also extremely strong."
Chen Xiao nodded slightly, put on his upper garment, turned around, took the medicine package, and nodded in thanks.
Immediately, he picked up a pen and paper again, paying by writing down the formula from memory.
Seeing this, the girl, whose face seemed to only ever show a few expressions, unlocked another look. A hint of delight flashed in her eyes.
"This is worth more than two gold coins, hehe, I made a profit today."
The girl thought to herself.
Chen Xiao put down the pen and paper, a smile also appearing on his face as he silently spoke to himself in his heart.
"Saved another two gold coins..."
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