Xiao Yan looked up to gaze at the graceful and slender figure that stood atop a huge rock. From the horizon, sunshine poured out, spilling itself onto the figure and adding a faint layer of radiance to the already glorious spectacle.
As if sensing Xiao Yan's gaze, Yun Zhi turned around and lightly raised her eyes to meet the gaze of the pitch-black pair of eyes. Soon after, she quickly turned them away and informed him in a dull tone, "I will let you possess a Dou Shi level of power for a short period of time and since I am of the wind attribute, your speed will be amplified quite a bit. If any Magic Beast tries to obstruct you, try your best not to fight it or else the sounds of battle will draw even more Magic Beasts to you. If that happens, I'm afraid you will..." At this point, Yun Yun suddenly stopped and slightly turning her head, she stared at Xiao Yan.
"En." He slightly nodded his head.
After awhile later, she floated down the huge rock, appearing at Xiao Yan's side and then asked, "Shall we start?"
"Okay." Seeing Xiao Yan's nod, Yun Yun's hands slowly stretched forward before lightly pressing against Xiao Yan's back. With a light tap of her fingers, a turbulent Dou Qi energy ferociously poured into Xiao Yan and instead of rebelling due to the foreignness of the body, the Dou Qi meekly flowed through Xiao Yan's channels under the control of Yun Zhi's will.
The flow of this vigorous Dou Qi caused Xiao Yan's body to feel an unprecedented amount of power. Slightly twisting his body, as if he had been reborn, the bones all throughout his body continuously emitted cracking sounds.
Tightly clenching his fist, a curious look appeared on Xiao Yan's face; is this the power of a Dou Shi?
Casually bouncing on his soles, Xiao Yan found that his body seemed to be much more agile than before, Evidently, this should be due to the Wind Attribute Dou Qi within his body, no wonder those Dou Zhe's who practiced Wind Attribute Qi Techniques were so fast and nimble.
"This Dou Qi is enough to last you for two hours. During these two hours, you need to retrieve the Purple Spirit Crystal from the cave of the Amethyst Winged Lion." Yun Zhi softly reminded, "I will do my best to stall it but you still need to watch the time; that brute's intelligence is in no way inferior to that of a human's. If by chance he realizes something, I'm afraid that there will not be any more chances next time."
"Okay, shall we leave?" Xiao Yan nodded with a smile.
"Yes." Yun Yun slightly inclined her head and with a slight jolt, a pair of green colored wings of energy slowly sprouted from her back. Yet when she lifted her head to look at Xiao Yan's action, she was stunned. Though soon after a captivating redness appeared on her good-looking face, humiliated and angry, she chided, "What are you doing?"
Currently in an hugging posture, Xiao Yan said "With such a long distance, you could not possibly leave me to run there by myself right? If by chance I encounter a rank four or five Magic Beast, won't my journey prematurely end?"
With her long eyelashes trembling, a split second later, Yun Yun could only deeply sigh as she grudgingly nodded.
Seeing her acceptance, Xiao Yan smiled, slowly walking forward, he hugged this noble woman into his embrace enjoying this moment.
"Don't try anything funny or else I will throw you off!" In her sober state and also having recovered all her power, Yun Yun's tender body slightly trembled as she once again found herself in the embrace of the youngster before her. Slowly breathing in, she forcefully suppressed her nervous heart before she icily threatened.
Xiao Yan smiled as he nodded, muttering, "I have already touched everything I should have."
Yun Zhi's good-looking face slightly flushed as she pretended not to hear his mutterings, with a light shake, the two wings on her back brought the two people speedily away from the ground and a moment later, they were flying high in the skies.
Just as they ascended into the skies, like an octopus, Xiao Yan wrapped himself around Yun Yun which caused her good-looking face to be angered till it turned a tad white. In mere moments, this guy had already thrown her words to the wind; he was super thick skinned.
Yun Zhi wore an icy-cold expression on her good-looking face as she increased her speed to the maximum. High in the air, a green light flashed as their figures already flew over a hundred meters ahead.
Silently, they landed on a messy rock pile.
After landing, Xiao Yan conscientiously let go of Yun Zhi as his gaze swept over the huge mountain range in the distance. At the top of the mountain range, a massive cave was faintly discernable under the cover of branches.
"Is that the Amethyst Winged Lion's cave?" As he stood behind a rock, Xiao Yan cast his line of sight towards the mountain top as he quietly asked.
"Yes." Lightly nodding, Yun Zhi's gaze slowly swept across the nearby areas of the cave, her amber-black eyebrows slightly knitted before saying: "The surrounding defenses have increased a lot, looks like that guy has increased security."
"For the high ranked Magic Beasts at the cave entrance, I will try my best to kill or injure them. As for you, chose the best time to stealthily slip into the cave." Yun Yun turned her head and warned.
"Okay." Xiao Yan nodded.
Seeing that all the instructions had been given, Yun Zhi felt slightly relieved. Just as she was about to fly off, she leaned her head towards Xiao Yan and said softly, "You...be careful, make sure nothing bad happens."
With a faint smile, Xiao Yan said, "You should also be careful, although I would really like it if you were once again sealed, I still hope that nothing will happen to you."
Helplessly shaking her head, Yun Yun no longer lingered. The wings on her back shook as her wonderful figure leaped agilely into the air before flying towards the massive cave as fast as lightning.
Yun Yun's figure was not concealed, thus when she entered the area within a hundred meters of the cave, continuous waves of animal howls resounded across the mountain range.
With a flick of her jade-like hand, the bizarre green colored sword appeared. Yun Yun's figure transformed into a green colored light and in a flash she rushed into the dense forests surrounding the cave. Immediately, mournful howls sounded out one by one.
Numerous Magic Beasts fled in panic from the vicinity of the cave; in front of a Dou Huang, these ferocious Magic Beasts did not display even the slightest bit of fierceness.
"Human woman! You still dare to appear?! Today I will take your life as compensation for my horn!"
As Yun Zhi killed the guarding Magic Beasts, from within the massive cave dwelling, the Amethyst Winged Lion's furious roar suddenly exploded through the skies.
In the wake of the roar, a brilliant violet light flared out of the cave like lightning before suddenly shooting towards the forest; in an instant, the dense forest was transformed into rubble.
The dense forest was wrecked while two lights, one green, one violet, chased each other as they rushed towards the horizon before beginning their violent clash thousands of meters up in the sky.
His eyes glanced at the battle high in the skies as Xiao Yan also finally began to move.
Xiao Yan passed by the dense forest Yun Yun had originally entered and saw dead bodies of many Magic Beasts with a few glance he quickly leapt over these bodies before scuttling out of the dense forest.
Out of the dense forests, an impressively massive cave quickly appeared in his line of sight.
There were two Magic Beasts at the entrance so he took out bottle of medical powder and poured on himself this powder can prevent his body sent to detected from Magic Beasts.
With his stealth he quickly came inside the cave.
Upon entering the cave, Xiao Yan saw the cave was bright. There were some purple colored crystals latched onto the surrounding cave walls. These crystal pieces were naturally formed in the cave and would be extremely valuable decorations in the human world.
Xiao Yan carefully walking through the long cave tunnel for a while, an intersection with two paths appeared in front of him.
Xiao Yan knitted his eyebrows together and stared at the two paths. He was silent for a moment. Finally, he opened his stride and carefully walked into the path on the left. This tunnel was constantly winding, causing Xiao Yan to make a number of turns. As Xiao Yan walked further into the cave, he suddenly realized that the surrounding temperature was growing increasingly higher.
The cautiousness in Xiao Yan prompted him to pause his footsteps. He then wiped the perspiration from his forehead and watched the purple light that was coming from the distant exit. He rubbed his hand and immediately released a long breath. The Dou Qi in his body slowly began to circulate along with the wind attribute Dou Qi that Yun Zhi had placed in his body. Once his preparations were complete, Xiao Yan continued to walk forward.
Seeing that the exit was very close to him, Xiao Yan did his best to soften the sound of his footsteps. He then stealthily extended half his head and quickly swept his gaze across the spacious interior of the cave.
Unexpectedly, Xiao Yan did not find any traces of a Magic Beast when he swept his gaze across the room. He blinked his eyes.
Once again, he observed the room for a good while before reassuringly walking in.
Xiao Yan glanced all over the cave as he approached its center. Eventually, his gaze landed on the middle of the cave. There was a meter high square table like object formed from the accumulation of Amethyst stones at the center of the cave. On it was a purple colored ball the size of Xiao Yan's head.
After staring intently at the purple colored ball, Xiao Yan suddenly realized that the heat within the cave originated from this thing. Remembering it is probably Essence of that magic beast. But still not sure he called Yao Lao.
"Teacher. Come out and see what this is."
Hearing Xiao Yan's shout, Yao Lao finally floated lightly out of the ring. His gaze swept at the purple colored ball and instantly raised his old eyebrows. Surprise flashed in his eyes as he softly gasped, "This… don't tell me this is the Amethyst Lion Birth Essence? Lucky boy. You actually managed to find this!"
Knowing it is really Amethyst Lion Beast essence he asked :" Teacher, how to take it out. "
"This Amethyst Lion Birth Essence has already become stuck to the amethyst stone table. If you want to take it away, you must dig it out of the cave." Yao Lao gloated
"Dig it out?" Hearing this, the color of Xiao Yan's face turned ugly. He swept his gaze under the amethyst stone table which extended into the ground for an unknown depth. With just him alone, he would not be able to dug it out.
Noticing that Xiao Yan's gaze was directed towards him, Yao Lao shook his head and smiled, "Don't look at me. I may be able to take this thing away, but it would cause a large amount of movement that would attract the attention of the Amethyst Winged Lion outside. Moreover, even if we did take this thing away, you would never be able to open this Amethyst Lion Birth Essence."
"What do you mean?" Xiao Yan quickly asked.
"Other than swallowing it whole, the only other method is to forcefully smash this Amethyst Lion Birth Essence and harvest the Amethyst Essence within it. But for some reason, it is difficult to smash it open with outside force. Uh… it means that the other shell of this thing has some sort of engulfing ability. Any attack would be swallowed by it." Yao Lao waved his hand and explained.
"Swallow it whole?" The corner of Xiao Yan's mouth twitched as he admittig he can't swallow the head size hot ball.
"What can we do?" Xiao Yan then asked.
"There is only one thing that can achieve it." Yao Lao said mysteriously.
"What is it?" Xiao Yan asked, his eyes filled with happiness.
"Ha ha," Yao Lao smiled and abruptly diverted his gaze to the rhombus crystal that Xiao Yan was wearing around his neck.
"Purple Spirit Crystal?" Xiao Yan realize.
"Correct. Only the Purple Spirit Crystal can smash open this thing." Yao Lao nodded.
Hearing Yao Lao's words, Xiao Yan turned around and ran to find the crystal. The Purple Spirit Crystal was obviously not present in the place; it should be in the other tunnel.
"Oh, that's right. I forgot to warn you that since an Amethyst Lion Birth Essence is present, then… there should also be a young Amethyst Winged Lion." Floating behind Xiao Yan, Yao Lao said with a smile.
Xiao Yan slightly paused while rushing and said, "If it dares to hinder me, I will kill it."
"How courageous." Yao Lao smiled as he watched Xiao Yan's back. Immediately, he added, "But you overestimate your abilities. Ha ha."
When Xiao Yan successfully exited from the tunnel, he turned around and dashed towards the other tunnel. Knowing that there was a young Amethyst Winged Lion, He was extra careful. When he walked, he did not even dare to randomly step on the stones on the ground.
After walking along the tunnel for a short while.
Xiao Yan leaned tightly on the cave entrance as he slowly scanned the interior of the cave that was covered by Amethyst stone.
When his scanning eyes reached the middle part of the cave, it saw a small sized Amethyst Winged Lion laid on the ground in a creeping position and was quietly sleeping.
Seeing the sleeping small sized Amethyst Winged Lion, Xiao Yan swallowed his saliva and wiped the cold sweat on his forehead.
"Ha ha. This young beast is only rank three. Go on." Behind him, Yao Lao joking voice quietly sounded.