"Done."
Xiao Ting put down his pen and stopped writing in the Journal.
He picked up the scroll for Purple Crystal Wings and prepared to begin cultivation.
The powerhouse beside Xun Er had acted cleanly and efficiently—far superior to the Dou King who had made the Purple Cloud Wings.
There wasn't much residual consciousness left in the Amethyst Winged Lion's beast soul. With his peak mid-Mortal Realm soul level, he could handle it calmly.
After easily enduring the impact of the beast soul's remnant thoughts, he qualified to cultivate this flying Dou Technique.
"Let's go."
Xiao Ting placed his hand on the lifelike Amethyst Winged Lion wings. His Battle Qi circulated according to the path in the Thunder-Flame Body Tempering Art and poured into the scroll through his palm.
As the dual-attribute Thunder-Flame Battle Qi was injected, the Amethyst Winged Lion wings on the scroll suddenly shone brightly.
The purple crystal color grew denser and denser, finally turning into a silver-purple light that shot into Xiao Ting's palm.
"Hiss!"
Xiao Ting followed his technique's pathway, letting it surge rapidly through his meridians until it reached the meridians along his spine, where it began to domineeringly branch out.
"I don't have the habit of suffering!"
Xiao Ting opened his mouth and swallowed a pre-prepared fourth-tier medicinal pill.
In the next moment, a cold-attribute energy spread through his body. Under his guidance, it gathered at the meridians on his back.
The purple energy continued to surge, forcibly pulling out two extremely fine new branch meridians on his back. With the addition of the cold-attribute energy, the pain vanished completely, and the branching proceeded extremely smoothly.
The two branch meridians extended from the main trunk and stopped at the corresponding positions along his spine.
It was as if a tattoo had appeared on his back, evolving into the image of purple flames burning.
Time passed unknowingly. After the Thunder-Flame Body Tempering Art completed more than a dozen cycles, Xiao Ting felt another drop of liquid Battle Qi added to his Qi vortex, reaching a shocking eight drops!
This meant his cultivation had advanced to eight-star Dou Master.
At the same time, the abilities brought by the Amethyst Winged Lion's remnant beast soul were partially absorbed by his soul after he mastered the flying Dou Technique, allowing him to break through naturally.
His perception of heaven-and-earth energy and his senses toward everything around him became even sharper.
"Feels great!"
Xiao Ting opened his eyes.
The sky had already darkened; the moon was bright and the stars were sparse.
Suppressing the urge to immediately try flying, he used his soul force to communicate with the Journal: "Obtain today's portion of Plane Blessing."
He hoped it would increase his experience in mastering the flying Dou Technique so he could use it right away.
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[Plane Blessing]: Located deep within the Amethyst Winged Lion's cave in the Magical Beast Mountain Range is a special blessed land protected by a Purple Crystal Barrier. Inside are four fifth-tier Purple Crystal Jade Fruits that have already ripened for three days. If not picked within seven days of ripening, they will return their energy to heaven and earth.
Purple Crystal Jade Fruit: A spiritual fruit born at a fire vein rich in fire-attribute heaven-and-earth energy. It is cultivated using the corpse of a fifth-tier or higher Amethyst Winged Lion as the base, nourished by accumulated Purple Spirit Crystals and irrigated with its blood.
It can be used to refine certain fourth-, fifth-, and sixth-tier medicinal pills.
When fed to fire-attribute magical beasts, it can increase potential and greatly boost cultivation.
Any fire-attribute Battle Qi cultivator below Dou Ancestor can consume it directly. It widens meridians, tempers the body, strengthens the foundation, and increases the power of one's fire-attribute Battle Qi.
…
Along with the information, many images appeared in Xiao Ting's mind, showing him the path to the Amethyst Winged Lion's cave.
"Good stuff!"
Xiao Ting's eyes lit up.
He and Xun Er could both use these Purple Crystal Jade Fruits.
He could also give one to Xiao Yan to strengthen his cousin's foundation.
The last one could be saved for a future trade with Queen Medusa.
"Tomorrow morning I'll find Xun Er and have Elder Ling accompany me. If we encounter any third-tier or higher magical beasts, we can deal with them along the way." Xiao Ting closed his eyes and returned to his cultivation state.
…
Meanwhile, inside the Chu Yun Empire.
Yun Yun revealed a delighted expression and transmitted her voice to Queen Medusa: "Sister Medusa, accompany me tomorrow to the Black Water Ravine."
"Did the Plane Blessing tell you the location of another Hun Clan Soul Envoy?" Medusa replied, her tone confident and relaxed.
"Yes." Yun Yun smiled. "It's an intermediate-level Soul Envoy with five-star Dou Emperor strength. We'll go early and wait for the rabbit."
"I'll strike first with a sneak attack to draw the Soul Envoy's attention. Then, Sister Medusa, you follow up with a sneak attack and directly use Snake Sealing to imprison him."
"We'll definitely capture him alive."
This way, she would have three Soul Envoys and could return to the Misty Cloud Sect to enter the Life-and-Death Gate for higher inheritance.
"No problem. Remember to bring this Queen into the Life-and-Death Gate to observe," Queen Medusa said. She was very interested in the inheritance left by a Dou Venerate.
Yun Yun naturally wouldn't refuse; this had been agreed upon half a month ago.
"Sister Medusa, didn't you gain anything?" Yun Yun asked curiously.
"Same as usual—the Quiet Purple Flame Serpent soul is evolving toward the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python." Queen Medusa's tone was relaxed, but her purple eyes hid burning heat.
If she could receive this kind of evolution from the blessings every day, her Quiet Purple Flame Serpent accompanying soul could complete its transformation within three months.
Once the accompanying soul evolved into the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python, the bottleneck blocking her breakthrough to Dou Ancestor would vanish completely. She could break through naturally.
Even breaking through to Dou Venerate in the future would have no bottlenecks—it would simply be a matter of time.
Just as Xiao Ting had said, the Journal was a massive opportunity!
…
The night passed without incident.
The next morning arrived.
After washing up, Xiao Ting immediately found Xun Er and the Little Fairy Doctor to have breakfast together.
"Xun Er, could you ask the senior guard hidden in the shadows to accompany me to the Amethyst Winged Lion's cave?" After breakfast, Xiao Ting asked directly. "After I refined the Purple Crystal Wings, I obtained an opportunity from the beast soul."
An opportunity?
A faint light flashed in Xun Er's dark eyes.
The Amethyst Winged Lion had been slain by the Dou Ancestor guard beside her. After sealing the space, it had been dealt with easily.
The Amethyst Winged Lion's corpse, its collected heavenly materials and earthly treasures, the Purple Spirit Crystals, the Purple Crystal Source, and even the young Amethyst Winged Lion cub were all with that guard.
As the young miss, she naturally wouldn't ask the guard for these additional gains, even though she had seen the records in the Journal yesterday.
She was only surprised that there was still an opportunity inside the Amethyst Winged Lion's cave that even a Dou Ancestor hadn't noticed.
It must have come from the Plane Blessing.
"How strong does the guard need to be?" Xun Er asked with a smile.
Her tone made it sound as if Xiao Ting could ask for a Dou Saint and she could summon one.
Xun Er probably didn't have a jade slip that could summon a Dou Saint right now, but she definitely carried protective measures left by Gu Yuan.
In theory, she could even summon a nine-star Dou Saint.
"A Dou Emperor level is enough. I'm just worried that entering the Magical Beast Mountain Range, I might encounter magical beasts my current strength can't handle. After all, the opportunity is inside the Amethyst Winged Lion's cave. With a sixth-tier magical beast killed, it will definitely attract some fifth-tier or even sixth-tier magical beasts."
Xun Er nodded slightly and said, "Elder Ling."
"Miss!"
A black shadow flashed over. A black-robed man wearing a mask knelt on one knee beside Xun Er.
"Accompany Brother Xiao Ting on this trip," Xun Er said.
"Understood." Ling Ying nodded at Xiao Ting. "Young Master Xiao Ting, please."
With those words, his figure disappeared.
Clearly, he would only protect from the shadows.
"Then I'll head out first."
Xiao Ting stood up, eager to retrieve the Purple Crystal Jade Fruits as quickly as possible.
He didn't forget to add a note in the Journal.
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[Plane Blessing… learned of the Purple Crystal Jade Fruits…]
[Purple Crystal Sealing Barrier… impression of the blessed land… not discovered…]
[Four Purple Crystal Jade Fruits remain available for picking for four more days. Otherwise, they will return their energy to heaven and earth…]
[One for me, one for Xun Er, one for Brother Yan, and the last one saved for future trade.]
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"What? Are you envious?"
Noticing the expression on Cao Ying's face across the table, Feng Qing Er's lips curved slightly.
Cao Ying blinked. "What are you talking about?"
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