"Here, these should be the keys to the three stone boxes."
"Let's see what's inside the stone boxes."
Xiao Feng raised the three keys in his hand and said to Xiao Yi Xian.
"I'll open it, I'll open it!"
This feeling of opening a blind box made Xiao Yi Xian very excited.
Xiao Feng didn't refuse, anyway, he knew what was inside the stone boxes.
Although he had forgotten the third one, he vaguely remembered that it seemed to be just a Dou Technique manual.
He directly handed the three stone boxes to Xiao Yi Xian.
Xiao Yi Xian inspected the stone boxes, found no danger, and then tried to open the first stone box.
Inside the stone box was a colorful, ancient scroll.
"Let me see what this is."
After inspecting it, Xiao Yi Xian carefully picked up the colorful scroll.
After opening it, she immediately saw the contents.
"This is a Poison Manual, called the 'Seven-Colored Poison Manual'."
"It records various methods for preparing poisons."
Saying this, Xiao Yi Xian carefully glanced at Xiao Feng.
"I want this."
Xiao Feng generously waved his hand.
"Take it."
Anyway, his Pill Formula Compendium also contained methods for refining poison pills.
"Won't you despise Poison Masters?"
Xiao Yi Xian looked at Xiao Feng with some concern.
On the Fighting Qi Continent, some physicians would prepare some poisons for self-defense.
They were then called Poison Masters.
Generally speaking, Poison Masters were existences that people both disliked and feared.
Xiao Feng smiled and said,
"Power doesn't distinguish between good and bad. If used right, it's right; if used wrong, it's wrong."
"Poisons can even be used to save people."
"Moreover, for a girl like you, having poisons for self-defense isn't bad either."
Saying this, he subconsciously stroked Xiao Yi Xian's head.
Xiao Yi Xian's face immediately flushed when she saw Xiao Feng's hand.
But she didn't resist; instead, her face was full of happiness.
After Xiao Feng reacted, he quickly withdrew his hand.
"Ahem, let's look at the second stone box."
"You can keep this Seven-Colored Poison Manual."
Xiao Yi Xian, upon hearing this, put away the Seven-Colored Poison Manual and prepared to open the second stone box.
After Xiao Feng opened the second stone box, she saw a black scroll stored inside.
"Another scroll?"
"Is this a Cultivation Technique or a Dou Technique this time?"
Xiao Feng picked up the black scroll with some curiosity and asked.
She didn't continue to guess and directly opened the black scroll.
She saw a few words written inside.
Profound Rank High Stage Flying Dou Technique: Eagle's Wings.
"Is a Flying Dou Technique a Dou Technique that allows people to fly?"
A look of disbelief flashed across Xiao Feng's face as she looked at Xiao Feng and asked.
Xiao Feng nodded.
"A Flying Dou Technique is a Dou Technique that allows people to fly."
"This kind of Dou Technique can be said to be very precious."
Even Xiao Feng was very tempted by this Eagle's Wings scroll.
One must know that on the Fighting Qi Continent, one needs at least Dou Ling strength to fly independently.
Moreover, even a Dou Ling can only fly short distances.
The flying speed is also relatively slow.
To truly fly freely, one must at least reach the Dou Wang stage.
Strong practitioners at Dou Wang and above can use Dou Qi Wings to fly quickly.
This flying speed is much faster than riding a horse.
It is definitely not comparable to Dou Qi transforming into a horse!
Xiao Feng also saw Xiao Feng's temptation, and she directly handed the black scroll to Xiao Feng.
"Here you go."
"Anyway, I don't really need a Flying Dou Technique in Qingshan Town."
"Besides, I still have Xiao Lan."
Xiao Feng did not refuse.
"Come, let me see what's in the third stone box!"
Inside were still scrolls, but there were two of them.
Xiao Feng picked up the first one and opened it: Xuan Rank High Level Dou Technique, Raging Lions Roar.
This was a Dou Technique that combined Dou Qi and sound waves, delivering both physical and sound wave attacks.
"Xuan Rank High Level Dou Technique, not bad."
Xiao Feng raised an eyebrow, having already mentally prepared for it. He put it down and picked up the second scroll.
Xuan Rank High Level Cultivation Technique, Mad Lion Blazing Flame Art.
"Xuan Rank High Level Cultivation Technique, fire attribute!" Xiao Feng held the scroll, grinning silently.
Surprise!
Excitement!
This cultivation technique was a complete unexpected gain!
According to the original work, this third box was stolen by the Wolf Head Mercenary Group from Qingshan Town.
Later, Mu She, the leader of the Wolf Head Mercenary Group, used the Xuan Rank High Level Dou Technique: Raging Lions Roar.
Although the original work did not mention the existence of a cultivation technique, the owner of this place clearly intended to leave opportunities and inheritances for future generations. It was unlikely that he would only leave a single Dou Technique without leaving the most crucial cultivation technique.
After all, many cultivation techniques and Dou Techniques exist as a set, capable of unleashing their strongest power.
So, generally, packaged cultivation techniques and Dou Techniques are placed together, and now it proves to be true.
In the third box, not only did the Xuan Rank High Level Dou Technique Raging Lions Roar appear, but also its packaged cultivation technique, Mad Lion Blazing Flame Art.
Most importantly, it was a fire attribute cultivation technique!
after placing those two into the storage ring .
he looked at the skeleton .
"Senior, please wait, this junior will immediately lay you to rest." Xiao Feng said softly.
Walking to the chair, he carefully gathered the bones scattered on the ground and piled them to the side, then planned to find a place to dig a pit.
After observing his surroundings, Xiao Feng moved the chair aside.
Beneath the chair, the ground was cracked, with many spiderweb-like cracks and scattered gravel, unlike the seamless floor in other parts of the stone chamber.
"Hmm?"
Xiao Feng examined it carefully, touching the cracked ground, and found that it seemed to have been dug up and then refilled.
"Could this senior have buried something else underneath?" Xiao Feng couldn't help but secretly guess, a hint of excitement rising in his heart.
His palms glowed with Dou Zhi Qi, his five fingers like claws, and he squatted down to start digging a pit.
As he dug out piece after piece of gravel, Xiao Feng quickly dug out a stone pit about two feet long and wide, and more than a foot deep.
This was a pit that had already been dug; it had simply been refilled and restored earlier.
It seemed this senior had even dug his own pit?
That certainly saved trouble; he just needed to dig it open and bury him.
Suddenly, Xiao Feng paused.
"That is!"
After digging to the bottom, the seamless bedrock beneath was revealed.
At the bottom of the pit, an ancient black ring lay quietly.
Xiao Feng's eyes lit up.
Xiao Feng picked up the ring and examined it carefully.
It was an ancient black ring with simple yet mysterious patterns on its surface.
Trying to sense it with his soul, Xiao Feng immediately became excited.
"It's a storage ring!"
"I knew it, how could a powerhouse who was at least a Battle Emperor not have left a storage ring?"
"So that's how it is!"
"The senior had already dug the pit; after gaining benefits from outside, if a successor wanted to bury the senior's bones, they would only need to observe carefully in this stone chamber to discover the cracks and rubble beneath the seat."
"Digging open the stone pit... they would naturally discover this storage ring. Then, while collecting the bones for burial, if they were lucky, they might even find that Nether Lotus Demon Flame Remnant Chart within the senior's arm bone..."
"According to the original description, because of the Residual Image, the arm bone would be slightly heavier than other bones, and one could notice it with careful attention!"
"This... it's truly one link after another!"
Xiao Feng was somewhat speechless and couldn't help but look at the pile of bones.
This senior seemed to be a seasoned schemer.
He had calculated everything, including human nature, down to the last detail.
Truly.
Hoo~
He exhaled lightly, then Xiao Feng stopped thinking further and focused his attention back on the storage ring in his hand.
As his soul power extended and flowed into the storage ring.
Due to the passage of time and the storage ring's owner having long since passed away, there was no longer any obstruction inside the storage ring; it was now an ownerless storage ring.
Therefore, Xiao Feng's soul power encountered no resistance and easily entered a peculiar space.
This was a space about three hundred square meters in size, with an internal height of about three stories.
As Xiao Feng's perception entered, everything inside was clear at a glance.
There weren't many miscellaneous items, only some jade bottles and jade boxes.
Xiao Feng checked them, and most were empty.
With a thought, some jade bottles and jade boxes that seemed to contain items were all taken out by Xiao Feng, numbering in the dozens, and placed on the ground.
Opening a jade bottle, only some gray powder poured out.
Judging from this powder, this jade bottle should have contained pills before, but perhaps with the passage of time, it was too long ago, and the pills inside had completely lost their medicinal properties, turning into residue.
So Xiao Feng opened the rest of the jade bottles and jade boxes, and the situation was mostly the same.
Whether it was pills or medicinal herbs, with the passage of time, the internal seals loosened and vanished, causing the medicinal power of the internal items to dissipate, and all of them lost their spiritual essence, leaving only residue.
"What a pity," Xiao Feng couldn't help but shake his head and sigh.
But then he quickly composed himself and stopped dwelling on it.
He had already gained many benefits; he shouldn't be too greedy.
Xiao Feng put all the items back into the storage ring, including the Nether Lotus Demon Flame Remnant Chart, cultivation techniques, and other items.
Wearing the storage ring on his index finger, Xiao Feng continued to immerse his mind in the storage ring to check if anything had been overlooked.
he found some fighting skills and
Soon, he made a new discovery.
"This is?"
With a thought, Xiao Feng took out an ancient black scroll from within.
He unrolled it.
It was a map.
A map emitting a faint, peculiar aura.
Xiao Feng looked at it carefully.
Soon, he found clues based on some place names marked on the map.
"This is the Magical Beast Mountain Range, and this is the Tagor Desert?"
Following the route indicated on the map, Xiao Feng discovered that this was a map leading deep into the uninhabited areas of the Magical Beast Mountain Range.
In the map, it looked like a certain beast symbol, fire, and a cave symbol. Xiao Feng thought it might be the Ten Thousand Beast Flame or the Nine Dragon Lightning Flame.
Anyway, it was a strange flame not found in the original story, so he wouldn't feel any guilt in taking it.
As he was thinking, Xiao Yi Xian asked him, "What are you going to do now? Are you going back to your place?"
Xiao Feng shook his head.
"I need to break through to Dou Spirit, so I'm going to train here."
After thinking for a moment, Xiao Feng asked, "Do you know any place where there is a high concentration of energy?"
After thinking for some time, Xiao Yi Xian spoke, "In that case, can we go to a certain place first?"
Being stared at by Xiao Feng, Xiao Yi Xian brushed the hair from her forehead and whispered, "It's not far, just in a valley not far from here. It's a place I discovered before. I built a thatched hut there and left some clothes. I didn't bring any change of clothes this time, so I want to…"
Hearing this, Xiao Feng stopped staring at her.
"Is it that place?" Xiao Feng pointed towards the north. There, he sensed several precious medicinal materials.
"How did you know?" Xiao Yi Xian asked in surprise.
"Just a small trick." Xiao Feng smiled.
Xiao Feng looked at Xiao Yi Xian and, under the temptation of medicinal materials, nodded very decisively.
"Alright, let's go quickly."
The valley was not far from the cliff, and the three of them successfully reached the valley moments later.
Upon entering the depths of the valley and slowly descending into the basin, the dense energy filling the small valley made Xiao Feng take a deep breath, and his spirits were immediately refreshed.
"How is it? This place is good, right? This little valley is completely isolated from the outside, and the sky is covered by thick fog, making it extremely hidden. If it weren't for Little Lan accidentally stumbling in once, I probably wouldn't have discovered this miraculous place." Looking at Xiao Feng's expression, Xiao Yi Xian chuckled with a bit of pride.
Knowing that the Little Lan Xiao Yi Xian mentioned was a Flying Magical Beast she raised, Xiao Feng nodded.
"The energy is exceptionally abundant; it is indeed a treasure land. And with such a large scale of rare medicinal materials gathered together, I wonder how it was achieved."
In the valley, although the light was dim, various rare medicinal herbs could still be vaguely seen growing. The scent of medicinal fragrance mixed in the mist made one feel refreshed.
Xiao Feng said to Xiao Yi Xian.
"Stay here for the next few days. I'll try breaking through to Dou Spirit as soon as possible." Xiao Feng said calmly.
Xiao Yi Xian looked at him with a bit of surprise. "So soon? Breaking through to Dou Spirit isn't that easy… Are you confident?"
Xiao Feng smiled faintly. "I wouldn't say it if I wasn't."
"Hmph, then don't die inside while cultivating," she teased lightly, though a trace of concern flashed in her eyes.
Xiao Feng waved his hand. "Just guard the surroundings for me. Don't let anyone disturb me."
"Alright… leave it to me." Xiao Yi Xian nodded seriously this time.
Finding a quiet spot deep within the valley, Xiao Feng sat cross-legged on a flat rock.
He took out a cultivation-boosting pill and a Fire Spirit Pill meant for breaking through to Dou Spirit.
Looking at the pills in his hand, he muttered softly, "With these… it should be enough."
Without hesitation, he swallowed them.
Boom!
The moment the pills entered his body, a powerful surge of energy exploded within him.
Xiao Feng's expression turned serious. "As expected… the energy is fierce."
He quickly formed hand seals, guiding the raging Dou Qi through his meridians.
Days passed quietly.
Outside, Xiao Yi Xian sat near the entrance of the valley, occasionally glancing toward Xiao Feng's direction.
"It's already been three days… no movement yet?" she murmured.
On the fifth day, a faint fluctuation of energy spread from within the valley.
Her eyes lit up. "It's starting…"
Inside, Xiao Feng's body was surrounded by swirling Dou Qi.
His forehead was covered in sweat as he gritted his teeth.
"Just a little more… break for me!"
The Fire Spirit Pill's energy surged violently, clashing against the bottleneck.
Boom!
A powerful aura burst out from Xiao Feng's body.
On the seventh day—
A wave of energy spread across the valley, causing the surrounding mist to tremble.
Xiao Yi Xian stood up abruptly. "He did it?!"
Xiao Feng slowly opened his eyes.
A sharp light flashed through them.
Feeling the powerful Dou Qi flowing within his body, he clenched his fist slightly and smiled.
"Dou Spirit… finally."
He stood up, exhaling a long breath.
"This feeling… is completely different from before."
Walking out of the cultivation spot, he saw Xiao Yi Xian waiting.
She crossed her arms and looked at him up and down. "So? Did you succeed?"
Xiao Feng chuckled. "What do you think?"
Sensing his aura, Xiao Yi Xian's eyes widened slightly.
"You actually broke through… in just a week."
Xiao Feng shrugged. "Just a bit of luck."
"Hmph, you call that luck?" she rolled her eyes, but a smile appeared on her face.
"Looks like I picked a good place after all."