18: Chapter 18 Chase Me

Outside the cave.

"Having that woman by your side is trouble. Are you planning to keep it like this forever?" Yao Chen floated beside Xiao Yan and laughed.

"What else can I do? If I chase her away, we might meet again later, and that would be awkward. I might as well see this good deed through to the end," Xiao Yan said helplessly. He could even imagine the awkward atmosphere; it was too much to bear.

"Hehe, I think you should take advantage of her weakness and... hmmm, you know, do it. That way, you will have a Dou Huang expert as a bodyguard," Yao Chen chuckled, acting like an old man without dignity.

Xiao Yan replied helplessly: "Forget it, it is too much trouble. Debts of the heart are the hardest to repay."

He then muttered: "A top-tier beauty, a real top-tier... what a pity, what a pity... forget it, forget it, time to go back!"

"What is the matter? Have you figured it out?" Yao Chen asked at the right moment.

Xiao Yan rolled his eyes, then suddenly smirked: "Forget it, I am not that kind of person. If you were not here, hmm? Hmmm, then maybe... hehe..."

"Hehe... then should I leave?" Yao Chen chuckled along.

...

Yun Yun, who had been lying on the stone bed earlier, was now resting her chin on her hand, sitting idly on the stone slab. Seeing Xiao Yan enter, she smiled slightly and said: "You are back."

"I caught a few fish, just enough for lunch," Xiao Yan said as he set up a rack to roast the fish.

Yun Yun sat down elegantly, watching the busy Xiao Yan, and smiled: "Since when did the Jia Ma Empire have a Genius like you? So young, yet already a Great Dou Master."

"I cannot help it, my talent is just too good," Xiao Yan laughed, tilted his head, and asked: "By the way, what is your name?"

"Yun Zhi," Yun Yun said with a smile.

"Yun Zhi? I have never heard of a Dou Huang expert named Yun Zhi in the Jia Ma Empire. However, I seem to have heard of the current Sect Master of the Cloud Mist Sect, who is also a Dou Huang and has the surname Yun, but her name is Yun Yun. Is she your sister?" Hehe, beautiful women are the best at lying, but Xiao Yan would not indulge her and exposed her directly.

There were only three Dou Huang experts in the Jia Ma Empire, so it was actually quite easy to guess.

Yun Yun's cheeks flushed. She rarely lied, and for some reason today, she had uncharacteristically told a lie, only to be exposed immediately.

"Yes, Yun Yun is my sister. What is your name?" However, she still somewhat angrily went along with Xiao Yan's joke.

"Me? My name is Yao Yan. I am from the Central Plains. It is understandable that you have not seen a Genius like me before," Xiao Yan nodded and said casually.

"Hehe, you are not very old, but you have quite a big mouth. Are you saying you do not want to have a proper conversation?" Yun Yun's smile stiffened, and she grumbled internally, but did not express it.

Regardless of whether what the youth in front of her said was true or false, she was still annoyed by his casual attitude, even though he was her savior.

"Yao Yan, are you an Alchemist?" Looking at the jade bottle beside Xiao Yan, Yun Yun's voice was somewhat surprised.

"I suppose so, Big Sister Yun Zhi."

"Oh, I have a friend who is an Alchemist in the Jia Ma Empire. After I finish this matter, if you are willing, I can introduce you to him." Hearing the child in front of her call her 'Big Sister', she felt a bit more comfortable and said with a smile.

Xiao Yan raised his hand, and a cluster of Dou Qi flames appeared on his palm.

Looking at the cute and stunned Yun Yun, Xiao Yan said: "Big Sister, I am a Fourth-Grade Alchemist, you know." Although he had not refined a single Fourth-Grade Medicinal Pill yet.

But that did not stop Xiao Yan from showing off, because using Dou Qi flames without relying on a Pill Furnace was indeed a characteristic of a Fourth-Grade Alchemist.

"Your injuries have healed. Are you still going to look for the Amethyst Winged Lion King?"

"Yes, I need to obtain the purple spirit crystal." Yun Yun, having come to her senses, sighed softly and said.

"Perhaps, when you are fully recovered, we can cooperate..."

...

A few days later, outside the cave waterfall.

Xiao Yan looked up at Yun Yun, who was standing on a boulder. She had regained her former radiance, and under the sunlight, she appeared graceful and noble.

Yun Yun looked down at the upright youth on the boulder and said: "I will try my best to hold off the Amethyst Winged Lion King, but you must hurry. That beast's intelligence is no lower than a human's. If you are discovered, I am afraid there will not be another chance."

"Alright, let us go," Xiao Yan said calmly.

Yun Yun nodded, and a pair of cyan energy wings slowly emerged from her back.

"Let us go!"

Xiao Yan unfurled his Purple Cloud Wings, flapped them once, and flew out first.

"Dou Wang? No, it is a flight Dou Technique." Yun Yun watched Xiao Yan fly away and said in surprise, then gently flapped her Dou Qi Wings and chased after him at a faster speed.

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"You do not even know where the Amethyst Winged Lion King's cave is, so why are you flying so fast?" Yun Yun chased after him and asked.

"Because I want you to chase me," Xiao Yan suddenly laughed out loud.

"You have become more and more presumptuous with your words these past few days. If you talk nonsense again, believe it or not, I will knock you down." Yun Yun felt somewhat helpless; apart from threats, she really could not think of any other way to deal with Xiao Yan.

"Hehe," Xiao Yan chuckled.

Before long, the two landed silently on a messy pile of rocks. From here, one could see a cave entrance on the mountain peak, obscured by trees.

"That is the Immortal Cave of the Amethyst Winged Lion King. The defenses around it have become much tighter. You must be extra careful," Yun Yun said to Xiao Yan, her eyebrows slightly furrowed.

"Understood, go ahead, Yun Zhi!" Xiao Yan replied with a smile.

Yun Yun did not waste any more words. She flapped the wings on her back and soared into the air.

A cyan longsword appeared in her hand. Yun Yun transformed into a streak of cyan light and instantly entered the dense forest surrounding the cave. Immediately, wails of Demonic Beasts echoed from the forest.

"Human woman! You dare to come back! Today, I will definitely take your life to avenge the destruction of my horn!" The Amethyst Winged Lion King roared and slammed into the dense forest.

Instantly, the dense forest was destroyed. Two streaks of light, one cyan and one purple, chased and dodged as they shot toward the sky, beginning a fierce collision high above, a thousand meters in the air.

Xiao Yan glanced at the battle in the sky, then immediately transformed into a black shadow and dashed stealthily toward the Immortal Cave on the mountain peak.

In the dense forest where Yun Yun had entered earlier, many huge Demonic Beasts of the Third Rank or above lay in pools of blood. Perhaps there were many magic cores.

So, Xiao Yan quickly looted them. Anyway, there was plenty of time, and he could not waste it.

Frowning, he looked at the two Third Rank Demonic Beasts a few dozen meters in front of the Immortal Cave. If he got close, he could instantly kill one, but there was no guarantee the other would not make a scene. If his previous efforts were all in vain, that would be a great pity.

Xiao Yan sprinkled the medicinal powder prepared by Yao Chen on his body, quietly circled to the top of the cave entrance, unfurled his Purple Cloud Wings, and flew in quickly.

And those two Demonic Beasts, frightened by the battle overhead and lying at the entrance, did not even look back.

There were no other Demonic Beasts inside the cave, so Xiao Yan flew at high speed without any obstruction.

As the distance grew shorter, two forks appeared before him. Xiao Yan thought for a moment and chose the left passage.

As he went deeper, the surrounding temperature became higher and higher.

Arriving at the cave entrance, Xiao Yan scanned the inside of the cave and discovered a purple crystal platform a full meter high, on which sat a purple sphere the size of a head. All the heat in the cave was being released from it.

"Teacher, come out and see what this thing is?"