Battle Through the Heavens

Xiao
Yan carried the keys to the boxes and once again, he touched the warm
metal lock. Tilting his head and glancing at the Fairy Doctor who had
finished digging out all the medicinal plants, he smiled and said,
“Hurry over here. I don’t want to be accused of trying to pocket
everything when I open these boxes.”

“At least you have some sort of conscience.”

The
Fairy Doctor raised her nose, carried the ten plus bottles in her chest
and placed them on the stone table. Finally, she unwillingly selected
six bottles and handed them to Xiao Yan: “Hey, these are yours.”

Xiao
Yan received them with a smile, took a brief glance and stored them
into his storage ring. The Ice Spirit Blazing Grass was already in his
hands so the other valuable medicinal plants were not very important to
Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan waved the three black keys in front of the Fairy Doctor and smiled: “Then I will be opening them.”

“Open
them!” After throwing Xiao Yan an irritated look, the Fairy Doctor
quickly slotted the jade bottles around her waist and chest.
Immediately, her narrow waist appeared much fuller than before.

Xiao
Yan licked his lips as he stared at the stone containers. He randomly
selected one of the keys, lifted the first lock and carefully inserted
it.

“Not this…” The key stuck halfway causing Xiao Yan to shrug and replace it with a second key.

“Wrong again.”

Helplessly shaking his head, Xiao Yan held the last key tightly and once again carefully inserted it into the keyhole.

Seeing
the key slowly disappearing into the lock, Xiao Yan and the Fairy
Doctor both unintentionally held their breath. The only noise in the
entire room came from the key being pushed through the keyhole of the
metal lock.

“Clang…” Suddenly, a light clear noise was emitted from within the room, prompting Xiao Yan’s hand to freeze.

“It’s unlocked.” Seeing the lock’s shackle being launched from the lock, Xiao Yan let out a relieved sigh and said.

“Hurry up and open it.” The Fairy Doctor’s face was full of desire and happiness as she said in an impatient voice.

Xiao
Yan glanced at the anxious Fairy Doctor but did not heed her call.
Instead, he grabbed her hand and stepped back. He then lined up his palm
with the box and unleashed an intense force from his palm which lifted
the lid of the stone box.

After the lid was lifted, Xiao Yan
waited a moment longer and sighed in relief after seeing that there was
no reaction. Glancing at the Fairy Doctor who had her hands around her
chest while coldly staring at him, Xiao Yan simply shrugged, “It is
always good to be a little careful.”

“If you are thrown into the
Magic Beast Mountain Range, I think that you will have a happier time
living there than in the outside world. The reason being that even those
Magic Beasts are not as careful as you are.” The Fairy Doctor curled
her lips and said.

“I share the same thoughts.” Xiao Yan touched his nose and laughed.

After
throwing a cutting gaze at the shameless man beside her, the Fairy
Doctor walked towards the stone table. She looked into the opened stone
box and was shocked. With a face filled with joy, she quickly reached
her hand into it and retrieved an ancient rainbow colored scroll.

“What is this?” Xiao Yan curiously looked over and asked.

“A Poison Book that records the methods of making poison.” The Fairy Doctor flipped open the scroll and said with a smile.

“A
Poison Book?” Raising his eyebrow in surprise, Xiao Yan took the scroll
from the Fairy Doctor’s hand and glanced through it. Seeing the few
words written on the side of the seven colored scroll, Xiao Yan said in
amazement: “Rainbow Poison Book? There is actually something that
focuses on how to create poison? Don’t tell me that the one who left
this behind was also a physician?”

Physicians were usually the
only ones in the Dou Qi continent who used poison to protect themselves.
These people who excelled at using such positions were usually called
Poison Master within the continent. However, the status of a Poison
Master was still a far cry from that of an alchemist.

“Perhaps so.
But you’re not allowed to split this with me. Due to my elemental
affinity, I cannot become an alchemist so I can only rely on these
things.” A dejected expression appeared on the Fairy Doctor’s face after
she spoke. It was clear that her greatest desire was to become an
alchemist and not a Poison Master that people both hated and disliked.

Eyeing
the dejected looking Fairy Doctor, Xiao Yan smiled, handed over the
seven colored scroll and said, “This is quite a good thing but it would
require much time and effort in order to master it. Just training… Dou
Qi consumes all of my energy. I’m not stupid enough to start on
something else, biting off more than I can chew.”

“Thanks.”

The Fairy Doctor felt a deep relief in her heart upon hearing Xiao Yan’s words and gave the latter a grateful nod.

“You
can put away what you have in your hands. I may not be considered a
gentleman but given our our current relationship as partners, I would
not try to take everything for myself.” Eyeing the Fairy Doctor who was
slowing putting away the rainbow scroll, Xiao Yan smiled and said in a
bland voice.

The Fairy Doctor’s face was stunned as embarrassment
surfaced. She unclenched her hand, revealing a small bag of green powder
on it.

“I…” Being caught red handed by Xiao Yan, the red faced Fairy Doctor was at a loss for words.

“Forget
it. Being a women, it is only natural for you to take some preventive
measures when you come with me in search for treasures.” Xiao Yan
shrugged and said indifferently.

“Thank you.” Once again, the Fairy Doctor gave a grateful thanks as she hurriedly put away the green powder in her hand.

Xiao
Yan touched his face and shifted his gaze towards the second stone
container. He inserted a key in and slowly probed the interior.

“What
was the effect of the green powder?” As the key in his hand was slowly
being inserted deeper into the lock, Xiao Yan randomly threw out a
question.

“This was made with Drunken Dragon Grass and a couple of
other medicinal ingredients with a sedative effect. Once it is breathed
into the body, it would cause one to fall asleep for at least half a
day. But this powder is only a simple poison. Anyone with some strength
would be able to use Dou Qi to suppress the effect and force it out of
the body.” The Fairy Doctor embarrassingly replied.

“Luckily it is
not some lethal poison. At least you are not so vicious.” Xiao Yan
rubbed his lips together, rotated his wrist and smiled: “It’s opened.”

Following Xiao Yan’s voice, the tightly shut stone box began to slowly open.

Under the light of the Moonstones, everything in the stone box was immediately revealed to Xiao Yan and the Fairy Doctor.

“Another scroll?” Xiao Yan lifted his eyebrow upon noticing a black scroll that was placed in the box.

He
reached his hand into the box, took the scroll out and flipped through
it. Finally, his gaze paused on the small words at the edge of the
scroll: “High Xuan Flying Dou Technique: Eagle Wing.”

“Flying Dou
Technique?” Xiao Yan’s eyes gradually became bigger as he muttered the
unfamiliar words. In his shock, he said with a hoarse voice: “This is
actually a rare Flying Dou Technique?”

“Flying Dou Technique? What is that?”

Hearing
this name for the first time, the Fairy Doctor blinked her eyes
doubtfully. She had heard of Attack Dou Techniques, Defense Dou
Techniques, Agility Dou Technique and many others but it was the first
time she had heard of a Flying Dou Technique.

“As the name
suggest, this Dou Technique can allow a person to fly in the air.” Xiao
Yan smacked his lips in surprise as he explained.

“Fly? Isn’t that
something that requires the strength of at least a Dou Ling?” The Fairy
Doctor displayed an initial shock at the explanation before appearing
confused.

In the Dou Qi continent, only with the strength of a Dou
Ling can one leave the ground and fly for a short distance. Only after
one’s strength had reached that of a Dou Wang or Dou Huang can one use
the Dou Qi to form a pair of energy wings on one’s back. These wings
would enable them to overcome their bond to the ground and fly amongst
the clouds.

As for the Flying Dou Techniques, they were a strange
secret technique that could enable the practitioner to form two small
extensions that protruded from the veins on one’s back. With these two
extension, one would be able to form a pair of wings and fly in the air
even if one did not possess the strength of a Dou Wang.

Flying was
something that was a great temptation to many. In order to fulfill this
temptation, many strong people put in all their effort to reach for the
unreachable dream of becoming a Dou Wang. At the same time, there were
also many who wanted to find a shortcut by finding this rare and
valuable Flying Type Dou Technique.

Xiao Yan slowly let out a long
breath as he held the black scroll in his hand. He forcefully
suppressed the happiness in him before waving his hand at the Fairy
Doctor.

“I know. This goes to you right?” Having observed Xiao
Yan’s action, the Fairy Doctor understood his intention and helplessly
nodded.

“Haha, everyone takes what they require.” Xiao Yan
grinned. His acquisitions today had almost caused his face to be
paralysed from smiling.

“There’s still one more. Let’s hurry. We
will leave once we open it.” the Fairy Doctor shifted her gaze to the
last stone box and urged.

“Hum.” With his two acquisitions, Xiao
Yan’s body was full of energy. He held the last key that was not used
and prepared to open the stone box.

The spacious room once again
became quiet. Just as Xiao Yan bent his body and was about to open the
box, he suddenly stiffened. He quickly turned around and his face
suddenly became dark.

“Someone’s coming!”

“What?” Hearing
the words, the Fairy Doctor was also shocked. An instant later, she
shook her head: “That’s impossible. Only the two of us know about this
place.”

“I have not misheard. There are quite a few people.” Xiao
Yan looked at the Fairy Doctor with a terrible face. A coldness flashed
in his eyes.

“You suspect that I have called these people over?”

Seeing
Xiao Yan’s expression, anger erupted on the Fairy Doctor’s face. “Had I
wanted to harm you, you would have died many times over.”

Seeing
that the anger on the Fairy Doctor’s face appeared genuine, Xiao Yan
pressed his eyebrows together and quickly turned around. He attempted to
insert the key in his hand into the lock but in his anxiousness, he
repeatedly failed to do so.

“Dammit!” Letting out a cry of anger,
Xiao Yan grabbed the stone box with both hands in an attempt to lift it.
Unfortunately, he found that the container was stuck onto the stone
table.

“Stupid.” Xiao Yan once again scolded with an ashen face
before slowly letting out a breath. In a cold voice, he said: “They are
here.”

Hearing Xiao Yan’s words, the Little Doctor quickly
directed her gaze towards the rock door. Her ears had also picked up the
sound of footsteps approaching.

“Ke ke, Fairy Doctor. Thank you for leading the way. It seemed that the information we managed to get was true.”

Over
ten figures slowly entered from the darkness outside the door while the
familiar and pleased laughter echoed within the room.

“Mu Li!”

Upon hearing the voice, the Fairy Doctor immediately clenched her teeth tightly.