Battle Through the Heavens: Beauties Abound Starting with Yunlan and Her Disciples

50: Section 50”It’s because people would reject me. But I didn’t expect...” Xiao Yi Xian trailed off halfway through her explanation after hearing Yun Xiancheng’s answer, stunned. She couldn’t see even a hint of discrimination against poison-attribute Dou Qi in his expression. ”Indeed... it’s only natural for a girl to have means of self-defense.”

Finally, she slowly repeated Yun Xiancheng’s words, shrinking into his embrace and whispering. Yun Xiancheng smiled slightly, holding her tighter with even more pity.

He knew that Xiao Yi Xian had always lived in loneliness and fear, lacking a sense of security, which was why she was so sensitive and alert.

To break the slightly awkward atmosphere, Yun Xiancheng decided to change the subject and use practical action to prove his sincerity. With a thought, he silently activated the Cloud Mist Sect’s flying Dou Technique—Cloud Wings.

A cluster of clouds as white as snow quickly condensed into a pair of lifelike wings behind Yun Xiancheng’s back.

Linger, who was following behind, had a look of utter bewilderment. ’Wait, now that you’re like this, what about me?’

Yun Xiancheng naturally knew there was still a little follower behind him. The cloud wings flexibly curled backward, pulling Linger onto his back. ”Hold on tight.”

Yun Xiancheng said softly.

Linger naturally held onto Yun Xiancheng tightly, smelling his body’s scent.

Then, with a gentle flap of his wings, Yun Xiancheng took off towards the cliff, holding Xiao Yi Xian in front and with Linger clinging to his back.

”It’s fine, it’s fine,” Yun Xiancheng finally spoke, softly comforting Xiao Yi Xian in his arms. However, Xiao Yi Xian was currently in no state of mind to pay attention to his words.

The young girl felt the wind whistling past her ears and the weightlessness of her body constantly rising, her heart filled with shock and curiosity.

She subconsciously hugged Yun Xiancheng tightly, burying her head in his chest, greedily breathing in the faint masculine scent on him, her heart filled with an inexplicable sense of security.

Yun Xiancheng landed skillfully on the cliff and gently set down the girl in his arms, his movements soft and careful as if afraid of hurting her. ”We’ve arrived, my ladies.”

He said with a smile, acting with great poise.

Xiao Yi Xian looked back and saw a narrow path leading deep inside.

This senior had chosen a cliff for their final resting place; it was quite a unique choice.

Just then, Xiao Yi Xian sensed the sound of something breaking through the air toward the back of her head. Startled, she retreated backward while quickly turning around. ”Didn’t you say you wouldn’t—”

Before she could finish, she saw Yun Xiancheng use his finger as a sword, slicing a Rock Snake that was pouncing on her into two pieces on the spot. ”Be careful, Xiao Yi Xian.”

Yun Xiancheng said with a smile, looking at Xiao Yi Xian’s startled eyes. Xiao Yi Xian’s face turned red again.

She had once again judged a gentleman with her narrow-mindedness. ”Gather!”

Yun Xiancheng pulled his hand, and a gust of wild wind leaped from his palm, sucking in several Rock Snakes that were coiled outside.

Seeing this, Xiao Yi Xian threw out a packet of powder. When the powder hit the bodies of the Rock Snakes, it immediately displayed a terrifying toxicity, corroding these Rank 1 Magical Beasts, whose hardness rivaled rock, to death.

”Good coordination.”

Yun Xiancheng smiled.

”Um... sorry, I was being a bit narrow-minded earlier,” Xiao Yi Xian apologized in a low voice.

”It’s fine, you didn’t really do anything.”

099 We’ve Become Tomb Raiders

Walking through the quiet and dark cave, a faint chill wound around them like invisible threads, making one feel a slight shiver. In the silent passage, only the subtle and rhythmic footsteps of the three echoed in the empty cavern, surrounding their ears like whispers.

The dark and oppressive environment made Xiao Yi Xian involuntarily hug her arms, as if trying to gain a bit of warmth and security, but it was useless.

Then, she quietly looked up at the tall figure ahead dressed in snow-white clothes. The girl’s nervous heart immediately eased significantly, as if she had found a pillar to lean on. Although that shameless Linger was clinging tightly to his side, which was a bit of a mood killer.

After walking in silence for over ten minutes, Xiao Yi Xian felt very uneasy about the deep darkness, as if countless eyes were spying on her in the shadows, making her feel like there were needles in her back.

At that moment, the previously silent Yun Xiancheng suddenly spoke softly, breaking the oppressive silence: ”We’re here.”

His voice was low and gentle, like a spring breeze blowing across a lake, creating ripples.

However, Xiao Yi Xian, who was immersed in her own thoughts, didn’t react in time. She couldn’t stop her steps and bumped into Yun Xiancheng’s back with a ’thud’.

The two undeveloped little hills in front were instantly pressed out of shape, becoming cute round spheres.

The girl’s face flushed red once more. She found that beside Yun Xiancheng, she seemed more prone to shyness and embarrassment than ever before, as if a door deep within her heart was quietly opening.

Yun Xiancheng turned sideways, pointed at the tightly closed door, and said, ”Be careful, I’m going to open the door.”

Xiao Yi Xian asked curiously, ”Do you know Mechanics?” Then she saw—

Yun Xiancheng threw a punch directly at the closed door. With a massive boom, the heavy door was actually blown apart on the spot by Yun Xiancheng.

A huge cloud of dust and rocks splattered out. A few pieces hit Xiao Yi Xian, leaving her dazed for two seconds before she hurriedly ducked behind Yun Xiancheng to avoid the stray stones.

”I don’t know Mechanics. But I have some basic knowledge of fist and footwork.”

Yun Xiancheng nodded, then used his Dou Qi to blow away the dust with wind, clearing an environment they could walk through. ”Let’s go.”

Yun Xiancheng directly took Xiao Yi Xian’s hand and led her inside. As a result, Linger screamed as if she hadn’t seen the world. Xiao Yi Xian thought they had encountered something terrifying and peeked inside.

Within the stone door was a massive stone chamber. The chamber looked somewhat simple and empty, with Moonlight Stones embedded in the walls for lighting.

In the center of the stone chamber was a seat, and upon it sat a skeleton with its head hanging low, resting near its pale thigh bones.

In front of the seat stood a rather wide bluestone table, and on the table, three locked stone boxes were neatly arranged. ”To not return to a coffin after death... the owner of this place has quite unique tastes.”

Yun Xiancheng couldn’t help but say. ”Perhaps they were a stranger in a strange land.”

Xiao Yi Xian said, her gaze shifting elsewhere.

In three corners of the stone chamber, there were actually piles of glittering gold coins and other precious treasures. The quantity of gold coins was likely no less than several hundred thousand.

Then, her gaze turned to the final corner, a smile appearing on her face as she immediately walked over.

This last corner didn’t hold gold coins, but rather various flower pots.

”The ice spirit flame grass belongs to me; my junior sister needs it... as for the remaining herbs, you guys take them. I have no use for them.”

Yun Xiancheng followed Xiao Yi Xian’s steps and spoke immediately. Linger knew nothing about such herbs and shook her head, saying:

”Sister Xiao Yi Xian should take all the herbs. I don’t understand these things; taking them would be a waste.” ”Mm.”

The ice spirit flame grass was the most precious item here, but since Yun Xiancheng had proactively given up the other herbs, and because she felt some guilt for misunderstanding him earlier, she felt indebted.

”Then let it be as you say.”

She said, then turned to Linger:

”In that case, you go and collect the gold coins. I have no use for them.” Linger looked at Yun Xiancheng.

”You keep the gold coins; I don’t want them either.”

The girl nodded, then looked at the large pile of gold coins, scratching her head. ”I can’t carry all of this!”

Seeing her like this, Yun Xiancheng smiled slightly and subconsciously rubbed her head. ”Then I’ll look after it for you for now, how about that?”

The girl’s eyes lit up. ”You have a storage ring!?” ”Mm.”

Thus, Yun Xiancheng collected the money, Xiao Yi Xian collected the herbs, and Linger stuck to Yun Xiancheng; the three of them were quite orderly.

The ice spirit flame grass was also another main ingredient for the blood lotus pill needed for Xiao Yan to absorb Heavenly Flames, and now it was all collected in one go. After dividing the herbs, the three turned their gaze to the three stone boxes on the bluestone table.

”We need keys,” Xiao Yi Xian said.

As Yun Xiancheng spoke, he walked to the front of the tomb’s owner and saw three keys hanging from the skeleton’s hand. Seeing this, Linger couldn’t help but say:

”This tomb owner is quite interesting, making their own grave look like a treasure trove. Isn’t this just making it easy for tomb raiders?” One tomb raider was saying to the other two that the tomb owner putting treasures in the grave made it easy for tomb raiders.

”Perhaps they didn’t want their legacy to be lost?” Xiao Yi Xian laughed.

Suddenly, she sensed a powerful surge of Dou Qi coming from Yun Xiancheng’s direction. She turned to look and saw Yun Xiancheng suddenly retreat three steps.

Green wind-attribute Dou Qi swirled around him, his robes snapping and his hair flying in the wind, making him look heroic. And the skeleton of the tomb owner, which had been sitting on the stone chair, had actually awakened at some unknown point. It swung its withered fist, striking heavily where Yun Xiancheng had been standing, producing a dull thud. ”Watch out!” Xiao Yi Xian cried out in alarm, her voice filled with worry.

Yun Xiancheng looked at the tomb owner’s remains with a bit of a headache. If he remembered correctly, the skeleton contained a map fragment of the Purification Lotus Demon Flame, a crucial item for later.

He had to be careful in dealing with it to avoid damaging the key item.

Yun Xiancheng discarded the idea of using high-damage Dou Techniques and turned to engage in a physical struggle with the skeleton.

”A Peak Dou Ling skeleton? But... it was only a Dou Ling when alive. Now that it’s been dead for so long, how much power can it still have?” Yun Xiancheng was fearless. Without using any large-scale Dou Techniques, he actually matched the strength of this Peak Dou Ling skeleton.

Seeing this scene, Xiao Yi Xian gritted her teeth, her heart set on a decision. She had suspected Yun Xiancheng of having ill intentions many times before, but this time, she definitely would not—

—stand by and watch him face the danger alone.

”Yun Xiancheng, hold it off! Let me help you!”

Xiao Yi Xian gave a delicate shout and quickly ran behind Yun Xiancheng, her eyes closely watching the revived skeleton, seemingly searching for the secret of its resurrection.

Suddenly, she sensed that inside the corpse, there seemed to be some kind of faint life force, flickering and hard to pin down.

She quickly took a silver needle wrapped with fine white silk from her Medicinal Cauldron Space. The needle was as thin as a cow’s hair and shimmered with a cold light under the illumination of the Moonlight Stones.

Then, she took a deep breath, focused her mind, and used all her strength to suddenly throw the silver needle.

The silver needle flew like an arrow from a bow, cutting through the air with a sharp whistling sound, accurately shooting toward the back of the skeleton and straight into the depths of its bone marrow. In the next moment, the silver needle unerringly struck a deeply hidden Gu insect inside the skeleton.

With the death of the Gu insect, the skeleton that had been incredibly strong seemed to lose all support. In an instant, it was like a pile of collapsed building blocks, crashing into a pile of fragments scattered everywhere.

Yun Xiancheng was quick, grabbing one of the bones with an odd weight. With a slight exert of force, he extracted the hidden map fragment of the Purification Lotus Demon Flame and held it tightly in his hand.

”Thanks.”

Yun Xiancheng turned his head, nodded to Xiao Yi Xian, and thanked her sincerely for her help. ”What is that?”

Xiao Yi Xian leaned in and asked.

Yun Xiancheng carefully unrolled the scroll in his hand and found it was a map made of an unknown material, with some strange markings drawn on it that looked very mysterious.

Xiao Yi Xian immediately lost interest, curled her lip, and said:

”Alright, since we’ve dealt with this troublesome skeleton, let’s hurry up and open the boxes. Maybe there are some treasures hidden inside.”

100 Dividing the Treasure

Suddenly, in the silent stone chamber, a slight crisp sound exploded like thunder.

An ancient box slowly opened, and inside lay a colorful scroll, glowing with mysterious light.

”This scroll is surrounded by a faint poisonous aura. Perhaps you should examine it first?” Yun Xiancheng turned his head slightly, his gaze gentle as he looked at Xiao Yi Xian.

Xiao Yi Xian nodded, carefully took out the scroll, lifted her fair hand, and browsed through it in detail. Then she opened her red lips and spoke softly, ”Indeed. It teaches the art of poison control.”

She looked up, her clear eyes carrying a hint of inquiry as she looked at Yun Xiancheng. ”Do you truly not care about my status as a Poison Master?”

Seeing her cautious appearance, Yun Xiancheng couldn’t help but laugh. His heart felt even more pity as he placed his hand on her soft hair and gently rubbed it. With a tone of indulgence, he explained:

”I really don’t care. To me, being useful is enough.”

However, before he finished speaking, both Yun Xiancheng and Xiao Yi Xian’s bodies stiffened for a moment, and the atmosphere froze. ’Crap! I’ve gotten so used to rubbing heads that I did it subconsciously without thinking!’

Yun Xiancheng cried out in his heart, wanting to slap himself, but he maintained that gentle smile on his face, not even daring to move his hand an inch.

Xiao Yi Xian’s delicate body trembled slightly. She was clearly not used to such an intimate gesture, her heart racing like a panicked deer. After a while, Yun Xiancheng finally broke the silence, feigning composure:

”Shall we continue and open the next box?” ”Mm.”

Xiao Yi Xian’s voice was as soft as a mosquito’s hum. She nodded gently, her cheeks already stained with a faint blush.

Yun Xiancheng felt as if a heavy burden had been lifted and quickly shifted his attention, opening the next stone box. What met his eyes was another scroll, with small characters on the side reading: Xuan Tier High-Grade Flying Dou Technique: Eagle’s Wings.

”I’ll take this Dou Technique then; my junior sister might need it.” Yun Xiancheng handed the scroll toward Xiao Yi Xian but then added:

”A flying Dou Technique. You know, I already have one.”

Xiao Yi Xian nodded slightly, a hint of envy flashing in her beautiful eyes as she said softly, ”You are so good to your junior sister.”

”Eh? Isn’t that normal? Because she is my... junior sister.” Yun Xiancheng shrugged nonchalantly and put the flying Dou Technique into his storage ring.

Xiao Yi Xian bit her lower lip slightly but didn’t say anything more. Their relationship was still somewhat distant, and some things were better left unsaid—

—to avoid causing unnecessary misunderstandings.

”There’s still one last stone box. Let’s hurry up and see what’s inside, then we can head back early.”

Xiao Yi Xian changed the subject, not wanting to dwell on the slightly ambiguous topic. Yun Xiancheng also understood and moved his gaze to the last stone box. He skillfully opened the box and saw it was a Xuan Tier High-Grade Dou Technique.

”How about this for you?” Yun Xiancheng looked at Linger. Linger nodded gently: