The Invincible Supreme Medical God
Chapter 388 - 270: The Imminent Attack_2

Chapter 388: Chapter 270: The Imminent Attack_2

Yan Xiaobao wore a bashful smile on his face, for he was unable to refute. He happily looked at the large amount of items stored in his storage ring while waiting for Sha Yun to complete her scan.

"There’s a stone room not too far from here," Sha Yun’s voice sounded as her eyes remained closed. Looking at Snake Woman, Yan Xiaobao noticed that her entire tail had turned to stone, and her skin on her belly was also slowly transforming into rock.

"Sounds good," Yan Xiaobao replied cheerfully, but Sha Yun wasn’t finished. "There are some Magic Beasts along the way," she frowned, "The stone room seems to belong to one of those beasts, though it’s currently not home. From what I can sense, we should be capable of defeating all of them."

With that, Sha Yun opened her eyes, and the previously stone-bound parts of her body suddenly twisted back to their original form.

A short moment after heading out in the direction Sha Yun indicated. Initially, Snake Woman insisted on cutting through the walls for a faster route, but Yan Xiaobao immediately rejected the idea.

The reason for entering the tunnel was that they ambushed the Dragon Army under the sunlight. If the tunnel collapsed, it would likely jeopardize their chances of reaching Cave’s End City—if they even managed to reach it—and would certainly keep them under heavy alert.

Though Yan Xiaobao desired to dissect and preserve every beast they killed along the way, they ultimately refrained from taking on overly arduous tasks. Wang Julong quickly persuaded him to allow her oversized poppy flower to consume them, bolstering its strength and size.

The stone room turned out to be far larger than Yan Xiaobao had initially anticipated. Its sheer enormity was on par with the courtyard of the City Lord’s mansion in Cave’s End City, and Hui Yue quickly took a liking to the cave itself.

At one end stood a small spring, trickling water near an area filled with broken bones of Magic Beasts. The bones had all been shattered; the marrow long extracted, leaving them completely clean. Eyeing the skeletal remains briefly, Yan Xiaobao ignited a flame above his fingertip, burned the bones into a small pile of ash, and promptly discarded them outside the stone room.

In the center of the room stood a small raised platform, and Yan Xiaobao could feel the essence of heaven and earth thickened significantly around its vicinity.

As he climbed onto the platform, Yan Xiaobao was taken aback, for he spotted a tiny red flower at the center of an energy ripple, continuously emitting waves of power. freёNovelFire-com

This flower was unmistakably a Holy Flower, akin to one Yan Xiaobao had obtained earlier, but unlike the former, this one seemed much weaker. The stem had been shaped by Qi, alongside its petals, yet instead of secreting drops of spiritual energy to the outside world, it gathered them within its pistil, where a small pool of silvery liquid resided.

The silvery liquid appeared on the verge of being absorbed by the flower, and by doing so, the flower could evolve further. Afterward, it would no longer merely produce spiritual energy in silver droplets but might even manifest golden rays of Wu Wei power.

Staring at the flower, Yan Xiaobao couldn’t help but wonder if he should pick it up and consume it directly or allow it to continue growing within their new dwelling.

’Idiot!’ Lan Feng’s voice echoed from within the Dantian Cave. This was a rare occurrence these days, as Phoenix was focused on refining Wu Wei. Even if Yan Xiaobao tried to converse with the bird, it would completely ignore him.

"I’ve told you before, as long as heavenly and earthly essence exists, a flower will continue to grow indefinitely," Lan Feng’s voice drifted into Yan Xiaobao’s mind, reminding him of what Phoenix had indeed mentioned earlier—when they acquired this flower from the Deng Family.

Plucking the flower, Yan Xiaobao carefully placed it within a jade box and then stored it inside a storage stone. Even inside the storage stone, the flower would complete its evolution.

Hui Yue shared the results of their harvest with his friends. When the flower succeeded in transforming into a Holy Flower capable of spiritualizing Wu Wei, they all convened to discuss its usage.

Yan Xiaobao then started a fire—not a spiritual energy fire, but a genuine campfire using wood he retrieved from his storage ring. To the flames, he added herbal medicines, letting the smoke emit a pleasant fragrance. Afterward, he removed wolf meat from his bag, sliced it into thin strips, and placed it above the fire, letting the flavored smoke roast it.

Smoking the meat took time—a task Yan Xiaobao couldn’t rush. As the smoke filled the tunnel, the aroma inevitably attracted Magic Beasts lingering around the stone room.

These beasts didn’t come in packs but scattered, which made them relatively easy for Wang Julong and Deng Wu to handle.

The two decided to collaborate, benefiting mutually from the slaughter. Deng Wu captured additional soul shadows from the beasts, while Wang Julong ensured her poppy flower devoured their corpses.

The already oversized flower, initially reaching up to Wang Julong’s waist, now outgrew her height. The vines stretched a meter long, slithering across the ground like serpents instead of embedding into the stone floor.

Both roots and vines were covered in small crimson thorns, seemingly imbued with the same poison as the alluring petals themselves. Touching them recklessly would be foolish, and even Yan Xiaobao held a deep respect for the venomous plant.

As blood pooled throughout the tunnel, fewer beasts ventured toward the stone room Hui Yue claimed as his own. Even the original owner seemed to choose escape over attacking the youths.

Once the influx of Magic Beasts ceased, Yan Xiaobao ordered his friends to remove all traces of the blood, ensuring no evidence remained. He couldn’t predict when the Dragon Army would arrive, but everything had to look perfectly ordinary when they did.

The subsequent days remained peaceful. As Yan Xiaobao spent time analyzing the phenomena within his Dantian Qi Cave, the smoked meat had been prepared.

The red mist had grown notably denser, brimming with a furious energy as if enraged by being confined within its usual dwelling.

Beside it was the blue cloud, which also expanded in size, though its serenity remained in stark contrast to the volatile and wrathful red fog; its calm and tranquil presence quietly lingered in its designated cave.

A green pearl was slowly spinning, as each vortex of Qi circulating through the Qi Cave flowed into the pearl, refining its energies.

Yan Xiaobao scrutinized the Moongazing Pearl, initiating various experiments. Some involved deliberately injuring himself, others were conducted when his friends were harmed, while a few were performed amidst battles during momentary injuries.

No matter what experiments Yan Xiaobao conducted, he observed the pearl would occasionally begin healing him, while other times it ignored the wounds entirely. It seemed activating the pearl was entirely random.

This unpredictability frustrated Yan Xiaobao greatly. Even inflicting the same injuries resulted in inconsistent outcomes—healing sometimes and being disregarded at other times. The uncertainty drove Yan Xiaobao to near madness.

Eventually, he had no choice but to abandon his efforts. Grumbling to himself, he shut his eyes, seated in a meditative posture, and immersed himself in cultivating more spiritual energy. He carried on with this while waiting for the rest of the smoked meat.

Day after day passed swiftly within the stone room. Yan Xiaobao and his friends used this time to stabilize their cultivation base while making the most of the spacious chamber to practice combat.

Daily, two would venture out to hunt for food, which included Magic Beasts of various kinds, while the remaining pair stayed behind to guard their new home.

The first order Yan Xiaobao gave Deng Wu was to create inscriptions that would alert him whenever a passage leading to the end of the cave was opened, enabling them to detect the Dragon Army’s movements. Several times each day, Yan Xiaobao and Sha Yun merged with the earth to scan the surroundings, hoping to spot signs of the Dragon Army’s advance.

Thus far, there had been no discoveries, and after a week of repeated skirmishes, hunting Magic Beasts, and merging with the earth, Yan Xiaobao finally felt his cultivation base had stabilized significantly. It had become far more robust than before. A contented smile appeared on Yan Xiaobao’s face as he opened his eyes, brimming with excitement.

Though he hadn’t advanced in rank, he could feel that his power had grown substantially through this stability. His cultivation base was no longer an obstacle; this exhilaration caused the waves of his spiritual energy sea to surge dramatically. At the center of the sea, five flames burned larger and brighter, this sight bringing immense joy to Yan Xiaobao.

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