Chapter 39: The Tragedy of the Myriad Herb Pavilion

Between the nonexistent Profound-tier cultivation technique and his own arm, he ultimately chose the latter. After a moment, Master Yao said with extreme unwillingness, "Give me the antidote formula, and I will let you leave."

"I have had personal experience with your hypocritical nature, Master Yao. Let us leave, and I will give it to you," the Little Fairy Doctor replied indifferently, shaking her head.

The Little Fairy Doctor's detachment caused Master Yao's heart to sink. Gritting his teeth, he said, "Fine, I agree."

Seeing Master Yao yield, the Little Fairy Doctor turned to Xiao Se and smiled, "Let's go."

Seeing that there was no more fighting to be done, Xiao Se shrugged indifferently and walked straight out of the estate, with the Little Fairy Doctor following closely behind.

Upon reaching the estate grounds, Master Yao followed them with a gloomy expression, accompanied by the seven or eight remaining guards.

When they reached a relatively open area, to Xiao Se's surprise, the Little Fairy Doctor summoned the blue eagle from the original story.

"This is..." Xiao Se asked subconsciously.

"This is Little Lan. I encountered it by chance while herb-gathering after we parted ways last time. It was severely injured, and after I saved it, we became good friends," the Little Fairy Doctor said, waving her delicate hand affectionately at the blue eagle circling above before turning to smile at Xiao Se.

Nodding slightly as he watched the eagle descend, Xiao Se wrapped an arm around the Little Fairy Doctor's slender waist. With a slight bend of his knees, he propelled himself upward, landing firmly on the eagle's back.

As they stood on the eagle's back, the Little Fairy Doctor prepared to toss the antidote formula to Master Yao, but Xiao Se snatched it from her.

"What are you doing?" the Little Fairy Doctor asked in surprise.

"Nothing, it's just that the old bastard plotted against you so thoroughly, I thought I'd add a little something extra for him," Xiao Se said with a playful smirk. He retrieved a dark green pill from his storage ring, carefully infused it with a trace of Dou Qi, wrapped it inside the formula, and tossed it toward where Master Yao was standing.

Seeing the formula crumpled into a paper ball and thrown down, Master Yao’s eyelid twitched. He leapt up to catch it and unfolded the paper. With a dull *pop*, the dark green pill inside shattered, turning into powder that sprayed directly onto Master Yao's face.

Before he could even vent his anger, Master Yao felt his vision go black and immediately lost consciousness.

A strange, intoxicating fragrance wafted from Master Yao's body, drifting into the nostrils of the surrounding seven or eight guards. A surge of lustful fire ignited in their bellies; they stared fixedly at the unconscious Master Yao, their eyes filled with undisguised heat.

"Little Yao-Yao, here comes your master," all the guards muttered with the same feverish intensity as they gazed at the man lying on the ground, slowly closing in on him.

High on the eagle's back, the Little Fairy Doctor stared blankly at the scene below, where Master Yao was being swarmed by the guards. A look of confusion crossed her beautiful face. She tucked a stray lock of hair behind her ear and tilted her head toward Xiao Se, asking, "What was that pill you wrapped in the formula?"

"Nothing much. Just some medicine I concocted out of boredom using thousand-year-old Sleepy Fruit, a Tier 2 Ape-Man beast core I hunted a month ago, and some ingredients that stimulate primal biological instincts. I infused it with a trace of Dou Qi, so as soon as someone opened the paper, the pill would shatter into powder, and then..." Xiao Se chuckled wickedly.

"Sleepy Fruit? Ape-Man beast core? Ingredients to stimulate primal instincts?" The Little Fairy Doctor paused, then looked down at the tragic scene unfolding below. She immediately understood, and her face flushed bright red. She glared at Xiao Se and scolded, "You're so young, yet you don't learn anything good, and instead you..."

Seeing her shy anger, Xiao Se smiled and wisely changed the subject: "Where should we head next?"

The Little Fairy Doctor shook her head. "I don't know. I don't have a place to stay for now. Let's just leave Qingshan Town first." Since this was still early in the original timeline, she had not yet discovered that small valley.

Xiao Se nodded slightly. After a moment of silence, he said, "I discovered a secluded small valley in the Magical Beast Mountain Range. There are many medicinal herbs there, but because I cannot fly for long periods, I couldn't enter. With Little Lan as our mount, we can fly right in. We can settle there."

"Really?" The Little Fairy Doctor's beautiful eyes lit up instantly.

"Hehe, of course. But before that, we must pay a visit to the Wolf Head Mercenary Group. The culprits who framed you are there," Xiao Se said with a light chuckle. It was the perfect opportunity to test the results of his cultivation over the past few months.

"This..." Hearing that Xiao Se wanted to avenge her, a flash of emotion crossed her eyes. After a moment of silence, she said with concern, "Perhaps we should just let it go. The Wolf Head Mercenary Group has over a hundred members, and their leader, Mu She, is a Dou Shi. I'm worried..."

Xiao Se nodded lightly. "For certain reasons, I am indeed not suited for prolonged combat, but don't I have you?"

"Me?" The Little Fairy Doctor pointed at herself in astonishment, then quickly realized, "You mean... using poison?"

Xiao Se smiled and nodded.

"Yes, that is indeed a good idea. The poisons I learned from the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture may not be enough to kill a large group of Dou Zhe, but it is certainly possible to strip those below five-star Dou Zhe of their combat ability." Mentioning poison, the Little Fairy Doctor lifted her beautiful chin with pride. She then produced a pill and said, "This is an antidote I concocted. Although the poison won't affect you much, taking the antidote will save you some Dou Qi consumption."

Xiao Se took the pill and swallowed it without a second thought. With the memories of a sixth-tier alchemist, he could tell at a glance whether a pill was poisonous or not.

Touching his storage belt, Xiao Se produced two Zhuge Crossbows and smiled. "I have two repeating crossbows here; they are very powerful. If they are caught off guard, even a Dou Shi is likely to be injured. Take them for self-defense. You release the poison from the air, and I’ll go down and wreck the place."

Watching Xiao Se swallow the pill she gave him without the slightest hesitation, a soft smile appeared on the Little Fairy Doctor's beautiful face. It was clear she was very happy that Xiao Se could trust her so completely.

Taking the Zhuge Crossbows, the Little Fairy Doctor asked with a smile, "How do I use these?"

"Like this... and like this..."

While Xiao Se taught the Little Fairy Doctor how to use the Zhuge Crossbows on their way to the Wolf Head Mercenary Group's headquarters, the base was far from peaceful.

In the grand hall, music and dancing filled the air. The leader of the Wolf Head Mercenary Group, Mu She, along with the second leader, Gan Mu, and the third leader, Hao Meng, were reveling in pleasure, enjoying beauties and fine wine.

Suddenly, a sleazy-looking youth rushed in, shooing away the dancers. With a look of terror, he cried, "Father, a disaster has happened! The Myriad Medicine Hall has just been wiped out..."