Chapter 10: Cave Dwelling

In a dense forest, two young figures were moving one after the other toward the depths of the forest.

The young girl walking in front occasionally pushed aside the branches and leaves of the surrounding trees, and only after confirming the unique markings of the Wan Yao Zhai on the tree branches did she slightly relax, proceeding further forward.

Though the youth following behind appeared relaxed, his eyes were constantly alert to the dense forest around them, and the Dou Qi vortex on his palm rotated and gathered without pause, ready to respond at any moment should danger arise.

Although the outer perimeter of the Magic Beast Mountain Range did not have too many powerful Magic Beasts, and the route beneath their feet had been traveled by countless people, both Little Doctor Fairy, who had entered the Magic Beast Mountain Range many times, and Xiao Yan, who had nearly capsized in a ditch, understood the principle that caution keeps one safe for ten thousand years, and so did not let down their guard.

Soon the two arrived at the destination of this trip, the herb-gathering area of the Wan Yao Zhai.

"This is it. This place is behind the herb-gathering area of the Wan Yao Zhai. People from other Mercenary Groups won't come here, and people from the Wan Yao Zhai generally only walk as far as here." After walking forward another stretch and arriving at the edge of a cliff, Little Doctor Fairy's ethereal and gentle voice rang in Xiao Yan's ear. "Going down from here, we basically won't run into anyone from Qingshan Town anymore."

"Down from here?" Xiao Yan looked down the cliff. Beneath the cliff, a lush, verdant dense forest appeared in Xiao Yan's eyes. This book's first release: read novels, choose Heavenly Reading Novels, ttks. tw, ultra-smooth, providing you with a reading experience of error-free chapters and no out-of-order chapters.

Obviously, such a dense forest would certainly not lack Magic Beasts. However, if one could carve out a cave dwelling on the cliff, it would clearly allow them to avoid the harassment of most Magic Beasts. This was also the reason Xiao Yan in the original work would choose to live in a cave dwelling. After all, compared to a treehouse that required vigilance in all directions, a cave dwelling that only required vigilance on one side was clearly far superior. Moreover, above this place was the herb-gathering area of the Wan Yao Zhai. If injured, one could come up at any time to pick herbs, or simply run back along the original route to Qingshan Town.

But for some unknown reason, the more Xiao Yan looked at this place, the more familiar it seemed. Thinking carefully, wasn't this the cliff where the Cave Dwelling discovered by Little Doctor Fairy in the original work was located! However, Xiao Yan did not reveal his thoughts, because if nothing unexpected happened, Little Doctor Fairy should not have discovered that cave dwelling yet; otherwise, she wouldn't have waited three years to come explore it.

"How about it? After going down from here, we can find a cave dwelling or take up residence, so we won't have to worry about Magic Beasts. Even if there isn't one, we can carve one out ourselves. You should be able to do that, right?" Little Doctor Fairy's beautiful eyes looked over.

"Of course." Xiao Yan smiled and gave an affirmative answer. Then, turning his back to the girl beside him, he squatted down, brought his hands together behind his back to form a basket shape, and said: "Get on."

Little Doctor Fairy's face reddened slightly, her lips pressed together lightly, and she said: "Never mind, I'll just braid a vine and go down by myself."

Although Little Doctor Fairy said so, Xiao Yan would not let her off so easily, and continued: "No, that would take too much time, and it would leave traces."

Little Doctor Fairy actually very much wanted to say that even if traces were left, with your strength it shouldn't be a big deal, but thinking that the sky was indeed getting a bit late, continuing to delay time really wasn't good.

In the end, Little Doctor Fairy still persuaded herself. Her lotus steps moved slightly, and she gently leaned against Xiao Yan's back. As Xiao Yan stood up, her jade-like hands quickly wrapped around Xiao Yan's neck, and her legs also tightly clung to Xiao Yan's bear-like waist.

He's only twelve, he's only twelve, he's only twelve. Little Doctor Fairy numbed herself over and over in her heart, doing her utmost not to consider the contact between the two of them.

As the bodies of the girl and the boy pressed tightly together, the unique fragrance of herbs belonging to the girl drifted into Xiao Yan's nose. "Little Doctor Fairy, you smell so good!"

"Shut up! You're not allowed to smell!" Little Doctor Fairy's face instantly flushed crimson with shyness.

"Little Doctor Fairy, you smell so…"

"Shut up!" Little Doctor Fairy's jade-like hands wrapped around Xiao Yan's neck tightened fiercely, almost choking Xiao Yan until he couldn't breathe. Only then did Xiao Yan abandon his joking mood. Walking to the edge of the cliff, he leaped down, and the next moment was gripping a protrusion on the cliff face. After that, he repeated the operation, and the two swiftly moved down the cliff.

Soon, Xiao Yan descended to a cliff face overgrown with tangled wood. Having prepared in advance, Xiao Yan squinted slightly, and with the help of the setting sun, indeed saw a pitch-black hollow through the gaps in the tangled wood.

"Why did you stop?" Feeling that her body was no longer moving downward but was still suspended on the cliff face, Little Doctor Fairy asked somewhat strangely.

"Little Doctor Fairy, look, isn't there a hollow beneath that tangled wood?" As he spoke, Xiao Yan leaned his upper body forward to make it easier for Little Doctor Fairy to adjust her angle and observe.

"It seems… there is one!" Little Doctor Fairy said with some pleasant surprise, truly a pillow sent just when one was sleepy. "Should we go in and take a look!"

Xiao Yan had been waiting precisely for Little Doctor Fairy to say these words, and naturally would not refuse.

"Hold on tight, there will be a bit of shaking next." Xiao Yan reminded.

Little Doctor Fairy cooperated by clinging even tighter to Xiao Yan. The girl's soft, youthful body made Xiao Yan's mind wander for a moment, but he clearly still knew what the important matter at hand was. He took a deep breath and suppressed the evil fire in his heart.

One hand gripped the cliff face tightly, while the other freed itself to condense a crimson-red fireball. With a swing of his arm, the fireball flew along the direction of his arm toward the tangled wood. In no time, the overgrown tangled wood was burned clean by Xiao Yan's flames.

Afterward, Xiao Yan gradually moved forward toward the cave dwelling.

Just as he was about to reach the cave entrance, a sound of something breaking through the air rang out. A black shadow darted out from the shadows within the cave entrance, pouncing straight toward Xiao Yan and Little Doctor Fairy.

Xiao Yan naturally would not forget the Rock Snake within the cave entrance. The moment the black shadow darted out, Xiao Yan swiftly hurled the Volcano Stone Flame fireball he had long prepared.

In mid-air beside the cave dwelling, the brown Rock Snake, its body flat and long like wings, collided with the crimson-red Volcano Stone Flame Xiao Yan had thrown. Although the Rock Snake's body was as hard as stone, it was ultimately only a First Order Monster Beast, and naturally could not withstand the Volcano Stone Flame, which was capable of injuring a Second Order Monster Beast.

As a violent explosion echoed across the cliff, the scorching air current swept past Xiao Yan and Little Doctor Fairy's faces, and the Rock Snake consequently lost its ability to move, its mangled body plummeting down the high cliff.

Watching the Rock Snake disappear into the dense forest below, Xiao Yan felt that the Rock Snake had most likely been smashed into meat paste.

Then, without paying it further attention, he threw another fireball into the cave dwelling, and only after confirming there were no other threats did he continue moving, landing with Little Doctor Fairy on his back at the entrance of the cave dwelling.

The moment they stopped, Little Doctor Fairy impatiently slid down from Xiao Yan. Afterward, the two carefully took in the cave dwelling before them.

Unfortunately, due to the lighting, the two saw nothing but a patch of pitch-black.

"Let's go, let's see what might be inside?" Smiling slightly at Little Doctor Fairy, Xiao Yan rubbed three fingers of his right hand together, and a small flame appeared in his hand, illuminating an area of several meters around.

Gazing at the deep, secluded cave, Xiao Yan took the lead and walked in. Little Doctor Fairy did not hesitate either, and quickly followed. She was also very curious about what fortuitous encounters this cave dwelling might hold.