Chapter 4: Little Medical Fairy

Having broken through to Master, Xiao Li casually found a few magic beasts to practice with; a first-rank magic beast was no match for him in the slightest.

After collecting all the valuable materials from those magic beasts, Xiao Li left the Magic Beast Mountain Range; staying long at the Master level here was just as dangerous, so he also needed to go out to buy supplies and prepare for long-term seclusion.

At the entrance of Green Mountain Town facing the Magic Beast Mountain Range, mercenaries were one by one seeking to form teams.

"Fire Attribute Three-Star Fighter, which mercenary team needs one?"

"Water Attribute Two-Star Fighter, hiring me only requires five hundred gold coins."

The mercenaries in the town are roughly divided into three types; one type is mercenary corps that have formed a strict organization, of which there are only three in Green Mountain Town, each about a hundred strong, most members are above Fighter level, and the captains of these three mercenary corps are all Master-level powerhouses, making them one of the strongest forces in Green Mountain Town.

The second type consists of temporary mercenary squads; such squads usually disband after completing a single mission, and their mutual trust and coordination are far inferior to those of regular mercenary corps.

The third type are lone mercenaries; these people generally have a few life-saving trump cards.

Many noticed Xiao Li walking out alone, his body still stained with fresh magic beast blood, having just broken through to Master, his aura not yet fully controlled; even a occasional wisp leaking out would make those nearby tremble with fear.

"Which family's genius is this, his aura is astonishing."

"He's covered in blood, alone—did he get attacked by a powerful magic beast in the Magic Beast Mountain Range, so only he came back?"

The surrounding mercenaries warily kept their distance from Xiao Li, not letting his slightly youthful face make them careless.

Xiao Li found the Ten Thousand Medicines Hall in Green Yang Town, took out a bundle and placed it on the counter.

"Do you Ten Thousand Medicines Hall buy magic beast materials?"

The shop clerk dared not be careless; although the other party was young, he might be someone from a gang coming to sell goods.

"We buy, we buy."

Xiao Li opened the bundle, revealing several magic beast body parts and a magic core.

"Let's see how much it's worth."

The clerk rubbed his hands, not minding the dirt, picked up the bloody magic beast parts and began to appraise them.

"First-rank wood-attribute magic core, purchase price four hundred twenty gold coins."

"First-rank fire pig tusks, purchase price one hundred eighty gold coins."

"……"

All sorts of magic beast materials together were worth about a thousand gold coins; Xiao Li didn't haggle further, decisively took the deal—better to spend that time killing a few more beasts and training a bit.

Xiao Li was about to leave with the money bag the clerk handed him, but the clerk called him to stop.

"Little brother, you must have someone behind you," the clerk said with a smile.

Hearing that, Xiao Li replied without changing expression, "What's up?"

Seeing Xiao Li not deny it, the clerk's smile widened: "Like this, our Ten Thousand Medicines Hall herb-gathering team will go into the mountains tomorrow to collect herbs and needs guards; you can go back and tell others, if you're interested just find the team at the entrance of the Magic Beast Mountain Range tomorrow—the price will surely satisfy you."

Xiao Li nodded, neither agreeing nor refusing, and walked straight out of the Ten Thousand Medicines Hall to find an inn to stay at.

He didn't have much money now, so earning a little extra while going into the mountains wasn't bad.

"……"

At dawn, Xiao Li circulated the Thunder Extension Technique; silken threads of heaven and earth energy flowed into his body, strengthening his qi vortex.

The day's plan lies in the morning; morning training still works well, but the Advanced Yellow Rank Thunder Extension Technique, after Xiao Li broke through to Master, its training speed slowed a notch.

According to Xiao Li's estimate, if he wanted to break through to Master Two-Star, he would probably need two or three months.

"Once I'm stronger, I'll definitely go to a big city to look for high-level Lightning System Skill Techniques."

Xiao Li made up his mind, but in the Jia Ma Empire, obtaining such things requires not only strength but also formidable financial resources.

If it were in Heijiao Yu…

Xiao Li recalled that lawless, chaotic place.

"Master-level strength is still far from enough; to establish a foothold in Heijiao Yu, one must at least have Spirit-level strength."

He shook his head, feeling somewhat helpless; without strength, you get nowhere, so you still have to train hard.

"……"

Entrance of the Magic Beast Mountain Range

Xiao Li squeezed into the recruitment site of the Ten Thousand Medicines Hall relying on his strong physique.

The person in charge was somewhat surprised by Xiao Li's age.

"Little brother, we only recruit Two-Star Fighters and above here; do you meet the requirement?"

"Of course." Xiao Li replied.

Clenching his fists, pure purple fighting qi coiled around him, and even his arms were wrapped in fighting qi gauze like tassels.

"Partial Fighting Qi Gauze Robe, so young, good good, meets the requirement, reward eight hundred gold coins."

The person in charge widened his eyes; being able to produce Partial Fighting Qi Gauze Robe certainly means only an advanced Fighter can do it—he didn't expect the youth before him to be so young yet so strong.

Among the Ten Thousand Medicines Hall herb-gathering team, a white-skinned little girl tilted her head, curiously looking at Xiao Li.

Xiao Li seemed to sense it, turned his head to look at the little girl.

He saw a girl dressed in a set of pale white clothes; although her looks weren't stunning, she could be called a rare beauty embryo, her clever, lively face exuded a fresh, ethereal aura, and this unique aura instantly boosted her charm greatly.

Xiao Li's eyes widened in amazement—what a pretty little girl.

After making eye contact with Xiao Li, the girl hurriedly turned her head, somewhat shyly rubbing the corner of her clothes.

The man beside the girl didn't notice, just saying to himself, "Little Medical Fairy, this time out, Yao Zhai's master ordered me to pass on more herbal knowledge to you; you'd better study hard."

The Little Medical Fairy furrowed her brows; naturally clever, she knew Yao Zhai's master wasn't a good person, just using her.

Though the Little Medical Fairy felt dissatisfied, her tone remained sweet: "Then I'll trouble Uncle Li."

The man called Uncle Li waved his hand, saying nothing more.

Xiao Li's ears twitched; his hearing, sharper after becoming a Master, let him faintly hear the man's words.

"Little Medical Fairy?"

Xiao Li looked at the girl's back, at that cute, undeveloped little girl, his head feeling a bit foggy.

Xiao Yan was sixteen when he first came to the Magic Beast Mountain Range; at that time Xiao Yixian was fifteen; now Xiao Yan is eleven...

That's right; the current Xiao Yixian should just be ten years old, and her appearance should be that of a child.

Although people on the Qi Continent mature a bit earlier in mind and body due to cultivation, a ten-year-old child still couldn't make Xiao Li have any thoughts other than finding her cute.

However, since he now knew the other party was Xiao Yixian, Xiao Li couldn't help but have some thoughts.

With the Disaster Poison Body, merely swallowing poison can boost one's cultivation, much faster than ordinary people; if we could now recruit Xiao Yixian and let her cultivate early...

Dear readers, I suddenly thought of a problem: the original work has too many chapters, finding each character's age is like looking for a needle in a haystack, so I searched various discussion posts for character age issues; this book's setting is that the protagonist Xiao Li is three years older than Xiao Yan, and Xiao Ding is five years older than Xiao Yan; I couldn't find the original material, to avoid mistakes, if anyone has definite information please tell me, I will definitely revise, thanks.

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