Chapter 59: Zi Yan

What does it feel like to become the big brother just one month after arriving at the Inner Court?

Looking at the two thousand days of fire energy on the Fire Crystal Card, Xiao Li felt he had fallen into confusion, momentarily losing the direction of his efforts.

Inner Court Medicinal Materials Management Depot.

Xiao Li was specially approved by Su Qian to enter; he could pick whatever medicinal herbs he needed, paying with fire energy, and he prepared to look for herbs that would help restore the soul.

Su Qian wasn't worried about Xiao Li stealing, for everything here was marked; the marks had to be removed by the guarding elder, otherwise the Inner Court would track the mark to you.

As the place where the Inner Court stores precious medicinal herbs, this medicinal materials management depot also had quite strict defenses: not only did Elder Hao, a Fighting King powerhouse, sit in command, but under him there were also a dozen or so instructors patrolling twenty-four hours a day.

Such an area is normally off-limits to ordinary students, but fortunately, perhaps because Su Qian had given instructions, when Xiao Li was stopped by a patrolling instructor to verify his identity, he was then brought before Elder Hao.

Xiao Li gave a slight bow to Elder Hao, smiled, and after the instructor left, he softly stated his purpose: 'I came to see Elder Hao mainly to need some herbs for repairing and nourishing the soul, so I wanted to check here whether I could find any.'

Elder Hao glanced at Xiao Li in surprise; although curious why he needed such herbs, he did not ask further.

'This is the token to enter the depot; you can go in and have a look.'

Elder Hao handed a token to Xiao Li, who hastily took the Black Gold Token; a glance showed the token carved with lifelike various medicinal herbs, and faintly a delicate herbal fragrance seeped out, making one feel refreshed and delighted.

'This Inner Court truly has deep foundations; even this token is made of extremely rare material.' Holding the jade tablet, Xiao Li muttered to himself, lingered no longer, turned and headed toward the door leading to the medicinal herb storehouse.

'Hey, little guy, remember to only look for what you need; don't mess with anything else, for everything there is marked with energy traces—any slight movement and I will notice.' As Xiao Li entered, Elder Hao reminded him, for the herbs inside were too precious for the Inner Court to go without some protection.

'Hehe, Elder, rest assured, I am not a greedy person.' Smiling, Xiao Li also understood that Elder Hao was reminding him not to act out of greed, and he replied clearly.

Having seen through Xiao Li's words, Elder Hao gave an embarrassed smile, waved his hand, then sat back down in his chair to review the medicinal herb documents.

Xiao Li pushed the door open; beyond it was a wide corridor. Walking to the end of the corridor, a faint energy shield enveloped the area. He glanced around, noticed a groove in the wall beside him, stepped forward, and carefully placed the Black Gold Token onto it.

As the Black Gold Token was affixed, the light of the energy shield before him gradually weakened, and after a moment it completely dissipated.

Retrieving the Black Gold Token, Xiao Li looked at the wooden door hidden behind the energy shield, somewhat eager he rubbed his hands, then pushed the door and entered the medicinal storehouse suffused with herbal fragrance.

Beyond the wooden door was a spacious room bathed in a faint fluorescence; walking in slowly, Xiao Li looked around, and a look of astonishment gradually rose on his face.

The entire room's inner walls were wrapped in a layer of milky white jade; even the floor beneath his feet was made of flawlessly fitted pieces of white jade with no gaps, and that faint fluorescence emanated from these white jade pieces.

'What a grand undertaking.' Xiao Li clicked his tongue in amazement; these white jades were quite valuable, yet using them to store medicinal herbs had excellent effect—in this sealed space, the precious herbs hardly lost any potency, and their storage time could be greatly extended; such an arrangement far surpasses what an ordinary spatial ring could match.

Within the spacious room wrapped in white jade, several corridors were set up, with tall counters made entirely of white jade placed on both sides of each corridor.

Xiao Li casually walked into one corridor, glanced at the counter, and instantly saw various strangely shaped herbs that were obviously extremely rare, standing quietly there, with faintly different herbal fragrances wafting out.

Sensing their aura, Xiao Li's expression remained unchanged; these were not what he needed—he wanted herbs for repairing the soul.

However, such herbs were extremely rare; Xiao Li wandered for half a day without finding any, and instead he saw……

A little girl?!

Xiao Li looked at the white-clad girl, a hint of surprise on his face; 'Could it be Zi Yan?'

Feeling the Fighting Spirit aura emanating from this girl, Xiao Li's expression grew ever stranger; the more he looked, the more likely it seemed.

Zi Yan was picked up by the Grand Elder and raised in the Inner Court; as a magic beast, her cultivation is slow, her growth speed slow—starting now to eat medicinal herbs, it would not be impossible for her to rise from Fighting Spirit to Fighting King after several years.

The little girl seemed to sense Xiao Li's arrival, blankly turning her head, as if curious why there was someone else here.

Seeing the medicinal juice still wet at the corner of her mouth, Xiao Li's mouth twitched; it seemed to be Zi Yan, for besides her, no one else would raw-eat herbs carrying violent energy.

The little girl appeared to be about ten years old, with a head of light purple hair hanging straight to her waist; her cheeks were extremely fair and tender, like a delicately carved jade figurine, and a pair of dark, watery large eyes blinked at Xiao Li.

Thinking of the little doctor immortal at home, Xun'er, whom Xiao Yan will meet in the future, Qing Lin, and the present Zi Yan, the people of the Xiao family really do have a fate with lolis.

'You are…'

Zi Yan spoke up, her crisp, childlike voice bringing Xiao Li back to his senses.

'A student of the Inner Court.' Xiao Li replied; he currently also did not want to get involved with Zi Yan, as he had many secrets he wouldn't disclose and could not afford to attract attention.

As for the reason……

First, the Grand Elder Su Qian would not agree; second, she eats too much, and what she eats are all precious medicinal herbs—Xiao Li even planned to stockpile some goods for his third brother to practice with; it would be impossible to let this outsider Zi Yan consume them all, and he is not the sort of man who gets excited just upon seeing a woman.

Zi Yan relied on her magic beast's keen instinct, sensing Xiao Li's highly aggressive aura; she nodded slightly, wary, said 'hello,' and then turned back to continue gnawing her herbs.

The present Zi Yan is still far from becoming the Inner Court's World-Changing Demon King of a few years hence; she is merely a mid-low rank Fighting Spirit, and there are many stronger than her in the Inner Court, so she naturally would not be too arrogant.

Xiao Li also said no more, intending to continue searching for his own herbs.

But then, Xiao Li suddenly slapped his forehead, realizing that searching aimlessly wouldn't get him anywhere; it would be better to just ask someone.

Thinking this over, Xiao Li turned his head again to look at Zi Yan; in this medicinal herb depot, the person most familiar with the place was certainly not Elder Hao, but Zi Yan, who stays here every day.

Damn it, today I discovered how many lolis there are in Battle Through the Heavens! I don't like this taste! I still prefer sweet girls and older sisters—those win my heart (@, 0).

(End of chapter)