Reborn as Huo Yuhao, but also in Battle Through the Heavens

Chapter 16 Strange Medicinal Dust

"Little Fairy Doctor, do you want to become a poison master?" Xiao Yan asked Little Fairy Doctor, who was holding the "Seven-Colored Poison Scripture".

"Who would want to become a poison master? It's the most despicable profession on the Dou Qi Continent." Little Fairy Doctor lowered her eyes, looked down at the tips of her shoes, and gripped the scroll tightly.

"But I was born a poison master."

Huo Yuhao put away the remaining two scrolls, then took out a medicine cauldron from his storage ring and asked Little Fairy Doctor about it.

"Are you interested in alchemy?"

"But my attributes..."

"It's alright, let's try this medicine cauldron."

Following her instructions, Little Fairy Doctor walked to the medicine cauldron, somewhat puzzled.

"This seems a bit different from a typical medicine cauldron?"

"Inject your battle qi here, use your mental power to communicate with the magic array at the top, and control the flames," Huo Yuhao demonstrated.

"Looks like you've really become a teacher! You've taken on three disciples at once..." Yao Chen's eye twitched. "Little Fairy Doctor, with this medicine cauldron, you can start refining medicine. However, refining medicine with the Calamity Poison Body... might actually be quite suitable. Whether it's good or bad, it won't be a waste; you can produce and consume it yourself."

"Yes, teacher!" Little Fairy Doctor put away the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture and revealed a bright smile.

"Then you have to call me Senior Brother from now on, and Second Senior Brother Yuhao... Ouch!" Before Xiao Yan could finish speaking, he received a sharp rap on the head from Yao Chen.

"Enough with the nonsense, it's time to go."

"oh."

Seeing that Yao Chen seemed to be in a bad mood, Xiao Yan was puzzled and could only calm down.

After demonstrating the medicine cauldron, Huo Yuhao stopped paying attention to Xiao Yan and the others. Instead, he carefully collected all the treasures on the ground, not missing a single gold coin. Then he began to examine the floor of the cave dwelling closely.

"Yuhao, what are you doing? Are you trying to tear the floorboards off? We're not that poor, are we?"

"You're right, I do want to take it back and sell it for money," Huo Yuhao joked.

After Huo Yuhao put away the gold coins, Yao Chen also realized what was happening. After scanning the patterns on the ground, he revealed a smile.

"This is a formation that confuses the senses of the soul. It's a technique commonly used by alchemists."

Then, Yao Chen became excited: "This is just a trick! The real cave is down below. Quickly open it and see what good things he's hiding!"

"Brother Yuhao, how did you find out?"

Huo Yuhao cut open the floorboards, lifted them up, and stored them in his ring, while simultaneously answering the questions raised by the others.

"It's very simple, there's no storage ring."

After retracting the floorboards, Huo Yuhao used his mental energy to penetrate the cave floor and locate the second mechanism. With a creaking sound, a staircase leading to the lower level appeared.

"Let's go. I'll go first, and Xiao Yan will cover the rear."

After a period of darkness, a more spacious and brightly lit stone chamber appeared. Looking around, one could see numerous moonstones embedded in the walls, and a skeleton lying on the floor. A ring adorned the skeleton's index finger. Beside it sat a medicine cauldron. Apart from this, nothing else was visible.

Although the skeleton appears humanoid, the shape and number of bones are different from those of a human skeleton. All the bones near the heart are shattered, likely indicating death from this condition.

Huo Yuhao carefully scanned the stone chamber, the skeletons on the ground, and the medicine cauldron with his spiritual power. After confirming that there were no traps or Gu worms, he led the others in, removed the storage ring from the skeleton's hand, and probed it slightly with his spiritual power.

"There is no longer any soul imprint."

Yao Chen took it and examined it as well.

"This is a high-grade storage ring. The medicinal herbs inside are still usable. You can take a look for yourselves." After saying that, Yao Chen tossed the storage ring back and flashed back into the Ancient Flame Ring.

"What's wrong with Master?" Xiao Yan sensed that Yao Chen seemed preoccupied today.

Huo Yuhao, sensing the regret emanating from Yao Chen, frowned and carefully examined the collection in his storage ring.

"Cultivation techniques, combat skills, monster corpses, magic cores, medicinal herbs... nothing special, is there?"

After examining the contents of their storage rings, the three of them were completely baffled.

"Let's go out first." Huo Yuhao put away the medicine cauldron and the moonstone, and the group left the cave and returned to the cliff.

"By the way, what are the names of those medicinal herbs inside? They weren't listed in the herbal medicine catalog Master gave me."

"They're not particularly rare, are they?" Little Fairy Doctor introduced the medicinal herbs. "Star Grass, Starry Sky Grass... and Tiger Flame Grass."

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After leaving the cave, Huo Yuhao found a secluded valley nearby. After confirming that there were no powerful magical beasts around, he sent Xiao Yan to drive away the magical beasts in the valley. The group set up camp there to digest the gains from this exploration.

"As for the medicinal herbs, we've gathered all the materials for refining the Blood Lotus Pill. What about the herbs for refining the Spirit Restoration Pill?"

"The herbs I collected before are enough to stabilize the sea of ​​consciousness, nourish the soul, and replenish spiritual energy." Huo Yuhao recalled the revised formula for the Rejuvenating Pill. "After the teacher revised it, he added herbs to maintain clear consciousness and repair the sea of ​​consciousness. We'll use the Concentrating Flower and Stardust Grass that we just collected for the first part, and we'll have to look for the rest later."

Huo Yuhao paused for a moment, then continued, "We also have the magic core, so we don't need to risk killing sixth-tier magical beasts anymore."

"Yuhao, your previous prescription didn't include any herbs to repair the Sea of ​​Spirit?"

"...Just stabilize it." The voice was soft and inaudible.

Xiao Yan arranged the medicinal herbs and then took out cultivation techniques and fighting skills from the cave owner's storage ring.

"Hehe, a powerhouse capable of slaying a sixth-tier magical beast must have collected quite a few powerful combat techniques! Let me see..."

Soon, Xiao Yan lost interest, tossed the scrolls to Huo Yuhao, and slumped down in a sullen face.

"What a joke, there's not a single book I can practice with."

Huo Yuhao took them and opened them one by one to check.

"Poison-attribute cultivation techniques, you can ask Little Fairy Doctor if she wants to switch to them; the Xuan-rank high-level combat skill 'Mad Poison Claw'; the Di-rank low-level combat skills 'Ice Phoenix Bell', 'Ice Phoenix Feather', and 'Ice Phoenix Sword', all ice-attribute, this is a set of inherited combat skills, but it requires bloodline... The other combat skills all require the cooperation of Gu worms. There really isn't much to use."

After putting away the scrolls, Huo Yuhao took out two more scrolls from the stone box and said, "Don't be disappointed, you can practice these two fighting techniques."

"Let me see." Xiao Yan perked up. "Sonic fighting techniques? Not interested. This is—a flying fighting technique! It's actually a flying fighting technique!"

"When you get back, you can give 'The Roar of the Mad Lion' to your father. His cultivation technique, 'The Wrath of the Mad Lion,' is quite compatible with sonic combat techniques. I'll study this flying combat technique first before you start practicing it."

"Yuhao, you're not interested in aerial combat? That's flying! Did you hit your head when you were digging in the floor earlier?"

"Didn't I say I'd look into it? Why should I look into it if I'm not interested?"

Huo Yuhao took the scroll back from Xiao Yan's hand. "Let's study the monster corpses after Teacher has calmed down."

"Ah, haha!" Xiao Yan's laughter was a bit dry as he looked around, trying to find a new topic.

"By the way, hasn't Little Fairy Doctor been in the tent for a while? We've finished sorting out our spoils and she still hasn't come out. Could something have happened to her?"

"They must be researching the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture." Hearing Xiao Yan's words, Huo Yuhao was also a little worried. He called out to Little Fairy Doctor and got up to walk towards her tent, instinctively probing inside with his spiritual power.

After a quick probe, Huo Yuhao coughed a few times, a blush spreading across his face, but his eyes grew serious.

"Little Fairy Doctor, what's wrong?"

"Ah, it's nothing! Don't come in yet!"