From Battle Through the Heavens Simulation to The Great Ruler

In the original story, Xiao Yan was not interested in the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture mainly because he was an alchemist and there was no need for him to be distracted by researching poisons.

Xiao Feng, however, was different. He didn't have the talent to become an alchemist, but he also gained a body that was immune to all poisons, making him quite suitable as a part-time poison master.

Xiao Feng quickly flipped through the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture, then turned his attention to the scroll of "Purple Cloud Wings".

Compared to ordinary combat techniques, flying combat techniques are more like a special kind of tool.

Since most flying combat techniques are crafted from the wings of flying magical beasts, the stronger the wing owner was in life, the faster the flying combat technique will be.

The Purple Cloud Wings in front of Xiao Feng were crafted from the wings of the fifth-tier flying magical beast, the "Black Flame Purple Cloud Eagle," and their full-speed flight far surpasses that of ordinary Dou Wang powerhouses.

However, with Xiao Feng's current cultivation level of a three-star Dou Zhe, even if he refines the Purple Cloud Wings, he will not be able to unleash its true power. At most, he can only glide at low altitude for a short period of time.

Furthermore, based on the original plot, a wisp of the Black Flame Purple Cloud Eagle's remnant soul remains within the Purple Cloud Wings. When refining the Purple Cloud Wings, the user must withstand the soul attack of that remnant soul.

If one cannot withstand the attack of that wisp of remnant soul, one will be influenced by its violent consciousness and turn into a beast that only knows how to kill.

Xiao Feng is not an alchemist, and his soul strength is not as good as Xiao Yan's. The risk of refining the Purple Cloud Wings now is too great.

Therefore, Xiao Feng plans to try refining the Purple Cloud Wings after breaking through to the Dou Shi level.

As for the "Roar of the Mad Lion" recorded on the third scroll, it is a high-level Xuan-rank spear fighting technique.

Although Xiao Feng wasn't particularly interested in spear techniques and combat skills, he could still take them back to enrich the Xiao family's resources.

After Xiao Feng had looted all the treasures in the stone chamber, he took out a shovel from his storage ring, dug a large hole in a corner, and buried the skeleton inside.

“Senior, although I don’t know who you are, since I have taken your inheritance, I can consider it a favor from you, so I thank you.”

After Xiao Feng finished speaking, he took out a pot of fine wine, poured it in front of the simple stone tomb, bowed to it, and then left without looking back.

……

Dozens of figures were walking quietly in the dense jungle.

The fully armed mercenaries were scanning the shadows of the surrounding trees with wary eyes, gripping their weapons tightly, ready to deal with any unexpected situation at any time.

Most of the mercenaries hired by Wan Yao Zhai are veteran mercenaries who have been in the Monster Mountain Range for several years, so even if they are temporarily teamed up, they can still maintain basic teamwork.

At the very center of the group were more than a dozen herb gatherers carrying medicine baskets; this was the herb-gathering team from Wan Yao Zhai.

Among the herb gatherers, the most eye-catching was a young girl dressed in a white outfit.

The girl appeared to be about fifteen or sixteen years old. Although her appearance wasn't exactly stunning, she was still a rare beauty.

This woman exudes a fresh and ethereal aura, and her smile has a healing quality.

Her incredibly slender waist, which could be encircled by a single hand, attracted frequent glances from the mercenaries.

The elegant young woman in white standing before us is none other than Little Fairy Doctor, a specially appointed physician at Wan Yao Zhai!

Physicians can be considered a category of alchemists, but compared to true alchemists, they are far inferior in terms of status and position.

After all, physicians cannot refine real elixirs; they can only use ordinary flames to refine and fuse medicinal materials together to create various powders and ointments, thereby achieving the effect of treating illnesses and injuries.

Therefore, most doctors dream of becoming alchemists one day, and Little Fairy Doctor is no exception.

Unfortunately, becoming an alchemist requires specific talent; it's not something that can be achieved simply through hard work.

Although Little Fairy Doctor is not an alchemist, her medical skills are excellent, and the healing medicines she concocts are both cheap and effective, making them very popular in Green Mountain Town.

Moreover, Little Fairy Doctor is kind-hearted and will help treat patients who are short of money for free.

At least half of the mercenaries in Qingshan Town had received some favors from Little Fairy Doctor, so she was the dream girl of many.

After walking non-stop for several hours through the rugged Monster Mountain Range, many mercenaries were feeling quite tired, not to mention Little Fairy Doctor, who wasn't even a Fighter.

Little Fairy Doctor was holding a white handkerchief, gently wiping the sweat from her forehead. Her panting appearance was truly endearing.

If it weren't for the fear of incurring public wrath, some mercenaries would have wanted to carry Little Fairy Doctor on their backs to continue their journey.

Just as the mercenaries were secretly feeling sorry for him, a handsome young man suddenly stepped out from the crowd, walked to Little Fairy Doctor's side, and whispered something to her.

The two spoke quietly for a while, then Little Fairy Doctor smiled and shook her head, politely declining the boy's offer to carry her on his back, and continued on her way.

The young mercenary, rejected by Little Fairy Doctor, showed no anger whatsoever. Instead, he stayed close to her side, acting as her bodyguard.

"Damn! What's so great about that guy? He just has a good dad!"

"Little Fairy Doctor is not that kind of shallow woman; she would never be interested in a spoiled brat like him."

"That is to say..."

Seeing the young mercenary taking advantage of his status to get so close to Little Fairy Doctor, many mercenaries couldn't help but make sour comments.

The young mercenary who followed Little Fairy Doctor around like a shadow was named Mu Li. He was the young leader of the Wolf Head Mercenary Group, one of the three major mercenary groups in Qingshan Town.

This time, Wan Yao Zhai sent people into the Monster Mountain Range to collect herbs, hiring a total of more than fifty mercenaries.

More than twenty of them were mercenaries from the Wolf Head Mercenary Group, while the rest were casual mercenaries recruited temporarily.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 32 The human heart is sinister

Despite the mercenaries' complaints about Mu Li abusing his power, they were actually more envious and wished they could take his place and protect Little Fairy Doctor.

"Roar!!!"

A furious roar suddenly rang out, drawing everyone's attention.

The mercenaries no longer bothered to look at Little Fairy Doctor; they gripped their weapons tightly and looked warily in the direction from which the sound came.

"hold head high--"

Just as the mercenaries were on high alert, a high-pitched dragon roar rang out, followed by a dark shadow flying out of the woods ahead.

"boom!"

The dark shape crashed to the front of the group with a dull thud, twitched a few times on the ground, and then completely lost its breath.

When everyone saw the shape of the dark figure clearly, their pupils suddenly contracted, and their faces showed a mixture of surprise and apprehension.

It was a magical beast with a lion's head but a scorpion-like body, covered entirely in a layer of black carapace.

Upon seeing this, Little Fairy Doctor couldn't help but exclaim, "It's a Black Lion Scorpion!"

The Black Lion Scorpion is a relatively rare Tier 1 magical beast. Not only does it possess astonishing defensive capabilities, but its tail is also highly venomous, enough to kill beings below the Dou Shi level.

Therefore, most mercenaries will choose to retreat when they encounter the Black Lion Scorpion, otherwise they will easily be in mortal danger.

Before the surprise on everyone's faces could fade, Xiao Feng, dressed in a black outfit, walked out of the woods expressionlessly.

"It's him!"

Soon, some mercenaries recognized Xiao Feng, and their faces were filled with disbelief when they saw that he was still alive.

After all, in everyone's eyes, since those mercenaries who wanted to intercept Xiao Feng had been killed by the Green Mountain Giant Demon, Xiao Feng's fate should not be too good either.

The so-called "Green Mountain Troll" is the new nickname given to the Armored Titan by the residents of Green Mountain Town.

Because Xiao Feng transformed into the Armored Giant, his body was covered with a layer of sturdy blue stone armor, resembling a small blue stone mountain, and he killed people without hesitation, so he was named the Blue Mountain Giant Demon.

Seeing Xiao Feng walk up to the Black Lion Scorpion and directly put the more than two-meter-long monster corpse into his storage ring, everyone recovered from their shock.

Looking at the black storage ring on Xiao Feng's finger, Mu Li, who was standing next to Little Fairy Doctor, had a glint of greed in his eyes.

Looking across the entire Qingshan Town, there are no more than five people qualified to possess a storage ring.

Although Muli's father also had a storage ring, its storage space was very small and could not hold a complete Black Lion Scorpion.

When Muli's father bought that storage ring, it cost him more than 30,000 gold coins, which was equivalent to about two years' income for the Wolf Head Mercenary Group.

The storage space of the ring Xiao Feng wore was definitely much larger than that of Mu Li's father, and it was worth at least hundreds of thousands of gold coins.

Leaving aside the other treasures stored in that storage ring, the ring itself alone is worth decades' worth of income for the Wolf Head Mercenary Group.

Even if the Wolf Head Mercenary Group can't afford to offend the Xiao family behind Xiao Feng, they can simply abandon their businesses in Qingshan Town, move to a place far away from Wutan City, and recruit new soldiers.

After Xiao Feng carefully collected the Black Lion Scorpion's corpse, he turned his attention to the others.

After quickly scanning everyone, Xiao Feng's gaze finally landed on Little Fairy Doctor, and he raised his eyebrows slightly.

Although it was Xiao Feng's first time meeting Little Fairy Doctor, he instantly recognized her identity upon seeing her slender and supple waist.

Mu Li extended a warm invitation: "Young brother, it's too dangerous for you to travel alone in the Monster Mountain Range. Why don't you come with us?"

"..."

The other mercenaries' expressions changed slightly upon hearing Mu Li's words, becoming somewhat subtle.

Normally, mercenary groups do not allow strangers to join them when they are on missions, in order to avoid causing unnecessary trouble.

As the young leader of the Wolf Head Mercenary Group, Mu Li couldn't possibly be unaware of this principle, yet he still invited Xiao Feng, his purpose being self-evident.

"The young commander is right!"

"At home you rely on your parents, but when you're out in the world you rely on your friends. Little brother, why don't you come with us!"

"Our young commander is the kindest-hearted one..."

The mercenaries of the Wolf Head Mercenary Group instantly understood Mu Li's meaning and quickly began to cooperate in a coordinated manner.

Xiao Feng wasn't stupid; he could certainly sense the ill intentions of Mu Li and the others. However, his favorite thing to do was fishing.

Now that a fish has finally taken the bait, how could Xiao Feng bear to refuse it?

"In this case, it is better to obey orders than to be respectful."

Faced with the enthusiastic invitation from everyone, Xiao Feng could only "reluctantly" agree and set off with the group.

"My name is Mu Li, the young leader of the Wolf Head Mercenary Group. May I ask your honorable name, young brother?"

To lower Xiao Feng's guard, Mu Li took the initiative to strike up a conversation with him, also intending to take the opportunity to find out his background and see if he had any hidden tricks up his sleeve.

"My name is Xiao Feng. I greet the young commander."

"Xiao Feng?"

Mu Li murmured Xiao Feng's name and feigned surprise, saying, "Could it be that Brother Xiao is the third young master of the Xiao family who is rumored to have defeated the young sect leader of the Yunlan Sect and made a three-year agreement with her?"

"Sigh~ It's just a little bit of empty fame!"

Xiao Feng waved his hand modestly and said, "I was only able to beat Nalan Yanran by a move or two because she lacked practical experience. In a real fight, I would be no match for her."

"Brother Xiao is too modest. You were able to kill a Black Lion Scorpion all by yourself. Even an ordinary five-star Dou Zhe might not be your match."