Fighting Against the Odds: I Am the Right Path

(Xiao Yanzi, have you forgotten why you took your brothers and sisters to the back mountain of your home when you were a child?)

(Dig hot springs, what else?)

(.)

Xiao Yan's answer made Yao Chen silent.

It was probably because he had been soaking in the hot springs in the back mountains for three consecutive months that Xiao Yan unconsciously forgot why he dug out the hot springs.

This story was clearly told to her by Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan himself had forgotten it.

(Ah! That’s right! Finding the hot spring was an accident. We originally wanted to go to the back mountain to dig for treasure!)

Fortunately, Xiao Yan’s memory had not declined to the point that caused Yao Chen to despair. He immediately reacted and looked at the Little Medical Fairy below.

In other words, there is treasure underneath?

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Chapter 80: The Innocent Boy

Just as Xiao Yan was guessing this in his mind, he suddenly heard a discordant sound. He looked in the direction where the sound came from, and saw that the top of the rope that Xiao Yixian had fixed on the edge of the cliff began to crack gradually, and suddenly broke in the next second!

The little medical fairy below also felt this. Without the support of the rope, her body suddenly fell downwards along with the broken rope. Xiao Medical Fairy felt a chill in her heart, and an idea popped up in her mind at the first moment.

I shouldn't have bought cheap and low-quality ropes.

Just when Xiao Yixian thought that everything was over and had already begun to imagine her own miserable appearance in her heart, her falling body suddenly stopped, and Xiao Yixian, who was holding the rope tightly, was able to hang in the air.

Stopped

Xiao Yixian, who survived the disaster, was a little dazed. She looked up along the rope and saw Xiao Yan on the edge of the cliff, holding the broken rope tightly in one hand and looking at her helplessly.

"You really don't take your life seriously."

"Xiao Yan?" Xiao Yixian looked up at the young man blankly and asked instinctively: "Why are you here? I clearly put sleeping pills in dinner."

"Sleeping pills?"

Xiao Yan had a confused look on his face, not knowing what Little Medical Fairy was talking about, while Yao Chen in the ring laughed helplessly.

It was probably because he had tasted the failed products baked by Yun Zhi every day, which indirectly trained Xiao Yan's stomach. Sleeping pills of that level were of no use to him.

Of course, Xiao Yan himself didn’t know this, and answered Xiao Yixian’s question softly.

"Because I saw you sneaking out of the camp, and considering Boss Yao's favor, I came to check on you to prevent you from getting into any accidents."

As Xiao Yan spoke, he grasped the rope with both hands and slowly pulled Little Medical Fairy up.

"Now it seems that I was right. If anything happened to you, I'm afraid Boss Yao would never smile again in his life."

"You! You are indeed the one that Boss Yao hired to protect me!"

After hearing what Xiao Yan said, Xiao Yixian became more certain of her previous guess. Her eyes were filled with indignation as she glared at Xiao Yan above her.

"Not really."

Xiao Yan responded calmly, reaching out to pull up the Little Medical Fairy who had already reached the edge of the cliff, allowing her to stand safely on the ground.

"I told you that I was only commissioned by Boss Yao to find medicinal herbs. I never asked him to protect you."

Xiao Yan said this slowly, denying Little Medical Fairy's guess.

However, if Boss Yao really asked him to do so, Xiao Yan would definitely accept it. After all, the Blood Lotus Essence was too precious. Deep down, Xiao Yan did not think that the value of the herb he retrieved was equal to the Blood Lotus Essence.

Now that he has rescued Xiao Yixiang twice, it can be regarded as making up for Boss Yao's loss.

"Then why did you save me? It has nothing to do with you whether I live or die, right?"

The Little Medical Fairy came forward and pointed at Xiao Yan's chest and complained, and Xiao Yan responded softly.

"But it has something to do with Boss Yao. Boss Yao definitely doesn't want you to get into any accidents."

".whispering sound!"

Xiao Yixian twitched her lips in dissatisfaction, obviously not believing his words, but if Xiao Yan was unwilling to tell the truth there was nothing she could do.

Then Xiao Yixian stopped thinking about this question, hugged her slender arms, and glanced at Xiao Yan.

"So now, what are you going to do? Pull me back to the camp?"

"If you are willing to go back by yourself, that would be great." Xiao Yan said, with a gleam in his eyes, "But I want to ask, is there any treasure down there?"

Finding treasures could be considered Xiao Yan's childhood wish and regret. This was also a rare time when Xiao Yan took the initiative to become interested in things other than the righteous path.

Hearing Xiao Yan's words, Xiao Yixian's face turned a little ugly, and she lowered her head and bit her nails lightly.

To be honest, I was the first one to discover this place, but if I didn’t share it with Xiao Yan, he would probably spread the news everywhere and bring trouble to me.

Originally, she wanted to use the treasures here to make up for the losses of Wanyaozhai, and she really didn't want to share it equally with others.

However, the current situation is that if I were alone, I would not be able to reach the bottom of the cliff.

Although the broken rope was long enough, it had broken once before. No matter how brave the little doctor was, she would not dare to entrust her life to this inferior product for the second time.

Thinking of this, Xiao Yixian felt unwilling and finally sighed deeply.

Forget it, half is half, it’s better than nothing.

"Okay, I understand!" The Little Medical Fairy who had made up her mind looked at Xiao Yan and said solemnly, "I will take you to find the treasure, but you must protect me! And don't think of killing me and taking the treasure for yourself after we get there! Although I am not very strong, I still have ways to defend myself!"

"what"

After hearing what Little Medical Fairy said, Xiao Yan realized that she had misunderstood and reached out to explain.

"I'm just curious about what the treasure looks like, I don't want it."

"Take me down!"

The Little Medical Fairy came to the edge of the cliff, pointed at the bottom of the cliff and gave an order to Xiao Yan, causing Xiao Yan's face to twitch.

Well. After all, he is someone that Boss Yao has chosen. I have received such a great favor from Boss Yao, so I will try my best to help him in any way I can.

Then Xiao Yan came to Xiao Yixian's side and stretched out his hand to hold her slender waist. Xiao Yixian did not show any disgust.

However, after a long time, Xiao Yixian did not feel Xiao Yan's arms around her, which made her look down in confusion, and she found that Xiao Yan's hand had been staying two or three inches away from her waist, not daring to move forward even a little.

"Hey! What are you dawdling about? Hurry up!"

Xiao Yixian glared at Xiao Yan unhappily. Xiao Yan scratched his face awkwardly, then put the Xuanzhong ruler on his back back into the storage ring, squatted down, his face slightly red, and said.

"Let me carry you down. It's a bit too much to hold a girl's waist."

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The Little Medical Fairy stared blankly at Xiao Yan who was squatting on the edge of the cliff, and after a moment she burst out laughing.

"Hahaha~ Are you stupid? You don't care about me, a girl. You know how many people want to touch my waist but can't."

(That’s right! Weren’t you quite excited when you were commenting on others before? But you got scared when you really started? You wimp! You coward! You are such a disgrace!!!)

Not only was Little Medical Fairy laughing at her, Yao Chen in the ring was also scolding her with a look of disappointment.

This disciple of mine is fine in every way except that he is totally helpless when it comes to women. I should have found a way to make it a done deal between him and Yunzhi before!

"Let's go now."

Xiao Yan felt quite embarrassed by being laughed at and scolded by both of them, so he urged lightly. Little Medical Fairy also gradually stopped laughing and lay on Xiao Yan's back. At the same time, her vigilance towards Xiao Yan unconsciously faded a little.

After all, someone who can be this innocent can't be that bad even if he is.

Chapter 81 Bottom Line

Xiao Yan carried Xiao Yixian on his back and, under her command, they arrived at a hidden cave below the cliff. After landing, Xiao Yixian jumped down, while Xiao Yan half-knelt on the ground, his face extremely red.

Although he did not hold Xiao Yixian's waist, he could clearly feel her curvy figure when she lay on his back! Feeling the throbbing in his heart, Xiao Yan really did not dare to be distracted at all. He did not even touch Xiao Yixian, and she still relied on her own strength to hang on his back.

So far, the only person who had done such an intimate gesture to him was Xiao Mei. But putting aside the fact that Xiao Yan treated Xiao Mei as his sister, Xiao Mei's figure indeed had not grown up, at least not comparable to that of Xiao Yixian. It was not until Xiao Yixian lay on his back that Xiao Yan realized what a big mistake he had made. He might as well have just put his arm around her waist!

(Shame on you. Shame on you.)

Yao Chen shook his head when he saw Xiao Yan's expression. He was so embarrassed by such a small contact. I would be too ashamed to tell anyone about it!

The Little Medical Fairy lit the torch and looked at Xiao Yan, who slowly stood up from the ground with a slightly embarrassed look on his face. Her eyes were full of helplessness and she no longer had the thought of mocking him.

This guy, has he never seen a woman before? He can't stand this?

The little medical fairy shrugged lightly and then greeted.

"Follow."

Xiao Yan also shook his head slightly to calm his restless heart, then stood up and walked into the cave with Xiao Yixian.

After walking about ten meters, a heavy stone door blocked the way of the two. Before Xiao Yixian could speak, Xiao Yan pointed at the stone door and said excitedly.

"I know this. What mechanism do I need to press to open it, right?"

When he was a child, he listened to the treasure hunting stories told by his elders, and the part that interested him most was the part about finding the mechanism.

"Isn't this natural? What are you excited about?"

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Little Medical Fairy's words were like a bucket of cold water poured on him, making Xiao Yan instantly quiet down. The innocent fantasies of his childhood seemed to disappear completely at this moment.

Xiao Yan experienced firsthand what it meant to grow up.

(That’s right, we are all adults now, so we should be as mature as possible.)

Xiao Yan pressed his neck and quietly watched Xiao Yixian's back as she searched for the mechanism.

After a while, Xiao Yixian found a protruding rock on the side of the stone wall. Then her face lit up with joy, and she reached out and pressed it. The stone door in front of her gradually opened to both sides, revealing the full view inside to Xiao Yan and Xiao Yixian.

Countless gold coins, numerous precious medicinal herbs, and three very conspicuous treasure chests.

"It's open! It's me at last!!!"

Little Medical Fairy rushed in happily, and Xiao Yan followed slowly behind, taking in the entire picture of the secret room.

"Hey~~~ All secret rooms look like this."

As Xiao Yan sighed like this, Yao Chen's excited voice suddenly rang in his heart.

(Little Flame! It's Ice Spirit Flame Grass!)

Ice Spirit Flame Grass?

Xiao Yan was stunned. He had heard Yao Chen say before that it seemed to be the same as the Blood Lotus Essence, and was an essential medicine for absorbing the Strange Fire.

Xiao Yan looked over and saw an extremely conspicuous herb among the piled up herbs. Its petals were bright red like fire, but its stems and leaves were icy crystal-like, which were exactly the characteristics of the Ice Spirit Flame Grass that Yao Chen had mentioned.

(You are lucky to come across two rare medicinal herbs that can subdue strange fire in one day!)

Yao Chen, who was feeling happy, suddenly discovered something and froze in shock, causing Xiao Yan, who was about to put away the herbs, to frown slightly. He glanced towards the corner and his pupils shrank.

It was a skeleton sitting upright on a stone chair, with a stone tablet standing next to it.

[All the things here are what I have acquired throughout my life. I only ask that you take them away safely and don’t disturb my peace. ]

Looking at the words engraved on the stone tablet, the last bit of joy in Xiao Yan's heart completely dissipated.

This is not a treasure house, but a tomb

Feeling Xiao Yan's mood change, Yao Chen panicked and hurriedly spoke to persuade him.

(Well, Xiao Yanzi, it’s written above. Just don’t disturb me and take it away safely. Don’t worry about it too much~)

Forget about the other things, but the Ice Spirit Flame Grass is so precious that there is no place to buy it! He risked his life to search for such a plant in the extremely cold land for a whole month! Yao Chen didn't want Xiao Yan to suffer this again!

However, once Xiao Yan made up his mind, even Yao Chen would not be so easily shaken, let alone when it came to matters concerning his own righteous path.

No matter how precious the Ice Spirit Flame Grass is, since it belongs to the owner of the tomb, I must not touch it.

Taking something without permission is stealing, regardless of whether the other person is alive or dead.

If he broke his principles this time because of the preciousness of the Ice Spirit Flame Grass, Xiao Yan was very sure that there would be a next time.

You can find as many excuses as you want, and people's bottom line is pushed down little by little.

Therefore, you must not make this mistake even once, absolutely.