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

Chapter 15 Treasure Hunt

After eating and drinking their fill, the group sat around the fire, reviewing the battle that had taken place that evening.

Huo Yuhao acknowledged that Xiao Yan and Little Fairy Doctor were able to join forces to instantly kill his puppet.

"I shouldn't have been able to stop him, after all, that guy is a five-star Dou Zhe," Xiao Yan explained proudly. "In desperation, I used a technique I created myself, which I named 'Whirlwind Force'!"

"It's all thanks to Brother Yuhao's qi control technique!"

Little Fairy Doctor looked at Xiao Yan with disdain.

Huo Yuhao praised, "Qi control is just the foundation; the techniques that evolve from it still depend on your own wisdom. Whether it's Xiao Yan's whirlwind force or Little Fairy Doctor's use of air to manipulate silver needles, they are both excellent ideas."

"Tch! Even if you flatter me, it can't wash away the sins you committed all by yourself!"

"Hehe!" Huo Yuhao narrowed his eyes and laughed, "But Xiao Yanzi, you should also improve your Dou Qi cultivation. You almost lost a fight between a high-level Xuan-rank Dou Qi and a low-level Xuan-rank Dou Qi. You're just a little one-star Dou Zhe."

"Huo Yuhao, you just wait, I'll definitely surpass you soon."

Seeing Huo Yuhao's unpleasant gaze, Xiao Yan said angrily.

"Master, do you have any way to help me quickly increase my battle qi?"

At this moment, Yao Chen was lying on the bluestone, savoring his dinner. Hearing this, he floated up and teased, "Yes, but Little Yanzi, are you sure you want to use it?"

"Of course, I want Huo Yuhao to know: never underestimate a young man's potential!"

"This is?"

Little Fairy Doctor looked at Xiao Yan, who was acting like he was on steroids, completely bewildered.

"Ignore his catchphrase. He's about to be in trouble."

Huo Yuhao looked at Little Fairy Doctor and explained the effects of the "Blood Burning" technique that Yao Chen had prepared for them. He then asked if she needed help finding some poisons to aid her cultivation.

"No need! Taking poison to increase battle qi is just one method; the Calamity Poison Body can also be cultivated normally."

Hearing the strange cries coming from Xiao Yan's side, Huo Yuhao said with satisfaction, "Then you can cultivate on your own. Remember to tell me if you need anything."

"What about you, Brother Yuhao?"

"I'll go and examine the weapons we seized from the Wolf Head Mercenary Group."

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the next day.

After breakfast, they continued their journey towards the cave. At Yao Chen's request, Huo Yuhao stopped using his mental detection. Along the way, they encountered numerous attacks from magical beasts, mostly first-tier ones, which Xiao Yan and Little Fairy Doctor handled. Around noon, the three safely arrived at their destination.

"This is the cave I discovered before," Little Fairy Doctor said, pointing to the strange tree below the cliff.

Xiao Yan observed carefully for a while before discovering the cave behind the strange tree, which was completely hidden.

"You even noticed that? That's... impressive!"

After his initial surprise, Xiao Yan estimated the distance from the cliff top to the cave entrance, took out a bundle of rope from his storage ring, and said, "I'll go down first, Yuhao, you'll cover us?"

Huo Yuhao did not reply, his gaze wandering along some marks on the rock wall.

"There are monsters. I'd better go down first."

Ignoring the rope Xiao Yan offered, Huo Yuhao took out a short sword, a first-grade spiritual weapon he had forged over the past two months. Holding the sword horizontally, Huo Yuhao leaped down, lightly touching the rock face with his toes to slow his descent. Halfway down, he plunged the sword into the rock face, pinning himself to it.

Sensing the commotion outside, the rock snake flew out of its nest. Upon seeing Huo Yuhao, it swooped down and charged at him.

Seeing this, Huo Yuhao took out a fine steel longsword, a common weapon he had seized from the Wolf Head Mercenary Group. He infused it with his battle qi, aimed at the rock serpent's eyes, and hurled it with force. At the same time, a rock and a medicine bottle were thrown from the cliff top; the three attacks struck the rock serpent's head simultaneously.

Before it could even utter a cry of pain, it lost control of its body and fell into the valley.

After scanning the area with his mental energy to confirm that there were no other magical beasts nearby, Huo Yuhao called out to Xiao Yan and Little Fairy Doctor that they could come down. He then drew his short sword, pushed off with his toes, and landed at the entrance of the cave.

Soon, Little Fairy Doctor and Xiao Yan also reached the cave entrance using ropes. Looking at the pitch-black cave, Huo Yuhao took out a… flashlight from his storage ring!

"What is this?"

Little Fairy Doctor was amazed to see that such a small stick, which she had never seen before, could light up the cave.

"Haha, never seen this before? This is a flashlight, specially used for lighting up dark places like this."

"Did you do this?"

"No, it was Yuhao who did it..." Seeing Xiao Yixian's smug expression, Xiao Yan hurriedly said, "This was my idea. Yuhao just did the work. He couldn't have done it without me."

"Alright, enough chatting, let's go in." Huo Yuhao interrupted them and entered the cave. "Xiao Yan, you cover our retreat."

A dozen minutes later, the group arrived at the entrance of the cave. Looking at the tightly closed door, Little Fairy Doctor said, "Last time I was blocked by this stone door, so I've been studying mechanisms lately..."

"The mechanism is here." Huo Yuhao half-squatted down, touched a protrusion below the stone door, and pressed it down hard.

"Huh? It doesn't necessarily mean pressing it..."

Creak! The stone door slowly opened.

Little Fairy Doctor stretched out her hand, standing there dumbfounded.

"Don't worry, I used my mental detection to check how the mechanism works."

"Yuhao, your mental detection is really useful. Is this also a combat skill?"

"No, this should be considered a soul skill," Yao Chen explained as he emerged.

"Soul Skills?" Three different voices rang out, each expressing their own doubts. Little Fairy Doctor and Xiao Yan were naturally puzzled as to what "Soul Skills" were, while Huo Yuhao was curious that Soul Skills also existed in the Dou Qi Continent.

Yao Chen began explaining the knowledge of soul skills:

"Soul skills are skills that utilize the power of the soul. Ancient alchemists... Yuhao's skill, although not used for attack, can still be considered a soul skill."

After hearing Yao Chen's explanation, Huo Yuhao sighed. The soul skills in this world were different from those in Douluo Continent. Then, Huo Yuhao asked Yao Chen, "Teacher, do you have this kind of soul skill where you live?"

"I once obtained it at the Pill Tower." Yao Chen looked reminiscing as he took out a scroll and handed it to Huo Yuhao.

"Master, let me see it too!"

"You—" Yao Chen glanced at Xiao Yan, then took out two identical scrolls and tossed them to him and Little Fairy Doctor. "You can't cultivate yet. Try it after you use the Concentration Technique to open your Sea of ​​Spirit."

After explaining the soul skill, Yao Chen did not return to the ring, but instead entered the cave with Huo Yuhao and the other two.

The cave appeared somewhat empty, with moonstones embedded in the walls for lighting.

"This glowing stone—" As soon as he entered, Huo Yuhao was attracted by the moonstone and went closer to examine it.

"This is moonstone, not a material with spiritual properties," Yao Chen said.

"Take it with you when you leave; it might come in handy."

"To make your weapon glow at night?" Yao Chen joked.

Xiao Yan and Little Fairy Doctor had already bypassed the skeleton sitting in the center of the cave and the bluestone platform with three stone boxes in front of it. They headed straight for the medicine jar in the corner.

"Master, come quickly! There are Ice Spirit Flame Grass and Mind-Concentrating Flower here!" Ice Spirit Flame Grass is a medicinal material needed to refine Blood Lotus Pill, and Mind-Concentrating Flower can be used to refine Spirit-Restoring Pill.

"Lucky you!"

Xiao Yan had already started digging for medicinal herbs, while Little Fairy Doctor followed Huo Yuhao to examine the entire cave.

At first glance, it seemed spacious only because there were few things there. Now, upon closer inspection, the cave dwelling was indeed rather small. Scattered on the ground were some gold coins and treasures. Little Fairy Doctor and Huo Yuhao stepped over the gold coins and walked to the three stone boxes.

"It's locked, Brother Yuhao, let's find the key!"

"Hanging on the skeleton."

"Uh!" Little Fairy Doctor was speechless, just about to say something. Suddenly, the skeleton sitting in the chair twitched. Except for Xiao Yan, who was gathering herbs, everyone else noticed the skeleton's unusual movement. It was unclear whose gaze had provoked it, but the skeleton suddenly stood up and rushed towards Xiao Yan.

"Wow! A ghost!" Yao Chen warned Xiao Yan, then shielded him in front of him, only revealing his head, and screamed in fear.

"Tch, you ghost, you're afraid of skeletons!" Xiao Yan retorted as he swung the Xuan Heavy Ruler and struck the skeleton's head.

With a thud, the skeleton fell to the ground, its head hurtling towards Huo Yuhao.

Huo Yuhao caught the skull, not minding that it was dirty, and began to examine it carefully.

It's not necromancy, and there's no soul fire, so how is it moving? Oh right, I think I saw some bugs inside the skeleton just now?

Thinking of this, Huo Yuhao reminded Xiao Yan, "Xiao Yan, it's not resolved yet, burn it."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yan unleashed his Dou Qi flames, igniting the entire skeleton.

The headless skull writhed a few times in the flames, then fell silent.

"It's a living corpse gu. Yuhao, be careful, the one you're holding also has worms inside its head," Yao Chen explained, waving his hand to extinguish Xiao Yan's flames.

After discovering the fragments of the Demon Flame Map, Yao Chen briefly explained the ranking of the different flames to the group. Afterwards, Huo Yuhao and the other two opened the stone box and took out the scroll.

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