"I was speaking from the heart." Xiao Ting's tone was sincere as he carefully observed Xun Er's expression.
Ling Yue: Suddenly I feel so full, even though I didn't eat anything.
"Then you have to work hard, Big Brother Xiao Ting." Xun Er reached out to tuck a strand of hair behind her ear, her eyes smiling. "At the very least, you need to reach the peak of Dou Venerate before the family will stop opposing us being together."
"Peak Dou Venerate, huh." Xiao Ting seemed surprised that the threshold was so high, and an appropriately shocked expression appeared on his face. But deep inside, he remained completely calm and had already confirmed a certain guess.
"How interesting. I almost became the clown." Xiao Ting laughed inwardly.
"Let's go. Back to serious business." Suppressing his stray emotions, Xiao Ting led the way onto Xiao Lan the Blue Eagle's back. The group returned to Rock Desert City. After greeting Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, Xiao Ting fed Xiao Lan a pill and instructed it to fly back to Wu Tan City. They didn't pursue speed too aggressively. Instead, it felt more like a sightseeing trip. Looking at the surrounding scenery, he would occasionally record something in his Journal.
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[Today we just flew to the border between the Northeast Province and the Eastern Province. We stayed at the best inn in the city—the Mo Clan's. It should be related to the Mo Clan, which made me think of the destruction of the Misty Cloud Sect. I wonder if Yun Shan and Yun Yun would be furious if they knew the real reason behind the Misty Cloud Sect's destruction.]
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Yun Yun: !!! Curious? Then just say it! As long as you do, I'll show it.
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[Medusa is stunningly beautiful and has the flavor of a mature woman that Xun Er, the Little Fairy Doctor, and Qing Lin cannot match right now.]
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Xun Er: ?
Little Fairy Doctor: !
Qing Lin: The desire to grow up has never been this strong.
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"Big Brother Xiao Ting, eat this." Xun Er placed a piece of magical beast meat coated thickly in chili powder into Xiao Ting's bowl. Xiao Ting looked at the completely bright-red meat and ate it without hesitation. "Mmm, delicious." Xiao Ting accepted everything Xun Er gave him.
After the meal ended, he added another line to his Journal.
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[However, temporary advantage doesn't mean anything.]
[Xun Er is the Ancient Clan's most perfect Dou God bloodline inheritor. Once she obtains the Ancient Clan's clan tattoo, her charm will be unparalleled.]
[The Little Fairy Doctor has only just awakened her Woeful Poison Body not long ago. Once she breaks through to Dou Venerate and perfectly controls the Woeful Poison Body, she will also be peerlessly magnificent.]
[Qing Lin hasn't even awakened her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils yet. In the future, after helping her subdue the remnant soul of the Nine-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python, she will become the true snake-type magical beast empress.]
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"This is more like it." Xun Er, the Little Fairy Doctor, and Qing Lin instantly felt much happier.
Time flew by, and it was past midnight. The new day's plane blessing arrived.
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[Alchemist basic knowledge accumulation +10 days]
Xiao Ting felt a vast amount of information appear in his mind—it was the specific content of the alchemist introductory handbook Yao Lao had given him. He had casually flipped through it these past two days, but now many details became extremely clear. The types, attributes, and medicinal properties of first- and second-tier herbs, etc.
At the same time, the girls also received gains. Xun Er gained 7 days of cultivation experience for her technique. The Little Fairy Doctor gained 7 days of accumulation for the Rainbow Poison Book. Qing Lin had just received the yin-attribute technique from Xun Er. With 7 days of knowledge added, she had successfully entered the basics. Medusa gained cultivation experience for a certain secret technique.
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Yun Yun, sitting in a secret room, suddenly widened her eyes. "Impossible!"
Plane Blessing: [Yun Shan, in the secret room at the back of Misty Cloud Mountain on Tianzhu Peak, is currently at a critical moment in secluded cultivation. If you act now, you can kill him. Place the corpse into the Life and Death Gate altar, and your cultivation will rise to the peak of Dou Emperor.]
The information revealed by this message made Yun Yun feel like she was having a nightmare.
[Yun Yun]: Everyone, want to hear a joke?
[Medusa]: This Queen is in a good mood today. Go ahead.
[Little Fairy Doctor]: Sister Yun Yun is good at telling jokes?
[Qing Lin]: I'll learn it. Maybe I can tell it to Young Master Xiao Ting someday.
[Xun Er]: Please begin your performance.
[Yun Yun]: My teacher is a Hall of Souls Protector.
Xun Er and the other three girls: ???
[Medusa]: If this is true, then both you and the Misty Cloud Sect are the joke.
They already knew that the fall of Misty Cloud Sect's founder, Yun Potian, was related to the Hall of Souls. Yun Shan was the previous sect leader of the Misty Cloud Sect. If he was a Hall of Souls Protector, that would be the greatest betrayal of Yun Potian.
[Little Fairy Doctor]: This isn't a joke—it's a prank, right?
[Yun Yun]: It's real. Today I received the plane blessing telling me that now is the perfect time to kill my teacher. Offering his corpse as a sacrifice would let my cultivation skyrocket.
[Medusa]: Skyrocket to what level?
[Yun Yun]: Teacher is about to break through to Dou Ancestor. It would raise me to your current level.
[Medusa]: This Queen knows you have feelings for your teacher and can't bring yourself to do it. This Queen can do it for you.
[Little Fairy Doctor]: Sister Medusa, I can hear your abacus clicking from a thousand miles away. [Yun Yun]: Stop joking. There must be some hidden story here. My teacher is definitely not from the Hall of Souls.
[Medusa]: He might not have been before, but now it's hard to say. Do you think the Journal would be wrong?
[Yun Yun]: If it can change into one, it should be able to change back. I'd like to ask you all to help me think of a way.
[Medusa]: This Queen can only help you kill people. For this matter, you should privately message Xun Er. She's the only one who might know something.
[Xun Er]: Either he joined the Hall of Souls, or he cooperated with them and got schemed against. It's also possible that Sister Yun Yun doesn't know the truth. As for the actual situation, aside from the people involved, I think only one person knows the answer. [
Yun Yun]: I'm heading to Wu Tan City right now!
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Time flew, and it was the next day's evening. The setting sun sank in the west as Xiao Lan flew into the front courtyard square of the Xiao Family in Wu Tan City.
"Brother Yan." Stepping through the afterglow, Xiao Ting entered the rear courtyard and immediately went to find Xiao Yan.
"Xiao Ting?" Xiao Yan had just finished Dou Technique training and was about to have dinner. He was quite surprised to see Xiao Ting hurrying over. "You came back from Rock Desert City so quickly?"
"Once the matter was finished, I naturally came back." Xiao Ting walked to Xiao Yan's side, picked up the teacup on the table, and gulped down several mouthfuls. "Big Brother and Second Brother have already started preparing to return to the family. After that, you and I can head to Jia Nan Academy without worry."
"I might not go to Jia Nan Academy right away." Thinking of the conversations he had with Yao Lao these past two days, Xiao Yan didn't hide anything from Xiao Ting. "With my current Dou Practitioner strength, I can only study in the Outer Academy and can't enter the Inner Academy."
"To grow strong enough to defeat Nalan Yanran within three years, I plan to go out and gain experience, growing through tempering."
The Black-Corner Region was very chaotic, but Jia Nan Academy was safe. Especially the Outer Academy, which mostly involved "studying" most of the time. Yao Lao felt that such a peaceful environment wasn't suitable for Xiao Yan's growth.
"Then the plan might need to change. Going out to gain experience isn't as good as directly entering the Inner Academy to study." A mysterious smile appeared on Xiao Ting's face.
"What do you mean?" Xiao Yan didn't quite understand.
Yao Lao, on the other hand, understood and appeared, saying, "Xiao Ting, do you have a way to rapidly increase Xiao Yan's realm?"
"Mm." Xiao Ting nodded slightly. "This time in Rock Desert City, I accidentally discovered a mature Heavenly Flame."
Xiao Yan: ???
Yao Lao: !!!
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