Devouring Cold Qi

The moon was bright, the stars sparse, and black clouds blanketed the night.

Inside the Lin house, because Lin Xiao was injured, Liu Yan had taken him to rest early, leaving only Lin Yan, Lin Dong, and Qingtan, the three juniors, inside.

Seeing Qingtan's condition, Lin Dong, who was at the side, hurriedly shouted, "Qingtan, has the cold acted up again?"

Sensing the waves of icy energy seeping out from Qingtan's body, Lin Dong could not help shivering. Then, with anxiety on his face, he said, "Mm." Qingtan bit her teeth lightly. Her petite body kept trembling, and pain surged across her small face.

Seeing Qingtan like this, Lin Yan naturally knew this was her constitution causing trouble. The Fiend Devil Body was an extremely tyrannical yin-fiend constitution. Unless she found pure Yin Fiend Energy to condense a Yin Core, she would continue to suffer the torment of Yin Fiend Energy.

However, Lin Yan remembered that after Lin Dong had just obtained the Stone Talisman, by a stroke of chance, he had used it to absorb the Yin Fiend Energy from Qingtan's body. Had that not happened yet? Or was it because his own rebirth had caused some butterfly effect, making the cold in Qingtan's body flare up later than before?

"I'll go call Father!" While Lin Yan's thoughts were running wild, Lin Dong, at the side, said urgently.

"Don't go." Hearing this, Qingtan hurriedly grabbed Lin Dong's sleeve. The cold air quickly formed a thin layer of ice shards on his clothes. "It's no use. Father was rarely this happy today because Cousin Lin Yan came. Don't disturb him. I'll just endure it."

Looking at Qingtan's deathly pale little face, Lin Dong felt a burst of heartache. He gritted his teeth and finally nodded. Qingtan was right. Even if he called his father and the others over, it would not help in the slightest. At that point, there would merely be two more anxious people.

This kind of cold flare-up was something Qingtan had often experienced since she was little. Every so often, an extremely dense icy energy would erupt from within her body. Under that icy energy, her insides would be in incomparable agony. For over ten years, who knew how much suffering she had endured because of this icy energy? Yet against this icy energy, even Lin Xiao had not the slightest method. He had once tried to forcefully expel it with yuan power, but the final result was that he lay in bed for a full half a month before finally driving that strange icy energy out of his body.

Therefore, whenever the cold energy in Qingtan's body erupted, Lin Dong's family could only watch with hearts cut like knives as Qingtan curled into a ball and trembled nonstop, unable to offer even the slightest help.

"I'll carry you back to your room first." Lin Dong looked at Qingtan, who had been frozen by the cold until she could hardly move. Suddenly, he bent down, scooped her into his arms, and then madly darted toward the room not far away.

"Hiss, hiss!"

After rushing into the room, Lin Dong quickly placed Qingtan on the bed, then hurriedly rubbed his arms hard at the side. Both his arms had gone numb at this moment, as if they had been stabbed by needles.

"Lin Dong Ge, you... you should go back first. I can endure it." Qingtan wrapped her petite body completely in the quilt and spoke weakly. However, as she spoke, her body trembled more and more violently. This time, the eruption of cold seemed even fiercer.

"So cold... so cold..."

Qingtan's little head poked out from the blankets. Her small face was pale, and even her hair was covered in ice shards.

At this moment, Lin Yan had also followed Lin Dong's steps to Qingtan's room. Looking at the young girl before him, suffering so much pain she could hardly bear it, he also felt a burst of pity.

According to the original work, Lin Yan remembered that, not long from now, an Ancient Tomb Mansion would open in the Heaven Flame Mountain Range. It had been left behind by a Nirvana Realm expert, and inside would be Extreme Fiend Yin Dragon Saliva, which could help Qingtan condense a Yin Core. If he had the chance, Lin Yan did want to help the young girl before him, but right now, there was still more than a year until the ancient tomb opened. Moreover, with his current strength, he could barely manage anything. He still had to continue improving his strength.

As for reminding Lin Dong that the Stone Talisman could absorb Yin Fiend Energy, thereby easing Qingtan's pain, Lin Yan thought it over, but in the end, he still did not say it.

For one, he could not explain why he knew Lin Dong had the Stone Talisman. For another, he also could not explain why he knew the Stone Talisman's function.

Saying it so abruptly would only arouse Lin Dong's suspicion. The loss would outweigh the gain.

At the side, Lin Dong saw this scene and was as frantic as an ant on a hot pan, constantly pacing back and forth beside the bed.

At this moment, Qingtan opened her eyes, which were covered in ice shards, yet subconsciously looked toward Lin Yan by the bed. For some reason, Qingtan always felt there was something fiery within Lin Yan's body attracting her. That blazing, violent flame she had seen during the day seemed as if it could bring her warmth.

"Lin Dong Ge, go out for a moment first. Let Cousin Lin Yan stay with me for a while."

Qingtan, whose mind had grown somewhat muddled from the cold, stumbled through these words. After Lin Dong heard them, he mulled them over several times before confirming that Qingtan had asked Lin Yan to stay, not him, Lin Dong.

A sense of confusion immediately rose in his heart. Lin Dong could not understand when Qingtan had become so close to this cousin she had barely met a few times.

Although he was extremely puzzled, Lin Dong was not the petty sort. He also knew Qingtan must have her reasons for doing this.

"Cousin Lin Yan, I'll leave Qingtan to you next. Sorry to trouble you."

Lin Dong solemnly cupped his hands toward Lin Yan. After glancing once more at Qingtan, who was being tormented by the cold, he walked out with an aggrieved expression. However, he did not go far, instead watching closely from not far outside the door.

After Lin Dong left, Lin Yan also seemed to understand Qingtan's thoughts. Sure enough, when she saw Lin Yan, the latter said haltingly, "Cousin Lin Yan, I... I'm cold."

She was actually planning to use the Heavenly Flame on Lin Yan's body to keep warm. A Heavenly Flame that people on Douqi Continent avoided like the plague had actually fallen to the point of being used for warmth. Lin Yan could not help revealing a faint bitter smile.

However, next, Lin Yan suddenly thought that since the Stone Talisman on Lin Dong could absorb the Yin Fiend Energy from Qingtan's body, then perhaps he himself could also absorb this Yin Fiend Energy to provide growth for the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Fire.

The cold energy on Qingtan's body belonged to utmost yin, while a Heavenly Flame belonged to utmost yang. Though yin and yang restrained each other, they also generated each other. Since that was the case, it might not be impossible to absorb and devour it.

Thinking of this, Lin Yan went over and grabbed Qingtan's hand. At the same time, the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Fire also entered Qingtan's body through their joined palms.

At first, the frost on Lin Yan's body grew thicker and thicker, and his consciousness also gradually blurred.

However, just as Lin Yan thought the Heavenly Flame was useless and he was about to fall unconscious because of the invading cold, a scorching fire force suddenly surged out from within his body. Immediately after, he sensed that the icy energy rampaging madly inside him was actually being completely pulled away by that suction force.

The bone-piercing cold rapidly left his body, and Lin Yan's somewhat muddled mind recovered its clarity once again. He looked at the frost melting on his arm, froze for a moment, and then confirmed something.

"This Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Fire can really devour and absorb icy energy?" Lin Yan blinked, and a touch of pleasant surprise surged onto his face. He immediately examined the condition of the Heavenly Flame within his body. With this look, he was even more delighted.

The Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Fire had actually grown to the size of a fist, and its violent, terrifying aura had also increased tremendously!

While Lin Yan was shocked by this, Qingtan, who had originally fainted in his arms, also let out a soft murmur. Her eyes slowly opened, and she immediately sensed the situation inside her body. At once, she cried out in surprise, "The cold retreated?"

"Looks like it." Lin Yan smiled lightly, then let go of Qingtan and said with a smile, "It's good that it retreated. Rest early."

"Mm. Brother Lin Yan, thank you." Looking at Lin Yan's smiling face, Qingtan's pretty face flushed slightly as she said in a low voice. Her form of address also changed from Cousin Lin Yan to Brother Lin Yan.

"I'm your cousin. Why say things like that?" Lin Yan patted his chest and said with a smile. Then, seeing that it was getting late, and also wanting to carefully confirm the state of his body, he did not linger any longer. He waved at Qingtan, then turned and darted out of the room.

Watching Lin Yan dart away, Qingtan lay sprawled on the bed like a little beauty. Amid her languor, she actually seemed a tiny bit charming. Her small hand propped up her fragrant cheek, and her jade-bright little feet swayed gently behind her. At the corner of her lips hung a sweet smile.

At this moment, Lin Yan's mood was not the slightest bit lower than hers. The Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Fire inside his body had actually grown by a whole ring, far more than from all the wild beasts he had killed these past few days combined!

And the restless energy within his body also reminded him that breaking through to the Body Tempering Fifth Level was already imminent!