The Beginning

At the entrance to Qingshan Town, a handsome youth carrying a huge Black Ruler on his back, one utterly mismatched to his build, stepped into Qingshan Town. It was Xiao Yan, who had taken a year's leave to go out and train after passing Jia Nan Academy's assessment.

After entering the town, quite a few people cast odd looks at his peculiar appearance, but he paid them no mind. He walked slowly along the Shopping Street, using his Peripheral Vision to size up the shops on both sides as he went.

After walking for a while, he stopped in front of a medicinal herb shop called Myriad Medicine Pavilion. After thinking for a moment, he lifted his foot and went inside.

Not Long After, when Xiao Yan walked out of Myriad Medicine Pavilion and once again moved along the street, the corners of his mouth held a smile he could barely suppress. No Wonder Xiao Yan was like this. Just now, he had picked up a huge bargain at Myriad Medicine Pavilion, buying Blood Lotus Essence, one of the main ingredients needed to refine the Blood Lotus Pill essential for him to devour Heavenly Flames, for the price of Huanglian Essence.

Looking at the darkening sky, Xiao Yan quickly found an inn and checked in. Then he put down the Giant Ruler and hurriedly took the Blood Lotus Essence out from a pile of Huanglian Essence, placing it into a valuable Jade Box.

"Now, as long as I find an Ice Spirit Flame Grass and a Fourth-Tier Ice Attribute magic core, I'll be able to refine the Blood Lotus Pill. Hopefully the Ice Spirit Flame Grass will be this easy to get too." Xiao Yan lay on the bed and happily imagined the future.

"Hehe, Kid, you sure have a nice dream. Something like this is already rare enough once, and you still want to run into it a second time?" Elder Yao Floated Out from the Bone Flame Ring and looked at the disciple he had so carefully chosen. In his heart, he was very satisfied with Xiao Yan's luck, but his mouth Teased him.

Then Elder Yao's expression turned serious, and he Asked in a Deep Voice, "You heard some News Of it today too, didn't you? This part of the Magical Beast Mountain Range has been very dangerous lately. What are you planning to do?"

Hearing this, Xiao Yan turned over and sat up, saying, "The news I heard from the mercenaries today was that, over the past Period Of Time, small Beast Tides caused by Magical Beast riots have often appeared in this part of the Magical Beast Mountain Range. So for now, everyone has no plans to take on missions, and they'll wait and see after some time. My original idea of entering the mountains together with a Mercenary Squad won't work."

After a Pause, Xiao Yan looked earnestly at Elder Yao and Said in a Deep Voice, "But I still decided to enter the Magical Beast Mountain Range alone. After all, I left home to train, and danger during training is only natural. If I shrink back because of a little danger, then this training won't have any meaning, and I might as well forget about defeating Nalan Yanran at the Three-Year Agreement."

"Haha—this is the bearing my disciple should have. Rest early today. Tomorrow, we enter the Magical Beast Mountain Range." Elder Yao smiled in relief and looked at Xiao Yan with satisfaction. On this Dou Qi Continent, if one did not even dare face a bit of danger, how could one speak of becoming strong? The Current Lin Yuan was a piece of Unpolished Jade, but he had already begun to slowly reveal the temperament a strong person ought to have. Elder Yao believed that this disciple, under his nurturing, would certainly grow into an outstanding expert.

And at this moment, the reason for the Magical Beast riots and small Beast Tides was sitting on a cliff somewhere in the Magical Beast Mountain Range, raising a cup as he Gazed From Afar at the Bright Moon in the sky. A Giant Wolf covered in Silver-White Fur was obediently lying not far away, its eyes filled with fear as it looked at the Green-Robed Youth who had seized the spot where it usually howled madly at the moon. It dared to be angry, but did not dare speak.

This Person was naturally Lin Yuan. Ever since Lin Yuan broke through to Eight-Star Dou Wang some time ago, he had left the valley and begun a journey of training and fighting along the way.

He tempered his fleshly body with Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures and Natal Blood Pills, and tempered his Dou Qi and Battle Intent through high-intensity battles. This Period Of Time, he had fought through the nearby Magical Beast Mountain Range from south to north, plowed it from east to west, and many Tier 5 and Tier 6 Magical Beasts in the Magical Beast Mountain Range had been beaten by him. This was also why Magical Beast riots and small Beast Tides had been frequent during This Period Of Time.

However, Lin Yuan had not carried out too much slaughter. After mastering the Hundred Beast Refining Spirit Art, he no longer had much need for Magical Beast essence blood. As long as the Magical Beasts had a bit of sense, they could basically keep their lives.

After the tempering of This Period Of Time, Lin Yuan's cultivation after breaking through to Eight-Star Dou Wang had already been fully consolidated. His Dou Qi was extremely Solidified, and his physique had also grown slightly.

After Lin Yuan drank a cup of Fruit Wine brewed from spirit fruits, he dispersed the Green Wine Cup condensed from Dou Qi and took out an extremely detailed map of the Magical Beast Mountain Range near Qingshan Town from his storage ring. It was precisely the most detailed nearby map drawn by people hired by Myriad Medicine Pavilion. He studied several routes Elder Yao and Xiao Yan might take into the mountains and confirmed the route hubs on the map.

After that, Lin Yuan stretched out his arm and said to an extremely exquisite purple "jade bracelet" on it, "Purple Jade, send a message to Qing'er. I won't be going back for the next few days. Have her help manipulate some low-level dependents to focus on monitoring the third, fifth, sixth, ninth, eleventh, and fourteenth zones marked on the map. If they discover the target I mentioned, notify me in time."

As soon as Lin Yuan finished speaking, the purple jade bracelet on his arm began to writhe and change shape. A slender little snake only around two centimeters long appeared before Lin Yuan's eyes. Its entire body was covered in tiny purple Jade-Like Scales, its eyes were very lively, and there was an exquisite Three-Flower Mark on its head, making it look like a delicate purple Jade Carving.

It was precisely the Fourth-Tier Magical Beast, the Purple Jade Scale Snake. This was an Extremely Rare Fourth-Tier Magical Beast. It was weak, timid, and had low combat strength, but its intelligence was very high, enough for it to shoulder the responsibility of serving as an intermediary channel for communication between himself and Qing Lin. It was one Lin Yuan had specially selected and kept by his side. Thinking that the Main Body of this Purple Jade Scale Snake was two zhang long, yet could be made this small by the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, Lin Yuan could not help but once again Sighed from the bottom of his heart at the wondrous nature of the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils. As Expected Of the Number One Strange Pupil Under Heaven.

Hearing this, the Purple Jade Scale Snake immediately passed the message to Qing Lin. After Qing Lin, who was cultivating, received the transmitted message, she passed orders to her dozens of low-level dependents, having them each go to the several areas Lin Yuan had specified to monitor. If a youth carrying a black Giant Ruler on his back passed through, they were to send word immediately.

After using her thoughts to convey the order to her dependents, Qing Lin's eyes showed some excitement, and a satisfied smile appeared on her face. Although her current strength was still not strong, only that of a Three-Star Dou Practitioner, she was already able to start helping Young Master. This made her feel very excited.

After the Purple Jade Scale Snake sent the message back to Qing Lin, it looked at Lin Yuan ingratiatingly. Lin Yuan Chuckled, took out a Jade Bottle, and poured a drop of diluted Earth Core Body Tempering Milk into its mouth. The Purple Jade Scale Snake's eyes immediately revealed a satisfied emotion, and it once again turned into a jade bracelet, circling Lin Yuan's wrist.

Looking at the moonlight, Lin Yuan thought of the process of building a surveillance network through Qing Lin during This Period Of Time, and a hint of satisfaction could not help appearing in his eyes.

The starting point of this matter was that Lin Yuan Noticed an overlooked blind spot. Since Qing Lin Can Connect With the snake-shaped Magical Beasts she subdued, and the method of communication was an extremely mysterious Telepathic Communication that even Soul Power could not detect, then the communication distance was an extremely crucial matter. After Qing Lin broke through to Dou Practitioner, Lin Yuan took her through a series of tests and discovered that Qing Lin could communicate with dependents very far away from herself. This discovery made Lin Yuan extremely happy, because it meant Qing Lin could conduct long-distance command. (This isn't made up. In the original text, when the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake took Xiao Yan to find the Green Lotus, it could send Qing Lin a long-distance message while in the Lava Sea.)

Thus, under his design, an intelligence and command network with Qing Lin as the core was successfully built. Lin Yuan named it the Sky Dome Network. Within this network, Lin Yuan issued orders to Qing Lin, and Qing Lin issued orders to the dependents, which was equivalent to Lin Yuan being able to command large numbers of Magical Beasts through Qing Lin. To the current Lin Yuan, it was extremely valuable, and it also had enormous potential for development in the future. Lin Yuan already had many plans regarding this.

And this time, using this network to find Xiao Yan was the first actual combat test. According to Lin Yuan's judgment, Xiao Yan would enter the Magical Beast Mountain Range in these next few days.

"Don't disappoint me."

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