Yao Chen

Xun'er looked at Lin Yu's lecherous expression, his drool practically about to hit the floor. What on earth could make Brother Lin Yu wear such a look?

With that thought, she turned her gaze to the item on the table.

What she saw was a set of black-and-white clothing, exceptionally beautiful.

It was the first time she had ever seen clothing like this. She found it incredibly pretty and wished she could change into it right away.

Because the clothes had been folded, she could only see the upper half. So Xun'er picked them up to get a complete look.

But the moment she picked them up, she blushed and gave a coy scolding, secretly cursing Lin Yu as a bad guy!

Thinking of Lin Yu's lecherous expression just now, her face flushed with bashfulness. Brother Lin Yu was too bad—he must have been thinking improper thoughts.

The skirt beneath the outfit was incredibly short. Just imagining herself dressed like that was enough to make her die of embarrassment!

"Brother Lin Yu, what is this stuff? How could you draw something so embarrassing?" Xun'er angrily questioned Lin Yu.

"Cough, cough..." Lin Yu coughed several times and hurriedly pulled himself out of his fantasy.

In a lecturing tone, he said, "Xun'er, this really has nothing to do with me. This thing claims it can draw anything, and what comes out depends entirely on luck. It's normal to draw something like this, hehe. Besides, Xun'er, you'd definitely look amazing wearing it, hehe..."

Hearing Lin Yu's words, Xiao Xun'er's face reddened even further. She gave a coy snort. "Hmph, Brother Lin Yu, you're too bad. Xun'er isn't talking to you anymore." With that, she grabbed the clothes and ran out.

Xiao Xun'er had originally wanted to throw the clothes away, but after hearing Lin Yu say she would look good in them, she hesitated and ultimately kept them.

After returning home, Xun'er shut the door. Looking at the clothes in her hands, her face filled with embarrassment again, and she began taking off her own clothes.

Only after she was completely bare did she begin putting on the outfit she had drawn from Lin Yu's shop.

Once she was dressed, Xiao Xun'er stood before the mirror and looked herself over. Was this really her? Although the outfit was terribly embarrassing, it looked exceptionally good on Xiao Xun'er. Even she could not help staring in a daze.

"Hehe, I wonder if Brother Lin Yu will be shocked when he sees me dressed like this?"

She had wanted to run over to see Lin Yu immediately, but it would not be good if others saw her on the way. She wanted Brother Lin Yu to be the first to see her.

After careful consideration, she gave up on the idea of going to find Lin Yu. She would just wait at home for Brother Lin Yu to return.

Inside Lin Yu's shop

After Xiao Xun'er ran out, Xiao Yan also went home carrying his cultivation technique.

He was undoubtedly eager to test whether his talent had returned.

He had endured endless mockery for three years. No one could bear that. Now, he only wanted to rise again and reclaim the glory and dignity that belonged to him!

After Xiao Yan left, Lin Yu began fiddling with the ring containing Yao Chen, continuously pouring Dou Qi into it.

"Damn it, just how much can this old man absorb? Even pouring in my peak Dou Emperor Dou Qi like this can't wake you up!" Lin Yu was extremely annoyed.

At that moment, the ring suddenly trembled before falling silent again. It had only been a fleeting flicker.

Yet Lin Yu happened to catch that instant of change.

Others might not necessarily have noticed it, but who was Lin Yu? He was a massive cheat with a system!

Lin Yu grinned and pretended to fly into a rage. "Yao Chen, you're still playing dead with me? Believe it or not, I'll toss you to the Soul Hall and let them refine you!"

Before long, a transparent old man floated out of the ancient ring.

The old man wore an awkward smile. "Hehe, little fellow, no need to get so angry. This old man merely absorbed a little of your Dou Qi. For you, wouldn't replenishing it only take a few minutes?"

Lin Yu's mouth twitched. Damn it, if I didn't feel sorry for you, I'd have killed you already!

"Cut the crap. Hand over the Flame Mantra and the Ancient Spirit Cold Flame!"

Yao Chen was shocked. Damn it, this must be one of my unfortunate disciple Han Feng's people. It's over, it's over—given my current state, I can't defeat him at all.

What should I do? Waiting online, urgent!

Seeing Yao Chen looking as though he was about to die, Lin Yu found it rather amusing. "Alright, Yao Chen, look at that pathetic state of yours. In exchange, I'll help you restore your physical body! What do you say? Think it over."

Yao Chen was indeed tempted by those terms, but he remained wary of Lin Yu!

It could still be explained that Lin Yu knew his name and the Bone Spirit Cold Flame. After all, the Bone Spirit Cold Flame had accompanied him as he rose to fame and dominated the world; almost everyone knew of it.

But aside from Han Feng, no third person knew about the Flame Mantra. Even his sworn brother, Venerable Feng, Feng Xian, did not know.

And now, he had heard it from the mouth of a mere youngster. There was no doubt that this person was connected to Han Feng!

At that thought, Yao Chen gave a cold snort.

"Hmph!"

"Tell Han Feng that even if this old man dies, I will never hand the Flame Mantra over to him!" Yao Chen looked ready to die, utterly resolute!

Lin Yu's mouth twitched. Damn, this old man was quite imaginative!

"Would a mere Han Feng be able to order me around? Even in your prime, killing you would take no more than the flick of a finger!" Lin Yu's words were blunt and arrogant!

Yao Chen said disdainfully after hearing Lin Yu's words, "What shameless boasting. A mere Dou Emperor claims he could destroy me in my prime with the flick of a finger? Have you ever seen this old man in his prime?"

"What? You still want to dance? You're just a mere Dou Zun, yet you dare spout such arrogant nonsense!"

As soon as he finished speaking, an incomparably powerful aura suddenly erupted from Lin Yu's body, forcing Yao Chen flat onto the ground, unable to move. Yao Chen's already spiritual body became even more illusory!

Yao Chen's heart was already in turmoil. What he could never have imagined was that such an aura would come from a mere child.

He had seen Dou Sheng before, and the aura emanating from this little child was no less formidable than that of a Dou Sheng!

A fifteen-year-old Dou Sheng? What he had just said truly had not been empty boasting. Even Yao Chen at his peak would be nothing more than a finger flick to him.

"Little friend! I'll give it to you!" Yao Chen compromised. He believed that every Dou Sheng possessed their own pride. His earlier words must have offended Lin Yu's dignity, which was why he had reacted like this!

Combined with what had been said before, Yao Chen concluded that Lin Yu definitely had no connection to Han Feng. Even if he did, it would only be a master-servant relationship.

"That's more like it. Why waste so many words? It's beneath me to deceive you!" As he spoke, he took the black scroll Yao Chen handed over. This scroll was the Flame Mantra.

As Lin Yu held the black scroll, it transformed into a stream of information and flooded into his mind.

Sensing this information, Lin Yu immediately sat down cross-legged and began cultivating the Flame Mantra.

After condensing a Dou Qi vortex and becoming a Dou Zhe, one needed to cultivate a technique to transform the attribute-less milky-white Dou Qi within the body into Dou Qi with the technique's attribute.

Damn, he suddenly remembered that one was not qualified to cultivate techniques before becoming a Dou Zhe.

Xiao Yan...

No, that technique didn't belong to this world. Whether it could even be cultivated was uncertain!

Although Lin Yu was now a peak Dou Emperor, because he had never cultivated a technique, all the Dou Qi in his body remained attribute-less and milky white.

Who would believe that someone only started cultivating a technique after already reaching peak Dou Emperor?

In just five minutes, Lin Yu completed the conversion of his Dou Qi.

After cultivating a Dou Qi technique, Lin Yu seemed more energetic than before—and even more handsome!

At this moment, the milky-white Dou Qi in Lin Yu's body had completely transformed into pale yellow.

Pale yellow—the signature color of a low-grade Yellow Tier fire-attribute technique. The higher the grade of a Dou Qi technique, the deeper its color.

"Alright, hand over the Bone Spirit Cold Flame!" Lin Yu's tone brooked no refusal!

Yao Chen was about to speak.

Before Yao Chen could open his mouth, Lin Yu pointed a finger at his head.

"Take!"

In an instant, Yao Chen felt that something had vanished from within his body. The thing that had accompanied him for so long was gone.

A cluster of eerie white flames appeared in Lin Yu's hand. It was the Bone Spirit Cold Flame, ranked eleventh on the Heavenly Flame Ranking!

Looking at the violent Bone Spirit Cold Flame in his hand, Lin Yu could not help but sigh inwardly. It truly deserved its eleventh-place ranking on the Heavenly Flame Ranking!

After watching it for a moment, Lin Yu swallowed the Bone Spirit Cold Flame in one gulp.

"Fuse!"

Just as the Bone Spirit Cold Flame was about to resist, Lin Yu softly uttered a single word. The flame immediately calmed as though it had received an order, allowing Lin Yu to refine it at will.

An hour later, the cross-legged Lin Yu slowly opened his eyes. His aura was exceptionally robust and unfathomable. He had successfully refined the Bone Spirit Cold Flame!

Lin Yu carefully sensed the changes within his body. The Flame Mantra had now advanced to a high-grade Profound Tier technique! Meanwhile, his cultivation had reached five-star Dou Zong!

Lin Yu extended his palm, and with a thought, an eerie white flame appeared above it. Feeling the enhancement brought by the flame, Lin Yu's mood greatly improved!

Devouring a single Heavenly Flame had brought such an enormous improvement. This was truly satisfying!

Lin Yu could not help but look toward the twenty-seven Heavenly Flames on the wall. What a pity, what a pity—he could only look at them, not use them. He would buy them after earning more points in the future!

"Yao Chen, stay in the ring for now. When I have time, I'll get you a body!"

Hearing Lin Yu's words, Yao Chen finally recovered somewhat from his shock. He had never seen anyone directly swallow a Heavenly Flame like that.

Back then, in order to obtain this Bone Spirit Cold Flame, he had spent eight years in that sunless, hellish place. And at the final moment of absorption, even though he had prepared thoroughly, he had nearly been burned to ashes by that damned thing.

Sigh, I'm getting old!

"I'll leave everything to your arrangements, little friend!" With that, Yao Chen returned to the ring!

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