Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils Awaken!

Gu Long did not take Qing Lin directly back to Jia Nan Academy. Instead, he passed through a secret teleportation point established by Dragon Domain and arrived deep within Dragon Domain Headquarters.

There, Gu Long had specially prepared a quiet courtyard for her.

Arrays that blocked detection and concealed auras had been set up around the courtyard, ensuring that nothing happening here could leak out.

Having just arrived, Qing Lin found everything around her unfamiliar and frightening.

She tightly hugged the little snake that had already recovered and coiled around her wrist, following closely behind Gu Long every step of the way.

"You will live here from now on." Gu Long stopped and looked at the frail, timid girl before him. "You will no longer have to worry about hunger or being bullied."

Qing Lin raised her head. Her eyes, faintly bearing three jade-green glimmers, looked timidly at Gu Long as she asked in a soft voice, "Big Brother, can you really teach me how to control these eyes? Are they very frightening?"

Because of these eyes that differed from ordinary people's, she had suffered countless cold looks and humiliations since childhood. Deep down, she had long regarded them as a curse.

Gu Long shook his head, his tone calm. "They are not a curse. They are a unique gift bestowed upon you by heaven, known as the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils."

He extended a finger and gently touched Qing Lin's brow.

"Do not resist."

A gentle yet immense stream of information slowly flowed into Qing Lin's mind along with Gu Long's Soul Power.

This was an ancient inheritance called the Myriad Snake Scripture, which he had obtained from signing in earlier.

The scripture not only recorded how to awaken, develop, and wield the power of the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, but also contained numerous secret methods for taming, communicating with, and even commanding snake-type magical beasts. It even touched upon some of the mysteries of the Snake People Race's cultivation system.

The amount of information was enormous, yet Qing Lin, whose soul essence was extraordinary, had no difficulty accepting it.

She only felt as though a brand-new door had opened in her mind, and countless pieces of knowledge and techniques concerning "snakes" came flooding in.

Her original fear of her own eyes was gradually replaced by a hazy understanding.

"Focus and sense the power deep within your pupils," Gu Long guided her. "Treat it as a part of your body, just like your arms."

Qing Lin obediently closed her eyes and tried her best to sense the faint, strange energy fluctuations hidden deep within her pupils.

It was difficult at first. That power was like a startled little beast, hard to grasp.

But under the soothing guidance of Gu Long's steady Soul Power, she gradually touched the source of those three jade-green glimmers.

One day, two days...

Under Gu Long's patient instruction and the assistance of the Myriad Snake Scripture, Qing Lin's progress was astonishingly rapid.

Before long, she was able to initially mobilize that dormant power.

One day, Gu Long brought over a restrained First-Grade magical beast, an Iron Wire Snake.

The snake was fiercely aggressive, constantly flicking its tongue as it tried to attack.

"Look into its eyes," Gu Long said to Qing Lin.

Qing Lin took a deep breath, forcing down the tension in her heart. She concentrated and looked toward the restless Iron Wire Snake.

Following the methods recorded in the Myriad Snake Scripture, she attempted to stir the power of the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils deep within her pupils.

At first, nothing changed, and the Iron Wire Snake continued hissing.

But gradually, three tiny jade-green points of light began to slowly revolve deep within Qing Lin's dark green pupils, emanating a strange and noble aura.

The previously ferocious Iron Wire Snake suddenly froze!

The instant its cold snake eyes met Qing Lin's gaze, it seemed to behold some supreme existence at the source of its bloodline. Its savage aura vanished in an instant, replaced by awe and submission born from the depths of its soul.

It stopped struggling and meekly lowered its head, not even daring to flick its tongue again.

"I did it!"

Qing Lin cried out in delight. She could clearly feel that a wonderful connection had formed between herself and the Iron Wire Snake.

With a thought, the Iron Wire Snake slowly slithered in accordance with her will.

"Very good." Gu Long nodded.

"This is only the first step. The power of the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils goes far beyond this.

Not only can it allow you to easily subdue snake-type magical beasts, it can also forge soul links with them, share their senses, and command them to fight for you."

Over the following days, Gu Long began systematically teaching Qing Lin the various techniques within the Myriad Snake Scripture.

From the simplest communication with snakes to initially establishing soul contracts; from guiding low-grade snake-type magical beasts to carry out simple commands to attempting to control multiple snakes at once.

Gu Long found snake-type magical beasts of various grades for her, from First-Grade Iron Wire Snakes and Second-Grade Venomous Vipers to Third-Grade Black Rock Pythons with a certain degree of intelligence.

Even Gu Long secretly nodded in approval at Qing Lin's learning ability.

She possessed an extraordinary natural affinity and understanding toward snakes. Combined with the might of the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, her progress advanced by leaps and bounds each day.

During this period, a strange sight could often be seen in the courtyard:

The small and slender Qing Lin stood quietly in the center, surrounded by dozens of snake-type magical beasts of varying sizes and species.

These predators, normally savage and ruthless, now moved and coiled in perfect order like the most loyal guards, completely obeying the young girl's eyes that shimmered with jade-green radiance.

She could even use their soul link to share the vision of a particular snake and scout distant areas. She could command the snake swarm to form simple formations for defense or attack drills.

The First-Grade Snake she had initially saved remained coiled around her wrist, becoming her first and closest companion.

Nourished by her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, its intelligence and potential were both slowly increasing.

"Control is not slavery," Gu Long instructed from the side.

"The essence of the Myriad Snake Scripture lies in communication and coexistence. Only by understanding their habits and respecting their instincts can you command them as easily as your own limbs and bring out their greatest power."

Qing Lin carefully committed Gu Long's teachings to memory.

She no longer regarded her power as a symbol of monstrosity, but began learning to understand and control it.

The light within her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils also gradually changed from its initial timidity into something resolute and spirited.

Several months passed quietly.

One day, Gu Long brought over a newly captured Fourth-Grade magical beast, a Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake.

This snake possessed strength comparable to a human Da Dou Shi. It was extremely violent, and its two heads could spew scorching flames.

"Try and see if you can make it calm down," Gu Long said to Qing Lin.

For Qing Lin, who was only an Eight-Star Dou Practitioner, this was no small challenge.

Qing Lin looked at the constantly struggling Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake, drew a deep breath, and the jade-green points of light deep in her pupils suddenly flared as they spun faster!

An invisible pressure far stronger than before, mixed with soul-soothing fluctuations recorded in the Myriad Snake Scripture, enveloped the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake.

"Hiss—!"

The Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake let out a piercing hiss and resisted fiercely, its four snake eyes filled with violence.

The pride and power of a Fourth-Grade magical beast made it unwilling to submit so easily to the weak Qing Lin.

Qing Lin's little face turned slightly pale, and fine sweat seeped from her brow.

But she clenched her teeth and exerted the power of the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils with all her strength, continuously sending forth that pressure originating from bloodline and soul.

After roughly the time it took for an incense stick to burn, the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake's struggles gradually weakened. The violence in its eyes gave way to confusion, then transformed into a complicated reverence.

In the end, both of its heads slowly lowered in submission.

Though she still could not command it as easily as she did lower-grade snakes, making a Fourth-Grade magical beast voluntarily submit was already an enormous success!

It meant that Qing Lin's Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils had initially awakened!

Gu Long looked at Qing Lin, who was panting heavily but beaming with excitement, and knew that the first stage of her training could come to an end.

"The foundation has been laid. What remains is steady effort. You will need to comprehend and improve through constant practice," Gu Long said.

"There are also branches of the Snake People Race attached to Dragon Domain. You may interact with them more in the future; it will likewise benefit your control over this power."

"Mm! Thank you, Big Brother!"

Qing Lin nodded vigorously, her eyes full of gratitude.

It was the person before her who had pulled her out of the mud, given her a new life, and guided her in mastering this unbelievable power.

Seeing Qing Lin cultivating so diligently, Gu Long gave a slight nod.

Settling Qing Lin in Dragon Domain and helping her awaken the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils was not merely for the sake of gaining an assistant with tremendous potential in the future.

His deeper purpose was to plant a hidden piece in advance against the Queen Medusa and the entire Snake People Race, whom he might face someday.

The Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils possessed an innate suppressive and commanding power over snake bloodlines.

Looking at the green-haired girl before him, whose temperament had already transformed, whose gaze was resolute, and around whom faint snake shadows seemed to linger, he knew this seed had been planted. All that remained was for it to take root, sprout, and grow into a towering tree in the future.

It was also time for him to return to Jia Nan Academy.

Within the Inner Academy's Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower, that Falling Heart Flame seemed to be growing restless with increasing frequency.

The time to refine it was drawing closer, step by step.