Two Years

"Yin Lin, Brother Lin Ming has sent a letter!" A girl who looked only fifteen or sixteen years old jumped up and down excitedly, saying to Magical Beasts the size of a horse with silver scales covering its body next to her.

This young woman is none other than Ya Fei.

Although Ya Fei is not yet sixteen years old, she already has a rather curvaceous figure, and her youthful face also possesses a touch of allure. One can imagine that in a few years, Ya Fei will definitely be an enchanting presence.

Upon hearing Ya Fei's words, the prostrate Yin Lin seemed to understand, stood up, walked to Ya Fei's side, and looked at the letter Ya Fei held in her hand.

"Brother Lin Ming!" After a while, Ya Fei pressed the letter to her chest, her eyes filled with tears.

After a while, Ya Fei took out a Storage Ring, and then a pendant with a crystal-clear outer wall and a green interior appeared in Ya Fei's hand.

After the pendant appeared, Yin Lin had an urge to swallow it. However, since the pendant was now on its owner, Yin Lin refrained from doing so.

"Yin Lin, this is a gift from Brother Lin Ming, you can't eat it." Ya Fei stroked Yin Lin's head and said to it.

Ya Fei had seen Lin Ming's instructions about the pendant in the letter he had just received, and knew what it was. Therefore, she was not at all surprised that Ya Fei Yin Lin the urge to consume the pendant.

Seeing Yin Lin's longing expression, Ya Fei said, "Yin Lin, this is a gift that Brother Lin Ming prepared for Ya Fei, so you can't eat it. But Brother Lin Ming also prepared a gift for you."

After Ya Fei finished speaking, a Jade Bottle appeared in her hand, and then Ya Fei opened the Jade Bottle cap.

The moment the bottle cap was opened, Yin Lin was filled with desire once more. Magical Beasts's intuition for treasure far surpasses that of a human, so in that instant, Yin Lin knew that the contents of the bottle would be of immense benefit to it.

"Alright, this was originally for you." Seeing Yin Lin's eager look, Ya Fei said.

"Open your mouth."

Upon hearing Ya Fei's words, Yin Lin opened its mouth, waiting for Ya Fei to feed it.

Upon seeing Yin Lin open its mouth, Ya Fei aimed the Jade Bottle at Yin Lin's open mouth, and five drops of liquid dripped into Yin Lin's mouth.

When Lin Ming wrote the letter, he mentioned that Yin Lin could only take five drops at a time now; any more would probably be too much for Yin Lin to handle. Therefore, after Ya Fei added five drops of Earth Heart Body Tempering Milk, she sealed the Jade Bottle again.

After swallowing the Earth Heart Body Tempering Milk, Yin Lin staggered to the side as if he were drunk and lay prostrate again.

After watching the Yin Lin crawl, Ya Fei looked at her pendant again, a silly smile appearing on her face.

"Brother Lin Ming, don't worry! Ya Fei won't let you down." With unwavering faith, Ya Fei wore the pendant close to her body.

"Boom!"

An extremely large fist slammed into the ground, making a loud thud.

At this moment, a young man was wielding a black sword with golden Dragon Pattern, fighting against a Giant Ape that was nearly four zhang tall and covered in white fur.

After dodging the Giant Ape's attack, the young man swung his knife and slashed at the Giant Ape.

Upon seeing the youth's sword attack, the Giant Ape swung its arm, blocking the sword, and the immense force from its arm sent the youth flying backward.

The young man, who was flying backwards, pressed down with his hand in mid-air and stood up steadily.

"Again," the young man said, and his figure moved again. Then, the man and the ape began to fight fiercely once more.

This battle lasted until the sun was about to set before it finally ended.

"Lin Ming, you're too monstrous. With only Eight Star Dou Spirit cultivation level, you've managed to fight me until now," the white Giant Ape said in human language.

"There is still a gap," Lin Ming said, sitting on a boulder, panting.

Yes, the battle taking place between Lin Ming and the Snow Demon Sky Ape is indeed between them.

Almost two years have passed since the collaboration with the Snow Demon Sky Ape to slay the Iron Blood Violent Bear King.

Over the course of nearly two years, Lin Ming, Zi Yan, and the Snow Demon Sky Ape collaborated several times, and as a result, Lin Ming and the Snow Demon Sky Ape grew closer.

After developing a close relationship with the Snow Demon Sky Ape, sparring with it became one of Lin Ming's regular activities.

Especially after raising his cultivation to the high-level Dou Ling and cultivating the Purple Lightning Radiant Body Technique to its peak, most of the people in the Inner Academy, except for those in the top ten of the Strong Ranking, could not break through Lin Ming's defense, let alone withstand his attacks.

Most of the top ten on the Strong Ranking are in seclusion, and Lin Ming, who is currently ranked sixth on the Strong Ranking, has no interest in challenging others. Therefore, the Snow Demon Sky Ape has become Lin Ming's usual sparring partner.

After two years of robbing and pillaging with Lin Ming and Zi Yan's gang, the Snow Demon Sky Ape has improved considerably. If we were to classify it according to the Dou Wang realm, the Snow Demon Sky Ape would probably have the strength of a fourth or fifth-level Dou Wang at this moment.

This is without activating the Berserk Bloodline. After activating the Berserk Bloodline, the Snow Demon Sky Ape has no problem fighting high-level Tier 5 Magical Beast.

Fighting the Snow Demon Sky Ape, aside from the Blazing Sun Heavenly Saber, Lin Ming could use all his techniques without worrying about any problems. So, with such a good sparring partner as the Snow Demon Sky Ape, Lin Ming would be crazy to seek out those people from the Inner Academy to fight.

Lin Ming, slumped on the boulder, quietly watched the blood-red sunset slowly descend. The Snow Demon Sky Ape sat beside him, admiring the sunset with Lin Ming.

The beauty of the sunset captivated everything nearby, and all around fell silent.

At this moment, a fluctuation emanating from Lin Ming's dantian forced him to abandon his desire to quietly appreciate the beautiful Lin Ming. Compared to advancing in rank, the matter of appreciating the scenery seemed utterly insignificant.

So Lin Ming sat cross-legged and entered a meditative state.

After entering a meditative state, under Lin Ming's focused attention, the Dou Crystal in his dantian, which originally had several sharp spikes, now only had one spike remaining; the rest had all disappeared. Moreover, this single remaining spike showed signs of slightly indenting inwards.

During the Dou Ling stage, for each star increase in cultivation level, one of the spikes protruding from the Dou Crystal in Lin Ming's dantian will retract and exit into the Dou Crystal. Once all the spikes have retracted and exited the Dou Crystal, one will reach the Nine Star Dou Spirit cultivation level. Right now, the last spike on Lin Ming's Dou Crystal is showing signs of retraction, which is the feeling Lin Ming is experiencing as a advancement.

Without further delay, Lin Ming circulated his Cultivation Method and launched an attack on the Nine Star Dou Spirit.

After Lin Ming entered into cultivation, the Snow Demon Sky Ape stood beside Lin Ming, Protector.

"Bang!"

At dawn, as the first rays of sunlight shone down, a muffled sound came from Lin Ming's body, who had been sitting cross-legged all night. Then, Lin Ming slowly opened his tightly closed eyes, and an imposing aura emanated from them.

Looking at the sunlight streaming down, Lin Ming smiled and unconsciously said, "Next up is the Dou Wang competition."