"Whoosh!"
Just then, an ink-green figure, light as a nimble spirit butterfly, shot out from a hidden spot at the edge of the deep ravine below. After a few flickers, she arrived beside Lin Ming. It was Qing Lin, who had been concealed and watching the battle all along.
Concern and lingering fear filled her emerald-green eyes as she carefully looked Lin Ming over. "Brother Lin Ming, are you all right? Just now... just now, that was so dangerous."
"I'm fine. I just used up a bit too much energy." Lin Ming gave Qing Lin a gentle smile and rubbed her hair, signaling that he was unharmed.
Then Lin Ming's gaze shifted to the Great Elder, who hung unconscious in his hand like a marionette, and a trace of consideration flashed through his eyes.
"Qing Lin, come here," Lin Ming called.
Qing Lin obediently moved closer.
Lin Ming held the limp Great Elder forward and said in a calm tone, "This fellow is yours now. Use your Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and control him."
"Ah?"
Hearing this, Qing Lin was first startled, then her beautiful eyes instantly widened. She looked at Lin Ming in disbelief, then at the Great Elder, whose aura was faint but whose level was clearly that of a Dou Sheng expert. For a moment, she could not react.
"Give... give him to me? Control him?"
This was a genuine Dou Sheng expert! Although he had now been sealed by Brother Lin Ming, once she successfully controlled him, it would mean she had a Dou Sheng-level puppet!
Moreover, she possessed the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils. Anyone she controlled could have their Dou Qi absorbed by her to increase her own strength. And if she controlled someone truly below the Dou Sheng realm, then her breakthrough