When Qing Lin heard Xiao Tian's words, her heart felt as if she had eaten honey. A smile spread across her face. After spending the past few days with him, Qing Lin had already grown used to serving Xiao Tian, and she was more than willing to do so, because Xiao Tian was truly good to her.
"If Young Master Xiao Tian is willing, Qing Lin can always be your personal maid," Qing Lin said, longing in her eyes.
"Of course I'm willing, but I have to travel around to cultivate and gain experience. It might be very hard."
"As long as I can stay by Young Master Xiao Tian's side and serve you, Qing Lin isn't afraid of hardship. I only hope Young Master won't think Qing Lin is a burden," Qing Lin said firmly, and in her heart, she added, No matter how hard it is, it would still be sweet to Qing Lin. If I can't stay by Young Master Xiao Tian's side, my life will be nothing but darkness.
"In that case, I'll talk to Big Brother. From now on, you can follow me, and my young master lifestyle can continue too."
Qing Lin nodded hard. Xiao Tian smiled and rubbed her little head.
"Qing Lin, do you want to cultivate?"
"Cultivate? Qing Lin doesn't have any talent for cultivation. Qing Lin tried before, but I was never able to cultivate any Dou Qi."
"There's a special talent inside you. If it's awakened, your talent would rank among the very top even across the entire Dou Qi Continent. But right now, I only have one method, and it might not awaken it. It may even hurt you. Do you want to try?"
Xiao Tian's method was to use the aura of the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python's Heart Blood in the bottle he had to stimulate Qing Lin's Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils. The only problem was that the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils could not restrain a Heaven Swallowing Python, and might even suffer a backlash from it.
"Young Master, I'm willing to try."
The moment Xiao Tian finished speaking, Qing Lin answered without the slightest hesitation. She knew that if she followed Xiao Tian around, having strength of her own would let her protect herself instead of becoming his burden.
"Good."
Xiao Tian had not expected Qing Lin to be so decisive. He froze for a moment; with Qing Lin's somewhat timid personality, he had thought she would need to think it over.
After Xiao Tian had Wen Yan use a Dou Qi Barrier to seal off the surroundings, he took out the special jade bottle containing the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python's Heart Blood. The entire jade bottle was black-gold, filled with a mysterious aura.
Xiao Tian opened the stopper, and a seven-colored ray of light shone out, forming a seven-colored white giant python in the air. The white python was only an illusory shadow formed from energy, without any emotion.
But suddenly, the seven-colored giant python seemed to sense something and unconsciously opened its great maw toward Qing Lin.
Qing Lin was startled by the sudden bloody mouth and screamed. Her eyes gradually widened, and three green dots slowly surfaced in her pupils, growing clearer and clearer until they were plainly visible.
Seeing that it was working, Xiao Tian put the stopper back on, and the seven-colored giant python disappeared as well.
After the giant python vanished, Qing Lin's body went limp and she fainted. Xiao Tian caught Qing Lin and placed her on the bed.
About half an hour later, Qing Lin woke up. Seeing that she was lying on Xiao Tian's bed, she hurriedly sat up.
"Young Master, what happened to me?" Qing Lin asked in confusion.
"You don't remember?"
"Qing Lin only remembers that a really, really big snake appeared, and then I fainted."
"Then do you feel anywhere uncomfortable right now, or anything unusual about your body?"
Xiao Tian asked with a gentle smile.
Qing Lin patted her dizzy head. "Qing Lin feels like there's something a little strange in my eyes. I feel like there's a space inside them."
"Then concentrate and feel it carefully."
Hearing this, Qing Lin nodded and began focusing her mind to sense the space inside her eyes.
When Qing Lin opened her eyes again, Xiao Tian saw that there were three green dots in each of her eyes.
Xiao Tian took a mirror and placed it in front of Qing Lin. "Look. This is your talent, the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils."
Xiao Tian explained the function of the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to Qing Lin in detail.
"These are my eyes? They look so strange. I won't be like this all the time from now on, will I?" Qing Lin said in panic.
"You can try to see if you can put them away."
Qing Lin tried, and the green dots in her eyes gradually disappeared, returning them to their original appearance.
"I can, Young Master."
Seeing that she could put the green dots away, Qing Lin patted her chest and said happily.
Perhaps it was because of the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, or perhaps because Qing Lin's light pat made a certain place bounce a few times, but it drew Xiao Tian into staring blankly at her. The Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils did carry a certain seductive quality.
"Young Master, why are you staring at Qing Lin?"
Seeing Xiao Tian keep staring at her, Qing Lin said softly, her face flushed.
"Ahem, ahem."
Coming back to his senses, Xiao Tian coughed awkwardly a few times and wiped at the corner of his mouth as if there were drool there, though there actually was none.
"I was thinking about what cultivation method suits you. From now on, you'll cultivate this."
Xiao Tian took out the Soaring Serpent Phantom Spirit Art that the system had rewarded him with before and placed it in front of Qing Lin.
Qing Lin reached out and took the yellow scroll from Xiao Tian's hand.
"I can cultivate now?"
"Mm. And your cultivation speed will be very fast. You're the kind of existence known as a genius."
"Then I'll cultivate properly. In the future, I can help Young Master beat up bad guys." Qing Lin smiled happily, revealing her two little canine teeth.
"Then you really will have to cultivate properly." Xiao Tian also understood now why Qing Lin had tried without hesitation earlier, and he could not help feeling moved.
Xiao Tian took out a pale-green Storage Ring, strung it onto a necklace made from a special metal, and held it out in front of Qing Lin. "This is a Storage Ring. I strung it up for you, so you can wear it around your neck. That way, no one will see it and get greedy."
"Huh? A Storage Ring? That thing is really expensive. Even if you sold Qing Lin, I still couldn't afford one."
"I've got plenty of these. This one's space isn't especially big. I'll help you put it on."
Xiao Tian lifted Qing Lin's long green hair, then helped fasten the necklace around her neck. Once he was done, he stepped back a few paces. "Not bad. It looks pretty nice, too."
During the whole thing, Qing Lin didn't dare move, her face bright red as she lowered her head.
Looking at the Storage Ring and necklace hanging around her neck, her little face bloomed with happiness like a flower. She carefully tucked the Storage Ring part into her "Dimensional Space" and hid it away.
"Let's go. I'll take you to find your Sister Xiao Yi Xian. I have something to say to her, and I'll have her teach you some basic cultivation too."
After Xiao Tian finished speaking, he walked out toward the door, and Qing Lin followed behind him.
They arrived in front of Xiao Yi Xian's door and knocked.
Xiao Yi Xian opened the door and saw Xiao Tian and Qing Lin outside. "Why did you two come looking for me so early?"
"Let's go in first. I have something to tell you."
Xiao Yi Xian stepped aside. Xiao Tian brought Qing Lin in, and Xiao Yi Xian closed the door.
"You broke through?" Xiao Tian sensed the fluctuations of an Eight Star Dou Master from Xiao Yi Xian and asked.
"I just broke through last night."
Xiao Tian once again took two boxes of Poison Cores from his Storage Ring and handed them to Xiao Yi Xian. These were all refined from medicinal herbs he had bought nearby, or had Wen Yan "buy for zero yuan" in other cities.
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