Yan Lin: The Ice Emperor Had Quite the Wild Side

"Old Hai, neither of us could break the other's moves, so let's call this a draw and let that matter go. How about it?"

Amid the vast desert, Yan Lin, his clothes in tatters and blood at the corner of his mouth, proposed a truce to the equally bedraggled Hai Bodong.

After returning to the Snake People Clan, Yan Lin had handed the Green Lotus Core Flame to Hua She'er while Queen Medusa was in seclusion. After giving a few instructions, he had left the clan again.

Yan Lin had originally planned to wait a few days for Hai Bodong's anger to subside before seeking him out. Who would have thought the man would deliberately lie in wait for him outside Desert City?

Left with no choice, Yan Lin had been forced to accept Hai Bodong's challenge and let him vent his frustration.

The two had reached an agreement: if Yan Lin could defeat Hai Bodong, yesterday's huge misunderstanding would be forgotten. Otherwise, Hai Bodong would get to beat him up properly.

Although Yan Lin was two or three minor realms below Hai Bodong, he relied on his powerful Seven-Colored Sky-Swallowing Python bloodline to fight him to a standstill.

Later on, when Yan Lin transformed into his peak magical beast form, he even gained the upper hand and pressed Hai Bodong hard.

In the fierce battle, Yan Lin had inevitably sustained injuries, but Hai Bodong was hurt even more badly. His clothes had been scorched black several times, his old face was charred, blood stained the corner of his mouth, and his aura was more disordered than Yan Lin's.

Still, Yan Lin was in the wrong and wanted to give the old man some face, so he took the initiative to stop the fight and call it a draw.

After fighting for most of the day, Hai Bodong's anger had actually faded by more than half, and he knew he had lost. He simply could not swallow his pride, so he snapped, "We'll let it go today. We'll fight again another day."

Knowing he was in the wrong, Yan Lin did not argue with Hai Bodong and readily agreed.

The two then found a quiet, shaded spot to treat their injuries and recover their battle qi.

Because his cultivation technique was stronger than Hai Bodong's, Yan Lin recovered sooner.

While waiting for the Ice Emperor, Yan Lin skillfully opened his attribute panel.

The last time he had defeated the Ice Emperor, Yan Lin had gained one chance to obtain an ordinary attribute from him. However, the Ice Emperor cultivated a different element, so very few of his attributes were useful to Yan Lin.

Other than some treasured possessions, there was nothing Yan Lin wanted.

This time, Yan Lin had also intended to randomly take one item from him.

What he had not expected was that he would gain an opportunity to obtain one of Hai Bodong's special attributes.

"What's going on? Why did I obtain a special attribute this time?" Yan Lin's face filled with astonishment when he saw the Ice Emperor's exclusive attribute panel.

[Cultivation Talent: Top-tier—(between high-tier and top-tier)—Copyable]

[Alchemy Talent: None]

[Bloodline: None]

[Physique: None]

[Cultivation Technique: Ice Emperor Canon—Copyable]

[Battle Skills: Condense Ice Mirror, Mysterious Ice Whirlwind Kill, Mysterious Ice Dragon Soars...—Copyable]

[Collection: Five-Patterned Purple Gold Card, Breaking Calamity Pill formula and medicinal ingredients... Sexy red panties (from the alluring young lady from last night's fling)—Copyable]

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"This random probability seems a little off!"

Seeing that every special attribute option on Hai Bodong was marked "Copyable," Yan Lin felt that his previous deductions regarding the Golden Finger might have been wrong.

Previously, he had assumed that after defeating an opponent, his Golden Finger could obtain special attributes only by random chance, while ordinary attributes could be acquired with certainty.

The random chance of obtaining special attributes was extremely low.

He had defeated Qing Lin an unknown number of times, yet he had only gained one chance at a special attribute.

Yan Lin had also defeated Cauliflower Snake, who often sought him out for sparring, countless times. Without exception, special attribute opportunities had appeared only once or twice.

The odds were pitifully low.

Yet now, after fighting Hai Bodong only twice, he had received one opportunity for a special attribute.

Yan Lin found it somewhat strange, though he could not rule out the possibility that he had simply gotten lucky.

He guessed, Could there be other factors affecting the probability of obtaining special attributes?

After pondering it carefully, Yan Lin felt that his previous line of thinking might have been skewed.

Perhaps special attributes were not determined purely by random chance. There might be other probabilities involved.

For example, could the odds differ depending on the opponent he challenged?

Hai Bodong's realm had changed greatly before and after, and Yan Lin guessed that the difference in realm might be what caused the shift in probability.

"I need to find someone to test it on."

As soon as the thought arose, Yan Lin immediately looked toward Hai Bodong, who was recovering with his eyes closed nearby.

Just then, Hai Bodong opened his eyes. Meeting Yan Lin's eager gaze, as though he were looking at a lab rat, Hai Bodong's heart trembled.

"Why are you looking at me like that, brat? Are you plotting against me again?"

It had to be said, a strong person's sixth sense was remarkably accurate.

Yan Lin narrowed his eyes and looked at Hai Bodong with a curl of his lips. "Ice Emperor, do you still dare to fight?"

"Yan Lin, weren't you the one who said we were done fighting?" Hai Bodong frowned.

He kept feeling that Yan Lin was up to no good. A sense of foreboding rose within him.

All that could be said was that the Ice Emperor was an excellent judge of character.

Seeing that Hai Bodong lacked the will to fight, Yan Lin immediately provoked him in an extremely arrogant manner. "That was then, this is now. Or what, Old Hai? Are you scared?"

Faced with such provocation from the culprit who had ruined his reputation in his old age and left him feeling utterly drained after last night, Hai Bodong's temper flared.

"Fine, let's fight! Do you think I'm afraid of you?"

Battle erupted at once!

Half an hour later.

"I'm not fighting anymore."

"The Ice Emperor is spent already? Did last night's girl drain you dry, or are you just too old to get it up?"

"Die!"

"The mighty Ice Emperor, posing like a dainty maiden."

"Mysterious Ice Dragon Soars!"

"Old Hai, I gave you a chance, but you still couldn't make it work!"

"You little bastard, you've gone too far!"

By dusk, Hai Bodong could no longer endure it. He took the initiative to call for a truce and returned to Homeward Inn in Desert City.

Before leaving, he could not help grumbling, "I don't know what madness got into you today..."

Hai Bodong could not understand what had happened to Yan Lin. He had suddenly changed, like he had been pumped full of stimulants. Without caring whether Hai Bodong could take it, he had insisted on forcing him to fight.

They had fought from morning until dusk. This had been an utterly brutal match.

Hai Bodong had grown sick of it as well. His battle qi was nearly exhausted from all the wasteful expenditure.

What he did not know was that Yan Lin had completely treated him as a tool, all to verify his own hypothesis.

The facts proved that he had been right.

"Just as I thought. When fighting an opponent whose realm is higher than mine and defeating them, the probability of obtaining a special attribute is one-half, not random."

On the way back to Desert City, Yan Lin looked at the Ice Emperor's attribute panel and summed up what he had learned today.

"A one-half chance means I'm guaranteed a special attribute once every two battles. If I want to obtain other people's special attributes in the future, I can suppress my realm and fight them."

Having once again clarified the Golden Finger's function, a trace of delight appeared on Yan Lin's bruised face.

In his good mood, he finally began selecting an attribute from the Ice Emperor to copy. When he saw Hai Bodong's unusual collection, he burst out laughing.

"Red panties?"

"And they're a thong."

"The Ice Emperor really had quite the wild side..."

Yan Lin had not expected Hai Bodong, who looked so proper, to be such an old closet pervert.

One night of passion yesterday had not been enough, and he even carried around something to remember it by.

This old man was no decent fellow either.