But seeing how serious Luo Yan looked, Xiao Wu didn't press him any further.
She gave Luo Yan a thoughtful glance, then returned to the cabin to cultivate.
Luo Yan shook his head helplessly, then began suppressing his blood energy and calming himself down.
Meanwhile, after Da Ming and Er Ming had chatted for a while, Da Ming began examining his new human body.
Seeing that Da Ming had successfully taken human form made Er Ming even more impatient. After parting from Da Ming, he quickly entered a state of cultivation.
He was eager to take human form, too.
In an instant, Luo Yan was the only one left beside Life Lake.
After making sure no one was around, Luo Yan silently recited in his heart, "System, begin bloodline evolution!"
Half a year had passed since his last bloodline evolution. He decided not to wait any longer; it was better to evolve sooner.
Otherwise, he had no idea how long Er Ming's transformation would take, and they would have to leave Star Dou Great Forest eventually.
"Ding!
Spend ten million Resentment Points to begin bloodline evolution.
Bloodline evolution in progress..."
Watching the Resentment Points on the system panel steadily drain away, Luo Yan couldn't help feeling a little pained.
But he'd collected Resentment Points for the sake of bloodline evolution. He couldn't keep hoarding them forever without using them. What would be the point of collecting them then?
With that thought, Luo Yan began sensing the process of bloodline evolution.
The sequence of events was familiar, but this time, after transforming into his true form, he felt as if something had appeared on his head.
Something was also pushing out from beneath his dragon scales.
Could I be growing dragon horns?
During his last evolution, he had gone from a Purple Thunder Blue Python to a Mystic Light Viper. His entire body had grown dragon scales, and his snake's head had transformed into a dragon's head, but he hadn't grown any horns.
Before long, he could clearly feel his four limbs.
Claws appeared on them, too.
But the movement on the top of Luo Yan's head stopped. He had probably grown something small—perhaps two tiny bumps.
After a while, the bloodline evolution process came to an end.
Luo Yan went to Life Lake and raised a hand, shaping the water into a mirror.
At a glance, he could tell that the reflection showed a flood dragon.
Two small bumps rose from its head. White patterns adorned its neck, blue patterns ran along its back, its chest was ochre, and hard, fleshy spikes lined the tip of its tail.
Luo Yan was very satisfied as he gazed at his current true form in the water mirror.
He had evolved into a flood dragon. He wasn't far from becoming a true pureblood dragon!
This evolution had been just as painful as the last, but he was used to it now, so he hadn't made much of a commotion.
Xiao Wu and the others hadn't noticed that Luo Yan had evolved again.
"Once I get a feel for my flood dragon innate ability, I can wait for Er Ming to finish transforming. Then we can head out and harvest some leeks!"
"Tang Hao, just you wait!"
Luo Yan put away his true form and transformed back into a human.
"System, open the panel!" Luo Yan was curious to see what his status looked like now.
As soon as he spoke, an electronic panel appeared before him:
Host: Luo Yan Species: Purple Thunder Flood Dragon Cultivation: Peak of the Fifth-Rank Demon King Physical cultivation: Early Tier 6 Demon Emperor Resentment Points: 7542478
Fantastic!
His Resentment Points were no longer enough for another evolution.
But seeing that his cultivation had reached the peak of the Fifth-Rank Demon King made Luo Yan feel immensely pleased.
Thanks to his flood dragon bloodline, he could fight across three minor stages within the same major realm. Even at the peak of the Fifth-Rank Demon King, he could easily defeat an early Tier 6 Demon Emperor.
And his physical body was already comparable to that of an early Tier 6 Demon Emperor.
"System, how many Resentment Points do I need for my next bloodline evolution?"
"One hundred million!"
Luo Yan wasn't too surprised by the answer. After all, this evolution alone had cost him ten million Resentment Points.
Besides, Tang Hao had given him more than ten million Resentment Points in a single go before. He could go after some Titled Douluo and harvest more leeks later.
Luo Yan was sure his next bloodline evolution wasn't too far off.
With that thought, he put away the system panel and sat down to continue sensing his innate ability.
Notting Junior Soul Master Academy.
"Xiao San, you've reached the Soul Grandmaster level now."
"There's nothing else I can teach you for the time being. For now, focus on your cultivation!"
"Once you get your graduation certificate, head straight to Suotuo City. There's an academy there called Shrek Academy. I hope you'll be able to study there!"
"I have some matters to take care of, so we'll have to part for now. I'll go find you at Shrek Academy later!"
"I hope you won't disappoint me when the time comes!"
At the academy gates, Yu Xiaogang stood before Tang San, giving him one instruction after another.
If Tang Hao hadn't specifically asked him to teach Tang San more, he would have wanted to leave Notting Junior Soul Master Academy three years ago, as soon as he got the Elder Token.
He wanted to go to Spirit Hall and see if the Library Pavilion there had any way to solve the problem with his Martial Soul.
"All right, this is only a temporary parting. What you need to do is focus on your cultivation. Don't disappoint me!"
Seeing that Tang San wanted to say something else, Yu Xiaogang cut him off.
"Don't worry, Teacher. I'll definitely join Shrek Academy!"
At that, Tang San could only nod.
Yu Xiaogang gave him a couple more reminders, then parted ways with him and set off in a carriage.
Tang San watched the carriage leave, then turned back to the academy and continued cultivating.
Another half year passed.
Luo Yan found that ever since he became a beast, he had gradually lost his sense of time.
Three months of cultivation felt like only three or four days, unlike when he had been human and would feel anxious every night as another day passed.
"I can't believe it's been more than five years. Time really waits for no one..."
After absorbing the first wisp of purple qi at sunrise, Luo Yan opened his eyes and sighed.
"Big Brother, five years is nothing. Back then, we'd sleep for ten or twenty years at a time."
"Some of us even slept for a whole century!"
"For tens of thousands of years, that's how Er Ming, Sister Xiao Wu, and I have lived..."
Da Ming sat cross-legged opposite Luo Yan, thinking he was missing the days in the Extreme North.
"You don't understand. Once you truly become part of human society, you'll realize just how precious five years are!"
Luo Yan took a deep breath.
"Brother Luo Yan, perhaps when we go to the human world in the future, we'll understand how you feel!" Xiao Wu said with a soft smile.
Luo Yan didn't reply. He rubbed her rabbit ears and deftly tidied her hair.
By now, he was quite adept at helping Xiao Wu braid her hair into a scorpion braid.
Just as he finished, a hearty laugh rang out from nearby. "Hahaha! I, Er Ming, finally did it!"
Then a burly figure walked toward the three of them.
Although they couldn't tell who it was from the front, from the voice they'd just heard, Luo Yan and the others could tell that it had to be Er Ming, who had successfully taken human form.
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