Triple Jade-Green Snake Pupils

After calming down, Qing Lin looked shyly at the water stains on Young Master Xiao Jin's chest and said softly, "Young Master Xiao Jin, please change your clothes. Qing Lin will wash them clean!"

"It's fine. Qing Lin isn't dirty." Xiao Jin casually circulated his Dou Qi, and the high temperature instantly evaporated the water stains.

Only a faint mark remained, barely visible unless one looked closely.

"Young Master Xiao Jin, I'm your maid. This is what I should do." Qing Lin was always especially insistent about such matters.

Xiao Jin could not argue with her and could only remove his outer garment, then take a brand-new one from his Storage Ring and put it on.

The girl held Xiao Jin's clothes, faintly sensing the warmth still lingering on them.

Her heart warmed, and her hands tightened around the clothes.

"Young Master, wash up first. Qing Lin is very quick and will be right back!" After Xiao Jin finished changing, the girl spoke rapidly before hurrying out of the room.

Xiao Jin could not help shaking his head. When this girl was not feeling inferior, her personality was actually quite good.

He searched through his Storage Ring, wanting to see whether he had any heavenly treasures suitable for Qing Lin.

Soon, he locked onto his target.

"Here it is. This Ninth-Grade Golden Pill is just right for Qing Lin. The Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils are an existence on the level of defying the heavens. In less than ten years, they allowed her to rise from below the Dou Zhe level all the way to the Dou Zun realm. In the original story, Xiao Yan desperately cultivated and even refined several Heavenly Flames, yet his speed of breaking through the realms still could not catch up with the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils." He rubbed the jade box in his hand, having already made up his mind.

After washing up, Xiao Jin did not wait for Qing Lin. Instead, Xiao Yi Xian arrived.

"Xiao Jin, good morning." Xiao Yi Xian yawned. Her dazed appearance made her look even more adorable.

"Didn't you sleep well last night?"

"Don't mention it. I seemed to hear someone crying all night. I didn't fall asleep until well into the night." Recalling what had happened, Xiao Yi Xian could not help shivering.

As a girl, she was not afraid of powerful enemies. She was only afraid of these supernatural things.

Back when she had been in the cave in the Magic Beast Mountain Range, she had already been quite afraid of that skeleton.

"Crying?"

"Yeah, it was terrifying!" Xiao Yi Xian became much more awake. "It sounded like a girl's voice. Hearing that crying made my heart ache."

Xiao Jin's thoughts stirred. Could Qing Lin have been crying last night?

At this thought, he felt even more pity for the girl.

Just then, Qing Lin returned to the room.

It had only been a stain. With Qing Lin's capable nature, she only needed to clean that one spot.

The outer garment was now hanging under the sun to dry, so Qing Lin naturally returned to Xiao Jin's room to serve him.

After seeing Xiao Yi Xian, the girl, who had still worn a faint smile, suddenly stopped. Her eyes once again became restrained.

She had forgotten that Young Master Xiao Jin was the younger brother of the two regiment leaders.

The people around him were all important figures as well.

Qing Lin, Qing Lin, Young Master Xiao Jin only pitied you and reluctantly comforted you a few times. How could you develop thoughts you shouldn't have? Lowering her head, the girl approached Xiao Jin with small steps, once again reverting to the gloomy appearance she had shown when they first met that morning.

How could Xiao Jin not know what she was thinking? He took her by the wrist and said, "Qing Lin, this is Xiao Yi Xian. She's my friend, and she's also a very good person."

"Xiao Yi Xian, this is Qing Lin. The crying you heard last night may have come from her."

"Huh?!" Xiao Yi Xian let out a soft cry, not expecting to find the true culprit behind the haunting so quickly.

"Sister Xiao Yi Xian, I'm sorry." After hearing Xiao Jin's words, Qing Lin knew that Xiao Yi Xian had heard her crying last night.

Since she had disturbed someone else's rest, she could only apologize.

Meeting Xiao Yi Xian's suspicious gaze, Xiao Jin quietly explained Qing Lin's circumstances.

He placed special emphasis on Qing Lin's identity and her past experiences of being discriminated against.

Xiao Yi Xian's gaze immediately softened.

As the possessor of the Woe Poison Body, she had experiences quite similar to Qing Lin's.

Fear of others learning the truth. Fear of being discriminated against.

She had clearly done nothing wrong, yet people regarded her as an omen of misfortune.

Their similar experiences caused Xiao Yi Xian to instantly feel affection for the pitiful girl.

She took Qing Lin's other hand and said gently, "Your name is Qing Lin, right?"

"Mm."

"Since you've called me Sister, then from today onward, you're my younger sister!" When Xiao Yi Xian saw the green scales on her wrist, she not only did not dislike them, but instead grasped them with some heartache.

The girl looked only about a year younger than her, yet her wrist was so thin that Xiao Yi Xian could encircle it with one hand.

Moreover, her fingers seemed to have roughly two extra knuckles' worth of length.

This showed just how frail Qing Lin was.

"Sister, you can't!" Qing Lin panicked. "I...I'm a symbol of misfortune. If you become involved with me, Sister, you'll be insulted by other people too."

"Whoever dares insult you, I'll beat them back for you!" Xiao Yi Xian's tone was firm. "Actually, Sister has something special about her too, just like you."

This was the first time Xiao Yi Xian had mentioned the Woe Poison Body in front of anyone besides Xiao Jin. It was clear that Qing Lin's circumstances had struck an emotional chord within her.

"So, if Xiao Jin hadn't guided me, Sister might have ended up thinking the same way as you." Having been caught in the rain herself, Xiao Yi Xian also wanted to hold an umbrella over Qing Lin.

Qing Lin stared blankly at Xiao Yi Xian, then glanced at Xiao Jin before lowering her head again.

"Young Master Xiao Jin...really is a very, very good person."

"All right. Since you're already my younger sister, then Sister will teach you how to cultivate!" Xiao Yi Xian smiled brightly. "Only by gaining enough strength yourself can you avoid being bullied in the future."

"Sister, I...I can?"

Living in the Desert Iron Mercenary Group, Qing Lin naturally envied those powerful mercenaries.

Whenever someone bullied the Desert Iron Mercenary Group, they would retaliate twice as fiercely.

On the Dou Qi Continent, strength was ultimately what mattered.

"Of course you can! Sister is a Dou Ling powerhouse, and I'm even stronger than your two regiment leaders!"

In Qing Lin's understanding, the strongest person was Luo Bu of the Sand Mercenary Group.

Even the two regiment leaders were far inferior in strength.

Now that she suddenly heard the term Dou Ling, the girl's little mind began working rapidly. Only after a while did she understand that it was a realm even higher than Da Dou Shi.

Xiao Jin, who had barely made his presence felt, spoke up. "Actually, there's something special about Qing Lin too, and it's an existence no weaker than the Woe Poison Body."

"Really?" Xiao Yi Xian asked suspiciously.

"Mm. You can look at Qing Lin's eyes. Her eyes are called the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, known as the number-one extraordinary pupils in the world. These pupils are the nemesis of all snake-type Magical Beasts. Aside from the extremely rare snake-type Magical Beasts with exceptionally pure ancient bloodlines, none of them can escape the control of the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils."

"Not only that, but against humans and other Magical Beasts, they can also draw out the soul through these pupils and fight the other party for control of the body."

"Once the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils mature, they will form an independent space within the eyes. Creatures taken into that space will continuously feed their cultivation back to the owner, increasing the owner's strength."

At this point, Xiao Jin paused and said to Qing Lin with a smile, "So, Qing Lin, are you willing to begin cultivating? As long as you're willing to cultivate, you'll definitely become a powerhouse in the future!"

The girl raised her head, and a hopeful look appeared in her eyes.

After a long while, she asked, "Young Master Xiao Jin, do you want Qing Lin to cultivate?"

"Of course. If Qing Lin becomes a powerhouse in the future, perhaps you'll even be able to protect me."

"Then Qing Lin will cultivate! Qing Lin will definitely become a powerhouse in the future, and I'll definitely protect Young Master Xiao Jin!" The girl's voice was firm, and the way she clenched her tiny fists was incredibly adorable.