A Ten-Thousandfold Return for Taking Disciples: Starting from Battle Through the Heavens

At the same time, she had thought that even the best possible outcome would be becoming the other party's plaything. After all, it was not as though she had never heard of such things.

Especially in a place like Stone Desert City, quite a few nobles enjoyed keeping female slaves from the Snake-People Tribe. Someone like her, with Snake-People blood flowing through her veins, was naturally among them.

But she had never expected him to want to take her as a disciple. For a moment, she even suspected that she was hearing things.

"Correct!"

Qin Hao said.

"Um... I-I dare ask, why did you choose me, sir? After all, my bloodline..."

After hearing Qin Hao's words, Qinglin finally gathered her courage and spoke.

"It is merely a mixed bloodline between humans and the Snake-People Tribe. That is not a problem. As for why I chose you, it is very simple. It is because of your physique. You possess the exceedingly rare Green Serpent Three-Flower Eyes.

"You possess unparalleled talent on the path of cultivation!"

Qin Hao did not hide anything and answered directly.

"Green Serpent Three-Flower Eyes? Is it because of my pupils?"

As the owner of the Green Serpent Three-Flower Eyes, Qinglin had naturally long noticed that her pupils differed from those of ordinary people.

"Precisely!"

Qin Hao nodded.

"So that is how it is! This disciple, Qinglin, pays respects to Master!"

After understanding this, most of Qinglin's nervousness and worries immediately vanished. The next moment, she knelt before Qin Hao and respectfully performed a grand bow.

"Very good. No need for such formalities. Rise!"

A satisfied look appeared on Qin Hao's face when he saw this.

At the same time, the familiar system notification sounded in his mind the instant Qinglin became his disciple.

"Congratulations to the host for taking Qinglin as a disciple! Reward: Emperor-tier cultivation technique, Ninefold Heavenly Serpent Transformation!"

"Host has successfully taken a disciple for the first time. Additional reward: innate bloodline—Double Pupils!"

Soon, a stream of information appeared in Qin Hao's mind. It was information regarding the Ninefold Heavenly Serpent Transformation and the Double Pupils.

The Ninefold Heavenly Serpent Transformation was a supreme Emperor-tier cultivation technique. From the information, Qin Hao learned that this technique came from the legendary Ancient Heavenly Serpent clan.

This technique was the supreme cultivation art of the Ancient Heavenly Serpent clan.

The Ancient Heavenly Serpents had been one of the overlords among the Magic Beast clans in ancient times. Even compared to the present-day Heavenly Void Ancient Dragons, they were only stronger, not weaker.

However, as time passed, the Ancient Heavenly Serpents had long since vanished from the Dou Qi Continent.

Yet although the Ancient Heavenly Serpents had disappeared, the bloodlines of nearly all serpent-type Magic Beasts across the continent could be traced back to them.

It could even be said that all serpent-type Magic Beasts on the continent were descendants of the Ancient Heavenly Serpent bloodline.

For serpent-type Magic Beasts, the Ninefold Heavenly Serpent Transformation was absolutely a supreme sacred art.

Qinglin had the bloodline of the Snake-People Tribe flowing through her body. In a sense, she also possessed the bloodline of serpent-type Magic Beasts. It would not be an exaggeration to say that this cultivation technique had practically been tailor-made for her.

In the original story, Qinglin was later sent to the Heavenly Serpent Palace to cultivate. The Heavenly Serpent Palace had only obtained a mere fragment of the Ancient Heavenly Serpents' inheritance, something utterly incomparable to the Ninefold Heavenly Serpent Transformation.

However, compared with the Ninefold Heavenly Serpent Transformation, what excited Qin Hao even more was the additional reward.

Having read countless novels in his previous life, he naturally knew what kind of existence the Double Pupils were. They were truly a supreme innate talent.

Even among all eye-based talents across the myriad heavens and worlds, the Double Pupils were undoubtedly among the very best.

The most famous example was undoubtedly the Double Pupils possessed by Shi Yi in Perfect World.

"Host has obtained the innate bloodline Double Pupils. Fuse now?"

At that moment, the system notification sounded once again.

"Not for now!"

Qin Hao communicated directly with the system. Clearly, the current circumstances were not suitable for fusing the Double Pupils.

After forcibly suppressing the excitement in his heart, Qin Hao turned his gaze toward Qinglin once more.

"Qinglin, from this day onward, you are this master's first disciple. I hope you will cultivate diligently in the future and not disappoint me!"

Qin Hao said.

"Rest assured, Master. I definitely will not disappoint you!"

Upon hearing Qin Hao's words, Qinglin immediately answered with a determined expression.

Because of her bloodline, Qinglin had suffered bullying ever since she was young. She naturally yearned desperately for strength. Now that she had an opportunity to become stronger, she would naturally do everything in her power to seize it.

"Alright, get some proper rest today. Tomorrow, I will formally teach you how to cultivate!"

Qin Hao then said directly.

Qinglin had just gone through tremendous emotional upheaval, and her emotions were still fluctuating greatly. Clearly, she was not suited for cultivation at the moment.

"Understood, Master!"

Qinglin nodded.

Qin Hao arranged a room for Qinglin. The inn where he was staying was the finest in Stone Desert City, and he had chosen the highest-grade room, equivalent to a presidential suite from his previous life.

Naturally, it had more than one room.

After settling Qinglin in, Qin Hao entered the master bedroom. Next, he intended to fuse the Double Pupils bloodline.

Before beginning the fusion, he first set up a powerful restriction within the room, isolating the aura inside and preventing any accidents during the fusion.

Only after finishing all this did he sit cross-legged on the bed.

"System, fuse the Double Pupils!"

He then communicated with the system.

Buzz!

The instant his words fell, an incomparably intense pain erupted from his eyes.

It felt as though something had been forcibly stuffed into his eyes. He felt as if his eyeballs were about to burst apart.

A miserable scream escaped his lips, and his face twisted violently from the agony. He looked utterly ferocious.

Although he had mentally prepared himself before the fusion and knew that the process would not be pleasant, he had never expected it to be this painful.

The pain was more than ten times worse than he had imagined.

Fortunately, he had set up a restriction in the room beforehand. Otherwise, who knew how many people he would have alarmed?

At that moment, Qin Hao clenched his teeth tightly, letting out agonized roars one after another as veins bulged across his forehead.

He could clearly feel an incomparably vast and terrifying force surging madly into his eyes.

The horrifying pain crashed against his nerves again and again like tidal waves.

What left Qin Hao most helpless was that whenever he was about to pass out from the pain, an even more terrifying wave would strike and force him awake once more. One could imagine just how unbearable that sensation was.

During this process, Qin Hao truly experienced what it meant for every day to feel like a year. Every second was a terrifying ordeal.

Just as Qin Hao felt that he was about to lose his grip and collapse.

The soul-piercing pain finally began to slowly recede. In its place, a surging power of bloodline origin began spreading wildly from his eyes toward every limb and bone in his body.

The moment he sensed the surging power of bloodline origin, Qin Hao did not hesitate in the slightest. Enduring the pain in his body, he immediately circulated the Chaotic Heaven-Devouring Art with all his strength and began frantically refining that energy.

This power came from the innate bloodline of the Double Pupils. Although the Double Pupils had only just been fused and had not been fully developed to their limit, the power of their bloodline origin was still not to be underestimated.

As the bloodline origin was continuously refined, Qin Hao's aura began soaring wildly as though it had been strapped to a rocket.

Back in the imperial capital, he had helped Nalan Jie resolve the Poison Brand, allowing his cultivation to break through to the six-star Dou King realm.

Now, his freshly advanced cultivation began to surge wildly once more.

Early six-star Dou King, middle stage, late stage... peak!

Seven-star Dou King... eight-star Dou King... nine-star Dou King...

Early nine-star Dou King, middle stage, late stage... peak...

Boom!

At some unknown point, Qin Hao felt his body suddenly tremble. The aura around him seemed to shatter through some kind of shackle, instantly increasing more than tenfold.

His cultivation, originally at the peak of the nine-star Dou King realm, finally crossed the bottleneck and successfully entered the Dou Emperor realm.

After reaching the Dou Emperor realm, the aura around him gradually calmed down and finally stabilized at the level of a one-star Dou Emperor.

"Phew..."

"It is finally done! That process was simply too..."

Qin Hao slowly opened his eyes and exhaled a breath of foul air. Recalling the fusion process just now, he still felt lingering fear.

Fortunately, the result was excellent. Not only had he successfully completed the fusion, but to his surprise, the Double Pupils' bloodline origin that had dispersed afterward had caused his cultivation to soar so dramatically.

It directly raised his cultivation from a six-star Dou King to a one-star Dou Emperor.

Now that he had entered the Dou Emperor realm, his strength had undergone an earth-shaking transformation compared to before.

Although he was merely a one-star Dou Emperor, the cultivation technique he practiced far surpassed Heaven-tier techniques, so his strength could not be judged simply by his cultivation level.

Combined with his explosive secret technique and powerful soul cultivation methods and Dou Techniques, if he went all out, let alone a Dou Emperor, even an ordinary Dou Ancestor would likely suffer a major setback.

Qin Hao soon suppressed the stray thoughts in his mind and began studying the Double Pupils he had just fused, wanting to see what abilities they possessed.

"Hiss..."

"Strong, so strong. What terrifying abilities. As expected of the legendary Double Pupils! These abilities truly defy the heavens!"

Soon, through the information from the bloodline fusion, Qin Hao gained a rough understanding of the abilities his Double Pupils currently possessed.

Overall, the Double Pupils possessed three major abilities.

The first was seeing through illusions!