Comparison Is the Thief of Joy

Given Xiao Yan's character, he naturally greatly admired Qing Lin's actions!

Although his relationship with Xiao Yi Xian is now somewhat tacitly understood, neither of them is actually prepared to break the unspoken understanding.

Clearly, both of them had their concerns.

In such situations, sometimes it's necessary to have someone else give you a push.

Qing Lin is now acting as a middleman between Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian.

Therefore, Xiao Yan instructed Qing Lin to remain still and wait for the right opportunity!

Qing Lin readily agreed.

She will do her best to help Young Master Xiao Yan whenever he needs her!

As for Xiao Yi Xian, she was completely unaware that her best friend had already "betrayed" her.

And so, for the next period of time, Xiao Yan accompanied the two women on their travels throughout the Central Plains.

Of course, before that, Xiao Yi Xian had also successfully absorbed all the essence of Ice Venerable's acquired Acquired Calamity Poison Body.

As a result, her strength soared from Two-Star Dou Venerable to Seven-Star Dou Venerable in one go.

This scene filled Xiao Yan and Qing Lin with envy.

It must be said that after Xiao Yi Xian devoured Ice Venerable's Acquired Calamity Poison Body, it did indeed bring her considerable benefits.

The improvement in strength is still only superficial.

Importantly, Xiao Yi Xian also gained a deeper understanding and mastery of her own Woeful Poison Body.

It's important to know that in the past, Xiao Yi Xian's abilities were limited because she didn't fully understand her own constitution.

Have you not seen how Ice Venerable could raise his strength from Four-Star Dou Venerable to a five-star by activating his Acquired Calamity Poison Body? Xiao Yi Xian, who possesses the Innate Calamity Poison Body, does not have this ability.

This is mainly because she hasn't developed her physical abilities enough.

Now that she has absorbed the Ice Venerable's Acquired Calamity Poison Body, she no longer has this problem.

In other words, Xiao Yi Xian has now also mastered this method of actively stimulating her own physique to temporarily enhance her strength.

As for how much this improvement will be, it mainly depends on Xiao Yi Xian's own development of the Woeful Poison Body.

Now, Xiao Yi Xian, who possesses the cultivation of Seven-Star Dou Venerable, is able to unleash the strength of Nine-Star Dou Venerable after actively activating her Woeful Poison Body!

Don't underestimate this mere two-star improvement. At the Dou Zun Realm, such an improvement, if converted into a secret technique, would probably be at least High-Tier Earth Rank, or even a Heaven Rank Dou Technique.

Only then did Xiao Yi Xian's Woeful Poison Body finally begin to exert its power.

However, as a result, the toxins accumulating in Xiao Yi Xian's body have become increasingly numerous.

With Xiao Yan around, Xiao Yi Xian doesn't need to worry about the Woeful Poison Body erupting.

After Xiao Yi Xian devoured the Ice Venerable's Acquired Calamity Poison Body, the latter naturally died as well.

Now, the entire Ice River Valley, from top to bottom, has gone to report to the underworld.

Naturally, Xiao Yi Xian wouldn't feel any guilt about this.

The other party had made advances against her first, so she was simply retaliating in kind, which is perfectly reasonable.

After all, you can't expect me to treat you this way, but not me?

Ultimately, Ice River Valley's current state is due to its own inherent qualities.

Of course, after envying Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin also had a small stroke of luck during this time, which was to encounter an eighth-tier snake-type magical beast - the Earth Flame Demon Snake.

When a snake-like magical beast encounters Qing Lin, the outcome is obvious: it's practically in its bowl.

Finally, Qing Lin easily subdued it and stored it in the special space within its eyes.

At this point, Qing Lin had already controlled two eighth-tier snake-type magical beasts!

At the same time, after subduing the Earth Flame Demon Snake, Qing Lin also improved his cultivation by Three-Star Dou Venerable, reaching the Five-Star Dou Venerable.

Xiao Yan finally learned about Qing Lin's special nature, which was similar to Xiao Yi Xian, possessing a physique that ordinary people did not have - the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils!

This made Xiao Yan quite envious of the two women!

It can only be said that once someone with a special physique finds the right method, their cultivation ability is indeed incomparable to that of Ordinary.

Xiao Yan was already a genius, but he was still discouraged by the two women.

It's important to understand that, strictly speaking, this trip for the three of them was more of a semi-training experience.

Otherwise, how could Qing Lin have had the chance to subdue an eighth-tier Earth Flame Demon Snake?

This is also why Xiao Yan envies the two women.

As for himself, in the past six months, he has worked hard and only managed to improve his strength by one star, reaching the cultivation level of Two-Star Dou Venerable.

Although he set a goal to break through to the Dou Venerable within a year when he left the Starfall Pavilion, he has now exceeded his goal.

Compared to Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, Xiao Yan felt no sense of accomplishment whatsoever.

Fortunately, Xiao Yan has gradually mastered the third transformation of the Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Transformations, which has further enhanced his combat power.

However, after spending half a year traveling with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin in a semi-training style, it was almost time for him to return to the Starfall Pavilion as agreed with Yao Lao.

In the past six months, with the auction of the Tou She Ancient God Jade over, the Central Plains have finally begun to experience a period of great upheaval.

The Soul Hall's actions are becoming increasingly frequent.

Many Alchemists and independent cultivators were living in fear, lest they be targeted by the Soul Hall at any moment.

However, this has resulted in the Soul Hall's conflicts with various parties accumulating and deepening.

This contradiction will inevitably erupt one day!

Under these circumstances, Xiao Yan prepared to return to the Starfall Pavilion.

Of course, if he were to return, he would invite the two women to go back with him.

However, this time, the two women hesitated.

"What's wrong? Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, don't you want to come back to the Starfall Pavilion with me? Don't worry, even if you didn't have the strength of Dou Venerable, Starfall Pavilion would never refuse your joining!"

Because my teacher is the head of the Starfall Pavilion, and I am now the young head of the Starfall Pavilion.

Therefore, it's perfectly fine for me to take you back to the Starfall Pavilion!

Seeing the two women caught in a dilemma, Xiao Yan patted his chest and assured them.

Xiao Yi Xian & Qing Lin: "..."

What's so special about the young master of the Starfall Pavilion?

You are actually the grandson of the First Palace Master of the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace!

However, the two women cannot tell Xiao Yan this yet.

"What? Is there some unspeakable reason you're having?"

Seeing that the two women remained silent, Xiao Yan couldn't help but ask out of curiosity.

"No, Xiao Yan, actually Qing Lin and I have already joined a sect in Central Plains..."

The Xiao Yi Xian explained with a hint of helplessness.

Immediately, Qing Lin nodded in agreement.

Between Grandpa Xiao and Xiao Yan, she would have chosen the former one 100%!

After all, she only treated Xiao Yan specially because of Grandpa Xiao!

"Hmm? You've already joined a sect? This... Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, may I ask which sect it is?"

Xiao Yan frowned; he hadn't expected this reason.

Because neither Xiao Yi Xian nor Qing Lin had mentioned the sect in the past six months, and since both women came from the Jia Ma Empire in the Northwest Continent, he assumed they were independent cultivators!

Hearing the two women mention that they already belonged to a sect gave Xiao Yan a headache.

You should know that leaving a sect casually is not a pleasant thing to do.

If you can leave this sect today, wouldn't you be able to leave another sect at will tomorrow?

Therefore, this rarely happens unless the two sides completely break off relations.

But he genuinely wanted Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin to return to the Starfall Pavilion with him...