Flourishing Martial Fortune

Flourishing Martial Fortune

Qing Lin, standing in the distance, heard that it was time to go back. The excitement on her little face from controlling such powerful strength dimmed somewhat.

She leaped down from the docile Black Jade Earth Dragon's head and hurried over to Bai Su. Stretching out her still-childish little hands, she tightly embraced the old woman who, despite knowing her for only a short time, had treated her as kindly as a granddaughter.

"Grandma..."

Qing Lin's eyes immediately reddened, her voice filled with an irrepressible reluctance to part. "Thank you for taking care of me during this time. Qing Lin... Qing Lin will miss you."

Over these short fifteen days, Grandma had treated her very well.

Here, Grandma accompanied her every day, caring for and cherishing her.

She treated her as her own. That meticulous care and patient guidance were a warmth Qing Lin had never felt growing up, aside from what she received from Sister Yaoxin and Brother Han Feng.

"Silly girl, why are you crying?"

Bai Su's wrinkled hands, like dry tree bark, gently stroked Qing Lin's soft hair. Her cloudy eyes were filled with affection and reluctance.

"You are the Holy Maiden of the Heavenly Serpent Palace. This place will always be your home. If you miss Grandma, you can return through the spatial gate anytime to visit."

With trembling hands, she took a jade slip from her robes. It was entirely emerald green, engraved with three strange floral patterns and emanating an ancient aura. Solemnly, she placed it in Qing Lin's hands.

"Child, keep this jade slip safe."

"It contains the final two, and most essential, inherited cultivation arts of our Heavenly Serpent Palace's Three-Flower Jade Serpent Eyes."

Bai Su's tone became incomparably solemn, as though she were carrying out a sacred ritual.

"The Jade-Eyed Serpent-Commanding Heart Scripture has three levels in total. The Azure-Eyed Serpent Binding you currently possess is merely the first level, the Bloodline Nurturing Chapter. Its purpose is to lay the most solid foundation for you."

"What this jade slip records is the cultivation art of the second realm."

"Once you cultivate the first level to completion, you may try using your thoughts to open up a miniature storage space deep within your pupils. At that time, every serpent beast upon which you have planted a soul mark can be stored within your eyes. You will no longer need to carry them with you, nor will you need to expend your own Dou Qi to feed them."

Seeing Qing Lin's increasingly bright jade-green eyes, Bai Su continued explaining.

"This is only its most basic application. The true power of the second realm lies in a secret technique called the Devouring Force Secret Art!"

"Once you succeed, you can slowly draw upon the Dou Qi of every serpent beast within the space in your eyes, even their bloodline origins, and use it all to nourish yourself! By then, your cultivation speed will reach a terrifying level! It could be said that the stronger the army of serpent beasts under your command becomes, the faster your strength will grow!"

Qing Lin listened with her little mouth slightly open, her heart pounding wildly.

This... this was practically a cheat tailor-made for her!

"Of course," Bai Su's tone turned serious again, "this secret art is overwhelmingly domineering and comes with tremendous danger. While using the Devouring Force Secret Art, you may also choose to remotely detonate the flower marks you left inside the serpent beasts, causing their souls to self-destruct and inflict a devastating spiritual impact upon the enemy. However, this move harms the enemy by a thousand while damaging yourself by eight hundred. Unless it is absolutely necessary, you must not use it lightly."

"To help you master this power as soon as possible, the jade slip also contains the corresponding training methods. Every day, you must control high-level serpent swarms in battle to train your soul's endurance. Remember: once you overuse your eye power and your soul begins to ache, you must immediately consume Soul-Nourishing Jade Marrow to recover. Otherwise, you could easily damage your foundation."

"Only when you can freely imprison an eighth-rank serpent-type magical beast and maintain the space in your eyes steadily can you be considered to have truly mastered the second realm. Only then will you be qualified to come into contact with the ultimate inheritance of our Heavenly Serpent Palace."

At this point, Bai Su drew a deep breath. A complex glimmer of fervor and reverence flashed through her eyes.

"That is the third realm, the supreme realm that exists only in legend—Three-Flower World Opening!"

"Once you enter this realm, that miniature space within your eyes will completely evolve into an independent and complete small world! Its capacity will continuously expand along with the explosive growth of your cultivation. By then, not only can you imprison serpent beasts, you can even forcibly take in any living being whose cultivation is lower than yours, suppress them, and refine them!"

"The light of your eyes will also possess supreme might, capable of directly piercing and stripping away an enemy's soul! With a single glance, you can decide life or death!"

After hearing this, not only Qing Lin, but even Han Feng at the side had a trace of admiration flash through his eyes.

The Three-Flower Jade Serpent Eyes truly deserved to be a top-tier talent comparable to the Calamity Poison Body. Its potential once fully developed was indeed terrifying.

Only after Bai Su had explained all the inheritances did she turn her gaze toward Han Feng and respectfully say, "Young Pavilion Master, Holy Maiden Qing Lin's cultivation still requires an elder proficient in our sect's arts to provide guidance at all times, lest she take a wrong step. Would you... permit our Heavenly Serpent Palace to dispatch the Grand Elder to accompany Her Highness the Holy Maiden?"

The Grand Elder she spoke of was a six-star Dou Ancestor, and the strongest person in the palace aside from Bai Su and the current Palace Master.

"Fine." Han Feng nodded. He knew this was the other party expressing their loyalty, while also hoping to better cultivate their relationship with Qing Lin. At the same time, there was also a hint of surveillance involved.

He did not care. Before absolute strength, any petty thoughts were insignificant.

"Thank you, Young Pavilion Master!" Bai Su was overjoyed and hurriedly added, "During the half month that you and Her Highness the Holy Maiden were in seclusion, the spatial wormhole connecting the two places was already completed. Her Highness may return to the palace through the wormhole at any time to visit her family."

"Grandma, I understand." Qing Lin tightly gripped the jade slip in her hand and nodded firmly. "Whenever I have time, I'll come back to see you!"

"Good, good child." Bai Su smiled in relief. She gave Qing Lin's head one final stroke, her eyes filled with endless hope and reluctance.

"Go."

Han Feng did not linger any longer. He nodded to Bai Su in farewell.

Escorted by Bai Su and the Heavenly Serpent Palace's upper ranks, Han Feng led Qing Lin, along with the newly appointed "nanny," the Grand Elder, to an extremely secluded plaza in the back mountains of the Heavenly Serpent Palace.

At the center of the plaza stood a newly built gigantic spatial gate, radiating stable spatial ripples. Beyond it lay deep, distorted void.

"Farewell, Young Pavilion Master! Farewell, Your Highness the Holy Maiden!"

Leading all the elders, Bai Su bowed deeply toward the three who were about to depart.

"May Your Highness the Holy Maiden's martial fortune flourish!"

Their unified voices echoed through the valley, carrying a solemn sense of ceremony.

Han Feng took Qing Lin's little hand and, beneath the gazes filled with reverence and reluctance, stepped into the enormous spatial wormhole.

Light and shadows shifted. When Qing Lin opened her eyes again, the familiar Sacred City had already appeared before her.