Xiao Qi

"Cultivate diligently. In half a year, you'll be going to Canaan Academy—especially you, Xiao Mei! No more playing around, or by the time I graduate, you still won't have entered the Inner Academy!"

After giving them a few admonitions, Lin Qing took out the two Storage Rings he had prepared long ago. He had originally planned to give them to the girls before he left, but now was suitable as well.

"Xiao Yu, the white one is yours. There are some ointments inside that can speed up water-element cultivation. They're Fourth-Grade Pills; simply apply them to your body before cultivating. There's also a Fighter Pill that can raise you one star without side effects, as well as a Tier 6 Marrow-Washing Pill. It can cleanse your tendons and marrow, improving your aptitude to a certain extent..."

Lin Qing patiently took out the Medicinal Pills and explained them to Xiao Yu.

"Xiao Mei, the red one is yours. Since you aren't a Fighter yet, the only thing you can use for now is the Foundation Establishment Spiritual Liquid inside. Remember, it's for soaking, not drinking. Fill a basin with water, add a few drops, then sit cross-legged in it and cultivate. Since you have a wind affinity, your ointment is different from Xiao Yu's. The rest is the same, and you'll have to wait until you break through to Fighter before using them..."

"They're both High-Tier Storage Rings, so you need to leave an imprint on them! Remember to hide them well and don't let anyone see them! Come, I'll teach you how to use them."

After finishing his instructions, Lin Qing watched the two girls swallow the Yin-Yang Profound Dragon Pill. Fortunately, they understood the value of Storage Rings and both threaded them onto red cords, wearing them beneath their clothes as necklaces.

Only after watching the two girls finish did Lin Qing speak again.

"I've already prepared Cultivation Techniques and Dou Techniques for both of you. They're all Earth Grade, but I'll give them to you once you become Dou Masters!"

Being a flirtatious man was not so easy. He had to know how to manage his time and show different sides of himself before different people.

"Brother Lin Qing really is a shameless womanizer!"

Watching Xiao Yu and Xiao Mei leave happily, Xiao Xun'er let out a helpless sigh.

She found it difficult to accept sharing one husband with other women, even though most people with some strength on the continent had multiple wives and concubines.

Yet she could neither give up on nor leave Lin Qing. Nor could she blame him; the two girls had been the ones to approach him. He had given her the best Cultivation Techniques, but she had offered Lin Qing no help at all. She could not even keep him company. She was simply too weak right now. Following Brother Lin Qing would only make her a burden to him.

I hope the two of you can keep an eye on Brother Lin Qing at Canaan Academy!

The next day, Lin Qing packed his clothes in his room, only to realize that he owned very little—just a few sets of clothing and some books.

After putting everything into his Storage Ring, he vanished from the room with a thought and arrived at the villa within his Pocket World.

A Pocket World of one hundred square kilometers was neither particularly large nor particularly small. It was about the size of a small town in the Jia Ma Empire. Yet it was indeed small; its one hundred and fifty thousand mu did not even compare to Wutan City.

Still, though the sparrow was small, it had all its vital organs. There were small hills, forests and trees, a small lake, even several narrow streams, as well as some Tier 1 Magical Beasts.

The boundary of the Pocket World was a white, opaque Barrier. Nothing beyond it could be seen, like a wall of air.

He had built a small villa within the Pocket World. This was his home.

The Xiao Clan was not truly his own home. He regarded Xiao Zhan and Ye Yan as family, but as an adult, he understood that he needed a home of his own. When he married and had children in the future, he would need his own territory. He could not let his wife roam everywhere with him. It might be fine while they were young, but when they grew old, they would need a place to settle down.

Because the Pocket World belonged to him, its World Core had already bound itself to his soul. Time within the Pocket World passed in sync with the region he was in, while the heaven-and-earth energy was one and a half times denser.

After placing his belongings in a room in the villa, he left the villa.

The moment he stepped outside, a massive shadow enveloped him, accompanied by gusts of wind blowing toward him.

The wind was not strong, though—at most comparable to an electric fan on its highest setting.

He looked up and saw a massive Eight-Colored Heavenly Crane circling above his head.

It was the Eight-Colored Heavenly Crane. It had possessed Tier 4 strength from the moment it was born. Since it had been a Rainbow Crane, he had named her Lin Qi. Before she had even hatched, he had placed her in the Pocket World.

After devouring a large number of Monster Cores, she had advanced to Tier 5. With the Myriad Beasts Fruit, the Transformation Pill, and the aid of the Imperial Extreme Pill, she was now a Three-Star Dou Emperor.

Her bloodline had even undergone an ancestral reversion, leaping directly from seven colors to eight.

At first, he had always thought this type of crane was called a Rainbow Crane. Later, after reading the detailed Magical Beast guide Xun'er had given him, he learned that before evolving, it was indeed called a Rainbow Crane because its feathers displayed seven colors, and its upper limit was the peak of Tier 7. After evolving, its feathers displayed eight colors, and it was called an Eight-Colored Heavenly Crane, with an upper limit of the peak of Tier 8. Nine colors made it a Nine-Colored Heavenly Crane, with an upper limit of the peak of Tier 9. At Emperor Grade, it would have ten colors and be called an Ancient Heavenly Crane. Since it had appeared only once, it existed only in legend.

Rainbow Cranes were especially famous for their chastity and loyalty. They were also highly intelligent and quite clever, capable of speaking once they reached Tier 5. They were not skilled in battle, and their flight speed was average, unable to compare to eagle-type or phoenix-type Magical Beasts of the same tier. The Ancient Heavenly Crane bloodline within them was extremely thin. Without a special opportunity, they could at most grow to the peak of Tier 7, but most of them died before reaching Tier 7.

Because of this, their survival rate was not high, and Rainbow Cranes at Tier 5 or Tier 6 were not commonly seen across the vast Dou Qi Continent.

However, because they were chaste, loyal, and beautiful, some clans liked to raise this type of Magical Beast.

There were many Magical Beast clans on the Dou Qi Continent. Although they could not compare with the Three Great Beast Clans, every clan that had managed to survive was extraordinary. Many clans had once produced Dou Emperors, and in the Dou Qi Continent's most prosperous era, there had been over a thousand Imperial Clans.

Moreover, the evolution of Magical Beasts was not particularly well understood by certain beast clans whose inheritances had been severed. Only some long-standing powers knew fragments of information, or understood certain things through their bloodlines.

The Eight-Colored Heavenly Crane was graceful and beautiful, perfectly suited to his tastes.

Her wings were broad and covered in resplendent feathers, as though shaped by nature itself. White, red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, and purple—the eight brilliant colors intertwined, each shining with a soft yet magnificent glow.

Under the light, every feather on her wings seemed to have been granted life. With the gentlest flap, they bloomed with dazzling splendor that overwhelmed the eye.

Her neck was slender and long, black in color, while her head was small and exquisite. A gleaming ruby was set in the center of her forehead, and her brown eyes were deep and bright, carrying intelligence and spirituality equal to that of a human, as if they could see through all things in the world.

Upon seeing Lin Qing, Xiao Qi flew over joyfully. The Eight-Colored Heavenly Crane opened her small, sharp beak, and a delicate, gentle voice emerged.

"Big Brother!"