Preparing to Return to the Jia Ma Empire

After exchanging greetings, Lin Qing asked directly, "How long have I been down there?"

Although he knew that at least several months had passed down below, he couldn't accurately grasp the passage of time, since there was no concept of time while in seclusion in the Underground Magma World.

"Six months have passed!" Elder Liu replied.

"Okay!" Lin Qing nodded. Although he was a little surprised, he could still accept it. The breakthrough time was just as he had expected. However, he had broken through to the Three-Star Dou Ancestor, which was faster than he had anticipated.

This is a good thing for him, as it saves him about a year.

It's been about three and a half years since I left the Xiao Clan! It's time to go back and see my uncle and the others!

After thanking the guardian elders, Lin Qing left the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower.

As soon as he stepped out of the tower, Lin Qing flew up into the sky above the Inner Academy and saw Su Qian, the Thousand-Hundred Elders, and Cailin and others standing in the square outside the tower.

When the Thousand-Hundred Elders saw Lin Qing, they nodded slightly and cupped their hands in greeting. Clearly, they now regarded Lin Qing an equal. In the past, when Lin Qing refined Seventh-Grade Pill, they could still regard him as a young friend because he had not yet broken through to the Dou Zong.

Now that Lin Qing has broken through to the Dou Zong and even created a Heaven Grade Cultivation Technique or Dou Technique, the Lin Qing can only look up to him.

Although the Dou Qi Continent does value human relationships and social etiquette, it is ultimately a world where might makes right.

Lin Qing's mind stirred, and he immediately moved his feet, stepping slowly down through the void, and then walked down from the sky, landing in front of the group.

"Elder Qian, Elder Bai, Great Elder!"

Lin Qing cupped his hands in greeting to the group.

"Hehe, congratulations Elder Lin on successfully advancing to the Dou Zong!"

The Thousand-Hundred Elders smiled, and their titles became much more respectful. Now, their opponent was not only on the same level as them, but they also knew that with their current strength, they were probably no match for Lin Qing.

Therefore, from the perspective of strength, they had to respect each other. Although Lin Qing was able to refine Seventh-Grade Pill when he was Dou Emperor, and his talent was worthy of their attention, he was still just a Dou Emperor at the time, and they could never treat him as an equal. Now that Lin Qing has advanced to Dou Zong, they are naturally much more polite to each other.

Lin Qing waved his hand and laughed, "Hehe, just good luck!"

That's not entirely untrue. If he hadn't been suspended, he might only have just entered the Inner Academy by now.

Upon hearing this, the Thousand-Hundred Elders laughed heartily.

"Elder Lin is too modest! Good luck alone could not have enabled someone of such a young age to break through to the Dou Zong and create a Heaven Grade Cultivation Technique or Dou Technique!"

After chatting with the two for a few more minutes, Lin Qing then headed to Su Qian's Office with Su Qian and the others.

Su Qian's gaze swept over Lin Qing, but he still couldn't quite fathom the other's strength. Thinking of the commotion Lin Qing had just caused, he couldn't help but chuckle, "You must have succeeded in your breakthrough this time, but the commotion you made really caused me trouble!"

"Hmm!" Lin Qing could only nod awkwardly. He had come to the Jia Nan Academy, Zi Yan's bloodline awakening and Medicinal Pill refining, coupled with the emergence of the Heaven Grade Cultivation Technique, had indeed caused quite a stir in the academy. Although Su Qian hadn't paid too much attention, he would still have to be more careful next time.

"I'll let it go this time, but next time you're going to cause any trouble, just let me know in advance." Su Qian waved her hand and sighed helplessly.

He couldn't really say anything, and besides, Lin Qing was one of the academy's own people, so he understood the situation. It wasn't something that could be controlled artificially, but making a big fuss every now and then was indeed not good. Not to mention affecting the students, if some desperate people in the Black-Corner Region found out, it would also cause unnecessary trouble.

Lin Qing couldn't help but roll his eyes at Su Qian's words. This wasn't something he could control; how could he possibly know beforehand?

"Go back and catch up with them! They've been waiting for you for ages!" Su Qian said with a smile.

"Hmm! By the way, Great Elder, I need to return to the Jia Ma Empire in a few days!" Lin Qing slowly took a sip of tea and then said.

"Of course, I also want to bring Zi Yan along. I'll keep an eye on her!"

Upon hearing this, Zi Yan looked at Su Qian with anticipation.

"Yes! You've been at the academy for three years now, it would be good for you to go back and take a look. Why don't you take Zi Yan with you this time? It would be good for her to go out and see the world too!"

Su Qian put down her teacup, glanced at Zi Yan was blinking her big eyes, and spoke.

"Hehe!" Zi Yan laughed happily when she heard Su Qian agree.

Seeing Zi Yan's smiling face, Su Qian couldn't help but sigh inwardly, "You little rascal!"

His little darling is growing up, and he feels quite helpless about it.

Then Su Qian looked at Lin Qing and said, "I'm entrusting Zi Yan to your care!"

I'll keep an eye on her.

When are you leaving?

"Three days later!"

"Okay!" Seeing that Lin Qing had already made arrangements, Su Qian nodded.

Su Qian then added, "The journey back to the Jia Ma Empire is quite long. If you need to borrow Flying Magical Beast, you can simply go to the boarding area to retrieve it. As Headmaster, you can just tell them."

Speaking of Flying Magical Beast, he glanced at Qing Lin again. This little girl, who had already reached the Peak Dou King, had the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils. When Lin Qing was in seclusion resolving the Fallen Heart Flame, he had even caught Magical Beast for her!

Later, Lin Qing also helped her capture Magical Beast with the experts from the Green Emperor Pavilion. Now, this girl still has a Tier 6 Twin-Headed Fire Spirit Snake pet, plus the Amethyst Winged Lion King that has always been with Lin Qing. It seems that Lin Qing and his group don't need Flying Magical Beast.

Qing Lin looked at Su Qian with some confusion, as she sensed that the kind old man Su Qian had just glanced at her.

Seeing Qing Lin's reaction, Su Qian was also somewhat surprised. This little girl's Soul Strength was quite strong. It was just a pity that she didn't have the physique of Alchemist, otherwise she would have become a high-level Alchemist in the future.

"Yes, although there are quite a few of us, we don't need the academy's Flying Magical Beast. We have Dou Emperor- level Magical Beast. Thank you, Great Elder!"

Lin Qing shook his head. Not to mention that after Xiao Shuang advanced to the Tier 5, she had already advanced to the Tier 6 Magical Beast after eating the Myriad Beasts Fruit and could already carry people flying. Even if it wasn't enough, there were still several snake -Serpentine Magical Beast above the Dou Emperor in the Qing Lin Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils space.

"Okay, that works too!" Su Qian, who had originally intended to lend Flying Magical Beast to Lin Qing and his group, nodded in agreement.

After chatting with Su Qian for a while, Lin Qing led the group out of the Office.

Upon returning to his Small Courtyard, Lin Qing found it already filled with a group of Small Courtyard women.

Upon seeing Lin Qing, the woman at the head of the group, a pretty, tall woman with long, shapely legs, greeted him quickly with a happy expression, and then her gentle voice rang out:

"Aqing, you've emerged from seclusion!"