Zi Yan Comes Knocking
By the time I returned to the Outer Academy, it was already late at night.
The bright moonlight shone on the earth, and the lights in the surrounding courtyards were already off.
However, the Small Courtyard where Lin Qing lived was still brightly lit.
When he entered the house, Qing Lin had already fallen asleep. Only Xiao Yi Xian remained in the living room, under the soft light, reading a medical book while waiting for him. Everything seemed so warm and cozy.
Upon hearing the door open, Xiao Yi Xian immediately got up to greet him. She skillfully went behind Lin Qing and helped him remove his outer robe.
After Lin Qing sat down on the sofa, he quickly made her a cup of hot tea and handed it to her. Then he brought her a basin of hot water to wash up. After she finished washing up, he only had one word in his mind: virtuous wife and loving mother.
Such a woman would have been a rare treasure in his past life. Fortunately, he brought her back early on, otherwise, such a girl would have been very difficult to win over. Even if he had a good temperament, outstanding looks, and remarkable talent and strength, it would have been difficult to win her over, because such a girl requires you to enter her heart. Without entering her heart, everything is in vain.
The next day, after Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin went to school, Lin Qing told Lion that he was going into seclusion and then returned to the Pocket World.
Inside the Pocket World, Xiao Qi and the others were cultivating. Lin Qing did not disturb them, but instead found a place and took out the Flame Ancestral Talisman.
As the Flame Ancestral Talisman appeared, the surrounding temperature began to rise, and an extremely astonishing heat wave spread out along with towering flames, causing the surrounding space to become somewhat distorted.
Without the slightest hesitation, Lin Qing quickly activated the Devouring Ancestral Talisman and the Ancestral Stone, then rushed his soul toward the Flame Ancestral Talisman. Lin Qing's soul then felt an extreme heat, but fortunately, in an instant, a soul imprint was successfully imprinted onto the Flame Ancestral Talisman.
Then, he activated the Flame Ancestral Talisman to suppress the terrifying high temperature, and the surrounding temperature gradually returned to normal. However, the scorched marks on the ground served as a constant reminder that a high-temperature object had just been present there.
Lin Qing then slowly absorbed the Ancestor Symbol into his body.
As the Flame Ancestral Talisman entered his body, the Xuanhuang Flame, driven by the Cultivation Technique and the Devouring Ancestral Talisman, merged into the Flame Ancestral Talisman.
"I never imagined that the Swallowing Heaven Scripture also had the function of Fused Heavenly Flame!"
Lin Qing felt something was strange; this function was somewhat similar to the mutual devouring of Heavenly Flames and the devouring of Heavenly Flames by the Flame Mantra.
The Flame Ancestral Talisman is based on the flame laws of the Heavenly Profound Continent, and is considered a special kind of Heavenly Flames.
"Puff!"
With a thought from Lin Qing, a small and charming crimson Fire Phoenix appeared in Lin Qing's palm.
"Looks like we have another trump card up our sleeve!"
Looking at the Fire Phoenix radiating destructive heat in his palm, Lin Qing couldn't help but murmur.
Unfortunately, he is only Dou Wang now, and cannot unleash the full power of the Ancestor Symbol. He can hardly even utilize the skills that come with the Ancestor Symbol.
To fully unleash the power of the Ancestor Symbol, one needs at least a peak Dou Venerable; however, developing one or two skills as a life-saving trump card is still possible.
Lin Qing wondered if his future Flame Ancestral Talisman could rival the top three Heavenly Flames, but he knew there would be opportunities in the future. Thinking of the Tattered Map in his space, Lin Qing couldn't help but smile slightly.
With the Fallen Heart Flame, he no longer needed to store the Ancient Spirit Cold Flame and the Green Lotus Core Flame as a guarantee. So, over the next few days, Lin Qing successively devoured the Ancient Spirit Cold Flame and consumed the Green Lotus Core Flame while refining the Blood Lotus Pill.
His strength also broke through from Two-Star Dou King to Three-Star Dou King.
The Ancient Spirit Cold Flame was given to him by the system, and refining it went very smoothly. However, the Green Lotus Core Flame caused him some trouble, burning his clothes away and leaving him and Xiaocai staring at each other in the wind. Fortunately, Xiaocai wasn't Medusa. After feeding him some of the Companion Purple Crystal Origin, she perched on his shoulder again.
After refining the Heavenly Flames and naming it the Heavenly Flames Qingxuan Spiritual Flame, Lin Qing changed his clothes, took Xiaocai with him, and without disturbing the others who were cultivating, chose to leave seclusion.
After exiting the pass, Lin Qing left the Pocket World, went out of the room, and went downstairs to the living room on the first floor.
They found Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin sitting on the sofa in the living room, with Lion standing behind them. A little girl was sitting opposite them, and Zi Yan was resting her chin on her hands, swinging her legs idly.
The little girl was Zi Yan, Lin Qing attracted everyone's attention as soon as she appeared in the living room.
As soon as Zi Yan saw Lin Qing, her eyes lit up. She jumped off the sofa and came to Lin Qing. She blinked her big, dark eyes and held in her hand a strange, withered tree branch that was blood-red all over and twisted in shape, resembling a winding python.
"Lin Qing, you're finally out! Here! Help me refine this into Medicinal Pellet!"
Upon hearing Zi Yan's words, Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin's eyes widened slightly. Just now, this cute little girl suddenly appeared outside the Small Courtyard and almost got into a fight with the Lion that was sunbathing.
However, the little girl said she was Lin Qing's friend, so they let her in. But the Lion told them that she was a Magical Beast in human form, and had reached the level of Dou Wang.
They hadn't quite believed it just moments before—how could such a cute little girl possibly be Magical Beast? Turns out, Magical Beast really was.
This is because Lin Qing often fed the Magical Beast around him Medicinal Pellet, which is why they were able to make that direct determination.
They were somewhat puzzled by this. Were Humanoid Magical Beast so common now? First it was Sister Lin Qi, then the Lion, and now there's a girl who's a little younger than Lin Qing.
Looking at the three Xiao Yi Xian, Lin Qing introduced them to each other:
"Her name is Zi Yan, she's my friend from the Inner Academy. Zi Yan, these two are my younger sisters, the one in the white dress is called Xiao Yi Xian, the one in the green dress is called Qing Lin, and the other one is called Lion, he's my subordinate!"
Hearing Lin's words, Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin looked at Zi Yan with curiosity. Seeing that the two Outer Academy students were not even Dou Wang level, Zi Yan immediately snorted and said, "From now on, call me Sister Zi Yan. I can protect you in the Inner Academy!"
After finishing his introduction, Lin Qing ignored Zi Yan and instead focused his attention on the strange Medicinal Herb.
He recognized it; this Medicinal Herb was called Blood Python Branch, a very rare Medicinal Herb that was also a key ingredient in refining the Dou Spirit Pill and the Supreme Emperor Pill.
However, it looks like it was just pulled out of the ground, and he also encountered this Medicinal Herb when he went to the Medicine Repository last time. Obviously, it wasn't taken from the academy's Medicine Repository, but rather it was taken from some Magical Beast.
Judging from her nonchalant demeanor, she probably wasn't caught, otherwise she wouldn't be in this state. But that Magical Beast is stupid; if it were him, it would have eaten her long ago.
There's no other reason than that he played too many games in his past life, so he naturally knows that good things should be used up by himself first, and not left for others.
Seeing that Lin Qing did not react, Zi Yan thought that Lin Qing was unwilling to help with the refining. She was afraid that he would be like those elders who had deceived her before, wanting her Medicinal Herb but also trying to fool her.
Thinking that Lin Qing was different from the others and had a friendly scent, he handed over the Medicinal Herb with a flattering smile and called out to Lin Qing:
"Hey! Brother Lin Qing!"