After a long while, their lips parted.
"Alright, Ah Yin, let's stop here for today." Lin Qing pulled Ah Yin into his arms and gently stroked her blue hair.
"Mhm." Ah Yin was somewhat shy as well.
"By the way, Ah Yin, don't call me Master from now on. It sounds strange." Lin Qing said.
"Then can I call you Brother Qing?" Ah Yin asked tenderly, gazing at Lin Qing.
"Alright." Lin Qing looked at Ah Yin just as affectionately and kissed her again for over a minute.
Afterward, Lin Qing had Ah Yin stand to the side. With a wave of his right hand, he summoned the Titan Python and an enormous shed snakeskin.
The moment the Titan Python was summoned, it immediately lowered its head to Lin Qing, submitting to its king.
Lin Qing sensed the Titan Python's aura, then examined its length. "You've broken through to forty thousand years?" Lin Qing asked as he stroked the Titan Python's head.
"What's this?"
At that moment, the Titan Python opened its massive jaws and spat out six jade-like bones that shone with a faint, precious radiance.
"Spirit Bones! And a complete set at that!" Lin Qing said in surprise.
Lin Qing waved his hand and drew the Spirit Bones over, examining them. "These are all forty-thousand-year Spirit Bones!"
"Hiss, hiss, hiss~"
"You mean you only completely became a Demon after breaking through, and at the instant you became one, these six Spirit Bones flew out of your body?!" Lin Qing was astonished. Didn't that mean that in the future, as long as he used his blood to transform Soul Beasts into Demons after hunting them, he could not only obtain Spirit Rings that were far easier to absorb, but also directly acquire an entire set of Spirit Bones?
At that thought, Lin Qing became somewhat puzzled and turned his gaze toward Ah Yin.
Ah Yin seemed to understand what Lin Qing meant. "Brother Qing, because I was originally a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast that took human form, my original cultivation was at the Titled Douluo level. With my current cultivation, I simply can't produce Spirit Bones. I'll have to wait until I reach the Titled Douluo realm before I can produce them. Also, perhaps because I wasn't transformed by your blood, but by the Red Spider Lily, once I become a Titled Douluo, I'll only need to consume Soul Power to repeatedly create Spirit Bones."
"What?!" Lin Qing was shocked once more.
What kind of concept was that? Didn't it mean that once Ah Yin became a Titled Douluo, she could produce Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Bones without limit?!
"Alright, then." After his brief shock, Lin Qing accepted this absurd reality.
Lin Qing took the Spirit Bones and handed them to Ah Yin. "Ah Yin, help me put these away for now. I'm heading out. I still need to go to Suotuo City, so stay in Infinity Castle and cultivate."
Ah Yin accepted the Spirit Bones and nodded gently. "Alright, Brother Qing. Go take care of your business first. I'll work hard to become stronger."
"Alright, Ah Yin. I'll come into Infinity Castle often to see you." Lin Qing said, reaching out to embrace Ah Yin.
"Alright." Ah Yin also greatly enjoyed Lin Qing's embrace.
Then, after kissing farewell, Lin Qing left Infinity Castle.
After leaving Infinity Castle, Lin Qing summoned the Titan Python, got his bearings, and rode it at high speed toward Suotuo City.
To avoid causing a beast tide, Lin Qing only had the Titan Python take him to the border between the mixed region and the outer region. After sending it back to Infinity Castle, he continued on alone.
By evening, the sun had already set. The outer region of the forest had become quite dark, though not so dark that nothing could be seen.
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
Nearly ten figures darted through the forest in the darkness.
At the very front was a girl who looked only twelve or thirteen years old. She was in Martial Soul Possession state. Cat ears had grown from her head, sharp claws extended from her hands, and a slender cat tail curled up behind her.
The girl had slightly disheveled black hair, while her black skintight outfit vividly outlined her exquisite, curvaceous figure. It was hard to believe that a girl with the face of an eleven- or twelve-year-old possessed assets that many adult women lacked.
Several black-clad figures followed behind her. All of them were Soul Masters with four Spirit Rings or more: five Four-Ring Soul Ancestors and two Five-Ring Soul Kings.
Following those black-clad figures was another girl whose appearance was eighty percent similar to that of the fleeing cat-eared girl. Two yellow and one purple Spirit Rings circled beneath her feet, displaying the strength of a Soul Elder.
The various Spirit Rings of these people shone brightly, nearly illuminating the entire area. Compared with the girl ahead, who glared at them with hatred, her two yellow Spirit Rings appeared particularly lonely.
Under the pursuit of the many Soul Ancestors and the two Soul Kings, the cat-eared girl ahead was eventually surrounded.
"Zhu Qing, why aren't you running anymore?"
From behind the group of Soul Ancestors and Soul Kings, a girl whose figure was even more voluptuous than the cat-eared girl's walked forward with catlike steps.
The cat-eared girl stopped and stood there panting heavily. A trace of blood seeped from the corner of her lips, and her clothes were covered in countless cuts. Beneath those tears, her fair skin and some bloodstained wounds were exposed.
"Zhu Qing, my dear little sister, come back with me. Dai Mubai has already run away. Going back with me and serving Weisi together is your only way out."
This girl was none other than Zhu Zhuyun, the eldest daughter of the Zhu Family of the Star Luo Empire.
"Zhu Zhuyun, stop putting on that hypocritical act. Don't you wish you could kill me immediately?" the cat-eared girl, Zhu Zhuqing, snapped.
"Zhu Qing, I won't hurt you." A complicated look flashed through Zhu Zhuyun's eyes.
"Your Highness the Crown Princess, His Highness the Crown Prince ordered you to kill the Third Miss Zhu and had this old servant accompany you. It seems that Your Highness and the Third Miss Zhu share deep sisterly affection, and Your Highness cannot quite bring yourself to act?" One of the two Soul Kings standing nearby spoke in a shrill voice, pinching his fingers delicately.
"Chief Steward Wang, I was merely thinking that if I could persuade Zhu Qing to return and serve Weisi alongside me, Weisi would surely be pleased as well," Zhu Zhuyun explained.
"Your Highness the Crown Princess, no matter what, the Third Miss Zhu is bound to the Third Prince and will always be a threat. If Your Highness cannot bring yourself to act, this old servant can do it on your behalf."
As he spoke, the effeminate Soul King eunuch revealed his Spirit Rings. White, yellow, purple, purple, purple—five Spirit Rings appeared as he prepared to strike and kill Zhu Zhuqing.
The eunuch gave Zhu Zhuyun no chance to react. After entering Martial Soul Possession, he charged explosively toward Zhu Zhuqing, determined to kill her in a single blow.
Zhu Zhuyun, standing to the side, had no time to stop him. Her eyes were full of worry, and she could only pray inwardly that Zhu Zhuqing would be alright.
Zhu Zhuqing, standing at the center of the encirclement, was already utterly exhausted. She had no way of dodging a full-powered strike from a Soul King.
Am I going to die here today? Zhu Zhuqing could not help thinking.
But with her stubborn nature, she would never close her eyes and wait for death. She still struggled, yet under the suppression of so many Soul Ancestors and a Soul King, her exhausted body could not move even a little. She could only watch helplessly as the old eunuch's attack drew closer and closer.
At that very moment, a bolt of yellow lightning descended from the sky and blasted the Soul King flying with a single strike.
The old eunuch was sent flying backward and landed ten meters away from Zhu Zhuqing. He glared furiously and shouted, "Who dares meddle in this?!"
"Hey, hey, hey. A bunch of Soul Ancestors, plus two Soul Kings—oh, and there's even a Soul Elder here. Aren't you ashamed, ganging up on a little girl with only two Spirit Rings?"
As the lightning faded, a blade-wielding youth who looked only slightly older than Zhu Zhuqing appeared before her and the others.
That person was Lin Qing, who had just emerged from the forest.
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