Nuwa's Bloodline (Combined Chapter)

"How was your training?" Xiao Yan asked gently. He ruffled Qing Lin's hair and looked her over as she blushed.

He had not seen her in half a year. She had grown taller, and her cheeks had filled out. Gone was the malnourished thinness she had suffered when others shunned her, though her waist was still supple, lending her walk a Snake-Person's grace.

Come to think of it, the girl was born of a Snake-Person and a human.

Since arriving here, quite a few Snake-People had given her unfriendly looks. If Xiao Yan had not been present, they might already have started bullying her.

But Qing Lin did not care. As long as she could see the Young Master Xiao Yan she had missed day and night, nothing else mattered.

After half a year of training in the Jia Ma Empire, and with Xiao Zhan and Xiao Ding treating her especially well for Xiao Yan's sake, she was no longer the timid girl she had once been. Her emerald-green eyes shone, and when she smiled, they curved into crescents. She had become even more charming.

"I've reached the peak of Nine-Star Dou Zhe..." Qing Lin said shyly.

"Well, would you look at that." Xiao Yan marveled. Both Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin were monsters among monsters. Reaching Nine-Star Dou Zhe in half a year was even more outrageous than his progress in the original story.

And like him, either of them could seize a great opportunity and leap several levels in strength, gaining what would take an ordinary person decades or even a century of cultivation.

"Hehe." The girl enjoyed his touch like a lazy little beast, a trace of pride appearing on her face.

Xiao Yan turned back to Xiao Ding with a smile. His eldest brother had