After finishing all that, the three split up.
Qin Yun and Feng Qing'er used Dou Qi Wings, planning to fly straight there. The journey would take roughly four or five days.
"By the way, how's your recovery going? From the look of you, you must be nearly back to full health." Qin Yun checked Feng Qing'er's condition. She seemed quite energetic.
Her strength had also reached Five-Star Dou Wang, and her bloodline seemed to have changed somewhat. That was probably the Yin-Yang Profound Dragon Pill's effect of breaking her down and rebuilding her.
"Only now do you remember to care about me?" Feng Qing'er puckered her lips in a rare display of playfulness.
But all she got in return was a single word: "Oh."
"Forget it, forget it. I knew you were a blockhead. I've pretty much recovered now.
"My bloodline purity has improved a little too. Although I'm not the strongest in the clan, I'm now second only to the young clan chief, Jiufeng."
Feng Qing'er was clearly very pleased with her transformation.
Although she no longer cared as much about bloodline purity as before, an improvement without side effects was still very tempting.
"Mm, not bad, not bad. Keep it up." Qin Yun nodded, then quietly leaned close to her ear.
"Keep improving your bloodline purity as much as you can. When the time comes, I'll get you a Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit.
"You might fall asleep for a while after eating it, but there's a good chance you'll be a Dou Sheng when you wake up."
He wasn't painting her a grand feast she would never get to eat. Qin Yun genuinely intended to do it.
After all, the only races best suited to the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit were the Heavenly Demon Phoenix and the Ancient Void Dragon.
And among those two races, Feng Qing'er was the only one he knew well.
Although giving it to her aunt, Fenghuang, might allow her strength to rise even further,
he had never actually met her. He only knew a little about her from the novel he had read before. Who knew whether she would smile to his face and stab him in the back?
All things considered, Feng Qing'er was still the most reliable. After all, he had been bullying her since they were little.
Besides, the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit was honestly absurdly powerful. Its effects might even surpass those of an ordinary ninth-grade pill.
In the original story, Zi Yan had only been a Dou Emperor when she first absorbed it, yet she had become a Four-Star Dou Sheng the moment she woke up.
Even if her already exceptionally pure Ancient Void Dragon Bloodline had contributed to that improvement,
he still had to admit that, for certain magical beasts with pure bloodlines, this thing was a miraculous medicine that could send them soaring to the heavens in a single step.
Just imagine: once Feng Qing'er fully refined its medicinal power, she would reach one-star Dou Sheng at the very least, perhaps even higher.
Wouldn't that give me a powerful bodyguard? Heh heh heh. Whenever I run into an opponent I can't beat, I'll just have a gloriously satisfying Pokémon battle.
Your next opponent is none other than the ultimate bodyguard, Feng Qing'er, who combines the bloodlines of the Ancient Void Dragon and the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix. Anyone below Dou Sheng who survives one move counts as a busted bet.
"Then I'm taking you at your word. You'd better not lie to me.
"Once I become a Dou Sheng, just drop my name whenever you run into trouble. After all, I'm still your mount."
Feng Qing'er's heart filled with sweetness at his words. It would be a lie to say she had no interest in the legendary Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit.
After all, once she absorbed it completely, she could become a Dou Sheng outright.
Soon, the two followed their planned route to Stone Desert City beside the Tagor Desert.
They had come here for two reasons. One was another Heavenly Flame, the nineteenth-ranked green lotus core flame.
The other was another exceptionally gifted individual, Qing Lin, who was probably only thirteen or fourteen at the moment.
Although she was a human-snake hybrid, she possessed the ridiculously powerful Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.
Before she had even become a Dou Zhe, she could forcibly control a Dou Ling-level Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake.
Honestly, if her strength hadn't been so low back then, Xiao Yan probably would have sent her to control Medusa directly.
As for her current whereabouts, she should have been working as a little maid in the Desert Iron Mercenary Group, where Xiao Yan's eldest and second elder brothers were.
"Our target now is a little girl who looks human, born from the union of a human and one of the Snake-People.
"She has a pair of unusual eyes and some snake-like scales on her body. Her name should be Qing Lin."
Qin Yun briefly explained their main objective to Feng Qing'er.
"Another girl. I'm guessing she's a beauty, right? Speaking of which, I remember you hardly ever left the Wind and Lightning Pavilion. Where did all these peach blossoms of romance come from?" Feng Qing'er tilted her head and stroked her chin, adopting a teasing expression.
"I have my own sources. I need to start building up my own team, don't I?
"The people I'm seeking all have great potential for the future. Whether they're men or women isn't something I can control."
Qin Yun spread his hands, indicating that questions about their sex should be directed to their parents. That was entirely out of his hands.
"All right, all right. I'm not unreasonable. You give the orders, and I'll carry them out.
"But do you know exactly where she is? With just those few traits, finding her in all of Stone Desert City won't be easy."
Feng Qing'er frowned. To be honest, although her spiritual power could now cover the entire city,
pinpointing a particular person was still somewhat unrealistic.
"She should be in a group called the Desert Iron Mercenary Group. We can follow that lead." Qin Yun remembered that Xiao Yan had met Qing Lin there.
The two then began a wide-ranging search, asking some merchants they encountered along the way.
Eventually, they found the Desert Iron Mercenary Group a short distance east of Stone Desert City.
The two of them were in a good mood, but the people on the other side were rather less composed.
In particular, the two men on patrol nearly dropped to their knees when they saw two apparent Dou Wang experts descend upon their tiny mercenary group.
"No need for all that. I'm here to find someone. Go inform your two captains." Naturally, Qin Yun wouldn't make things difficult for two ordinary men.
Since he was already at the Desert Iron Mercenary Group, he might as well meet Xiao Yan's two brothers.
Soon, two men at around the Dou Shi level hurried over.
The moment they arrived, they adopted an extremely respectful manner.
"Seniors, I'm Xiao Ding, and this is my brother, Xiao Li. Your presence truly makes our humble mercenary group shine." One of them immediately spoke up.
As he spoke, he stole a few glances at Qin Yun and Feng Qing'er, reviewing the events of the past few days to check whether they had accidentally offended some important figure.
When they sensed that the visitors seemed to bear no ill intent, both men secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
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