Some qualifications?
As Lin Yi was puzzling over this, the Six-Armed Nether Fiend Bull Viper spoke again. "Today, our Nether Fiend Bull Viper tribe nearly faced extermination. The task of reviving our race will fall upon you and me from now on. But your realm is too low, and the help you can offer me is limited. Therefore, I intend to help you break through to the Emperor Realm..."
This time, Lin Yi was genuinely surprised.
Breaking through to the Emperor Realm was no easy matter.
Yet from the Six-Armed Nether Fiend Bull Viper's tone, helping Black Horn break through to the Emperor Realm seemed like an effortless task.
Lin Yi spoke tremblingly. "Great Emperor, this old one has mediocre aptitude, and my lifespan is nearly exhausted. I fear... I fear I cannot shoulder such a heavy responsibility, nor do I have the fortune to break through to the Emperor Realm."
"It matters not. I have no shortage of treasures that extend one's lifespan. Besides, since you are a member of the Nether Fiend Bull Viper race, you must bear this responsibility."
Lin Yi replied respectfully, "Then this old one shall follow all of the Great Emperor's arrangements. Whatever you ask this old one to do, this old one shall do."
Half a day later, the Six-Armed Nether Fiend Bull Viper brought Lin Yi to a secluded valley at the border of the Extreme Wind Domain.
The black mist in the valley was thin, with only a few withered trees emitting an evil glow scattered about. It was a well-hidden place to settle down.
The Six-Armed Nether Fiend Bull Viper shed its ten-thousand-foot true form and shrank to roughly Lin Yi's size. Then, with a flip of its hand, it took out a brown crystal.
A gentle glow flowed across