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Cai Lin extended four fingers and said blankly, "Four… four?"
"Yes."
Cai Lin: "…"
Was this what you meant by helping me before? Giving me a secret technique so I can selectively control the number of children?
Cai Lin thought about it and still agreed; she couldn't bear to part with the souls of those four ninth-tier magical beasts!
"Take me to Jia Nan Academy…"
Worried that Huang Tao might not know where Jia Nan Academy was, she added, "Jia Nan Academy in the Black-Corner Region."
"Alright."
Huang Tao stepped forward, grabbed Cai Lin's shoulder with his left hand, and swiped his right hand across the void. Silver-white flames surged, and a temporary spatial wormhole was constructed. He led Cai Lin into it, quickly traversing between the voids.
When the Amon main body brought Cai Lin to the Northern Continent before, she was unconscious, so she didn't experience the sensation of traveling through the void.
Looking at the surrounding darkness and the rapidly flashing, richly colored, mottled light and shadow, she felt it was extraordinarily novel.
…
Deep in the mountains behind Jia Nan Academy Inner Academy, accompanied by faint lightning and a subtle sound of wind and thunder, a handsome young man moved like lightning across the swamp.
He stepped on the liquid-like surface of the swamp, yet only left shallow marks on the muddy surface.
A first-tier magical beast, a Swamp Mud Fish, suddenly shot out of the dark green, putrid-smelling swamp.
This was a type of magical beast that liked to bury itself in loose mud to ambush passing prey. It was quite large, a full six meters long, with a wide mouth that was about one-third the size of its body.
It opened its mouth wide, biting at the young man who was traversing the swamp with lightning beneath his feet.
The young man's face showed no panic. He smoothly arced away, dodging the Swamp Mud Fish's lunge.
The huge Swamp Mud Fish fell into the mud, biting a mouthful of it. Its fall into the swamp also splashed a large amount of soft mud.
These dark green mud splatters flew in all directions, but the young man dodged them one by one. When he reached a high ground, his plain white clothes remained spotless.
"Three Thousand Lightning Movement, as expected of an Earth-tier movement Dou Technique, it truly is different." Xiao Yan sensed the Dou Qi within his body. The consumption was a bit high, but within an acceptable range.
He had just advanced by one star not long ago and was now an eight-star Dou Spirit. After his Dou Qi cultivation improved, coming to the deep mountains to cultivate Dou Techniques, consolidate his cultivation, and solidify his foundation had become a regular part of his training routine.
Yao Chen's ethereal soul body appeared behind him and said, "Three Thousand Lightning Movement is not that easy to master. That trace of wind-thunder intent, even the core disciples of Fenglei Pavilion couldn't easily comprehend it without the aid of terrain.
"Thanks to Ape Lord, the Surprise Thunder Flash he taught you earlier laid a good foundation for learning this movement Dou Technique, saving you the most difficult step."
"Indeed." Xiao Yan nodded. He was very grateful to Ape Lord and wanted to do something for him, but Ape Lord seemed to have no demands. His greatest wish was for Xiao Yan to pass "Surprise Thunder Flash" to his descendants…
Xiao Yan could only feign ignorance about this; he simply couldn't do it in a short amount of time!
"It's almost time to go back." He activated Three Thousand Lightning Movement and rushed towards the valley where Ape Lord resided.
Upon arriving at the valley, Snow Demon Sky Ape looked at the returning Xiao Yan, scratching his head and revealing a somewhat simple and honest smile.
Xiao Yan nodded at him, cut a large piece of meat from a third-tier tiger-shaped magical beast he had captured, and then walked deeper into the valley.
The advantage of cultivating here was that he could always have Ape Lord as a sparring partner. In exchange, Xiao Yan took on the task of cooking.
Long-term training had made his barbecue skills quite good. Even simple ingredients could be seasoned to a delicious taste, which Ape Lord praised endlessly.
Xiao Yan set up the grill, greased the iron rack, and placed the meat on it. Emerald green flames appeared on his hand. With a flick of his finger, the flames floated under the rack.
He used the techniques of alchemy, utilizing soul power to precisely control the temperature of the flames, even allowing different parts of the ingredients to be roasted at different temperatures.
Grilling meat, I am a professional! Xiao Yan thought with considerable pride.
A crack appeared in the sky. Silver flames surged out, making the crack grow larger and larger.
Huang Tao, with chestnut hair, azure eyes, clad in armor, and a dark red cape behind him, walked out with Cai Lin.
"I will wait for you here for a month. A month should be enough time for you to get things done," Huang Tao said calmly.
"It's enough."
Huang Tao then instructed, "Hmm, if you want to enjoy yourself a bit longer, I don't mind waiting. Don't forget to use the secret technique. Remember, I want four!
"Of course, more is fine. More children mean more security… As for resources, ninth-tier snake magical beast souls are hard to find, but eighth-tier ones are plentiful."
Cai Lin's face darkened. She said nothing more, leaving only, "I'm going to find him."
Then, she swiftly flew into the distance.
Xiao Yan finished grilling the meat. Seeing that Ape Lord still hadn't returned, he took out a medicinal cauldron and put the grilled meat inside.
Since he couldn't fulfill Ape Lord's wish, he could only do his best with the food.
He looked towards the cave entrance, muttering, "Why isn't Ape Lord back yet? Is he fighting wits with some fish again?"
Yao Chen's smiling voice echoed in his mind: "Who knows? It's not the first or second time his bait has been eaten without him catching a single fish."
…
A wide river flowed quietly between the mountains, its surface rippling slightly.
On one side of the river, dozens of meters above the water on a high cliff, an Ape with brown fur, wearing a straw cape and a bamboo hat, with a single crystal monocle over its right eye, sat quietly, holding a long fishing rod.
A thin line hung from the fishing rod, extending into the gently rippling river.
A crack suddenly appeared in the void beside him, and Huang Tao walked out of it.
"You're quite leisurely," Huang Tao said with a smile.
"When the main body has no specific instructions, it's best to follow one's own nature. There's no need to be too tired," Ape Lord responded.
"Have you caught anything?" Huang Tao looked at the empty fish basket beside him.
"The bait has been cast. Whether I catch anything depends on fate… If I really don't want to go without a catch, I can always force a fish to bite the hook."
Ape Lord suddenly used Dou Qi to control the empty fish hook, hooked the mouth of a passing fish, and swung the fishing rod, reeling it in.
…
Medusa stopped at the entrance of the Snow Demon Sky Ape's cave, hesitating for a moment.
Snow Demon Sky Ape originally wanted to drive her away, but after meeting her cold snake eyes, it froze in place. The double pressure of Dou Qi and bloodline made it dare not resist, and it obediently retreated to the side.
Although the two were not the same type of magical beast, when there was too great a difference in bloodline level and strength, weaker magical beasts often submitted to those of higher status.
Cai Lin continued forward.
Xiao Yan frowned. He suddenly felt an inexplicable gaze coming from all directions, as if unknown creatures were staring at him from the air, the dust, and the cave walls.
"Teacher, do you sense anything?"
Yao Chen shook his head. With his soul level, he could actually sense the Amons in the air, but due to the interference of the Amon parasitic in his soul, he would subconsciously ignore some things.
Without receiving an answer, Xiao Yan scratched his head in confusion, no longer thinking about it.
Since his teacher hadn't warned him, the problem shouldn't be big; otherwise, he would have spoken up long ago.
Just then, he suddenly noticed a seductive figure standing at the entrance of the cave. Her beautiful and exquisite features, curvaceous body, and alluring eyes made it impossible to look away.
"Queen Medusa!" Xiao Yan immediately became alert, unconsciously taking a step back, and asked, "What are you doing here?"
"Just call me Cai Lin. Isn't that the name you gave me?" Cai Lin said softly.
"You are the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python? No, that's not right…" Xiao Yan's expression was strange. Queen Medusa's gentle demeanor made him particularly uncomfortable.
"Just consider me her."
"So you are Queen Medusa…" Xiao Yan muttered to himself, but didn't say it aloud.
He asked, "What exactly do you want to do?"
"Am I beautiful?" Cai Lin's red lips slightly parted, her voice carrying a hint of seduction.
Xiao Yan shivered, becoming even more wary. Something was wrong, this Queen Medusa was very wrong!
He found that she didn't seem to have any hostility, so he relaxed a little. He looked at her for a few moments, finding it hard to say anything against his heart, and honestly nodded, "Beautiful!"
After a pause, he continued, "You didn't suddenly come here just to ask such a boring question, did you?"
"Of course not…" Cai Lin shook her head, then suddenly flashed in front of Xiao Yan, hooked his chin with her right hand, brought her face close, and softly said, "I've come to bear your child."
Xiao Yan was stunned, his eyes wide, looking utterly dazed. At such close proximity, he could even smell her faint fragrance and feel the warm breath she exhaled as she spoke.
He stumbled back a few steps, his expression terrified, and he extended his right index finger, his words faltering: "You… you… you…"
After stammering for a long while, he finally managed to say, "What on earth is wrong with you?!"
Cai Lin's forehead twitched. She suppressed a hint of anger in her heart and said softly, "You don't need to be responsible. I just need a child… I'm serious. Among the men I know, after much thought, you're the most suitable, perhaps also influenced by the will of the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python…"
Xiao Yan swallowed. His body instinctively reacted. Maintaining rationality under such temptation required immense willpower.
Cai Lin smiled slightly and slowly stepped forward: "You just need to enjoy the pleasure, and I'll handle the rest."
Although she said this, Cai Lin was very nervous internally. She was just pretending to be indifferent to it, but in reality, she was still very conservative. Otherwise, in the original novel, she wouldn't have had complex feelings for Xiao Yan after losing her innocence to him, wanting to kill him but repeatedly stopping halfway.
The rustling sound of clothes being removed echoed in the silent cave.
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