Chapter 222: If You Keep Swearing! If It Weren't for Yunzhi, I'd Beat You Up, Believe It or Not?
The moon hung high.
The hall's noise faded as the crowd dispersed. Xiao Yan stepped forward, his face complex, hesitant to speak. He hadn't expected Xiao Bai's single point to seal his greatest asset—the Azure Lotus Earth Core Fire.
This time it was Brother Bai, but if it were someone else, the thought was terrifying!
"Don't worry! The Na Ling only boosted your chances of taming strange fires when your strength was low," Xiao Bai said, releasing the seal. "Your Burning Art lets you refine strange fires for your own use. As you master the Azure Lotus Earth Core Fire, the Na Ling becomes dispensable. Sealing it won't leave you fireless again."
The Na Ling was a common tool for taming strange fires across the continent. Xiao Yan, with his Burning Art, had fully refined the fire into his Soul Soul, relying on habit.
"A small Soul Soul can handle lower-ranked strange fires, but higher ones or many combined could incinerate space. Soul Souls? None!" Xiao Bai added.
"Your Brother Bai's right. Soul Souls aren't your weakness. How many have a sealing technique as perverse as his, capable of sealing anything?" Yao Lao's voice chimed in.
"Xiao Bai, where's my Soul Liquid?" Yao Lao asked.
"So rude!" Xiao Bai shook his head, producing a jade bottle with a flick.
"Hehe, why be polite?" Yao Lao stowed the bottle confidently, having provided the recipe and herbs.
"Stay here tonight. I've set a Soul Barrier to prevent accidents," Xiao Bai said, suspicion in his gaze.
"Okay!" Xiao Yan's worries eased, his expression serious. Yao Lao's earlier silence suggested the mysterious figure was near, making him uneasy about returning to the Mitel family.
"Tomorrow's our agreed date. Take the Three-Striped Green Spirit Pill and break through to Grand Dou Master!" Xiao Yan turned and left.
Watching him go, Xiao Bai turned to Cai Lin, her eyes shining. "Secretly blaming me for helping Jia Xingtian?"
"Hmph! A Dou Huang-level monster, I don't care!" Cai Lin snorted, glancing sideways, feeling uneasy. Xiao Bai knew she'd clash with the royal family, yet he bolstered their strength.
"Haha." Xiao Bai took her hand, chuckling. "Don't worry! I'm setting conditions!"
"What conditions?" Cai Lin's brows arched, curious why he'd disregard her feelings.
"Remember that map you drew?" Xiao Bai blinked, amused.
"Using this to make Jia Xingtian cede territory?" Cai Lin stared, thinking him foolish.
"What's that look?" Xiao Bai pinched her chin, dissatisfied.
"Hehe." Cai Lin slapped his hand away, sneering. "No way Jia Xingtian agrees!"
"He has no choice!" Xiao Bai's eyes sharpened. "I don't want to kill him. A peak Dou Huang with Dou Zong potential is valuable in Jia Ma. If he's wise, he'll go far. If not, he's not indispensable."
"Hiding something?" Cai Lin frowned, sensing a plan involving her.
"No!" Xiao Bai shook his head quickly, unable to reveal all. Nearing Dou Huang, he'd soon head to Zhongzhou after resolving the Yunlan Sect matter, leaving for opportunities and rarely returning. He'd settle matters for himself, the Xiao family, Cai Lin, and Yun Zhi, preserving high-end combat power for emergencies.
"Okay, Queen baby, it's late. Let's rest!" Xiao Bai hugged her waist, lifting her toward the backyard.
Cai Lin let out a soft cry, shyness replacing suspicion, her cheeks flushing.
"Xiao Bai, you dirty bastard, let me go!"
"Hehe, you scolded me. If I don't do something, I'm dead!" Xiao Bai held her tightly despite her struggles.
"Bastard!"
The moon hid behind clouds, as if shy.
Placing her on the bed, Xiao Bai gazed into her watery eyes. Her playful look annoyed him, so he kissed her fiercely.
"Hmm." Charming sounds escaped their lips, the room heating up.
Cai Lin's half-closed eyes dripped with charm. She didn't resist, wrapping her arms around his neck, cooperating.
"Huh." Xiao Bai pulled back, breathing heavily, stroking her rosy face. "Fairy!"
"Like it?" Cai Lin's voice was soft, her eyes sparkling.
"Hmm!"
"Want it?"
"Hmm!"
"No!" Her allure vanished, Cai Lin's face stern as she vanished from the bed.
"Hmph! Dou Zong, so impressive! I hate spatial power!" Xiao Bai glared at her by a table.
"Heh, little Dou Wang!" Cai Lin straightened her clothes, sipping tea to calm her heart.
"…!" Xiao Bai. Never felt such a desperate need to grow stronger.
"Thirty years east, thirty years west!" he muttered, storming out.
"Where are you going? Not resting?" Cai Lin called.
"Rest for nothing! To practice!" Xiao Bai's face darkened further.
Cai Lin's lips curled, hand on cheek. "Quite a temper!"
She walked to the bed, spotting a jade bottle by the pillow—the soul fluid bottle. Feeling its warmth, tenderness flashed in her eyes. "Xiao Bai, I'm yours, and you're mine."
The night passed.
At dawn, two figures appeared by the lake.
"Xiao Bai, I need sleep! Let me go, I'm a kid. If I don't sleep, I won't grow!" Zi Yan slumped over a stone table, eyes dim, waving weakly.
Xiao Bai had dragged her out to practice spatial power all night, nearly exhausting her. Initially thrilled, thinking he'd play, she was tortured instead, answering his endless questions about her innate spatial talent.
"Go!" Xiao Bai waved disdainfully.
"Yeah!" Zi Yan cheered, scampering off.
Xiao Bai rolled his eyes, emptying his mind. Spatial force emerged around him. "Is this space?" he murmured, thoughtful.
Observing Zi Yan's talent, he'd touched spatial power's threshold, aided by the Little Golden Dragon's essence. Zi Yan's void-traversing ability was mesmerizing, even at Dou Wang level, purely instinctual.
The Taixu Ancient Dragon Clan seemed born with spatial laws, needing no practice to become universe-tier. Their wandering nature made their numbers unknown, some vanishing for millennia, possibly to other planes.
Radiating soul power with spatial ripples, Xiao Bai sensed the vast, dark space, feeling an urge to merge with it.
Xiao Yan, about to wave, froze, mouth open. He saw Xiao Bai but sensed an empty space, bewildering him.
"Teacher, what's with Brother Bai?"
"This kid's a monster! A Dou Wang comprehending space to this degree?" Yao Lao cursed, shocked. "Even Dou Zongs can't perceive space like this!"
"Spatial force? Only Dou Zongs wield that!" Xiao Yan exclaimed.
"That's why he's a monster. Dou Huangs might sense space, but a Dou Wang born with this talent? Impossible!" Yao Lao sighed. Below Dou Zong, only rare peak Dou Huangs could sense space. Xiao Bai combined soul and spatial force, a Dou Zun privilege for creating spatial pathways.
"He's getting terrifying!" Xiao Yan sighed. His promise to surpass him seemed closer.
"Who's terrifying?" Xiao Bai's voice came from behind, the lakeside figure dissipating. Xiao Yan turned, smiling guiltily. "Haha, my dear Brother Bai!"
"Not breaking through? Why're you here?" Xiao Bai asked, seeing his expression.
"Nalan Jie's here!" Xiao Yan's smile faded.
"Let's deal with him today!" Xiao Bai nodded, heading out.
An hour later, Nalan Yanran stopped Xiao Bai. "Sir, I'm returning to the Yunlan Sect. Will you be there tomorrow?"
Glancing at Xiao Yan's expressionless face, Xiao Bai nodded.
"Great! I'll introduce you to my teacher, show her a true hero. She always calls me a Douling bastard!" Nalan Yanran said joyfully.
"…!" Xiao Bai. Keep swearing, and if not for Yunzhi, I'd beat you up, believe it or not?
"Hey, you'll come with your teacher, right?" Nalan Yanran glanced at Xiao Yan casually.
"Of course!" Xiao Yan forced a smile.
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