"En."
Liu Erlong hummed, not stopping Shen Fan's little movements.
"You should be level eighty now, right?"
"Sense it and see."
Shen Fan wasn't too excessive; he just quietly placed his paw on Liu Erlong's lower curve, without any other unnecessary movements.
"Hiss."
"I've really reached level eighty."
Hearing Shen Fan say that, Liu Erlong tried to sense her spirit power level and was immediately startled.
"Don't get distracted; continue."
Shen Fan gave a tug on Liu Erlong's lower curve, reminding her.
"You… you behave yourself."
Liu Erlong somewhat angrily slapped away Shen Fan's paw that was on her lower curve.
"Am I not behaving myself?"
"Go ask others, who can remain calm like me in this situation, and not turn into a Night Moon Werewolf?"
Shen Fan cried out in injustice.
"You!"
Liu Erlong opened her mouth and found that what Shen Fan said was indeed true; there was no way to refute him.
"No."
"You've wronged me, so you must compensate me."
Saying that, Shen Fan once again placed his paw on Liu Erlong's lower curve.
"Bastard."
Liu Erlong cried out in shame and anger, but she didn't dare to slap away Shen Fan's paw like before.
There was nothing she could do; when she slapped away Shen Fan's paw just now, she moved, and now she clearly felt Shen Fan's divine tool become even sharper.
"Don't worry."
"I'll just leave it there and not move."
"As long as you don't trick me again."
Shen Fan shifted his body, moving his divine tool a little further from Liu Erlong's place of longing.
"Scram."
"Who tricked you?"
Feeling Shen Fan's movements, Liu Erlong's expression softened a bit, but her words were still sharp.
"I wonder who was constantly groaning and disturbing my mind."
Shen Fan pouted.
"You!"
Liu Erlong was furious and grabbed Shen Fan's divine tool, making a gesture as if to break it.
"Holy crap."
Seeing this, Shen Fan was startled and quickly reached out to stop her. Amidst the pulling and tugging, an ambiguous atmosphere gradually arose.
Soon, several hours passed. As the two finished their cultivation, they also separated their lips, which had somehow kissed each other.
"Xiao Fan."
"If we use this treasure land for cultivation, will we destroy it?"
Liu Erlong still remembered that Shen Fan had said in his diary that as long as Dugu Yan followed him, the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well would always belong to the Dugu family.
"No, it won't."
"This is Yan Yan's family's property; how could I mess around with it?"
Shen Fan shook his head.
"That's good then."
With that, Liu Erlong intended to slip away, but she was pulled back by Shen Fan.
"What's wrong?"
Liu Erlong asked.
"Look here."
Shen Fan pointed to his divine tool.
"What's there to see?"
"It's so ugly."
Liu Erlong glanced at it and then looked away.
Although she was around forty years old, this was her first time seeing someone else's divine tool face-to-face, so she naturally didn't dare to look too much. As for the time she dared to grab Shen Fan's divine tool earlier, it was purely an impulsive act due to being driven crazy by Shen Fan.
"Whether it's ugly or not, let's not talk about that first."
"The main thing is, what should we do now?"
Shen Fan continued to point at the divine tool that was emitting a powerful aura towards Liu Erlong.
"How should I know what to do?"
"You can move it yourself…"
"No."
"Why are you asking me about this?"
"You can go find Dugu Yan."
Liu Erlong said half-way through, then suddenly realized.
"I don't want to do it myself."
"If I go find Yan Yan, do you think that's appropriate?"
"You're the one who stimulated this divine tool, but you want Yan Yan to bear the consequences? I'm not that much of a scumbag."
Shen Fan objected.
"Then I don't care."
Liu Erlong took advantage of Shen Fan's inattention, broke free from his paw, grabbed her clothes, and ran.
"This is too irresponsible."
Shen Fan didn't chase after her. Instead, he swam to the ice-attribute spring and cooled down for over half an hour before getting dressed and returning to the residential area.
"Xiao Fan."
"After I came back just now, I tried out my current body strength and felt that I was more than ten times stronger than before. Now, even if I were to engage in close-quarters combat one-on-one with that eighty-thousand-year Spirit Beast guarding outside, I'm confident I could take it down."
Seeing Shen Fan return, Liu Erlong quickly spoke about the main topic before Shen Fan could open his mouth.
"This also has to do with you having become a Spirit Douluo-level powerhouse."
"Originally, when a Spirit Master absorbs a spirit ring, the most important thing isn't the Spirit Ability granted by the spirit ring, but rather the comprehensive improvement in body attributes that the spirit ring provides to the Spirit Master."
"And although you haven't absorbed the eighth spirit ring, through the body tempering in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well's fire spring, your comprehensively improved body attributes have already far exceeded the effects that could be obtained from absorbing a hundred-thousand-year spirit ring."
"Now, let alone dealing with an eighty-thousand-year Spirit Beast, even a hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beast, you would have the strength to fight."
When talking about serious matters, Shen Fan also became serious.
However, there was one thing Shen Fan didn't tell the truth about: the body attributes Liu Erlong gained through tempering in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well's fire spring were not merely the effects of a hundred-thousand-year spirit ring, but at least the effects achievable by a five-hundred-thousand-year spirit ring.
"Spirit Abilities aren't important?"
"The comprehensive improvement in body attributes provided by the spirit ring is important?"
"Your viewpoint is truly unique."
"I estimate that, currently, throughout the entire Douluo Continent, besides you, probably no one would say something so subversive to tradition."
Liu Erlong was right. Throughout the Douluo Continent, people generally focused on whether the Spirit Ability granted by a spirit ring was powerful, while other aspects received little attention. Even if someone paid attention, they wouldn't take it too seriously, let alone think about researching it.
"Then how does it compare to Yu Xiaogang?"
"Or, how does it compare to Yu Xiaogang's ten core theories?"
Shen Fan probed.
He wanted to see if Liu Erlong, who had been kissed by him, Shen Fan, would have a place for him in her heart.
"To be honest, he's not as good as you."
Liu Erlong feigned hesitation.
"Really?"
Shen Fan's heart filled with joy.
For Liu Erlong to say that meant that the scenes that had occurred in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well not long ago had left a mark in Liu Erlong's heart.
Otherwise, Liu Erlong would only have said that Yu Xiaogang was the strongest.
"Do I have a reason to lie to you?"
Liu Erlong said grumpily.
"You're right."
Shen Fan nodded in agreement.
"Oh, right."
"I can now take down that eighty-thousand-year Spirit Beast outside, so when are we leaving?"
Liu Erlong didn't know why, but for a decision that should have been hers to make, she subconsciously wanted to hear Shen Fan's opinion.
"Let's wait until tomorrow."
"I still need to help Yan Yan improve in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well."
Shen Fan said.
"Alright then."
"I'm going to rest; you can do as you please."
At this point, Liu Erlong was about to leave when Shen Fan flashed over and pinned her against the table.
For a very, very long time.