The Little Rich Girl, Qing Lin
Although the Black-Corner Domain and the Heavenly Serpent Mansion were tens of thousands of miles apart, under the guidance of Granny Heavenly Serpent, Qing Lin and her companions took less than half an hour to return to the Heavenly Serpent Mansion by spatial travel.
After their return, the first thing Granny Heavenly Serpent did was to take Qing Lin to meet the six other Dou Venerate powerhouses of the mansion.
When the Dou Venerate powerhouses learned that Qing Lin not only possessed the Three-Flower Green Snake Eyes but had also reached the nine-star Dou King level at just twelve years old, their regard for her grew even more.
These Dou Venerate powerhouses, who were typically seen by outsiders as aloof and stern, appeared particularly kind and gentle in front of Qing Lin.
The older Dou Venerate powerhouses even subconsciously adopted a soft, high-pitched tone when speaking to her, as if they were afraid of scaring her.
To ensure the safety of Qing Lin, their cherished one, each Dou Venerate powerhouse also prepared a life-saving treasure for her.
It's no exaggeration to say that with these life-saving treasures given by the Dou Venerate powerhouses, no being below the Dou Venerate level could pose any threat to Qing Lin.
After introducing Qing Lin to the Dou Venerate powerhouses, Granny Heavenly Serpent gathered the mansion's elders and publicly announced her intention to formally accept Qing Lin as her personal disciple in a grand ceremony.
With Granny Heavenly Serpent's order, the entire mansion became busy with preparations.
Since most of the work was delegated to others, Qing Lin herself found things quite relaxed.
After returning to the luxurious courtyard arranged for her by Granny Heavenly Serpent, Qing Lin placed several crystal bottles, used for spatial positioning, around the yard and then used her Blood Ghost Art to teleport directly to where Xiao Feng and the others were.
The fact that Qing Lin could teleport instantly from the Heavenly Serpent Mansion to the Black-Corner Domain didn't mean she had surpassed Granny Heavenly Serpent in spatial powers. Rather, it was a testament to the strength of the Blood Ghost Art in this regard.
The Blood Ghost Art is, in essence, an innate ability of the Ghost King's bloodline, similar to how the Void Ancient Dragon can naturally control spatial power.
For example, in the original storyline, Zi Yan was able to pass through a spatial barrier that even Dou Ancestor experts couldn't breach when she was still a Dou King, showcasing how irrationally strong innate abilities can be.
After teleporting to Xiao Feng and his companions, Qing Lin hurriedly took out the gifts she had prepared for them, proudly handing them over.
The gifts included two Emperor Extreme Pills, two Sect-Breaking Pills, and two life-saving jade talismans.
The Emperor Extreme Pills and Sect-Breaking Pills were both sixth-tier peak elixirs. The Emperor Extreme Pill could directly increase the power of a Dou Emperor expert by one to two stars.
The Sect-Breaking Pill could increase the success rate of breaking through the Dou Ancestor bottleneck by 10% for a peak Dou Emperor expert. Even if the breakthrough failed, it would stabilize their strength at the pre-breakthrough level.
As for the two life-saving jade talismans, they each contained an attack from a Dou Venerate powerhouse, powerful enough to instantly kill a typical nine-star Dou Ancestor.
Seeing the gifts Qing Lin had prepared for him and Little Fairy Doctor, Xiao Feng had to admit that letting her join the Heavenly Serpent Mansion was indeed the right decision.
"Hiss, hiss, hiss..."
Seeing that Xiao Feng and Little Fairy Doctor had received gifts, the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python couldn't sit still. It poked its small head out of Xiao Feng's sleeve and hissed at Qing Lin.
"Where's my gift, Qing Lin? Where's my gift?"
Hearing the slightly jealous thoughts of the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python, Xiao Feng couldn't help but laugh.
Although the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python had just been born not long ago, its intelligence had been steadily increasing as its strength grew.
Under Xiao Feng's careful nurturing, the python now possessed Dou King-level strength, with intelligence comparable to a child of about ten.
"Master, don't worry. I've prepared a gift for you too."
Qing Lin smiled as she soothed the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python and then took out several spirit herbs suitable for snake-type magical beasts from her storage ring.
Ever since Granny Heavenly Serpent publicly announced that she would be accepting Qing Lin as her personal disciple, the shrewd elders knew that she would soon become the young mistress of the Heavenly Serpent Mansion.
As soon as the meeting was over, the elders sent their subordinates to deliver carefully prepared gifts to Qing Lin.
Although the elders knew that sending gifts wouldn't necessarily make them remembered by the leadership, failing to send a gift when everyone else did would certainly get them noticed, and not in a good way.
None of the elders who had risen to their positions were fools, and they understood the social rules well.
According to the rules of the Heavenly Serpent Mansion, a strong expert who reached the Dou King level could apply to become an outer elder.
Experts at the Dou Emperor or Dou Ancestor levels could become inner elders of the mansion.
And those who reached the Dou Venerate level were collectively referred to as Supreme Elders, except for the Mansion Master and Vice Mansion Master.
Currently, the Heavenly Serpent Mansion had nearly a hundred inner elders and several hundred outer elders.
The gifts from the elders, meant to curry favor with Qing Lin, were of high quality. Even the cheapest gifts from the weaker outer elders were worth at least tens of thousands of gold coins.
It's no exaggeration to say that the gifts from the elders had multiplied Qing Lin's wealth several times over, turning her into an extremely wealthy little rich girl.
The Emperor Extreme Pills and Sect-Breaking Pills that Qing Lin had just given to Xiao Feng and the others were among the gifts sent to her by several inner elders at the Dou Ancestor level.
"Gifts! Gifts! I also got a gift. I'm so happy~"
Seeing that Qing Lin had prepared a gift for it, the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python instantly brightened up, wiggling its body in delight.
"Hiss, hiss, hiss..."
The Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python first rubbed its small head against Qing Lin's cheek, then turned to Xiao Feng with an impatient expression.
"Servant, these spirit herbs are the gifts from Qing Lin. You can't keep them for yourself. Hurry up and refine them into delicious pills for me."
Hearing the python's urging, Xiao Feng, somewhat helpless, said, "I really can't do anything about you, you little glutton. Alright, alright, I'll refine them for you."
Under the expectant gaze of the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python, Xiao Feng refined all the sixth-tier spirit herbs that Qing Lin had given it into fragrant pills right before its eyes.
"Gulp!" X2
As the enticing aroma of the pills spread, two sounds of gulping came simultaneously.
One came from the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python, and the other came from the forest not far away.
"Who's sneaking around over there? Get out now!"
Little Fairy Doctor frowned, and with a casual wave, she sent out a green poisonous flame that instantly reduced a towering tree to ashes.
(End of Chapter)
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