Chapter 139: Seeing the Guest Out

Wang Xianglan found it somewhat difficult to believe. Number 07 from the prison was a Spiritual Venerable, not some ordinary person.

Even she would not dare claim she could effortlessly deal with 07, yet 07 had been beaten to death by someone else without even lasting three moves.

In truth, it was not just Wang Xianglan who found it hard to believe; the others exchanged glances in astonishment.

Initially, they had already raised their estimation of Lin Yi's strength by a notch, but it turned out they had still underestimated him.

In a one-on-one fight, they genuinely ran the risk of being killed in reverse.

Thinking along these lines, the Spiritual Venerables present all heaved sighs of relief. Fortunately, they had let the people from the prison test the waters with Lin Yi first.

Otherwise, even if they had managed to kill Lin Yi, they would have had to pay a disastrously heavy price.

"In addition, Xie Shufen, go and negotiate with Lin Yi. It would be best if you can entice him to join our Red Skull," Tang Sanjiang said with a profound gaze.

"No problem, Boss. Leave this matter to me," the beautiful matron Xie Shufen said with a charming smile.

Wang Xianglan felt extremely resentful. She said, "Boss, since this Lin Yi possesses such strength at such a young age, there must be a huge secret hidden on him."

Tang Sanjiang shook his head: "This matter is not open for further discussion. The meeting is adjourned."

***

Upon returning to Lancheng, Lin Yi released Little Black.

Having not seen each other for a while, Little Black had grown another size larger. It appeared the Zhang family had treated it quite well.

"Little Black, today I will act as your protector so you can transform into a flood dragon," Lin Yi said, patting Little Black's massive head.

*Hiss, hiss, hiss.*

Little Black flicked its forked tongue. Although it could not speak, Lin Yi could still sense the joy radiating from it.

Lin Yi stood beside Little Black and channeled a thread of true essence into its body.

Instantly, the trace of dragon blood within Little Black's body detonated like ignited gunpowder.

*Boom.*

Because of the dragon blood, several terrifying, bloody tears instantly ripped across Little Black's body.

Lin Yi's gaze sharpened, and he injected another thread of true essence.

With the true essence as a foundation, Little Black's injuries healed rapidly.

However, in less than three seconds, several new wounds appeared across its body once more.

Repeating this cycle more than ten times, Little Black's body finally managed to withstand the berserk power brought by the dragon blood.

The deer-like antlers atop its head grew rapidly at a visible rate, and the claws on its belly did the same.

"Roar!"

Little Black let out a roar, and the pressure radiating from its body caused all animals within a radius of several hundred meters to tremble in fear.

Little Qian was secretly eating a spiritual herb when she suddenly raised her head to look at the ceiling.

Her pupils tinged with purple, she looked straight through to everything on the top floor.

"Is Little Black about to transform into a flood dragon?" Little Qian muttered to herself, then withdrew her gaze and went back to her covert snacking.

After about an hour or so, the transformations on Little Black's body finally ceased.

Looking at it now, Little Black had grown to a length of over a hundred meters, its head comparable to a truck, and its pair of eyes resembling two lanterns—looking terrifying indeed.

Not only had Little Black grown vastly in size, but its strength had also broken through to the realm of the Spiritual Venerable.

Coupled with its transformation into a flood dragon, while it might not be invincible among Spiritual Venerables, very few could kill it.

Little Black shrank its body down to about a meter in length and affectionately leaped onto Lin Yi's shoulder, rubbing its little head against him.

"Not bad," Lin Yi praised.

Fortunately, he had taught Little Black the art of transformation; otherwise, such a massive size would have been truly inconvenient to place anywhere.

***

In the afternoon, Lin Yi took his textbooks and headed to Yang Yujia's home.

Arriving downstairs at Yang Yujia's apartment building, he saw a moving truck parked there.

Without thinking much, Lin Yi went upstairs and saw a dozen large cardboard boxes placed outside Yang Yujia's doorway.

Two moving company workers were carrying a coffee table, preparing to head downstairs.

Lin Yi walked inside.

Yang Junqi was standing by the window, admiring the scenery outside. Hearing footsteps, she turned back and said happily, "Lin Yi, you're back."

"Yes, Sister Yang, what is all this?" Lin Yi asked curiously.

"Didn't the ten major families of Jiang Province prepare a storefront for me earlier? I'm planning to move over there. Lin Yi, your medical skills are remarkable. If possible, Sister Yang would like to hire you as the attending physician," Yang Junqi said gently, brushing a lock of hair from her forehead.

"Sister Yang, you'd better forget about it," Lin Yi shook his head.

"Lin Yi, why is that? Sister will pay you a salary of one hundred thousand a month," Yang Junqi said.

"I mentioned before, in the medical profession, I only do it out of interest. I have no intention of treating it as a proper job," Lin Yi said calmly.

"That is truly a pity," Yang Junqi said with some disappointment.

After all, Lin Yi's medical skills were genuinely formidable. Previously, the hospital had been on the verge of issuing a death notice, but the moment Lin Yi arrived, he turned the tide and pulled her back from the edge of death.

"Sister Yang, since you are going to Jiang Province to open a clinic, let me give you a few things," Lin Yi said.

"What things?" Yang Junqi's interest was instantly piqued.

"Wait a moment." Lin Yi walked outside, dismissed his manifestation technique, and retrieved three items: a bottle of healing pills, a bottle of spiritual tea, and several medical books.

Initially, Lin Yi had intended to teach Yang Yujia medical skills, but due to various reasons, it had been delayed.

However, Yang Junqi possessed a solid foundation in traditional Chinese medicine. As long as she thoroughly comprehended the contents of these medical books, becoming a renowned master of her generation would be no problem at all.

Returning to the living room, Lin Yi handed the items to Yang Junqi.

"Sister Yang, these are healing pills; they can make wounds heal rapidly. If you encounter any emergencies, you can let patients take this pill. Also, this is spiritual tea; drinking it regularly is good for your health—just pour a little bit at a time."

Lin Yi briefly explained the functions of these items, then asked, "How come I don't see Yujia?"

"She went to Li Zhihan's place. I'll go call her back right now," Yang Junqi said, taking out her phone to call Yang Yujia.

Lin Yi hurriedly stopped her: "Better not."

Yang Junqi gave Lin Yi a deep look and asked, unwilling to give up, "Are you really not planning to develop your career in the provincial capital?"

"No plans. I feel Lancheng is quite nice," Lin Yi shrugged.

***

Stepping out of Yang Junqi's home, Lin Yi was officially unemployed once more.

"A month or so of tutoring life, time really flies," Lin Yi sighed softly.

He did not feel much disappointment; after all, such occurrences were already second nature to him.

Upon returning to Villa Number 8, Lin Yi found two people standing at the entrance.

An old man in a white suit and a charming, alluring matron.

"Who are you?" Lin Yi asked in a deep voice.

Both of them turned around swiftly. They were Guo Lao and Xie Shufen from the Red Skull.

"You must be Lin Yi. Truly a hero born of youth," Guo Lao said, looking Lin Yi up and down.

Although the aura on Lin Yi's body was very weak, no different from an ordinary person, Guo Lao did not harbor the slightest bit of contempt; instead, his expression turned somewhat grave.

"Yes," Lin Yi nodded.

Neither of these two was weak; both were Spiritual Venerables of the sixth layer.

One had to know that the number of Spiritual Venerables in Yanxia was as scarce as panda cubs.

Now, two of them had appeared at once, which made things quite interesting.

"Mr. Lin, hello. We are people from the Red Skull. This is Guo Zong, and my name is Xie Shufen," Xie Shufen introduced herself very enthusiastically.

"Hello," Lin Yi nodded, his attitude neither warm nor cold.

He did not sense a shred of murderous intent from either of them.

"The Red Skull has been rather offensive in the past, and this time we have come to make amends to Mr. Lin," Xie Shufen said, lowering her posture.

"Oh?" Lin Yi was somewhat surprised.

The Red Skull was, after all, one of the five major factions with a deep heritage.

Originally, he had prepared himself to wipe out the Red Skull in one go, but who would have thought they would take the initiative to come and negotiate compensation.

"I crippled several of your geniuses, aren't your hearts aching?" Lin Yi asked.

Xie Shufen smiled charmingly and said, "Mr. Lin, they brought this upon themselves. Lacking the ability, they still dared to provoke you, sir."

Such are the perks of possessing strength.

If anyone else had offended the Red Skull, they would probably have been buried in some unknown location long ago.

Lin Yi looked at Xie Shufen calmly and said, "And the compensation?"

Xie Shufen smiled slightly and said, "Mr. Lin, here is one catty of top-grade spiritual stones and a hundred Tianyuan Pills. How about it? Does this satisfy you, sir?"

The Tianyuan Pill was a tier-three medicinal pill, primarily used to restore the consumption of heaven and earth energy.

Spiritual Venerables utilized heaven and earth energy; ordinary nourishing Qi pills were completely useless, and only Tianyuan Pills could restore it. It was one of the most commonly used pills by Spiritual Venerables.

Naturally, the price was steep, requiring top-grade spiritual stones to purchase.

"Mm," Lin Yi nodded.

How could he possibly be dissatisfied? He had killed the Blood Skull's people and, in turn, received resources handed to him on a silver platter.

At this moment, Xie Shufen's expression turned slightly solemn as she said, "Mr. Lin, we hope you can join the Red Skull. We will grant you the highest level of clearance regarding resources."

Lin Yi was not surprised at all. He shook his head and directly refused: "Sorry, I have no intention of joining any faction."

"This—Mr. Lin, please reconsider. Whether it's money, beauties, resources, or anything else, you can easily obtain them all," Xie Shufen continued to persuade.

Lin Yi's potential was simply too vast. Being only in his twenties, he was already capable of effortlessly killing a Spiritual Venerable.

Give him another ten or twenty years, and恐怕 (perhaps) even Spiritual Venerables would no longer be his match.

Lin Yi fell into a brief silence, feeling somewhat impatient in his heart.

Seeing Lin Yi remain silent, Xie Shufen assumed he was somewhat tempted and cast a flirtatious glance with her beautiful eyes.

However, the very next second, she was startled by Lin Yi's actions.

"Little Black, come out and see the guests off!"

As soon as Lin Yi's voice fell, a giant python rushed out.

A formidable aura swept across the scene instantly. Coupled with the fact that Little Black had already transformed into a flood dragon, its strength was terrifyingly immense.

Even Xie Shufen and Guo Zong, who were fellow Spiritual Venerables, constricted their pupils as they felt a mountain-like pressure bear down upon them.

No one had expected that this Lin Yi possessed such a terrifying helper.

"Wait, this black python... it looks just like the one that appeared at the Zhang family last time!"

A thought flashed rapidly through Xie Shufen's mind.

Yet she clearly remembered the black python being only a dozen meters long. How long had it been, and yet it had grown this massive as if it had been fed growth hormones?

That huge maw could swallow a person whole in a single bite.