Actually, it's not entirely accurate to say that Ye Qiu is only at level 31 right now.
His current cultivation is not far from level 32; he can break through in at most half a month.
As for why he kept staring at Xiao Lan, it was because she was somewhat the instigator of all this...
When the Crimson Flame Demonic Wolf sacrificed itself, most of its energy was absorbed by the seed of life within his body.
Originally, it had only just sprouted, but now it showed signs of becoming a seedling, with tiny leaves about to unfurl.
Facing Ye Qiu's gaze, Xiao Lan finally sensed that something was wrong. Her face, which had been feigning shyness, immediately fell.
She clutched the corner of her clothes and cautiously asked, testing the waters.
"Brother~ Did Xiao Lan do something wrong again?"
"Hehe... No, no!" Ye Qiu waved his hand. He was just grumbling, that's all.
"Oh!" Xiao Lan responded with a hint of grievance. Hu Zi, next to her, rubbed against her cheek, as if comforting her.
"I say, kid, why are you acting so strange? What exactly is going on? Yan Yan absorbed a Ten Thousand Year spirit ring and broke through to level 43. Why are you, a Spirit Elder, only one level?"
One level? No! It should be less than one level, after all, reaching level 31 after absorbing a spirit ring is inevitable!
Dugu Bo frowned, his gaze sweeping over the two. Were these siblings even normal people anymore?!
"Ye Qiu?" x2
"Don't worry, I'm fine!" Ye Qiu squeezed the two girls' small hands, remaining silent for a moment.
Under their puzzled gazes, he walked back to Xiao Lan.
"Alright, don't be unhappy!" He patted her head, then hugged her and patted her back.
"Brother~"
Xiao Lan also cooperatively snuggled into his embrace. Ye Qiu leaned close to her ear, his tone gentle.
"Release your cultivation..."
"Huh?"
"Huh what? Be obedient!" He reached out and poked her smooth forehead, then took her hand.
Facing the others, three spirit rings—purple, black, and black—rose from his feet. Although Xiao Lan was confused, she obediently released her spirit rings as well.
"Ah! Xiao Lan, when did you become a Spirit Elder?"
Ning Rongrong exclaimed, looking at Xiao Lan in shock.
She had clearly been with her all this time; how could she not know when she had obtained a spirit ring!
Looking at the three spirit rings rising from Xiao Lan's feet, Ning Rongrong again spoke without thinking.
"And, and the spirit rings are also—"
"Three Ten Thousand Year spirit rings!" Dugu Yan also looked at Xiao Lan in surprise.
The three spirit rings shimmered with an eerie purple light, the third one even purplish-black!
Dugu Bo frowned, not understanding what Ye Qiu was trying to do. Was he revealing Xiao Lan's identity?
"Is it strange? Actually, Xiao Lan and I have a special symbiotic relationship. A portion of my cultivation needs to be shared with her!"
Ye Qiu chuckled, revealing the connection between the two of them.
After spending a long time together, the fact that Xiao Lan could obtain spirit rings without hunting Spirit Beasts would eventually be exposed. Ye Qiu simply chose to reveal part of the truth.
"Symbiotic relationship?" Ning Rongrong felt that the amount of information she received today was a bit overwhelming. Much of it challenged her existing understanding, leaving her mind in a jumble.
"Yes, yes!" Xiao Lan nodded firmly, wrapping her arms around Ye Qiu's arm, a smile on her face. "So Xiao Lan can't leave Brother."
"No wonder, so Xiao Lan was breaking through just now!"
Dugu Yan suddenly understood and remembered where she had seen Xiao Lan's eyes with different colors before.
No wonder Ye Qiu's body also changed after Xiao Lan was enveloped by that red and blue sphere that time.
So the two of them had such a connection!
"Is that so?"
Dugu Bo's face showed some uncertainty. Being an old fox, he naturally thought more comprehensively.
Even if Ye Qiu's explanation could account for Xiao Lan's self-generated spirit rings, why would he use Xiao Lan's Domain?
'This kid isn't being honest!'
Dugu Bo gave Ye Qiu a meaningful look but said nothing. Anyway, he was determined to be this grandpa.
Grinning, his mood became wonderful again.
"Haha... Alright, alright, since you have no problems, let's go out first!"
"Mm, I'll take you out now!"
"Roar~!"
Just as Ye Qiu was about to act, the Emerald Cloud Winged Tiger let out a low growl and retrieved a Spirit Bone from the Crimson Flame Demonic Wolf's corpse.
"Hmm? Hehe... I almost forgot!" Ye Qiu patted its tiger head and took the Spirit Bone into his hand.
It was a Right Leg Bone, entirely crimson, and felt a bit scorching when held.
...
At noon, the blazing sun hung high in the sky, within the Sunset Forest.
An old and a young figure appeared in a clearing. Ye Qiu looked strangely at Dugu Bo, who was about to go on another long journey.
"Senior, you're not going to find someone else to spar with again, are you?"
"Hmph! Kid, don't you know why I'm leaving? I'm too lazy to meddle in you young people's affairs. This old man won't stay here and be an eyesore!"
Dugu Bo glared at Ye Qiu, his beard bristling. If it weren't to make space for Ye Qiu, he, Dugu Bo, wouldn't be willing to run around.
"Kid, take good care of Yan Yan these next few days!"
Before he finished speaking, Dugu Bo flew off into the distance.
"Hehe..." Looking at the dark green silhouette in the sky, Ye Qiu gave a wry smile, formed a hand seal, and his body slowly faded and disappeared.
Within the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well secret realm, Ye Qiu released Ning Rongrong and the others from the Divine Might Space.
"Ye Qiu, what is this place? It's so beautiful!"
Ning Rongrong looked around. Water mist billowed in the air, and the surrounding plants glowed. It was her first time seeing such a sight.
"Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well!"
"Hmph! I didn't ask you. Even if I knew, it's no big deal!"
Hearing Dugu Yan's reply, Ning Rongrong snorted coldly and glared at her.
Dugu Yan, however, raised an eyebrow, a smile playing on her lips, and pulled Ye Qiu's hand closer to her embrace.
"You!"
Ye Qiu spoke to stop Ning Rongrong, pointing to the red and blue mandarin duck pot in the center and introducing it to her.
"This is the place I mentioned that can accelerate cultivation speed. That's the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well!"
He had intended to pull her around to look, but unexpectedly, Xiao Lan's stomach had already rumbled. With a tearful face, she tugged at Ye Qiu's arm, shaking it.
"Brother, Xiao Lan is hungry~"
"Haha... Since you're hungry, then Sister Yan Yan will start preparing the meal!"
Dugu Yan pinched Xiao Lan's small face, but her eyes were directed at Ning Rongrong, who was still hugging Ye Qiu, with a strong sense of challenge in her gaze.
"Miss Rongrong, would you like to join? Let me see your cooking skills too?"
"Hmph! Bring it on, what Miss does will definitely be more delicious than yours!"
"Hehe... What you say doesn't count. We'll know once Ye Qiu tastes it!"
...
Looking at the two girls' backs, Ye Qiu, with lipstick marks and a bit of wetness on both cheeks, couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief. Thankfully, they didn't use him as a battlefield again.
"Xiao Lan! You go help too. Brother will cultivate for a while first!"
"Huh?" Xiao Lan, who had just approached him and wanted to say something to Ye Qiu, stunned, then lowered her head in disappointment.
"Mm, got it, Brother!"
After sending Xiao Lan off, Ye Qiu lightly leaped onto the rooftop and sat down cross-legged.
He meticulously sorted through the abilities his third spirit ring had brought him.
This time, although his spirit power didn't increase much, the gains were still immense.
First was the Spirit Ability obtained by his left eye.
Kagutsuchi!
It could control the form changes of Amaterasu, finally making Amaterasu controllable.
His right eye, on the other hand, obtained a Spirit Ability named Amaterasu!
Amaterasu!
It mainly possessed two powerful abilities: replication and storage!
In Ye Qiu's view, this Spirit Ability pushed the Sharingan's replication ability to a new height, and its usage had two different directions.
Firstly, he could replicate Spirit Abilities he had seen and store them in his left eye. As long as the Sharingan was maintained, he could release them at any time, with unlimited uses. (Equivalent to a replaceable skill slot)
The power of the replicated Spirit Ability was unrelated to the original owner and depended on Ye Qiu's spirit power output.
Only one Spirit Ability could be stored at a time, and the cooldown for changing Spirit Abilities was three days!
The replicated Spirit Ability could not exceed Ye Qiu's own limits, and the replication upper limit was the Sixth Soul Skill.
That is to say, Ye Qiu could currently only replicate others' first three Spirit Abilities, and if he needed to change them, he had to wait three days before he could see other Spirit Abilities again.
Secondly, he could replicate his own Spirit Abilities and store them in other people's eyes, with certain conditions for activation.
Prerequisites for storage: The other person must be conscious and cooperate unconditionally! Or, there must be a huge disparity in strength, allowing for forced storage!
"Hehe... My offensive methods have become richer!" Ye Qiu touched his eyes, quite satisfied with his new Spirit Ability.
But these were not what surprised Ye Qiu the most.
A smile appeared on Ye Qiu's face. He stretched out his hand, and a Blue Silver Emperor extended from his palm.
It had a blue main body with golden patterns in the middle; the left side of the golden patterns glowed red, radiating heat; the right side carried a hint of frost, exuding chilling cold.
Three purple spirit rings also encircled it.
As soon as the Blue Silver Emperor appeared, a faint fragrance wafted into Ye Qiu's nostrils, refreshing and elegantly tranquil.
He slowly closed his eyes, introspecting the miniature Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well within his body.
With a slight stir of his mind, he seemed to hear the sound of waves crashing, and the two forces of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well surged into Ye Qiu's meridians.
At the same time, the third purple spirit ring, wrapped around the main trunk of the Blue Silver Emperor in Ye Qiu's palm, flickered.
"This is great! I've extracted it!"
Ye Qiu opened his eyes, looking joyfully at the Blue Silver Emperor in his hand.
On the Blue Silver Emperor, two fist-sized 'fruits' seemed to have formed, one red and one blue.
The one on the left was crimson like blood, containing the ultimate fire.
The one on the right was ice-blue and translucent, containing the ultimate ice.
This was Xiao Lan's Third Soul Skill, which could further unleash the power of the Ice Fire Dragon King!
Third Soul Skill, Blue Silver Ice Fire Break!
It could materialize two opposing ultimate attributes, which upon collision, could cause a powerful explosion and had a chance to inflict burning or frostbite effects on enemies.
It could also materialize and use either attribute power individually.
What Ye Qiu valued most was that this Spirit Ability provided him with a way to extract the power of the miniature Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well from his body.
This way, he could try to breathe fire, manipulate ice, or even spew water in the future!
Furthermore, it might even be possible to incorporate attribute changes into the Rasengan!
"Hehe…" A faint smile curved on Ye Qiu's lips, and a small, red-and-blue intertwined Domain appeared at the base of the Blue Silver Emperor in his hand.
Blue Silver Domain's second awakening.
It could not only provide area-of-effect healing and clear negative status effects within the Domain, but the Blue Silver Fragrance, imbued with attribute power, also became controllable.
It could also absorb the opponent's spirit power and provided a ten percent full attribute suppression against ice-attribute Spirit Masters and fire-attribute Spirit Masters!
Just as Ye Qiu was grinning foolishly at the Blue Silver Emperor in his hand, Xiao Lan, with a mischievous glint in her eyes, had stealthily crept up onto the rooftop from under the eaves, slowly approaching his back.
Ye Qiu closed his eyes in concentration, about to try extracting just one of the powers from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
Suddenly, a slight warmth came from behind him, a soft, delicate body pressed against his back, and his waist was encircled by a pair of jade hands.
Ning Rongrong's gentle voice sounded.
"Ye Qiu~"
"Hmm? Rongrong?" Ye Qiu opened his eyes, looking at the pretty face resting on his shoulder, a little puzzled. "Rongrong, weren't you in the kitchen?"
"Yan Yan Jie can handle it in there; I came out to keep you company!"
Ning Rongrong pressed her face against Ye Qiu's, her voice revealing indifference, her green eyes fixed on Ye Qiu.
"Yan Yan Jie?" Ye Qiu looked at her strangely, turning his head, their foreheads touching, feeling her temperature.
"Rongrong, are you alright?"
"Ah? I, I'm fine, you misheard! How could I, Miss, possibly call that smelly woman 'Jie'!"
Ning Rongrong's expression was a little flustered as she quickly explained, her arms tightening their embrace.
Ye Qiu frowned, feeling something was off. Ning Rongrong shouldn't have such a strong sense of pressure!?!?
Before he could think further, a blush spread across Ning Rongrong's face, and she immediately offered her red lips.
Red lips and white teeth met, Ning Rongrong's hands moved up, cupping Ye Qiu's cheeks, slowly savoring the kiss.
Ye Qiu, as usual, slowly entered the state.
The warm, jade-like touch on his lips, the slight lift of her teeth—Ning Rongrong's face quickly turned crimson, and she seemed to be struggling to breathe.
Her spirit power became chaotic, and her misty green eyes suddenly flickered, alternating between green and blue.
"Hmm?" Ye Qiu frowned; the other party was too unfamiliar.
He looked at Ning Rongrong in confusion, his gaze suddenly becoming dazed, and the movements of his lips stopped.
His pupils dilated in shock; the Ning Rongrong in front of him was slowly transforming into Xiao Lan!
"*(A plant)!" Ye Qiu exclaimed, immediately pulling back, almost falling off the rooftop, his face still showing lingering fright.
"Ah~!" Xiao Lan also cried out in pain, clutching her lips, which bore small tooth marks and traces of blood.
She felt weak all over and lay down on the rooftop.
"Xiao Lan!" Ye Qiu's voice was a little cold, with a hint of shock.
"Ah! Gege! Xiao Lan didn't mean to, I just wanted to try out my new ability…"
Seeing a hint of anger on Ye Qiu's face, Xiao Lan quickly scrambled up, wanting to go to Ye Qiu's side but hesitating.
Tears welled in the corners of her eyes, and after speaking, she lowered her head and pursed her lips.
"New ability!?" Ye Qiu's face showed surprise. Feeling the taste in his mouth, he couldn't help but wipe it with his sleeve.
"Ah! Don't wipe it off!"
Xiao Lan looked up, stubbornly staring at him, tears almost overflowing from the corners of her eyes. Then she lowered her head again, looking aggrieved.
"You, you don't do this when you kiss Sister Rongrong, boohoo~"
Plop!
"Uh…" Seeing the tears dripping down, Ye Qiu's movements froze.
The slight blame in his heart suddenly vanished without a trace. He quickly walked to Xiao Lan's side, bending down and lowering his head to look at her.
"Hey, Xiao Lan, you, don't cry!"
Cupping her cheeks with both hands, he gently wiped away the tears from her face.
"Th-then you're not allowed to wipe it off!" Her voice was a little choked from crying.
"Okay, okay, I won't wipe it off then!" Ye Qiu nodded quickly, promptly agreeing.
"Stinky Gege, you dislike Xiao Lan!"
Xiao Lan pounced into Ye Qiu's arms, her shoulders shaking. It was a while before her tears gradually stopped, and her voice became muffled.
"How could I dislike you?" Ye Qiu said with a wry smile, holding her as he sat back down. "Rongrong wouldn't slobber all over my face like you do!"
"It still hasn't dried yet…"
Ye Qiu leaned his face close to Xiao Lan's, continuously shaking his head and rubbing against her tender cheek.
"Ah~ Don't rub me!"
Xiao Lan pushed Ye Qiu away with both hands, her face flushed, still bearing traces of tears.
"See, you dislike it too!"
Ye Qiu rolled his eyes at her, reaching out to tap her vermilion lips. The small wound on them quickly healed.
"Anyway, you can't dislike Xiao Lan!" She re-wrapped her arms around Ye Qiu's neck, hanging onto him, her slightly matured body pressing against Ye Qiu.
"How could Gege dislike you!" Ye Qiu held her, having comforted her sufficiently. Then he reluctantly pushed Xiao Lan away, becoming serious again.
Cupping her face, he met her gaze.
"Now, tell me why you suddenly turned into Rongrong just now, alright?"
"I, I just wanted Gege to dote on Xiao Lan more…"
First, she gave him a resentful look, then shyly tried to lower her head, but Ye Qiu held her face firmly in his hands.
Looking into Ye Qiu's eyes, her face became incredibly hot, and her eyes blinked rapidly, not daring to look at him.
Ye Qiu hadn't been intimately close with her for a long time, and that was her original intention.
And because she was more familiar with Ning Rongrong's appearance, she transformed into her.
But she didn't expect Sister Rongrong and Gege to play so wildly. She had never done anything like that!
She couldn't handle it for a moment, and before she could finish her display of affection, she was exposed.
Feeling the change in the strength of Ye Qiu's hands, Xiao Lan pouted, begging for mercy.
"Gege, don't be angry. Xiao Lan will never dare again…"
"Hehe… How could I be angry!"
Several black lines appeared on Ye Qiu's forehead. He suppressed the urge to flick her head, forcing a slight smile onto his face.
"Then what's going on with this ability of yours?"
"This is a new ability that seed granted Xiao Lan!"
"seed of life?"
"Mm! That's it…" Xiao Lan moved Ye Qiu's hand away, pointing to the shimmering green mark on her forehead.
"I can let Gege have this ability too!"
Xiao Lan triumphantly pinched Ye Qiu's chin, then, under Ye Qiu's displeased gaze, she sheepishly lowered her hand.
She lowered her head, placing her two small hands in front of her chest, twisting them together.
"Hehe…" Ye Qiu looked at her transformation from triumph to fear and grievance, finding it somewhat amusing. He pinched her chin, lifted her pretty face, and gave it a squeeze.
"Alright, then you teach me!"
"Really?" Xiao Lan's eyes lit up as she looked at Ye Qiu happily.
"Mm! Really!" Ye Qiu affirmed. He was quite interested in this ability to change one's appearance!
Xiao Lan's next words, however, made the smile on his face stiffen again.
"Th-then give Xiao Lan a kiss, and Xiao Lan will teach you!"
Xiao Lan leaned against Ye Qiu's arms, her pink cheeks tilted slightly upwards, pointing to her red lips.
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