47: Breakthrough to the peak of the second tier

"Oh my! It's Elder Sister Ye!" The Old Spirit Farmer saw The Two Elders and immediately greeted them warmly. "You've asked the right person about this snake! Oh, it's no ordinary snake!"

He cleared his throat, attracting everyone's attention, and then vividly recounted, "Speaking of which, this black snake was once the least favored Spirit Beast in our Ye Family!"

"I heard that it was forcibly ' Cesarean section' (cut open from the womb) from its mother, which caused its Innate Foundation to be deficient and left it weak and sickly! In Spirit Beast Valley, it was disliked by everyone, even the lowest-ranking Disciple reportedly didn't bother to choose it!"

"In the end, it was our Young Miss Feiyan's kindness that moved her to pity it and contract it."

"But who would have thought!" The Old Spirit Farmer's voice suddenly rose here, his face filled with endless fanaticism and disbelief: "This 'Wasted Snake' that everyone looked down upon, yesterday, at a time of Family crisis, appeared fiercely!

That was a terrifying Yao Beast at the Second Stage Late-Phase! Majestic and incomparably domineering! It withstood a Foundation Establishment Late Stage self-detonation without dying, and with a backhand strike, instantly killed the Wang Family Patriarch! It turned the tide with its own strength!"

"Now, those Ye Family Disciples who once disdained it are regretting it deeply! Each of them is saying that if they had chosen that black snake back then, they would have ascended to the heavens in one step now!"

However, he was speaking with great passion, spitting as he went.

Father Ye and Mother Ye, who were listening, were... completely stunned.

Innate deficiency?

Cesarean section?

Isn't that... their little Mysterious Ink?

Little Mysterious Ink... is already... a Second Stage Late-Phase Yao Beast?!

Just as The Two Elders were shaken to their cores and their minds went blank, the group of Spirit Farmers also suddenly reacted!

"Oh! I remember now!"

"Aren't these two Young Miss Feiyan's parents?!"

"That means... that black snake with Divine Might that covers the world, is... is from your Family?!"

At once, all the Spirit Farmers surrounded The Two Elders, looking at them with a god-like gaze, full of awe and envy.

"Congratulations, old brother! Congratulations, elder sister!"

"Your Family hasn't just raised a snake; you've clearly raised a True Dragon!"

"In the future, we'll have to rely on the two of you for more guidance!"

Facing the sudden, fervent compliments and congratulations from everyone, Father Ye and Mother Ye were dizzy, only able to wave their hands in a somewhat bewildered response... Even after finishing their work and returning home, The Two Elders' expressions were still dazed.

As soon as they entered the Small Courtyard, they saw Mysterious Ink coiled on the stone table, lazily basking in the sun.

The Two Elders exchanged glances, took a deep breath, and cautiously walked over.

"Little... little Mysterious Ink," Mother Ye affectionately stroked Mysterious Ink's cool scales, her voice carrying a tremor she hadn't even noticed herself.

"We... we heard people outside today say... say that you are already... a Second Stage Late-Phase Yao Beast?"

They needed a definite answer.

After all, this news was simply too impactful for them, two Mortals!

Mysterious Ink slowly opened his deep snake eyes, looking at The Two Elders' faces full of anticipation and nervousness, and a warm current flowed through his heart.

He no longer disguised himself, but slowly opened his mouth.

A clear, steady, magnetic young voice slowly sounded.

"Yes."

Instantly.

The Two Elders stood frozen on the spot, like two stone statues.

A moment later, Mother Ye was the first to react! Not only did she show no fear, but a brilliant, incredibly proud smile bloomed on her wrinkled face!

"Hahahaha!" She laughed until tears streamed down her face, "I knew it! I knew it! Our little Mysterious Ink is definitely not an ordinary item! I said back then that it was a latent Dragon in the abyss! Now, the latent Dragon has finally ascended to the heavens!"

"Yes, yes!" Father Ye was also so excited that old tears streamed down his face. He turned his head and earnestly instructed Ye Feiyan, who had just walked out of the room.

"Yaner! From now on, you must treat little Mysterious Ink well! Do you hear me!"

"Now, little Mysterious Ink is much more powerful than you! You must never neglect it like you used to!"

Facing her parents' "biased" instructions, Ye Feiyan could only nod helplessly, but in her heart, she had already made up her mind.

—Just you wait! I will definitely surpass you!

...Three days later.

The Ye Family's efficiency was unprecedentedly high.

A peculiar seed, entirely crimson, with illusory flames burning on its surface, shaped like a bird's egg, which merely a glance was enough to make one's Bloodline boil, was personally delivered to Mysterious Ink by the Ye Family Patriarch.

It was precisely that "phoenix seed"!

Mysterious Ink didn't even bother to look at it, and with a flick of his tail, he directly tossed this supreme wondrous item, which could cause countless Cultivators to fight over it madly, to Ye Feiyan.

Ye Feiyan took the phoenix seed, feeling the majestic life essence and flame power within it. In her clear, cold phoenix eyes, an unprecedentedly brilliant light ignited!

"Mysterious Ink!"

She turned around, looking with great solemnity at the giant python that was lazily yawning.

"Wait for me!"

"The day I successfully achieve 'Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment', my cultivation will advance by leaps and bounds, and I will soon surpass you!"

After speaking, she no longer hesitated, turned and walked into the room, and began her secluded cultivation!

Mysterious Ink looked at the tightly closed door, just smiled, and said nothing.

He immersed his mind in his attribute panel.

[Current experience points: 275420 / 300000]

He was less than thirty thousand experience points away from breaking through again and stepping into the Second Tier Peak!

Surpass me?

Little girl, you're still far too early.

Inside the room, Ye Feiyan's body was surrounded by spiritual light, having already entered the most crucial deep secluded cultivation state for impacting the Foundation Establishment Realm.

In the Small Courtyard, Mysterious Ink was lazily coiled on the stone table, basking in the warm afternoon sun, seemingly dozing, but in reality, his mind was already completely immersed in the System panel in his mind.

[Current experience points: 299998 / 300000]

[Current experience points: 299999 / 300000]

[Current experience points: 300000 / 300000]

[Ding! experience points are full, host can break through the Realm at any time!]

It's here!

A glint flashed in Mysterious Ink's deep snake eyes.

He didn't disturb anyone. His massive python body, like a ghost merging into the air, silently slid out of the Small Courtyard and once again arrived at the secluded mountain cave in the back mountain, which he had long regarded as his "exclusive breakthrough point."

"System, upgrade!"

Boom—!!!

A torrent of energy, more pure and majestic than any previous Breakthrough, exploded within him! Every inch of his flesh and blood, every bone in his body, underwent earth-shattering qualitative changes under the tempering of this energy!

A terrifying aura belonging to the Second Tier Peak, perfectly harmonious, and even faintly carrying a hint of impending transcendence, flashed from his body, and then was perfectly retracted back into his body.