183: Chapter 183

Chapter 242: It Turns Out to be This Little Fellow's Merit

The intense battle, which had lasted for over three hours, gradually slowed its pace.

Xiao Bai's body was not as good as before. As a Dual-Kun expert, he still hadn't fully recovered since his few days with Yu Yan in Yu Country.

With the increase in his Cultivation, he actually felt weaker. He had been much more fierce back in his original snake form, when he could fight continuously for a month without any issues.

Feng Yun basically didn't move this time; Xiao Bai bore the brunt of the output.

"If you can't handle it, don't force yourself. I told you to play less often, but you just wouldn't listen."

"How is that possible? A Dual-Kun expert never admits defeat."

Xiao Bai felt physically and mentally exhausted, his kidneys aching intensely, as if pricked by needles.

Facing Feng Yun's skepticism and provocation, how could he stop the battle? He had to continue increasing his output.

"Let's pause for a moment." Feng Yun lightly patted Xiao Bai's back.

"Are you unable to hold on? You should have said so earlier! It just so happens that I want to rest, too."

Xiao Bai had been waiting for these words; he quickly retracted his moves and gasped for breath.

"There is something on your back."

Feng Yun pointed behind him. Xiao Bai dismissively grabbed at it, but instantly felt a searing, burning sensation, and his fingers were instantly scorched.

This heat was much higher than the temperature inside the Pill Furnace.

"Oh, so it was you, Huo Linger."

"When did you sneak out? Were you watching from the side the whole time?"

Huo Linger playfully stuck out its little tongue and nodded repeatedly. It used its little mouth to absorb the heat around Xiao Bai and Feng Yun.

"Ah? I understand now. It was this little fellow who absorbed all the heat around my body. No wonder it wasn't as scorching as before."

Slurp!

Huo Linger sucked in three fireballs that came flying over to ambush them. Its body grew slightly larger than before.

It kept snuggling against Feng Yun's chest, not burning her, but instead making her feel a tingling itch.

"Sigh... little one, stop messing around, it's so itchy!"

"You can't just bite randomly; this Queen has no milk to feed you."

"It was all eaten up by that guy just now."

Xiao Bai wanted to go over and grab Huo Linger, but was almost burned again. It could actively control its temperature, not burning Feng Yun while using high heat to deter Xiao Bai.

"You little thing, forgetting your Revered Master for beauty. I haven't treated you poorly; you've eaten so many good things from me."

"Get off the Queen, she isn't wearing any clothes. Don't burn her."

Blehh!

Huo Linger stuck its tongue out at Xiao Bai, then used its little hands to slowly pull out a set of clothes from its mouth and placed them in Feng Yun's hands.

Feng Yun beamed with joy, unable to close her mouth from happiness. She stroked Huo Linger's little head twice.

"This little one is really thoughtful, knowing that big sister has no clothes to wear."

"A hundred times better than that guy, who only knows how to bully big sister when she is weak and helpless."

Xiao Bai was furious; the Samadhi True Fire gifted by the System was actually getting so close to Feng Yun.

It seems it won't be so easy to trick the Queen in the future; he must upgrade his scamming methods.

"Oh, so that's where all the women's clothes I prepared went. It turns out you little thing hid them."

Xiao Bai laughed awkwardly: "Yuner, actually, I wanted to take out clothes for you to wear a long time ago, but I really couldn't find them."

Feng Yun slowly raised her hand: "Enough, this Queen will never fall for your tricks again. You would prefer it if this Queen never wore clothes."

"There will be no next time. This is the last time. From now on, don't think you can get anything from this Queen."

The clothes, reinforced by Huo Linger, were highly heat-resistant. After Feng Yun put them on, she instantly felt much cooler.

On the contrary, Xiao Bai was jumping around from the heat; this temperature had already exceeded that of lava.

"Huo Linger, why don't you help me absorb the energy around me? Now that you've met the Queen, you're ignoring me, right?"

Xiao Bai was on fire all over, his hair completely burned off. Feng Yun couldn't help but chuckle: "Serves you right, who told you to mess with this Queen just now."

"Oh no, help! I'm burning to death, burning to death."

"What the hell kind of fire is in this Pill Furnace? It's even hotter than lava."

Huo Linger just stood on Feng Yun's shoulder watching the show, with no intention of making a move. After all, it had just watched Xiao Bai bully Feng Yun.

If it weren't for Feng Yun's good endurance, she would have long since screamed her throat raw. The two of them seemed to intentionally want to let Xiao Bai taste some bitterness.

Feng Yun saw Xiao Bai burned pitch-black all over, his manhood almost scorched.

"Little darling, hurry and put out the fire; he has learned his lesson."

Huo Linger nodded and flew to Xiao Bai's side, absorbing all the heat into its mouth.

"Oh my god, I was almost cremated."

Xiao Bai sighed, exhaling wisps of black smoke.

Pfft!

Huo Linger spat the water it had stored in its stomach onto Xiao Bai, helping him clean the black ash off his body.

Xiao Bai quickly covered his crotch: "Damn, all my hair has been burned off."

"My hair is bald too! Huo Linger, did you do that on purpose? Quickly take out the clothes from my qiankun bag."

Seeing that Xiao Bai was angry, Huo Linger aggrievedly threw the hidden clothes in front of Xiao Bai.

"That's more like it. Not wearing clothes makes me look like a hooligan. What kind of decorum is that?"

After putting on the clothes, Feng Yun returned to her cold Queen persona. She had only proactively approached him earlier because she was forced into a helpless situation.

She kept an absolutely safe distance from Xiao Bai. With Huo Linger's help, they were currently safe.

Xiao Bai spread his hands and laughed bitterly: "You keep lecturing me, but Your Majesty doesn't acknowledge what happened now that you're dressed."

"Where did that seductive vibe from just now go?"

Feng Yun sternly scolded: "Shut up. This Queen was just bewitched by you earlier; I won't give you any more chances."

Xiao Bai quickly covered his mouth: "Alright, I won't speak. Let's just sleep separately."

There was no better way to get out now; they could only slowly endure it, hoping that with Huo Linger's help, they could last through the forty-nine days.

The moment the Pill Furnace was opened, he would go out and kill them all, leaving no one alive, and burn down the entire Zhu Ding Peak.

Chapter 243: Even Before Dying, One Must Still Mess Around

Early the next morning, Hua Hong headed to Yan Ding's room, his footsteps hurried and extremely anxious.

"Revered Master, Revered Master!"

Only he could enter the place where Yan Ding Cultivated; any important news had to be passed through him.

"Come in."

Upon receiving Yan Ding's permission, Hua Hong dared to enter the room and obediently closed the door.

"Revered Master, the snake demon's two children are missing."

"What?"

Yan Ding immediately opened his eyes, the corner of his mouth twitching slightly, looking a bit fierce: "Has Xiao Bai escaped?"

Hua Hong shook his head slightly: "According to the report from the Junior Brother on guard, the two children were taken away by Venerable Tianhuo."

"Who leaked the news about this matter? How did Venerable Tianhuo find out? It must be the work of that green snake down the mountain."

"Go and capture her. I was so focused on dealing with Xiao Bai that I actually overlooked her."

Hua Hong's face was bitter: "Revered Master, that green snake and her child have also disappeared. I went down the mountain myself to look for them just now."

Yan Ding's expression was grim: "That green snake is not worth fearing."

He quickly threw on his coat and headed straight for the Pill Refining Room. Hua Hong followed closely behind like a child who had made a mistake, not daring to look up the whole time, fearing he would see Yan Ding's furious old face.

When Yan Ding saw that the two Daoist children guarding the Pill Furnace were still sleeping, he forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart.

Hua Hong kicked the two Daoist children hard.

"Get up! As soon as I leave, you dare to slack off and sleep."

The two Daoist children were startled awake as if from a nightmare and quickly got up, rubbing their eyes vigorously.

"Revered Master, spare us, we were just too tired."

Hua Hong wanted to kill one of the Daoist children on the spot to make an example, but was stopped by Yan Ding: "Forget it, they are just children; occasional mistakes are inevitable. I hope the two snake demons haven't escaped."

"You two go down; you don't need to come here in the future."

"Hua Hong, go find six clever Disciples to come here. Adopt a three-shift rotation to guard in turns. Their Cultivation must not be lower than a Level 5 Sword Immortal."

"Yes, this Disciple will handle it immediately."

The two Daoist children knelt and kowtowed to thank Yan Ding for his forgiveness, then quickly left.

Yan Ding stepped forward to carefully examine the Pill Furnace. The lid, sealed with a special Talismanic Incantation, had not loosened, meaning the two snake demons inside had not come out.

Looking at the raging fire, Yan Ding narrowed his wrinkled old face and let out a long sigh of relief: "A false alarm. As long as these two snake demons are still inside, it's fine."

"Bai Su's two children were just a decoy. It doesn't matter if they were taken away by Venerable Tianhuo. We are all fellow Disciples; without evidence, there is nothing he can do to me."

With each passing day, the progress bar on the wall would advance a little, until it was full after forty-nine days.

The six Disciples carefully selected by Hua Hong arrived shortly after, standing in a row to salute Yan Ding.

"Greetings, Revered Master..."

Yan Ding personally screened them and was quite satisfied.