Qin Ran sat on the sofa while Chasing the Wind sat on the tea table. Qin Ran stared at Chasing the Wind as he licked his fur.
"What's going on?!" Qin Ran asked Chasing the Wind.
"Meow..." Chasing the Wind took a break from grooming himself and let out a soft, tender meow in response.
Li Shiyin came out from the kitchen, carrying three cups of milk. She handed one to Qin Ran, put one next to Chasing the Wind, and held one for herself as she stood by the sofa.
After taking a big gulp of milk, she asked Qin Ran, "What's up with Chasing the Wind? Did he do something bad?"
Qin Ran took the milk and glanced at Li Shiyin. He noticed a ring of "white beard" around her upper lip where the white milk had stuck, looking rather amusing. He laughed inwardly but didn't plan on pointing it out to her.
Holding back his laughter, he said, "Chasing the Wind has started cultivating."
"Huh? Master, when did you teach him cultivation?" Li Shiyin was puzzled. "How did I not know about this?"
Qin Ran glanced at her. What a silly disciple.
"I didn't teach him," he replied.
"Oh!" Li Shiyin nodded, then realized the gravity of the situation. Her eyes widened in surprise as she exclaimed, "Can Chasing the Wind cultivate on his own? Did you awaken your bloodline inheritance, Chasing the Wind?"
"Meow meow..." Chasing the Wind meowed helplessly twice. He didn't want to bother with these two boring people. He started washing his face with his paws.
The techniques of demonic beasts could be passed down through their bloodline, similar to how human civilization was passed down through writing. As long as one possessed the bloodline of a demonic beast capable of passing down techniques, they could awaken their ancestral memories and obtain cultivation methods or mystic arts upon meeting certain conditions.
Chasing the Wind was a Xuanming Spirit Tiger, a level 7 demonic beast, and was qualified to inherit techniques through his bloodline. So if he had awakened his ancestral bloodline, it would make sense that he could cultivate.
But...
The problem was, Chasing the Wind had not awakened his ancestral bloodline. He was still too young and did not yet qualify. He may awaken his bloodline inheritance in the future, but not now.
Qin Ran shook his head. "No, he has not awakened his ancestral bloodline inheritance yet."
He looked at Chasing the Wind and said word for word, "So someone must have taught him how to cultivate."
Li Shiyin was shocked. "Who?"
"It wasn't me. And if it wasn't you either, then..." Qin Ran's expression became grave.
Following his train of thought, Li Shiyin also fell silent in contemplation. She took another sip of milk and analyzed, "Someone who is not from Danfeng but could come to Danfeng."
Seeing the master and disciple duo putting on an act, looking utterly serious as they analyzed this issue, Chasing the Wind finished grooming himself, washed his face, glanced disdainfully at Qin Ran, then went over to his milk. He hugged the cup with his two burly front paws and gulped it all down in one go.
He let out a satisfied burp, licked his lips, jumped off the tea table, and stumbled outside... The milk had made him a little drunk.
"Did he just roll his eyes at me?" Qin Ran asked Li Shiyin, pointing at Chasing the Wind walking away.
"Yeah, I saw it very clearly. Scornfully too," Li Shiyin nodded.
"I was looked down on by a cat?" Qin Ran couldn't believe it.
Li Shiyin corrected, "A Xuanming Spirit Tiger."
After having some breakfast, the master and disciple duo discussed their plans for the day.
What? How could Chasing the Wind cultivate?
Well...it could only be said that someone at Danfeng had very poor innate talent for cultivation. He couldn't stand seeing others, especially other creatures, naturally gifted and able to easily embark on the path of cultivation. He wanted to find fault. I won't say who it is, but I hope he watches himself.
As for how Chasing the Wind could cultivate, the reason was that he was the child of a level 7 demonic beast and was extraordinary by bloodline. Even if he grew up freely in the wild, it wouldn't take him long to be able to absorb the essence of the sun and moon and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to start on the path of cultivation, let alone growing up at Danfeng where Qin Ran had intentionally explained things in more detail for him when lecturing Li Shiyin...
So Qin Ran was very clear why Chasing the Wind could cultivate. He was just putting on a show!
"It's sunny today. You can continue digging the lake," Qin Ran said, looking out the window at the weather before speaking to Li Shiyin.
"Master~" Li Shiyin drew out the word cutely, "Can't we rest for a day?"
Her coy act made Qin Ran's scalp tingle. He responded coldly, "If you rest today and rest tomorrow, when do you plan on finishing digging the lake?"
"Oh..." Li Shiyin sighed and walked outside with a pout. "No rest today, bad master! Stinky master!"
Qin Ran headed for the stairs, planning to go upstairs.
"Are you going to sleep, Master?" Seeing him go upstairs, Li Shiyin called from the doorway, "Unfair! Unfair! I have to work while you sleep. I want to sleep too, no... I want to play!"
"Sleep?!" Qin Ran responded impatiently, "When do I have time to sleep?!"
Ignoring her, Qin Ran went straight upstairs to the study.
He took out the porcelain bottle containing the willow catkins, unsealed the jade stopper, and examined the catkins' appearance before placing the bottle on the desk.
"Willow tree, Hengduan Mountains, primordial forest, berserk spiritual energy..." he murmured as he searched through the bookshelf. Soon he found a thick tome recording the special plants of the Hengduan Mountains.
There weren't many willow trees that could survive in the primordial forest, let alone thrive arrogantly. He quickly identified the true identity of the willow catkins.
Comparing the drawing of the catkins in the book to those in the porcelain bottle, he easily confirmed their identity:
Devouring Demon Willow!
A legendary being...
According to the records in the book, deep within the Hengduan Mountains there was a willow tree that was at least a level 9 demonic beast. Every thousand years, the Hengduan Mountains would have a massive bloom of willow catkins that drove all the demonic beasts in the mountain range berserk. Rumor had it that the first massive bloom was nine thousand years ago.
Closing the book, Qin Ran felt a chill down his spine. A demonic beast this dangerous actually existed deep within the Hengduan Mountains... Not only that, he happened to run into it during its blooming period.
Moreover, the book only recorded rumors of such a willow tree, meaning no cultivator had actually seen the tree before. How incredibly powerful must this willow tree be?
Qin Ran couldn't help but think of Chasing the Wind's mother chasing the Lightning Unicorn to Daojian Sect and the Golden Cloud Leopard being hunted by the giant snake in the darkness. It was very likely they had been affected by the willow catkins.
"Should I consider running away?" Qin Ran had to contemplate this idea.
He had originally thought the demonic beast frenzy was a small-scale event and planned to have Li Shiyin hurry up and practice her swordwork and techniques to gain experience in the demonic beast hordes. But it seemed the problem was much bigger now!
Qin Ran put the book back on the shelf. Suddenly he heard Li Shiyin giggling loudly outside. He frowned. What was his silly disciple up to now?
He quickly walked to the corridor and strained to see what Li Shiyin was doing. He discovered she was wielding a sword, hacking and slashing in the mud pit.
She was practicing her swordsmanship while also digging the lake, playing joyfully.
"Li..." Qin Ran was about to call out and stop her, but on second thought, didn't.
After watching Li Shiyin practice for a while, he eventually returned to the study.
"Running away is the last resort," he thought.
ut it can buy an entire year of absolutely perfect training results! Su Yu stared at his empty wallet and decisively opened up various online loan platforms. “Borrow a thousand bucks! Recharge my vitality!” Boom! His vitality broke a hundred points, shattering the limits of the human body! “Borrow ten thousand bucks! Recharge my combat skills!” Boom! A basic punching technique so common it was everywhere instantly maxed out, revealing the ultimate assassination technique of Five Elements Unity—Inner Force! When a rich kid hired assassins for a midnight ambush, aiming to break both of his legs, they instead ran headfirst into a monster—a human-shaped tyrannosaur, brimming with dragon-like vitality. With just two fingers, Su Yu snapped a steel staff reinforced with alloy. Staring at the killer’s stash of stolen cash—a staggering quarter-million dollars—he showed a corporate-sincere smile: “Thanks for the pre-exam gift pack, Mr. Zhao! I’m gonna go re-invest this!” Three days later, at the National Martial Arts College Entrance Exam, while everyone else struggled just to reach the passing line, Su Yu threw a single punch—and more than a thousand vitality points literally detonated the entire arena!
ions, keeping it grounded and realistic】 After quitting his job, office worker Su Yang accidentally binds with the "Enjoy Life System." As the name suggests, simply by indulging in life's pleasures, he can earn random rewards from the system—no need to spend money on beautiful women or grovel before anyone. Just enjoy, and the money follows, making it all about effortless fun. The system comes with a scanning feature, allowing him to establish a favorability bond with women rated 85 points or above. Every 20-point increase in favorability unlocks additional rewards. After suffering through over twenty years of hardship, Su Yang trembles with excitement, his dull eyes suddenly gleaming with newfound hope. "Enjoy life? How hard could that be?"
nd fell into a coma while saving his younger sister from an out-of-control car. He became a vegetable. No one knew that his consciousness had crossed into a world of cultivation. Over the course of sixty years, he began as the lowest kind of mine slave, struggling to survive amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood. By sheer chance, he eventually obtained the complete memories of a fallen Immortal King. Alchemy, medicine, formations, feng shui, physiognomy, artifact forging… Every great inheritance of the cultivation world was now his. But when he opened his eyes again, he discovered that ten full years had passed in the modern world. To pay for his treatment, his father had sold the family’s shop and house, leaving himself covered in lasting injuries and illness. His mother had cared for him day and night, and more than half of her hair had already turned white. His younger sister, who had been only fifteen back then, was now twenty-five. To help repay the family’s debts, she had been forced to lower her head and put on a smiling face in places of glittering lights and endless revelry. Only then did Chen Xuan understand that what he had lost was not merely ten years. He had lost the life his entire family was meant to have. The good news was that he had brought back the memories of an Immortal King’s entire lifetime. The bad news was that his soul had returned alone—his cultivation had not come with him. Spiritual energy was scarce, resources were depleted, and the modern world still had firearms, surveillance, capital, and laws. If he wanted to protect his family, break free from everyone’s control, and become truly invincible beneath the heavens, he would have to start all over again.
agon king storylines. At the start, I obtained the "Ultimate Lackey System" - the more I act as a lackey, the stronger I become. What else could I do? I chose to become the personal henchman of the ultimate villain, Su Muwan. I provoke all sorts of chosen ones, snatch away their opportunities, and commit every evil deed imaginable. You ask who's behind me? Hmph! You're not worthy of knowing my lady's name! ...... ....... I am Su Muwan, the eldest daughter of the Su family. Since childhood, I've possessed extraordinary talent in martial arts, which led to my arrogant and domineering personality in my past life. I was even foolish enough to repeatedly challenge those favored by heaven, ultimately resulting in a tragic death. In this life, I must behave and absolutely cannot walk the same path again!! However... SLAP!! "So you're the Dragon King, huh?!" When I saw my little lackey swagger over and viciously slap the Dragon King who was hiding his identity, I felt my heart sink. Su Muwan's suspended heart finally died as she watched Qin Luo, her utterly loyal lackey, standing before her. She fainted on the spot from shock. Heaven is determined to destroy me!! (Pure love 1v1, light-hearted, no angst, single female lead, villain, reincarnation, lackey)
