Chapter 41: The Trial from the Peng Demon King

Unlike the widely circulated "Journey to the West," the Peng Demon King before his eyes was a young girl in the prime of her youth.

But thinking about it, it made sense; even Sun Wukong had turned into Hou Jie, so it wasn't that hard to accept that the Peng Demon King was a young girl.

Upon hearing this, Jialing also raised her eyes to glance at Su Nian, her tone carrying a hint of displeasure.

"So you're the one who wants to be my student?"

Su Nian looked at Jialing with a strange expression; he roughly knew why Jialing had come over.

It turned out that the teacher Shiroyasha had introduced to him, who would surely satisfy him, was Jialing.

Looking at the girl before him, who was noble yet hid a trace of charming, youthful innocence, Su Nian nodded with satisfaction.

Judging solely by her appearance, she absolutely satisfied him.

As for her abilities, she was the Heaven-Mixing Great Sage, one of the Seven Great Sages, and served as the firepower specialist among them; her abilities certainly wouldn't be poor.

He could only say that as expected of the boss, she really understood him.

"Yes."

Su Nian nodded; he was very satisfied with Jialing being his teacher.

"But it isn't so easy to become my student."

Seeing this, Jialing snorted coldly and said.

"At the very least, you must pass my trial."

Hearing this, Su Nian was stunned for a moment, and said with a somewhat strange expression.

"What is the content of the trial?"

Last night, he had spent the whole night in the Library of No Name reading the notes on Boundary ability development left behind by Keluoya Balong.

He was just worrying about not having a target to test them on.

At this moment, Jialing raised her right hand with a calm tone, pointing to a mountain range in the distance, and said.

"The content of the trial is to use your fastest speed to pick the peach at the summit of that mountain."

Su Nian was silent for a while, his expression becoming even stranger, and he asked in confusion.

"Are you sure?"

Su Nian somewhat suspected that Jialing didn't know at all that his ability was a Boundary-type ability: space manipulation.

Although it looked quite far, opening a spatial rift wouldn't even take a few seconds.

Jialing nodded and said affirmatively.

"Of course, my word as the Heaven-Mixing Great Sage is so fast that even Big Sister cannot catch up."

Seeing this, the corners of Su Nian's mouth couldn't help but lift, revealing a smile as he said.

"Fine."

Then, right in front of Jialing, he tore through space, reached his hand inside, plucked the largest and juiciest peach, and handed it to Jialing.

"Hmm~~~~ Eh!"

"No, how are you a possessor of a Boundary-type Spirit Status?"

Jialing stared in a daze, and a sense of embarrassment quickly crept up her face.

Had she just asked a Boundary-type ability user to compete in this kind of trial?

This would definitely make her look very irresponsible, not even having understood her own student's abilities clearly.

Ahhhhh, Big Sister, why didn't you remind me?

What was she supposed to say next? It was too embarrassing.

Especially with Leticia and Black Rabbit there as witnesses.

Asking a Boundary ability user who could traverse space to pick fruit simply made her look brain-dead.

"Aren't you a Subordinate God of Shiroyasha?"

"Yes, so what? Is there a problem?"

Su Nian tilted his head, looking at Jialing in confusion, not understanding what she meant by that.

Jialing was momentarily speechless, not knowing what to say.

Could she say that she had only heard that Su Nian was a Subordinate God of that annoying, perverted Shiroyasha, and then hadn't paid attention to anything else?

And wasn't the Divinity on Su Nian's body too deceptive?

Wasn't this a Divinity containing an Authority Fragment of light and heat?

After all, Shiroyasha was a Sun Star Spirit; wasn't it normal for the bestowed Divinity to carry a bit of the sun's light and heat?

But who knew that Su Nian was a Boundary-type ability user?

However, there were too few Boundary-type ability users in Little Garden, and Shiroyasha couldn't find anyone suitable to teach Su Nian for the time being.

And with Kuroa's life or death unknown—not knowing if they were exiled to the outside world or dead.

So, they would first strengthen Su Nian in other aspects.

Leticia would teach Su Nian martial arts, while little Jialing would teach Su Nian spells and the development of flash-heat type abilities.

It would be best to learn the Sun Wheel Golden Wing Flame.

In the lower levels, there were basically no Gifts with greater attack power and destructive force than the Sun Wheel Golden Wing Flame.

This was a top-tier flame that could burn gods, dragons, souls, and even existence itself.

"No problem."

After a moment of silence, Jialing turned her head away in embarrassment, trying her best not to expose her blushing face.

But by turning her head away, wasn't she exposing it even faster?

At the very least, Su Nian, Leticia, and Black Rabbit all clearly saw Jialing's crimson earlobes.

"So, am I qualified to be your student now? Teacher Jialing?"

Upon hearing Su Nian call out "Teacher," Jialing was clearly moved.

She even seemed a bit excited, but then she remembered that she had just challenged a Boundary-type ability user to a speed contest.

She felt a bit too embarrassed to back down.

Watching Jialing's reaction, Su Nian could see it too.

This Jialing really had the temperament of a child, to be so troubled by such a small matter.

"O-of course."

Jialing said, keeping her small face tense.

"Then, Teacher Jialing, what do you intend to teach me?"

He felt this seemed like a good opportunity; should he take advantage of the fact that Jialing hadn't backed down yet to trick her into teaching him how to develop the Sun Wheel Golden Wing Flame?

Clearly, Leticia also realized this, gently controlling her shadow to poke Su Nian to remind him.

Wait a moment, remember to praise Jialing more.

She's a child, after all; she can't resist praise.

"Naturally, raising the fire Authority to Flash Heat..."

Then Jialing choked on her words again.

Wait a second? What is the Authority Fragment contained within your Divinity? Oh, it's the Flash Heat Authority.

"The method to absorb the Flash Heat Authority Fragment and perfect it into a complete Authority."

The next moment, Su Nian, who had burned a wave of Merit to complete the Flash Heat Authority, raised his right hand.

After transforming his right hand into golden flames, he said to Jialing.

"Is it like this, Teacher Jialing?"

For a moment, Jialing didn't know what she should teach Su Nian.

But since Su Nian had already called her teacher, wouldn't it seem very irresponsible if she didn't teach him something real?

Looking at Su Nian standing there respectfully, Jialing gritted her teeth and said seriously.

"Then how about I teach you how to sublimate the Flash Heat Authority into the Sun Wheel Golden Wing Flame?"

"I humbly ask for your instruction, Teacher Jialing."

Hearing Jialing's words, Su Nian bowed respectfully, which served as his apprenticeship ceremony.

Yet at this moment, Jialing felt a bit of regret.

What to do? What to do? This has really become difficult to handle.

Originally, she had only intended to teach Su Nian some ordinary arts and divine abilities, and perhaps develop his Authority a bit.

But how did it turn into the Golden-Winged Great Peng Clan's Inheritance Gift, the Sun Wheel Golden Wing Flame?

How could an Inheritance Gift be so easily taught to an outsider?

(End of chapter)