Chapter 296: The Disciple-Swapping Play

What an obsession this child has with food...

Only Ye Tinglan present could slightly understand her feelings.

A Nuo wants to grow tall.

Although she can only grow by consuming high-energy pills, no one can sustain such consumption; let alone mere Lu Xingzhou, even the Tianyao Holy Land cannot support anyone eating pills as if they were rice. After all, humans eat rice, so A Nuo eats with great effort.

Whoever dares snatch A Nuo's steamed buns is not merely snatching a hobby, but snatching A Nuo's hope of growing tall.

Perhaps only Pei Chuyun in this world has ever done such a thing... Only Pei Chuyun and A Nuo fight every day; everyone else smiles at A Nuo like an aunt. Ye Tinglan has not yet realized the weight of this little demon girl.

Who knows if the target snatching buns in A Nuo's heart demon is Pei Chuyun... Anyway, judging by the situation, the opponent has already been beaten flat by A Nuo.

Lu Xingzhou still suffers aftereffects from crossing his Heart Demon Tribulation, but A Nuo truly relied on herself alone, resolving all tribulations with ease and freedom.

The Tianyao disciples watching the spectacle turned red-faced—there were not only young people here, but many middle-aged ones who had already broken through to the third grade, reflecting that their own tribulations back then were not as relaxed as a child's, and the tribulations were not even as heavy as hers.

All those years of cultivation went straight into the dog's belly.

"Everyone disperse, what are you watching? Adding heart demons to yourselves?" Ye Tinglan's voice spread across the entire scene: "No need to doubt yourselves; some are destined to be special. If you must doubt this, my own performance back then was not as good as A Nuo's."

The Sect Master's comfort at least made everyone feel a bit better, secretly thinking this was correct; when the Sect Master broke through to the third grade, she was already a great beauty, yet she was not even as young as her younger sister was when she broke through, and now she is still the number one under heaven? Her genius younger sister, on the other hand, supposedly encountered some problem later, stuck for many years unable to reach the first grade; brilliant in childhood, but not necessarily good in adulthood...

Such a monster should be taken to scare people at the Great Sea Competition; why scare ourselves here at the Tianyao Holy Land?

People returned to sleep contentedly, and even Feng Zili withdrew. Only Ye Tinglan remained, looking at A Nuo with burning eyes: "A Nuo, come here, Mother will check your body."

A Nuo crossed her arms and stepped back.

The next moment, Ye Tinglan grabbed her from far away, pinned her down, and checked her thoroughly.

The result of the check was no surprise: "As expected... bathing you in the Jade Pool and absorbing the purest energy allows you to break through directly, with no hurdles like others; truly a unique talent. But speaking of which, your cultivation breakthrough should mean your body grows; why haven't you grown yet?"

A Nuo was stunned: "I don't know either. When I broke through to the fourth grade before, I also didn't seem to grow much, only less than an inch taller..."

Ye Tinglan cautiously proposed a hypothesis: "Could it be... you will remain frozen at this size forever, even if your cultivation improves?"

A Nuo almost burst into tears: "No!"

Even with Ye Tinglan's vast experience, she truly could not fathom what situation A Nuo was in; even demon beasts do not act this way.

If a demon beast grows older but remains in child form, it is because its true form is an immortal race; living a hundred years is actually equivalent to only a few human years, so transforming into human form naturally leaves it looking like a child, but this follows a very linear growth trajectory, unlike A Nuo's situation. A Nuo could grow normally by eating pills in previous years, but now she has stagnated.

Speaking of which, previously Lu Xingzhou obtained Black Serpent Blood, intending to study the condition where A Nuo becomes ill due to demon blood contamination, but limited by Lu Xingzhou's own level, even if he studied now he could not figure anything out, so it had to be shelved. Now, seeing this situation, Ye Tinglan feels this matter probably cannot wait for Lu Xingzhou to handle it himself; Master Ye must step in.

She herself possesses Black Serpent Blood and even more blood from higher-level demon beasts, so she does not need to get it from Lu Xingzhou, and said: "Alright, come with me to my sleeping quarters; let us truly study your body properly?"

A Nuo hesitated for a moment, speaking softly: "Master does not allow others to examine me in detail; back then, when Sister Yu wanted to examine me in detail, Master rejected her. That might have been the only thing Master ever rejected Sister Yu for those years."

Ye Tinglan was stunned: "Why?"

"I don't know," A Nuo said. "Anyway, Master always does it for my own good."

"I am your mother!"

"Even so, Master must agree." A Nuo pulled at her skirt hem: "Does Mr. not want to try testing their status in Master's heart? Master rejected Sister Yu on this matter; will Master reject Mr.?"

Ye Tinglan blinked her eyes, then quickly became serious: "Alright then, come with me; I will teach you some martial arts. Your current martial arts are too rigid, using only brute force; that is not entirely wrong, but fullness cannot last long; I will teach you some techniques that conceal softness within hardness..."

The big sister held the little girl's hand, chattering away, as they walked far away together.

However, while Ye Tinglan was busy with someone else's disciple, she momentarily failed to pay attention to her own disciple.

In theory, since Dugu Qingli had stayed in the Myriad Swords Tomb many times before, nothing should have gone wrong, but this time a small mishap occurred.

【33】 In theory, since Dugu Qingli had stayed in the Ten Thousand Swords Tomb many times, there should not have been any mishaps, but this time there happened to be a small mishap.

Lu Xingzhou was entering meditation to comprehend the meaning of the Water Element; alone in a strange place, his meditation naturally was not deep, and at some unknown time he faintly sensed the sharp sound of sword qi whistling from afar.