Chapter 184: Charging Complete, Wingman Detach!
The next morning, as the first rays of sunlight filtered into the cave, Jiang Lin slowly opened his eyes. The Dou Qi that had been circulating around him began to dissipate.
Eight-Star Dou Shi, achieved.
Although it wasn't quite the Nine-Star Dou Shi he had originally hoped for, Jiang Lin was still very satisfied. His journey through the Beast Mountain Range had taught him that there were things more important than the Nine-Star Dou Shi. As Jiang Lin quietly watched the sunlight outside the cave, listening to the babbling stream and the chirping of cicadas, he felt that he was one step closer to the truth.
Before he set out, he was just a small Five-Star Dou Shi. Now, in less than half a year, he had become a terrifying Eight-Star Dou Shi. The struggles and hardships he'd gone through were not something to be easily shared.
Crystal Pills, Dou Huang-level magic cores—these all conveyed the same message to Jiang Lin: he was getting closer to the truth.
"Let's go. We're heading out after resting," Yun Zhi said calmly, looking at the sunlight outside the cave.
"This is something that can detect the Purple Spirit Crystal. As long as the Purple Spirit Crystal is nearby, it will glow and give a signal," Yun Zhi said, tossing a necklace embedded with purple crystals to Jiang Lin. However, Jiang Lin turned around and handed it to Xiao Yan, who had just finished meditating after a night of cultivation.
"You take this. I don't need it."
Yun Zhi simply glanced at Jiang Lin, understanding that he was the youngest Dou Tool Master of the Gama Empire. She didn't find it surprising.
Xiao Yan didn't say anything either, nodding as he put the necklace on. Yao Chen had told him multiple times that Jiang Lin possessed terrifying spiritual perception, making him a natural treasure hunter. Giving this to Jiang Lin would be an insult to him.
"Let's go now. We should reach the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King around lunch, and we can give it a visit," Jiang Lin said as he stood up and gathered his things. After making sure nothing was left behind, he walked outside, casually chatting.
Yun Zhi raised an eyebrow at his words. "Don't worry. I'll do my best to protect your safety."
Xiao Yan couldn't help but chuckle in resignation before following Jiang Lin out. "Don't mind him, when Brother Lin's in a good mood, he tends to say strange things."
Yun Zhi looked at Xiao Yan and Jiang Lin curiously. Did Xiao Yan know Jiang Lin that well?
"You really shouldn't say things that can be misunderstood, alright?" Jiang Lin shot Xiao Yan a glare as they walked outside the cave. "You're acting like you're familiar with me."
"Well, of course! You're our brother!" Xiao Yan immediately responded.
"Don't you have two brothers?" Jiang Lin raised an eyebrow.
"You're closer than any brother!" Xiao Yan answered without hesitation. Face? What's that? Yao Chen said, when dealing with Brother Lin, treat him like an intelligent flame!
"Sorry, I'm a bit younger than you," Jiang Lin said quietly as he pulled out a lightweight black chest armor and donned it. Xiao Yan also took out his Four-Leaf Feather Sheath Wings.
"Ah?" Xiao Yan was a little surprised. With Jiang Lin's large build, he had always assumed he was older.
"Same thing, same thing! On the Dou Qi Continent, strength reigns supreme! Brother Lin is still Brother Lin!"
"So, you're saying that since you're stronger now, you should call me Brother Lin, too?"
"No, no! Always Brother Lin! I'll always be Yan Di!" Xiao Yan quickly shook his head, denying it firmly.
Seeing this exchange, Jiang Lin gave Xiao Yan a strange look. The conversation had an odd sense of déjà vu, and he had to stop himself several times from saying anything, ultimately just shaking his head as Xiao Yan rambled on.
Yun Zhi, who had walked out of the cave, noticed Jiang Lin's chest armor blending seamlessly with his clothes and Xiao Yan's Four-Leaf Feather Sheath Wings. She was silent for a moment before saying, "Let's go."
Click!
Six brilliant crimson-gold wings shot out from Jiang Lin's spatial ring, forming pairs and floating into the slots on his back armor. With a hum, the wings spread, and Jiang Lin immediately floated into the air!
"Eagle, head back to the valley. I'll catch up with you later," Jiang Lin said as he sent Eagle home before turning to Yun Zhi and Xiao Yan on the ground.
Seeing this, Xiao Yan also activated his Four-Leaf Feather Sheath Wings. His deep red wings lifted him slowly into the air.
Yun Zhi gave a deep look at Jiang Lin's unique six-leaf light wings. At this moment, Jiang Lin's identity was clear—Young Lin, creator of the Four-Leaf Feather Sheath Wings, Fourth-Rank Dou Tool Master of the Gama Empire.
Whoosh!
Green light wings unfurled, and Yun Zhi appeared in front of Jiang Lin and Xiao Yan. She glanced at the two of them before saying, "Are you sure you can keep up?"
"Just fly slowly," Jiang Lin said indifferently.
Seeing that, Yun Zhi didn't say anything else. She flapped her green light wings and flew ahead. Jiang Lin quickly followed, and Xiao Yan trailed behind.
After a while, Xiao Yan, whose Dou Qi had run out, was being carried by Jiang Lin by the scruff of his neck while flying through the air.
"Can you even do this, little bro?" Jiang Lin couldn't help but mock.
Half an hour later, Yun Zhi's face turned slightly dark as she held the exhausted Xiao Yan in the air, flying quickly.
"Brother Lin… say something! You were speaking so loudly earlier, weren't you?" Xiao Yan, suspended in the air, asked Jiang Lin as he consumed a Qi recovery pill. He glanced at Jiang Lin, who remained silent beside him.
Jiang Lin shot him a glare. "It's because you're too heavy! You wasted too much of my Dou Qi, now I can't fly that far."
"No, no, no! Brother Lin, you should say, 'I admit my voice was a bit loud earlier, but putting that aside, don't you think you're in the wrong too?'" Xiao Yan tried to impart some alternate-world style T0 rhetoric to Jiang Lin.
"Are you teaching me how to talk? You're just a regular, overly confident, audacious guy! Pfft!"
"Whoa! Brother Lin, you've really learned to draw conclusions now!"
"Both of you, shut up!" Yun Zhi, who had been quietly listening to their incessant chatter, couldn't take it anymore. She growled at the two of them. "If you keep talking, I'll throw you both down!"
"..." Jiang Lin thought for a moment, looking at the mountains below, then slowly said, "The reason I started researching the Feather Sheath was that I was worried I'd be thrown off by Eagle."
Xiao Yan looked down at the height below, nodding seriously. "With your current physical strength, as long as there's a little Dou Qi to open the Feather Sheath, you won't fall to your death."
Yun Zhi: "..."
Forget it. Maybe it's time to just strangle them.
However, just as Yun Zhi was considering whether to strangle the two troublesome men, the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King's cave finally appeared ahead.
"Alright, charging complete, wingman detaching," Jiang Lin said, saying something nonsensical. Before Yun Zhi could react, he performed a roll, and Yun Zhi's grip on him failed. He fell from her hand, spun a few times in mid-air, then unfurled his wings and stabilized himself in flight.
"So cool! I want to try!" Seeing this, Xiao Yan immediately tried to flip himself, but realized his strength was no match for Yun Zhi's. Despite her attempts to grab his neck, he couldn't even roll off.
"Uh..." Xiao Yan felt a little embarrassed. Jiang Lin was able to slip out of Yun Zhi's grip so easily because his strength was far beyond hers, and without using Dou Qi, she couldn't hold him back.
"..." Yun Zhi silently watched her little clown in hand, before finally choosing to let him go.
"Woohoo! Wingman number two detaching!"
(END CHAPTER)
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