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"You should just eat them yourself; these medicinal herbs aren't of much use to me."
Shaking his head, Xiao Lin decisively rejected Zi Yan's kindness.
Seeing this, Zi Yan beamed with joy and immediately stowed that medicinal herb away again.
"Haha, then these are all mine! Old man Lin, you've rejected them now, so you're not allowed to regret it in the future, okay?"
After putting away the medicinal herb she had just intended to give to Xiao Lin, Zi Yan spoke once more with a nervous air.
Xiao Lin: "..."
The reason he helped Zi Yan erase those tracks was not for the sake of these low-level medicinal herbs at all!
Xiao Lin felt quite weary.
Aside from her mastery of spatial power, which was of great benefit to Xiao Lin, the current Zi Yan was truly a quintessential brat!
Seeing that Xiao Lin didn't speak, Zi Yan naturally took it as silent agreement.
Consequently, she laughed even more happily!
When one is in a good mood, one naturally eats more.
Just like that, right after Zi Yan finished swallowing a medicinal herb in one hand and a medicinal pill in the other, in the next second, she pulled out another herb and pill in her left and right hands respectively.
It must be said, this was Zi Yan in her growth phase!
As an Ancient Void Dragon, the sovereign among magic beasts, Zi Yan naturally needed to ingest a massive amount of nutrition during her growth stage.
This "nutrition" referred to items containing energy, such as medicinal herbs and medicinal pills. To put it bluntly, it wasn't that Zi Yan was greedy; rather, this was a necessary stage she had to go through during her growth!
This situation would likely only ease up once Zi Yan reached the Dou Huang stage.
It was no wonder that during the period in the original story when Xiao Yan entered Jia Nan Academy, Zi Yan, who was already at the Dou Wang cultivation level, was still untiringly raw-chewing various medicinal herbs.
"However, with just this ingestion, given Zi Yan's current body, I'm afraid it's difficult for her to fully absorb the medicinal effects of all these herbs and pills all at once?"
Glancing at Zi Yan, who was happily eating various medicinal herbs and pills, Xiao Lin thought silently in his heart.
During this period of time spent ransacking the residences of the various Jia Nan Academy Elders with Zi Yan, Xiao Lin had actually discovered that a vast amount of energy was deposited within Zi Yan's body!
Where did this energy come from?
Naturally, it was the result of Zi Yan raw-chewing all those medicinal herbs and pills.
"If Zi Yan could completely absorb this deposited energy, even if she couldn't directly become a Dou Huang, becoming a Dou Wang wouldn't be anything difficult, right?"
Xiao Lin continued to ponder Zi Yan's situation.
"Wait, could it be that the reason that old man Su Qian allows Zi Yan to steal the herbs and pills collected by the Jia Nan Academy Elders is fundamentally to let Zi Yan accelerate the absorption of the deposited energy within her body through this kind of tempering?"
Thinking of this possibility, Xiao Lin's admiration for First Elder Su Qian's boldness went up another level.
"The ginger really is spicier when it's old!"
Xiao Lin couldn't help but sigh with emotion. Xiao Lin's voice also drew the puzzled gaze of Zi Yan, who was currently raw-chewing a medicinal herb.
"Zi Yan, do you want to eat even higher-grade medicinal herbs and medicinal pills?"
Since Zi Yan was looking over, Xiao Lin naturally intended to share his thoughts with her.
Needless to say, when Zi Yan heard Xiao Lin mention "higher-grade medicinal herbs and medicinal pills," her eyes were already sparkling.
For Zi Yan, nothing was more enticing than this!
"Of course I want to! It's just that the higher-grade herbs in the academy are only in the medicinal herb storehouse, and as for high-tier pills, those old men each carry them on their person; we can't snatch them!"
Although she was excited, Zi Yan still maintained a shred of rationality.
With her current strength, even if she was born with an extraordinary mastery of spatial power, she still couldn't break the restrictions in the medicinal herb storehouse. As for the pills the Jia Nan Academy Elders carried with them, it was even more impossible for her to snatch those.
After all these years, Zi Yan wasn't a fool either. She had naturally already guessed a portion of the truth. However, since no one pointed it out, she was happy to play dumb.
Furthermore, the pills those Elders carried were likely extremely precious, perhaps even used for saving their lives. No matter how much she wanted to eat them, it was impossible for her to go and snatch them.
This was her bottom line!
In Zi Yan's mind, at most, she would wait until her cultivation broke through to Dou Wang and she was confident in breaking the restrictions of the storehouse before going inside to take some herbs to eat.
She would definitely not touch the herbs and pills carried by others!
That being the case, Zi Yan naturally didn't know where to go to find higher-grade medicinal herbs and pills. Looking at Zi Yan's expression, which was both yearning and puzzled, Xiao Lin smiled faintly.
In his smile, there was a sense of total confidence!
"Who said we have to look for those high-tier medicinal herbs and pills within Jia Nan Academy?"
When he said this, Xiao Lin's face carried a hint of mystery.
"Not in Jia Nan Academy, then in..."
Halfway through her sentence, Zi Yan suddenly froze.
In the next second, her small eyes suddenly widened. She seemed to have guessed exactly where this Elder Lin—someone who shared the same interests (and shared the same bad habits) as her—was planning to take her to find high-tier herbs and pills.
"Little girl, it seems you've guessed it."
Although it was a rhetorical question, Zi Yan's expression had already given Xiao Lin the answer.
"The Black-Corner Region outside the academy..."
Speaking of the outside world, Zi Yan naturally revealed a hesitant expression.
Although Zi Yan had a boisterous personality, she was not an idiot after all. The reason she could be lawless within Jia Nan Academy was nothing more than the Elders' doting on her. However, once they went to the Black-Corner Region, what kind of people were in that place?
Even if Zi Yan hadn't interacted with them, she usually heard about it from the teachers, students, and Elders of the academy. It could be said that once they went outside, no one would cater to her anymore!
With her current cultivation of only a Da Dou Shi, even if the special constitution of the Ancient Void Dragon allowed her to match those with Dou Ling cultivation.
But don't forget, in the Black-Corner Region, if you threw a handful of pebbles, you could hit several people with Dou Ling cultivation. Let alone the Dou Wang, Dou Huang, or even Dou Zong above that!
For Zi Yan, as long as she grew up normally, these Dou Wang, Dou Huang, and Dou Zong would all be trash; she could crush a whole field of them with a sneeze.
So, unless necessary, there really was no need for her to take this risk. This was the main reason why the usually fearless Zi Yan would show a hesitant expression at this moment.
High-tier medicinal herbs and pills—she wanted to eat them!
But if it was too risky, or if her actions might bring trouble to Jia Nan Academy, then she would rather stay honestly within the academy and wait until the day she grew up in the future before going out for a stroll.
This was Zi Yan's current thought.
"Boom!"
Just as Zi Yan was hesitating, Xiao Lin, for the first time in front of her, revealed his cultivation without reservation. Of course, it was limited to the strength of a Three-Star Dou Zong and did not include the Heaven Realm soul power.
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