Chapter 147 Prelude
While Lin Yuan's body was undergoing transformation, the protagonists of the three-year agreement were also making final preparations.

In the main hall of the Nalan family in the imperial capital.

Nalan Jie looked at Nalan Yanran below, the granddaughter who had always made him feel satisfied in his heart, and said in a deep voice: "Yanran, the three-year agreement is coming to an end. Don't think too much about the right and wrong. Don't lose this battle."

"No matter right or wrong, first win and become the winner. Then, end all the grudges with the attitude of a winner."

Upon hearing this, Nalan Yanran was delighted. Her grandfather had finally expressed his support for her in a straightforward manner.

So she nodded and said in a deep voice, "Yes, Grandpa."

After Nalan Yanran left, Nalan Jie sighed, "Alas, Xiao Lin, I'm sorry. Yanran's competition this time involves too many things, I'm afraid I can only let the Xiao family suffer. In the future, I will instruct the Nalan family to give the Xiao family some compensation."

"Unfortunately, that Yanxiao is unwilling to sell his Qingyuan Zhuling Pill. Otherwise, Yanran's victory would be a sure thing."

In Xiao Yan's residence, Xiao Yan was sitting cross-legged on the stone platform in the training room, regulating his breathing, preparing to adjust his state to the perfect state.

After a moment, he opened his eyes and looked at Yao Lao, who nodded.

Then, Xiao Yan waved his fingers, and the Qingyuan Zhuling Pill appeared between his fingers.

Xiao Yan looked down at the pill that he had just successfully refined with great effort, and smiled with satisfaction. Then, he thought of Nalan Jie and Nalan Su who had come to him to trade this pill during the day, and a mocking smile appeared on his lips.

“Hehe, if the Nalan family knew that I was Xiao Yan, their expressions would definitely be very interesting.”

Nalan Yanran’s proud face flashed through his mind, as did the three years of hard training. Xiao Yan whispered, “I’m going to catch up with you, Nalan Yanran.”

Immediately, he skillfully ejected the pill on his fingertips into his slightly opened mouth, and formed a cultivation seal on his hands. As the medicinal power dissolved, Xiao Yan's aura began to rise steadily, and he began to advance.

Yao Lao came to the courtyard again, and like before, he used his soul power to seal the inner and outer layers.

"Come out!" Yao Lao said indifferently.

As soon as the words fell, a black shadow flashed, and Ling Ying appeared in front of Yao Lao, bowed and saluted, "Old sir."

Yao Lao looked at Ling Ying and said bluntly without any politeness: "I have reached some deals with Tianshu and asked him to help investigate the situation of the Xiao family. However, he also asked for Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva. Do you have this?"

Ling Ying groaned for a moment, then said in a deep voice: "We don't have it, but the clan must have it. This requires the young lady to take action."

"Then let your young lady do it. I will give you something of equal value in return." Yao Lao waved his hand and said calmly, "The value of the Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva is not too high. It is mainly because it is very rare and it is difficult for me to get it now."

After a pause, Yao Lao continued, "In addition, if nothing unexpected happens, Tianshu will send the information about the Xiao family. Then you can follow me and him."

"Why?" Ling Ying asked.

Yao Lao pondered for a moment and said solemnly, "I have a feeling that the people from the Soul Palace may have discovered me and are just setting up a trap to wait. If this is true, this three-year agreement may encounter some setbacks and may require Tianshu's help."

"However, this matter involves the Soul Palace after all. I may not be able to persuade him to take action, so I need to borrow the name of your clan and your young lady."

Hearing this, Ling Ying looked in the direction of Xiao Yan in the house and fell into deep thought.

He thought of his young lady's feelings towards Xiao Yan, which were close to 'heavy', and sighed, "What a lucky boy!" He nodded and said, "I understand. I will participate. The young lady has also given me authorization in this regard."

After saying that, Ling Ying bowed and his figure disappeared in front of Yao Lao.

After Ling Ying disappeared, Yao Lao looked up at the bright moon in the sky, his eyes slightly stern, "Tianshu, the evil poison body, maybe we can use the information from the ancient tomb to make him take action."

"He went to great lengths to gather the materials for the poison pill method, so I think he must be very close to the evil poison body. If that's true, the information about the ancient tomb in my hand will have great trading value."

The next day, on the back hill of the Mittel family.

The morning light is slightly dew.

Lin Yuan, who was sitting cross-legged on the bluestone, exhaled a long breath of white air and slowly opened his eyes, ending the physical transformation that had lasted for a whole night.

Under the tempering of the Beast Yuan Tian Quenching Pill, his body seemed to have been tempered thousands of times and finally reached its current limit.

Lin Yuan clenched his fists, and purple dragon energy flowed through his body. A ray of purple light flashed through his deep eyes, carrying a hint of ancient and noble pressure. This pressure was like a substance, spreading out with Lin Yuan's breath.

Under this pressure, many magical beasts in the back mountain crawled on the ground.

At this moment, Lin Yuan's strong physique seemed to have been tempered a thousand times, and he exuded an inexplicable fierce aura.

His body was filled with a faint purple qi and blood, as if it contained endless vitality and energy. This majestic qi and blood even overflowed from his body, surrounding him, forming a layer of faint blood light in the sun, covering his entire body.

The most bizarre thing is the majestic purple dragon energy in his body.

With such a powerful dragon energy, even if Lin Yuan said that he was the incarnation of a dragon monster, probably not many people would doubt it.

Lin Yuan's dragon energy originally came from practicing the Hundred Beasts Refining Spirit Technique. Because he used Zi Yan's blood essence as his life essence, when this set of body refining fighting skills was perfected, a wisp of extremely spiritual life dragon energy was born in Lin Yuan's life blood pill.

Later, when Zi Yan was evolving, she extracted this strand of dragon energy from Lin Yuan's body and nurtured it in her evolutionary cocoon.

After that, Lin Yuan and Zi Yan had a mysterious connection.

Later, on the way from the Black Horn Region to the Tagor Desert, Zi Yan intentionally injected a lot of dragon energy into Lin Yuan to further deepen the connection between the two.

This time, after using Zi Yan's blood essence to make the Beast Yuan Tian Quenching Pill, not only did the dragon energy in Lin Yuan's body increase further, but the connection between him and Zi Yan also became deeper.

Now Lin Yuan can vaguely sense Zi Yan's condition, and Zi Yan is the same, she can also vaguely feel Lin Yuan's condition.

“Could it be related to the Dragon Seal of the Taixu Ancient Dragon Clan?” Lin Yuan had some guesses in his mind: “Did that girl accidentally use a secret method similar to the Dragon Seal? Never mind, there’s no point in thinking about it. Anyway, that girl won’t harm me, and her dragon energy has helped me a lot.”

Zi Yan's dragon energy was of great help to Lin Yuan. It not only enabled his Eight Sounds of the Heavenly Dragon to exert a power beyond expectations, but also greatly raised the upper limit of the Hundred Beasts Spirit Refining Technique.

Lin Yuan’s rapid progress in body training is inseparable from the dragon energy bestowed by Zi Yan.

Thinking of this, Lin Yuan retracted his scattered thoughts, felt the abundant power in his body, and nodded with satisfaction.

He stood up, stretched his muscles, and then made a fist-throwing gesture. His muscles were tense and he let out a low roar, like a ferocious beast walking out of the wilderness, exuding a fierce and terrifying aura.

Immediately, Lin Yuan threw a punch, and the air made a tearing sound. A terrible force emitted by pure physical strength shattered the bluestone in front of him.

Seeing the effect of his punch, Lin Yuan's eyes flashed with satisfaction, and then he took back all the overflowing aura and blood. "Very good, although this body is not as good as Zi Yan's, it is enough to compete with the sixth-level Heavenly Demon Phoenix. In this way, the pressure on my physique caused by the two secret methods in parallel can be controlled, and the basic conditions for the three secret methods in parallel are also in place. Next..."

Lin Yuan flipped his hand, and a purple-red pill recipe appeared in his hand. It was the sixth-grade pill recipe he obtained from the recent transaction with Yao Lao - the Dragon Mysterious Body Tempering Pill.

Looking at the recipes in front of him, Lin Yuan couldn't help but sigh that Yao Lao was really a treasure trove of old men. He had collected a lot of recipes. Although he had seized a lot of recipes from Han Feng, it was still far from Yao Lao's collection.

In Lin Yuan's opinion, in terms of value, the pile of pill recipes in Yao Lao's Bone Inflammation Ring even surpassed any of the strange fires ranked after the top ten on the Strange Fire List.

Lin Yuan carefully studied the recipe of Longxuan Tempering Pill, and his eyes were filled with satisfaction. "It is indeed a nearly seventh-grade body-refining pill. Whether it is the number of medicinal materials, the difficulty of refining, or the effect of the pill, it is much better than the Beast Yuan Tian Tempering Pill."

"After taking the Life Blood Pill to warm up my body for a few rounds, and then taking the Dragon Mystic Body Tempering Pill, my body should be able to reach the limit of the sixth level."

Lin Yuan stroked his chin and estimated the time. "With the help of the Wind-Running Pill, if everything goes well, Hai Lao should be able to return from Wutan City at noon. I will sort out the food he brought back and meet Yao Lao in the evening."

"As for Her Majesty, at her speed, she should be able to reach the Holy City of Gama by noon. Then, I will go to the middle and wait."

Thinking of this, Lin Yuan flashed and returned to his mansion.

When he returned to the mansion, Qinglin had already gotten up early and started a new round of hard training.

After Lin Yuan said hello to Qing Lin, he left the Miter family's mansion and headed to a valley between the Serpent Man Holy City and the Gama Holy City. While adapting to his own surge in strength, he waited for the arrival of Queen Medusa.

Time passed quickly and soon it was noon.

In the valley, Lin Yuan was sitting cross-legged and practicing. At this time, he had already adapted to his own sudden increase in strength. As a price, a small hill in the valley was also turned into dust in the process.

At this moment, a rainbow light flew over and descended from the sky to not far in front of Lin Yuan.

Then, an unexpected but expected proud voice sounded, "Hey, Sister Medusa, I told you, Lin Yuan must be here."

Lin Yuan opened his eyes, and two figures, one big and one small, appeared in front of him. They were Queen Medusa and Zi Yan.

"Hehe, Brother Lin Yuan, I'm here to help you, no need to thank me." Zi Yan laughed.

"Hey, Zi Yan, you--" Looking at Zi Yan who was pretending to be stupid in front of him, Lin Yuan smiled helplessly and took back the words he was about to preach.

He flicked Zi Yan's smooth forehead with his finger and said calmly: "Since you are here, why would I let you go back? However, there will be some dangerous things in the next few days, so you should be obedient and don't run around. After this period is over, I will take you here to have some fun."

Seeing that Lin Yuan did not scold her, Zi Yan made a victory gesture in her heart, but nodded obediently on her face: "Yeah, I get it, Brother Lin Yuan."

Shaking his head, Lin Yuan looked at Queen Medusa, "Where's Xiao Cai?"

"She came with us. But she is too full and is sleeping now."

As she spoke, Queen Medusa lifted up her sleeves, and a colorful little snake was wrapped around her fair wrist like an exquisite bracelet. It was Xiao Cai.

Xiao Cai sensed Lin Yuan's breath, and opened her lilac snake pupils hazily. When she saw Lin Yuan, her eyes lit up. Then she turned into a flying light circle and flew to Lin Yuan's arm, closed her lilac eyes, and fell into a deep sleep.

Zi Yan looked at Xiao Cai with envy. She also wanted to be like Xiao Cai and be able to freely switch between animal and human forms.

Lin Yuan rubbed her little head, thinking about whether he should refine a transformation pill for her later.

At this time, Queen Medusa looked at Lin Yuan and asked directly: "Lin Yuan, what is the current situation? What do you need me to do?"

After hearing this, Lin Yuan explained the current situation and his plan, and said in a deep voice: "This time, the opponent should be a three-star Dou Zong or a four-star Dou Zong."

After listening to Lin Yuan's words, Queen Medusa thought for a moment and nodded: "If I cooperate with you, I can handle even a four-star Dou Zong. Although it is difficult to kill or defeat him, it is not a problem to hold him back."

After the two finished discussing the matter, Queen Medusa also transformed into the form of a seven-colored sky-swallowing python, coiled around Lin Yuan's arm, and fell into hibernation.

During this period, Queen Medusa had to preside over the migration of the snake people and help Lin Yuan. She had not had a rest for several days in a row.

Lin Yuan looked at Queen Medusa's beast form with great interest. This was the first time he saw it.

Her beast form is extremely similar to Xiao Cai's, the main difference between the two is that one's eyes reveal ignorance, while the other's eyes reveal charm.

However, after Queen Medusa transformed into this petite beast form, her ability to conceal her aura was extremely strong. If she intentionally concealed her aura, even Lin Yuan would need to concentrate to sense the huge power contained in that petite body.

"My queen is awesome!" Lin Yuan secretly said in his heart, and then looked at Zi Yan, "Come on, Zi Yan, I'll take you to where you'll live. For the next two days, you should protect your sister Qing Lin."

"Okay, but you have to pay extra... No, that's not right... You have to pay for more food."

"Girl, who did you learn this from? By the way, when there are outsiders around, call me Tianshu..."

Chatting and laughing, the two flew towards the Mittel family's mansion.

When Lin Yuan brought Zi Yan to the mansion, Hai Bodong had already returned to the Miter family from Wutan City. However, when he saw Zi Yan beside Lin Yuan, he showed the same shocked expression as Yuan Yi when she saw Zi Yan.

Lin Yuan admired this interesting expression with great interest.

After Zi Yan went to look for Qing Lin, he looked at Hai Bodong, smiled faintly, and asked, "Hai Lao, have you got all the information?"

Hearing Lin Yuan's question, Hai Bodong took out a storage ring and handed it to him, saying: "Here, I got all the information you want, it's all in here."

After a pause, he warned, "Be careful, the Xiao family's affairs are not simple. There are traces of Dou Zong's self-destruction over there. It turns out that what you said when we first met was not a lie. Even Dou Zong self-destructed. It seems that there is an unimaginable undercurrent flowing in the Jia Ma Empire."

Hearing this, Lin Yuan chuckled and said, "Of course, I, Tianshu, always treat people with sincerity."

"I heard that Yunshan Old Ghost is also dead. Is this true?" Hai Bodong asked.

Lin Yuan nodded and said seriously: "Yunshan did self-destruct. I have confirmed it myself."

After hearing Lin Yuan's words, Hai Bodong lost interest and sighed, "Alas, the Gama Empire has lost another old ghost of the same generation."

Looking at Hai Bodong's disappearing back, Lin Yuan tossed the storage ring in his hand and smiled faintly.

"Ebi, self-destruction and death are two different concepts."

(End of this chapter)