âYouâre calling me a lass? Donât tell me youâre an undying old man?â Leng Ruoxue guessed, her watery eyes looking back and forth on Lan Mingâs body.
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âIâm not that old, okay?â Lan Ming was speechless. Although he was a little bit older, he was still far from becoming an old man. The president of the Mystic Association Headquarters was the real undying old man!
âI think you must be more than eighty years old, right?â Leng Ruoxue murmured with a frown.
âDamn lass, Iâm not that old.â Lan Ming fell to the ground with a plop after hearing what Leng Ruoxue said. After getting up, he glared at Leng Ruoxue with all his might.?Boohoo⦠Iâm only in my thirties, and Iâm definitely considered a peerless young man in this world. But in Leng Ruoxueâs mouth, I actually became an old man in his eighties. Boohoo⦠Whatâs with this girlâs eyes? Do I look that old?
âOh, then you must be at least fifty,â Leng Ruoxue continued guessing.
âStop. Stop guessing. Iâm scared of you. Iâm only thirty-five this year,â Lan Ming said gloomily while looking at Leng Qingtian and the others, who were secretly laughing. He was now very sure that this girl absolutely did it on purpose.?Boohoo⦠deliberately bullying me!
âIâm sorry! I really canât tell,â Leng Ruoxue said shyly, but she was laughing in her heart.?Haha, Lan Ming is quite interesting.
âThen you know now, right?â Lan Ming asked through gritted teeth.
âOkay, okay.â Leng Ruoxue nodded obediently and stopped teasing him.
Lan Ming glared at Leng Ruoxue, then closed his eyes and began cultivatingâ¦
Time passed, and three hours went by quickly. But there was still no movement from the people in the small room.
Four hoursâ¦
Five hours⦠Still nothing happened.
Only after six hours did the first stream of heaven and earth laws begin to descend. Immediately after, two more streams descended one after anotherâ¦
An hour later, the three old men completed the conversion of their spiritual power and officially became mystics.
âNot bad. Consolidate your foundation on the way. You can also participate in the competition.â Lan Mingâs handsome face was full of satisfaction as he watched the three people walk out of the small room.
âHehe, Iâm a mystic too,â Old Zao said with a silly smile.
âYes, you are all mystics now. This is your identity card. Drip a drop of blood on it for it to recognize you as its master!â Lan Ming reminded.
After the three of them completed the last procedures to become mystics, Leng Ruoxue stood up and led everyone to leave.
After returning to the residence, Leng Ruoxue sent the three old men into the bracelet while she discussed the competition with her grandfather and the othersâ¦
On the day of departure, Lan Ming arrived at Leng Ruoxue and the othersâ residence early in the morning.
âPresident Lan, youâre so early!â Leng Ruoxue, who was still not fully awake, said with some displeasure in the living room.
âItâs getting late. Why did you get up so late?â Lan Ming was a little speechless. How could these people sleep so well!
âI was discussing something, so I slept late,â Leng Ruoxue explained.
âOh, pack up quickly. We have to set off. We have to reach West Wind Town before dusk today. Otherwise, we will have to sleep outdoors tonight,â Lan Ming urged.
âOh!â Leng Ruoxue replied and returned to her room. She tidied up simply and waited in the courtyard with Freak. Leng Qingtian and the others walked out of their rooms not long later.
âPresident Lan, how are we going?â Old Zao asked Lan Ming.
âTaking my flying spirit beast.â Lan Ming summoned his beast.
Lan Mingâs flying spirit beast was an enormous golden eagle. It was covered in golden feathers that were as sharp as blades, and its golden eyes were cold and sharp. As soon as the eagle appeared, it occupied the entire yard.
âWow! What a big bird!â Old Zao sighed. This bird was even larger than the lassâs Quill.
âYouâre the bird, you damn old man.â The golden eagle glanced at Old Zao with a displeased face.
âUh!â Old Zaoâs face darkened.?Boohooâ¦?He was actually scolded by a bird that didnât admit to being a bird. But he was obviously a bird! Old Zao was conflicted and depressedâ¦
âHaha! You have personality. I like him.â Old Man was so happy seeing Old Zao deflated! He even praised the eagle.
âAlright, letâs go,â Lan Ming said while suppressing his smile.
After Leng Ruoxue and the others sat on the back of the golden eagle, he flapped his giant wings, soared into the sky, and disappeared into the horizon with a strong gustâ¦
Several hours laterâ¦
âLass, looks like we really have to sleep outdoors,â Lan Ming said worriedly as he looked at the sky.
âIt doesnât matter!â Leng Ruoxue said nonchalantly. Along the way, she had been comparing Quill with this golden eagle. But she still felt that her beast was better. Although this eagle was higher level than Quill, his feathers were not as soft as Quillâs, and it was not comfortable lying on him.
âLass, no woman likes to sleep outdoors,â Lan Ming couldnât help saying.
âYes, you can choose not to treat me as a woman,â Leng Ruoxue said lightly. She was not one of those pampered young ladies. If she wanted to become a powerhouse, this bit of suffering was nothing!
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Lan Ming had lived for more than 30 years, and this was the first time he had seen a woman as carefree as Leng Ruoxue. But he was a little impressed by her. Compared to those young ladies from noble families who thought they were talented, were arrogant, looked down on others, and were unwilling to suffer a bit of hardship, Leng Ruoxue could be considered quite low-key and was very good at enduring hardship. So he believed that she would become a true powerhouse one day.
âSince we canât reach West Wind Town before dark, letâs find a place to camp!â Leng Ruoxue continued.
âThatâs the only way,â Lan Ming said helplessly. Nighttime on the Boundless Heaven Continent wasnât safe, so even powerhouses were unwilling to travel at night.