WU DONG QIAN - KUN
Chapter 51: The Little Fire

In the misty forest, Lin Dong's tightly shut eyes gradually opened. On his face, a few traces of excitement remained. After the increase made by the luminous shadow, the number of deep channel paths of the "QingYun Art" had increased from four to seven, effectively doubling its effectiveness.

“Huff..”

A white breath of air formed as Lin Dong forcefully exhaled. Immediately after, he took out a bottle from inside his clothes and poured out two flaming red Elixir pills. These two pills were refined from Elixir Grade 3, Blaze Fruit. During this month, Lin Dong secretly went to exchange for the Ling Liquid Amulet Stone to obtain more potions. After all, now that he had advanced to the Earth Yuan Stage, he knew that he needed a large amount of Elixir pills to increase his training speed.

Lin Dong stuffed the two Elixir Pills into his mouth but did not directly swallow them. Instead, he closed his eyes and with a thought, waves of deep blue Yuan Power gushed out from his Dan Tian. Yuan power first revolved within his body before going into the unexplored hidden deep channel.

This hidden inner channel was the first channel one had to open when one practiced "QingYuan Art". After the glowing shadow clearly showed the route taken earlier, Lin Dong was now able to quickly uncover this hidden deep channel within his body.

As the Yuan Power attempted to flow through this inner channel, it immediately faced massive resistance. After all, this hidden channel had never been opened before, it was akin to opening a new path through a mountain range. A very difficult task.

Against this resistance, Yuan power was only able to open a small portion of the inner channel before it ran out. However, Lin Dong quickly followed up with another wave of Yuan Power. Just like a hard worker, tirelessly hacking…

Wave after wave of Yuan Power slowly peeled off in the blocked inner channel. Half an hour later, the Yuan Power in Dan Tian Lin Dong was about to run out, however, he only managed to unblock about a tenth of the channels. Only now did Lin Dong finally understand how difficult it was to open a channel.

Furthermore, this is just the channel in the first. The next channel will be successively challenging. It was no wonder that even Lin Xiao needed three months to fully open all four channels.

"Sniff!"

Feeling that the Yuan Power in his Dan Tian was about to run out, Lin Dong swallowed two Elixir Pills inside his mouth. As they entered his body through his throat, streams of pure medicinal strength began to spread before slowly being absorbed into his Dan Tian. After which, the dry feeling in his Dan Tian gradually faded away.

As Yuan Power once again flowed in his body, Lin Dong also continued to work to open the inner channel.

Unblocking the inner channel is not something that can be achieved in a day. However, since Lin Dong was blessed with many resources, this was not a problem for him. After refilling his Dan Tian using Elixir Pills six times, the channel within first was finally blocked completely by Lin Dong!

As the deep channel was finally opened, Lin Dong suddenly felt more sensitive to the Yuan Power flowing through Heaven and Earth. In the area of the skin where the inner channel was pointing, he could also vaguely feel a small suction force there, absorbing the Yuan Power from Heaven and Earth. The absorbed Yuan power circulated in his body before flowing into his Dan Tian.

Sensing the increased absorption rate of his Yuan Power, flashes of excitement appeared in Lin Dong's eyes. After he practiced the Secret Art, he could feel an indescribable increase in his strength.

Lin Dong cheerfully opened his eyes only to discover that night had arrived, where his lips slapped. Time really passed as he practiced.

He stretched his body and stored the "QingYuan Art" manual in his clothes. In just a day, he had already unlocked the channel in the first. If Lin Zhentian and the others knew about his progress, they would likely be shocked once more. However, Lin Dong did not feel this was a great achievement. After all, he had used so many Elixir Pills to help with his training. If the progress is not at least at this speed, then something is wrong.

As he stood up, Lin Dong suddenly whistled towards the deep forest. A few minutes later, a fiery red shadow suddenly emerged from the forest and jumped into Lin Dong's embrace.

Thanks to the last rays of the setting sun, the face of the fiery red shadow was revealed. It was a creature the size of a small dog and its body was fiery red, as if the beast itself was on fire. From its shape it does look like a tiger child, but its tail that resembles a fire python gives an extraordinary and mystical impression.

Lin dong named the creature Little Flame. After a month of treatment, Little Flame had grown to an astounding level. By Lin Dong's estimation, Little Flame at this stage was probably balanced with a 5th Layer Tempered Body practitioner.

Little Flame's growth rate had surpassed the imagination of Lin Zhentian and the others. However, Lin Dong did not think that it was strange because he had been feeding the little guy with the Ling Liquid Amulet Stone every day. Sometimes, he even used Ling Liquid to bathe him. If Lin Zhentian and the others knew about his type of treatment, they would probably vomit blood.

Little Flame allowed Lin Dong to gently and tightly hug himself. After all, Lin Dong was the first person he saw when he opened his eyes for the first time and after a month of raising him, he subconsciously regarded Lin Dong as his closest relative.

"You greedy little boy!"

Seeing Little Flame acting flirtatious, Lin Dong helplessly shook his head. He took out a bottle from his clothes and flipped it over, dripping two drops of Ling Liquid's Stone Talisman into Little Flame's mouth.

After Stone Talisman Ling Liquid entered his mouth, Little Flame stuck out his tongue in satisfaction and excitedly licked Lin Dong's face.

“It's time to go home. That's all you get today.”

As he stored the bottle, Lin Dong grabbed Little Flame and placed it on his shoulder, before he immediately turned around and quickly ran out of the forest. Little Flame's pleasant little scream sounded throughout the forest.

…

The moon was like a silver plate hanging in the sky, enveloping the ground in a cold light.

Inside her room, Qing Tan lay quietly on her bed with a thin blanket that was unable to hide the curves of a young girl's body that was gradually flourishing and teasing.

Beside the slumbering Qing Tan, a figure of body sat cross-legged on the ground. Upon closer inspection, one could see the person was Lin Dong. However, right now, he was not wanting to sleep, he instead put on a serious expression on his face as he used "QingYuan Art" to continuously absorb the Yin Energy from Qing Tan's body.

After he advanced to the Worldly Yuan Stage, Lin Dong needed a large amount of Yin Energy. However, he was not interested in the ordinary Yin Energy that existed between Heaven and Earth. Hence, he could only turn to Qing Tan.

After she had a discussion with Qing Tan, she finally nodded her head, reddish-red in embarrassment. Since then, he would wait for Qing Tan to sleep every night before he sat down beside her and practiced for two hours.

During these two hours, Lin Dong could shamelessly absorb all the Yin Energy he wanted from Qing Tan…

For the first day or two, Qing Tan felt a little uncomfortable. After all, she was still a girl and it felt unnatural to sleep while a boy sat beside her. However, he had full confidence in Lin Dong. Nonetheless, if news of this matter got out, it would still affect her dignity as a girl.

After a few days, he gradually got used to this situation. In fact, he discovered that the Yin Energy within his body that was blazing from time to time had been tamed. So, he was more able to enjoy his sleep.

With this benefit, Qing Tan decided not to refuse anymore and granted this slightly arrogant request from Lin Dong…

“Huff..”

In that quiet room, Lin Dong sighed deeply as he gently opened his tightly shut eyes. Sensing the faint cold sensation emitted from his Dan Tian, he smiled gently. He then very carefully jumped off the bed and looked at the young lady who was gently holding Little Flame as she slept.

A gentle moonlight entered from the window and shone on the peaceful and beautiful young girl's face. It was truly a very moving sight.

After Lin Dong gently adjusted the blanket for Qing Tan, he quietly left the room.

Just as Lin Dong walked out of the room, the smile on the young girl's face turned slightly sweeter…