Chapter 286: Playing the Fool and Gaining Strength!
"Brother Lin, are you going to Yunlan Sect?" After Yuan Bao left, Xiao Yan glanced at Jiang Lin's expression and spoke the real thoughts in the latter's mind.
"Hmm, I still need to go. To be honest, I've never been there before. Yunlan Sect shouldn't be the type to bully me, right?" Jiang Lin's expression showed a hint of hesitation, as though he was worried about being taken advantage of.
"..." Seeing Jiang Lin's expression as if he were the victim, Xiao Yan's face twitched, and he sarcastically replied, "Are you sure you're not the one bullying them? How could anyone bully you?"
"Well, that's true, but once I get there, who knows what will happen?" Jiang Lin shook his head slightly, then looked at Xiao Yan. "Brother Yuan is trustworthy, and he's a good person. If you have any problems in Gamma Sacred City, you can ask him for help. I've also been looking for things that can restore soul power. The Alchemist's Guild doesn't know much about it, and I'm not familiar with their people. The only person I'm familiar with is that Gu He—yeah, the one you took the exotic fire from."
"...What's this about taking it? We're just claiming what belongs to us. That Gu He wasn't deserving of it," Xiao Yan replied somewhat awkwardly but with confidence. The Qinglian Earth Core Fire didn't have a name on it, so why couldn't Xiao Yan take it if Gu He wanted it?
"Hmm, true. Let's not talk about that. As for Yunlan Sect, it's not exactly a den of tigers and dragons, but my identity is quite eye-catching. Once I go, I'll be asked about a few things. But it should be fine, Yunlan Sect and the Gamma Imperial Family won't dare to do anything to me." In a sense, Jiang Lin's identity was a unique and transcendent one in the Gamma Empire. Because of his connection with the Lanying and Feather Sheath Wings, his interests were highly tied to the Gamma Imperial Family. With the Refiner's Guild's connection to Yunlan Sect, Jiang Lin was quite well-regarded there too.
In contrast to Xiao Yan, who always found himself surrounded by enemies and conflicts wherever he went, Jiang Lin's identity ensured that wherever he went, he was met with fine food and drinks.
"Ah, if I remember correctly, Brother Lin, you're considered a 'native' of the Beast Mountain Range, right? I remember you disappeared for a year, and the rumor was that you went to Gamma Sacred City and then went straight to the top?" Xiao Yan's eyes flickered with a strange light, and he couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable. "Weren't you supposed to be jealous, face slapping, and being provoked, then fighting back and defeating the younger generation? Why does your story sound different from mine?"
"Hmm, you're the one who rose from the ashes, and I'm the undefeated genius, right?" Jiang Lin thought for a moment, and realized it was true. Xiao Yan seemed to carry a halo of hatred with him wherever he went. No matter where he went, someone would always try to step on his face, only to be slapped back by Xiao Yan, who would then fight the old enemies.
"Well, I guess life's tone was set from the moment you started on this journey. I'm an invincible ghost, existing yet not existing, seen but untouchable," Jiang Lin sighed with inexplicable emotion, then shook his head. "Anyway, the difference is that our understanding of 'hiding' is different. You hide a tiger by turning it into a wild boar, but my hiding means concealing a tiger's wings. A tiger is still a tiger. When everyone sees it, they need to weigh whether they have the strength to pull on its whiskers."
In simple terms, Xiao Yan always pretends to be a fool, his treasures and his "pig" disguise don't match, which leads him to trouble again and again. There's a saying: you can never obtain wealth beyond your own recognition. Wealth outside your recognition always flows back to society in various ways. This applies to the law of the jungle in the Dou Qi Continent's cultivation environment.
But Jiang Lin is different. He's a flying tiger, a perfect apex predator. The term "like a tiger with wings" means that the tiger is perfect, except for the wings that could allow it to fly. Jiang Lin, however, was a flying tiger with wings. At this moment, he needed to conceal his wings to avoid standing out, but because he's a tiger, no one would dare to underestimate him.
He hides, but only his wings.
Unlike Xiao Yan, who hides his very species.
"My talent naturally belongs to the tiger's group. As long as I show my talent at the right time, I can naturally return to the circle where tigers should be. Of course, those who follow my path will live, but those who imitate me will die. If you don't have the eyes to see into people's hearts, to distinguish good from evil, then don't try to imitate me."
"In short, you can disguise yourself, but don't disguise yourself into something useless. How to strike that balance is up to you. Alright, no more small talk. I need to go to Yunlan Sect," Jiang Lin chatted with Xiao Yan for a bit, then prepared to leave for Yunlan Sect to find a special material.
"Wait, Brother Lin," Xiao Yan immediately called out as he saw Jiang Lin preparing to leave, looking excited and eagerly at him. "Brother Lin, about my Buddha's Wrath Fire Lotus..."
"..." Seeing Xiao Yan's 'I'm so amazing, hurry up and praise me' expression, Jiang Lin's face twitched slightly, but he still sneered and said, "Heh, it's average."
"Ah!" Xiao Yan's face immediately dropped.
"But I can try to modify it into a long-range Dou Technique."
"Huh?"
A nuclear bomb hanging over his head wasn't nuclear deterrence; it was nuclear panic.
Only nuclear missiles hanging over others' heads could be called nuclear deterrence.
Jiang Lin said goodbye to Xiao Yan and set off alone toward Yunlan Sect.
Under the night sky of Gamma Sacred City, a faint golden light flashed across the sky.
"Old friend, do you think that fifth person, who left no traces of battle, could be the young one from the Refiner's Guild?" On the tall city walls of Gamma Imperial City, amidst the shadows of a few scattered lights, an elderly spiritual figure dressed in rough clothes silently looked at the fleeting golden light in the distance and asked the shadow behind him.
"The answer is already in your heart, isn't it?" From within the shadows, a dark-colored dragon head with a single ghostly horn slowly emerged. Green eyes flickered with a deep look, and with the support of Dou Qi, a scorched scale flew toward Jia Xingtian, who reached out to catch it.
"It's definitely the breath of the Eight-Winged Black Snake King. The Tian Shefu people actually showed up here. It looks like the girl you mentioned must have something that could drive them crazy," the guardian of Gamma Imperial City, the six-tiered magical beast, the Youming Jiao, said in a deep tone.
"However, that explosion was truly terrifying. Even the body of a six-tier magical beast couldn't withstand it."
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