A sea of fire lingered, and fire-attributed spiritual energy soared to the sky.
In the middle of this sea of fire, there was a palace.
This palace was majestic and magnificent, and at the same time, it did not lose the traces of the passage of time, giving people a feeling of all-encompassing mysteriousness.
"This is the cultivation place of our Fire Qilin Clan," the old man said lightly.
Ling Xiao looked at the palace, and his heart was filled with shock.
He really did not expect that the Qilin Clan would actually build this kind of palace.
He could feel a strong sense of oppression from where he stood, and he could sense that this palace was surrounded by an extremely powerful restrictive formation. If he rashly approached it, he would probably be blasted to pieces.
In addition, although the Demon Blue Fire Bead was suppressed by him and did not fly out, waves of dense fire-attributed spiritual energy were constantly surging towards him.
For a moment, with him as the center, there was a continuous stream of flames burning towards him.
The blue flames on his body automatically emerged and engulfed those flames.
After a while, Ling Xiao felt a large amount of fire-attributed spiritual energy enter his sea of consciousness, and a small amount of fire-attributed spiritual energy entered his whirlpool dantian, strengthening his body's energy.
Ling Xiao almost laughed out in joy. He felt that if he cultivated here, he would probably have a new breakthrough very soon.
The old man looked at Ling Xiao in astonishment, and then lightly waved his hand in front of him, and the sea of fire immediately split into two.
"Let's go!" The old man looked at Ling Xiao who was absorbing the fire-attributed energy and said.
Ling Xiao returned to his senses, and hurriedly followed the old man in.
In the palace, there was a tens of meters tall statue of a Fire Qilin. This Fire Qilin faced the sky and let out a long roar. It was majestic, and there was no doubt that it was a divine beast.
Ling Xiao and the statue's eyes met, and he only felt his body and mind tremble. It was as if he saw an ancient divine beast pouncing towards him, and it opened its mouth to bite down on his head.
He only felt as if his legs were filled with lead, and he could not move at all. He could only flaunt his might.
In front of it, he seemed to become so insignificant, so weak that he could not withstand a single blow.
His strength was of no use at all.
"Boss, is that you?" A clear young voice rang in Ling Xiao's ears.
Ling Xiao shuddered, and all the illusions in his mind disappeared, but his back was drenched in cold sweat.
Ling Xiao looked in the direction of the voice and saw a handsome young man with a bare upper body walking towards him.
This youth looked to be no more than seventeen or eighteen years old. His facial features were extremely beautiful, and his face was filled with determination. His flame-like flame-like hair gave him a wild attitude, and his bronze-colored muscles were filled with unlimited energy.
"You … you're a prodigal?" Ling Xiao looked at the friendly young man in front of him and asked curiously.
"It's me. Boss, why are you here?" The young man's face lit up as he pounced towards Ling Xiao.
The two of them hugged each other tightly.
"Good boy, you're much cooler than me now." Ling Xiao pushed the prodigal away and punched him in the chest.
Although the prodigal had turned into a human, Ling Xiao could still feel that familiar feeling.
"Boss, you must be joking. I'm not used to this appearance," the prodigal said shyly as he scratched his head.
"Alright, if you want to catch up, you have to leave this place first," the old man beside him said.
"Greetings, Third Grandpa." The prodigal then remembered to greet the old man beside him.
"Good, seeing that your strength has improved greatly, your First Grandpa and Second Grandpa will definitely be very happy," the old man said as he stroked his beard. Then, he said, "Now that your boss is here, it's time for you to go out and explore."
"I … I can really leave?" the prodigal asked happily.
From the looks of it, he did not want to stay here.
"Of course, you've already received the Patriarch's inheritance. Actually, I should have let you go out long ago. It's just that the people outside are sinister, and I was afraid that you would be taken advantage of. Now that your boss is taking care of you, your grandpas and I can rest assured," the old man replied.
"Haha, I can finally go out. I've been here for three years, and I'm almost out of my mind." The prodigal laughed maniacally. Then, he said to Ling Xiao, "Boss, you're really my lucky star. I wanted to find you earlier, but I didn't expect you to come first. This is great."
Ling Xiao looked at the excited prodigal and patted his shoulder. "We haven't seen each other for a few years. I thought you didn't remember Boss anymore. Now, it's time for us two brothers to go out and conquer the world."
"Of course, but Boss, you're still a little weak now. But don't worry, I'll protect you in the future. If anyone dares to bully you, I'll eat him up," the prodigal said with a sense of brotherhood.
A few black lines appeared on Ling Xiao's face. Among the human warriors, people of his age and strength were already rare. Yet, he was still called "a little weak" by the prodigal. It really made him want to cover his face and cry.
The three of them left the Qilin's land of inheritance and returned to the paradise filled with birdsong and fragrant flowers.
Ling Xiao was placed in the old man's hut, and the old man brought the prodigal to bid farewell to his elders.
A day later, the prodigal appeared in front of Ling Xiao, dressed in human clothes.
Seeing the prodigal dressed in fiery red clothes, Ling Xiao almost laughed his teeth out.
A originally handsome young man was actually turned into a beautiful young lady. It had to be said that the Qilin race had a "deep" understanding of human culture!
"Boss, why do I feel uncomfortable all over?" the prodigal said as he shrugged his body.
"It's okay, you'll get used to it if you wear it more," Ling Xiao said as he held back his laughter.
He was thinking that if he brought this beautiful "little girl" out, who knew how many livestock he could attract.
"Alright, you can leave now. When you're done with your business, come back here again," the old man said from the side.
"Third Grandpa, please tell the other grandpas that I will definitely not let them down," the prodigal said very seriously.
"That's good. This trip is full of danger, you must take care," the old man said with concern.
Then, Ling Xiao and the prodigal left the paradise.
At this time, Ling Xiao only knew that this was another world separated by the Qilin race using spatial power. No wonder it was different from the outside world.
Just outside, the flaming tiger immediately knelt down and bowed to the prodigal. "Your Highness!"
The prodigal glanced at the flaming tiger and said lightly, "Get up."
"Elder Huo Sha asked me to escort Your Highness out," the flaming tiger said.
The prodigal ignored the flaming tiger and said to Ling Xiao, "Let's go, Boss."
Ling Xiao nodded and left with the prodigal. The flaming tiger followed behind.
When they were about to leave the fiery forest, Ling Xiao said to the prodigal, "Zizai, Boss wants to pluck some fire-type spirit herbs from here. It should be fine, right?"
Ling Xiao would not forget about those high-level fire-type spirit herbs.
The prodigal did not care about those and said, "Boss, if you like, just pluck them. It's a waste for them to grow there anyway."
Ling Xiao was overjoyed and immediately plucked those fifth-level to seventh-level spirit herbs. Of course, he did not forget to pluck the Burning Lotus as well.
The flaming tiger at the side stared blankly.
After harvesting close to a hundred fire-type spirit herbs, Ling Xiao was so happy that he almost went crazy.
With the prodigal's protection, he could not help but think of plundering on the way back later.
It had to be said that Ling Xiao was really an insatiably greedy person.
At the same time, with these spirit herbs, he could exchange them for the spirit herbs he needed in the second level of the medicinal cauldron.
"Oh right, Zizai, what's your strength now?" Ling Xiao asked the prodigal.
Spirit beasts could only transform at the eighth-level. He did not believe that the prodigal had reached such a high level in just a few years.
"I just reached the low-level of the sixth level," the prodigal said dejectedly, as if he was not satisfied with his current strength.
Ling Xiao was speechless. He remembered that when the prodigal left him, he was only at the mid-level of the fourth level. Now, he had actually reached the low-level of the sixth level. This speed was so fast that even he felt envious.
"You can transform into a human at the sixth level?" Ling Xiao asked, puzzled.
"I can after eating the Transformed Grass," the prodigal replied.
"I see, I thought you had reached the eighth level. Oh right, I'll keep this for you," Ling Xiao said suddenly. Then, he took out a few pieces of supreme-grade Fire Mystic Crystals and handed them to the prodigal.
The prodigal was overjoyed and took them without hesitation. "Boss is still the best to me!"
Then, he directly threw the supreme-grade Fire Mystic Crystals into his mouth and ate them.
The flaming tiger at the side revealed a greedy look again.
He was also of the fire attribute, so he needed these supreme-grade pure energy crystals very much.
In just a moment, the few pieces of Fire Mystic Crystals were destroyed by the prodigal, and his body emitted a fiery aura.
"It's delicious, but it's a pity that there's still some left. Boss, do you have any more?" the prodigal said with a chuckle.
Ling Xiao's heart was bleeding!
He had forgotten that this fellow was born to be a prodigal. These few pieces of supreme-grade Fire Mystic Crystals were gone just like that. He had thought that he would save some to eat.
Now, a few pieces of supreme-grade Fire Mystic Crystals were not even enough for him to eat a meal. If he took these pieces of supreme-grade Fire Mystic Crystals out to exchange for spirit herbs, he could at least exchange for a few stalks of fifth or sixth level spirit herbs.
"No more, I didn't get many back then," Ling Xiao said as he spread his hands.
He would never admit that he still had more, or else there would definitely not be any left.
"Forget it, then I'll just eat these indigestible Essence Essences!" The prodigal did not pester him. Two sixth level beast cores appeared in his hands, and he threw them into his mouth like candy.
Ling Xiao was not surprised. He knew that the prodigal needed an extremely large amount of energy to advance.
"Do you have any fire attribute beast cores?" Ling Xiao asked the prodigal.
"Yes!" the prodigal answered, and a few fire attribute beast cores appeared in his hands.
"Do you have any that are eighth level and above?" Ling Xiao took a look and said unhappily.
"Boss, you're too ruthless. There aren't many eighth level ones in stock!" The prodigal took out more than ten of them, a little embarrassed.
Ling Xiao was speechless. This was not many!
Ling Xiao took two and handed them to the flaming tiger beside him. "Brother Tiger, this is for you."
The flaming tiger's body trembled. "This … How can this be?"
"Boss told you to take it, so just take it!" the prodigal said from the side.
"Thank you, Your Highness. Thank you, Boss!" the flaming tiger thanked him happily.