Chapter 102: The Dragon Mastiff, Da Hei [5]

Lin Xuan crouched down and roughly ruffled Dahei’s head, speaking with a hint of envy, “Within the Kunlun Mountains, there is a fierce dog known as the mastiff. Among mastiffs, the king is the dragon mastiff. Legend says the dragon mastiff is incredibly fierce and immensely strong. In ancient times, it was a divine beast that connected the people beneath Kunlun Mountain with the gods. Look at your mastiff—pure black with only three white spots on its forehead. That’s the hallmark of a dragon mastiff.”

“I know many old demons searching across the world for clues about the dragon mastiff, hoping to raise one as a spiritual beast. I never expected you kid to get so lucky. Even I am a bit envious.”

Yan Yu looked at Dahei in surprise. He hadn’t expected this creature to possess such a bloodline. Originally, his reason for raising Dahei was simply to make it easier to draw black dog’s blood later...

As if Dahei had heard his thoughts, the dog proudly raised its head, as if saying, “You know my true identity now, right? Don’t casually use my blood from now on!”

Yan Yu scratched his head and asked, “Is dragon mastiff blood really different from ordinary black dog blood?”

“Of course!” Lin Xuan replied. “It’s far better! Plus, dragon mastiffs have incredible regenerative abilities. You could pour a basin of their blood at once, and they wouldn’t even gasp for breath!”

“...” Dahei.

Damn you!

None of you masters and disciples are good people!

At this moment, Dahei really wanted to bite this strange old man right in front of him.

Yan Yu grinned mischievously, patting Dahei’s head, “That’s great, that’s great!”

Lin Xuan continued, “Dragon mastiffs are extremely precious and only ever bond with one master for life. Since it’s so docile with you, it probably never accepted that rich second generation guy before. By the way, what do you usually feed it? The fur looks quite good—some kind of magical herb or elixir?”

“Roasted kidneys...” Yan Yu couldn’t help but recall how every time he brought Dahei to the barbecue stall, the lady there would greet him with a “Hey there, buddy!”

Lin Xuan was speechless. His disciple really was shameless—getting a great deal and then acting all innocent. If the true old demons found out Yan Yu raised a dragon mastiff like this, they’d probably roll up their sleeves and curse him for wasting a treasure.

Lin Xuan stood up and said, “If you find any good stuff in the future, feed it to this dragon mastiff. If raised well, this creature could become a saint.”

“A saint?” Yan Yu blinked in surprise.

“Why so many questions?” Lin Xuan stretched lazily and flopped down on the sofa in the living room. “So, what are you planning to do tomorrow?”

Yan Yu said, “Tomorrow, the school is organizing a spring outing for our class. It’ll last about three days.”

“Three days? What about your little girlfriend? And the dragon mastiff... Wait, your class, are there many beautiful girls?” Lin Xuan’s eyes gleamed.

“What are you trying to do?” Yan Yu asked warily. “I’ll bring Qingqing along, and as for Dahei, I’ll leave him with a friend.”

Only Yan Yu’s class had this chance for the outing. Zhou Xiaowan was in Class 1 and still stuck with exams. Yan Yu had already arranged for her to come by shortly to take Dahei to stay at the Cloud Mist Mountain Villa for a few days.

Lin Xuan cleared his throat, “Disciple, that’s not very kind of you. There are so many pretty girls, yet you don’t even bring your master along...”

“This event doesn’t allow parents,” Yan Yu replied.

“If I put on a school uniform, do I look like a student?” Lin Xuan rubbed his stubble.

“...Don’t you have any self-awareness!”

Lin Xuan sighed, “Alright, alright. My disciple has grown up and thinks his master is old... Go on, don’t worry about me!”

“...”

Yan Yu knew Lin Xuan was deliberately trying to guilt him, but he was completely immune to such tricks now. So he called Zhao Qingqing, and the two went into the bedroom.

“Husband, why hasn’t Xiao Su come back yet?” Zhao Qingqing asked curiously.

“She wanted to stay in Lucheng to pay respects to her parents. She’ll be back in a couple of days,” Yan Yu waved her over, “Come here, I want to show you a treasure.”

“What treasure?” Zhao Qingqing leaned in.

“In my pocket,” Yan Yu smiled.

“Last time it was that water gun?” Zhao Qingqing looked puzzled. “What’s so special about that...”

“...Not that, this.” To avoid more misunderstandings, Yan Yu quickly pulled out the chewing gum box Lin Xuan had given him.

Zhao Qingqing was even more confused, “I can’t chew gum.”

“This isn’t gum inside—it’s essence,” Yan Yu explained. “When a person dies, they become a ghost, and when a ghost dies, it transforms into essence. Essence is more advanced than yin energy or resentment energy. If you consume it, you can increase your cultivation.”

The strength of a ghost is usually measured by the length of time since death.

For instance, Zhao Qingqing could barely be considered a twenty-year cultivation female ghost.

Xiao Hongniang had at least thirty years of cultivation.

As for vengeful ghosts, resentful ghosts, and wandering ghosts, these are classifications based on the nature of the ghost. Resentful ghosts have deep grudges and can easily affect human minds, causing illusions. Vengeful ghosts have stronger yin energy and more potent attacks.

These classifications are all based on the ghost’s lingering attachments.

Zhao Qingqing didn’t know who had killed her, so she hadn’t formed any attachments and was just an ordinary ghost.

Yan Yu opened the box, and a wisp of black mist floated out. Instinctively, Zhao Qingqing opened her mouth and easily inhaled the essence.

She then closed her eyes gently. About ten minutes later, she finally opened them.

At this moment, Zhao Qingqing’s body was much more solid than before, and the yin energy radiating from her was far more intense.

“I think... I really have gotten stronger...” Zhao Qingqing marveled at her own body.

Yan Yu looked at Zhao Qingqing’s impressive figure and couldn’t help swallowing.

Even firmer now!

If he kept feeding her like this, and her body became fully solid, wouldn’t they really be able to celebrate their love?

*Clap, clap, clap!*

Yes, to make Zhao Qingqing stronger, Yan Yu was determined to catch more ghosts to feed her!

After careful consideration, Yan Yu concluded that Zhao Qingqing’s cultivation was now about thirty years—slightly stronger than Xiao Hongniang.

Therefore, Zhao Qingqing could remain out of the Hello Kitty plush toy form for longer, so this three-day trip wouldn’t be a problem.

“Finally, we can go far away!” Zhao Qingqing was a bit excited.

Yan Yu smiled, took his clothes to shower, while Zhao Qingqing thoughtfully packed his luggage for the next day.

After his shower, Zhou Xiaowan came to take Dahei away. Lin Xuan was sound asleep on the sofa, and Yan Yu felt a wave of relief.

It seemed the busy days had finally given way to rest.

However...

Yan Yu felt as if he had forgotten something but couldn’t recall what.

It seemed there was someone, left forgotten in a corner... but who was it...?