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When Charcoal woke up again, half a year had passed. A Second Grade Yao Core had entered his stomach, and he had slept for over a year.
Charcoal was unaware of the passage of time in his sleep. When he opened his eyes, they shone with a demonic red glow. He shook his head and tail like a pug, snuggling into the arms of Yao Ruoxian, who had been watching over him for over a year, to show his affection.
Obviously, he didn't think he had slept for long. It seemed like he was going to ask Yao Ruoxian for a Yao Core to eat again. Otherwise, there would be no need to flatter him.
Yao Ruoxian pushed him away, and examined him from head to toe.
When Charcoal was curled up on the ground, he didn't give off much of a visual impression. Now that he stood up, he realized that the fat thief from before had become slim. His physique was no different from a normal dragon steed, and his entire body was glossy black.
Especially those strong muscles, they were like lumps of iron. At first glance, they were filled with explosive power.
His limbs were strong, and his fur was glossy black. His mane fluttered romantically in the sea breeze, and he happily shook his head and tail. The demonic red glow in his eyes gradually faded, and he looked extraordinary.
The corner of Yao Ruoxian's mouth twitched. He still didn't find anything new after throwing out a Second Grade Yao Core. Instead, this fat thief had become prettier, and had become an outstanding dragon steed. A Second Grade Yao Core that was worth ten thousand low-grade Orbs of Will!
Yao Ruoxian had nowhere to vent his frustration, but Charcoal was still stubbornly sticking to his side, asking for Yao Cores to eat.
'Do you really think I'm an idiot? ' Yao Ruoxian didn't want to play anymore. He couldn't afford to play anymore, and pushed Charcoal away.
But Charcoal was too shameless, and Yao Ruoxian was thoroughly enraged. He lifted his foot and stomped on the ground.
A surge of transcendence energy surged out, and the ground trembled, cracking open with a rumble.
Flustered, Charcoal waved his four hooves and tumbled inside.
With a ruthless expression, Yao Ruoxian slammed his palms together, and the cracked ground closed with a rumble. His imposing manner was astonishing, and dust flew everywhere.
This was the terrifying strength of a Red Lotus cultivator, burying Charcoal alive on the spot.
Miao Yi, who was in seclusion in the cave, was startled by the commotion and quickly rushed out. Coincidentally, he bumped into Yao Ruoxian, who was walking towards him with a dark expression on his face.
"What happened?" Miao Yi quickly looked around, then asked, "Where's Charcoal?"
"This old man will bury it alive!" Yao Ruoxian said hatefully.
"Ah!" Miao Yi cried out involuntarily. Before he could ask why, the two of them were alarmed by the commotion behind them. They all turned around to look.
The ground that had just closed trembled, bulged, cracked, sank, bulged, and repeated several times. It was as if something was about to emerge from the ground.
Boom!
The ground was finally punctured by something. A large amount of soil and rocks shot up into the sky, exploding in all directions. Yao Ruoxian and Miao Yi swung their sleeves, sweeping the soil and rocks away.
Amidst the explosion of rocks and soil, a grey silhouette soared into the sky and landed in the rain of rocks and soil, its four hooves stomping restlessly.
Rocks and dirt fell from the sky, and a dragon steed stood majestically amidst the smoke and dust. Its long neck was raised to the sky, and it let out a reverberating 'Harrumph …' sound.
A neigh soared to the sky, shaking all four directions. The sound waves from its sorrowful cry caused the smoke and dust to billow in all directions, leaving only its majestic figure standing in its original spot. Its eyes emitted a demonic red glow, and in that instant, it looked like a demon that had just crawled out of hell.
Miao Yi was dumbfounded.
Yao Ruoxian stared at the pit on the ground that was more than twenty meters in diameter, dumbfounded.
He had buried Charcoal alive in a fit of rage to teach him a lesson. With the amount of soil he had buried, a normal dragon steed would never be able to escape.
Under the immense pressure of being buried so deeply … This fat thief was actually able to burst out of the ground in one breath. How much power did he have to explode with? How could a dragon steed have such great strength?
Looking at Charcoal, who had been neighing for a quarter of an hour, standing at the edge of the pit and howling at the sky, Yao Ruoxian swallowed his saliva. This fat thief was so strong. It was a little abnormal! Since when did a dragon steed have such an aura? Could this be the consequence of refining a Yao Core?
"Could it be …" Yao Ruoxian's pupils abruptly shrank as a thought flashed through his mind.
Legend has it that dragon steeds were the descendants of a dragon and a pegasus, also known as a dragon horse. It was said that because the two powerful bloodlines were incompatible, it was difficult for them to open their spiritual orifices. They only knew how to reproduce, and thus became the mounts of normal cultivators. And if one of the bloodlines were to awaken and suppress the other, then …
Yao Ruoxian stared at Charcoal with a strange look in his eyes. He swallowed his saliva again, and licked his lips hungrily...
Even Qian'Er and Xue'Er, who had been bitterly cultivating like beggars, were startled by the commotion. When they saw what was going on, their clothes were tattered, and they each held a wooden spear in their hands. They stared in shock at the dragon steed that was neighing at the edge of the pit.
After neighing at the sky for a quarter of an hour, Charcoal finally stopped. The demonic red glint in his eyes gradually faded away. With a shake of his body, he shook off all the dust on his body, revealing his glossy black fur. His physique and temperament were definitely extraordinary. Compared to his previous image of the damned fatty, it was like heaven and earth.
Charcoal trotted to Miao Yi's side. He was still a little fearful when he saw Yao Ruoxian. After being tormented for a while, he no longer dared to ask for a Yao Core to eat, and hid by Miao Yi's side.
Even though his appearance had undergone a huge change, his character was still the same as before.
"What's going on?" Miao Yi turned around and asked Yao Ruoxian. He reached out his hand to rub Charcoal's head, but he was a little reluctant to acknowledge him.
His mount had always been a joke to others. Now that it had suddenly become an outstanding dragon steed, he was rather uncomfortable.
"It's nothing, it's nothing." Yao Ruoxian suddenly smiled, and rubbed his hands together. He leaned over from Miao Yi's side, and waved at Charcoal, "Traitor, do you still want to eat a Yao Core?"
He was beaming from ear to ear.
Miao Yi didn't understand what he meant. His face was dark just now, and now it was all smiles. What was this sloppy old man trying to do by switching from arrogance to humility?
Charcoal was truly frightened by Yao Ruoxian's outburst of anger just now. When he was pressed underground just now, he had truly experienced the feeling of death. Fear lingered in his mind, and he realized that this old man was too terrifying. He shifted his body again, and hid on Miao Yi's other side. He was a little afraid to face Yao Ruoxian face to face.
"I was just joking with you just now!"
Yao Ruoxian chuckled, and circled around again. He even took out a First Grade Yao Core and dangled it in front of Charcoal, continuing to tempt him.
Charcoal, who had almost been killed just now, wouldn't be so forgetful. The feeling of being on the verge of death was too terrifying. Even if he was given a Tenth Grade Yao Core now, he wouldn't dare to accept it, and hid on Miao Yi's other side once again.
"Senior, what are you doing?" Miao Yi turned around and asked.
"Nothing, nothing."
Yao Ruoxian put away the Yao Core, and rubbed his chin as he pondered for a while. Seemingly thinking of something, he nodded slightly and said, "I have to verify it."
Without any warning, he suddenly leapt up into the sky, and was enveloped by a ball of light in mid-air, and quickly shot towards the distant horizon...
Miao Yi didn't know what Yao Ruoxian was trying to do, so he shook his head. He placed his hand on Charcoal's body, and invoked his arts to examine it once more. Other than becoming thinner, he didn't find anything out of the ordinary.
He flipped himself onto Charcoal's body, and ran a full circle around the island. He discovered that Charcoal's leg strength had improved slightly, but it wasn't much better than before.
When he returned to the entrance of the cave, he jumped down, and patted Charcoal, "It's good that you've become thinner. Otherwise, you'll be laughed at by others for the rest of your life."
However, when he saw the deep crater that had burst out of the ground, he still turned around to look at Charcoal a few more times, a little doubtful.
Charcoal's explosive strength just now was truly astonishing. It seemed that eating more Yao Cores was indeed beneficial to him. However, he wasn't rich at the moment, and didn't have that many Yao Cores to feed him. He would think about it later. Right now, the most important thing was to focus on improving his own cultivation. Only when his own cultivation increased would he have more opportunities to obtain Yao Cores in the future.
Seeing that Charcoal had eagerly rushed into the sea to look for food again, Miao Yi couldn't help but shake his head and smile. He turned to the dirty and pitiful Qian'Er and Xue'Er, and said, "Fill up this crater." With that, he returned to the cave and continued his seclusion.
In the Celestial Nation, a few grey figures swept across the sky, and landed in the depths of a mountain forest. Yao Ruoxian had somehow gotten his hands on two dragon steeds.
Looking around to make sure no one was around, he took out two First Grade Yao Cores and fed them to the two dragon steeds.
The two dragon steeds didn't appreciate his kindness, and instead shook their heads and retreated, as though they weren't the least bit interested in the Yao Cores. He couldn't see any signs of gluttony on Charcoal's body.
After feeding them for so long, Yao Ruoxian lost his temper. He simply invoked his arts and forced the two Yao Cores into the stomachs of the two dragon steeds.
However, not long after, the two dragon steeds revealed extremely uncomfortable expressions. Feeling nauseated, they spat out the Yao Cores in their stomachs one after another.
Yao Ruoxian picked them up and forced them down again.
The dragon steeds spat them out again in discomfort, and Yao Ruoxian picked them up and forced them down again.
After repeating this a few times, Yao Ruoxian once again forced the Yao Cores into their stomachs, and forcefully invoked his arts to restrain the two dragon steeds, preventing them from spitting them out.
In the end, not long after, the two dragon steeds began to bleed from their orifices. Their stomachs heaved up and down violently, as though they were in extreme discomfort.
Yao Ruoxian invoked his arts to observe the reactions in the stomachs of the two dragon steeds. In the end, he sighed and shook his head.
He didn't see any signs of their stomachs contracting together like when Charcoal was refining the Yao Cores. Instead, the energy from the Yao Cores had stirred up their internal organs to the point of bleeding. If this continued, these two dragon steeds would definitely die.
He quickly invoked his arts to retrieve the two Yao Cores and put them away. Looking around to make sure there was no one around, he took out an immortal fruit and blew out a few wisps of nebula into the nostrils of the two dragon steeds.
After healing the injuries of the two dragon steeds, he released the restraints of his transcendence energy and let them go.
Miao Yi didn't think that this old man, who threatened to smash him to death with his mace at the slightest provocation, actually had such a kind side to him. He was actually willing to use an immortal fruit to heal the injuries of the two dragon steeds.
As he watched the two dragon steeds quickly disappear into the mountain forest, Yao Ruoxian stroked his sloppy beard and clicked his tongue, "It's different indeed. It's different indeed. Could it be that the legend is true? Looks like I've hit the jackpot this time. I can't let that brat know the truth about this. Otherwise, I might not be able to get my hands on it. "
As he thought of this, he laughed foolishly. He laughed so hard that he almost drooled. Suddenly, he was so excited that he started dancing, "Fat thief, I'm coming!"
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