Tian seemed to know what she was thinking, " If you're thinking about eating one too then I say you're an idiot. It has a Fire-Ice essence both in harmony and would shatter your Meridians if you try to absorb it. Only someone with Fire-Ice veins can use it."
She was upset after hearing that. Dual elemental veins is not something very common, those who have more than one elemental veins are considered genius even in first class sects. But having dual elemental veins with opposing nature was even more rare.
Even if one possessed it they would find it difficult to balance the both element and it would instead slow down their Cultivation.
She pointed at Ren " Then what about her, does she have it ?"
Tian pulled out one more crystal, giving it to Ren which she didn't even bother looking at this time.
It made Tian having a wry smile and he gave it to Lin Yingmei, " She doesn't but that's not needed because she's special."
Lin Yingmei didn't understand what special meant and since Tian didn't explain she didn't pry any further. She examined the crystal in her hand and felt that there was indeed Fire-Ice essence inside balancing each other.
While she was busy having a good look at the crystal , Tian was having a different conversation with Ren in his mind.
' Don't make me eat these rocks again just to act mysterious next time, I don't like it.' Ren was in a bad mood right now. These crystals were not even junk in her eyes.
' What can I do, women are attracted to person who are mysterious you know. ' Tian was just enjoying himself as always, he might put an act of powerful and respectable senior outside but all he wanted was to have fun since starting.
He didn't expect much from a Tier-2 world since he came here but he was pleased that it was not a simple World. He already met some interesting characters like Qin Wanyu, Shen Ziyen and now Lin Yingmei. Lin Feng was never on the list , he might be a Heaven's favourite but it's not like he's the only one in this World.
Just in Lower Realm there might be tens of thousands of such people. Tian actually didn't hate them but some of them were not fit to be Cultivator. They would become arrogant thinking that they're special and had a weak mentality, Lin Feng was one of them.
' But this girl is really naive,does she think all Mahayana Realm Cultivators are same just because they have Mortal Soul? Not even considering you, there are so many exceptions. She's lucky you're the one she met or maybe not. ' Ren changed her words when she realised that she said something she doesn't believe herself.
' What do you mean by that? I don't have any ill intentions for her you know.' he grunted slowly. He didn't want to accept such false accusations.
' Your good intentions are even more scary, it would have been better if you really had bad intentions.' her reply shut him off. He wanted to retort but couldn't find a valid argument.
By now the Yin-qi was already so strong that it was becoming difficult to breath as the air pressure was too low. But it was not a problem for any of them as they all had high enough Cultivation to survive without air for days.
Infact, after Nascent Soul Realm they don't need to breath at all. Their Body metabolism can be maintained by Spiritual qi alone. But doing so would give necrosis of several organs which would then impair further cultivation.
The only thing they had to worry for now was the dense Yin-qi destroying their Meridians. Tian ofcourse didn't have a problem dealing with it as he was a 'peak-stage Mahayana Realm expert' and Lin Yingmei herself had a special constitution much like Shen Ziyen so she could manage for a while.
Tian spread his spiritual sense to cover Lin Yingmei too blocking the dense qi outside. She wanted to say that she didn't need it but Tian interrupted her.
" Save your energy when you go inside the formation, even though the Yin-qi doesn't affect you much but your mental strength would decrease and you need it for the formation."
Lin Yingmei felt a little guilty seeing his concern, she didn't tell him that her Master has given her a treasure to help with the formation so she didn't need to do much. She was afraid that Tian might attack her if he knew about the treasure.
Tian didn't need to read her mind to guess what she was thinking, how can he not know about the little toys she was carrying with her. He wanted her to feel guilty and see how long would she hide things from him.
They had already travelled for more than ten minutes and the path was getting narrower so they had to stick close to each other. Lin Yingmei was feeling a little embarrassed, even if the other person was an expert he didn't look like an old person but someone of her age only.
She knew that there were many ways to retain a youthful appearance if one wished to, like having a strong blood essence which directly increased your vitality but that applied only for those who had crossed Tribulation Transcendence before the age of 500 years and reached Mahayana Realm. And the other was a simple method by using your spiritual qi , but no one would do that as that was just a waste.
Tian was indeed the most handsome person she had met in her life, it was not just his looks but he had a strange refined air around him. Calm and elegant with a touch of playfulness. He didn't seem like an old man at all.
She couldn't help herself from asking, "Umm- Senior, I don't know if it's okay to ask how old are you?"
Tian stopped walking for a moment, looking at her with a weird gaze. She thought that he might have been offended, afterall if he's really someone from older generation this question would be very rude.
" My bad, I was in a hurry so I even forgot to ask your name, Miss ?"
Lin Yingmei realised that she haven't even introduced herself to him!! Since she was the Holy Maiden of Jade Lotus Sect, she took it for granted that everyone knew her but it seems that she was thinking too much.
" No it's my fault for not saying anything, Senior doesn't need to apologise. My name is Lin Yingmei, the Holy Maiden of Jade Lotus Sect. I-I am 540 years old."
She didn't know how to feel about it, she was already Half-Step Divine Transformation Realm at such age and was sure she would have a breakthrough within three years, Feng Aotian would be considered nothing if she stepped out. But she just wanted to cultivate and wasn't interested in getting a name for herself.
In Truth her only competition was Shen Ziyen from the unorthodox sect, they both were of same age and always fought when they had a chance. But Shen Ziyen won most of the time, her only hope now was to advance before her so she could suppress her.
" 540 years old? T-That's good." Tian went silent after hearing that.
Lin Yingmei thought that he was impressed by her talent so she became a little proud.
" How about you Senior? "
" No need to call me Senior, my surname is Tian so you can just call me Master Tian. " Tian gave an awkward smile as he continued walking.
Though he didn't say much how can she not understand what he was implying!
Even though Seniority in Cultivation World is decided by Cultivation itself but many don't like to be addressed such as it makes them look old even when they're actually young. So they can only ask others to call them 'Master' or such to avoid the embarrassment.
' He's actually younger than me! ' she was shocked to the bones. She didn't doubt him because no Mahayana Realm expert would play such joke , it would only ruin their reputation if anyone knew about it.
' Who's he?! I haven't heard of any such young expert! Was I in seclusion too much that I even missed such big news?! '
" Se- Master Tian, may I ask which sect you're from? "
She wanted to know when did such a young Mahayana Realm expert popped out suddenly. Was she the only one who wasn't aware of this?
" Miss Lin doesn't need to think much, it's normal if you haven't heard of me before. Actually I'm someone from Heavenly Realm, it's just that I got into a fight and my Cultivation was damaged. Even my divine soul is being limited to mortal soul, that's the reason I wanted that Yin-Lotus."
' Heavenly Realm?! ' Her heart nearly leaped out when she heard that word. If that was the case her tricks were most likely seen through!
Only when she heard that his soul is restricted she relaxed a little. ' That was so dangerous! I was almost near death, it's good that heaven's are on my side.'
" Master Tian , your soul is damaged?! " She was sweating by now.
" That's true, but even then I'm already at the peak of this world so Miss doesn't need to worry about me."
' I'm not worried about you but myself!
Doesn't it mean that he really need that Yin-Lotus? He would really kill me if he gets to know that I have thoughts about it! What should I do now?! '
" What's wrong Miss Lin? I told you it's fine, actually it won't be a problem fighting the Beast at all. The only reason I am not going to kill him is because I don't want him to go beserk if his life gets in danger. But holding him off won't be a problem."
The more relaxed he was the more tense it made Lin Yingmei. ' Even in this state Master Tian is so strong! Should I come clean? But would he even care?'