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--- Chapter 171 ---
After the devastating spar, they returned to the Lei Clan.
Lei Ying currently sits on the Patriarch's Throne and looks uncomfortable due to the injuries from the spar. From Lei Ying's pale complexion, one could see many things wrong inside his body.
And to be fair, Baek Ain and Lei Ying were pretty heavy-handed in their spars and didn't hold back. However, since it wasn't a life-and-death battle, they didn't utilize everything in their hands.
Baek Ain didn't use buffing skills because the Myriad Behemoth Sage Physique, Gnome's Flame, and the power of 1,000 Ancient Mammoth seem sufficient.
On the other hand, Lei Ying didn't use his forbidden techniques.
Both parties did well, and Lei Ying felt his cultivation improving quickly thanks to the spar. He might even break through to the 8-Star Dou Saint Realm.
"Brother Ying, please forgive me for being too much. Here, a recovery pill of 9th Tier, so your injuries should heal quickly." Baek Ain calmly sends a jade bottle floating in the air.
Lei Ying took the jade bottle and opened the cap, smelling the intense medicinal scent gushing through his nostrils. "Good stuff!" His ivory-colored eyes widened in surprise.
Then, he remembered Baek Ain was a 9th-tier Alchemist.
However, Elder Wuyi worriedly reminded Lei Ying, "Patriarch."
"I'm afraid this wasn't right..."
"What do you mean, Wuyi?" Lei Ying frowned at him.
Elder Wuyi glanced at Baek Ain and sighed, "Please forgive me for being rude. We need to check the content of the Recovery Pill first."
"Maybe I am being too paranoid, but lately... The situation in the Central Plains wasn't very calm."
"Elder Wuyi, are you perhaps slandering my teacher?" Yao Ling'er turned her expression coldly and was criticized immediately.
"I'm just cautious." Elder Wuyi returned and remained the same. He's still firm in his belief.
Of course, Yao Ling'er couldn't accept such a reply. Her idol and godlike teacher are actually being looked down upon by someone else.
Her teacher is a nobleman, advocating world peace and helping those who need it!
Even though Huo Zhi and Gu Xun'er didn't say much, their gazes toward Elder Wuyi quickly became unfriendly. They might not be as zealous as their senior sisters, but they agreed with her words.
No one noticed it, but Gu Xun'er was angry. She currently clenched her fist in annoyance.
Weirdly, The man in question is actually very calm and isn't offended by Elder Wuyi. He only gazed at the middle-aged man and shook his head.
'What a sharp man.' Baek Ain thought, closing his eyes. No wonder Elder Wuyi was appointed to fetch them here.
"Calm down, you two..." Lei Ying finally opened his mouth again. There is a hint of pressure in his tone.
"Yao lass, forgive Wuyi for being senile." Lei Ying gazed at Yao Ling'er. "He has served me for over a hundred years, so he's doing this for my own good."
He moved his gaze to Elder Wuyi, "But..."
"It seems you really have become old, Wuyi."
"Patriarch, this..." Elder Wuyi was confused.
Lei Ying shook his head and explained, "If Brother Lin wanted to harm me, he'd not do underhanded tricks. His strength alone is enough to conquer our entire clan."
"Strength triumphs everything in this world, so don't forget that."
"Haa... I'm sorry, Grandmaster Lin." Elder Wuyi sighed shamefully and lowered his head to Baek Ain.
"..." Baek Ain felt awkward and embarrassed inside. After all, He used dirty tricks by adding some parasite spawns inside the Recovery Pill.
"Hahaha, now that everyone is on good terms, we can continue~! Thank you, Brother Lin. Such a pill is nearly impossible to buy, even if one has a ton of money." Lei Ying laughed and put the cap back into the jade bottle.
Baek Ain waved his hand casually, "It's nothing."
"At the end of the day, I'm here to make an offer to Lei Clan.
"Oh, an offer?" Lei Ying was interested. "Do say it, Brother Lin."
Baek Ain glanced at his disciples and said, "I want to use Lightning Demon Pool to temper myself and my disciples."
"We need a place that can replicate Lightning Calamity so they could draw their potential more..."
"I also need some basic Lightning-Type Dou Techniques from the Lei Clan."
"In return, I'll refine five 9th Tier Pills for the Lei Clan."
"Six, and I get to choose the pills." Lei Ying bargained while tapping his throne.
"Sure, but increase the amount of Dou Techniques." Baek Ain returned with a smile.
"Happy cooperation?"
Lei Ying grinned at him, "Happy cooperation."
Letting Baek Ain and others stay in the Lightning Demon Pool for a while and read some Dou Techniques is a steal compared to the six 9th Tier Pills refined by Baek Ain personally.
If Baek Ain knew what Lei Ying was thinking, he probably laughed in amusement.
Isn't it just 9th Tier Pills?
He can make them with one eye closed!
They profited from each other, but Baek Ain's side is definitely better.
After that, Lei Ying told them to stay at the nearest mountain peak as he arranged the opening of the Lightning Demon Pool for them. It was in the pocket space near the Lei Clan's Secret Realm.
The Lei Clan is pretty efficient. They already sent the Dou Techniques and even some ancient text regarding Lightning Manipulation, which Baek Ain needed currently.
Although Baek Ain has countless memories and Dou Techniques in his head, the Lightning-Type ones are lacking. After all, on the Dou Qi Continent, the many wielders of such techniques are the Wind-Lightning Pavilion and the Lei Clan themselves.
There are some middle-level and small-level factions with Lightning-Type Dou Techniques, but how can they be comparable to Wind Lightning Pavilion and Lei Clan, who possessed deep and ancient backgrounds?
Baek Ain has long wanted to develop his Lightning Elements due to having Mighty Rajang's Beast Soul one year ago, but he was "always." suspended by other things.
Now, Baek Ain integrated the element of Lightning/Thunder(Calamity) into his Myriad Behemoth Sage Physique. He also got Wind Element Mastery after killing the elder of Soul Hall a while ago. It would be such a waste if he didn't use them.
As a transmigrator, Baek Ain has enough references and [Synthesize] to create an adequate Dou Technique to fill the gap in his skillset.
Baek Ain spends half a day reviewing every Dou Technique and Ancient Texts lent by the Lei Clan, pondering the best combination while testing here and there with [Synthesize].
He has created a hundred Dou Techniques, each with pros and cons their own. He could use all of them. Still, he needed the most suitable ones with his current physique.
Not to mention, Baek Ain is not using any Lightning but the Lightning Calamity itself. Most Half-Saints Dou Saints, who lived long enough, don't even dare to face Lightning Calamity directly, and he's here trying to control it.
In a dim-looking room, over a thousand books and scrolls are "neatly." piled.
"Alicia, sort them for me. I want to take a nap." Baek Ain yawned while rolling the scroll in his hand, placing them neatly on top of a pile of books.
[Okay, Host]
[I'll sort them based on the Grades and Types...]
[Sorting...]
Baek Ain stepped out of the study room and strolled around the courtyard Lei Clan prepared for them. It was a nice-looking courtyard with a neat yet massive traditional house beside a running river toward a waterfall.
After teaching his disciples and instructing them, Baek Ain searched for a tree to lean on. It was still noon.
"Hmm, this isn't bad." He found a massive pine tree with a decent-sized shadow beneath, deciding to nap there.
Soon, Baek Ain drifted to the dream world, but his alertness was still high enough to wake up.
Another Ancient Clan is about to fall onto Baek Ain's hand.
Welp, What a leisure day.