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--- Chapter 167 ---
Being a teacher is a tedious job.
However, it was worth it.
After all, The three beautiful disciples under Baek Ain's tutelage will become the next leader of their Ancient Clans.
Yao Ling'er and Huo Zhi's reputation in their clans was good before Baek Ain even accepted them as his disciples, so they have no problem being little puppets for Baek Ain's plan.
Still, Gu Xun'er messed up big time in the Gu Clan. After listening to her story, Baek Ain learned that this naive heroine actually dares to ask forgiveness on behalf of Xiao Yan's robbery.
Although Baek Ain created this scenario from the shadows, isn't this heroine a little muddle-headed?
Haiyah, the power of love, really blinded her view.
Well, it doesn't matter now.
Under Baek Ain's strict education, Gu Xun'er has started a new path for a better future. He only put a little adequate twist in his education curriculum.
He can't let his disciples be pushovers, no?
...
It's been a month since Baek Ain and others successfully refined Dou Di's Blood Purifying Pills. After some consideration, the three Ancient Clans decided to use the pills at the annual Ancestral Ceremony. Except for Baek Ain'd disciples because they ate the bonus pills he had given to them.
After three of them consumed the Dou Di's Blood Purifying Pills, the Dou Di's Blood inside their bodies quickly cleansed and triggered a latent yet dormant potential to get unleashed at once. To everyone's surprise, their comprehension and raw cultivation speed increased ten times.
Ten times! The Dou Di/Dou God's Bloodline was not that simple.
From such a result, the three Ancient Clans decided to hold off using the Dou Di's Blood Purifying Pills. They concluded that the higher the purity of one's bloodline, the better the result they could get when consuming the pill.
It's unfair for people with low Dou Di's Blood Purity. Still, the three Ancient Clans gave them a tight chance to prove themselves. Before the Ancestral Ceremony, they'd hold a young genius competition in five months, and the top twelve would get Dou Di's Blood Purifying Pills.
This competition was "secretly." held, so the other five Ancient Clans didn't know about it yet.
Baek Ain also planned to let out a mole.
Yes, a mole.
By leaking the information about Dou Di's Blood Purifying Pill, the rest of the Ancient Clans, especially the Hun Clan, won't leave it be. They would try everything to get it.
Of course, Baek Ain wouldn't do it for now. He has to increase the power of Behemoth Paradise, Jia Ma Empire, Black-Corner Region, the two Beast Tribes, and three Ancient Clans under his control quickly.
Even though their current strength is decent, Baek Ain wanted an ultimate power that can't get countered by Main Villain and Main Character's bullshit plot armor.
Talking about plot armor, Baek Ain has prepared a contingency plan. He has planted something for Xiao Yan and waited for it to bloom, but Cai Lin's warning about the future makes him wonder if he should use this plan earlier.
Meanwhile, Baek Ain's women were "already." given an update from their sides.
Yi Xian and Lan Rou are still in the Central Plains(Pill Tower) as they took over the faction and even discovered the Nether Poison Flame.
It only took them a week to make Pill Tower submit. One might wonder how they did it.
Yi Xian literally poisoned the whole Pill Tower to near death. They either submit while writing a "generous." Soul Slave Contract or die due to extreme poison. Yes, that's how simple her thinking is.
On the other hand, 20th in the Heavenly Flame Ranking. Nether Poison Flame is a "match made in heaven." for Yi Xian, who possesses Heavenly Poison Body.
Nether Poison Flame existed in the Ancient Nether Poison Swamp.
After tens of thousands of years of infecting the poisonous miasma in the toxic lake, the flames burned with endless poisonous gas.
It took a hundred years to become a spirit.
And another thousand years to become a Heavenly Flame.
Since the flame is a poisonous gas burned with natural energy, the Nether Poison Flame is highly deadly. As long as it's triggered with sparks for a moment, everything within ten miles will get poisoned, let alone swallowed and melted!
That's why not many people know about this. They died upon making contact with the Nether Poison Flame.
Fortunately, the Pill Tower has an old record regarding the Nether Poison Flame, and Yi Xian immediately took action to get it.
Yi Xian traveled an entire week with Lan Rou and some Alchemists from the Pill Tower before getting the Heavenly Flame. After that, she waited for Baek Ain to come and tame the Three Thousand Burning Flame trapped inside Pill Tower's secret realm.
The Three Thousand Burning Flame is Rank 9 in the Heavenly Flame Ranking. It was born within the stars and has the moniker of Undying Flame, allowing the person who refines it to gain Immense Recovery Powers and Three Thousand Stars Body, or what is widely known as Undying Body.
Even Baek Ain didn't dare to declare his Myriad Behemoth Sage Physique as an Undying Body. Still, these two physiques are compatible and might allow Baek Ain to evolve his body even further.
But that can wait for later.
Yafei and Cai Lin also shared good news.
They have united the entire Northern-West Region, including the Tager Desert, all the Empires, and the Black-Corner Region. On the outside, nothing happened, but internally, everyone was under Behemoth Paradise's jurisdiction.
Yafei is dealing with resource management.
Cai Lin, Eden(the ClockTower's Spirit), and Serials are screening to recruit more talents into the Behemoth Paradise. There are many hidden talents in the Northern-West Region, but most couldn't reach their highest potential due to a lack of Dou Technique and Cultivation Resources.
It was unfortunate. However, the Northern-West Area, especially the Jia Ma Empire, is backward. And to be fair, this was also a good thing because people won't pay much attention to them.
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Yao Realm, Baek Ain's Territory.
After receiving the updates from his wives, Baek Ain sighed in relief that none of them were in danger.
He pondered about his next step and believed conquering Lei Clan was the correct choice. After doing so, he'd place half of the Ancient Clans under his palm.
His previous plan was to visit either Lei Clan or Yao Clan first. But he picked the Yao Clan because it was more convenient as they weren't strong enough to resist him.
Lei Clan, on the other hand, is much more powerful.
Yan Clan is around the same level as Lei Clan, but they are becoming Baek Ain's "Friends." So quickly, after some people who helped him refine the 10th Tier Pill returned to the Yan Clan and spread more of his parasite spawns. These parasites won't get detected(even by Dou Saints) and are resistant to fire, mainly Heavenly Flames.
"Yan Clan, huh?" Baek Ain looked down on the field below his floating mountain. Yes, you heard it right. He lived on top of a floating mountain enchanted with Anti-Gravity's Arrays and other Auxiliary Arrays.
On the field below, Huo Zhi faced Gu Xun'er and fiercely sparred with the young lady of the Gu Clan. Even though Baek Ain told them he would only pass one path to each of them, he didn't prohibit his disciples from sharing their knowledge.
Huo Zhi recently taught Fire Extermination Body to Gu Xun'er. Since they both possessed Heavenly Flames, their progress is fast.
Unfortunately, Gu Xun'er didn't possess an ounce of Wood Elements, indicating she couldn't become an Alchemist. Yet her Fire Element is abnormally pure, rivaling Huo Zhi.
Yao Ling'er isn't physically strong, so she only watched from afar and refined both Pills and Artifacts. So, Let's not talk about the Fire Extermination Body.
"Okay, stop you two. Training is good, but remember to rest." Baek Ain's calm voice echoed in the field.
"Prepare yourself, as we'll visit the Lei Clan tomorrow."
"We will follow the Teacher's arrangement." Gu Xun'er and Huo Zhi stopped, nodding at the floating mountain. They bowed and returned to their small peaks near the floating mountain, cleaning themselves.
Yao Ling'er sighed at this sight and said, "Ling'er will follow the Teacher's arrangement."
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Back in the Northern-West Region.
Cai Lin floated in the air and stared at the woman in a green robe before her, frowning slightly. She could feel a contained aura from this woman's body.
"Are you perhaps Yun Yun? From the Misty Cloud Sect?"
The woman in a green robe frowned as wind and lightning flicked below her feet. "And why should I answer that?" She returned coldly.
Cai Lin smirked, "This queen knows the person you have been searching for."
"You're returning to the Northern-West Area because you want to find him, no?"
Extending her hand, Cai Lin gazed at Yun Yun's eyes.
"Follow me, and I'll tell you where Ain's location is."