It was only after half an hour that Zhou Fan was able to get the beasts off of him. The entire time, Yipeng didn't move. He was still in shock that Zhou Fan was alive.
Even more surprising was that besides his longer hair, he didn't seem to age at all.
It was only when Zhou Fan stood up that he snapped out of it.
Looking at Yipeng, Zhou Fan was inwardly saddened. Right now, he should be 130.
In other words, he could drop dead at any time. He even had to use a cane to walk or stand.
"Yipeng, go gather the rulers of the various races. Tell them I have returned, and I have a surprise for them." Zhou Fan said.
"You can take Zhuque."
"Yes sir." Yipeng responded.
As Yipeng left on Zhuque, Zhou Fan took a look around the cave with the rest of the beasts.
Besides a few more houses and some slight changes to their habitats, not much changed.
It's likely that this place was relatively untouched by anyone besides Yipeng and the beasts.
As he wandered around, he wondered if Cao Lin was still alive. Although he would only be around 100 now, there is still a chance he has passed away.
After 3 hours of looking around, Yipeng flew towards him on Zhuque and before long, they landed next to him.
"Everyone is gathered. Besides the shadow queen and the goblin king, everyone has remained alive." He reported.
"Alright. Let's go." Zhou Fan said as he flew towards his house. The beasts and Yipeng followed right behind.
As he got closer, he saw the rulers sitting in a line, waiting for him.
Deciding to make a dramatic entrance, Zhou Fan sped up into a blur and unnoticably appeared high above their heads.
Controlling some Dragon Qi, Zhou Fan fell down to the ground as fast as lightning.
Booom! Roaarr!
A loud sound followed by a deafening roar and the shaking ground stunned the unsuspecting rulers. Each and every one of them jumped up as Zhou Fan landed on the ground with an illusory gray dragon surrounding him.
The rulers were dumbfounded at the mystical sight until the sound subsided and Zhou Fan dissipated the Dragon Qi.
"It's nice to see that most of you are alive." Zhou Fan said, waking them up from their stupor.
"Also, I'm sorry for your loss Cao Lin." He said while looking at him. After all this time, Cao Lin had grown gray hair and seemed like an old man.
Hastily responding, Cao lin clasped his hands and bowed. "Thank you sir. She lived a happy life."
"That's good. I've gathered you all today to introduce you to something that you may be aware of, but don't understand." Zhou Fan started.
"One day, every month, unless I'm in seclusion, I will transform the surrounding Qi into something absorbable for you. In other words, from today on, you will be cultivators." Zhou Fan said.
When he finished, obvious joy could be seen on their faces. Even the new shadow queen and goblin king showed obvious excitement, despite never seeing Zhou Fan before.
After all, they had heard amazing tales from their predecessors.
Looking at them, Zhou Fan could almost see through their bodies. In the past, he had doubts about whether humans or humanoid creatures could absorb Chaos Qi, but after he secretly sent a tiny speck into their bodies to see how they reacted, he could tell that it was impossible.
As soon as the Chaos Qi flew into their bodies, it started to destroy them. Thankfully, Zhou Fan limited the damage and they couldn't even tell what was happening.
Also, as he was flying back, he stopped to test it on an unsuspecting human, who had the same reaction.
Another thing to note was that most of the races didn't need to have their own Qi made for them like Xiaolong and the rest of the beasts and could instead absorb any elemental Qi.
In fact, after testing them secretly, he discovered that only the demon race, the angel race, and the devil race could have their own Qi.
However, they could also absorb the other elemental Qi's.
It was his understanding of the dao that allowed him to come to these conclusions without any major testings.
Another thing his understanding of the Dao would help with is seeing their talent.
As he discovered, all living beings have different talents with Qi. Some could better absorb fire Qi while some could better absorb earth Qi.
However, he again noticed a huge difference between them and himself. Unlike he who could absorb Qi without any difficulty, they needed something else. As for what that something else was, there was only one way to find out.
"Everyone sit down around me and cross your legs." He ordered.
Without hesitation, they all listened.
As they sat still, Zhou Fan tested all of their talents by sending each and every Qi besides Chaos Qi into their bodies and seeing how they reacted.
That also went for Cao Lin and the rulers of the angel and demon races, despite the fact that they had their own Qi.
Before long, he was able to tell their affinities.
Cao Lin's affinity was fire and Yipengs was unsurprisingly wood. As for the others, they also had basic elemental affinities such as fire, water, air, earth, wood, metal, etc.
Not a single one had an affinity to lightning, and the only one with a slightly interesting affinity was the new shadow race queen. She had a dark affinity which wasn't too surprising. It wasn't even a shadow affinity.
Although it would be great if they could simply absorb it as Zhou Fan pumped it into them, they couldn't. The Qi would simply hover around them without being absorbed.
Looking at Cao Lin, Zhou Fan decided to make him a test subject. Pushing his cultivation and his understanding of the Dao to its limit, Zhou Fan observed every inch of Cao Lin's body, in and out.
Almost everything had a function, except for a couple of tube-like structures around the body. They seemed as dormant as could be.
Impulsively, Zhou Fan poured some fire Qi into it.