Nightmare Light

Chapter 236 Qianlan's Gift

After extracting the information from Miaomiao, Lin Wang summoned vines to send the little girl down.

The little girl cried and screamed that she didn't want to leave, even threatening to kill herself, but Lin Wang still mercilessly sent her to be bound by vines.

"Good children should do their homework properly."

After seeing Miaomiao off, Lin Wang noticed that Qianlan hadn't come out yet. After a moment's thought, he prepared to go down as well.

At that moment, he glanced at the surrounding platforms and suddenly seemed to realize something: "This platform... it wouldn't be bad as a viewing platform. Why not decorate it... make it look nicer?"

After saying that, he slapped his forehead and said, "Never mind, there are still many things to do."

He left a self-regulating command for the server function to autonomously beautify the platform, while he himself walked to the edge of the platform, preparing to go down.

At that moment, Qianlan called out to him from behind.

"Landlord, please wait a moment."

Lin Wang turned his head and saw that Qian Lan had already walked out of the fruit—the fruit now looked like a small villa, with the pale golden fruit emitting a faint light.

The fruit has been decorated with openings and windows, and vines have been used to create a beautiful shape around it.

...At first glance, it looks like a fairy city from a movie.

Lin Wang felt a slight sense of emotion.

In that short time, Qianlan had already walked up to him: "Landlord, are you going to investigate the Reverse Shadows?"

"No, I'm going home to sleep. I've been busy for so many days, I need to get a good night's sleep, and I also want to have a nice meal."

"...And then what?"

"After that, I also wanted to..."

"After that, you'll have to investigate! That must be it! That's right! That's exactly it!"

Lin Wang laughed and said, "Yes, there are many things I want to figure out."

Most importantly, she wanted to figure out her strange background...

Qian Lan breathed a sigh of relief and said seriously, "In that case, I have a gift for you."

"Ok?"

She looked Lin Wang up and down and said, "I will teach you how to use your strength."

Lin Wang was taken aback: "What's wrong with my powers?"

He knew that his chaotic power was used haphazardly as well; sometimes he used white fire, sometimes tree spears, and sometimes even funeral-type abilities...

But he had dealt with the previous battles in a chaotic manner, so he didn't think this was a big deal.

Qianlan looked at her with exasperation: "I ask you, if you had encountered me before, and someone had been hostile towards you and attacked you with all their might, what were your chances of surviving?"

Lin Wang simply shook his head: "Not a single cent."

He was telling the truth. He had already struggled a lot when he faced Xiao Huangquan Gong before. The power of immortals or gods is not something ordinary mortals can deal with.

He survived these evil monsters thanks to his boldness, meticulousness, and a bit of luck.

In terms of true strength, he knew very well that he was no match for these immortals or gods.

Qianlan raised her hand and poked his chest: "You know you're no match for him! But have you ever thought about it? You possess the signature skills of two Great Lords! Having either one would allow you to roam the world invincible! And you even have two!"

She suddenly switched to a sarcastic tone, glaring at Lin Wang: "And then, you went to learn some worthless, vulgar craftsmanship! Trivial skills! Taking the long way around!"

"I just didn't understand..."

"Therefore, I will give you a gift, so that you may learn to use your own power."

With a wave of her hand, vines wove together to form a large, square room on one side of the platform. Then, with a snap of her fingers, the dark starry sky began to swirl at the room's main entrance.

“I have set up a training ground here, a world of its own. You will train with me here. When you can use these powers freely, you can leave the seclusion.”

What are the standards for clearing customs?

"Defeat me."

"Me? Beat you?" Lin Wang was shocked. "So you're planning to lock me up here for hundreds of years, is that it?!"

“You underestimate the power of the Great Lords,” Qianlan said. “The power of the two Great Lords, once mastered, will certainly not be weaker than that of an ordinary ‘Lord’ level god. Moreover, I have already relinquished my divine position and am merely a mortal.”

"I have a feeling you're trying to take this opportunity to beat me up..." Lin Wang gritted his teeth and muttered, but his body didn't hesitate as he strode towards the training room.

A hint of appreciation appeared in Qianlan's eyes as she followed him into the training room.

……

More than ten days later.

Under the tree fern.

May sat on a tree root, resting her chin on her hands, swinging her legs, looking at the plain in front of her with some boredom.

Not far away, vines formed desks and chairs, where Miaomiao and Xiaohuangquangong sat with furrowed brows, struggling with their homework.

The cat girl transformed into her black cat form, curled up in a ball, and yawned next to May: "Meow is feeling a little bored."

“My brother and uncle have been up there for more than ten days... I’m a little worried about them.”

The black cat yawned again and twitched its ears a few times: "Lin Wang isn't married. He promised me."

"...That's not what I'm asking." May rolled her eyes and touched her cat ears. "I'm worried about whether something might happen to him. Closed-door training...that sounds really dangerous."

“There’s no danger.” The white cat said matter-of-factly, “Lin Wang is super powerful, there won’t be any danger.”

After saying that, he added, "Except for not being able to catch mice or small fish, he's amazing in every other way."

"You don't know anything else besides mice and small fish, do you?"

"Meow knows about cat food, cat food is super delicious." The black cat lazily shook its head, dodging May's touch on its ears. "But Meow doesn't eat cat food, cat food is very expensive, Lin Wang is very poor, Meow doesn't want Lin Wang to spend money."

"Huh? Are my brother and uncle very poor?"

“He’s so poor. I’ve never seen a human this poor.” The black cat raised its paw and pointed to the plain in front of it. “The last owner of the tree fern… that woman, she supported hundreds of thousands of people, or even more, both on and under the tree fern.”

“But Lin Wang can only support a few dozen people; Lin Wang is too poor.” The cat licked its paw and said, “Lin Wang even sleeps on stones in his own home.”

"Ah, my brother and uncle are under so much pressure to support us?" The little girl's eyes instantly welled up with tears.

She tilted her head and thought for a moment, then braced herself against the tree roots and jumped down: "I've decided, starting today, I'm going to do my homework properly and not let my brother and uncle down!"

"Forget it, let's start tomorrow."

As they were talking, the white cat suddenly looked up and said, "Lin Wang is out."

She and May looked up at the sky together.

A few seconds later, a small black dot appeared in the sky and quickly turned into a clear figure.

He was a tall, handsome young man with well-defined features.

Although his clothes were tattered, his dark eyes shone brightly in mid-air.

He descended from the sky with tremendous momentum, even striking a graceful landing pose mid-air.

Then, with a loud bang, it planted itself headfirst into the ground.

(End of this chapter)