Battle Through the Heavens: Who put Laozi in my storage ring?

The towering, pitch-black city gates, like a chasm, divide the inside and outside into two worlds. Legend has it that these walls are strong enough to withstand the full force of a Dou Huang (Battle Emperor) expert. When two Dou Huangs fought here, the walls only trembled.

At the city gate, two rows of fully armed soldiers stood, exuding a strong aura of killing intent, and a long line of soldiers stretched as far as the eye could see as they marched out of the city.

"Damn it, it's so slow..."

A middle-aged man completely concealed by a black cloak glanced anxiously at the city gate. They had already wasted considerable time. The reason Jia Xingtian and his cronies hadn't acted during the competition was out of consideration for the Jia Ma Empire's reputation, but once he stepped outside this city…

That would be terrible.

Faster, faster!

He silently urged the convoy ahead, unaware that his meridians were gradually becoming hot and burning.

"Pfft~"

Yan Li suddenly turned pale and spat out a mouthful of dark green blood. Clutching his chest, he looked down in disbelief at the dark green liquid corroding the blue-tiled stone pavement. A bad feeling gradually rose in his mind.

"wrong!"

The next instant, his whole body suddenly became intensely hot, and the dark green ghostly poisonous fire suddenly ignited from every meridian in his body. The terrifying poison turned his skin black in an instant, and his body visibly withered.

"It's poison..."

He suddenly collapsed to the ground, and the many people in line around him quickly moved aside, staring in astonishment at the mysterious man kneeling on the ground, his body suddenly emitting black smoke.

A squad of guards at the army's location ahead also noticed something amiss and quickly approached with their guns drawn.

"Netherworld Poison Fire, it's Netherworld Poison Fire..."

Yan Li was left with only bitterness and screams of pain. He had advocated the fusion of poison and medicine all his life, but now it was being proven true for him, and he was completely consumed by the backlash.

Recalling the boy's intriguing smile, his last wisp of consciousness completely dissipated, leaving only a pool of dark green liquid in his place, emitting a hissing, corrosive sound.

"Scatter, everyone! Something really strange is happening today..." The leader, clad in armor, looked astonished and quickly went to report to the city lord.

Only a number of people around could see through the wall formed by soldiers and armor, pointing and commenting on the mess.

……

"Many interesting things have happened in this imperial city today."

inside the house.

On the bed, Cai Lin leaned lazily against the pillows, her graceful body partially revealed beneath the thin gauze. Her delicate, lotus-like feet hooked around Xiao Yan's trouser leg, and she glanced at him with her pale purple eyes. "I just wonder if our alchemy master can give my snake-people an explanation. I remember you used poisonous fire when you were making alchemy for our people..."

"Hehe." Xiao Yan's expression was slightly embarrassed.

I should have known better than to show off. Once trust is broken, it's hard to rebuild.

After a moment's hesitation, he lifted Cai Lin's chin with his fingers. The beauty frowned slightly, looking somewhat annoyed, and tried to resist, but Xiao Yan suddenly grabbed her chin and kissed her.

"Ugh..." Cai Lin pushed Xiao Yan's chest with her delicate hand, her beautiful eyes staring angrily at the man's face so close to hers, but she could only let out muffled gasps.

However, it was clear that not much force was used at all, and the resistance was more like flirting.

She was at least a Dou Zong, and if she really wanted to escape, she could easily break free from Xiao Yan's embrace by using the spatial techniques she had just come into contact with and was not yet familiar with.

But... she still chose to accept it.

However, in the next instant, wisps of dark green energy emanated from her entire body and flowed into Xiao Yan's body through her lips.

After an unknown amount of time, their lips parted.

Xiao Yan licked his lips and said with a smile, "The pills refined with the twin flames are extremely powerful, but that is also their only drawback."

"Then wouldn't my entire snake-people race be..." Cai Lin's beautiful eyes widened in astonishment.

“That’s right. If you had intended to imprison me or kill me back then, I could have wiped out most of the high-ranking members of the Snake-People Clan in an instant, including you…” Xiao Yan said softly.

“…” Cai Lin’s eye twitched.

Only now did she realize that the person she brought back back then was not an alchemist at all, but a ticking time bomb. Fortunately, she managed to defuse the time bomb with her own body.

“We are husband and wife, and apart from Mobas, the rest of the Snake-People are all good. I naturally cannot ignite this poisonous fire again. Moreover, when this poisonous fire is in a dormant state, it can subtly improve one's cultivation. Of course, if you want me to remove the fire poison from their bodies, I will do so.” Xiao Yan smiled.

"No need, let's just treat it as a lesson." Cai Lin glanced at Xiao Yan with complicated eyes.

"Furthermore, I just broke through to the four-star Dou Zong level today. Since my bloodline awakened, my cultivation has progressed by leaps and bounds, breaking through realms like flowing water. I even seem to have the confidence to become the legendary Dou Zun or even Dou Sheng." Cai Lin lay in Xiao Yan's arms, her slender, white fingers drawing circles on Xiao Yan's chest. She raised her stunningly beautiful face, a hint of joy flashing across her cold and beautiful features.

"Not bad." Xiao Yan curled his lips and kneaded the pert buttocks.

Despite being of Nuwa's bloodline, Cai Lin has probably not even awakened one percent of it yet. It will probably only be qualified to truly awaken the bloodline power mixed with Laozi's when her cultivation level rises to Dou Zun, Dou Sheng, or Dou Di.

"Young Master Xiao Yan..."

A weak voice sounded from outside.

"Someone requested an audience. The person said her name was Nalan Yanran, and she was your... former fiancée."

Xiao Yan was taken aback. He glanced at the alluring beauty in his arms who was playing with her nails and ignoring him. She was clearly jealous. He frowned slightly. What was that woman doing here?

Could it be that she really wants me to save her grandfather? She's really shameless.

"I won't see him." Xiao Yan frowned slightly.

"See!"

To his surprise, Cai Lin in his arms stood up straight, dressed neatly. Her purple dress, though not particularly luxurious, exuded a dignified elegance, giving her the air of an empress.

She clung to Xiao Yan's arm, rolled her eyes at the man, then opened the door and looked at Qing Lin outside, who was covering her eyes with her hands, her pretty face flushed with embarrassment and afraid of accidentally discovering something: "Go tell her to wait for us in the main hall."

"Mm." Qinglin quickly nodded and hurried away into the distance.

Xiao Yan was somewhat taken aback: "Cai Lin, this..."

"Don't worry, I won't kill her, and I'm not that petty. It's just that my precious husband, whom I found with great difficulty, is not someone that some short-sighted fool can order around. You're just too soft-hearted. If she does anything wrong, then the Nalan family has no reason to exist." Cai Lin said softly.

She breathed softly into Xiao Yan's ear.

This young man is exceptionally skilled in bed, often leaving her weak and limp, but he is somewhat weak in this kind of thing.

"Me? Too soft-hearted?" Xiao Yan pointed to himself.

Recalling Cai Lin's past, when it comes to killing an entire family, she's probably the one to watch...

His eye twitched, and he shook his head helplessly.

Let's observe a few minutes of silence for Nalan Yanran. Why did you have to come at this crucial moment? He may not have had any intention of torturing or humiliating her, but Cai Lin might be a different story…

Chapter 60 Serving as a Slave or Maid: Cai Lin's Methods, A War Between Women (Part 2)

Inside the main hall.

Nalan Yanran felt extremely uncomfortable. She sat in the guest seat, clenching her fists, her gaze frequently falling to the window, and a hint of tension appeared between her brows.

Her purpose in coming to find Xiao Yan was obvious. He only needed to inquire around in the capital to learn that her grandfather was seriously ill and that her family had invited countless alchemists to their door without success.

But as her father had said before, she was now an adult and had to take on the responsibilities of the Nalan family, so... even if she was humiliated by Xiao Yan, she had to endure it.

"Is Sister Nalan Young Master Xiao Yan's fiancée?" Qing Lin asked curiously as she poured tea.

“It used to be, didn’t it?” Nalan Yanran’s beautiful eyes dimmed, and she lowered her head slightly awkwardly to take a sip of tea.

"Oh~" Qinglin seemed to understand something, and stood aside without saying anything more.

An eerie silence returned to the room.

Nalan Yanran glanced at the beautiful Qinglin, whose waist was as slender as a snake. She lifted her sleeve to reveal the faint emerald green scales on her fair wrist, and her eyes seemed to be deep in thought.

They're actually a hybrid of snake people and humans...

He actually took this girl as a servant, doesn't that mean they might be colleagues in the future?

Nalan Yanran withdrew her gaze, her beautiful eyes filled with complex emotions. Was she unwilling? Not really. After all, since she had uttered the words "to be a slave," it meant there was no turning back.

One can only hope that he won't mistreat her too much.

Just as she was pondering, the door was slowly pushed open, and two figures walked in one after the other. Nalan Yanran hurriedly stood up, but her expression gradually became astonished, even mixed with a little fear.

The stunningly beautiful and alluring tall woman at the head of the group was none other than the legendary Medusa Queen, a ruthless killer!

She arrived in the capital without anyone noticing, right under everyone's noses.

However, upon thinking of her engagement with Xiao Yan, Nalan Yanran's throat bobbed, and she understood a little more. She forcibly suppressed the shock in her heart, and after recalling that the other party should not kill her to silence her, she respectfully clasped her hands and said, "Queen Medusa, and... Master Xiao Yan, Nalan Yanran of Yunlan Sect requests an audience."

"No need for formalities, please have a seat."

Cai Lin, with her arm around Xiao Yan's, glanced calmly at Nalan Yanran, who was bowing respectfully, and spoke indifferently.

She then pulled Xiao Yan to sit in the main seat, while she sat on the other side.

"Yes." Nalan Yanran swallowed hard, carefully sat back down, and glanced at Xiao Yan out of the corner of her eye. She noticed that his eyes were full of tenderness and love when he looked at Queen Medusa, but he didn't pay any attention to her at all.

However, this legendary, fearsome, and ruthless beauty is actually so intimate with Xiao Yan. Given the previous rumors of a snake-people wedding, the two may have already consummated their marriage.

"What brings you here to see Xiao Yan?" Cai Lin leisurely toyed with the teacup in her hand, glancing sideways at Nalan Yanran.

"Puff~"

Nalan Yanran gritted her teeth and suddenly knelt before the two of them. "Grandpa was poisoned a few years ago. He had managed to suppress it, but because of my breaking off the engagement, it flared up again in a fit of anger. He has never supported my decision to break off the engagement; it was my own will..."

"Stop." Cai Lin calmly interrupted the girl's sobbing, a cold glint flashing in his eyes as he sneered: "Since you broke off the engagement and humiliated the Xiao family, you should have expected this scene today. Whether your grandfather lives or dies has nothing to do with my husband. If you came here today only for this matter, then you can get out."

After saying that, his Dou Zong cultivation surged out, filling the entire small house inch by inch. Qing Lin's expression remained normal, but Nalan Yanran, who was kneeling on the ground, turned deathly pale in an instant, prostrated herself on the ground, and suddenly spat out blood.

Xiao Yan rubbed his temples.