Brother, how come you're a witch?

Su Yan's gaze sharpened slightly as it fell upon that figure.

She wore a light blue fairy dress, her figure graceful and ethereal, a jade-white long sword resting on her knees, and her black hair cascading down her shoulders.

It is Xu Qinglan.

Her slender, beautiful eyes held amusement as she fiddled with the teacup with her slender, white fingers, watching Su Yan enter the room with great interest.

"Elder Xu..."

Su Yan was slightly surprised, but after regaining his senses, he bowed slightly in greeting.

"Elder Chen, is this the one-of-a-kind, precious sample you spoke of?"

Xu Qinglan completely ignored Su Yan, scraping the rim of the teacup with the lid, and raised her eyebrows to look at Chen Yixing.

"Hehe, Su Yan's cultivation level is low and his talent in cultivation is dull, but his broad and rich love for spirit beasts is unmatched by many high-level spirit beast masters. Such a person is unique in the world," Chen Yixing explained with a smile.

Su Yan's lips trembled slightly; this compliment sounded like an insult.

Xu Qinglan chuckled softly, lightly tapping the jade-white longsword on her lap with her fingertips, her tone tinged with a hint of languor:

"Even so, his skill level is ridiculously low. Although he only fights by controlling beasts, don't you find it laughable that he would be my opponent?"

"Today, we'll see how deep the bond of super evolution is under extreme conditions, and how much of the gap in spiritual power it can make up for."

Chen Yixing stroked his beard:

"Elder Xu, you have a high cultivation level and strong strength, but you have almost no feelings for spirit beasts. The boost from using super evolution is very limited. I don't think you can necessarily defeat Su Yan."

"You think I'll lose?"

Xu Qinglan's beautiful eyes turned cold, and her gaze finally fell on Su Yan, whom she had ignored for a while.

Su Yan had just been seated by Chen Yixing and had only taken half a sip of tea when he almost spat it all out.

Elder Chen, what's wrong with you? Why are you stirring things up? Are you going to try and stop me from saving the world, just like Ye Jingqiu?

Xu Qinglan is Liu Baishuang's master. It is said that the two have a deep master-disciple relationship, like a real mother and daughter. If you want to teach the little demon girl, you can't avoid her.

Some scholars in later generations even believe that Liu Baishuang's resolute descent into the demonic path was related to Xu Qinglan's untimely death.

If she had a master who was as loving as her own mother to care for her, Liu Baishuang would not have been so resolute.

Therefore, ever since Su Yan returned from his time travel, he has been paying attention to Xu Qinglan, and even inquired about her preferences and habits from the reliable Li Changsheng.

Firstly, it was to clear the way for getting close to Liu Baishuang, and secondly, it was to find out why Xu Qinglan died and whether it could have been avoided.

Unfortunately, the difference in their social status was too great, making it difficult for them to even exchange a single word, so there was little progress.

Now that we finally have a chance to get close to her, Chen Yixing, don't start by lowering my opinion of her!

"Elder Chen, you seem to have some unrealistic fantasies about me. How could I possibly defeat Elder Xu? She is the recipient of the Heavenly Court's Outstanding Youth Metaphysics Fund and the youngest full-rank elder in the entire sect."

Su Yan quickly tried to salvage the situation, shaking his head repeatedly:

"You didn't say in your letter that I was to do this job, so I shouldn't have come."

After saying this, the icy gaze fixed on Su Yan immediately softened.

"Young Su Yan, don't underestimate yourself. Even if you don't believe in yourself, you should believe in me."

Chen Yixing waved his hand, took out a beast-taming bell that looked somewhat familiar, and shook it:

"bring it on."

The bells rang crisply, and two small spirit beasts quickly ran out from in front of the door frame inside the house.

One of them was a light blue duck, which waddled over to Xu Qinglan's side.

The other one was a takoyaki cat from the arena. It was very excited to see Su Yan and greeted him loudly with its big eyes wide open.

"Old Wu!"

Su Yan's eyes twitched: "Elder Chen, what's this?"

"Beast Fighting, you all unleash your Super Evolution simultaneously, then stop giving commands and let the spirit beasts fight on their own to calculate the pure amplification difference."

Chen Yixing patted Su Yan on the shoulder to encourage him:

"Go ahead, I believe in your bond with Tuanzi Cat. Go and show Xu Qinglan what's what. So what if you got more funding than me this year? You always come here to brag and look down on us spirit beast masters."

"snort."

Xu Qinglan gave a cold laugh and proudly raised her chin:

"Dream on. If this kid can beat me, I'm not Xu."

"You said it yourself!"

Chen Yixing was usually a very composed person, but he suddenly became excited at this moment.

It's clear that although he has a good relationship with Xu Qinglan, he is constantly suppressed by the latter, and his resume in his youth is not as good as the latter's, so he is quite resentful.

Su Yan sighed beside him.

The feud between the elders ended up harming him.

Allowing spirit beasts to fight independently after super evolution, without giving them commands, is to control variables.

However, this also reduces the room for maneuver for Su Yan. He can no longer perform precise micro-management, allowing Xu Qinglan to have a great time before he narrowly loses to her, thus pleasing her and allowing her to play a more progressive tune.

However, it's not entirely impossible to control. As long as the system reduces the amount of bond it gives to the dumpling cat, its strength can be controlled, and a narrow defeat can be achieved.

We just can't win!

Su Yan made up his mind and followed Chen Yixing to a small arena at the back.

"Are you two ready, charioteers?"

Chen Yixing stood in the middle, raising his left and right hands alternately, using the standard fighting gestures.

It seems that he spent a lot of time in the Colosseum when he was young.

"Do we still need to prepare to deal with him?"

Xu Qinglan deliberately raised her delicate hand, parted her red lips slightly to yawn, then twirled her fingertips and brought them together forward:

"Go, kill him."

"Gah!"

The blue duck suddenly grew taller, and its aura surged accordingly.

Seeing this, Su Yan nodded.

The power of super evolution does indeed depend mainly on the bond; spiritual power is not entirely useless, but its effect is negligible. However, Xu Qinglan's total spiritual power is so great that this subtle effect becomes so obvious.

Hmm... With this kind of power, I'll keep the bond with the dumpling cat to about 80%.

Su Yan picked up the chubby cat that had been rubbing against his trouser leg and tossed it forward with great force:

"Go, dango cat! Shine bright, bonds! Roar...!"

The words came to an abrupt halt.

"ha!"

The moment the dumpling cat landed, it immediately activated its hissing form, before Su Yan could even unleash his spell.

"Wow! What powerful bond energy! It shines even brighter than it did in the arena last time. Su Yan, you truly live up to your reputation!" Chen Yixing shouted excitedly.

No, I haven't done anything yet.

Su Yan was a little confused. He hadn't instilled any bond into the glutinous cat at all, and he could even feel the bond constantly drifting from the glutinous cat toward him.

The glutinous cat evolved on its own as soon as it entered battle because of its strong bond with its master. This is a very rare occurrence, and it can only be triggered if the spirit beast has an extremely strong obsession with its master.

But this was only the second time he had met Tuanzi Cat.

Do cats have systems these days?

Just as Su Yan was puzzled, the tuanzi cat arched its body and hissed intimidatingly, and then suddenly launched an attack the moment the blue duck was intimidated.

not good!

Su Yan frowned.

We're going to win this round!