Chapter 76

A large amount of vital energy continuously flowed into the body of the vampire queen. Through the bond, Lin Xi felt that the vampire queen's soul had indeed become much stronger, no longer as weak as before.

"Master, do my breasts look good?"

The vampire queen, at some point, had stopped feeding, lifted her head, and looked at Lin Xi with a playful expression in her eyes.

"Ah!"

Lin Xi's face turned red, and he guiltily turned his head away:

"I was just checking if your wounds had healed."

Though he said that, his eyes couldn't help but glance at the vampire queen a couple of times.

Heaven help him, though he was skilled in martial arts, he was still just a seventeen-year-old high school boy. From childhood to now, he had never seen a woman's bare skin. Of course, those strange bat-winged and clawed female vampires didn't count; Lin Xi only saw them as items for completing his immortal cultivation test.

But this vampire queen was different. She had no strange bat wings or tail. She was cold, noble, and beautiful, and most importantly, she was his female slave!

He was just a seventeen-year-old boy, not a monk practicing Zen. It was too much to expect him to remain as composed as Liu Xiaohui, and it was too difficult for him.

Besides, he didn't even have a girlfriend yet!

"Did you really say you could offer me a powerful magical artifact?"

Lin Xi changed the subject.

The vampire queen secretly smiled, finding her master, who had previously seemed like a ruthless killer, quite interesting. However, she didn't reveal her thoughts.

"Really."

The vampire queen composed herself and began to recount a story from this realm:

"About four hundred years ago, a cultivator somehow obtained a portal to our realm. He wanted to refine me into a pill to treat his hidden illness. That battle left us both severely injured. It was then that I sustained my serious wounds."

"Hmm?"

Lin Xi's eyes flickered with a glint:

"Do you know where he fled? If you do, take me there."

"I do. It's a forbidden area for us female vampires. I can take you there."

The vampire queen stood up.

A short while later, under the guidance of the vampire queen, or rather, Camilla, Lin Xi arrived at a very hidden cave. The cave was filled with spider webs, each covered in dust, and the smell of death permeated the air.

"My kin reported that he hasn't left this place in four hundred years."

Camilla said.

"Hmm?"

Lin Xi pondered, "If that's the case, he's probably dead."

A living cultivator wouldn't let their cave be covered in spider webs and dust. People are different from beasts; beasts might, but people wouldn't.

Moreover, Lin Xi knew a bit about this. Cultivators weren't immortals, though their lifespan far exceeded that of ordinary people, living for two hundred years wasn't a problem. But four hundred years was quite a stretch.

This cultivator and the vampire queen had fought to a stalemate, and in such a severely injured state, it was highly unlikely he could have survived for four hundred years.

"Let's go in and see."

Lin Xi summoned the "Golden Toad," and golden light enveloped him, protecting him as he walked inside.

The cave was dark, with spiders, frogs, insects, and bats, but under the vampire queen's powerful aura, they all fled quickly.

"Be careful! One of my subordinates once entered and was instantly killed."

Camilla warned, showing a serious and cautious demeanor.

Lin Xi nodded and continued forward without a word.

"Buzz!"

Just as they were about to reach the end of the passage, a sharp cry echoed, and a golden light rushed toward them.

"Be careful!"

The vampire queen Camilla shouted.

Bang!

The golden light collided with Lin Xi's protective toad, pausing for a moment. In the split second, Lin Xi saw that it was a large golden tripod.

"Don't worry, its true qi is already depleted!"

Lin Xi extended his right hand, and a large greenish-black hand emerged, grabbing the golden tripod. The tripod struggled, but its resistance was surprisingly weak.

Lin Xi tightened his grip and held it in his palm:

"This is a mid-grade magical artifact, of good quality. But without true qi, it can't exert its power."

Lin Xi was increasingly certain that the cultivator who had entered this realm had long since passed away. He didn't say it outright, but he stepped into the stone chamber.

Inside the stone chamber, there were stone tables, chairs, and a bed. On the bed, facing the passage, sat a skeleton in a Taoist robe, cross-legged and motionless, long dead.

In the skeleton's arms lay a brocade box and a copper book.

Lin Xi approached and found ancient characters carved into the stone bed:

"My name is Xu Hua, known as the Great Thunder Immortal. I was harmed by an enemy, damaging my dantian. Despite long treatment, the damage couldn't be fully healed, leaving a hidden illness that affected my immortal path. In desperation, I obtained a portal, hoping to refine the vampire queen, using her powerful vitality to create a healing elixir."

"Unfortunately, the vampire queen was too strong, and with the help of other female vampires, I suffered a great defeat, losing much of my essence. I expended my life force to use the Blood Escape technique, barely escaping with my life."

"However, I feel my end is near, and my life is short. Unwilling to let my knowledge be lost, I leave behind the 'Thunder Technique' manual, a mid-grade magical artifact, the Golden Tripod, and a Thunder Elixir, crafted from my lifetime of cultivation and countless materials, for a worthy successor..."

The stone bed was inscribed with over two hundred characters, detailing the life of the Great Thunder Immortal.

"This predecessor must not have expected that I would bring the very vampires he despised to his cave."

Lin Xi thought, glancing strangely at the vampire queen.

The vampire queen Camilla, knowing Lin Xi's thoughts, huffed:

"Just a fourth-stage cultivator, thinking he was so great. He still died at my hands!"

"Enough, he's already dead. Give him some dignity."

Lin Xi frowned.

Seeing Lin Xi's displeasure, Camilla immediately shut up, not daring to say another word.

"Predecessor, I will carry on your dao! For any offense, please forgive me."

Lin Xi bowed, approached, and took the brocade box and copper book from the Great Thunder Immortal's hands.

The Great Thunder Immortal's robe crumbled at Lin Xi's touch, like butterflies falling, clearly long since weathered.

"Let's go!"

Lin Xi waved his hand and led the vampire queen out.

The Great Thunder Immortal was indirectly killed by the vampire queen, and Lin Xi would never kneel before his remains, paying respects as a disciple.

Otherwise, what would it mean if a master was killed by his disciple's female slave?

The Great Thunder Immortal's dao was an unexpected gain. The items needed for the immortal cultivation test were also collected. Since Lin Xi had taken the vampire queen Camilla as a servant, he wouldn't kill all the female vampires.

"Beyond the trial gate is the Divine Dawn Mountain, a human territory. It's not suitable for you."

At the trial gate, Lin Xi stopped.

"Heh, Master, you worry too much. Human immortal disciples often capture us female vampires as servants. It wouldn't be a problem if I went with you."

Camilla said without concern.

Lin Xi still frowned. Bringing such a cold, noble vampire queen to the trial gate would surely cause a stir, especially since she was almost naked, her beautiful figure clearly visible.

"Master, there's actually another way, without so much trouble."

The vampire queen Camilla, reading his thoughts, suddenly shrank, transforming into a small red bat, and hid in Lin Xi's clothes.

"This way, there's no need to worry."

Camilla said through the bond in Lin Xi's mind.

"You can actually do that!"

Lin Xi was surprised.

"It's a natural ability of our race, nothing strange. I couldn't use it before, but after absorbing your vital energy, I can now."

Camilla said through her thoughts.

Lin Xi nodded, saying nothing more.

Stepping through the trial gate again, a stream of light greeted him, followed by darkness, and then light once more. When the surroundings stabilized, Lin Xi found himself back on the Divine Dawn Mountain.

"You've come out."

The immortal disciple by the stone gate opened his eyes, glanced at Lin Xi, and a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes:

"You're the last one. Leave and go to the examination hall to submit your task. Someone will tell you what to do next."

The immortal disciple waved his hand, and the "trial gate" rose from the ground, rapidly shrinking and landing in his palm, transforming back into a six-inch light gate.

The immortal disciple put away the light gate, turned around without a word, and headed to the task hall.

Someone led Lin Xi to a peak, where a large greenish-black hall stood.

This was the examination hall. At the entrance, a white-robed immortal disciple stood motionless.

"Are you here to submit the items for the immortal cultivation test?"

The immortal disciple asked as Lin Xi approached, a hint of arrogance in his eyes.

"Yes, please, Brother."

Lin Xi nodded.

"Eighteen female vampire hearts, hand them over."

The immortal disciple extended his hand toward Lin Xi.

"Eighteen?"

Lin Xi's face changed, his pupils contracting sharply: "Other disciples only needed twelve. Why do I need eighteen?"