Upon seeing Du Yan, Lanling immediately had a feeling, as if he were seeing the elven race from Earth films.
Silver-white flowing long hair, pointed ears, a handsome face, and slanted long eyes.
He also had one very conspicuous feature. In the centre of his forehead was printed a mysterious patterned tattoo, a flame pattern, and there was also one behind his ears.
Looking more closely, it did not seem to be a tattoo, but rather something innate.
He had a slender figure, and no tail below his waist.
Unlike the other members of the Foreign Race Army, he wore gorgeous tight-fitting warrior attire, crafted from an unknown type of leather.
His eyes carried a faint blue colour, making his entire appearance seem extremely elegant yet cold.
Seeing Lanling beside Dina, his gaze turned cold as he said, “Who is he?”
Dina said, “Second brother, he is uncle’s nephew, called Lanling.”
Only then did Du Yan’s gaze soften slightly. He earnestly looked at Lanling for quite a while. Indeed, he somewhat resembled his foster father?
However, when had his foster father suddenly produced this nephew? From ten thousand li away, how had he come here?
Du Yan nodded towards Lanling, then said to Dina, “Why are you still outside so late? It is very dangerous outside the tribe.”
Dina said, “I am helping Lanling practise martial arts.”
Du Yan said, “Can he not practise by himself?”
Dina said unhappily, “This is foster father’s command.”
Du Yan glanced at Lanling once more, filled with displeasure.
And at this moment, the gaze of Chieftain Constantine’s daughter fell upon Lanling’s face, revealing a curious light.
She was a typical Chimera Tribe person, very tall, with an extremely fiery figure, possessing two super long legs, and a sturdy tail.
Her eyes were very large, with pupils occupying a very large proportion of the eyeball, and her face was long and narrow.
Of course, this was still a beautiful face. Even by human aesthetic standards, she was a beautiful and fiery demon race woman, just with a very strong exotic flavour.
And like her father, her skin was also very white, unlike the other tribe warriors who had various spots on their bodies.
Her gaze was clearly very bold, continuously surveying Lanling up and down, not missing a single part of his body.
This made Du Yan very unhappy. In his heart, the chieftain’s daughter was his forbidden concubine, something he was determined to obtain. His rise to the top in one step completely depended on this woman.
“Ninian, we should go back, otherwise your father will grow anxious waiting.” Du Yan said.
He felt Lanling was very dangerous, especially his incomparably handsome face, innately carrying evil and coldness, and his pupils, which changed with every blink. These were all fatal ** to women.
Dina mocked, “Second brother, after you returned, did you not first go to pay your respects to foster father? The chieftain is not yet your father-in-law.”
Hearing Dina’s mockery, Du Yan’s expression changed. He wanted to explain but could not speak.
This chieftain’s daughter was called Ninian. It was unclear what her surname was. But she watched with great interest as Dina mocked Du Yan, as if watching a play. A moment later, her gaze fell upon Lanling’s face again, curiously looking at his pupils.
“Let’s go.” Du Yan said. He absolutely could not let Ninian look at Lanling any longer.
Then, he led the cavalry squad, escorting Ninian into the tribe, heading towards the castle at the mountaintop.
Throughout the entire process, this Ninian had not spoken a single word, but her pair of eyes seemed as if they could speak.
“Ungrateful white-eyed wolf.” Dina cursed.
Then, the two of them entered the tribe’s gates.
“Lowly foreign dog, hand over ninety percent of the prey.” The gatekeeping warrior stepped forward without courtesy, taking the wolf skin from Dina’s hands, and ninety percent of the wolf meat.
This was the rule of the Chimera Tribe. Even if one hunted privately outside, ninety percent had to be handed over.
Wolf meat was too coarse. The people of the Chimera Tribe did not eat it. It was basically used to feed the griffins. But for the Foreign Race Army, it was a rare extra meal. Yet even so, these tribe warriors would not let it pass.
By the time they returned to the Foreign Race Army camp, most people were already asleep.
Dina had originally wanted to go directly to see her foster father, but thinking of her task, she still said, “One thousand five hundred swords!”
Then, she stood there, gripping a wooden blade, waiting for Lanling’s attacks.
Lanling took a deep breath, wielding the three hundred jin wooden sword in his hand, using the Gale Blade Technique to attack Dina.
“Bang, bang, bang…”
During the previous one thousand five hundred moves, Lanling’s body had reached its limit three times, and bloodline power had gushed out energy to temper his four limbs and hundred bones.
However, after sucking wolf blood, Lanling’s physical strength had clearly become abundant. During the one thousand five hundred moves, he only reached the painful limit once, and bloodline power only gushed out once.
After hacking out the final sword, two hours had already passed.
Lanling still collapsed onto the ground. Dina stepped forward and removed the lead blocks from the pockets of his clothes and trousers.
Then, she once again massaged Lanling’s four limbs.
Perhaps because she was angry in her heart, her strength was great, pinching Lanling until he wailed like ghosts and howled like wolves. It truly hurt very much.
“Too heavy, too heavy.” Lanling said.
Dina said coldly, “Greater force is useful!”
“Turn over.” Dina said.
Lanling flipped over and lay prone on the mat. Dina massaged his thighs and lower back.
At this moment, footsteps walked in, and an astonished and angry voice rang out, “Dina, what are you doing?”
“After a day of cultivation, I am massaging him.” Dina said calmly.
“How can you do this? How can you touch another man?” Du Yan said angrily.
Dina sneered coldly and said, “Second brother, this is strange. The two of us are merely foster siblings. What right do you have to control me?”
“You are my woman.” Du Yan said, “Foster father has already betrothed you to me.”
Dina said, “Yes, that did happen, and I also agreed to foster father. But you were greedy for vanity, wholeheartedly wanting to climb the dragon and attach to the phoenix to marry the chieftain’s daughter, so our marriage affair came to nothing.”
Du Yan ground his teeth and said, “My getting close to Ninian is for the Foreign Race Army, not for myself! If I marry Ninian, I will become the chieftain’s son-in-law. When I inherit the position of great chieftain of the Foreign Race Army, I will also be able to help the brothers obtain normal status, no longer being foreign mongrels living under someone else’s roof.”
Dina sneered coldly and said, “Who knows what your thoughts are? But I must tell you, we already have absolutely nothing to do with each other.”
Du Yan coldly glared at Lanling and said, “What are you doing here? Why haven’t you scrammed yet?”
“This is my residence. The one who should leave is you.” Dina said.
Du Yan looked at Dina painfully, stepped forward and was about to grab her shoulder and said, “Nana, don’t be so childish. You clearly know that the one I love most in my heart is you.”
“Get out…” Dina said, unable to forgive him.
“What are you arguing about?” At this moment, Suomo’s powerful and resonant voice came.
Du Yan bent down in salute and said, “Foster father.”
Suomo said, “Was this trip smooth?”
“Fairly smooth.” Du Yan said, “Some transactions were negotiated, and regarding the upcoming war, the Ankara Tribe is willing to stand on our side.”
Suomo hesitated for a moment and said, “Du Yan, do not get too close to Ninian in the future.”
Du Yan’s expression changed and he said, “Foster father, I am also doing this for the Foreign Race Army.”
Suomo said, “The chieftain has already warned me, and his tone was not very good. If you still get too close to his daughter, he will be very displeased.”
Du Yan’s eyebrows twitched and he said, “But, when I just sent Ninian back to the castle, the chieftain’s attitude towards me was very good. He even kept me at the castle to eat and drink, and I stayed for two hours.”
He was filled with doubt towards Suomo’s words, feeling that he was lying.
Suomo said angrily, “You think I am lying?”
Du Yan said, “Your son does not dare, but my getting close to Ninian is for the Foreign Race Army. I hope you, elder, can understand.”
Suomo said, “When the chieftain said these words, Lanling and Dina were also by my side.”
Lanling said, “Uncle, this is merely the chieftain’s strategy of sowing discord. He does not approve of Du Yan getting close to his daughter before you, but before Du Yan he acts extremely warm and friendly. He wants to make Du Yan doubt you.”
Suomo could not help but start.
For some reason, Du Yan was actually unable to forgive him. He coldly said to Lanling, “This has nothing to do with you. Do not be clever.”
Suomo said angrily, “Du Yan, how dare you speak like that? This is my nephew, and also your younger brother.”
Du Yan said nothing more, arrogantly turning his head away.
Suomo said, “Du Yan, it is good that you have returned. I am leaving on a long journey tomorrow morning. For these ten days, the Foreign Race Army will be entrusted to you.”
Du Yan said, “Where is foster father going?”
Suomo said, “To capture a griffin.”
“What are you capturing a griffin for?” Du Yan said, “That is the Griffin Legion’s matter. When did it become the Foreign Race Army’s turn?”
“You need not concern yourself with that.” Suomo said, “In short, for these ten days, you manage the Foreign Race Army well.”
Du Yan said, “I will go with you.”
Suomo said, “No, you stay. With no one to look after the Foreign Race Army, and Dina being a girl, I am not at ease.”
“Yes, foster father.” Du Yan said.
Suomo said, “Alright, you have travelled so long, go back and rest.”
“Yes, then I will go rest.” Du Yan bowed in salute. Before leaving, he glanced at Dina, then coldly glanced at Lanling.
…
Suomo turned to Lanling and said, “Child, do not take it to heart. Du Yan is somewhat arrogant, but his heart is still good.”
“Hmph, not necessarily.” Dina said coldly.
Suomo said, “Alright, how were today’s trial results? You returned over an hour earlier than I imagined.”
“Not bad.” Lanling said, “I feel that my strength has clearly improved.”
Suomo laughed heartily and said, “Silly child, how could it be that fast? If you persist in this training for half a month, and your strength can increase by ten jin, that would already be very remarkable.”
Lanling said, “Is there a graduated weight stone here? I want to try.”
“There is!” Dina said.
Graduated weight stones were essential for martial arts training in the Savage Wilderness world.
“This stone bar is five hundred and ten jin. You try it.” Dina said.
Lanling gripped it with his right hand and fiercely lifted it.
Although somewhat strenuous, it was not difficult. Instantly, both Dina and Suomo were astonished.
Next, the two of them were so surprised they completely could not believe their own eyes.
After Lanling lifted the five hundred and twenty jin stone bar with his right hand, he still felt that he had not reached his limit.
So, he lifted five hundred and thirty jin, five hundred and forty jin.
All the way until five hundred and fifty jin, did he feel the limit. Lanling did not force it.
Dina and Suomo were completely shocked!
In merely one day of hell trial, Lanling’s arm strength had increased by forty jin?
This was truly too sensational!
And this so-called hell training was fundamentally a very crude method. It was truly because the Foreign Race Army was too poor that they could only use this kind of method for trial training.
Dina had also undergone this kind of trial training before, but it took her over half a month to increase her arm strength by ten jin.
And Lanling increased by forty jin in one day.
Actually, the reason was very simple. First, Lanling possessed the golden dragon bloodline and the golden demon bloodline.
So, the energy contained within his bloodline was originally much stronger than other demon race people. Second, Lanling’s body was reshaped by these two golden bloodlines, possessing the strongest, best foundation body under heaven.
So, every time bloodline power poured into his four limbs and hundred bones to conduct meridian tempering, almost no energy was wasted at all.
And for ordinary demon race people, the energy utilisation rate of every tempering was at most ten percent. The remaining ninety percent was all wasted.
And Lanling’s energy utilisation rate for tempering was one hundred percent!
Possessing the strongest golden bloodline, possessing the strongest demon and divine dragon heavenly body.
So, Lanling’s cultivation progress was who knew how many times faster than other demon race people.
If this continued, ultimately how strong his cultivation would become, truly only heaven knew!
Suomo was so excited his blood boiled, and he said, “Dina, starting from tomorrow, you put aside all matters of the Foreign Race Army. All military training will be handed over to Du Yan. You concentrate wholeheartedly on training Suolon. Remember, every day his arm strength increases by however much, his sword will be that much heavier, and his load will increase by twice as much. Desperately squeeze out his limits.”
“Yes.” Dina was also incomparably excited.
…
Before dawn the next day, Suomo left the tribe, taking ropes, crossbows, swords and blades to the distant highest mountain range, to capture a griffin in exchange for the little girl.
He did not bid farewell to Suolon and Dina, but instead bid farewell to Du Yan.
“Little Yan, Dina has always said you are ungrateful, only wanting to climb the dragon and attach to the phoenix, but I do not believe it. I believe your heart is with the Foreign Race Army.” Suomo said, “After I leave, I hope you can protect every person in the Foreign Race Army.”
“Yes, foster father.” Du Yan said.
Suomo said, “I know you do not like Lanling very much, but he is your younger brother. You must protect him!”
“Yes, foster father.” Du Yan said.
After Suomo departed, Du Yan assumed the mission of commanding the Foreign Race Army, diligently training the troops.
And strangely, when he was in charge of the Foreign Race Army, the grain and meat distributed by the tribe increased by thirty percent.
Clearly, this was again a small trick of Chieftain Constantine, helping Du Yan win people’s hearts, wanting to let him replace Suomo sooner and become the great chieftain of the Foreign Race Army.
…
Although Lanling got up at five o’clock in the morning, he still could not make it in time to bid farewell to his uncle Suomo. He had already departed.
Du Yan specifically sought out Lanling to speak.
“Your martial arts are too poor, and will drag us down. These days Dina is specifically training you, and I have agreed.” Du Yan said coldly, “But remember this for me. Dina is my woman. Do not have any improper thoughts, and do not touch a single finger of hers. Otherwise, I will be very angry, and the consequences will be very serious!”
Lanling was speechless. He had absolutely no interest in Du Yan’s love triangle.
After leaving Du Yan, he came to Dina’s residence and put on the specially made leather clothes.
Today, the load of lead blocks was three hundred and forty jin, and the deadwood sword in his hand was also three hundred and forty jin.
The two combined were a full six hundred and eighty jin, a full eighty jin more than yesterday.
“Run, run, run…”
Dina was behind him, whipping the ground, desperately urging Lanling, absolutely not letting him walk slowly, but rather making him run.
So, Lanling once again began the incomparably painful hell trial.
A load of six hundred and eighty jin made him reach dizziness and blurred vision after merely running two thousand metres, reaching the body’s limit.
Sure enough, a force gushed out from the depths of his bloodline, entering his four limbs and hundred bones, tempering his bones and tendons.
Just like this, two hours later, Lanling once again arrived at the nearby mountain summit, having exactly run ten thousand metres.
Then, bearing a load of three hundred and forty jin, gripping a three hundred and forty jin heavy sword, he hacked at Dina.
And today’s Dina was no longer merely parrying, but rather hacking and slashing back at Lanling.
This way, it consumed even more physical strength.
Lanling reached the painful limit again and again, his bones and tendons receiving tempering again and again.
After completing the trial, Lanling once again collapsed from exhaustion to the extreme, receiving Dina’s massage.
Then, his stomach was truly so hungry it could not endure it, so he removed his load and went hunting.
Whatever beast it was, as long as there was blood to suck, that was fine.
Spending two hours hunting, he sucked his fill of beast blood.
Then, with his blood boiling, he ran to the lake to bathe first, and had a secret rendezvous ** with Goufu’s wife, that beautiful Fox Clan young wife.
And Dina, still filled with anger, kept watch for Lanling, listening to the unbearable sounds from behind, her delicate body going limp, heat rising between her legs.
Every time, Lanling would torment that Fox Clan beauty young wife to the point of death.
Every time, this beauty would murmur, “All my previous years were lived in vain. My love only began from being with you.”
And strangely, after being with Lanling, this beauty grew more and more enchanting by the day. Her skin seemed to radiate light, her eyes seemed as if they could flow water at any moment. She was simply so beautiful it was indescribable.
…
Just like this, Lanling conducted incomparably painful hell trials every day.
Only during the brief leisure time every evening when the sun set in the west.
Of course, he could not truly be leisurely. Every time, just after he finished bathing in the lake water, that Fox Clan beauty would arrive punctually to ** with him, another bout of earth-shaking passion.
With every day of **, her attachment to Lanling grew deeper and deeper.
Every night, she completely did not want to leave, even wanting to secretly follow Lanling to the Foreign Race Army camp, so they could be together for an entire night.
And Lanling’s cultivation improvement every day was still advancing by leaps and bounds!
On the first day of hell trial, his arm strength improved to five hundred and forty jin.
On the second day of hell trial, his arm strength improved to five hundred and seventy-five jin.
On the third day, his arm strength improved to six hundred and ten jin!
Dina was truly completely shocked.
“You, you have already broken through to a Level Four Warrior.” She said in a trembling voice, “Your cultivation speed is truly completely inconceivable!”
In merely three days, Lanling had broken through from a Level Three Warrior to a Level Four Warrior!
How long had it taken her back then? One hundred and sixty days!
Lanling’s cultivation speed was over fifty times hers!
From the time he began practising martial arts until breaking through to the Demon Warrior realm, it had taken her nine years.
Then how long would Lanling need? Dina completely dared not imagine!