Li Yebing loved her younger sister since their childhood. She had no way to reject Li Yexue's plea. Glaring at Qin Dong, Li Yebing curled her lips, "As long as this guy doesn't come to bother me, I will not trouble him."
Qin Dong disdained, "I will be delight if you don't disturb me then."
"You…you just wait for me. I will teach you a lesson if Yexue loses interest in you." Regardless of Li Yexue's objection, Li Yebing jumped up, holding Li Yexue's hand and disappeared in the dark as quickly as lightening. In Li Yebing's opinion, Qin Dong was an ordinary person without any martial skills. She wanted to take advantage of this point and discarded him in the wilderness.
"Xiao Dong, the first young lady was born like this. Don't be annoyed. " Zhou Kai smiled to Qin Dong.
Waving his head, Qin Dong grinned, "As a man, how can I be angry with a woman? Brother Zhou, you look down upon me."
Tittering, Zhou Kai laughed, "That's fine. Ha…ha…"
Qin Dong looked up at the sky to check time. It would be dawn soon. He turned around to Zhou Kai, " I am so touched that Brother Zhou came to save me today even at the risk of losing life. Here is one Tianyuan Core, please take it."
"Tianyuan core?" Zhou Kai saw the one which Qin Dong gave to Li Yunteng.
Li Yunteng did not believe that a small pillet could boost one's cultivation base by thirty years. He did not dare to take it. After returning to the Flying Dragon School, Li Yunteng showed the Tianyuan core to Mr. Tong, who was stunned to see it and amazed at Li Yunteng's good fortune and spoke highly of its value.
While confirming that the core was as valuable as Qin Dong described, Li Yunteng cherished it so much. He collected the pillet and decided to take it when reaching a bottleneck in cultivation.
Zhou Kai knew how invaluable the Tianyuan core was. He could not believe his eyes when Qin Dong rewarded him with one core. In the mortal realm, it was a rare treasure for martial artists like Zhou Kai. However, such a pillet was as worthless as the candies for children in Qin Dong's eyes.
"It…it is so precious. I…I can't take it!" Zhou Kai strived to suppress his excitement, in case his desire triumphed over intellect.
Grinning, Qin Dong seized Zhou Kai's hand and thrust one Tianyuan core in his palm, "Please take it now. I will guard you nearby and help you absorb all its medicinal energy!"
"Take it now…now? Will the core exert better effect if I take it while encountering a bottleneck?" Zhou Kai whispered.
"Ah? Ha…ha…ha…" I can give you a new one when you reach the bottleneck phase. You don't have to wait for so long.
"Do you still have the core?"
Qin Dong blinked at astonished Zhou Kai, chuckling, "Of course, I do. What's more, I have plenty of cores. But you'd better not use the Tianyuan core while in a bottleneck. A martial artist could benefit a lot from his bottleneck stage by making a breakthrough himself. Meanwhile he solidifies his foundation in this way!"
Zhou Kai nodded, "I understand."
Qin Dong giggled, "All right, then take it now."
Zhou Kai did as Qin Dong ordered. He placed the Tianyuan core in his mouth. A cool spring slid down along his throat into his belly, where a trace of heat energy burst. The energy transformed into thousands of traces and spread to other organs crazily revolving around Zhou Kai's belly.
As the core began to work, Zhou Kai sat in lotus position hurriedly. He carefully guided the rushing energy through his meridians and to his elixir field, whose vital energy was enriched.
His elixir field ballooned as if being inflated. If his former elixir field was compared to a pool, his current one was a lake. One Tianyuan core boost his cultivation base greatly. Zhou Kai would never believe that if not experiencing the mysterious medicinal effect himself.
Around one hour later, he rose up to the sky, hovered several rounds as light as feather and landed at ease. Riding on wind, Zhou Kai was ecstatic at the lightness and coziness. He raised his head and roared. His howl spread far in the tranquil night sky.
"Xiao Dong, I…I don't know how to thank you…" As gratefulness and excitement brimmed his eyes, Zhou Kai looked at Qin Dong
Qin Dong laughed, "No need to stand on ceremony between buddies."
"No! Xiao Dong, you…you don't understand. The Tianyuan core raised my cultivation base from the mid level of the true core stage to its peak. Perhaps I will enter the Houtian stage not long after, which I yearn for. I am in your debt. I…" Zhou Kai was so thrilled that he talked incoherently.
Nodding, Qin Dong answered, "You can come to me when reaching the Houtian stage. I will prepare you a lavish gift then."
"Lavish gift?" Exhilarated, Zhou Kai doubted Qin Dong's remarks and expected what Qin Dong said would come true.
Qin Dong grinned, "It is late now. We'd better go back as soon as possible." Waving his hand, Qin Dong held Zhou Kai, who lost control of himself immediately. Both of them left as a gust of wind in the air.