Son-in-law Heaven Emperor Xiao Yi

"Heaven Venerate?"

Little Lin was startled and looked at Xiao Yi, puzzled.

Xiao Yi raised the Buddha's relic in his hand and waved it in front of Little Lin, smiling, "This is the Buddha's relic of a Heaven Venerate Realm expert. It's more than enough to allow you to step into the realm of Heaven Venerate."

Gulp!

Little Lin swallowed hard.

His cultivation was comparable to that of the seventh layer in the Earth Venerate Realm, and he had thought it would take a long time to step into the Heaven Venerate Realm.

Never had he imagined that the relic in Xiao Yi's hand, modest in appearance and the size of a walnut, could allow him to step into the Heaven Venerate Realm. It should be known that, with Little Lin's bloodline talent, once entering the Heaven Venerate Realm,

His power would undergo earth-shattering changes.

However...

After the initial excitement, Little Lin said in a deep voice, "Boss, if this Buddha's relic can allow me to enter the Heaven Venerate Realm, then if you consume and refine it, you should be able to improve even more, right? Let's leave it with you!"

Since his birth, he had depended on Xiao Yi for life.

In Little Lin's heart, Xiao Yi was the only family he had in this world.

Whenever there was anything good, his first thought was naturally to offer it to Xiao Yi.

Just as when Xiao Yi got something good, the first person he thought of was Little Lin.

Warmth filled Xiao Yi's heart; he gently rubbed Little Lin's head and said with a smile, "Don't worry, the energy contained in this Sealing God Leaf is overwhelmingly abundant. It's enough for both you and me to make a breakthrough…"

"Really?"

Little Lin tilted his head skeptically, looking at Xiao Yi, afraid that Xiao Yi was bluffing to give the relic to him.

Tap!

Xiao Yi gently knocked on his head and said with a laugh, "What? Could I possibly deceive you?"

"Hehe!"

Little Lin chuckled, his smile brighter than ever, his eyes rolling around. He looked at the thousands of young boys and girls and showed a worried expression, "Boss, what about these people?"

The entire temple had turned into something akin to purgatory.

Hundreds of monks had been torn to shreds by these boys and girls and slaves; corpses lay scattered everywhere, blood flowing like rivers.

Xiao Yi also glanced over.

At this moment, all of the boys, girls, and slaves looked at him with eyes filled with nervousness and awe. Before this, they had endured inhumane torture and had nearly been thrown into the furnace to be melted into flesh and blood for gold.

Though they had now secured their freedom, they were still clearly at a loss.

They didn't even know where they were!

Many of them, seized while their families and kin had been slaughtered, had no homes to return to. Now, Xiao Yi, their savior, had become their pillar of support.

The last straw that could save their lives!

Xiao Yi rubbed his temples. It wasn't suitable to take them away now, and considering there were many of them, he also couldn't settle them well, especially since this place was not part of the Daqian Dynasty.

At that thought.

Xiao Yi said solemnly, "Everyone, you are now free. But for now, you cannot leave this place. However, please rest assured, I guarantee to take you out of here within a month!"

"Benefactor, we trust you!"

"We will follow your instructions…"

The crowd spoke in unison.

Xiao Yi nodded in satisfaction, then left some supplies for everyone. He and Little Lin searched the temple but found no trace of a treasury. Having no other choice, they left.

Upon leaving, he particularly left a group of God Devouring Ants guarding the entrance to prevent anyone from coming in and discovering the situation here.

With these God Devouring Ants standing guard, even if someone noticed something, they would be able to hold them off.

He too would be able to act in time.

After taking a look around the Great Buddha Hall to make sure he hadn't left any traces, Xiao Yi released some God Devouring Ants to surveil Master Tianyun and Monk Xue, then the two of them returned to their own private courtyard.

He casually set up an Array to shield their presence.

Within the Array, Xiao Yi and Little Lin sat down, took out the Elixir of Life furnace to smelt the Buddha's relic, and both sat beside the furnace, circulating their mystical powers simultaneously to absorb the energy released after the smelting of the Buddha's relic.

Little Lin transformed into his true form, a Glutton, and mercilessly devoured the energy that surged towards them.

The Buddha's relic was the essence of a Buddha's lifelong cultivation and realm.

Their cultivation levels climbed incessantly.

Time flew by.

One day.

Two days.

Three days...

In the blink of an eye, it was almost the one-month deadline Xiao Yi had agreed upon with Master Tianyun. Both Xiao Yi and Little Lin's cultivation had leaped significantly, especially Little Lin, whose cultivation had formally stepped into the Heaven Venerate Realm.

Although it was only the First-layer Human Venerable Realm, if Little Lin fought in his true form, he could completely match a practitioner in the Third-layer Heavenly Venerable Realm.

Xiao Yi had given most of the energy to Little Lin, so his own increase in cultivation wasn't significant, but the number of Sealing God Leaves on the Divine Sealing Tree had risen to 2.16 million.

"1.08 million Sealing God Leaves is equivalent to the First-layer Heaven Honor Realm, 2.16 million... I'm now comparable to the cultivation of the Second Layer Heavenly Venerable Realm, and at full strength, I could even hold my ground against a practitioner in the Fifth Layer Heaven Honor Realm!"

Xiao Yi looked at the Buddha's relic within the Elixir of Life furnace, which by now was almost completely smelt, and the corners of his mouth lifted slightly, revealing a cold curve, "Master Tianyun? Now I'm rather looking forward to you making your move..."

Just then...

Monk Xue's voice came from outside: "Xiao, the World Honored One invites you over!"

"Coming!"

Xiao Yi's eyes brightened, and he glanced at Little Lin, who had also opened his eyes, and said with a smile, "Our guest has already shown up at the door, let's go!"

"Alrighty!"

Little Lin grinned, revealing a particularly brilliant sharp tiger tooth.

The two walked out of the room side by side, looking towards Monk Xue, "Lead the way!"

"Uh..."

Monk Xue was taken aback; his instincts told him that something had changed with Xiao Yi and Little Lin since a month ago, but he couldn't sense the exact nature of the change.

In addition, with Xiao Yi already taking the lead, he had no choice but to follow without much thought.

They made their way to Master Tianyun's private courtyard.

Master Tianyun looked at Xiao Yi with a face full of regret and said with a wry smile, "I didn't expect a month's time to be so short. I'm afraid I haven't been able to comprehend much from this fragment of the map. Xiao, I wonder what you have gained?"

Xiao Yi shrugged his shoulders with a helpless expression, "I'm really limited in my abilities, I haven't gained anything either!"

"Alas, the ancient text on this map fragment is really too difficult to understand..." Master Tianyun shook his head with apparent regret and took out the fifth piece of the map fragment, "Although I really want to keep it, after all, it should be returned to its rightful owner. Here you go!"

"If we have a chance in the future, we can still exchange insights!"

Xiao Yi also politely responded, took out the first piece of the map fragment, and handed it over to Master Tianyun with an air of reluctance.

The two exchanged map fragments.

Master Tianyun did not notice anything unusual, and casually stored the map fragment away, clearly believing that Xiao Yi and Little Lin had been in Tian Yun Temple the whole time, and thus had no opportunity to create a fake map fragment.

As Xiao Yi was about to put away the map fragment, the corners of Master Tianyun's mouth rose slightly, carrying a hint of a cold smile as if his plot had succeeded.

However...

Xiao Yi's movements halted slightly, and he feigned surprise, "Old monk, there's something wrong with this map!"