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Baek Ain's New Pet
🕑 Added 2023-06-28 11:12:56 +0000 UTC--- Chapter 119 ---
A ripple appeared on top of a mountain.
A white-haired youth accompanied by two beauties walked out, revealing themselves in the tactical black cloak. These cloaks concealed their appearance and aura, making them look like a group of Dou Kings.
"Are you sure this was the correct place?" Cai Lin questioned while gazing around. She couldn't find a sign of Fallen Heart Flame here.
Since Cai Lin absorbed a portion of Green Lotus Core Flame and mutated it with the help of Baek Ain's energy into a new kind of Heavenly Flame, she is more sensitive toward Heavenly Flame's presence.
The thing is, Cai Lin, couldn't find nor sense a speck of Fire Energy within five hundred radius.
Meanwhile, Lan Rou closed her eyes and felt the surrounding area with her spiritual sense. This mountain range is close to the sea and has a unique terrain where heat can get hidden with proper placement.
The salty air of the sea invaded Lan Rou's nostrils as she sensed a group of people coming from the west. Likewise, those people also noticed her immediately.
"Ain, three o'clock." Lan Rou warned, opening her eyes.
Baek Ain nodded and slapped a pre-made array into the air, covering them in this layer of silk-like fabric. They disappeared as a group of people arrived and floated in the sky.
It was a group of four, two males and two females. They also wore the same uniform(blue robe), signifying them from the same clan or sect.
And their leader is 7-Star Dou Venerate.
"Hmm, how weird... I sensed someone probing earlier, but there is no one here." A handsome man in his early thirties commented. His green eyes scanned the area slowly.
"It must be the wind." Someone from his group said.
The handsome man laughed and returned, "Haha, surely."
"Let's go. We are not the only ones who wanted to get Fallen Heart Flame."
"Thanks to the stupid student of Jia Nan Academy, our Soaring Blue Sky Sect could get a Heavenly Flame."
Baek Ain locked his soul force on them and watched the group fly away from inside the array.
"You know they are no match for me, right?" Cai Lin suddenly brings up a point. "Why should we hide when I could beat them up for information."
A weird smile appeared on Baek Ain's face as he replied, "You might think so, but I don't want to expose our identities until Behemoth Paradise is strong enough."
"Since we have killed fifty thousand people in the Secret Realm, some actually possessed a technique that bound a unique mark onto the killer, which is me, so their backups could find me."
"And from Black-Corner Region's information gathering squad, I received info that five big factions and hundreds of middle-sized factions have put bounty over someone."
"Guess that someone is?"
"Us?" Cai Lin returned weirdly. After killing some people in the Chasing Sky Forest, she does feel something attached to her skin.
Of course, Cai Lin didn't mind because she thought it was an itch.
Lan Rou also felt the same, but she dealt with it already. Her mastery over such trivial things exceeded both Baek Ain and Cai Lin.
"Do you want me to get rid of it for you?" Lan Rou proposed casually.
Baek Ain shook his head and replied, "No, not now."
"I have another plan for the killer mark."
"And this thing wouldn't get activated until we met the searcher. The distance is either one hundred meter radius or fifty."
"If you say so." Lan Rou shrugged casually. She believed Baek Ain always made the right move and wouldn't do stupid things without reason.
Cai Lin pulled Lan Rou's hand and said, "Remove the mark from me."
"Call me Sister Rou first." Lan Rou smirked at Cai Lin, leaving Queen Medusa speechless.
"You gotta be kidding me..."
"Nope."
Two women fiercely stared at each other as Cai Lin sighed in defeat because this was pointless. "Sister Rou, please remove the killer mark from me." Queen Medusa swallowed her pride and uttered.
"Right away." Lan Rou was pleased.
Baek Ain was amused at this sight. His harem lived harmoniously with each other.
After Lan Rou removed the mark from Cai Lin's body, they moved to another mountain range. They could see many people surrounding the mountain range, but they couldn't pinpoint which one was the mountain used by Fallen Heart Flame as a hidden spot.
Baek Ain even saw familiar faces, like the elders from the Jia Nan Academy and other factions from the Black Corner Region.
"This is bad." Cai Lin commented. She spotted fifty mountains in the area, each possessing pure fire dou qi. With this many people, they couldn't make a random guess.
Lan Rou frowned as she noticed a faction that wiped her Yin Yang Orchid Clan also came for Fallen Heart Flame. "Jade Demon Sect." She mumbled silently.
"Do you know them?" Baek Ain asked while staring at the Jade Demon Sect's people.
Lan Rou nodded and added solemnly, "Jade Demon Sect is one of the major factions in the Unorthodox Alliance. Also, they are the culprit of the Yin Yan Orchid Clan's destruction four centuries ago."
"And why so?" Cai Lin's eyes became cold. Even though she has only known Lan Rou for a few months, she is like a sister to her.
"I rejected Jade Demon Sect's Heir marriage proposal." Lan Rou flatly answered.
"..." Baek Ain.
"..." Cai Lin.
"Well, that's something you would do."
Lan Rou sighed and continued, "Jade Demon Sect's Heir is a petty bastard. Since he couldn't get me, he decided to drag the Yin Yang Orchid Clan to destruction."
"He shamelessly accused the Yin Yan Orchid Clan of so many crimes. And led countless other factions to wipe us."
"I might hate Yin Yang Orchid Clan, but they backed my decision to reject the marriage proposal. Unfortunately, I failed to reach Saint Realm at the critical time and made a vow with Six Path Reincarnation Flame."
Lan Rou clenched her hands as she didn't want to remember this memory, but sometimes accepting the truth is hard.
"Jade Demon Sect, huh?" Baek Ain's hazel gold eyes dimly.
"In a few months... We will see how strong you guys are."
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"Looks like getting Fallen Heart Flame back will be difficult." Su Qian sighed while scanning the area. There are too many people here.
And some are just too strong for Jia Nan Academy.
"What a horrible outcome." An academy elder that followed him added, which caused Su Qian to shake his head wryly.
As everyone in the area pondered to get the correct mountain, a fiery eruption suddenly occurred from one of the mountains.
BOOOOOOM!!
A pillar of orangish flame rose, shocking everyone with a heatwave.
"That's the one!" Someone shouted excitedly.
"Go For It! Don't let others take the Fallen Heart Flame!" Another shout echoed in the area.
But then something weird happened.
Four more pillars of flame appeared, and all were from different mountains.
And in just one minute and six seconds, all the mountains in this mountain range erupted with immense pillar flames.
Everyone was dumbfounded except for Baek Ain's group.
'That cheeky brat.' Baek Ain thought as he checked the system's map.
He ordered Alicia to lock onto Fallen Heart Flame's location months ago, so he gets the exact location now.
Truthfully, none of the mountains hold the Fallen Heart Flame. The Heavenly Flame left behind a trace of its source core, confusing anyone who wanted to catch it.
The Fallen Heart Flame hid in the deep ocean ten miles away, using the veins underground to ignite the source core and causing these flame pillars.
"Let's leave this place." Baek Ain said casually. "Things are going to become bloody here."
Lan Rou and Cai Lin nodded, following Baek Ain to the sea area.
As everyone was busy getting into the mountain range, they approached the actual location of Fallen Heart Flame.
And in just five minutes, Baek Ain and his companions jumped into the sea.
Swoosh!
They swam deeply and saw a deep trench with a dim orange light inside it.
"OwO!!" The Fallen Heart Flame sensed a familiar presence.
The Heavenly Flame looked up and saw Baek Ain.
'Yo, fiery brat!' Baek Ain sent a telepathic message to the Fallen Heart Flame.
'Human! How could you find me?' An androgynous reply.
Baek Ain smiled and returned, 'That would be a little secret of mine.'
'And it's not important.'
'I'm here to make a deal with you.'
'A deal?' The Fallen Heart Flame frowned at Baek Ain.
'Yup, a deal. A good deal you wouldn't refuse.' Baek Ain continued confidently.
'Fine, tell me, what's it?'
Baek Ain stared at the Fallen Heart Flame and stated, 'Be my pet. And I will get you out of this place.'
'I will not restrict your freedom, but you can't come out for a few years.'
"..." The Fallen Heart Flame.
'I give you five seconds.'
'Be my pet, or I'll just beat you into one.'
The Fallen Heart Flame looked at Baek Ain like he was a devil.
'One...'
'Two...'
'Three-!'
'OKAY, I'LL BE YOUR PET! GOD DAMN IT!' The Fallen Heart Flame unwillingly said. Baek Ain is too strong, so the Heavenly Flame could only surrender.
It's better than getting beaten up by this monster.
On the other side, Cai Lin and Lan Rou heard this conversation with wry looks on their faces. They possessed spiritual control to eavesdrop on Baek Ain's telepathy, but this wasn't the talk they expected.
"Did he just threaten a Heavenly Flame into becoming his pet?" Cai Lin blinked her eyes in doubt. She knew Baek Ain always did miraculous things, but this was something else.
Lan Rou nodded and replied, "Ain did."
