Chapter 1264: Chapter 772
After completing his tasks each day, Lai Jianlin would return with his magical treasure, then accompany Ding Ling to study various skills together, always aiming to improve and overcome difficulties!
Even though they had learned the basics of various intelligent methods, they had not yet reached the intermediate level, but there were those intermediate secret manuals.
Whenever they had free time, they would study; after all, most of a cultivator’s time is spent on cultivation!
Besides improving skills, they also needed to enhance their abilities. If abilities remained stagnant, how could they continuously complete tasks?
Lai Jianlin found that there were too many at the Nascent Soul Stage; he was just one among the many, and among them, he still needed to continuously grow.
Luo Yaxuan would occasionally chat with Lai Jianlin each day, exchanging experiences about various skills and also sharing insights from solidifying formations over recent days, and gaining understanding from others’ formations!
They discovered that some sects nearby were based on sea islands, and apart from their cultivation abilities, they were also adept at diving and piloting flying ships and flying treasures!
After all, the sects nearby were on sea islands or along the coast!
Perhaps they would encounter more outsiders, some of whom protected this peaceful land!
There might be such a responsibility; with them around, they also handled tasks that the officials couldn’t accomplish!
The disciples of the sect rarely took official positions!
The cultivation world is inherently complex, and usually, the strong in each local residence would gather other weaker ones to maintain peace in the region!
As for outsiders, they would unite to defeat or eliminate them!
Previously, they would get rid of foreign spies, but over the years, the spies became too clever, disguising themselves so well that they couldn’t immediately identify spies, let alone the Eastern demons now appearing!
The Eastern demons had transformed into humans on this island for so long, yet no one noticed. Some playful human men even ventured onto their territory, playing oblivious to the origins of these Eastern demons!
Their weakness, most likely, made them unable to discern the abilities of the others or the demon form transformations.
Sometimes, Ding Ling heard family say, how could the Eastern demon transform into such beautiful women?
These men were so dashing and elegant, looking even better than humans!
Occasionally, Ding Zining would hear his wife comment on how those demons turned so handsome and charming.
Truthfully, Ding Zining did not agree with his wife’s statements. After all, they were transformed, whereas they were true humans. Also, cultivating had made them more handsome and charming, and the muscles developed from years of hunting made them feel stronger than those shapeshifted demons!
He did not agree with what his wife said!
Ding Zining felt that what his wife said carried a slightly sour tone; after all, they were only ordinary farmers before, and his wife was just an ordinary farm girl, not particularly beautiful. Only after cultivation did her skin become shiny and pale!
A tanned complexion from the sun, their natural yellow skin, had changed post-cultivation. This was also because cultivation brought the greatest feedback to their bodies.
The elders overheard Ding Zining and his wife’s conversations too, but after cultivating recently, though not as quickly as the young, their white hair was gradually darkening!
The most evident were their grandparents. Originally with white hair, they had not lived long in the Mortal Realm, being white-haired by sixty.
In another ten or so years, they would die of natural causes. Cultivation had changed their skin, and their hair turning black was already good news for a longer lifespan.
Ding Family’s parents already had some white hair, but post-cultivation, their skin was younger, and their hair was darkening!
After all, they were only in their thirties or forties, and at this age, if longevity increased, they could live even longer!
In their view, they could not compare with those stronger; if they could live two or three hundred years, they would have more time to view the world!
So they worked tirelessly, reaching the first and second levels of Qi cultivation within a few days.
They were comparable to some children with spiritual roots!
Lai Jianlin would occasionally listen to Ding Ling share the family’s conversations, jokingly remarking how amusing those words were!
Yet, he did not find them funny and would never dare laugh at his girlfriend’s family in front of her.
He was quite sincere in this aspect!
“In my heart, how could beautiful demons compare to my junior sister?”
Lai Jianlin’s sweet talk was precisely on point!
Ding Ling wore a sweet smile, feeling a bit insecure despite her senior brother’s praise!
This was their way of getting along, amidst love and affection; Lai Jianlin was considerate, never letting his girlfriend feel pressured around him!
Occasionally, Luo Yaxuan also heard Liu Jiaojiao compliment those demons!
Luo Yaxuan disagreed, thinking those Eastern demons could neither be more handsome nor more beautiful than humans, their transformations merely illusions!
“Am I not handsome? Am I not elegant?”
Luo Yaxuan was also quite vain with his remark!
“Hehehe, Senior Brother, you are the most handsome and elegant. I also feel those demons’ transformations are not more charming than you, elegant and graceful as you are!”