"I believe Freya and Caitlin, those pets must all be your creations!"
Looking at the little figure on her shoulder, the creature even started touching its short hair. This combination of its appearance and voice made Jin Xiya feel as if she were being desecrated.
For the sake of her Seele, and because the other party was just a slime, she barely managed to hold back.
"You probably wouldn't believe me if I said no, but Little Xi'er is a good elf, and I don't want to see her suffer all the time." Noticing that the girl was suppressing her emotions, Luo Fan stopped touching her.
The other girls have created such good conditions for me, and I can also learn about the situation of other empires. It would be a pity to waste such a win-win situation.
"Do you have a gold-type magic core with inscriptions or something similar on you? I need to confirm which one is suitable for her."
"Can you really help her?" Jin Xiya was a little excited. If her pet broke through, she was very confident that she could break through her current realm and catch up with Freya.
"Of course. Little Xi'er, come here for a moment!" Luo Fan called out directly in front of the girl. Sure enough, Little Xi'er flew over and landed in front of her master a moment later.
Then, like a teacher, he explained the problems that Xiaoxi'er was facing, and he spoke very logically and clearly. Even the little girl nodded in agreement from time to time.
After finishing her story, at Luo Fan's instruction, Xi'er flew out to play with Huo Yu and the others, her words carrying more weight than her master's.
"Think about it first. Once you've figured it out, hand the thing over to Xiao Xi'er, and I'll know what to do."
"May I watch from the sidelines?"
“Okay, as long as you swear you won’t tell anyone. You can discuss the specific conditions with Caitlin. Alright, I’m outta here!” With that, Luo Fan jumped into her shadow and then appeared on Ellie’s shoulder.
The girl seemed to have accepted Freya's suggestion, sending several of her tribespeople to help manage the arrows and adjust the bows. She herself found the leading mage, chatted about something, and then called Little Seele back.
"Caitlyn, aren't you going to take this opportunity to find out about the Fisher Empire?" After settling things over there and chatting with Ellie for a while, Luo Fan went to Caitlyn's temporary tent.
"Wait until she agrees to your request before making any decisions. There's no rush!"
"Aren't you afraid she'll turn her back on you?"
“She won’t! Jinxia is very proud and also very trustworthy. If Freya hadn’t shattered her confidence and she hadn’t actually encountered difficulties, she definitely wouldn’t have agreed.”
“She is now the person in charge of the Ruijin family. If it weren’t for special reasons, she would never have come here to explore. Most of the time, she would consider the family’s interests.”
"It's not much different from yours," Luo Fan replied irritably.
"At least I still consider your feelings, and besides, I've never betrayed you! After all, being in this position, sometimes you have no choice in what you do," Caitlin sighed. Luo Fan quickly grew a size larger and pulled the girl into his arms.
"At least he has some conscience."
"Hehe~, I know you're good to me. Suppose, and I mean suppose, your father died unexpectedly, would you choose to become the emperor of the empire?" In Luo Fan's memory, there had been several empresses in the history of this world, so this question didn't seem out of place.
“Lofan, I’m warning you, you can’t assassinate my father. If something really happens to him and no one in the Empire can take over, I probably will.” Catherine tightened her embrace around the little figure and voiced her true thoughts.
"Don't worry, I'm talking about the worst-case scenario, and you are indeed much more decisive than that dog emperor. As for Jin Xiya's matter, you can think it through yourself. I'm good at fooling people, but I'm not good at negotiating."
"Yes, I've already thought about it, so don't worry." Hearing Luo Fan's praise, she deliberately ignored his evaluation of her father.
In fact, there were times when she didn't agree with her father's actions, but there was only so much she could do.
Because of the presence of the Void Devourer's corpse, the two groups gradually began to communicate more. The craftsmanship of the blacksmithing families was recognized by these adventurers, and some martial artists were willing to pay a high price to hire them for their help.
Not long after, Jin Xiya arrived with her pet.
Meanwhile, Luo Fan had already slipped into the underground through the pit in the stone wall to look for the footprints of the fire serpents.
Such excellent fire-elemental materials, especially the magic cores which are all fire-attribute and from mid-tier magical beasts, made Luo Fan very tempted. Now that he had found a good way to condense clones, he might as well take this opportunity to create clones of other attributes as well.
The dark and sweltering environment provided Luo Fan with an excellent hunting ground, and following the scent of the Flame Serpent, he continued to venture deeper.
Before long, he found a rich mineral deposit. Many of the stones were radiating tremendous heat, and the fire element inside was more than twice as concentrated as outside.
It's even denser than the fiery secret realm of the volcanic underground city.
Countless venomous snakes writhe in the hollow crevices of the rocks, some even devouring the wounded bodies of their companions. The largest snake, however, is submerged in a shallow pool of fire spirit liquid, its tongue flicking as if it has sensed something.
Suddenly, a very faint aura appeared in the darkness and then vanished instantly. Immediately afterward, it sensed its body being cut open by something, and something entered its body, frantically absorbing its blood.
The snake king was writhing in agony, and the entire cave trembled. Many other snakes were unable to escape and were smashed to pieces by the snake king.
But then, even more clone killers appeared, constantly reaping the lives of these thick-skinned creatures and sucking their blood in large quantities.
The snakes were thrown into chaos, with many small snakes darting about and others bursting out of the ground to escape into the distance.
Luo Fan didn't bother dealing with the demonic snakes below level 60, and he had already warned his girls to be careful before coming. After absorbing their stamina, they regrouped and began trying to use the environment to condense a fire-type magic core.
Outside, Toria led her team to clear out the suddenly appearing swarm of snakes. Jinshia, realizing what was happening, then had her men join in. The large number of snakes desperately tried to escape, causing some damage to nearby adventurers, but not resulting in significant losses for either team.
Luo Fan, having returned to the Ellie Pet Space, looked at the newly generated fire-type clone. He placed a large number of fire-type spirit stones and several bottles of fire spirit liquid next to it. After confirming that its condition was stable, he slipped out and continued to sweep the area below.
Just now, he also found a special bead in the snake king's body, which seems to be able to amplify the spiritual sense of fire-type creatures. It is definitely a major discovery.
No wonder an ordinary giant snake was able to break through the level 70 limit; it must be all thanks to this bead.
As for the more fiery ore, he didn't deal with it; such things were not of interest to him for the time being.
After finishing cleaning up, Luo Fan touched the snake's hard scales again, but decided against removing them; they took up too much space. Back on land, he found Caitlin, who was receiving Jinshia.
Looking at the magic bag in the girl's hand, Luo Fan immediately understood what was going on.
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