Yin Yang Wolf Race, Perennial Runner-Up

The eight-colored Nine Heavens Jade Pendant Qin—red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, purple, and black—appeared in the air, then slowly flew over to Qian Mian Hong and the others.

The girls immediately hugged the guqins as if they were priceless treasures.

Su Yu took out another eight sets of introductory books and gave them to the girls. The nine of them then sat in the pavilion and began reading.

Within a single day, Qian Mian Hong and the other eight had finished all the introductory books. The books also contained several simple pieces, so they began practicing them. That night, Thousand Faces Island was filled with a chaotic jumble of guqin music.

Su Yu, meanwhile, paid no heed to the world outside and focused only on his sleep.

Early the next morning.

When Su Yu got up, he could still hear the resonant sounds of qins outside. However, they were no longer as disorderly as before. They had begun to take shape. The nine qins played together, with no one too fast and no one too slow.

Su Yu came outside, where the nine girls were still wholly focused on playing. Only after they finished a piece did they notice that Su Yu had come over.

"Teacher—Master—why are you here?" the nine girls asked in unison.

Su Yu smiled. "Your music drew me over. Not bad. Being able to play one piece together after just one night is already quite impressive."

"Hehe." The nine girls revealed delighted smiles. Naturally, being praised by their teacher made them happy.

Having already mastered the basics, Su Yu planned to begin teaching them properly. To play pieces with special effects, one’s Qin Dao had to be exceptionally strong. Thus, Su Yu did not start by teaching them special pieces. Instead, he taught them ordinary music and passed down the experience he had accumulated over many years of practicing the qin.

Three years later.

In the pavilion, Qian Mian Bai looked at Su Yu and softly said, "Master, can you take me outside for a walk? I’ve never been anywhere else."

Su Yu smiled. "There’s nothing much to do in the World Outside the Circle. I’ve been out here for three years already. In a while, I’ll take you all to the Circle Within. It’s much more fun there than outside."

"No, I haven’t properly seen the World Outside the Circle yet. Master, please take me with you." Qian Mian Bai grabbed Su Yu’s hand and shook it.

Qian Mian Bai was now six years old and had grown considerably taller. Over the years, Su Yu had learned that the Thousand Faces Demon Race was actually a special kind of fox. During childhood, they were exactly like humans and possessed no magical power. They could only begin cultivating at eighteen. However, these foxes had extremely poor cultivation talent. The magical power they cultivated could only sustain their disguise techniques and the spells they copied from others.

Once Su Yu learned of this, he helped them resolve the issue. After all, without powerful magical power, how could they possibly perform qin techniques with special effects?

Su Yu had already used Dominion Power to reconstruct the bones and meridians of all nine girls.

Looking at the coquettish Qian Mian Bai, Su Yu gave a helpless smile. "All right, all right. I’ll take you out for a stroll. But once we’re outside, you have to listen to me. Understand?"

Qian Mian Bai immediately nodded with all her might.

After informing Qian Mian Hong, Su Yu took Qian Mian Bai with him.

The kindness of his instruction and the grace of giving them new lives had made Qian Mian Hong and the others deeply respect Su Yu. Since Su Yu said he would take Qian Mian Bai out for a walk, she naturally would not refuse.

After Su Yu and Qian Mian Bai crossed Thousand Faces Lake, Su Yu called out Erha. He then conjured the carriage he had used before, and he and Qian Mian Bai climbed aboard.

Erha stared at Su Yu with a gloomy expression. You keep dragging me out to use as a horse. Did you ever ask for my opinion?

Su Yu said, "What are you looking at? Get moving."

Erha continued staring at Su Yu without budging.

Su Yu raised his hand. "If you don’t move, do you believe I’ll beat you? Have you gone floating because it’s been too long since you were last beaten?"

Erha puffed out his cheeks and said, "You haven’t even said where we’re going! Hmph! You always blame the dog for no reason!"

Qian Mian Bai’s eyes lit up. "This wolf can actually talk!"

Su Yu smiled awkwardly. "Haha, well… just run wherever you want. Wander around a bit."

Erha turned around and was about to run, but suddenly looked back at Qian Mian Bai with a shameless grin. "So this little girl has discovered the identity of me, the Wolf King. Not bad, little girl. You have good eyes!"

"What the hell, I’ve told you how many times—you’re a dog!" Su Yu kicked Erha in the rear, looking as though he could not bear to see him fail to live up to expectations.

Awoo~

The Dragongallbladder Bright Silver Spear suddenly appeared in Su Yu’s hand and was placed directly against Erha’s neck. "Come on, howl again. Let me hear it."

Woof woof woof.

Erha immediately barked several times.

"You really are asking for it. You need a good beating. All right, let’s go." The Dragongallbladder Bright Silver Spear disappeared from Su Yu’s hand as he spoke.

Erha began running forward dejectedly.

Qian Mian Bai looked at Erha and said with a smile, "Master, your big dog is so cute. Can he play with me?"

"Stop thinking only about playing. You still need to practice the qin and cultivate!" Su Yu said, knocking Qian Mian Bai on the head.

Qian Mian Bai pouted. "Oh."

In the World Outside the Circle, the appearance of the carriage quickly attracted countless gazes. After all, carriages did not exist outside the Circle.

Erha pulled the carriage into a city, and when the crowd saw him, they began discussing him.

Passerby A: "Isn’t that a wolf from the Yin Yang Wolf Race? Why is it pulling that huge thing?"

Passerby B: "Yeah, yeah. Aren’t the Yin Yang Wolf Race all ridiculously arrogant? Why would one appear in a place like this?"

Hearing the discussions outside, Su Yu stroked his chin. "Could there really be a race like Erha in the World Outside the Circle? It seems to rank pretty high, too!"

As he spoke, Su Yu looked at Qian Mian Bai. "Xiao Bai, do you know about the Yin Yang Wolf Race?"

Qian Mian Bai nodded. "I do. My sister told me that the Yin Yang Wolf Race is the powerful race ranked second on the Myriad Races Ranking!"

"Even Erha can rank second? Let me calculate what’s going on." With disbelief written all over his face, Su Yu began calculating on his fingers.

After finishing his calculations, Su Yu understood the strength of the Yin Yang Wolf Race.

Yin Yang Wolves, in other words, Erhas, were born with formidable strength in the World Outside the Circle. Their males could borrow the power of the sun, while their females could borrow the power of the moon. The might of the sun and moon went without saying, and that was how they had risen to second place.

However, Erhas were Erhas after all—their brains were not particularly sharp. Although the Erhas here were not as foolish as Su Yu’s Erha, their intelligence was still rather concerning. They could originally have ranked first on the Myriad Races Ranking, but they were outmaneuvered and fell to second place.

The current first-ranked race on the Myriad Races Ranking was actually somewhat weaker than the Yin Yang Wolves. Yet because the wolves lacked intelligence, they had never managed to reclaim first place. Other races wanted to crush the Yin Yang Wolves with their brains, but they lacked the strength. Thus, the Yin Yang Wolves had remained perennial runners-up for ten thousand years.

Let me explain the bonus chapter conditions. A Rudder Master earns one extra chapter, and so on. At most, there can be ten extra chapters at once—that is, ten extra chapters for an Alliance Leader. Though that probably won’t happen (_)

I currently owe two chapters. I don’t have time to make them up right now, so I can only repay them after the story goes premium.

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