On that day, Qin Ziling instructed Liu Xiaoqiang to find a few mud workers to repair the broken parts of the backyard wall and reinforce and raise it in some places.

The money was sufficient and the workload was not too heavy, so the backyard was ready the next afternoon.

During this period, Qin Ziling used the technique of entering the soul into dreams on the Phantom Lizard Dragon many times.

As the sun set, Qin Ziling moved the phantom lizard dragon and its three eggs to the woodshed in the backyard.

The cage was opened, and the Phantom Lizard Dragon walked out of the cage and walked back and forth in the yard several times. However, every time it reached the door leading to the courtyard, a look of fear appeared in its eyes and it quickly shrank back.

Apart from not daring to go out, the Phantom Lizard Dragon seemed to be very satisfied with its current residence. After walking back and forth in the yard several times, it remembered its three precious eggs and went back to the cage.

"Beasts are beasts. They can't tell the difference between reality and dreams." Qin Ziling smiled and shook his head when he saw this. He turned and left the backyard and called Liu Xiaoqiang over.

When the Phantom Lizard Dragon saw Liu Xiaoqiang coming in, all the scales on its body opened up, its blood surged, and its eyes showed vigilance and ferocity. However, when it saw Liu Xiaoqiang clearly, there was a hint of fear and docility in its eyes when it looked at him.

In his dreams, Qin Ziling has created many fierce images of Liu Xiaoqiang.

"Sir, what kind of wild creature is this? When I first came in, its ferocious appearance was quite scary." Liu Xiaoqiang asked curiously as he walked closer to the open iron cage, wanting to observe the phantom lizard dragon up close.

"A first-grade exotic beast." Qin Ziling said lightly.

"What? Sir, please don't play this kind of joke with me. It will scare someone to death." Liu Xiaoqiang retracted his raised foot immediately after hearing this. Then he seemed to suddenly realize something and looked at Qin Ziling with a wry smile.

A first-grade exotic beast usually has combat power comparable to that of a Condensed Energy martial artist, and is also very ferocious and bloodthirsty. How could it be as docile as the giant lizard-like creature in front of it?

Besides, in Liu Xiaoqiang's eyes, even though Qin Ziling was much stronger than him, he was still at the Iron Skin Realm.

"I'm not kidding you. This is called the Phantom Lizard Dragon, a first-class exotic beast. It's a female breeding beast that lays more than ten to twenty eggs every year, but it only goes into heat and mates once a year. Right now, it's hatching three eggs.

This is for you, go feed it and deepen your emotional communication with it. When I'm not at home, the task of feeding it will be left to you. "Qin Ziling said, taking out a prepared muntjac leg and a small bag of dried insects such as colorful centipedes and golden locusts, and handed them to Liu Xiaoqiang.

"Gulp!" Liu Xiaoqiang moved his dry Adam's apple and swallowed hard. Then, with a pale face, he took the muntjac leg and the small bag handed over by Qin Ziling and said, "Sir, you really need me to feed them in the future! I heard that exotic beasts usually have at least the fighting power of a Condensed Strength Martial Artist, and are ferocious and bloodthirsty by nature."

"If I don't feed it by you, do you want me to stay at home and feed it? And this female breeding beast is worth at least tens of thousands of taels of silver, and there is no market for it. Now it is hatching, you have to..." Qin Ziling said.

"What do you mean tens of thousands of taels?" Liu Xiaoqiang almost jumped up when he heard that. Then he quickly put on a desperate expression and patted his chest and said, "Master, don't worry, I will definitely feed it well."

Are you kidding? Tens of thousands of taels!

"Haha, don't worry. I have trained and tamed this phantom lizard. It won't hurt you and won't walk out of the backyard. So you just need to come here regularly every day to feed it and then close the door." Qin Ziling laughed loudly.

"So that's how it is. No wonder this phantom lizard dragon was so docile except for being fierce to me at the beginning." Liu Xiaoqiang breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that.

"You come to feed it and build some relationship with it. I'm going on a long trip the day after tomorrow and it might take me ten days to come back. The house and this strange beast will be left to you." Qin Ziling said.

"Don't worry, sir." Liu Xiaoqiang took the muntjac leg and the small bag, replied with a serious face, and then began to feed the phantom lizard dragon.

Liu Xiaoqiang was very nervous at first, but when he saw that the legendary beast seemed really docile and did not gnaw his hands while eating, and occasionally looked up at him while eating, as if to express gratitude, Liu Xiaoqiang finally felt relieved.

"It seems that the strange beasts are not as ferocious as the legends say." Liu Xiaoqiang said.

"This is the only exception. Next time you see a strange beast, you'd better stay away from it." Qin Ziling said calmly.
"Yes!" Liu Xiaoqiang's heart skipped a beat when he heard that. Only then did he realize that his thinking was too simple.

"Also, regarding the matter of raising exotic beasts in the backyard, no information is allowed to be leaked. I will tell Yin Ranyue and my mother not to enter the backyard during this period of time." Qin Ziling's expression suddenly became serious.

Although it was impossible for anyone to pay attention to their dilapidated house, and even more impossible for anyone to think that they had exotic beasts in their backyard, if Liu Xiaoqiang was careless and didn't pay attention, there would always be a risk of the news leaking out.

"Don't worry, sir. I understand." Liu Xiaoqiang said solemnly.

Then, Qin Ziling taught Liu Xiaoqiang the key points of raising exotic beasts that he had learned from Xiao Qing.

That night, during dinner, Qin Ziling gave strict instructions to Cui and Yin Ranyue.

For the next two days, Liu Xiaoqiang fed the phantom lizard dragon, and it was quite friendly and docile to Liu Xiaoqiang.

But Qin Ziling was still not very reassured, and he used the technique of entering the soul into dreams on the Phantom Lizard Dragon several times to consolidate the effect. He also secretly observed it many times and found that it was really honest and full of fear of the outside world. It was only willing to stay inside this wall. Only then did he feel relieved.

On the eighth day of the first lunar month, the weather was sunny.

After breakfast, Qin Ziling said goodbye to his family.

"Young Master, I can feel the energy of heaven and earth entering my body now!" Yin Ranyue said in a low voice when sending Qin Ziling out of the house.

"That's great. Next, you should guide the energy of heaven and earth to clear the meridians in order." Qin Ziling was not too surprised after hearing the instructions.

He didn't have much idea of ​​his Qi Refining progress, the only one he could compare it to was himself.

It only took him two days to open up his meridians through the use of Qi, but it took Yin Ranyue almost five days to feel the Qi of heaven and earth entering his body. It is still unknown how many days it will take to complete the process of opening up his meridians through the use of Qi. Therefore, in Qin Ziling's opinion, Yin Ranyue's talent should be average, at least there is a big gap between her and his.

"Yes, I will!" Yin Ranyue had no idea about the progress of her own training, and her expectations of herself were not high to begin with, so when she saw that Qin Ziling did not show much surprise, she did not think there was anything wrong, and nodded heavily in response when she heard the words.

"Since you can already feel the energy of heaven and earth entering your body, try to find out in the next few days if there is any suitable girl candidate. I will come back and take a look and then make the final decision. This way you don't have to do housework every day." Qin Ziling said.

"Yes!" This time Yin Ranyue did not refuse, but nodded obediently with a firm look in her eyes.

"Okay, I'm leaving." Qin Ziling nodded, then waved to Yin Ranyue.

"Young Master." Yin Ranyue hesitated and called Qin Ziling.

"Is there anything else?" Qin Ziling turned around and asked.

"You climbed over the wall that night and went to Xujiabao, right?" Yin Ranyue asked in a low voice.

Qin Ziling's face changed slightly when he heard this.

When Qin Ziling's face changed slightly, he suddenly felt a faint fragrance coming towards him. Yin Ranyue had already thrown herself into his arms, hugging his waist tightly, with tears in her eyes.

"Ran Yue is just a poor vagrant. She is not worthy of you, Master, for me..."

"Silly girl, I've told you that we are a family. How could I allow others to bully you?" Qin Ziling gently stroked Yin Ranyue's smooth hair.

The silver hairpin he gave me shone pleasingly in the morning sun.

(End of this chapter)