Chapter 402: Chapter 190: Becoming a Demon?
Xile was overjoyed, rubbing its head furiously against Qin Fang’s hand and licking him nonstop. In the blink of an eye, it had licked his hand soaking wet.
Qin Fang immediately snapped, "Stop licking!"
Xile froze, then obediently stopped. But its head was still bobbing, its massive body wriggling just like when it was a puppy. Its three-to-four-meter-long tail whipped back and forth with a WHOOSH. Qin Fang’s eyelid twitched as he watched... ’If that tail hits a house, it’ll probably flatten the building in an instant!’
With a thought, he subconsciously used his Divine Sense to inspect the inside of Xile’s body.
One look was all it took for surprise to flash across his face... The bones inside its body were actually glowing with a brilliant Golden Light. The density of its muscles and skeleton far exceeded his expectations.
’It looks... almost as strong as me, and I’m in the True Essence Realm?’
He even discovered a power within its body that was remarkably similar to True Essence!
’...What the hell?’
’...Xile...’
’Has it become a Demon?’
"Xile... you haven’t learned how to talk, have you?"
Qin Fang asked, his expression horrified.
Xile: "Hah... Hah... Hah..."
It had a foolishly cheerful look on its face.
"..."
’So it doesn’t seem like it can talk?’
’Then this power inside its body...’
’Where did it come from?’
’...This definitely isn’t from that mysterious liquid!’
Qin Fang was certain!
He had consumed that mysterious liquid before. While it was beneficial to bones and living creatures...
...it definitely wasn’t enough to cause such a massive transformation in an ordinary dog!
’...Could there be something else of value here near Old Ox Back?’
’Did this dog have some other fortuitous encounter?’
"Xile, this power inside you... where did it come from?"
Although Qin Fang figured Xile most likely wouldn’t understand, he couldn’t help but ask anyway.
As expected, Xile just panted happily, wagging its tail and nuzzling its face against his.
Qin Fang thought for a moment, then suddenly said, "Take me to the place you’ve been frequenting."
With that, Qin Fang vaulted onto the dog’s back.
’I have to say... now that it’s bigger, Xile’s back is much better for riding.’
This time, Xile seemed to understand him. It let out a cheerful AWOO, turned, and took off running.
Riding on its back, Qin Fang watched as it reached the waterfall in just a few bounds. Then, with a mighty leap, it easily cleared the waterfall that was dozens of meters high and continued its mad dash forward.
’It’s like we’re moving as fast as lightning...’ Qin Fang was shocked to realize, ’Without using Mirror Flower Water Moon at full power, my pure Flying speed might not even match Xile’s!’
The surroundings were lush and filled with towering mountains, but none of it seemed to matter to Xile. A single leap covered tens, even hundreds, of meters.
Moreover, Qin Fang, seated on its back, made a keen discovery... As Xile ran, the power inside its body began to circulate naturally. This not only made Xile incredibly fast but also as light as a feather.
’With such a massive Physique, judging by its bone and muscle density, it must weigh at least as much as an elephant!’
’...At least ten thousand pounds!’
But despite that terrifying weight, Xile was practically flying... all because of that power inside it.
It made the dog as light as a feather.
’...Leaf Skill?’
’A dog that knows Leaf Skill?’
Qin Fang felt he couldn’t make sense of it anymore.
Amidst the whistling wind, Xile carried Qin Fang for an unknown distance, deep into a continuous, primeval mountain range.
Towering ancient trees were everywhere.
Xile basically bounded from treetop to treetop, moving at an incredible speed. Soon, a small valley appeared ahead. Xile leaped down into it. One side of the valley was a cliff face, on top of which was a bed of straw. It jumped onto the cliff ledge and panted happily out at the valley.
Qin Fang’s attention was also drawn to the valley... In the center of this small valley was a deep pool covered in lotus leaves, each one as large as a prayer mat. A vast number of lotus flowers were in gorgeous bloom, some floating on the water’s surface, others standing tall above it.
The sight was breathtakingly beautiful.
The most eye-catching thing of all, right in the center of the pool, was a Golden Lotus Seedpod as large as a prayer mat.
Right now, however, the seedpod was pockmarked with fist-sized holes.
...and there were no lotus seeds inside.
’A... Treasure Plant?’
A look of astonishment crossed Qin Fang’s face. He subconsciously glanced at Xile, who was panting happily toward the pool.
"Did you... eat the seeds from that lotus pod?"
Qin Fang asked after a moment’s hesitation.
Xile just panted happily.
Qin Fang gazed down for a moment, then with a flicker of movement, he levitated into the air and flew toward the Golden Lotus Seedpod.
Looking closely, he saw there were eighteen holes in the seedpod, but all the seeds were gone.
A faint, refreshing fragrance wafted from it, calming the mind and soothing the spirit of anyone who smelled it.
’...This is undoubtedly a Treasure Plant.’
’Were all the lotus seeds on it eaten by Xile?’
’...So that’s how Xile got that mysterious power?’
He turned his head to look at Xile.
Seeing Qin Fang move, Xile had already leaped down from the cliff and was now at the edge of the pool. When it saw Qin Fang look over, it stuck out its tongue and panted happily again...
Qin Fang turned back to the Treasure Plant. After a flicker in his eyes, his gaze traveled down the stalk of the lotus pod...
’...I can’t be sure, but it’s highly likely Xile’s transformation is because it ate this thing.’
’The lotus seeds are gone... but underwater, there should still be roots!’
’The roots of a Treasure Plant should be precious too, right?’
’And this seedpod... it’s glittering with Golden Light, so it’s probably a treasure as well.’
’I’ll harvest it and take it back to the Sect. I can have Master and the others take a look and identify it.’
With that thought, Qin Fang no longer hesitated. In a flash, he dove headfirst into the deep pool.
The pool water was cool. It was summer, so even Ordinary People could stand it, to say nothing of Qin Fang.
It was nothing to him. He sent his Divine Sense out first... His Divine Sense still only had a range of about ten meters, but within that range, everything was as clear as day to him.
In the blink of an eye, he had descended more than thirty meters.
’It’s this deep?’
Qin Fang thought in surprise.
After descending another ten meters, a glint flashed in Qin Fang’s eyes...
’The bottom.’
A bed of silt appeared in his perception.
Just as he was about to press on, his expression suddenly froze. He snapped his head to the side, looking in a specific direction.
The next moment...
SWISH!
A tiny, but incredibly fast object—he had no idea what it was—shot abruptly toward him through the water!
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