On the second day of the second month, the Dragon Raises its Head.
It had been half a month since the three major events: Chen Ku’s battle for fame, the theft of the incense at the City God Temple, and the guild’s negotiation conference on the fifteenth of the first month.
During this half month, all the major guilds and powers in Baojiao County felt the looming sense of dark clouds over the city; a storm was brewing.
After all, no one believed that the Firewood Iron Shop and Fish and Dragon Association, both titans of Baojiao County, would stand idly by as Medicine King Hall rose in power without making any moves. Read complete version only at novel{f}ire.net
The only explanation everyone could tacitly accept was this: these two were secretly accumulating power, preparing their stratagems, waiting for the moment Medicine King Hall was unprepared to strike unexpectedly.
Many strong shops even speculated that perhaps the conflict about to erupt could be the decisive battle that would determine the new power structure of Baojiao County.
Medicine King Hall could also fully sense this.
Half a month had passed.
It was evident to everyone that although Medicine King Hall was gaining momentum, they had, in fact, immediately limited the activities of their disciples and apprentices.
Clearly, they were not carried away by their advantage but had become even more cautious, preparing for any potential backlash from the two giants.
This was evident from how Medicine King Hall had all its True Disciples stay within its confines.
In Chen Ku’s small courtyard, he had been practically ordered not to leave the vicinity within a one-li radius of Medicine King Hall for the past half month. Everyone in the hall treated him as a precious asset.
So much so, that Chen Ku could only bring the Flower Fox Mink back during the late hours of the night.
The moment the Flower Fox Mink returned to his body, all its experiences over the past half month appeared within his view. First, it had made a big loop around Snake Fish Town. This was to complete the task Chen Ku had assigned to it: to find the Nine-Colored Deer that had been appearing near Snake Fish Town.
This Nine-Colored Deer had been reported in Baojiao County for over two months, yet no one had managed to see its true form; hence, the reward of five hundred thousand taels of silver continued to hang unclaimed in Grey Clothes Tower.
However, by a twist of fate, Chen Ku had recently picked up on a scent at the herbal market in Snake Fish Town that was suspected to be from the white jade antlers of the Nine-Colored Deer.
With this scent, the Flower Fox Mink’s thorough search managed to find a tuft of deer fur in a wood near Snake Fish Town.
At this moment, this tuft of fur was held in Chen Ku’s hands. Under the candlelight in the room, it shimmered with colors even more splendid than a rainbow.
Is this the fur of the Nine-Colored Deer? Judging by the condition of this tuft, it seems it didn’t encounter any predators or fearsome beasts in the woods but—could it be... seasonal shedding?
Chen Ku placed this tuft of fur on his garment and was amazed to see that the nine colors on the fur completely matched the color of his clothes.
Wow! Is this the ability of the Nine-Colored Deer’s fur? To change colors according to the light. If it could change at will, wouldn’t it be able to achieve ’invisibility’?
Chen Ku speculated boldly.
After all, the principles of vision are simply the refraction of various lights. If the Nine-Colored Deer possessed fur that could continuously change with the light, it suggested the deer could possibly have an ’invisibility’ ability.
Could this be why the Nine-Colored Deer has managed to evade so many Blade-Handlers and hunters?
This was undoubtedly a type of Invisibility Technique!
The scent from the fur is denser than that from the antler. Since the Flower Fox Mink was alone last time, next time, I’ll also send out the Second Realm Skinny Dog with it. That should increase our chances of locating it.
But the premise was to see how much Second Realm Evil Qi the Flower Fox Mink had brought back from Fire Beak Mountain in Yuan Country this time.
[The Diagram Master encountered two hundred and nine First Realm Fire Evil Qi attacks...]
[Under the Talent of the Second Realm Fire Beak Pot, two hundred and nine First Realm Fire Evil Qi were instantly refined!]
[The Diagram Master encountered one hundred and twenty-eight Second Realm Fire Evil Qi attacks...]
[Under the Talent of the Second Realm Fire Beak Pot, one hundred and twenty-eight Second Realm Fire Evil Qi were instantly refined!]
[The Diagram Master encountered nine Third Realm Fire Evil Qi attacks...]
[Under the Talent of the Second Realm Fire Beak Pot, nine Third Realm Fire Evil Qi are slowly being refined... (Expected to be completely refined in nine days)]
Chen Ku felt the three hundred and thirty-seven strands of Evil Qi that momentarily disappeared from his body and then surged into the Transformation Diagram.
He mused in amazement: It’s no wonder the Flower Fox Mink, which devoured an entire Third Realm Great Year Beast, directly ventured into the territory of Third Realm Fire Evil Qi this time and brought back nine strands!
These nine strands of Flame Qi were enough for him to directly transform into a Third Realm Fire Beak Pot.
However, these nine strands of Flame Qi would still need nine more days to be completely refined into Evil Qi.
Yet, even without mentioning these nine strands of Third Realm Fire Evil Qi, those one hundred and twenty-eight strands of Second Realm Fire Evil Qi alone had already allowed him to fully actualize the Second Realm Skinny Dog transformation.
He immediately manifested the Skinny Dog transformation and assigned it to the Fourth Transformation Diagram.
[Using forty-five strands of Second Realm Fire Evil Qi, the Skinny Dog Transformation is promoted to Transformation Level]
[Skinny Dog Transformation · Transformation Level]
[Skinny Dog Transformation · Transformation Level (Completed)]
[Ability: Second Realm Skinny Dog’s Power, Hundred Li Tracking Technique, Moon-Eating, Shape-Shifted, Incarnation Ability]
[Root Bone: Superior]
[Bloodline: Possesses one-billionth of the bloodline of the ancient formidable Sun-swallowing Dog, one ten-millionth of the bloodline of the ancient Demon Moon Eating Heavenly Dog]