【A day's plan starts in the morning. Detected host reading in the morning, obtained Noble Righteous Qi * 10】
Just as he woke up to read in the early morning, Chen Ning heard the system's prompt in his ear.
As the number of Divine Abilities he mastered gradually increased, Chen Ning was pleasantly surprised to find that the rewards he obtained from reading each time were also increasing.
“However, only Purple Qi Protection has reached Great Perfection so far. It seems I need to work harder.”
Chen Ning closed his eyes, and invisible Noble Righteous Qi emanated from his body.
Noble Qi could not only be used to temper Divine Abilities, but it was also a form of invisible and formless mental power similar to Sword Intent.
For ordinary scholars, the birth of Noble Qi required not only profound knowledge but also character, cultivation, and even a noble personality.
Even many famous Grand Confucians with students all over the world found it difficult to nurture such majestic and pure Noble Righteous Qi.
Fortunately, there were no other Confucian Cultivators in Ning'an Village; otherwise, the Noble Righteous Qi emanating from Chen Ning alone would be enough to make any scholar instantly admire him to the point of prostrating themselves in worship.
Just then, Chen Ning felt the Black Water Mysterious Snake egg in his bosom move again.
“Has something changed with this fellow?”
Taking it out to look, Chen Ning was surprised to find that the surface of the eggshell seemed much smoother than before, and it also seemed to have more abundant spiritual energy.
Could it be that it was influenced by the Noble Qi?
A bold idea suddenly emerged in his heart. Chen Ning slowly placed the Black Water Mysterious Snake egg on the table and controlled the invisible Noble Qi to swirl around the egg.
Sure enough, as if being irrigated by sweet dew, the snake egg trembled excitedly.
Not only that, there were originally only seven inscriptions on the pitch-black eggshell.
But as the Noble Qi circled it, an eighth inscription was slowly carved out.
Time passed bit by bit.
Suddenly, a system prompt appeared before Chen Ning's eyes.
【Hatching time: Two days】
【Hatching...】
...
【Hatching time: One day】
He didn't expect that Noble Qi could actually speed up the hatching of the snake egg!
Chen Ning immediately increased the intensity.
The Noble Righteous Qi swirled up, even creating an invisible whirlwind around the black snake egg.
【Hatching time: Half a day.】
Gradually, the ninth inscription on the snake egg also slowly formed.
The little snake inside kept wriggling, seemingly trying hard to break through.
“Crack, crack.”
Cracks gradually spread across the surface of the eggshell. Following the thump-thump sounds of impact, several fragments scattered on the ground.
Suddenly, the nine inscriptions trembled simultaneously, and wisps of black gas faintly emanated from them.
In the quiet room, a majestic dragon roar actually rang out.
“Crack!”
The eggshell was completely shattered, and a pitch-black little snake suddenly darted out.
But it lacked any of the spirit of the dragon roar from just now. It only glanced at Chen Ning before quickly hiding behind the ink slab, as if it had seen an extremely terrifying existence.
The small ink slab could just barely cover the little snake's body, which was only the size of a pinky finger.
After all, the terrifying scenes of Chen Ning crushing stones and snapping large trees yesterday were still fresh in its mind.
It didn't want to be accidentally targeted and then squeezed into a snake pancake.
However...
'Just a mere human, don't get too arrogant!'
'Once I grow up and become a Mysterious Python or even a Flood Dragon, just you wait and tremble!'
The little snake opened its mouth fiercely, seemingly wanting to show off its terrifying side.
Unfortunately, it had only just hatched and hadn't even grown its fangs yet. It was unlikely that even a snot-nosed kid in the village would be frightened by it.
Chen Ning, however, didn't care and pushed aside the ink slab, pinching the little snake's body.
He had heard that the constitution of dragons and snakes could be reflected through their bones. Since he happened to have crushed the spines of two pythons, he could compare this little fellow's aptitude.
What does this human want to do?
The little snake was startled but completely unable to escape the range of Chen Ning's palm.
'Mmm, so comfortable...'
But soon, this comfortable feeling, similar to a massage, turned its fear into enjoyment.
Even when Chen Ning put it back on the table, the little snake tilted its head up somewhat dissatisfied.
Why did this human stop squeezing? Seriously, he has no stamina at all!
Chen Ning: “...”
The hardness of this little snake's bones far surpassed the two pythons he had killed that day.
It seemed the system's judgment was correct; it would indeed be a promising seedling with potential once it grew up.
However, although no gender characteristics were visible on the surface, why did the personality of this little snake always feel... like a tsundere little female snake?
“Gender aside for now, show me your strength. After all, I can't just have someone staying at home just to eat for free, right?”
Chen Ning observed the little snake carefully. Although the system said she had the potential to transform into a dragon, so far, he hadn't seen anything extraordinary about her.
'Damnable human!'
Being looked down upon made the little snake feel indignant.
Although the Black Water Mysterious Snake looked small before growing up, it actually possessed an extremely terrifying talent.
That was—Devour.
Flowers, plants, trees, all things in heaven and earth, and even deadly poisons could be easily devoured by the Black Water Mysterious Snake and turned into part of its own power.
A mere human actually dared to look down on her. It seemed it was time to let him feel her truly terrifying power!
Thinking of this, the snake opened its small mouth and took a hard breath toward the ink slab.
Instantly, an extremely strong suction force lifted the ink from the slab, turning it into a stream of water that flowed into the little snake's mouth.
“(￣～￣)”
The little snake let out a satisfied burp.
After devouring a small mouthful of ink, its body length also increased slightly.
“Not bad, this ability is unexpectedly more impressive than I thought,” Chen Ning praised without hesitation.
Hearing this compliment, the little snake immediately raised its tail triumphantly.
“Can you swallow this then?”
Chen Ning lit a wisp of flame.
Opening its mouth, this wisp of flame was also easily swallowed by the little snake.
Not only that.
Hard metal, fallen leaves from trees, and even the Spiritual Rhyme within text—she could devour them all just the same.
Seeing this, Chen Ning specifically dug out two earthworms from a flowerpot and placed them in front of her.
'Hmph, I can eat those things, so what are two mere little earthworms?'
The little snake was just about to open its mouth when she realized something was wrong.
Wait!
Damnable human! She was a Black Water Mysterious Snake of noble bloodline; how could she possibly eat such things!
In her anger, a flash of inspiration struck her mind.
'Wait, it was fine to be afraid of this person before I hatched. Now that I have the Devour ability, what reason is there to fear him?'
This human seemed to be a scholar and possessed the Noble Qi of the Confucian school.
As long as she devoured all of his Noble Qi, wouldn't she be able to easily defeat him and even make him her servant instead?
This bold idea immediately made the little snake incredibly excited.
As expected of herself, she was simply too clever!
She immediately opened her mouth, attempting to devour the Noble Qi around Chen Ning.
But the next second, a continuous stream of Noble Qi surged over like a towering tidal wave.
The little snake only felt her stomach expanding continuously, even reaching a point where it was out of control.
She hurriedly wanted to stop devouring, only to find that the terrifying Noble Qi was too vast and she simply couldn't stop anymore.
'What is wrong with this human? At this rate, my stomach is going to burst!'
Fortunately, a second before her stomach was about to pop, Chen Ning suddenly pulled the little snake up, letting her break out of the Devour state.
“You seem to really like the Noble Qi on me. How about it, do you want more?” Chen Ning said with a smile.
With a significantly bulging stomach, the little snake shook her head repeatedly in terror.
She didn't dare eat it anymore, she really didn't dare this time!
She cowardlily curled up her tail, looking quite pitiful.
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