Picking Up a Wisp of Dragon Qi (Part 2) Thanks to Feng Junzi Haoran for the Alliance Leader Support

Zhang Chen carried the basket into the house. This time, he did not take the pheasant out. Instead, he pulled the rubbing he had prepared long ago from the bamboo tube and quietly placed it in the basket alongside the pheasant. Then, like a thief, he took out a quilt and covered the basket, as though he were guarding against someone stealing his pheasant again.

The Fox Spirit's soul passed through the wall the next moment. Seeing Zhang Chen's furtive behavior, she revealed a contemptuous smile. "Boy, trying to guard against your great-aunt here is nothing but a fool's dream."

Zhang Chen and the Fox Spirit were now locked in a contest between two schemers. The Fox Spirit thought Zhang Chen could not see her, while Zhang Chen deliberately pretended not to see her.

The Fox Spirit pounced straight into the basket. The next moment, her astonished voice rang out. "Eh? What has this kid been fiddling with? Why is it tainted with the aura of that great tomb?"

The next moment, Zhang Chen watched as the Fox Spirit hugged the pheasant and the rolled-up rubbing paper, vanishing from the spot into thin air.

"Is this Fox Spirit not even bothering to hide it anymore? Is she deliberately bullying me because she thinks I can't see her?" Zhang Chen widened his eyes as though he had not seen the Fox Spirit's actions, while inwardly he complained without end.

Zhang Chen did not have to wait long before familiar footsteps suddenly sounded outside the door. His family's "protagonist" had returned.

Zhang Chen cautiously went to the wall and poked open the hole again with a small wooden stick. He pressed one eye to the crack and watched the firelight next door.

Zhang Chen set down the books in his hands. Seeing the stewed chicken and coarse rice that had been prepared on the table, joy appeared on his face. He then pressed his palms together and devoutly bowed toward the empty space in all directions. "Thanks to all the immortal grandfathers for your gift. I finally don't have to eat muntjac meat anymore. This humble student is endlessly grateful."

Watching Zhang Chen worship in all four directions, Zhang Chen curled his lips, his teeth itching with hatred, yet there was nothing he could do to the other man.

After Zhang Chen finished his worship, he washed his hands and sat at the table. He first picked up a chicken leg and fed it to the Fox Spirit, then smiled at her. "Something interesting happened at the academy today. I heard that some country brat who did not know the height of heaven or the depth of earth actually carried two swans to seek a master. He truly did not know the height of heaven or the depth of earth. A mere lowly creature actually dared covet knowledge. How utterly laughable."

Next door, Zhang Chen listened to the scholar's mocking words. Although the man had not pointed at his nose and cursed him, fury still rose in his heart, and he felt inexplicably humiliated.

Upon hearing Zhang Chen's words, the Little Fox also chattered endlessly, seemingly mocking Zhang Chen for overestimating himself.

The man and fox ate merrily. Before long, only chicken bones remained all over the table. Zhang Chen cleaned up the bones, picked up a book from the side, and spoke with a smug expression. "Sage Master once said, 'Within books there are Yan Ruyu, within books there are Golden Houses.' Now that I can fill my belly with three meals a day through studying, it proves the sage's words were true. I simply do not know when this Yan Ruyu will come true. It must be because I have not studied hard enough. In the future, I must read a great beauty out of my books, and thus prove the sage's words for all the scholars under heaven."

Sitting by the wall and listening to the scholar's foolish words, Zhang Chen could not help secretly shaking his head. So he's a bookworm! But when he thought of the Fox Spirit taking his chicken to feed that man, Zhang Chen's little face immediately fell. His expression darkened like still water. If someone made delicious food for me every day, and all good food appeared out of thin air, I'd be willing to become a bookworm too. At that thought, Zhang Chen could no longer laugh. The other man's "foolishness" was built upon his own suffering. How could he possibly laugh?

Zhang Chen ground his teeth in secret, his eyes fixed next door. Sure enough, the moment he had been waiting for arrived. The Little Fox carried the paper rubbed during the day to the bookworm Zhang Chen, leaped onto the desk, sat atop Zhang Chen's books, and laid the rubbing paper before him.

"Eh? Where did you, little fox, dig up another book today to test me with?" Zhang Chen picked up the rubbing paper and spread it out. When he saw the paper bearing the bloody rubbing, he frowned, a bloody stench rushing into his nose.

"A blood-written book?" Zhang Chen suppressed his discomfort and stared at the paper in his hands, surprise appearing in his eyes. "These words... these words... do not seem to be of the present age. They bear some resemblance to writing from the Primordial Era, perhaps the writing from the era of the legendary Ancient Heavenly Emperor."

The Little Fox stared at Zhang Chen with her large eyes, which were filled with urgency. She waited for him to recite it, seemingly urging him not to waste time.

Zhang Chen smiled and stroked the Little Fox's head. He held the text before his eyes and studied it carefully under the lamplight for a moment. Then his expression gradually turned solemn, and the smile on his face slowly vanished.

"Where did you find this blood-written book, little Fox Spirit? This scripture is extraordinary. It seems to be writing from the legendary era of the Heavenly Emperor. If word got out, it would likely stir up a towering storm."

The Little Fox chirped urgently. Seeing her anxious appearance, Zhang Chen said helplessly, "You want to hear it, but I do not recognize it either. These words are far too ancient. I do not know them. Once my teacher returns, perhaps I can ask him about them."

Next door, Zhang Chen could not help frowning upon hearing this, disappointment rising in his heart. Even this bookworm doesn't recognize them?

Zhang Chen slowly sealed the hole with mud again, a thought flashing through his mind. It seems I can only keep digging with my head down. What I can dig up will have to depend entirely on luck.

Zhang Chen stood up and washed himself before going to bed. Since the fellow next door did not recognize it, there was no hope now. What else was there to do besides sleep?

As for the contents on the Stone Tablet, he was merely curious. Whether he knew what was written on it or not would not affect his continued digging.

Early the next morning, Zhang Chen carried his basket up the mountain. As usual, he first checked his traps. After catching two rabbits, he went all the way to the cave and secretly made gunpowder. Only when the sun had risen high in the sky did he head toward the tunnel.

This time, Zhang Chen had deliberately brought two animal hides to ward off the cold. He bent over and crawled into the tunnel, but halfway through, he suddenly froze and looked toward the Stone Tablet. A fist-sized mass of golden light lay quietly beneath it, shining with a brilliant golden radiance.

"I remember collecting all the Experience Points around here, didn't I? And these are actually golden Experience Points this time. That's extremely rare. Usually, Experience Points are only red. And they've never been this large either. How many Experience Points must this be?" Zhang Chen hurried forward to collect it, only to see his Golden Finger suddenly flicker.

A skill has been discovered. Would you like to collect it?

"A skill?" Zhang Chen looked at the Golden Finger Interface, and wild joy instantly filled him. His eyes brimmed with ecstatic delight. The skill he had yearned for and sought without success had actually appeared in such an unexpected way?

"I wonder what skill has appeared this time!" Zhang Chen's face was full of excitement as he hurriedly said, "Collect it."

You have collected a wisp of Dragon Qi from a true dragon.

Then the Golden Finger Interface before Zhang Chen's eyes flickered again:

Name: Zhang Chen

Skill (Second Tier): Light of the Righteous God (0/5000)

Skill (Unranked): Dragon Qi (0/2000)]

Points: 1100

Looking at the Golden Finger Interface before him, Zhang Chen was stunned again. His gaze fell upon the two thousand points, his eyes filled with bewilderment. He remembered that the first upgrade of Light of the Righteous God had seemed to require only fifty points. Why did upgrading this Dragon Qi require two thousand?

P.S.: Thanks to Feng Junzi Haoran for the Alliance Leader support.

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