Synthesize New Innate Skill

"It's probably not easy for it to lay another egg like this. Otherwise, the farming family would have discovered its extraordinary nature long ago. How could they have sold it to a stall owner, let alone have it end up in my hands now?"

"Perhaps it's related to what it eats. I need to research and experiment thoroughly!"

Zhou Qing muttered to himself. He simply sat down cross-legged on the spot, picked up the precious Spirit Egg, held it in his palm, and began to absorb the Spirit Energy within it.

Soon, joy appeared on his face. The pure Spirit Energy was directly absorbed into his body, making the operation of the cultivation technique, the Taiqing Mysterious Qi Art, much easier.

"If I could absorb and refine this stuff every day, breaking through to the Late Stage Foundation Establishment would be a piece of cake!" Zhou Qing was ecstatic.

Just then, Yan Xiaohu's anxious shouts came from outside.

"Fourth Child, Fourth Child, are you alright?"

As soon as Zhou Qing got up, Yan Xiaohu kicked open the courtyard door and rushed in impetuously.

"Third Senior Brother, could you at least respect my privacy!" Zhou Qing said helplessly.

Seeing that Zhou Qing was fine, Yan Xiaohu scoffed dismissively and said, "Unless you bring a female disciple home for the night, you don't have any privacy. Speaking of which, did you blow up that mountain?"

Saying that, he pointed into the distance.

Zhou Qing nodded, then spread his hands and explained, "My Silver Dragon Hand has achieved minor success, and I couldn't resist trying it out."

"Minor success? That fast?" Yan Xiaohu was surprised.

When he came over just now, he had personally witnessed its power. It was indeed extraordinary, worthy of being the Grand Elder's famous divine ability.

Zhou Qing just smiled.

"Cluck cluck cluck, cluck cluck cluck~"

Afterward, Yan Xiaohu squatted down and teased the Old Hen. This Old Hen not only had poor eyesight, but its hearing also seemed to be bad.

Even though he was calling from the left, the Old Hen turned its head to the right, looking around blankly, then pecked at the ground with a series of clucks.

"What a silly chicken!" Yan Xiaohu was utterly speechless.

Zhou Qing just smiled without speaking.

"Let's go. I heard that the Golden Thunder Sect is going to duel the Tianji Gate today. I'm quite curious about how much combat power that group of fortune-tellers has!" Yan Xiaohu said as he stood up.

Of course, Zhou Qing wanted to go. Recently, he had been relying entirely on being a spectator to gain Ignorance Points.

"Wait a moment!" Zhou Qing went inside first to change his clothes, then took out a rope and tied up the Old Hen.

Seeing Zhou Qing start walking the chicken again, Yan Xiaohu couldn't help but say, "What's so good about walking this scrawny hen? Wouldn't it be better to just tie it up at home?"

Zhou Qing wouldn't dare. What if it ran away?

Or what if someone stole it and ate it?

After all, it looked quite plump; it was just that these feathers were too deceptive.

Not just the feathers, this entire chicken was full of deception.

Afterward, he had to investigate properly what kind of breed this thing was.

"Third Senior Brother, I must warn you, don't have any crooked ideas about this chicken. From now on, it's my little brother!" Zhou Qing said seriously.

Yan Xiaohu "tsk"ed again and turned to leave.

This deceptive old hen, he wouldn't eat it even if it were given to him for free; he'd find it too tough.

But Zhou Qing took two steps and stopped, then looked into the distance.

Yan Xiaohu stepped forward, patted his shoulder, and said, "Don't wait. I heard that Senior Si Kong Yan from the Azure Flame Dao Palace has been pursuing Profound Abyss Immortal, and finally, she was so annoyed that she moved to an inn in Flame Dragon City. So, you won't have breakfast."

Zhou Qing was stunned, then scratched his head awkwardly. The two of them descended the mountain.

Flame Dragon City!

As noon approached, the battle indeed resumed. Zhou Qing, in the crowd, deliberately stayed away from his Third Senior Brother, holding the old hen and acting as a spectator.

[Ignorance Points +1]

[Ignorance Points +1]

[Skill Shard +1]

As the afternoon neared, a Skill Shard unexpectedly refreshed, which greatly surprised Zhou Qing.

With this, he now had two shards. He only needed one more to synthesize a new talent skill.

This filled Zhou Qing with anticipation.

Over the next ten days, as the Ignorance Points index continuously increased, it formed a virtuous cycle. More and more people failed to notice him, causing his index to rise steadily.

[Ignorance Points +1]

[Skill Shard +1]

[Ignorance Points +1]

Just today, another Skill Shard was refreshed. Not only that, but the talent skill [Reduce Presence] also successfully leveled up to level three.

[Skill Shards: 3/3 (Available)]

"Acquire."

In his excitement, Zhou Qing quickly synthesized.

The Skill Shards instantly reset to zero, and "Available" changed to "Unavailable."

Soon, a piece of information appeared in his mind.

[Talent Skill - Daily Appraisal: Can appraise everything in the world except people. This talent is a fixed skill and cannot be upgraded or used more times.]

Zhou Qing blinked. He hadn't expected the talent skill he obtained this time to be fixed. Appraise everything in the world?

What did that mean?

But it sounded quite interesting.

With a thought, the panel appeared.

[Name: Zhou Qing]

[Age: Nineteen]

[Cultivation: Foundation Establishment Middle Stage]

[Cultivation Method: Taiqing Mysterious Qi Art]

[Talent Skills: Daily Appraisal,

Mind Mirror Vision - LV2 (55/200),

Reduce Presence - LV3 (1/100)]

[Skill Shards: 0/3 (Unavailable)]

Looking at the not-so-bright old hen in his arms, Zhou Qing appraised it.

He quickly received the result.

[Egg Treasure Chicken: A rare spirit chicken that has mutated excessively. It possesses powerful digestive functions and can swallow anything for purification, then expel it through laying eggs. Feeding it good things and letting it roam frequently can increase the chance of laying eggs.]

Lines of information appeared before him. Zhou Qing finally understood what the new talent skill [Daily Appraisal] meant.

Except for people, he could only appraise one thing per day.

"An excessively mutated Egg Treasure Chicken? I knew it! I've checked so many documents these past few days, and I couldn't find a single one related to you. So you mutated!"

Zhou Qing was speechless.

He had indeed found information about Egg Treasure Chickens. They were very conspicuous in color and much larger than the one in front of him. They were famous for laying at least ten eggs a day.

So, your not-so-bright, ordinary chicken appearance is because you mutated excessively.

Zhou Qing smiled bitterly.

But it was also a blessing in disguise. Although the mutation went unchecked, who told you to run into me? From now on, you won't have to struggle to lay eggs every day, only to face slaughter in your old age.

I'll take care of you until the end. In return, just lay one Spirit Egg for me every ten days or half a month. Isn't that a good deal?

Zhou Qing chuckled as he stroked the chicken's head.

[Heart Insight Points +3]

Just as Zhou Qing was overjoyed, a notification sound suddenly rang out.

This made him pause. As he scanned his surroundings, he quickly saw Li Daoxuan.

At this moment, Li Daoxuan seemed to have unintentionally seen Zhou Qing. A look of disgust flashed across his face, and then he looked back at the battle in the square.

And the note above his head, which was originally [Shameless Scoundrel], quickly changed to [Scoundrel Who Likes Playing with Silly Chickens].

Zhou Qing immediately felt a surge of anger.

Seriously, what's wrong with me playing with a chicken? What does that have to do with you?

Believe it or not, I'll go find more chickens.

How inexplicable!