The Jade Phosphorous Serpent's body began to change.
Its head gradually grew larger, sprouting two tiny horns.
Its body grew thicker and stronger, its scales changing from jade green to deep purple, then to dark gold.
Its tail gradually forked, taking on the shape of a dragon's tail.
The whole process looked like a serpent evolving into a dragon.
Dugu Bo watched from the side, his heart pounding with alarm. Several times, he wanted to intervene, but Chen Mo stopped him every time.
"Senior, don't act rashly."
"This is just the normal evolution process," Chen Mo said seriously. "If you intervene now, you'll only hurt her."
Hearing what Chen Mo said, Dugu Bo gritted his teeth and forced himself to hold back.
But the Soul Power throughout his body had already gathered to its peak, ready to erupt at any moment.
A quarter of an hour later, the changes to Dugu Yan's body finally stopped.
Her skin became fair and delicate, and a faint draconic might emanated from her.
Her Martial Soul had also completed its evolution.
The Jade Phosphorous Serpent had become a Jade Phosphorous Dragon!
Although it was still only in a juvenile dragon's form, it already had the beginnings of a dragon.
A serpent's head with dragon horns, a serpent's body with dragon scales, a serpent's tail with dragon claws.
Although it was not yet a true dragon, the quality of its bloodline had already improved countless times over.
Dugu Yan slowly opened her eyes, sensing the changes within her body.
Her Soul Power had shot straight from rank seventeen to rank twenty!
Moreover, with her Martial Soul's improved quality, her future cultivation speed would also increase dramatically.
"I... I evolved?" Dugu Yan stared at her hands in disbelief.
She could feel that her Martial Soul was completely different from before.
Her previous Jade Phosphorous Serpent had only been an ordinary poison-attribute Beast Martial Soul.
Her current Jade Phosphorous Dragon was a top-tier Beast Martial Soul with a dragon bloodline!
"Yanyan, congratulations. You did it."
Chen Mo looked at Dugu Yan and smiled.
"Your Martial Soul should be called the Jade Phosphorous Dragon now, right?"
Dugu Yan looked at her new Martial Soul's appearance, then at Chen Mo.
The boy before her was clearly two or three years younger than her, yet he was already around 1.6 meters tall.
More importantly, he was a six-year-old rank forty-five Soul Ancestor.
But Dugu Yan felt no jealousy at all, only boundless gratitude and reliance.
Without Chen Mo, she could never have evolved her Martial Soul in her lifetime.
Without Chen Mo, the toxins within her body could never have been completely eradicated.
Without Chen Mo, reaching rank twenty might have taken her a year, or even longer.
Dugu Yan could no longer hold back. She ran straight to Chen Mo and threw her arms around him.
Then she stood on tiptoe and kissed him on the cheek.
"Thank you, Brother Chen Mo," Dugu Yan said softly, her face flushed.
Chen Mo froze.
He had not expected Dugu Yan to kiss him suddenly.
Dugu Bo, standing nearby, froze as well, then gave a gratified smile.
Just then, Chen Mo's system sounded.
[Ding! Detected: Dugu Yan's affection toward the host has reached 100%!] [Bond System activated!] [Special reward obtained: Idiocy Aura!] [Idiocy Aura: The host can actively release it to affect the intelligence of designated targets nearby, reducing their judgment and making them more likely to believe the host's words. Only targets designated by the host are affected; others are unaffected. Duration: 1 hour. Cooldown: 24 hours.] [Those influenced by the host during that hour will still find your words reasonable after the hour has passed.]
Chen Mo's eyes lit up.
Idiocy Aura! What a great thing!
With this skill, it'll be even easier to screw over Tang San and Yu Xiaogang.
When the time comes, Tang San and Yu Xiaogang will believe whatever he says. That'll feel ridiculously good.
And it only affects designated targets. Everyone else will be unaffected and will instead look at those affected strangely. That makes it even funnier.
Thinking this, Chen Mo could no longer hold back his laughter.
"Brother Chen Mo, what are you laughing about?" Dugu Yan asked in puzzlement.
"Nothing."
Chen Mo suppressed his laughter and rubbed Dugu Yan's head.
"I just thought of something fun."
Dugu Yan looked completely baffled, but did not ask any further.
Chen Mo thought for a moment and decided to test the Idiocy Aura's effects first.
He looked at Dugu Bo and silently commanded, Idiocy Aura, target Dugu Bo, release!
An invisible ripple spread from Chen Mo, enveloping Dugu Bo.
Dugu Bo suddenly felt a wave of dizziness, and then the look he gave Chen Mo became "exceedingly wise."
"Chen Mo, my boy, I think everything you say is right," Dugu Bo suddenly said. "You're the greatest genius I've ever met. From now on, I'll follow your lead!"
Chen Mo: "..."
Was it really this powerful?
Dugu Yan watched from the side with a strange expression.
"Grandpa, what's wrong with you?" Dugu Yan asked in confusion. "You're not usually like this."
"What do children know?" Dugu Bo waved a hand. "Everything Chen Mo says is right. You need to listen to him from now on too, understand?"
Dugu Yan: "..."
She looked at her grandfather as though he were an idiot.
Chen Mo nearly burst out laughing.
This Idiocy Aura was way too fun!
He hurriedly deactivated the aura.
Dugu Bo felt another wave of dizziness, then returned to normal.
"Hmm? What did I just say?" Dugu Bo looked bewildered.
"Nothing, Senior." Chen Mo held back his laughter. "You said I was a genius."
"Oh, well, that's true." Dugu Bo nodded, completely forgetting what had just happened.
Chen Mo laughed inwardly.
This skill would definitely prove immensely useful when he screwed over Tang San and Yu Xiaogang in the future.
Over the next few days, Chen Mo stayed at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to cultivate and consolidate his strength.
At the same time, he was also planning his trip to Nuoding City.
He had already crippled Tang Hao. The story for outsiders would be that Spirit Hall had hunted him down and his whereabouts were unknown.
He still needed to maintain a "fairly good" relationship with Tang San so he could better "nurture" him.
Once he reached Nuoding City, he would first snatch away that hundred-thousand-year-old, six-year-old legal loli!
Then he would tell Tang San, "Xiao San, your Soul Power is too low right now. Having a woman beside you will only slow down how quickly you grow stronger."
"Wouldn't it be better to find a partner once you've become a Soul King, a Soul Emperor, or even a Soul Douluo or Titled Douluo?"
Just imagining Tang San's expression as he believed every word made Chen Mo want to laugh.
With the Idiocy Aura, all of this would become reality.
In addition, Chen Mo put the Blue Silver Emperor back into the box.
He planned to take the Blue Silver Emperor with him to Nuoding City, using the life energy within his body every day to promote its growth and help it assume human form sooner.
Ah Yin had been nourished with his blood all these years and had long since taken on his likeness.
Three days later, Chen Mo had completely consolidated his strength.
He brought up the system panel and glanced at it.
[System panel] [Protagonist: Chen Mo] [Age: 6] [Height: 162 cm] [Martial Soul: Divine Tree of Creation (Quality: divine-grade · Mutating · Spatial attribute)] [Innate Soul Power: rank 20] [Current Soul Power: rank 45 (Soul Ancestor)]