Chapter 8: Snake scale transformation, killing water monster

Chen Pingzhi looked at it for a while, walked up to Wang Xiaoniu, took his pulse, and pinched his forehead.

"Immortal, what's wrong with my son..." Wang Daniu asked nervously.

"Don't be nervous."

Chen Pingzhi looked at the tattered book behind Wang Xiaoniu in a gentle tone, and said, "He is born with high spiritual perception, but unfortunately his aptitude is too poor, so he is not suitable for practicing Taoism. It's good to be a scholar. If you can pass the county exam, you can join the Si Tian Jian as a civil servant. Just report to me."

He had noticed Wang Xiaoniu before, but didn't have time to take a closer look. After checking it out, he was a little disappointed.

After saying that, he turned around and left without stopping.

When Chen Pingzhi left, the nearby villagers surrounded him, full of envy.

"Si Tian Jian, this is the place of immortals!"

"The Wang family is so lucky to be favored by immortals!"

Amidst a wave of compliments, Wang Daniu gritted his teeth and made up his mind that he would let Xiaoniu study even if he had to sell everything he had.

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After the government left, the snake catchers came again. They went into the mountains to search, but did not find the old snake king.

Instead, they encountered a water monster by the river and fought with it, both of them were injured.

As time went by, this matter was gradually forgotten.

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Downstream of the river, the water was turbulent, and a slender black shadow was sneaking in the water.

Suddenly, the water splashed, as if a huge fish was struggling in the water, and soon it calmed down.

A moment later, a snake head poked out of the water and crawled to the shore.

The snake was pitch black, with a little luster on its scales, a bulging belly, and a fat body, as if it had just swallowed a big fish.

He was Xu Hei.

It had been a month since Xu Hei came here, and the heavy rain had gradually stopped.

Living by the river, the food was much better, and some meter-long big fish could often be caught, which made Xu Hei very happy.

However, these ordinary foods are not very helpful for cultivation. He still yearns for the monster meat and even wants to go back to the river ditch to take a look.

But this dangerous thought only flashed through his mind.

Xu Hei really didn't want to face the government, the snake catcher, and the unknown monster.

Now he has a cultivation method, and with the accumulation of time, his cultivation can slowly improve. There is no need to take risks.

Xu Hei lay on a stone, coiled in a circle, breathing in and out, and a wisp of heaven and earth spiritual energy turned into long dragons, gathered together, and drilled into the gaps of his snake scales.

Gradually, his snake scales began to shine.

And the two scales at the tip of the tail even showed a trace of light gold lines, and the shape was triangular, which was a new scale that had never been seen before.

Xu Hei opened his eyes, and the scales rubbed against the stone, and the stone powder fell, and his scales were intact.

"This scale... has caught up with the fine iron!" Xu Hei was surprised.

It was unknown when this phenomenon occurred. He had only discovered in the past month that there were two special new scales on his tail.

Moreover, the third scale was also gradually born next to it, but the speed was very slow.

He searched through the memories in his mind, but there was no explanation for this.

Xu He suspected that this should be related to the practice he was practicing. The practice came from Chen Fan and was quite mysterious.

As for the Demon God Cauldron in his body, he was also studying it.

This cauldron has completely replaced the role of the demon core. The spiritual cloud inside represents Xu Hei's cultivation. After Xu Hei's breakthrough, the volume of the cloud has not changed, but the concentration is increasing.

Xu Hei calmed down and concentrated his mind, looking at the surface of the small cauldron. There was a lifelike dragon engraved there. The dragon's body seemed smooth, but in fact there were countless dense scales. It could only be seen clearly when it was magnified a hundred times.

And inside the dragon's body, there were many fine lines, like blood vessels and meridians, lifelike, at least a thousand times.

With Xu Hei's spiritual power, it could only be magnified a hundred times.

Xu He sighed and retracted his consciousness.

"My consciousness is not enough. When I become stronger, I can see the direction of those meridians clearly, and maybe I can gain something." Xu He thought.

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In the upper reaches of Zhang River, there is a huge shadow in the water, quietly sneaking and running towards the downstream.

This is a big octopus.

Its body is huge and black as ink. Seven tentacles stretch in the water, the longest can reach three meters. Wherever it passes, the fish in the water are caught one by one and brought back to its mouth to devour.

This is the monster that swallows people in the ditch at high tide.

A few days ago, it fought a battle with the snake catcher and was injured. With the tide receding, it left the ditch and returned to the river.

If you look closely, you can find that one of its tentacles is broken, as if it was cut by a sharp sword, and there are traces of fire burns under its belly.

All monsters have spirituality.

Before leaving, it used a human child as bait and swallowed a Qi Refining Snake Catcher, which was considered to be a vent.

Now, it is already in the third level of the Spiritual Stage, close to the middle stage, and has lived for many years. It can be called a tyrant in the water.

The big octopus went down the river, preying on fish along the way, and all the fish fled as if they were facing a great enemy.

On the river bank.

Xu Hei stared straight at a willow tree, with his tail tucked behind him, like a taut spring that could be fired at any time.

Xu Hei's mind moved.

Suddenly, the two scales on the tip of his tail stood up, like a sharp blade, and the next moment, the tail swung out, like a steel whip flying out, hitting the willow tree.

"Snap!"

A crisp sound rang out, and the willow tree was cut in half, with a smooth cut, and fell into the river, splashing water.

Looking at his masterpiece, Xu Hei thought to himself: "This scale is as hard as iron, with sharp edges, and can be used as a weapon. Unfortunately, there are only two on my tail. When my whole body is covered with these scales, my defense should be amazing."

Xu Hei also has his own fangs, but the toxicity is too weak. On the contrary, the power of these scales is more intuitive.

"Find a fish first and try the power."

Xu Hei's figure flashed and dived into the river. Any moves must be tested in actual combat.

If it is difficult to catch fish, then don't use it in the future, so as not to save your life and be implicated by this move.

Strangely, Xu Hei searched for a while and did not find any fish.

Xu Hei was about to return when he suddenly felt a torrent coming from the side. A huge black shadow was drilling out from the bottom of the river and swimming quickly.

"An octopus is coming?"

Xu Hei was startled. This was the first time he had seen such a big octopus, but he didn't think much about it. He had seen bigger fish. He had even caught a three-meter-long fish in Snake Village. The taste of that fish was still unforgettable.

Seeing the octopus coming, Xu Hei swam closer, his snake scales stood up, and his snake tail swung out like a long whip, as if he was treating this thing as an experimental subject.

"Swish!"

The octopus shrank back, and two tentacles were cut off.

Xu Hei was startled, and continued to move forward, and swung out another tail. This attack directly aimed at the octopus's head. The latter seemed to want to escape, but was a step too late. With a flash of cold light, the head was directly cut open.

The huge body fluttered in the water for a few times and fell to the bottom of the river. After a moment, it was dead.

Xu Hei was not very satisfied with his performance. It took two hits to kill a fish. If he encountered a real monster, he would probably die before he could perform.

"It's better not to use this trick. It's hard to kill an octopus. If I encounter a monster, I'll be killed, not to mention a snake catcher. I'm afraid I'll be killed by the snake catcher before I even make a move."

Xu Hei shook his head secretly.

He was about to go up and eat the body, but he found that a wooden token floated up from the cracked octopus body and passed by Xu Hei's eyes, clearly visible.

The moment he saw the token, Xu Hei was struck by lightning and retreated several meters. He stared at the wooden token, which gradually floated up and was completely stunned.

This token turned out to be the token of the snake catcher!