Fantasy: I Am the Villain.

Chapter 242 The Xuanwu Incident

Chapter 242 The Xuanwu Incident

"That's strange, why is there no reaction at all? Even if there are no side effects, there shouldn't be no reaction at all!"

Could there be something wrong with the bloodline of the Northern True Martial Emperor? No way... This was generated by the system, how could there be a problem!

"Hey! I'm confused too, how could I suspect the system! But how do I explain the lack of response?" Bai Ke muttered to himself, looking suspiciously at the Xuanwu in the water.

Just as Bai Ke was racking his brains trying to figure it out, he saw that Xuanwu, which had been leisurely in the water, suddenly retracted its head and limbs into its shell for some reason.

After a few bubbles emerged from the shell, there was no more movement.

Bai Ke continued to stare intently at the Xuanwu in the same spot, but after the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, the Xuanwu remained unchanged, as if it had fallen asleep.

"Hey! That's not fair! Why are you back in and not moving at all!"

Then, he reached out and poked the Xuanwu's hard shell with his finger and said, "Are you asleep? You're going too far to sleep after eating!"

"Wake up? I'm still here, at least. It's not right for you to ignore me and go to sleep like this. I'm your owner, don't I have any dignity?"

After saying this, he poked the shell a few more times, but it still didn't move. Bai Ke immediately felt something was wrong.

"Could it be that he fell into a deep sleep because he consumed the essence blood of the Northern Martial Emperor?"

Thinking of this, Bai Ke mobilized his spiritual power and stretched out a hand, intending to check on the situation of the Xuanwu.

Bai Ke suddenly noticed that fine gray hairs were slowly growing on the surface of the Xuanwu's shell.

The rings of down grew longer and faster. Before long, the entire Xuanwu was completely covered by that layer of gray down.

But that's not all; the downy hairs continue to surround the area layer by layer with lightning speed.

Bai Ke stared in astonishment at the scene before him, utterly dumbfounded. This was the first time he had ever witnessed anything like it.

"This... why is it covered in fur..." Bai Ke looked at the Xuanwu in front of him with a sorrowful expression. No, he should be looking at the egg in front of him, a hairy egg at that!

Because of the continuous layering of downy fur, the Xuanwu that was previously hidden inside the shell is now wrapped up in a shape similar to the one Bai Ke first saw when he first saw the Xuanwu egg.

As for the differences, this one is much larger than the eggshell Bai Ke first saw it in, and most importantly, it's made of down.

Finally, the gray down stopped growing. Bai Ke also recovered from his previous astonishment.

Bai Ke tentatively touched the outermost layer of down, and felt that the down was so light and soft that it felt like he was holding a cloud.

But it was also like a layer of fog, because soon after Bai Ke's hand touched that layer of gray down, it dissipated into the air like fog, making it elusive.

However, when Bai Ke took his hand back, the gray fuzz that had disappeared, resembling clouds or mist, returned to its original state.

"This is really strange!" Bai Ke murmured to himself as he looked at what had just happened and then at the hand he had just extended.

Afterwards, Bai Ke, still somewhat uneasy about Xuanwu, used his spiritual power to open his Heavenly Eye and touched the "hairy egg" with his divine sense, wanting to know what had just happened.

Just as Bai Ke was using his divine sense to examine the egg from all angles, he suddenly sensed a faint, chaotic divine thought pulsating within it.

So, Bai Ke quickly located that divine sense and examined it carefully. After examining it for a while, Bai Ke seemed to know what that divine sense was.

He shook his head, chuckled, then withdrew his spiritual energy and relaxed.

Actually, it wasn't anything else. That faint, pulsating divine thought just now came from the Xuanwu inside the shell.

Because Bai Ke had just fed it a piece of essence blood belonging to the Northern True Martial Emperor, Xuanwu now had this essence blood in its body.

It stimulated the Xuanwu bloodline within its body, greatly enhancing its own strength, because its originally small and not very powerful body could not withstand the power of that essence blood.

Therefore, Xuanwu's only way to protect itself is through self-evolution. It's like a normal person suddenly taking a super-nutritious medicine.

When the medicine takes effect, the body cannot withstand its power and will naturally succumb. This is what is meant by "the body cannot tolerate nourishment," and the Xuanwu incident just now was based on this principle.

However, in order to adapt to the power of that essence blood, Xuanwu's own defenses automatically chose to evolve its body so that it could properly control that essence blood.

Bai Ke looked at the hairy egg standing in the water, thinking that the time when the Xuanwu would complete its evolution was uncertain.

I should take care of other things first and not just stand here waiting like an idiot.

Having just recruited nine people, he now has at least a small team of his own, which is a good start for building his future power.

Why not take advantage of this time and go to the Trial Hall to see if there are any suitable missions? We can use this mission to let the nine of them try cooperating and get to know each other.

After all, these nine individuals are all considered outstanding, although they are individually capable. However, in the future, there will undoubtedly be many tasks or missions that require them to work together to complete.

They knew each other to some extent, but Bai Ke wanted more than that.

He wanted to use regular tasks to train their cooperation skills and level of understanding.

The Hunyuan Locking Spirit Array that Bai Ke prepared for them required a high degree of tacit understanding and cooperation among the group.

The Trial Hall mentioned earlier is a department established by Tian Ce Palace to distribute daily tasks to its disciples.

This department has close ties with the various vassal states that depend on the Tian Ce Palace, and also possesses a vast intelligence network.

If a neighboring country has encountered a monster, needs someone to quell a rebellion, or has a thorny problem, they can seek help from the Tian Ce Palace.

The Trial Hall will then distribute this difficult problem as a trial task to some disciples who need to complete the task.

Of course, not every time you go, you'll get a mission. They will also choose missions suitable for each disciple based on their cultivation level and abilities.

The disciples of Tian Ce Palace usually come to this Trial Hall to receive missions, except for tasks assigned to them or their own cultivation.

Completing tasks not only increases their experience, but the sect also provides corresponding rewards upon completion. However, failure will naturally result in penalties.