Chapter 160: Return to Great Qin, Parasitism

Half a year later, watching the barren lands of the Man Huang Da Lu once again glow with greenery.

Baichuan nodded in satisfaction; everything on the Man Huang Da Lu now had to start anew, and the recovery of the earth required Time. Since that was the case, it was time for him to leave.

Thinking of this, Baichuan moved his body and left the Man Huang Da Lu, flying toward the direction of the Great Qin.

After this experience, Baichuan had gained some insight into modifying species, knowing how to create a suitable Meat Dragon species.

However, the Man Huang Da Lu at this moment could not withstand any more turmoil.

So Baichuan simply left this place to return to the Great Qin, to perform modifications in that region, and at the same time, it was time to receive all the achievements from the Tiandu Feixu of the Great Zhou.

And the confidence for all of this stemmed from the Transformation Light Points he had newly birthed.

Time slipped by once again; in the blink of an eye, seven days had passed.

After seven days of Flight, Baichuan finally returned to the land of the Great Qin.

He flew from high above, occasionally quietly poking his dragon head out from the clouds to look down at the earth, discovering that everything he saw was thriving.

Although there were still occasional impacts from natural disasters, the common people were already better off than during the Great Zhou; at the very least, refugees were not appearing in droves without a place to be accepted, and they could barely be considered to be living and working in peace.

It seemed that Zhang Rang still had some ability.

Baichuan nodded silently in his heart.

Then it was time; he had to choose a "lucky one" to serve as his candidate for heading to the Tiandu Feixu.

However, this lucky one had to be somewhat cultured, at the very least literate, otherwise they could not fulfill this role.

Thinking of this, Baichuan retracted back into the clouds and flew toward Qingzhou, because besides Tiandu, that was the place he was most familiar with.

And now that it served as the capital of the Great Qin, the probability of people being literate was bound to be higher than in other places.

Time passed again as Baichuan traveled; in just one day, Baichuan arrived at Qingzhou once more.

Because his invisibility ability could no longer function due to his scales being covered in iron scales, after entering Qingzhou, to avoid being discovered by the crowds and causing a commotion, he simply created thick clouds to conceal his form.

After all, he had not appeared for several years, and he did not want to expose himself just like that.

Yet at this moment, he suddenly sensed a familiar aura.

"This is?"

Baichuan was stunned, somewhat puzzled; how could he sense his own aura here?

Feeling strange in his heart, he flew directly toward that direction.

Meanwhile, down below.

The capital of Qingzhou.

This was a prosperous city, and the entire city relied on the Huangshui River, which was quite famous throughout the entire Great Qin region and extended in all directions.

Thanks to this, there were many ships at the docks, shops lined the two banks, and merchants coming and going traded here.

There were all kinds of rare treasures shipped from overseas, as well as special creatures said to be presented specifically to the True Dragon Lord, and also tea, rice, calligraphy, paintings, and other supplies transported from regions like Youzhou and Ping Zhou; it was extremely lively.

And Ergou was now rooted here with his father and second uncle.

Come to think of it, he was able to be here now, even owning his own house and shop, and his life was flourishing.

This was all thanks to that battle at the foot of the Duanlong Mountain Range; when their family was fleeing in a panic, they met Zhang Rang, who was now the Emperor of the Great Qin, and were brought along by the great army.

Thus, they became the first batch of mountain folk to settle here, subsequently following the development of this city to live a life of peace and prosperity, even being able to read and write, no longer needing to go into the mountains every day to pick mountain goods for survival.

Thinking of this, Ergou seemed to recall that terrifying battle at the Duanlong Mountain Range, where human lives were like grass, and the terrifying scene where that powerful True Dragon caused countless deaths just by moving.

Comparing his current beautiful life to that, he always had a feeling that it was illusory and unrealistic, as if everything back then was something he had fabricated, and that the war never actually existed.

Because people nowadays no longer talked about the True Dragon often; it seemed the True Dragon was gradually being forgotten.

Subconsciously, he touched the scale he had always kept hidden in his chest; only this could prove that he had once witnessed that terrifying battle with his own eyes.

Afterward, he shook his head; these were ultimately not things he should consider. He was just an ordinary person, and being able to have a life like this was already a luxury; perhaps he should also forget that scene from back then.

Those things were too far from him. According to what his father said, instead of considering these, it was better to study hard, strive to pass the imperial examinations to become a high official, and then help the great Sage who had shown them such great kindness.

This day, according to his usual schedule, he packed everything up and ran toward the private school again, preparing to follow the teacher to learn.

"Is it him?"

Above, Baichuan looked at that youth and said to himself in his heart.

Only then did he discover that the familiar aura he had sensed earlier was actually his own shed scale; this discovery left him somewhat speechless for a moment.

However, since he could find his scale, meet here, and be literate.

Then it would be him!

Regarding this, Baichuan was not picky; meeting was fate.

Baichuan, who was fully several thousand meters high in the sky, began to silently release a stream of colorless and lightless Transformation Light Points, which then followed the youth's breathing as he ran and entered his body.

And at the same time those light points entered, Ergou's body stumbled as he ran, as if he had shivered; he looked around in suspicion, but no matter how he looked, he could not find any reason.

Ergou scratched his head at this and could only mutter to himself, "Strange, maybe I caught a cold last night. I'll have Father boil some hot soup when I get back."

Afterward, he ran toward the private school again, unaware that a mysterious power had already quietly begun to devour and replace things within his body; that might have been the last signal his body sent to him for help.

……

Above.

Seeing that everything was complete, Baichuan swung his body and left. Now that the light points had been placed, and according to his previous experimental adjustments, it would basically take a month for those light points to complete the devouring and replacement without affecting the host itself.

Moreover, during this period, the host inhabited by the light points would have negative effects; fortunately, after Baichuan's continuous adjustments, the only negative effect that would appear was a greatly increased appetite.

This was because Baichuan was not near those light points and there was no energy supply for the light points to absorb, so they had no choice but to absorb the host's energy; this point could not be canceled no matter how he modified or adjusted it.

Fortunately, Baichuan covered up the disadvantage of the increased appetite by strengthening the host's strength a little bit.

If the appetite increased alone, it might arouse the suspicion and attention of those humans, but if it was accompanied by an increase in strength, then they would not be so suspicious.

Because they were growing, a large appetite was very normal; humans or intelligent creatures would explain it to themselves through association.

As for the principle of achieving this, it was also very simple, because the transmission of nerve signals in the human body would attenuate, and the transmission of nerve signals could, to a certain extent, also affect the force of the body's muscles.

And now, he used the light point cells that had replaced the nerves to reduce the attenuation of the nerve signals transmitted by the hosts, so the hosts' strength naturally became stronger.

(End of chapter)