Chapter 8: Raising Dogs, Taming Beasts [Entry Level]!

Later.

Wang Ping'an subconsciously employed the technique—Purple Qi Classic 【Entry Level】—to wander the ambient spiritual energy that surged from all directions, denser than before.

Moreover, this time it differed: the energy seeped through his pores into his body, not devoured by the Sword Qi within him but absorbed by every cell, making him distinctly feel his physique strengthening.

Not far away, Xuanqing Daozhang, silently reciting the Soul Salvation sutra, suddenly noticed a change in the surrounding spiritual energy, hurriedly looked up, and immediately spotted the anomaly.

The surrounding spiritual energy was much denser than before, caused by Wang Ping'an.

A ray of brilliance flashed in Xuanqing Daozhang's eyes, and he couldn't help exclaiming, "Indeed, this child has an Innate Dao Body. I've never heard that an Innate Dao Body, upon birth, can trigger a surge of spiritual energy; perhaps strengthening my Xuanqing Temple lies within this child!"

It was unclear whether the Purple Qi Classic 【Entry Level】 consumed so much Spirit Power, or his newborn Spirit Power was insufficient, but he soon felt drowsy, did not resist, and immediately fell into deep sleep.

Sure enough.

An infant's sleep is the most enviable.

Time slipped by unnoticed, and in his dream Wang Ping'an became an immortal ancestor among swarms of fairies; a pang of pain jolted him, and he subconsciously opened his eyes.

He saw that night had fallen; he lay in a cradle, moonlight revealing a mosquito clinging to his cheek, sucking his blood and startling him awake, infuriating him as he tried to swat it.

His palm could not exert any force!

Only then did he recall that he was still a newborn infant.

Was he forced to watch helplessly as that brazen mosquito sucked his blood from his cheek?

Wang Ping'an vaguely sensed the Sword Qi inside him slithering like a small snake; a flash of insight sparked, and with a thought he separated a strand of Sword Qi that seeped out through his pores.

"Pfft!"

In the next instant, the mosquito latched to his cheek transformed into a wisp of blood mist!

"You bastard, you dared to suck the young master's blood; I see you're just rotten to the core!"

Wang Ping'an let out a cold snort, his face alight with excitement. Though he had only practiced the Sword Nurturing Manual for a day and couldn't yet fully control the internal Sword Qi, he could still separate a strand, and he boasted,

"I don't know—once I nurture this Sword Qi inside me for another ten or twenty years, what demon or monster could stand against me?"

Later.

When Wang Ping'an prepared to sleep again, he felt that at his age it was the time to strive, and resumed practicing the Purple Qi Classic!

Soon, his Spirit Power was exhausted, his body utterly fatigued, and as he fell asleep once more, he could clearly feel his self being strengthened.

When Wang Ping'an awoke again, it was already the next day; the sun rose gradually over the hillside, and he hurriedly resumed the Purple Qi Classic.

As the saying goes: "If the young do not strive, the old will only mourn!"

Though he was excessively young for a "young adult"!

What Wang Ping'an never imagined was that, besides drawing in spiritual energy from around, strands of violet light also shot toward him.

Like sunlight transformed into purple aura!

Seeping through his pores, his physique was strengthened far more noticeably than before.

This time, when Wang Ping'an's Spirit Power was depleted, he didn't rush to sleep but cried out loudly; hunger made him need food, the greatest aid for growth, and even if exhausted he must first nurse.

"Ping'an, Ping'an, what's wrong?"

In the next moment, Liu Dongzhu, dressed in mourning clothes, rushed in, glanced anxiously at Wang Ping'an, saw his bright eyes fixed on her pantry, and instantly understood.

"You little brat, you're clever—whenever you're hungry you know to cry!"

Liu Dongzhu laughed scoldingly, lifted Wang Ping'an from the cradle, undressed him, and after he ate and drank, as she was about to set him down, she heard him wail again.

"Ding! Gained Growth Energy +10!"

After he ate and drank, his depleted Spirit Power gradually recovered; why would he still want to keep sleeping?

"Do you need to go to the bathroom?"

Liu Dongzhu carried Wang Ping'an to the doorway, unfastened his diaper, waited a long while, saw no poop or pee, frowned and said, "If it's not to go, then what's wrong?"

"Dongzhu, what's wrong with Ping'an?"

Zhang Guihua walked over from a distance and saw Liu Dongzhu squatting on the ground, holding Wang Ping'an.

"Mom, it's like this..."

Liu Dongzhu recounted the whole incident in detail.

Zhang Guihua smiled and said, "I think Ping'an doesn't want to keep lying in bed; he wants to go out and play!"

"Then I'll take Ping'an out for a walk!" Liu Dongzhu said as she stood up.

"No!"

Zhang Guihua hurriedly intervened, snatching the baby from Liu Dongzhu's arms, and said, "You're still in confinement; stay home and rest. Let me take Ping'an out for a walk!"

Yesterday.

If Liu Dongzhu hadn't pleaded again and again, she would never have agreed to let Liu Dongzhu leave the bedroom, wearing mourning clothes to sit before the ancestral hall; perhaps a lingering illness would have remained, and now she most needed to recuperate.

How could she still dare let Liu Dongzhu wander about!

Liu Dongzhu said, "Mom, I'm counting on you!"

"You child, between mother and daughter, what's this talk of trouble?"

Zhang Guihua hummed discontentedly, and as she rose with Wang Ping'an, said, "You should quickly lie back on the bed and rest; when the food is ready, I'll bring it to you!"

"Ping'an, this is our home,..."

Zhang Guihua, carrying Wang Ping'an, stepped out of the house, and after only a few steps began giving a detailed description of the surroundings.

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"Aunt Zhang, Aunt Zhang!"

At that moment, a man emerged from a nearby house and, seeing Zhang Guihua depart, called out hurriedly.

Zhang Guihua said, "Little Ning, do you have something?"

Ning Jin replied enthusiastically, "Aunt Zhang, the female dog at my home has given birth to a litter of puppies; would you like to adopt one?"

"I..."

Zhang Guihua was about to refuse when she heard Wang Ping'an in her arms wailing, and she immediately reacted, saying, "Ping'an, you want to raise a dog?"

Ning Jin chuckled, "Zhang Shen, your grandson was born less than two days ago; how could he understand speech?"

Wang Ping'an glared at Ning Jin in displeasure; why couldn't he understand human words? He wailed, just as his grandmother had said, that he wanted to raise a dog.

He wanted to raise a dog to see if he could generate something new.

"Xiao Ning, you don't know—my grandson, the Xuanqing Daozhang, even the great sword hero has said, he is a Great Benevolent Person Reincarnation, not an ordinary person."

Zhang Guihua giggled, her face full of pride, and said, "Since my grandson wants to raise one, Xiao Ning, take me in to have a look!"

"Zhang Shen, let's go!"

Ning Jin led Zhang Guihua to a warehouse, where beside the weeds stood a fierce-looking female dog and several yellow and black puppies, and said, "Zhang Shen, look, which puppy do you like?"

"Ping'an, this one, this one, this one…"

Zhang Guihua did not reply immediately; instead she pointed at several puppies beside the mother dog, and Wang Ping'an showed no reaction until the comparatively skinny black puppy, at which point he wailed.

Zhang Guihua could not wait and said, "Xiao Ning, this one!"

Ning Jin frowned, "Zhang Shen, would you like to choose another?"

Zhang Guihua said, "What, someone has already reserved it!"

"Zhang Shen, our puppies have just been ready to leave the nest, and the first one we thought of is you!"

Ning Jin explained, "The main issue is this puppy is too skinny; we don't know if it can survive, and it's probably hard for it to guard the house."

Zhang Guihua laughed, "Xiao Ning, I'm not counting on this puppy to support the family; it's Wang Ping'an who likes it!"

"Alright!"

Ning Jin said no more, picked up the black puppy from beside the mother dog, and was about to hand it to Zhang Guihua when Zhang Guihua, holding Wang Ping'an, said enthusiastically, "Zhang Shen, I'll take this puppy to your home for you!"

"What a trouble!"

Zhang Guihua took ten copper coins from her pocket and handed them over.

"Ding! You have received a puppy gifted by Ning Jin and gained the skill—Beast Taming 【Entry Level】!"

(End of chapter)