Chapter 201: Was There Anyone Normal Around Me?

Chapter 201: Was There Anyone Normal Around Me?

“Eat slower, eat slower, don’t choke.” Looking at the gluttonous little Loli in front of him, Zheng Yichen couldn’t help but scratch his head hard with his claws, sparks flying everywhere.

“I can feel myself getting stronger!” She clenched her small hand, and a hard clod of earth in her grip was reduced to broken soil. Some clods were soft, some were hard. The one Lily just held, Zheng Yichen estimated, even an average adult’s strength probably wouldn’t be able to crush it directly like that; crushing it by kneading was a different story!

“Ah… that really is impressive.” Zheng Yichen crossed his arms, looking at Lily, and said sincerely. Enhancing one’s physique by consuming the meat of sufficiently power ful creatures was nothing special to mention, but it wasn’t something ordinary people could do. To become strong this way, the first condition was that the body could withstand it. If it couldn’t, nothing else mattered.

As for those who could withstand it, eating more would have little effect, at most maintaining their current state without decline. Perhaps they could exceed the limit a bit, which would have some enhancing effect, but the rate of improvement wouldn’t be too fast. There needed to be a digestion period. Yet, Lily ignored this situation.

Which Magical Beast Meat she ate wasn’t hundreds of times more powerful than she was?

If an ordinary person ate like this, even just one bite, they’d probably clutch their stomach, roll on the ground, and wait to die.

Should I also let out some blood? This thought flashed through his mind, but Zheng Yichen quickly dismissed it. What a joke, would I let out my own blood for no reason? Dragon Blood was very useful for humans, but for Zheng Yichen, it was just something from his own body. A little more or less didn’t matter. It was even like how humans regularly let out blood for health benefits.

“Sigh~ Since you like it, then go ahead.” Zheng Yichen waved his hand. Lily’s appetite exceeded his expectations, but she was just a gluttonous little Loli, after all. She couldn’t eat that much. Even if she seemed to eat a lot, she would eventually get full. Her own digestion capacity had limits. If it were limitless… Zheng Yichen might have wondered, “This girl’s potential is terrifying… should she be eliminated?”

In any case, over these past few days, her physical strength had increased several times over what it was before. If a human Warrior learned about this situation, they’d definitely burst into tears. Through observation, Zheng Yichen found that her rate of strengthening was slowing down. He estimated that in at most half a month, using the current Magical Beast Meat would have little effect.

Hmm… Overall, this was pretty much building a foundation, a very good foundation-building Talent. Zheng Yichen now felt a bit regretful. If only he had snatched… no, rescued two more people from the Town back then. Then he’d have additional references. As it was, he didn’t know whether the Loli in front of him was normal or special.

Zheng Yichen even considered whether he should make something like a microscope and draw some blood from her to examine.

But without relevant knowledge, even if he could manage to make a microscope and see things like red blood cells, he wouldn’t understand them. Just look at the shapes? That really would be having nothing better to do!

“Aren’t we leaving today?” Noticing that Zheng Yichen had stayed in this place unusually long today, Lily couldn’t help but ask.

“Hmm, not for now. The people chasing me seem to have focused their energy elsewhere.” Zheng Yichen muttered, looking into the distance. He had sent out some inferior-quality Wizard’s Eyes. Those things wouldn’t last long, but the advantage was that he could use materials found anywhere to make them continuously.

It was because the pursuers’ attention was divided that Zheng Yichen could spare time to look for books related to Potionology in the Underground Library. As for Alchemy and Engineering, his current level of learning wouldn’t improve without dedicated, undisturbed study. Continuing to read related books would only be about acquiring knowledge, so for now, he focused all his energy on Potionology. This made Zheng Yichen sigh a little.

When it came to Secondary Professions, to be honest, each branch could connect with others. The more you learned, the more connections you could make. However, due to human energy limitations, specializing in just one field was often challenging enough. Basically, don’t think about mastering all Secondary Professions in a row. Zheng Yichen wondered if, after Potionology also reached a temporarily insurmountable height, he should continue studying Blacksmithing. Although using some Alchemy-related Magic could directly process materials quickly,

such processing was equivalent to a special kind of shaping. Even if it could remove some impurities… well, some high-level materials basically had no impurities. In any case, using this kind of Magic processing inevitably lacked the “soul” of direct forging. Otherwise, all Blacksmiths would learn Alchemy-related Magic to process materials and make weapons. Why would the Blacksmith Secondary Profession still exist?

It was still the same: since this Secondary Profession existed and had developed to a sufficient level, there must be a necessary reason for its existence. That reason surely wasn’t just because the threshold for Magic was higher.

Zheng Yichen had seen many weapons in some warehouses in Loris’s Castle. Those high-end weapons… even though they bore many traces of Alchemy or enchantment, very few were directly made using Alchemy-related Magic. On the other hand, small items like accessories had many made directly with Alchemy Magic.

And those weapons were quite high-level. Zheng Yichen had even seen weapons higher-level than High-Level Magic Soldier. Those things also weren’t directly shaped by Magic, but in terms of power and strength, they far surpassed products made by Magic!

Therefore, Zheng Yichen thought that for cold weapons, a Blacksmith was probably more suitable. Hmm… except for the clearly cheating Magic Arms he made. Apart from that, there were the firearms he made himself. Well, Zheng Yichen didn’t expect them to be used as cold weapons to smash people. Parts and such could still be shaped with Magic; no need to personally go and hammer them.

Anyway… skills related to Blacksmithing should be postponed for now. Currently, with the Magic Weapon Summoning Book, he didn’t need to prioritize mastering that knowledge.

“…” Watching the lone dragon start muttering to himself again, speaking whispers she couldn’t understand at all, Lily gently rubbed her slightly bulging belly. She was too full now; what to do? Looking at the large remaining portion of roasted meat, she really wanted to push herself and completely devour it, but… if she ate more, she’d probably vomit right away, right?

Shaking her head, as she wanted to try a little harder, a claw deftly hooked onto that piece of roasted meat. A short, “Ah-woo” sound reached her ears… The roasted meat that had made her too full to walk and still had a large chunk left was casually finished off with one bite by a certain dragon.