Chapter 267

Chapter 267: Big and Small Ruyi Magical Powers, Dragon Blood Horse

“Ah, Ah Qing.”

A hazy thought escaped Lu Qing’s mind.

He thought he was dreaming, but the next moment, he sensed something was wrong and jolted awake.

“Ah, Ah Qing, you’re awake.”

This time, the childish voice was still there, and Lu Qing knew it wasn’t a dream, nor an illusion, but someone was actually calling him.

However, this was the first time he’d heard it.

He sat up, turning his head to search for the source, his gaze finally resting on a small figure.

Then, his mouth parted slightly: “Xiao, Xiao Li?”

“It’s me, it’s me!” Xiao Li happily jumped onto his shoulder. “Ah Qing, I think I can speak!”

“Yes, I hear it,”

Lu Qing nodded, his expression still a little blank.

The suddenness of the situation was so great that even he felt a little overwhelmed.

However, he was no ordinary person, and he quickly recovered.

“Xiao Li, are you able to speak because you took the Moon Essence? No, you’re not talking, you’re communicating through your soul!”

Lu Qing finally caught a clue.

Although Xiao Li’s voice echoed in his mind, his mouth didn’t move.

Xiao Li tilted his head, thinking for a moment, then said, “I don’t know. After drinking the Moon Essence last night, I woke up and felt like I could speak. But when I called out to Xiao Yan, she didn’t seem to hear me.”

Lu Qing was now completely certain that Xiao Li was indeed using telepathy, not actual speech.

Only those with extremely advanced cultivation could transmit telepathy to others.

Otherwise, only martial arts masters who had similarly forged the power of the soul could perceive the message.

“Come, let me see.”

Lu Qing thought for a moment, then held Xiao Li close to him.

Xiao Li didn’t struggle; he wanted to know what was happening to him.

Lu Qing activated his supernatural power and looked at Xiao Li.

Soon, a faint purple aura emerged from Xiao Li.

“Purple?”

Lu Qing was slightly startled and quickly glanced at the several notes.

[Mutated Night Spirit Raccoon: Mutated Innate-level Spirit Beast, juvenile, female.

Extremely fast, its claws razor-sharp, capable of shattering stone, splitting gold, and cutting through anything.

Due to refining the Beast Spirit Fruit, its bloodline evolved and transformed, transforming it into an innate-level spirit beast, activating its bloodline heritage. Due

to absorbing a large amount of Moon Essence, which contains a trace of the power of laws, its intelligence greatly increased, giving rise to the power of its soul. Its bloodline further transformed, awakening new magical powers.

Lurking in the Dark: After its bloodline transformed, its innate talents also evolved, transforming into magical powers. Its fur can warp space, completely blending into darkness and concealing all auras.

Size as Desirable: After consuming a large amount of Moon Essence, this magical power awakens, allowing it to control its body size and shape.

According to legend, the Night Spirit Raccoon greatly enjoys eating fish, but is naturally averse to water, so it can only watch them with despair.

“It’s actually mutated.”

Lu Qing marveled after reading the note that appeared on Xiao Li’s body.

The Moon Essence is truly a great opportunity bestowed by heaven and earth upon all living things.

After swallowing most of the bottle, Xiao Li truly transformed.

Not only did he possess the power of the spirit, he even awakened new magical abilities.

“Xiao Li, have you awakened a new ability, like the one you can use to teleport into space?” Lu Qing asked.

“Let me think.”

Xiao Li tilted his head, straining to sense and recall.

Suddenly, his eyes lit up. “Yes, I think I’ve acquired a new ability. Ah Qing, let me show you!”

With that, Xiao Li leaped to the ground. A strange aura emanated from his body, and a black light suddenly shone from him.

The next moment, Lu Qing saw Xiao Li, once the size of a civet cat, slowly swell and grow.

Soon, he was a full two meters tall, his fur growing longer, resembling a burning black flame, a truly majestic sight.

His aura doubled, sending a wave of fear into Lu Qing’s heart.

If their room wasn’t on the first floor, he’d probably have trampled the floor.

“Well, Ah Qing, am I impressive?” Xiao Li said proudly, looking down at Lu Qing.

“Ah Qing, what happened? Why is there suddenly a powerful, unfamiliar aura emerging from you?”

At this moment, the old doctor’s voice suddenly echoed through Lu Qing’s mind.

“Master, it’s okay. I’m just working on something new. I’ll explain it to you later,” Lu Qing replied via telepathy.

The old doctor, hearing this, stopped asking questions.

“Xiao Li, can you contain your aura?” Lu Qing asked.

Xiao Li thought for a moment and said, “I’ll try.”

Then, sensing something, his aura slowly subsided, eventually drawing itself completely into his body.

“Ah Qing, is that right?”

“Not bad, very well done.” Lu Qing nodded in appreciation.

He knew that Xiao Li’s Dark Lurking Ability was a truly extraordinary gift, allowing him to perfectly conceal all aura.

Containing his aura would naturally be easy.

“Xiao Li, can you now use another aura to conceal your body?”

Lu Qing continued, seeing Xiao Li had contained his aura.

Xiao Li tried, then shook his head. “No, I can’t. I can only use one ability right now, not both at once. But I think once I’m stronger, I should be able to.”

“So…”

Lu Qing pondered.

It seemed that although Xiao Li had awakened two innate magical powers, he couldn’t use them simultaneously for the time being.

But then again, with its current size, hiding would require a far greater force to distort space.

Xiao Li was still only an innate-level spirit beast, so it was understandable that it was limited.

Just then, Xiao Li’s body began to shrink, eventually returning to its normal size.

“How did it return so quickly?” Lu Qing exclaimed in surprise.

He’d expected the little creature to show off a bit more.

“No, growing bigger is so tiring. I’m still better like this.”

Xiao Li jumped onto the bed and lay there, tongue hanging out, unwilling to move.

“Is it tiring to stay that way?” Lu Qing raised an eyebrow.

“Yeah, I’m tired. That was the biggest I could get, and I can only maintain it for a quarter of an hour at most. If I were smaller, I could last longer.”

“It seems that while your transformation ability increases in power after enlarging, the energy consumption also increases exponentially.”

Lu Qing understood.

To put it bluntly, Xiao Li’s transformation ability is actually similar to the explosive secret techniques of other warriors: it can burst forth greater power in a short period of time, but the energy consumption also increases exponentially.

However, Xiao Li’s transformation ability is much more profound.

“In that case, Xiao Li, don’t use this ability regularly, and don’t tell anyone about it.”

Xiao Li’s previous enlargement was so terrifying that even Lu Qing was a little frightened.

This transformation ability can definitely be used as a trump card.

“Yeah, I got it.”

Xiao Li said weakly.

This new skill is so tiring, it doesn’t want to use it.

“And don’t reveal the fact that you can talk for the time being.”

“Okay~” Xiao Li also agreed.

Anyway, apart from Lu Qing and Xiao Yan, it doesn’t like to pay attention to other people.

And Xiao Yan can’t hear it talking now, so at most it will only talk to Lu Qing.

“Brother Lu Qing, are you awake?” Lu Qing

was about to say something, when suddenly, Ma Gu’s voice sounded from outside the room.

“Awake, what’s the matter?”

“There seems to be something wrong with our horses pulling the cart. I’m afraid you have to come out and take a look.”

“There’s something wrong with the horses?” Lu Qing’s heart moved, and he immediately said, “Okay, you go first, I’ll be out soon.”

“Xiao Li, you take a rest first, I’ll go out and take a look.”

After Lu Qing gave the instructions, he walked out of the door and went to the stable.

When he arrived at the stable, he saw Ma Gu standing outside the stable in a daze.

“Master Ma, what happened?”

“Brother Lu Qing, you’re here?” Ma Gu came to his senses and quickly made way. “Come and take a look. I don’t know what happened last night, but our two horses seem to be a little different.”

Lu Qing approached and looked towards the stable. He couldn’t help but become a little stunned.

My goodness, after just one night, the two horses had not only grown taller, but their originally gray fur had also turned snow-white.

They looked ten times more majestic.

The most important thing was that each horse had grown a small white pointed horn on its forehead, with a strange pattern on the horn.

“Brother Lu Qing, look, are these still our two horses?”

Ma Gu asked in disbelief.

The two horses in the stable came up to Lu Qing when they saw him, trying to rub his hands affectionately.

Lu Qing stroked their heads and nodded. “Yes, it’s our two horses. Something happened last night. You and Zi’an were asleep, so you didn’t see it…”

Lu Qing briefly recounted the events of the previous night, leaving Ma Gu both amazed and annoyed.

Amazed that such a marvelous sight had occurred last night, annoyed that he had missed such a spectacle due to being too tired and sleeping so soundly.

“So, these two horses became like this because they drank the moon essence you mentioned?” Ma Gu asked.

“Yes, but this change should be a good thing for them. The moon essence is extremely beneficial to all living things. It seems their bloodline has undergone a transformation.”

“No wonder,” Ma Gu suddenly realized. “This morning

, I almost thought our horses had run away.” He was genuinely shocked when he came to check on the horses.

If he hadn’t been so familiar with the two horses pulling their cart every day, he would have recognized some of the signs of their transformation.

He also recognized their reins.

He almost suspected that it was that fool who had replaced their horses.

Lu Qing smiled, patted the heads of the two horses that kept nudging him, and simultaneously activated his supernatural powers, looking towards them.

Soon, a rich red supernatural light emanated from the two horses.

[Dragon Blood Horses: Prestigious horses that have awakened a trace of ancient dragon blood.]

[Having consumed the essence of the moon, imbued with the power of laws, their bloodline has undergone a transformation, awakening a trace of ancient dragon blood, greatly increasing their strength and endurance.]

[Rumor has it that within all things, and in most living things, a trace of ancient dragon blood resides. Once awakened, they gain the power of the dragon.]

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“The bloodline has indeed transformed.”

After reading the messages that appeared on the two horses, Lu Qing’s eyes lit up with surprise.

He had suspected something when he saw the changes in these two creatures.

However, the benefits these two horses received were still a bit unexpected.

Unexpectedly, they’d awakened a trace of dragon power deep within their bloodlines, transforming into dragon-blooded horses.

But that was a good thing.

With the blessing of these two dragon-blooded horses, their journey to the Holy Mountain would accelerate even faster.

“Master Ma, the bloodlines of these two horses have transformed, their strength has increased significantly, and their speed will also be even faster. You’ll have to be careful when we set out,” Lu Qing said.

“Don’t worry, Brother Lu Qing. No matter how fast they go, I can control them,” Ma Gu said confidently.

He wasn’t exaggerating.

After running daily these past few days, Ma Gu was confident that his horse-drawn carriage skills alone were at least master-level.

“Then you should familiarize yourself with them first. These two horses’ spirituality has increased significantly, so controlling them shouldn’t be difficult.

I have to go out for a while. When I get back and have breakfast, we’ll set off.

Master and I discussed last night that after we set out, we won’t linger any longer along the way, striving to reach the Holy Mountain as quickly as possible.”

“I understand,” Ma Gu replied, his expression sharp and serious.

Leaving Ma Gu to get acquainted with the two dragon-blood horses, Lu Qing left the inn and headed towards the Renxin Clinic.

“Master Lu, you’re here?”

Arriving at the clinic, he saw the young apprentice waiting outside. Upon seeing Lu Qing, his eyes lit up, and he hurried over to greet him.

“Young Master, why are you here so early?” Lu Qing asked with a smile.

“Master told me a long time ago to get up early and wait for you, so I got up at daybreak.

Master Lu, I have prepared all the herbs you requested,” the apprentice said attentively.

“Thank you very much. By the way, how is the patient from last night?” Lu Qing asked.

“Uncle Wang woke up not long after Master Lu left, and has now returned home to recuperate,” the apprentice replied.

“That’s good.”

Lu Qing felt relieved and followed the apprentice into the clinic, where he saw Doctor Zhao sitting inside.

“Doctor Zhao is here so early too?” Lu Qing was a little surprised.

“I’m always an early riser,” Doctor Zhao said gently. “Did Young Master Lu sleep well last night?”

“Not bad,” Lu Qing nodded slightly. “Doctor Zhao, I’m here to pick up the herbs I ordered yesterday.”

“They’re ready. Xiaoyi, go get them for Young Master Lu.”

“Yes, Master,” the apprentice replied respectfully, pulling out a large package from under the counter. “Young Master Lu, these are the herbs you ordered. Please check them.”

“No need.” Lu Qing took the package and pulled out his purse. “How much is it in total?”

“You’re too polite, Young Master Lu. The herbs you ordered aren’t expensive. The ingot of silver I left yesterday is more than enough to cover the cost. We still need to give you one ounce of silver in change,”

Doctor Zhao said gently.

He then had Xiaoyi take out another ounce of silver and handed it to Lu Qing.

“Thank you very much.” Lu Qing took the silver and put it in his purse without any pretense. “Doctor Zhao, I have something else to do. I won’t bother you any longer. Goodbye.”

“Goodbye, Mr. Lu.”

Unexpectedly, this time, Doctor Zhao did not try to keep Lu Qing, but politely escorted him out of the clinic.

After Lu Qing left, a figure appeared behind Doctor Zhao.

“Master, why don’t you ask Mr. Lu what exactly happened with the strange phenomenon in the sky and earth last night?” (End of this chapter)