Chapter 2: Don't Drink, These Are Dirty Things
Big, so big.
Although Xu Lie had mentally prepared himself before coming, witnessing Fenrir's Dragon body still made him marvel at the beauty of a Dragon.
The Dragon body, as vast as a mountain, was ancient and solemn, with dense yet orderly dark green scales. If its black wings were spread, they would be enough to cover the entire dome.
Such a sight lived up to the title of King of Earth and Mountains.
Alas, the mighty and majestic Fenrir was currently acting like a kitten.
Carefully retracting his front claws, his graceful, swan-like long neck bent to a certain extent before he could place his enormous head on the ground, barely allowing Xu Lie to see his entire face.
"Are you my sister's friend? Shoo shoo, hmm, you do have my sister's scent, though it's very faint."
Xu Lie's expression was strange. It was clearly a very majestic voice, but why did it always carry a hint of innocence and childishness?
As soon as he spoke, the Dragon King's majesty completely vanished!
Seeing Fenrir trust him so easily, Xu Lie both breathed a sigh of relief and felt a sense of guilt for deceiving an idiot: "Your sister said you like cola and potato chips?"
"I bought some as a Meeting gift ."
After saying that, Xu Lie took off his backpack and slowly took out potato chips and cola. Fenrir immediately stopped looking at Xu Lie, his attention completely focused on the potato chips.
His amber vertical pupils stared intently at Xu Lie's hand movements, the Dragon's greedy gaze completely undisguised.
Xu Lie could even hear the huge sound of him swallowing. After everything was taken out, Fenrir was overjoyed: "Are all of these for me?"
"I believe you are my sister's friend!"
Xu Lie felt a lightness throughout his body. Two-thirds of the Swindler potion he had just consumed yesterday was immediately digested!
Although it was not yet clear which Sequence the current Fenrir would correspond to in the `mysterious ` system, he was undoubtedly a high-Sequence being.
Sequence 8 Swindler deceiving a high-Sequence being, it was normal for the digestion to be fast.
That's right, Xu Lie had specifically risked coming to find Fenrir to advance as quickly as possible.
In the vast Imperial Capital, the safest high-Sequence existence Xu Lie could find was only this one Dragon, Fenrir.
Xia Mi was out of the question. Although her strength was the weakest among the Dragon Kings, a disgrace to the First Generation, she was smart and not easy to deceive.
The agitation of the nine great primordial substances continued to trouble Xu Lie's mind. Later, after trying, he found that someone needed to inhabit and control them for the nine great primordial substances to calm down slightly.
But Xu Lie couldn't split himself into nine and fill each one, so he could only try to advance to solve the problem.
Because Xu Lie, like a cheat, could mobilize a trace of Sefirah power, he was able to pre-use the high-Sequence abilities of his own Pathway at a low-Sequence level.
In short, the current Xu Lie, in a sufficiently safe environment with ample time, could pre-use high-Sequence abilities of his Pathway, skipping three ranks.
Coincidentally, Sequence 4 Parasite of the Marauder Pathway had such an ability to 'create avatars'.
Xu Lie only needed to quickly advance to Sequence 7 Cryptologist to be able to use the avatar ability in advance. Perhaps he could then have the avatars inhabit the nine great primordial substances and resolve their agitation.
Fenrir didn't know any of this. He only knew that Xu Lie was his sister's good friend, and had specifically brought him so many potato chips and cola.
He was as happy as a child on New Year's, constantly snorting excitedly, his scales all over his body rising and falling with his emotions.
He also carefully, with front claws sharp enough to easily tear through rock walls, picked up an 18-inch small TV and placed it in front of Xu Lie: "The TV says good friends should watch TV together."
"You are my sister's friend, so you are my good friend."
"My name is Huang Tao." After the false self-introduction, Xu Lie skillfully tore open the potato chips and handed them to the Dragon's head.
Fenrir, seeing the potato chips, forgot everything. He opened his mouth slightly, as if to swallow Xu Lie whole, but Xu Lie showed no fear, pouring a good amount of potato chips in.
Fenrir was so happy he lost his bearings, his bright Dragon eyes narrowed, and his entire head comfortably slumped on the ground, repeatedly and carefully chewing and savoring.
"Huang Tao, Huang Tao, I remember you!"
Damn it, why could just eating potato chips evoke such a sense of laziness?
Xu Lie didn't have time for more emotions, as a 'crunch' sound, audible only to him, came.
The Swindler potion was completely digested.
Xu Lie truly regarded Fenrir as his good brother at this moment, wishing he could go up and hug his head for a fierce kiss. It was truly wonderful to have such a high-Sequence being to coax and deceive!
"Fenrir, open your mouth!" The joy of digesting the potion made Xu Lie's actions exaggerated. He opened two cans of cola and poured them into Fenrir's mouth.
Fenrir was even happier, keeping his mouth wide open. After the two cans of cola were poured, he contentedly closed his Dragon mouth, not swallowing, but just closing his eyes and savoring the sweetness of the cola.
Xu Lie also seized the time to open the material bag he had been carrying, preparing to concoct the Sequence 7 Cryptologist potion.
After transmigrating, all potion formulas had undergone many changes. Taking the Error Pathway's Sequence 7 Cryptologist, which he was currently concocting, as an example.
The formula had changed to materials such as ten-year-old dragon blood grass, one hundred milliliters of sub-dragon blood, which were very much in line with the Dragon world view.
Speaking of materials, he had to be grateful for the alchemy course offered in the Preparatory Class.
For more than two months, Xu Lie endured the torment of the nine great primordial substances, stealing from dawn till dusk.
He would either steal classmates' textbooks and notes, quietly returning them before the next day, or go to the alchemy classroom to get some materials.
Even if discovered by the teachers and students of the Preparatory Class, he had plenty of excuses to cope.
During his time in the Preparatory Class, Xu Lie not only completely digested the Marauder potion but also acquired many dragon blood materials, benefiting greatly.
As the dragon blood materials were added one by one, the potion transformed from a viscous, disgusting crimson blood into a bubbling, pomegranate-red mist.
It even had a faint honey-sweet smell. Xu Lie drank it in one gulp. So sweet, even sweeter than full-sugar milk tea.
Perhaps the world was different, or perhaps there was no 'Original' here; when he drank the Cryptologist potion, he saw no illusions.
Instead, an inexplicable surge of brutality rushed into his heart.
It was as if a brutal giant Dragon had taken residence in his heart, desperately craving slaughter, power, and the intertwining of iron and blood!
This was normal. When Xu Lie had previously consumed the Sequence 8 Swindler potion, he also had such brutal impulses. It was probably the influence of the dragon blood after the potion formula changed.
The brutal impulse was easy to deal with. The agitation of the Sefirah for over two months had greatly tempered Xu Lie's character, allowing him to easily ignore this brutal feeling.
His blood boiled uncontrollably, and various negative emotions intensely intertwined. At the same time, endless brilliance shone from the deep unknown.
Each ray of light seemed to contain infinite mysteries, yet also seemed to contain nothing at all.
"Huang Tao?"
"Roar?"
Awakening from the myriad lights and brutal emotions, Xu Lie found Fenrir nudging him with eyes full of concern.
At the same time, many mystical knowledge suddenly appeared in his mind.
Xu Lie knew that this was the improvement brought by the Cryptologist potion. In addition to a large amount of mystical knowledge, there was also an enhancement of spiritual intuition and an improvement in observation, association, and analysis abilities.
Compared to the agility and stealing skills at Sequence 9, and the enhanced eloquence at Sequence 8, the abilities given by the Cryptologist were already quite good.
Seeing Xu Lie spacing out again, Fenrir quickly nudged him again. This Dragon King's control over his strength was extremely precise; even nudging Xu Lie with his enormous Dragon head didn't hurt him.
Seeing Xu Lie regain his senses, Fenrir was especially happy: "I won't drink cola anymore. I've already had two cans."
"The rest are for you, Huang Tao."
"Don't drink any more dirty things." As he spoke, Fenrir involuntarily looked at the cans of cola next to him, his eyes full of reluctance and longing.
Despite this, Fenrir still resolutely averted his gaze.
How could Fenrir accept that his good friend Huang Tao was drinking those unclean, dirty things for his sake, almost getting into trouble? He used to share potato chips and cola with his sister too!
Xu Lie blinked, immediately understanding. Good heavens, the precious dragon blood materials from the alchemy course, to Fenrir, this First Generation King, were indeed dirty things.