Humming a tune, Wu Yuan continuously dismembered the Black Brocade Snake, stripping off the snake meat and tossing it directly into his mouth.
"It tastes good, soft and chewy, sweet and delicious!"
In a short while, only the snake skin of the Black Brocade Snake remained.
Wu Yuan curiously looked at a dark, round ball in his hand, something he had dug out of the snake's stomach, showing no signs of being digested.
Moreover, he kept feeling a familiar sensation from this object.
Wu Yuan scratched his head: "Could this be a Moon Spirit Grass seed!"
Wu Yuan pondered deeply and finally determined what it was and why it felt familiar.
After all, this was the first Spiritual Plant he had eaten, and it had changed his destiny.
"Could it be the seeds from that Moon Spirit Grass, which I didn't notice, and Little Black picked up?"
Since Wu Yuan didn't know the habits of the Moon Spirit Grass, he didn't think much about how the Black Brocade Snake got the seeds.
"But Little Black is indeed my good brother; knowing I forgot to bring it, he even specially delivered it home to me."
Wu Yuan happily took the seed back to his burrow and placed it on a small shelf in the storage room.
He had specially built the storage room to be very spacious and even made a shelf from branches.
The first item on the shelf was Little Black's tooth, and the second was the Moon Spirit Grass seed.
This showed the Black Brocade Snake's importance in Wu Yuan's heart.
Looking at the Moon Spirit Grass seed, Wu Yuan thought: "I must find a way to plant you later; you will always be by my side!"
After eating his fill, Wu Yuan rested in his panoramic sunroof villa, sprawling on his small bed, and slept soundly.
...
The next night.
Wu Yuan sensed his Demon Power, circulated the Fox Immortal Qi Refining Method, and absorbed the moonlight from the sky.
"Although the moonlight isn't as dense as on a full moon night, it's enough for my current cultivation."
He used the white fox's breathing technique and the circulation of Demon Power within his body together, which allowed him to absorb moonlight and quickly convert it into Demon Power.
He named it the Fox Immortal Qi Refining Method.
Naming it Fox Immortal was, firstly, to express gratitude to the white fox, and also to set a grand ideal for himself; he also wanted Immortal Ascension, for who says a mouse cannot achieve Immortal Ascension and become an ancestor!
However, Wu Yuan was still facing a problem.
That was, besides the Fox Immortal Qi Refining Method, he had no other Legacy.
"I don't know my current cultivation level, nor do I have any Spells; I'm currently relying solely on a crude application of Demon Power."
"It's truly too ignorant!"
Wu Yuan was very melancholic; how he wished there was a demon who could guide him.
But he quickly composed himself: "Today, I'll clear out the enemies around here, lest they pollute my yard!"
Wu Yuan had already considered the forest around his burrow as his territory, a place where he would forage and dine in the future.
...
With a swing of his claw, a giant centipede clad in hard armor was split into two sections.
With a stomp of his foot, fragments of the shell of a dark green beetle with ferocious large horns flew everywhere.
With a forceful tear of his hands, a locust whose body segments were covered in sharp thorns was decapitated.
Perhaps the world Wu Yuan was in was special; after all, there were demons, and the animals and insects on his small mountain all had peculiar aspects.
For example, a half-zhang giant centipede, with a red and black body and countless tiny legs, disgusted Wu Yuan immensely.
There were also some beetles with red shells, whose hardness was comparable to stone.
"Refreshing!"
"All these disgusting bugs, just die!"
Wu Yuan was in a killing frenzy, like a tyrant clearing out rebellious subjects and traitors, leaving corpses strewn everywhere he went.
Perhaps Wu Yuan's killing intent was too strong; the surrounding insects sensed danger and fled, and the area quickly became quiet.
"The ants have all been cleared out; it's time to see if there are any Fellow Daoists or Seniors nearby!"
As soon as Wu Yuan made up his mind, he saw a piece of information from the causality pearl.
Blue intelligence!
Wu Yuan's heart thumped suddenly: "I'm about to make progress again!"
【Blue Intelligence: Owl lays eggs; eating them can strengthen Foundation and aid Bloodline Awakening.】
"Bloodline?!"
Wu Yuan thought of the various demons and monsters in novels from his previous life, such as the Green Ox Demon and the Jade-Faced Fox, which immediately made his imagination run wild.
"Since there's a Bloodline, is there a Bloodline Legacy?"
"This blue intelligence might solve my problem of not having a Legacy!"
Wu Yuan immediately headed to the Owl's nest to gather information.
Ever since he was chased by the Owl last time, Wu Yuan had already figured out where the Owl lived.
Originally, after his Demon Power Awakening last time, Wu Yuan had inflated thoughts of finding the Owl to test his strength and let it taste the power of Demon Power.
But then he discovered that the Owl was actually a pair of birds.
Wu Yuan felt he couldn't break up a couple, so he let the Owl off the hook.
He consoled himself: "This is absolutely not me being timid; it must be the mouse body influencing me, since I'm timid as a mouse!"
"But today I'm different; I've become stronger!"
"I've had a long-standing grudge with the Owl; last time, I even snatched its moonlight, so it must harbor resentment."
"I had intended to let you off, but now I have no choice but to cut the weeds and eliminate the roots!"
Wu Yuan hypocritically found an excuse for himself, hoping to have a just cause.
"Don't mind whether what I say makes sense or not; just tell me if this is a reason!"
...
Soon, Wu Yuan arrived near the giant tree where the Owl's nest was located; the small animals here were far more numerous than in Wu Yuan's burrow.
There were many fruit trees nearby, especially a large peach tree, which was lush and bore abundant fruit.
Wu Yuan saw the large flat peaches on it and smelled the peach fragrance from afar, and his mouth immediately watered.
He particularly loved eating fruit.
"What a great place, this place should be inhabited by the virtuous, and it should rightfully belong to me!"
The Owl was considered a local tyrant, so its territory had far more resources than Wu Yuan's burrow, which made him extremely envious!
Wu Yuan dug a burrow nearby and hid inside, observing the Owl's movements.
He watched the Owl fly out of its nest, circle in the sky for a while, then swoop down, and soon it returned to its nest, clutching a fox in its talons.
Wu Yuan was somewhat surprised by the Owl's huge transformation.
The Owl's size had doubled compared to before, approaching two meters; when it spread its wings and swooped down, it was like dark clouds covering the sky.
Moreover, its talons glowed with a dark light that Wu Yuan was very familiar with—it was Demon Power!
Wu Yuan shrank his head in the burrow, his eyes red with envy: "This bird must have had some other Opportunity, otherwise it wouldn't have changed so much in these few days!"
"No wonder it's a blue intelligence!"
Wu Yuan paced anxiously in his burrow: "I thought I could kill it directly, but now I have to consider other methods; its body is too big!"
The most important factor in animal combat is body size, which determines strength and suppression.
And since they both had Demon Power, Wu Yuan felt that fighting the Owl carried too much risk.
Wu Yuan was very fortunate: "Luckily, the Owl didn't discover me when I came earlier, otherwise if it had attacked me directly, it would have been troublesome."
His heart, which had inflated like a balloon, instantly deflated.
After his mind cleared, Wu Yuan realized that something was very wrong with him!