17: Chapter 17 (Supplement): Basic Fire Control!

With the arrival of Lilith and the other, Nie Ning began to help plant the flowers.

With the help of the knight, Norma, the three of them finished planting most of the flowers in no time.

Just then, a maid walked in carrying a small cage.

Seeing this, Lilith immediately put down her gardening tools and ran lightly toward the maid.

Seeing what was in the iron cage, Nie Ning, who was standing nearby, was dumbfounded.

Because inside the cage was the Three-Colored Fox cub with an injured leg!

The Three-Colored Fox is very rare, let alone one with an injured leg; without needing to think, he knew it must be the very same Three-Colored Fox he had caught.

He didn't expect that guy Borton to have actually sold the Three-Colored Fox to Lilith!

If he had known Lilith liked it, he would have just brought it back himself.

After all, compared to the value of the Three-Colored Fox, Lilith's life-saving grace was more important.

As soon as Lilith got the Three-Colored Fox, she hugged it and went to show it off to Norma.

The Three-Colored Fox was also very well-behaved, letting Lilith hold it just like a little kitten.

Suddenly, the moment the Three-Colored Fox saw Nie Ning, it immediately bared its fangs and snarled at him with a fierce expression.

"You're not being good~"

Lilith gently patted the Three-Colored Fox's forehead and scolded it in a low voice.

Nie Ning rubbed his nose.

He couldn't help but complain to himself; he was the one who killed its mother, so if it could be well-behaved, it wouldn't be a fierce beast.

Seeing that the Three-Colored Fox wouldn't change its attitude and kept looking at Nie Ning fiercely, Lilith could only helplessly hand the Three-Colored Fox over to Norma.

Subsequently, Lilith used sign language to tell Nie Ning to go back first and continue planting flowers tomorrow.

Nie Ning had no objections to this.

Right now, he couldn't wait to leave this place.

Compared to this little guy's attitude, the Crimson Fire Ape was more important, as it concerned his foundation for standing firm in this world.

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After returning to the woodshed, Nie Ning took the Crimson Fire Ape meat out of the pit in the corner, and after simple preparation, put it directly into the pot to steam and boil.

Perhaps the meat was too dense, as it took a full hour to barely cook it.

Smelling the aroma of the meat coming from the pot, Nie Ning immediately started to feast.

As soon as the Crimson Fire Ape meat hit his stomach, Nie Ning felt a warm current rolling in his abdomen, and even his own energy and blood seemed to have increased.

"Good stuff!"

Nie Ning's eyes lit up, and he immediately picked up the pot and started eating.

After taking more than ten minutes, with the last mouthful of soup down, Nie Ning's skin turned red, as if he had been boiled in boiling water.

Nie Ning knew this was excessive nourishment, so he hurriedly sat cross-legged and began to practice the Hervis Family's Basic Knight Method.

Unlike previous practice, the speed of the Basic Knight Method accelerated significantly, and Nie Ning could even feel his energy and blood growing stronger.

As time passed, Nie Ning's skin gradually returned to normal.

Nie Ning slowly opened his eyes, and a flash of brilliance passed through them.

[Rank: Elementary Stage Knight (Late Stage)]

[Talent: Supernatural Adaptability]

[Bloodline: ??? (Inactive)]

[Derivative Traits: Strange Beast Body, Beginner Self-Healing, Strength of an Ox, Elementary Agility, Limb Coordination, Elementary Poison Resistance, Elementary Cold Resistance, Malice Perception, Strong Physique, Elementary Wood Affinity, Elementary Fire Elemental Affinity]

[Derivative Skills: Assisting Evil, Elementary Fire Control]

[Techniques: Basic Knight Method, Swift Fox Method]

[Skills: Hedal Combat Technique (Proficient), Swift Swordsmanship (Proficient), Breath Condensation Technique (Proficient), Shadow Gliding Steps (Proficient), Concentrated Heavy Strike (Proficient), Single Stroke Slash (Proficient)]

Compared to before, after eating the Crimson Fire Ape meat, the panel had an extra Elementary Fire Elemental Affinity trait and an Elementary Fire Control skill.

Nie Ning stretched out his left hand, and as the battle energy in his body ran wildly, a cluster of flames emerged from his palm.

As a transmigrator, almost no one can resist the temptation of superpowers.

Looking at the rising flames in his hand, Nie Ning's eyes were full of excitement.

Hunting the Crimson Fire Ape was indeed the right choice!

After all, this was the ability he had dreamed of, even more shocking than the path of a knight.

"It's just that this consumption..."

Feeling the rapidly consuming battle energy in his body, Nie Ning frowned slightly.

In just this short while, about one-tenth of his battle energy had been consumed.

The Crimson Fire Ape's strength was clearly not much stronger than his own, but it could sustain it for much longer than him, which was clearly an abnormal thing.

Nie Ning thought of the Crimson Fire Ape crystal core in the pit.

On the way back, he had asked Borton and learned that it was the energy source for the Crimson Fire Ape to control fire.

"Could it be because I don't have a crystal core?"

Other than that, there didn't seem to be any other explanation.

Because he possessed a similar Strange Beast Body, but lacked the strange beast crystal core, at least that's how it appeared on the surface.

"Should I try tasting it?"

Nie Ning's eyes flickered, and the thought of eating the crystal core inevitably arose in his heart.

Perhaps with the help of Supernatural Adaptability, he could also obtain a crystal core like the strange beast.

But Borton had also said that crystal cores cannot be directly absorbed because the magic power contained within is extremely violent.

If a person swallows it, the power of energy and blood will clash with the magic power, resulting in severe injury or vomiting blood in the best case, and broken meridians and death in the worst case.

There is also the possibility of contracting beastly nature, just like having rabies.

Supernatural Adaptability is not an immortal body; he will still bleed if injured.

If his body couldn't absorb the crystal core, he feared the outcome wouldn't be any better than what Borton had said.

"Looks like I'll have to consider this in the long run."

Nie Ning sighed and temporarily dismissed the idea.

For now, he preferred a stable life rather than doing unnecessary risky things.

Besides...

There was also a wizard's laboratory in Wantai Forest; perhaps there was a way to become a wizard inside, and then he would be able to control fire all the same.

Nie Ning's plan was simple: first raise his knight cultivation, then see if he could find a way to become a wizard.

If the path of a wizard didn't work out, it wouldn't be too late to try absorbing the strange beast crystal core.

Having made his decision, Nie Ning didn't dwell on this problem anymore.

After all, he wasn't a troublemaker, and although fire control consumed a lot, at least his battle energy could activate it, so it was enough to make do for now.

...

In the following days, Nie Ning's life returned to peace.

Apart from helping Lilith plant flowers and grass, the rest of his time was spent on practicing the Basic Knight Method.

With a large amount of Crimson Fire Ape meat and the assistance of pills, Nie Ning's cultivation speed was astonishingly fast.

In just half a month, Nie Ning's knight cultivation had reached the peak of the Elementary Stage.

With his current strength combined with the Strange Beast Body strengthened by the Crimson Fire Ape, the original Crimson Fire Ape was no longer his match in comparison.

The span of strength was simply terrifying.

For an elderly competitor like Borton, Nie Ning was confident he could cripple him in no more than three moves.

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