Jiang Si asked, "What did you do?"

Startled by Jiang Si's serious expression, Li Jianshan was also a little surprised: "It's nothing, I just practiced a bit this morning."

"Give me your hand," Jiang Si said.

Li Jianshan, not understanding what was going on, stretched out his hand and opened his palm.

Jiang Si grasped his hand, pulled up his sleeve, and quickly tapped his arm a few times about three feet away.

A faint red light appeared on his arm.

Jiang Si looked at Li Jianshan's eyes again and saw that there seemed to be a reddish tinge around them.

Just as Li Jianshan was still in a daze, Jiang Si threw him into the icy water, splashing up a huge spray.

The stream looks shallow, but the water is actually waist-deep.

Li Jianshan was suddenly thrown into the water. He lost his balance and choked on several mouthfuls of water.

He wasn't angry, but he was genuinely confused. He coughed a few times, wiped the water off his face, and asked, "Master, what are you doing?"

Jiang Si: "Stay in the water, don't come up."

Li Jianshan pulled his foot back as he was about to step forward.

But why?

Jiang Si looked down at him from the water's edge and asked, her expression somewhat complicated, "Did you pick anything to eat this morning?"

Li Jianshan was momentarily stunned.

"I..." he thought for a moment, "I think I picked a wild grass by the roadside, and then I saw a red berry, so I casually picked one and put it in my mouth." He thought about those leisurely people, didn't they all like to pick a wild grass and put it in their mouths when they came to nature?

He was just giving it a try.

Could something bad have happened?

"No, Master, this is right near my home. How could it be poisonous?"

Jiang Si said, "Don't you know you shouldn't pick wildflowers by the roadside?"

Li Jianshan: "..."

"Am I going to die?"

Jiang Si didn't know what to say.

Li Jianshan possesses the inner core of a black dragon, making him somewhat similar to a half-demon in some respects.

The red fruit he ate was, if I'm not mistaken, a red spirit fruit.

In a place with such abundant spiritual energy, it's not surprising that red spiritual fruits grow there.

Red spirit fruit is hot in nature and has a naturally strong catalytic effect on demons.

Although Li Jianshan had already absorbed the inner core, he was still some distance from being able to unleash its full power. By chance, he ate the Red Spirit Fruit, which catalyzed the black dragon inner core within his body.

This is also why his magical power has greatly increased, allowing him to see the little monkey's true form.

The problem is that snakes are cold in nature.

With the sudden change from cold to heat, Li Jianshan would soon feel as if he were in a world of extremes, and what's more, it was the inner core of a fully grown dragon.

Yes, I'm an adult.

Furthermore, snakes are sexually promiscuous.

Soaking in the water made Li Jianshan feel a little better.

Just then, Li Jianshan also felt a burning sensation all over his body.

His face turned red. Holy crap, what's going on?

Jiang Si could tell from his expression that he was having an attack.

She comforted him, saying, "Just bear with it. Even if you're outside, you can't find another woman."

Li Jianshan's face turned even redder.

What the hell is going on here?

Qi Yan's eyes widened, "Your face and hands..."

She Zhang: "..."

"You're amazing, you're even going to be my brother."

Following their gaze, Li Jianshan was astonished to find his arm covered in black scales. "What the hell is this?!"

She Zhang kindly reminded him, "And your face too."

Li Jianshan touched his face in horror; it felt cold and uneven.

Although Li Jianshan felt hot all over, a chill ran through him. Could he have turned into a snake?!

Someone like She Zhang is alright, after all, he's a golden python, but this black dragon is really ugly!!!

"Master, am I not able to go back?" Li Jianshan asked, looking as if he had lost his parents. "Won't my grandfather be scared to death?"

Jiang Si said with some disdain, "Alright, alright, stop acting like you're going to die. You'll be fine after soaking in the water for a day. You've actually turned misfortune into blessing."

"The demon core will be used by you, and you will become stronger. Isn't that good?" No one would refuse power, right?

Li Jianshan finally managed to stammer out, "Master, am I a human or a demon? Will I ever become human again?" He truly couldn't accept that he had become a demon.

"Nonsense, of course you're human. You're just experiencing the effects of your demon core right now. Don't be so sentimental like a little girl."

"Exactly, you look really bad. Just hide somewhere away so you don't scare the cats and dogs."

Li Jianshan lowered his head and silently swam towards the stream, away from the crowd.

He looked so pathetic that he couldn't possibly be seen in public, especially—

Li Jianshan wanted to complain.

Damn it, how can this damn snake even have a mating season?!

His reputation is truly illustrious!

And Jiang Si definitely knows!!

He felt he'd rather be dead!

Jiang Si took Qi Yan and She Zhang to find Jiang Ling.

Jiang Ling is a very qualified farmer, including the large area of ​​crops he grows on the mountain.

Right now, he's watering the plants.

She Zhang also got the hang of it and quickly ran over: "Grandpa, let me help you."

Qi Yan was also joining in the fun. He was short and small, and he was splashing water with a small spoon.

Jiang Ling was happy to have someone help her and sat down next to Jiang Si, saying, "Your friends are quite good."

"Grandpa, I don't even remember that our village has such a rare and wonderful fruit as the Red Spirit Fruit." Jiang Si put a wild grass in her mouth and watched the two people in the distance carefree watering the plants as if they were playing.

She thought for a moment, wondering when red spirit fruit had become so common.

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