I Am Also An Extraordinary Creature
Chapter 145 - 133 Living Long Means Being Capricious_1

Chapter 145: Chapter 133 Living Long Means Being Capricious_1

"Magic isn’t something you can learn just because you want to, first you need to do this and that... Hey! You’re cheating!!" the fire dragon’s eyes widened in disbelief as it looked at the wind orb in Zheng Yichen’s hands, "That’s definitely not magic!"

Magic requires magic power to operate, and magic power is something you need a talent for to conjure up. Although the wind orb in Zheng Yichen’s hands did harness the power of the environment, it didn’t have any fluctuations of magic power. Could this be considered some kind of extraordinary abilities?

"I know, that’s why I want to learn some magic knowledge to give it a try."

"Uh... even so..."

"If you ever run into trouble, I can help you out once."

"Deal!" the fire dragon quickly fished out a tiny cell phone from between its scales, "Add a contact."

Zheng Yichen looked at the fire dragon holding the tiny cell phone somewhat speechlessly, doubting whether the creature could see the characters on the screen clearly. Perhaps annoyed by Zheng Yichen’s doubtful gaze, the fire dragon howled, "Are you looking down on dragons? I can see even a speck of dust crystal clear!"

"Then you’re really amazing." Zheng Yichen added the fire dragon’s cell phone number.

Then the fire dragon climbed down and began to share some magic knowledge in a relaxed posture, while Zheng Yichen took notes rapidly on a laptop.

Elsewhere, Ahn Longling and Ahn Qi watched the scene on the monitor without saying anything. The fire dragon was subdued by Zheng Yichen, so Ahn Qi had nothing to say about what Zheng Yichen did. It was just some magic knowledge, and the Ahn family had had that sort of thing for a long time.

The importance of this knowledge wasn’t low, but what really mattered was where it was used. In the current world, even if the fire dragon explained the method of casting forbidden spells in detail to Zheng Yichen, it wouldn’t be of much use in this world. Even if he managed to release it forcibly, the power wouldn’t be great.

It wouldn’t be more powerful than a nuclear bomb or a small-yield nuclear bomb, anyway.

At best, he could release some so-called intermediate and low-level magic, but that kind of magic couldn’t withstand airplanes and cannons. The limitations of the world’s environment were there.

Zheng Yichen establishing a friendship with this dragon wasn’t a bad thing.

Ahn Longling had even less to say, now that the dragon was on Ahn Qi’s side; it had nothing to do with her. The key was Zheng Yichen himself.

"I’ll go contact Second Brother," Ahn Longling told Ahn Qi.

"... Thank you, Sister."

Zheng Yichen got some blood from the fire dragon, along with other magic knowledge. It had to be said that the fire dragon knew quite a lot, not only about its most proficient Fire type magic but also had considerable understanding of alchemy arts and magic medicinal arts, among others.

The fire dragon took it for granted and even exhibited a high sense of superiority; its implication was that by living a long time, even if you just sleep every day and study for one minute, you’d learn a lot - an advantage that those quail-like humans who could only live for a few decades would envy.

By the way, the fire dragon was over a thousand years old, and at that age in the Dragon Tribe, it was equivalent to a human between twenty and twenty-four years old, and dragons could maintain that age stage for more than two thousand years. A normal dragon could easily live for about five thousand years.

Of course, not many dragons lived that long; dragons were strong, but the chance of being killed was definitely not zero. The longer you live, the more likely it is that you will face various causes of death.

In those thousand-plus years, the fire dragon had spent about five hundred years sleeping, a hundred years lazily learning magic, and ten years indirectly acquiring knowledge on alchemy and magic medicinal arts. These weren’t continuous but accumulated slowly over the time not spent sleeping.

Dragons have a great memory; the fire dragon could clearly tally up the time it spent doing things besides studying. What did it do in its spare time? Eating, collecting treasures, playing.

The fire dragon indicated that the time it spent eating exceeded the time it spent learning, and it seemed quite proud when mentioning this.

Mador... Is this the daily life of an immortal? It’s too enviable.

As Zheng Yichen left the base, he rubbed his hands together and pulled out a very portable remote control, which was for the motorcycle that could serve as a combat vehicle, a super rugged model. Still, Zheng Yichen planned to make an even sturdier case for it to prevent any accidental damage.

One-button summon, and soon the sound of the motorcycle came. Zheng Yichen rode on it and by the time he returned to Hazy City, it was already night.

He had accomplished quite a bit today, the most important being the knowledge he acquired from the fire dragon. The magic knowledge was good, but the key was the related knowledge of Alchemy and magic medicinal arts.

The fire dragon mentioned that it had learned those on its spare time, which would be considered at an intermediate level among the human race. It had no interest in delving seriously into those areas; the dragon’s belief was simple - with time, accumulation sufficed. A thousand years at an intermediate level, then after another thousand years, casually learning would make one advanced.

And among the human race, existences like high-level alchemists might have faded away within three to five hundred years of this millennium.

"This knowledge is really abundant!" Eileena exclaimed as she looked at the knowledge on the computer.

Zheng Yichen didn’t speak. The content inside was what he had spent over three hours typing out. During that time, the dragon even stopped bothering about it twice, but looking at Zheng Yichen’s fist, it shamefully submitted.

"Can you learn this?"

"... It’s quite different from the power system we handle. Most of these magics are Elements magic, we can try." Eileena said. Being a witch in a weak environment meant that there was a low possibility of using Elements magic. Most of them were of the supportive type.

Necromancy, Voodoo Doll Curse, and so on, even creating a simple Fireball was hard, but now with the solid knowledge of Elements magic in hand, including the relevant usage methods and detailed operational explanations, all they had to do was try to master it step by step, provided they had Mana...

This wasn’t a big problem; as witches capable of using some magic in a low-magic environment, they were indeed gifted. Half an hour later, Eileena looked at the bit of black gleam in her hands. Describing the black light was difficult, but it was indeed a kind of ’light.’

Within Light type magic, there was magic to light lamps for illumination, and in the Darkness type, there was corresponding magic to extinguish lights. The fire dragon’s mastery of magic was primarily Fire type but could also handle other attributes of magic. These were, however, merely a rudimentary understanding, and even Water type magic was usable by it. The key to casting magic was Mana.

The individual’s attribute only influenced the power and consumption of the used magic. Fire dragons could use Water type magic, but the power would be greatly reduced, and it was more prone to failure. Nonetheless, the fire dragon still learned a bit, not for combat but for daily needs. Even as a fire dragon, it could get thirsty.

In its world, ice dragons likewise had the desire to eat something warm when out in the wild. From this perspective, it seemed the magical power development in the fire dragon’s world wasn’t weak.

Eileena had the best affinity with Darkness type magic, while Katrina’s strengths were Light and Water types. Zheng Yichen could light a cigarette, but he didn’t smoke.

"You guys go ahead and study this." Zheng Yichen told them. During the test, he had already found out that the relationship between the extraordinary abilities system and the magic system wasn’t that significant.

He could move the Elements power in the environment, but the way of doing so wasn’t based on Mana. The reason he picked up Fire type magic more quickly was likely due to the feedback effect from absorbing the blood of a fire dragon. The others?

There were no others, and gaining control over the wind, earth, and lightning Elements from Oma didn’t grant him any extra magical talent.

Oma didn’t seem to belong to the Mage category.

Short-term, magic wouldn’t provide any significant improvement to him. He still followed a cycle of fighting to enhance his abilities, which extraordinary abilities afforded him. As long as there were enough monsters, he could level up quickly.

"Leave it to us. With this knowledge, we’ll make significant progress in a short time," Eileena said. The key aspect of this knowledge was that it provided them with more possibilities, ensuring that their future research wouldn’t be limited to a very narrow starting point.

Their research could now be conducted from a broader perspective.

In alchemy arts, apart from material processing, there were also things like crafting magic puppets. Eileena had new ideas for this, combining necromancy with this construct crafting method, which was great.

"My protection magic and Blessing Magic might also find new directions for expansion," said Katrina, "Protection and Blessing Magics adapt well to Light type magical knowledge... it’s just that these magical knowledges contain too much of the Fire type."

"The knowledge came from a fire dragon. I’ll find more magic knowledge when I get the chance."

What followed was a time of extensive shopping. Money was not an issue for Zheng Yichen, and he could get equipment and such through channels. Many items could be delivered the same day, including renovation services, which Zheng Yichen didn’t use.

Katrina and Eileena also didn’t want those services. A witch’s workshop had to be crafted by hand to be reliable, even a modern witch’s workshop.

Luckily, Zheng Yichen had considerable patience for assembling equipment. He quite enjoyed the process. As for the expansion of the workshop, the control over the earth Elements granted by Oma played a significant role. After knocking down some of the ground, he easily expanded a new basement and incidentally reinforced the surrounding foundations.

When he saw sunlight again, it was already a week later.

At the Night Banquet Bar, after Zheng Yichen arrived, he nodded a greeting to the barkeeper, who gave him a faint smile in return. Having seen the barkeeper at the Dusk Cathedral previously, Zheng Yichen’s suspicions about the barkeeper’s identity had diminished a lot. As for unconditional trust... let’s forget it. After being duped once, Zheng Yichen became much more cautious in this regard.

Following the meeting with the barkeeper at the Dusk Cathedral, he also learned that the barkeeper occasionally went to the Zero Point marketplace of the Dusk Cathedral to buy some special items.

Not far from the barkeeper, Ahn Qi was also there. The reason he came here was because Ahn Qi had contacted him.

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