Chapter 33: The Cunning Merchant

After he completely devoured the spirit of the Black Crocodile Lake Lord, Yao Yan also began to carefully examine the memory of the Black Crocodile Lake Lord.

Scenes flashed in his vision.

Originally, it was just an ordinary black crocodile in Bai Ze Lake, living in Bai Ze Lake and preying on various living things.

Fish, beasts, birds, and even fishermen, there was basically nothing that it had not eaten before coming to Bai Ze Lake.

Specifically, it was unknown when it became somewhat conscious.

Later, it realized that it had spiritual power at this time and became a low-level demon.

It could slowly distinguish the similarities and differences between various living things, and could more accurately judge which kind of living thing to prey on would save more effort and time, and would not affect the subsequent predation.

In this process, it finally understood the difference between human prey and other living things.

These humans sometimes come in groups, and sometimes inexplicably pour food into the lake.

Later, it realized that this is called worship.

At first, he didn't care what humans would do and would eat the food.

That's when it started to get smarter.

It would start to grow food and wait until it grew to its maximum size before eating it. It would drive away its opponents and even eat them.

And humans gradually came into its sight.

Humans appeared more and more frequently by the lake, and it saw them more and more often.

It also got smarter.

It knew what kind of attitude it should take towards humans, and that humans would come more often to do the so-called worship.

After that, it knew that there were some very strong ones among those humans.

Just like the difference between itself and other people of the same kind.

It knew what kind of attitude and way it did things, and those very strong people would not attack it.

After that, there were many humans by the lake.

They would raise some birds, and it didn't matter if they occasionally ate a few of them, and they would even take the initiative to get a bunch of them for it during the worship.

And it gradually occupied the lake.

It drove away and even ate every opponent.

It would also attack those who attacked humans.

Because it discovered that every time humans were attacked, there would be fewer people by the lake for a period of time.

The kind of thing called worship would also become less.

Such days lasted for a long time, and it became smarter and smarter.

In the long-term communication, it could understand the meaning of every human voice.

It could communicate with humans.

From that time on, the speed of its change accelerated again.

Some humans would call it "Lord of the Lake", "Lord of the Lake", "Dragon Son", "Lord of the Dragon".

And after that, it found that its body was changing.

It looked different from other similar creatures.

When communicating with those humans, humans treated it better.

Even later.

It became closer and closer to humans.

But

Afterwards, the situation changed.

Humans gradually moved away from the lake.

It also felt more and more sleepy.

It didn't act for a long time, and when it came out again, it could see fewer humans.

Sometimes it wanted to eat these humans.

No, it did eat humans again.

But sometimes, he didn't want to eat anymore, and wanted to talk to humans like before.

However, the latter situation became less and less.

A series of unclear memories flashed through Yao Yan's vision.

Yao Yan got all the memories of this Lake Lord's life.

However, compared with the memories of this Lake Lord, which were mostly about eating and how to eat more, he paid more attention to his own changes.

After swallowing the Lake Lord's spiritual body, he became stronger.

However, it was not entirely because of swallowing the Lake Lord's spiritual body.

To be precise, it was because his attacks and his strength polluted the Lake Lord's spiritual body during the battle with the Lake Lord, and he became stronger after swallowing the part of his spiritual body that corresponded to his own ability.

How to say it, this Black Crocodile Lake Lord had several experiences of deceiving humans for food for worship, saying that demons were coming.

The spiritual parts attached to these memories, when he attacked Black Crocodile Lake Lord, his power contaminated these parts and transformed them into a state similar to his own.

When he devoured Black Crocodile Lake Lord's spiritual body, these parts were swallowed by him, allowing his spirit to grow.

Yao Yan thought carefully and compared the information given by Lao Jia.

Soon, he found the key.

That is.

Two conditions.

One is that the target has the behavior of creating or spreading rumors.

The second is that he has been directly affected by his power.

Old Gao had spread rumors, but he was not directly affected by his power and changed before he was devoured.

The same was true for the previous "Bohe".

The information given by "Lao Jia" was quite vague and general, and did not accurately explain what form it was.

But now.

Through another piece of evidence, Yao Yan roughly confirmed this matter.

That is.

He was able to confirm that "Wolf is Coming" also increased.

The power of the black and white strange crow increased slightly.

And the reason can probably be attributed to.

The experience of this Lake Lord deceiving humans several times.

After this Lake Lord cheated several times, those people seemed to begin to doubt, and when they said that demons were coming nearby several times afterwards, those humans did not offer sacrifices.

It is consistent with the structure of "Wolf is Coming".

Perhaps this is the reason why the power of "Wolf is Coming" has increased?

From this point, it can probably be determined that it is related to the experience of the spiritual body that he devoured.

This is somewhat similar to the feeling of ordinary people when they become shelters.

When ordinary people become shelters, they will form different abilities based on their own experiences, impressions and concepts.

The so-called "pollution" is essentially similar to this process.

After swallowing such a polluted spiritual body, one can gain growth.

In essence, it is the same behavior as swallowing a thought body with similar abilities.

However, the thought body of the same type as oneself is itself a highly condensed and transformed spirit.

What is produced through "pollution" is a semi-finished product.

The principle is not complicated.

What a profiteer, using this "basic knowledge" as a trading item.

However, it doesn't matter, he is not at a loss.

A simple principle is expressed so vaguely that he thought he needed to perform some complicated operations.

Although he had some guesses before, he was still a little disappointed when it was confirmed.

For Lao Jia, Yao Yan silently put a "profiteer" label.

After roughly determining the situation and confirming how to cause "pollution", Yao Yan was also prepared for the next step.

Through the identity of "Lake King", he has a lot of things to do.

However, to find a suitable target, only people can do it.

Even if animals can spread rumors, their spirits are relatively weak. After being polluted, the power they can gain by swallowing is also relatively small.

Sure enough, it has to be a human.

And

It has to be a disciple of a hundred families, or a demon?

Yao Yan began to make a plan.

Oh, no, the plan has already begun.

Rumors, whether they are made or spread, have essentially become part of the rumor.

In the lake, the giant crocodile surfaced, and its eyes with indifferent light looked towards the direction of Jucheng.