Rise Of The Worm Sovereign

Feng looked around to ensure that no one was watching him before he climbed over the wall. There were two bricks missing from the part of the wall that he had climbed from.

'He's certainly been here several times from looking at the wall. Those were intentionally removed…' Lin Wu noted.

Having jumped into the compound, Feng went to the back of the building and lifted several old rags that were lying next to it. There was wild grass and weeds growing over the edges of the wall and between the torn rags.

But once the rags were lifted, moldy planks could be seen underneath it. Feng lifted the planks and opened up a gap wide enough for him to pass through. He shimmied his way through the gap and soon arrived in a wide open area.

This place was cleaner than the rest of the area, but there were still dark stains here. The air here was stuffy as well, making Feng cough several times.

"Huh… the boy had a hideout." Lin Wu was surprised.

He had intentionally not looked at the system's map as he wanted to discover the mystery naturally. It was simply a lot more entertaining that way, after all.

Feng sat down on a box and took a breath of relief, resting his tired body for a few moments.

"A-are you there?" Feng called out. "Senior, are you there?" he repeated.

~CREAK~

The sound of steel bending was heard in the silent room, scaring Feng for a moment.

"I'm here alright. Just like I said." Lin Wu's voice was heard from some distant away.

Feng quickly turned around and saw a long object rising from the shadows. There was an old pipe rising from the ground that had been broken. The long object was rising from that broken pipe.

The light from the cracked roof faintly illuminated the long object, revealing it to be some slender and long creature.

~gulp~

Feng swallowed his saliva upon seeing it clearly for the first time. It looked like a snake or some similar creature. But it had two yellow eyes and several sharp teeth in its mouth. It looked unlike any other animal or beast that Feng had ever seen in his life.

"T-that's… you?" Feng was surprised and didn't know what to say.

Even if he had seen the eyes and teeth in the sewer grate before, was still a different experience seeing it out in the open.

Lin Wu's head in this form was about six inches wide and was basically the size of a large python. It looked quite terrifying frankly, and any normal person would run away screaming after seeing it.

If it were not for the fact that Feng had confirmed that there was no danger from Lin Wu to him, he would have done the same, perhaps.

First of all, a talking beast along was an unknown thing for him, not to mention whatever nonhuman creature this was only made it that much absurd.

'It certainly is no assassin…' Feng thought to himself.

"H-how… how are you going to give me powers? Or rather, what powers are you going to give me?" Feng couldn't help but inquire.

"Good question." Lin Wu replied. "Let me first check you, though." He said.

Then, before Feng could respond, he felt a cold and slimy thing touch the back of his neck. He simply froze in place and didn't move, guessing that this was what Lin Wu meant by checking.

'His head is there and whatever is touching me is here? Just how big is he?' Feng wondered.

There was at least a distance of ten meters between him and Lin Wu's 'head'. Feng guessed that the thing touching him might be some limb and seeing who far it was extending and how it had arisen out of nowhere, he assumed that it was definitely not a beast.

It wasn't even anything in the scope of his knowledge.

While he was thinking all this, Lin Wu was doing his part.

"System, scan him. Do a detail scan." Lin Wu ordered.

~DING~

——

SCANNER: Activated

TARGET SELECTED: Feng

SCAN COMPLETED: Target Analyzed

…

TARGET: Feng

AGE: 15 years old

LIFESPAN: 45 years (estimated)

CULTIVATION BASE: First Stage Of Body Tempering Realm

VITALS: Stable (Note: Injured in multiple places, diseases detected, nutrition deficiency detected.

BLOODLINE: None

PHYSIQUE: None

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"He really has no secret ability or bloodline or anything?" Lin Wu felt a little disappointed.

He had gotten the system to do a deep scan, as he wanted to know if there was anything special to the boy.

~Sigh~

"It would have been rather exciting if he had some super secret and strong bloodline." Lin Wu internally shook his head.

'Still… not like it'll continue to stay like this. If it isn't exciting, I'll make it so.' He thought to himself.

Lin Wu looked at the system's notes and knew that he needed to address this first.

'Even if I can heal him directly with vital energy, he still needs the nutrients for it to work.' Lin Wu thought. 'Also no wonder he's still at the first stage of the body tempering realm even at his age.

Normally, even if it was a common farmer or peasant that worked in the fields, he would be able to reach the fourth stage of the body tempering realm by the age of 25-30 years old. One didn't even need a body tempering manual or technique for it.

One just needed enough food and exercise for it to happen. And peasants would normally get both of them over time.

A boy of Feng's age should have at least reached the second stage of the body tempering realm, but he evidentially hadn't.

'It's a surprise that he could even run all this distance without fainting. His lifespan is pretty short for a normal human of this world, too. Seems like the injuries and malnutrition are really contributing to it.' Lin Wu reckoned.

Having figured out the next course of action, Lin Wu got to work.

"Well first, we need to take care of your stomach."