Chapter 10

Seeing the duck looking at him with such a disdainful gaze, the young man really felt as if he had been thoroughly defeated.

However, the young man had at least one good point, and that was that he was quite stupid. He couldn't understand these principles, and if he couldn't understand them, he didn't need to think about them, right?

As he spoke, he nodded, and holding the little girl in his arms, he sat down again. The duck also wobbled over to him and plopped down in front of him.

"Then... duck."

"The first duck. Or you can call me First. Please highlight my status as the first. Among all the ducks, I am the unique king of ducks, the true drake who has become the king of ducks. Just calling me duck would lower my status."

The young man nodded: "Oh, First. Why are you talking to me now?"

The duck flapped its wings and said in frustration: "Forget it, forget it, just call me duck. First? That doesn't sound like a name at all. I just find you interesting. Well, to be precise, I find it interesting how you lost. You're so strong, how could you be so stupid? How could such a brainless trick fool you? And what... overcome yourself? Quack quack quack!"

The young man didn't get angry; he just continued to look serious and said: "I've always been stupid. My master also said I was very stupid. I admit I'm very stupid, so it's normal for me to be deceived by others."

Although the duck seemed to want to ask how low the young man's intelligence could go, it finally held back and said: "Your master? Who is your master?"

The young man shook his head and adjusted the little girl in his arms who had slipped a bit.

"I don't know, my master is just my master."

"Then where does your master live?"

"I don't know either. My master comes to teach me when he wants to, and leaves after teaching me."

The duck stared at the young man, almost disbelieving. After a long pause, it said in surprise: "How can you know nothing? Those who fought with you said you haven't even awakened your Nen body. You haven't awakened your Nen body, yet you dare to have such strong Nen power? Are you tired of living and want to shorten your life?"

The young man looked even more puzzled, frowning and asking: "Yes, many people have always talked about the Nen body, but I don't know what it is. And I don't think I'm tired of living."

"Still saying you're not? Show me your hand."

The duck extended a wing, and the young man, somewhat confused, freed one arm from under the little girl and handed it to the duck.

The duck's wing covered the young man's pulse. After a thorough examination, it retracted its wing and said: "How many years have you been practicing... the先天玄魔功 (Xiantian Xuemo Gong)?"

The young man said: "Three years. I started when I was thirteen."

The duck snorted and retracted its wing: "As expected. Expanding your Nen power reserves without awakening your Nen body, not using your Nen body to consume Nen power, but releasing pure Nen power externally, you will shorten your life, it's only fair!"

A question mark appeared on the young man's face again: "Shorten my life?"

The duck: "It means your lifespan will be shortened. Fortunately, you've only practiced for three years. From what I can see, you still have fifteen years to live, at most eighteen. When you turn thirty-four, you will definitely die."

The young man nodded and said "Oh."

This made the duck feel a bit strange, and it asked: "Aren't you afraid of dying?"

The young man first shook his head, then nodded. After some thought, he seemed to start shaking his head again, but finally decided to nod.

"What do you want to say? Why are you nodding and shaking your head?"

The young man smiled, scratched the back of his head, and said: "Well... isn't it still eighteen years? It feels like a long time. I won't die anytime soon. By the way, what do you mean by 'Nen body'?"

The duck's neck stretched out again, and it asked very strangely: "Your master really didn't teach you what a 'Nen body' is?!"

The young man shook his head.

"Then what about the relationship between the Nen body and Nen power?!"

The young man shook his head even more.

Finally, the duck raised its wing and hit its head. It was completely despairing of this foolish young man. What kind of master would teach a disciple like this? Is this young man his master's sworn enemy, to be tortured like this?

"Since you don't know, I'll tell you first. The so-called Nen body is..."

The duck felt it might as well be charitable and impart some knowledge. However, just as it started to speak, the young man suddenly froze and immediately stood up.

"What's wrong?"

The young man ignored the duck and directly lifted the little girl in his arms, raising her to the sky!

Even though it was still summer, the evening breeze brought a slight chill.

This chill might not mean much to the young man and the duck, but for the little girl...

The bottom of her swaddling clothes was wet.

The wind blew, and it swayed slightly in the air.

The young man lowered his head and looked at the slightly damp area on his chest, then turned to look at the little girl.

Her little eyebrows were slightly furrowed.

She looked very uncomfortable, and after a while, finally...

"Ugh... ugh ugh... waaah~~~~~"

A slightly weak cry finally came from the little girl's mouth.

She had peed.

The young man pouted, looking quite helpless. He looked around, holding the little girl, and then walked out of the alley.

It was already late at night, but in the direction of the Qian family's residence, the lights were still brightly lit.

The young man turned his head and saw a house nearby that had also become a ruin. Fortunately, some clothes hanging in the yard had not been knocked down. He quickly went in and took a few pieces of clothing to cover himself. Then, he took some clean clothes and laid them on the ground, unswaddling the little girl.

The little girl curled up in the pile of clothes, her lower body wet, with some brownish-green urine on the swaddling clothes. In the cold wind, she curled up even tighter, looking extremely helpless, like a flickering light that could be extinguished at any moment.

The duck walked over, jumped, and stood next to the little girl. It lowered its head and gently tapped the little girl's head with its long beak, saying: "What do you plan to do with this little girl?"