Red Dragon has magic

Chapter 295 A Different Kind of Fasting
Because of the various novels he had read, Leon’s first impression of fasting was that he didn’t have to eat and would no longer have to worry about starving to death due to food shortage.

But while not having to eat might be useful to mortals, it's useless to a powerful dragon, because dragons use supernatural energy as part of their digestive process. They can swallow and digest all kinds of food, including substances that other living creatures don't consider food, such as mud, rocks, and the like.

Not to mention that dragons are not like humans who can’t grow after the growth stage. Dragons can keep growing. How can they grow without eating? Can they grow out of thin air?
No matter what attitude other people have towards eating, Leon likes to eat. He likes meat, roasted pig's trotters, big pork elbows, twice-cooked pork, sugar and oil mixtures, and fruits... He often eats even if he is full, just to satisfy his taste buds.

What about the gold finger reward? Walking on water is still a gold finger reward. Leon originally planned to treat Bigu as non-existent, waiting for an accident to happen and being trapped somewhere. The enemy must be at least a demigod, and there would be nothing to eat except mud and rocks. After thinking about it, he decided to study Bigu.

Lyon was a little confused by this research. Are there so many theories about fasting?
Bigu is also called Duan Gu, Jue Gu, and Que Gu, which literally means not eating grains.

Those who eat meat are brave and fierce, those who eat grains are wise and clever, those who eat air are divine and long-lived, and those who do not eat are immortal and divine. This is the basis of fasting.

Bigu is often associated with breathing, which is called breathing bigu. As the name suggests, breathing means taking air, taking essence or the vital energy of heaven and earth. This is the practice of replacing food with air. Breathing bigu is a kind of cultivation method.

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At this point, Leon finally understood that the golden finger reward he just obtained was not that simple.

Bigu does not allow one to not need food like the undead creatures, or the immortal demigods and gods, but it is a method of cultivation. Through Bigu, one enters a state of fasting. Fasting is not a result but a process, thereby gaining various benefits, such as purifying the body and mind, enhancing spirituality, prolonging life, and achieving unity of man and nature.

Although he gained a lot from studying with Fiora every day, Leon still cared more about his golden finger reward.

In this case, Leon stopped studying with Fiora the next day.

Fiora was worried that Leon was plotting against her, and she was somewhat reluctant to teach Leon. Now that Leon refused to learn from her, God knows what she was thinking. She took the initiative to find Leon and asked, "Why don't you learn today? You must persevere in your training. If you keep doing this for three days and then rest for two days, when will you be able to become a warrior?"

"I'm already a warrior." Leon said, thinking that the golden finger reward was the most authoritative certification.

If it were an ordinary person, Fiora would not believe that he could become a warrior so easily. The problem was that Leon was not an ordinary person, but an extremely powerful red dragon. He had no shortcomings in strength, agility, or physique. It was even slow that it took him so long to become a warrior.

Fiora opened her mouth, wanting to say something but stopped herself, and finally said: "Even if you become a warrior, you are a low-level warrior. Can you recover your breath? Can you move like a tide?"

"No." Leon said with a smile, "You know a lot, everything. Can you beat me? I can give you two arms."

Fiora had seen Leon activate her three-headed, six-armed body. Even if she had two arms or four arms, plus three heads, she could be killed in one round. What was even more outrageous was that the guy practiced both magic and martial arts, and his spellcasting ability was even stronger than his melee ability. Once he used all kinds of spells, even ten of her would not be his match.

Fiora was angry because she had good intentions. She hoped that Leon could study hard and learn more from her, but Leon actually mocked her. "It's up to you to study or not. If you don't study, I will have one less thing to do." Fiora snorted and sniffed.

"It's just that you don't want to learn it now. You still have to learn it in the future. Then you will have to trouble us Fiora."

Leon cares more about his gold finger reward, but it doesn't mean that he will give up the path of a warrior, and he can't rely on gold finger rewards. Anyway, the real world doesn't need to consider gameplay. There are only so many levels. If you invest in the warrior level, you can't invest in the mage level.

"It depends on my mood. I'll be willing to teach you when the time comes." Fiora was still angry.

Fiora ran away, but Leon didn't care and concentrated on fasting.

The human body generally has a seven-day cycle, so the fasting period is usually seven days. The dragon's body is different. Like many animals, a dragon can go without food for ten days, half a month, or even longer. It takes a longer time to complete a fasting period.

In short, Leon started fasting, and then he discovered that fasting did not conflict with studying with Fiora. He wanted to continue studying with Fiora, but the other party kept saying that she was busy with her work as an inspector and refused to teach him.

Even though he was forced to fend for himself right after hatching because of his stupidity, Leon could still fill his stomach by finding crabs and eating snails. It was the first time in decades that he felt hungry, and he could only relieve his hunger by breathing in the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. He became irritable and easily angry.

Half a month later, Leon did not feel physically weak. Breathing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth could provide him with energy, but he really wanted to eat something. For some reason, his mental state was quite good.

After about half a month, Leon felt that his body gradually entered a state of fasting. The feeling of hunger was no longer strong, his mind became clearer, his desire for food decreased, and he cared less about the trivialities of life... Does this mean that his body and mind have been purified?

A month later, Leon ended his fasting and resumed his diet.

He could clearly feel that his physical condition had improved, and he was more efficient in breathing in the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, combined with the breathing method, and the fact that the volcanic island had been transformed by him into a Feng Shui treasure land, the efficiency of breathing in the spiritual energy of heaven and earth frightened him.

Lyon decided that he would fast once every six months, and then use the rest of the time to go back to the valley, eat and drink well to grow up, and have the best of both worlds... If he could only eat wind and drink dew every day, he would not even want to be a god.

Fasting cannot help Leon improve his combat capability quickly. It is essentially similar to the breathing method. For him now, it will take several years or even more than ten years to see obvious results. His next focus will be on building a country.

Establishing a Dragon Kingdom would definitely reward him with a golden finger, or a high-level reward. It would be better to give him a method of cultivation, such as the Great Heavenly Immortal Technique, rather than magic. The magic he has mastered is enough.

How to establish a country is a difficult problem, and Lyon really has no idea.

(End of this chapter)