129: Chapter 129 The Moon Over the Green Snake is Busy

Daya had a naive mind. After entering the Xuanji Sect, she was taken into a treasure by Elder Li.

She had been kept in a deep sleep.

Sleeping also allowed Daya to hold on a bit longer.

"I understand."

"Thank you. Regardless of whether it succeeds or not, I will do my best to ensure your safety."

Xu Qing hung up the "phone" and let out a long sigh.

After all, Elder Li couldn't walk around the Sect as freely as he could.

Having no mood to continue reading, Xu Qing returned to his Immortal Cave and waited for nightfall.

Until the sky outside gradually darkened.

Then, he took out a jade bottle and cast a spell to remove the Seal on it.

Inside the jade bottle was a full bottle of purple liquid, emitting a fishy and sweet smell.

It was exactly Silly Snake's venom.

After the last battle with the Tree Spirit, Xu Qing had learned a lot.

Although he had the Revival skill,

his greatest fear was being unable to even die—for example, being under a Seal.

In such a case, he would need someone else to kill him.

If he was poisoned by Silly Snake, Silly Snake would be able to sense it.

If he didn't notify Silly Snake within a day, Silly Snake would trigger the toxin and kill him.

He downed the bottle of Snake Venom in one gulp, unable to help but marvel at how convenient the Three-Colored Venomous Snake truly was!

Of course, don't get it wrong—Snake Venom isn't saliva!!

It's condensed Snake Venom essence!

"It can begin now."

"Remember, you only have half an hour. If you haven't found the deity transformation imprint by then,"

"abort the mission immediately."

Elder Li's voice transmission came from the necklace.

A thin silver thread shot straight through the Immortal Cave, connecting to the necklace on Xu Qing's chest.

His figure gradually became illusory and vanished from the spot.

Even if Divine Sense swept over, it would only detect a void.

Xu Qing kept a mental note.

In the future, on the nights of the full moon, even if he was alone, he wouldn't act up and talk to himself, or say and do embarrassing things.

Death is only temporary, but social death is for a lifetime.

Just in case, Xu Qing also activated Concealment.

He performed hand Seals, circulated Demonic Power, and tapped the necklace on his chest, sensing the direction it guided him.

"Northeast!"

"In the direction of Hidden Dragon Lake?"

Hidden Dragon Lake was on the northeast side of the Floating Island, where some water-attribute Spirit Beasts lived.

Spirit Beasts were simply Yao Beasts that had been domesticated over generations.

The waters of Hidden Dragon Lake were deep and seemingly bottomless.

He concealed his figure and headed northeast.

Even while concealed, he couldn't just arrogantly use an Escape Light.

That would be too blatant.

He moved swiftly, yet the vegetation around him didn't even sway.

Xu Qing's snake-like pupils shifted, directly transforming his body into a soul form.

Soon, Xu Qing arrived at Hidden Dragon Lake.

Under the night sky, the lake water was dark and deep, reflecting the moonlight with a shimmering glow.

It looked dark and weathered.

And there were so many fellows coming and going.

Xu Qing looked at the water-attribute Yao Beasts poking their heads out of the water to breathe in the lunar essence, and he waved his hand.

Obviously, no one could see him.

Without further hesitation, Xu Qing also leaped into the water, but he didn't cause even a single splash.

A soul form naturally wouldn't interact with physical matter.

He sank all the way to the bottom of the lake.

Not a single Spirit Beast in the lake noticed Xu Qing's presence.

Including two Golden Core Spirit Beasts among them.

"Spirit Beasts... they're truly a disgrace to our Yao Beast race."

"Yao Beasts shall never be slaves, not even if food and lodging are provided!"

Xu Qing muttered to himself in his heart.

Yet his pace didn't slow as he descended straight to the lake floor.

His feet lightly touched the bottom without stirring up any silt.

He looked ahead.

It was actually a Dragon Palace.

With carved beams and painted rafters, it was magnificent and radiated a faint light at the bottom of the lake.

By now, the necklace on his chest had begun to float in the water, pointing toward the Dragon Palace.

"It's inside this Dragon Palace. Finding it was effortless!"

The deity transformation imprint, of which only nine existed in the world, was right before his eyes!

Xu Qing suppressed the urge to crush the necklace and summon Elder Li, floating toward the Dragon Palace instead.

There was only one chance.

He had to see the deity transformation imprint with his own eyes; he couldn't afford a major blunder.

Floating into the Dragon Palace, two rows of thick jade pillars stretched out, supporting the entire structure.

On each jade pillar, different dragon-shaped bas-reliefs were carved, coiling around them.

Some bared their fangs and claws, some slept with eyes closed, some spat out pearls, and some looked down from above—each was unique and contained dragon prestige.

Xu Qing, this green snake, swallowed hard.

Was he sure this wasn't targeted at him, a green snake?

The Green Snake's House of Ill Omen.

At the very front of the row of jade pillars, there was a deep well at the bottom of the lake.

A chain extended from the well's opening, hanging straight down into it.

Three people sat around the well; they were the three Grand Elders: Xuan Xin, Xuan Fa, and Xuan Ling.

Xu Qing didn't even dare to breathe.

These three Nascent Soul Great Perfection cultivators were currently emitting their magical power, their unreasonable Aura filling the entire Dragon Palace.

They were much more imposing than a certain Nascent Soul Perfection old woman who wished to remain anonymous.

Elder Li had never used her Aura on him.

Could this be respect for a grandson? His heart felt a tiny bit of warmth.

Damn it, using cutesy repetitive words is so gross.

No, this green snake's brain had already broken under the extreme tension and Aura.

"Is there a fishy snake smell?"

Sitting by the well, Xuan Xin frowned slightly and scanned the surroundings.

But he sensed nothing unusual.

"..."

Xu Qing snapped out of it a bit.

He stayed perfectly still and silent. By the way, that fishy snake smell was definitely that old man's delusion!

"Condense your Qi and calm your mind."

"Together, let's refine the residual Aura within this deity transformation imprint."

Xuan Fa didn't smell anything and merely gave a reminder.

Xu Qing pricked up his ears.

"The deity transformation imprint is inside this well?"

He wanted to lean in and peek into the well, but he didn't dare get any closer.

Even standing this far away, his legs felt weak.

"If we had just found Senior Sister, we wouldn't have to go through all this trouble, using this Dragon Palace to suppress and refine the deity transformation imprint?"

The beautiful woman, Grand Elder Xuan Ling, complained.

Xu Qing smelled some gossip.

"Who knows where Senior Sister finally escaped to using that secret method?"

"Wasn't it because you were afraid of death back then? You insisted on hiding in the back, fearing Senior Sister's deathbed retaliation. Otherwise, we would have pulled her up by the roots long ago..."

"Shut up!"

Xuan Xin's voice boomed as he interrupted Xuan Fa.

"...It is we who have wronged our Junior Sister."

Among the four, Xuan Xin was the Eldest Senior Brother, Daya was the Second Senior Sister, the third Junior Brother was Xuan Fa, and the fourth Junior Sister was Xuan Ling.

"Senior Brother, you're trying to be a whore and still have a monument erected to your chastity."

"Wasn't it your proposal and preparation to move against Senior Sister in the first place?"

"And to think Senior Sister trusted you so much, Senior Brother."

Xuan Ling sneered.

Inside the Dragon Palace, the atmosphere grew increasingly heavy as Aura and magical power were released together.

A certain gossip-eating green snake felt like he was about to fall apart.

*Rattle, rattle.*

The chain at the well's opening rattled.

A golden streak of light emerged from the well.

The three stopped arguing and looked toward the well, their hands constantly forming Seals.

The chain was pulled out completely.

"Quick, draw the full moon's lunar essence to cleanse this imprint!"

The three of them tacitly formed the same hand Seals, drawing down the lunar essence through the Dragon Palace.

The lunar essence passed through the lake water and the Dragon Palace, shining into the well.

The lunar essence washed over the golden light.

The golden light gradually retracted, revealing a fist-sized small golden tripod.

Engraved on the tripod was [Soul Transformation-VIII].

It was indeed the deity transformation imprint!

At that moment, the lunar essence on Xu Qing's body also cut off, and his figure appeared in the Dragon Palace.

"It hasn't even been half an hour!"

Xu Qing looked up at the sky and finally realized.

All the lunar essence had been drawn away by the three in front of him.

Damn, is the moon in the Cultivation World really this busy!

Everyone is coming to fleece the moon!

The Moon: "Very busy, do not disturb."