155: Chapter 155 The Awakening of the Green Snake

By the time Xu Qing woke up...

He felt the sensation of thick, viscous liquid all around him.

His entire body was in pain.

“Sister, he's awake!”

“Sister, stay calm. It might just be a corpse twitching.”

“Sister, what does 'corpse twitching' mean?”

“It's when a corpse jerks after death. It's very disgusting.”

Xu Qing wanted to retort, but when he opened his mouth, he didn't have the strength to speak a word.

Forcing his eyes open with difficulty...

He saw two young girl-like versions of Elder Li standing to his left and right.

It was the twin blades.

The sword was the elder sister, and the blade was the younger sister.

As for himself, he was lying in a pool filled with green liquid, brimming with Spiritual Qi.

It seemed to be a spiritual fluid prepared with expensive Spirit Medicine.

Even his cultivation had unknowingly made a Breakthrough to the Golden Core Middle Stage.

His Dao Cultivation had also reached over five hundred years.

Xu Qing looked at the twin blades, and the twin blades looked back at Xu Qing.

They stared at each other with wide eyes.

Finally, he regained the ability to speak.

“Twins, where is this? How much time has passed?”

“Cough, cough.”

Xu Qing's voice was a bit raspy, and he coughed after speaking.

“This is the Xuanyun Sect.”

The elder twin sister spoke.

“Ten days have passed!”

This was the younger twin sister's voice.

“What happened? Why am I here?”

Xu Qing asked again.

“You fainted back then.”

This was the elder sister.

“You were vomiting blood like crazy! It scared Daodao to death!”

This was the younger sister.

“Sister, don't use repetitive baby talk. It's really icky-wicky.”

“...Sister, you just used baby talk too.”

“Ah, it was an accident. It's all because of your influence.”

The twin sword shifted all the blame onto the twin blade.

In Xu Qing's view, it was likely all the influence of their master, Elder Li.

Xu Qing struggled to stand up from the pool.

What exactly happened back then?

What did the Demon Lord's words mean? What was a Demon Disciple? What was a Heavens Favored One?

Moreover, it seemed like he had gained another evolution path at that time.

[World-Ending Serpent Follower of Demon] Spirit Snake, the legendary serpent of the end times, a symbol of world destruction. Deeply demonic, it feeds on resentment, malice, and life to increase its cultivation, harboring hatred for all living things. The Demon Serpent cannot be eaten, cannot be used as Artifact Refining Materials, and cannot be tamed. It only obeys the Demon Lord's command to end the world and destroy all life.

“What kind of evolution path is this?!”

Xu Qing understood now.

That Demon Lord wanted to take him as a subordinate.

The reason was likely because he was this so-called Heavens Favored One.

Damn it, doesn't this mean he's already been targeted by that Demon Lord?!

When will he, the green snake, finally have some good luck?

Seclusion. He must enter seclusion!

As long as he didn't go out, as long as he stayed a shut-in, no one could harm him.

That was what Xu Qing thought.

Raising his hand, Xu Qing then discovered a red mark had appeared on the back of his right hand.

The mark was like a teardrop-shaped vortex.

[Blood Seal lv1] Devours malice and life to convert into Dao Cultivation, but will affect one's sanity.

“A skill that Demon Lord gave me?”

Xu Qing rubbed it, but the mark wouldn't come off.

Hardening his heart, he directly cut off his right hand, put the severed hand away, and controlled his body to grow a new small hand.

But the Blood Seal was still on it.

“It seems there's no way to remove it.”

“What the hell does that bastard want?”

Xu Qing didn't want anything to do with the Demon Lord.

That thing laughed with a 'jie jie jie' sound; it was clearly nothing good.

He was a world-destroying Devil Head.

There was absolutely no future in following him.

“Forget it, I'll just have to avoid using this skill.”

Looking at the eyesore of a mark on the back of his hand, Xu Qing took out a strip of cloth to cover it.

Then he froze.

He conjured a water mirror and looked at his current appearance.

Heterochromatic eyes, wearing an eye patch, and his right arm wrapped in bandage-like cloth strips.

He was a total chuunibyou!

How embarrassing.

But then again, the Cultivation World is full of chuunibyou; he was just following the local customs.

Yes, following local customs.

Afterward, Xu Qing and the twin blades went to see Elder Li and Daya to let them know he was safe before leaving the Xuanyun Sect.

Riding the clouds and mist, he flew all the way back.

As soon as he returned to the River God Temple, he quickly ducked into the Snake Cave.

When he said seclusion, he meant seclusion.

Xu Qing didn't believe that the Demon Lord—a guy who was blocked at his spawn point and beaten so badly by the cute Madam Bai that he dared not show his face—

could actually affect his seclusion!

Before starting his seclusion, Xu Qing planned to do some Artifact Refining first.

He would make Scabbards for the Xiliang Sword and the green tail white hair sword first.

With Scabbards made, the Xiliang Sword would be able to recover faster after it Self-Destructs in the future.

The Xiliang Sword would surely be deeply moved.

Listen to that—is that how a human talks?

Well, Xu Qing wasn't human to begin with, so it was normal for him not to speak like one.

He took out the Sword-grinding Stone.

The surface of the gray stone had grooves worn into it from friction.

Embedded within were sparkling white powders.

It was exactly the flood dragon powder from when Madam Bai ground her horns and nails.

It had increased the value of the Sword-grinding Stone by an unknown number of times.

“Green Fire, appear!”

Xu Qing spat out Green Fire, enveloping the entire Sword-grinding Stone.

After a long period of calcination, Xu Qing split the Sword-grinding Stone in two and continuously forged them into shape.

The scales and blood of the Lisheng Green Snake were all added in.

Soon, two similarly styled green Scabbards appeared.

The surfaces were lined with neat green scales with white edges.

Xu Qing, who was well-versed in Artifact Refining, beckoned with his hand, and the two Scabbards flew out from the Green Fire.

[Scabbard] Refined using the Sword-grinding Stone as the main material, supplemented by White Flood Dragon horn powder, claw powder, and Lisheng Green Snake scales. Comes with skills: Hidden Sword lv5, Storage lv6, Sturdiness lv5, Sharpening lv6.

He swallowed one of the Scabbards into his belly.

The Xiliang Sword, which had only recovered to a phantom form, let out a crisp sword hum and slid into the Scabbard with a 'ceng' sound.

Tapping his gourd, the green tail white hair sword soaking in the creation fluid also flew out.

After circling Xu Qing a few times, it stopped beside the other Scabbard.

“Come in.”

Xu Qing shook the Scabbard.

The green tail white bristle couldn't wait to slide into the Scabbard, humming incessantly.

The green tail white hair sword was originally refined with embedded White Flood Dragon scales.

And this Sword-grinding Stone used the horn and claw powder of the White Flood Dragon herself, sharing the same source as the green tail white bristle, so it was naturally very close to it.

“Artifact Refining finished.”

“Now, it's time to Cultivate.”

Xu Qing coiled up in the cave.

Holding the heaven-stealing lamp, he took a small sip.

His cheeks turned rosy; he stroked his tail and stretched lazily.

Being drunk made it even better for Cultivating.

Circulating the White Flood Dragon Heart Art, Xu Qing slowly entered deep cultivation.

The entire Snake Cave became silent.

Even the entire River God Temple seemed silent.

After all, Cultivators spent the vast majority of their time in seclusion.

This included Silly Snake, Xu Linger, and the others.

Except for the corporate slave Disciples of large Sects; they had endless tasks to do.

Living a life that was getting sweeter and sweeter, so sweet they were about to faint.

Time flew by, and several months passed.

Xu Qing, in deep seclusion, suddenly snapped his eyes open and slapped his head.

He suddenly remembered something.

Where did he leave Hong Ruo?

He couldn't remember.

“This is trouble, I've completely forgotten!”