164: Chapter 164 Green Snake Surrounded

Xu Qing looked at the scale, his expression shifting with uncertainty.

He considered himself well-read within the Cultivation World.

After all, Xu Qing could freely borrow and read all the library's secret techniques and cultivation methods from both the Xuanji Sect and the Xuanyun Sect.

He was, after all, a snake with connections.

However, he had never heard of the legend of the World Serpent.

Xu Qing thought of a certain snake.

Jiang Mo, the River God of the Min River; that half-dragon was a well-read shut-in snake.

He might know something about the World Serpent.

"How should I take this scale away?"

Xu Qing began to consider how to remove the scale.

"Let's try the White Flood Dragon Hand Seal."

Xu Qing stood before the scale and formed a Seal with his hands.

Finally, when he activated the White Flood Dragon Treasure-Governing Hand Seal, there was finally some movement.

The chains entwining the scale began to wriggle like swimming snakes, pulling away from the surroundings and wrapping themselves tightly around the scale.

A silver character for "Seal" lit up on the chains.

Then, still attached to the scale, they lay motionless on the ground.

Presumably, these chains were also some kind of heavy treasure with an inherent sealing skill.

Opening his left eye, he pulled the scale along with the chains wrapped around it into his eye.

"Mission accomplished!"

Xu Qing decided that once he got out, he would find a good place and hide away until the Secret Realm opened.

He would absolutely, definitely not get involved in any more messy business.

Activating the White Flood Dragon Heart Art, he controlled his body to drift away from the iceberg.

The moment he left the iceberg.

Several attacks lunged toward Xu Qing.

Xu Qing swung the Xiliang Sword he had already summoned into his hand, meeting the attacks head-on.

At this moment, the surroundings of the iceberg...

...were filled with Cultivators.

In just that short time, it was estimated that Cultivators from nearly half the Secret Realm had already rushed over.

The situation looked grim.

"My Lady, I wonder what treasure you've obtained to cause such a phenomenon between heaven and earth."

"Could you let us have a look?"

A Cultivator spoke up.

There was no logic in Xu Qing spitting out something he had already swallowed.

He scanned the surroundings.

Dozens of Golden Cores and two Nascent Souls.

The Nascent Souls were both monks; the blood-colored imprints on their heads left no doubt that they were Demon Disciples.

It seemed they shared the same origin as the previous evil monks.

Although there was no logic in the Green Snake spitting out what he'd eaten,

still,

sometimes the situation mattered.

Anyway, the evolution path was already in hand, so it wasn't a loss.

No matter how reluctant Xu Qing was, at this moment, he could only begin to comfort himself.

"Oh? This Secret Realm is under the jurisdiction of my Xuanyun Sect."

"Treasures naturally belong to whoever finds them first."

Elder Li's Clone made his entrance, landing beside Xu Qing, his Aura showing no fear whatsoever.

There was no logic in Xu Qing spitting out what he'd eaten.

Xu Qing's backbone stiffened once more.

"You humans, do you think you can bully my Yao Race for having no one here?"

A dazzling fireball descended beside Xu Qing; as the flowing flames dissipated, a red-haired loli appeared.

Following behind her was a black-haired, golden-eyed youth.

They were precisely the Crimson-Tailed Burning Flame Crane and the Thunder Flame Goshawk.

*Hiss*, this demon crane actually came to help!"

Xu Qing subconsciously began to wonder if this demon crane had an ulterior motive.

"amitabha, why must you benefactors suffer so?"

"This snake and this treasure both have a great destiny with my Buddha's Realm of Ultimate Bliss."

"Destiny my ass! You humans always have so much bullshit."

"Bai Shi, follow this crane and beat the crap out of them!"

The Crimson-Tailed Burning Flame Crane waved her hand, and her entire head of hair swayed like burning flames.

Her glazed eyes looked as if they would spit fire and ignite at any second.

Flames danced around her like spirits.

They transformed into massive fireballs that smashed toward the two monks.

"Sister Crane, calm down!"

Bai Shi followed closely behind, surrounded by rolling purple thunder.

"amitabha."

The two monks swung their zen staffs, smashing the incoming fireballs to pieces.

The battle was on the verge of breaking out.

Both Xu Qing and Elder Li were stunned.

This Crimson-Tailed Burning Flame Crane simply wanted to fight.

The remaining Golden Core and Foundation Establishment Demon Disciples all rushed toward Xu Qing.

There were also some ordinary Cultivators who, influenced by the Demon Disciples, charged toward Xu Qing.

After all, humans have a herd mentality.

They might not have had any grudge against Xu Qing, but seeing so many Demon Disciples rushing at him at once,

coupled with the influence of greed, they followed the Demon Disciples in attacking Xu Qing.

However, even more Cultivators remained floating in the distance, motionless, watching from the sidelines.

Elder Li formed Seals with both hands and beckoned.

Two phantom images of purple swimming dragons appeared by his side, ready to strike at the oncoming Cultivators.

"amitabha. Benefactor Li, let the matters of the younger generation be handled by the younger generation."

One of the Nascent Soul monks blocked Elder Li.

And so, Xu Qing was left alone again.

"Damn it, what the Hell? Ganged up on again!"

Looking at the crowd in front of him that outnumbered him dozens of times over, Xu Qing couldn't help but lament.

It was said that there weren't even nine hundred and ninety-nine Golden Cores in the world.

But Xu Qing felt there were far more than that.

Otherwise, why did he run into them every single time?

The key was that he had to try to kill as few of these Demon Disciples as possible to avoid raising the Rank of his Blood Seal skill.

"My Lady, I've come to help you!"

The Thunder Flame Goshawk named Bai Shi flew to Xu Qing's side.

It seemed he couldn't intervene in the Nascent Soul Stage battlefield and had been pushed out.

After all, even with the green snake wine, it would take time for this guy's Dao Foundation to recover.

"When this battle is over, I'm going to confess my feelings to Sister Crane."

"Do you think Sister Crane will say yes?"

Bai Shi said.

Xu Qing remained silent. You've set a death flag and you still want to live?

Furthermore, from Xu Qing's perspective, the Crimson-Tailed Burning Flame Crane would likely reject him with mockery.

"green tail white bristle, go!"

Xu Qing spat out a mouthful of Green Fire.

The green tail white hair sword swathed itself in the Green Fire, instantly transforming into a massive Green Fire Sword Flood Dragon.

"It seems I must kill some Demon Disciples today."

Xu Qing gripped the Xiliang Sword in one hand and lightly stroked the dragon's head with the other, his eyes gleaming with a cold light.

The Blood Seal was a death warrant, but was it not also a path to quickly becoming stronger?

Having obtained the World Serpent scale, he had already secured his ideal evolution path.

With so many Demon Disciples voluntarily providing him with Dao Cultivation and evolution points,

since the Demon Lord had already placed such a generous bet,

then he, the Green Snake, was willing to call.

He would see whether he evolved into a Boundary Green Snake first, or was forced to evolve into a World-Ending Serpent Follower of Demon.

"Go!"

As Xu Qing's words fell, he turned into a green light and escaped toward the crowd of Cultivators.

Bai Shi let out a cry, and with rolling purple thunder, he charged along with Xu Qing.

He locked onto a saber Cultivator at the Early Golden Core stage.

The Green Fire Sword Flood Dragon roared and pounced, biting down.

The saber Cultivator held his saber against the hellish onslaught.

Xu Qing held the Xiliang Sword, slashing out several Sword Qi Wind Blades; with a flick of his tail, the green flood dragon ring covered his body, blocking the attacks fired by other Cultivators.

The Saber Qi was instantly shattered.

"Die!"

The Xiliang Sword flashed past.

A bloody hole appeared in the center of the Cultivator's forehead.

[Ding...]

Ignoring the System's notification sound, Xu Qing reached out to summon the corpse and, with one hand, directly pierced through its abdomen.

The bloody golden core imprint was tossed into the heaven-accepting gourd.

"So strong!"

Bai Shi couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.

The ordinary Cultivators who had joined in to fish in troubled waters were all stunned.

But those Demon Disciples still rushed toward Xu Qing without fear, unleashing all their Divine Abilities.

"Thunder Law: Thunder Needle Rain!"

Bai Shi formed Seals with both hands; one by one, purple thunder needles condensed in the Void Realm and fell like rain.

Crackling sounds filled the air.

Xu Qing took the opportunity to set up his Escape Light and broke out of the encirclement.