171: Chapter 171 Green Snake is invited to a birthday banquet

The bodhi tree, which absorbed the Buddha light from Xu Qing's daily cultivation of Buddhist Dharma, had already grown to the height of the courtyard wall.

Every green leaf was edged with gold.

Under the sunlight, it shimmered with golden light, beautiful and mysterious.

As usual, Xu Qing sat cross-legged under the tree, chanting Buddhist scriptures.

This year, watching the bodhi tree grow bit by bit from a seedling until it surpassed his own height, Xu Qing gained a unique insight.

Unfortunately, after a year, he hadn't grown a single bit.

He could only hope that because the Lisheng Green Snake has a long lifespan, he ages slowly and grows slowly as well.

Xu Qing stood up, and the Buddha light around him retracted.

Then he took a sip of green snake wine.

He only practiced Buddhist Dharma as a means; he wasn't a real monk, so he naturally didn't need to fast or follow other precepts.

Abbot Fayuan had also said so back then.

As long as one's actions do not go against their original heart, cultivating the Buddha of the original heart is also being a Buddha.

"Has it been a year? Time flies so fast."

"If it weren't for that Blood Sea Pervert, This Venerable One would have long since used Daya's name to bully men and women and throw my weight around the entire Cultivation World!"

"Why would I stay here as an ascetic monk!"

"Dammit!"

The more Xu Qing thought about it, the angrier he got.

He liked being a shut-in, but he didn't like being forced to be one.

Even a green snake has a rebellious streak; the more you force me to stay home, the more I don't want to.

But this year of concentrated cultivation wasn't entirely without gains.

He knew the Bodhi Sutra by heart and had mastered a large amount of Buddhist Dharma.

[Artifact Refining lv6] promoted to [Artifact Refining lv7]

[Demonic Fire lv6] promoted to [Demonic Fire lv7]

Many other skills had also improved.

The Green Snake Heart Method was also greatly refined; it was no longer a pirated, stitched-together mess completely plagiarized from the White Flood Dragon Heart Art.

Green Snake was very satisfied with the many Divine Abilities within it.

It even contained ultimate techniques that could become new trump cards.

Moreover, after Xu Qing's Artifact Refining broke through to lv7, he refined the now-useless black flood dragon horn into the blade of the green tail white hair sword.

This caused the latter's power to surge.

After all, the green tail white bristle had been with him for a long time, and its Divine Abilities were starting to fall behind.

It would be a pity to discard it now; he was quite attached to it.

A great victory for the Simp Sword.

green tail white hair sword current skills: Sword Shadow lv6, Sword Qi lv5, Self-Repair lv5, Armor Break lv5, Flood Dragon Qi lv7, Dark Sword Field lv6

The Yin King Toad Skin was also refined into the third floor of the hell pagoda.

The hell pagoda's Yin Qi increased greatly, and it simultaneously gained a third floor: the Rotting Hell.

On this floor, Souls would slowly rot and grow maggots, a double torment of pain and spirit.

At the same time, during this year, Xu Qing also found a sizable yin si stone and a Ten-thousand-year Yin King Ginseng.

He refined them into the fourth and fifth floors of the hell pagoda.

He hadn't thought of suitable torture methods or Materials yet, so they only provided Yin Qi and hadn't been developed.

Meanwhile, the resentment accumulated in the heaven-accepting gourd over this year was quite terrifying.

If he used it all, Xu Qing didn't even know what kind of ridiculous Vengeful Spirit he would summon.

But without a doubt, the summoned Vengeful Spirit would directly kill Xu Qing.

It couldn't be controlled.

It could only be used as a move for mutual destruction.

Xu Qing now.

Very strong.

And, very, cock, y!

Incidentally, Xu Qing's self-address had changed from "This Snake" to "This Venerable One".

One can imagine just how much This Snake was floating right now.

He was probably lacking a good beating.

However, to steadily beat Xu Qing, only a Nascent Soul Cultivator could do it.

Even a weaker Early Stage Nascent Soul could be challenged by Xu Qing with his current Divine Abilities.

"Hmm?"

"There's movement in This Venerable One's West River?"

"...The ones coming to my West River seem to be Shrimp Soldiers and Crab Generals of the Sea Tribe?"

Xu Qing's Divine Sense felt it; connecting to the West River, he sensed several Shrimp Soldiers and Crab Generals surfacing and offering incense toward Xu Qing's direction.

"This Venerable One must go take a look."

Xu Qing activated his Escape Light and flew toward the West River.

As he descended, the Shrimp Soldiers and Crab Generals hurriedly bowed.

"We pay our respects to the West River Maiden."

"Mhm, what business do you have with This Venerable One?"

Ahhh, I can't take it, this green snake is too much of a poser.

Is it hard to be normal?

"We are Shrimp Soldiers and Crab Generals from the East Sea Dragon Court. Following the Dragon King's decree, we are inviting the aquatic races of the rivers and seas to attend the Dragon King's Millennium Birthday Banquet."

Xu Qing was stunned.

The aquatic races of the four seas... did he count as an aquatic race too?

Dragon King of the East Sea.

Xu Qing vaguely remembered that among the three great beauties back then, one was the daughter of the Dragon King of the East Sea, the Dragon Girl.

Also.

That perverted flood dragon used saliva to brew wine, which even dragged down Xu Qing's reputation.

The Dragon King of the East Sea's Mouth-chewed wine—you deserve to have it.

"Maiden?"

The Shrimp Soldiers and Crab Generals looked at Xu Qing cautiously.

Xu Qing's fame was not small now; who in the Cultivation World, human or demon, did not know the name of the West River Maiden?

The Dragon King had issued a decree that the West River Maiden must be invited no matter what.

If Xu Qing didn't come, it would be difficult for them.

If it were anyone else, they could use the Dragon King's reputation to coerce them, but Xu Qing...

He also had top-tier backings, and his relationships with the Grand Elders of the Xuanji Sect and the Xuanyun Sect were out of the ordinary.

"I will go."

Xu Qing, who had been a shut-in for a year, also wanted to go out.

"Thank you for gracing us with your presence, Maiden."

"This is the Dragon King Decree; please keep it safe, Maiden."

The Shrimp Soldiers and Crab Generals felt relieved and handed the token to Xu Qing.

"Jiang Mo, the Min River God, will be going too, right?"

Xu Qing asked.

"Replying to the Maiden, the Min River God will naturally be attending."

"That's good. I'll go with him when the time comes."

"Inform him of this."

The Min River was under the jurisdiction of the Xuanji Sect, and Jiang Mo's cultivation wasn't low either; it was perfect to travel together.

A free bodyguard.

If they really encountered Demon Disciples, he wouldn't have to take action himself.

At the bottom of the Min River.

"Achoo!"

The big black flood dragon snake, staying in his underwater palace at the bottom of the river, sneezed, causing huge waves to rise across the entire river.

"Who is talking about This River God again? They must be praising This River God's handsomeness."

...

"Yes, Maiden."

The Shrimp Soldiers and Crab Generals didn't dare refuse.

Anyway, the next stop was the Min River, so it was acceptable to notify him along the way.

"By the way, it's no problem if I bring a few more people, right?"

This opportunity to go to the Dragon Palace for the Dragon King's birthday didn't come often; he had to take Silly Snake and the others to see it.

Plus, they could get more free food.

"Of course you can."

"Does the Maiden have any other instructions? If not, we shall take our leave."

The Shrimp Soldiers and Crab Generals looked up and bowed, asking.

"No more, you may go."

Xu Qing waved his hand casually.

Returning to the River God Temple.

Silly Snake was regularly fed Medicinal Pills and green snake wine by him, so her cultivation progress wasn't slow at all.

He pulled Silly Snake out of the Snake Cave.

"Silly Snake, I'm going to teach you how to do a Transformation."

"Once you learn it, I'll take you to eat seafood!"

"Hiss hiss hiss!"

Silly Snake got excited; seafood—although she didn't quite understand what it was, it sounded delicious.

"No, humans have five fingers."

"Pull your fangs back; they're too long."

"Where's your hair?"

Ultimately, Silly Snake turned into a state with a human body and a snake tail.

After all, without reaching Core Formation, it was impossible to achieve a complete Transformation.

"Green... snerk?"

"It's Green Snake!"

"Erotic?"

"It's Green Snake!"

Fine, he still had to correct her pronunciation.

"Put some clothes on. Now that you've become human, you can't go without clothes anymore."

"Don't want to!"

"Be good."

"Don't want to!!"

Grabbing her tail, he pulled the escaping Silly Snake back and put clothes on her.

"Hiss hiss hiss!"

She flicked her tongue, entering a stress-induced state.

Xu Qing pulled out a Frog, and she quickly returned to her silly state.

Such an easy snake to handle.