180: Chapter 180 The Green Snake Cannot Accept It

"Thriving and prosperous!"

Xu Qing looked at the hell pagoda and nodded with satisfaction.

These were all his good employees.

They never asked for a salary, nor did they complain about their living environment.

They only cursed him frequently.

But Xu Qing never got angry.

After all, they were creating value for him twenty-four hours a day, every single moment.

Since they were only cursing him, how could he bear to be angry with them?

Sometimes, Xu Qing also felt troubled by his own magnanimity.

But there was no helping it; this was an outstanding quality in the Green Snake's bones, something that truly couldn't be changed.

"Green Snake, you will die a horrible death!!!!"

Another sharp, cursing wail echoed from within the pagoda.

It seemed to be that first Demon Disciple he had encountered in the Glacier Secret Realm.

How pitiful.

Seeing his miserable state, with his body rotting and crawling with wriggling soul maggots, the kind-hearted Green Snake couldn't help but think so.

"I really am a saint."

"Sigh."

He floated to the top level of the eighteen levels of Hell.

Xu Qing took out the fragment of the demon suppressing pagoda's top.

A broken tip of the pagoda, covered in cracks, appeared in his hand, radiating thick Demonic Qi and Buddhist light.

"Fusion!"

Xu Qing formed hand seals with both hands and spat out a mouthful of Green Fire, wrapping the demon suppressing pagoda and letting it fall into the tip of the hell pagoda.

"Rumble, rumble, rumble!"

The Yin Qi of the hell pagoda boiled, and Yin Qi surged out continuously.

Then, cracks appeared from the top of the pagoda, instantly spreading throughout the entire hell pagoda.

Even the bottom five levels of the pagoda body, which had condensed into substance, began to crack bit by bit.

Startled, Xu Qing hurriedly pulled the demon suppressing pagoda out of the hell pagoda and stopped the Fusion.

"There's not enough Yin Qi."

"Forcing the Artifact Refining and Fusion will only cause the hell pagoda to collapse.

As a Genius Artifact Refining Grandmaster at Artifact Refining lv7, Xu Qing naturally saw the problem with the hell pagoda at a glance.

He estimated that he would need to continue collecting Materials and condense and refine several more levels of the pagoda body before he could fuse the tip of the demon suppressing pagoda.

"Artifact Refining Materials with thick Yin Qi."

"Perhaps I can only hope that I can exchange for some from the collections of other Artifact Refiners at the Hundred Treasures Court Assembly."

What was Xu Qing least lacking?

This was a simple multiple-choice question.

That would be wisdom, looks, talent, and Spirit Stones.

Originally, Spirit Stones should have been at the very front to highlight the Green Snake's success and wealth at such a young age.

But after seeing the Dragon Palace's treasury...

The Green Snake felt...

That he had too much talent obscured by Spirit Stones; he shouldn't compare Spirit Stones with others, what should be compared was talent, talent!

How could a Soul brimming with talent be compared to vulgar Spirit Stones and wealth?

Putting away the demon suppressing pagoda fragment, Xu Qing flew out of the heaven-accepting gourd and returned to the Snake Cave.

Next.

It was just a matter of waiting for the invitation letter to arrive.

One must know that his, the Green Snake's, reputation was now far-reaching.

Who didn't know that he, Xu Qing Snake, was now an outstanding Artifact Refining Grandmaster?

Moreover, he had taken on quite a few Artifact Refining jobs.

Could this Hundred Treasures Court Assembly not invite him, the Green Snake?

Without him, Xu Qing Snake, could this session of the Hundred Treasures Court Assembly even be held? It couldn't.

"Let's continue to deduce the Green Snake Heart Method first."

Xu Qing took out that Green Jiao Art and began to watch and Cultivate it carefully.

The Green Jiao Art inherently possessed the divine charm of the Green Jiao and had its own spirituality.

When Xu Qing Cultivated it, it was naturally incomparably smooth.

Next, Xu Qing resumed his life of secluded cultivation, studying Buddhist Dharma under the bodhi tree in the morning.

In the afternoon, he Cultivated the White Flood Dragon Heart Art.

In the evening, he Cultivated the Green Jiao Art and deduced the Green Snake Heart Method.

Half a month passed like this.

With the help of the Green Jiao's divine charm and his own amazing talent, he completely learned the Green Jiao Art.

He even used the Green Jiao Art to further refine the green flood dragon pearl.

The two complemented each other, greatly increasing many Divine Abilities.

Everything was developing in a good direction.

Logically speaking, Xu Qing should have been very happy.

But...

At this moment, Xu Qing sat on a bamboo chair in his courtyard with a gloomy face, his long green tail from his lower body spread across the stone slabs of the courtyard, stretching out very far.

"Something's not right, something's not right."

Xu Qing muttered to himself.

Seeing that the Hundred Treasures Court Assembly was about to begin.

But.

He.

An Artifact Refining Genius!

An Artifact Refining Genius rarely seen in billions of years.

Had actually not received an invitation letter until now.

This was truly unscientific.

He had thought that his invitation letter should be a matter of course, a done deal.

As a result...

Humiliation.

Xu Qing felt a sense of humiliation, as if he had been slapped in the face.

Dammit.

It's enough to make a snake die of anger.

If this Hundred Treasures Court Assembly didn't invite him, he, the Green Snake, wouldn't even bother going.

Thirty years in the east, thirty years in the west.

Sooner or later, there would be a time when they would kneel and beg him, the Green Snake, to go.

Anger.

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

He was so angry that he hammered his tail in the courtyard.

He held his tail up like a punching bag and practiced boxing.

"Dogs of the Hundred Treasures Court Assembly."

"Can't let them get away with this."

Xu Qing couldn't stand this kind of racial discrimination.

Since they didn't invite him, he would go himself.

He would go as a participant, and then bring out the Spiritual Artifacts he had refined to win a rank.

All to slap the faces of those snobs who failed to recognize greatness.

Xu Qing stopped hammering his tail, his eyes lighting up.

"I'm going on a long journey!"

He packed his bags and walked out of the River God Temple.

Of course, he couldn't travel alone.

It would be easy for the Demon Lord to ambush him from behind.

So, he had to find someone to go with.

As for the tool Jiang Mo, he had just troubled him last time; even with Xu Qing's thick skin, he would feel embarrassed to keep asking for his help.

Then, he could only find his good granddaughter.

Xu Qing straightened his clothes and flew away from the River God Temple.

Since Elder Li's twin swords had won a rank last time.

That meant Elder Li would definitely participate this year as well.

All to get some free Solar Essence Fire for tempering.

Even for the twin swords, it would be of no small benefit.

Not to mention the twin swords had been severely damaged before; this was the perfect time to get free Solar Essence Fire to repair the damaged Origin Qi of the twin swords.

As expected of his good granddaughter, she had some of his style of being thrifty and managing the household.

"Elder Li, your good grandfather has come to find you!"

Xu Qing rode on the clouds and mist, flying toward the Xuanyun Sect.

The Xuanyun Sect was still as thriving and prosperous as ever.

The Disciples were outstandingly completing their tasks, enduring the Sect's lashings and exploitation of love.

"Why are you here?"

It might be Xu Qing's imagination.

But his good granddaughter's tone seemed a bit disdainful.

"My good Elder Li, about that Hundred Treasures Court Assembly, how about we go together so we can look out for each other?"

"What do you think?"

After Xu Qing finished speaking, Elder Li looked at Xu Qing with a strange, seemingly mocking gaze.

"You didn't receive an invitation letter?"

"Even I, who doesn't know how to refine artifacts, received an invitation letter."

Elder Li pulled out an invitation letter.

"To the esteemed Grand Elder of the Xuanyun Sect, Elder Li."

"The sun shines brightly, and the sky is cloudless. It is another year for the Hundred Treasures Court Assembly. Looking back at the past..."

"...sincerely invite Elder Li to participate in this Hundred Treasures Court Assembly."

"— Xia Dynasty Artifact Refining Association."

"..."

"No way, no way, could there really be someone who hasn't even received an invitation letter?"

"..."

Xu Qing fell apart.

In short, he just couldn't accept it.