58: Chapter 58 Green Snake Reunites with Allies

It took three days to fly back to his own mountain peak.

The mountain peak hadn't changed much since before he left.

The hot season was almost over, and there was a slight scent of autumn in the air.

Xu Qing enveloped the entire mountain with his Divine Sense.

Unfortunately, he didn't find any sign of the Silly Snake or Xu Linger.

"...It's a bit lonely."

Xu Qing gazed at his mountain peak from the air for a while and spoke.

Then he descended, returned to his cave, and coiled up on the ground.

He didn't Breakthrough to the next Realm immediately, but instead regulated his breathing in the cave, seemingly waiting for something.

Until the next day.

The coiled giant green snake slightly raised its head and looked toward the north.

In his Divine Sense probe, Lin Yumo was approaching this place.

Xu Qing slowly slithered to the cave entrance and waited quietly.

Soon, Lin Yumo's figure appeared in Xu Qing's field of vision.

"Lord Green Snake!"

Seeing Xu Qing, Lin Yumo's face lit up with joy, and she ran over with small steps.

"Mm..."

"Is there anything to report?"

Xu Qing nodded and asked.

"The Vice Alliance Leader and Lady Xu went into the mountains three days ago to search for your traces, Alliance Leader."

"They instructed me that if you returned during this time, I should tell you to wait peacefully for their return."

Lin Yumo naturally understood what Xu Qing was asking and replied hurriedly.

Xu Qing breathed a sigh of relief, feeling a tiny bit happy—just a little.

He had thought that cheap Junior Sister of his had run off with the Silly Snake and abandoned him.

He really was judging a gentleman snake's heart with the heart of a small snake.

Once those supplies were back, he'd give that Junior Sister thirty percent.

Of course, he meant thirty percent of three percent.

"Also, Alliance Leader, these are the Medicinal Pills you instructed me to prepare."

"And Ores and other Artifact Refining Materials."

Seeing that Xu Qing was in a good mood, Lin Yumo quickly presented a Storage Pouch.

"Good, not bad at all."

"You have done quite well."

Xu Qing took the Storage Pouch and scanned it with his Divine Sense.

Inside, every bottle of Medicinal Pill was labeled with its use, and the Ores were also categorized by their utility.

"This is your reward. I hope you can continue to uphold the philosophy of our alliance, become a pillar of it, and bring it to great glory."

Xu Qing took out the Foundation Establishment Pill he had previously exchanged from Xu Linger.

He also included a small bottle of his own snake blood.

After all, Lin Yumo had the Green Water Snake Bloodline in her body. Besides assisting in a Breakthrough, his blood might even have unexpected effects.

If it could evolve the Green Water Snake blood in her body into the Resurrection Green Snake Bloodline...

Then Lin Yumo the tool would receive an epic buff.

Becoming Lin Yumo 2.0, an enhanced and super practical tool.

Of course, the probability of evolution was practically negligible.

However, even if she didn't evolve, it would greatly increase the purity of her Bloodline, which would be of great benefit to her.

"Thank you, Alliance Leader!"

Lin Yumo's face flushed with excitement as she accepted Xu Qing's reward.

She really had a Wisdom Eye for snakes back then and clung to the right thigh.

She could only say, as expected of herself, she was truly brilliant.

"Also, these are all Magical Artifacts I refined; you can take them to sell."

"While you're at it, build up my reputation as an Artifact Refiner."

"If any Cultivators commission Artifact Refining, you can accept them as well."

Xu Qing took out several Magical Artifacts, each engraved with the mark of a diamond-shaped green scale.

"Yes, Alliance Leader!"

"So, what is your title as an Artifact Refiner?"

Lin Yumo took the artifacts and asked cautiously, looking up.

"Qing. Just the single word, Qing."

"You can call me Great Master Qing or Mister Qing, either is fine."

Ever since becoming a green snake, he had grown to like the color green more and more.

Although a single word like 'Qing' was a bit edgy...

It was cool enough!

"Yes, Alliance Leader."

Lin Yumo left with the Storage Pouch, and Xu Qing crawled back into the cave.

The snake's head was filled with thoughts of how, after he became famous, the entire Cultivation World would come to him for Artifact Refining.

They would all be sucking up to him, calling him Great Master Qing in every sentence to flatter him.

Then he would earn endless Spirit Stones and could sleep in piles of Spirit Stones every day.

The more he thought about it, the more excited he became.

Of course, the Magical Artifacts in that bag weren't all refined by him.

Quite a few were rewards given to him by the System.

But what did it matter? Once he put his own mark on them, weren't they refined by him!

"I'll wait for the Silly Snake and the others to return before breaking through to the Late Foundation Establishment Stage."

"In the meantime, I'll use the time for Artifact Refining."

Xu Qing took out the Materials and the corpse of the previous tiger demon and began Artifact Refining.

Xu Qing extracted a few Demon Bones with the most spiritual energy and began refining them with the Ores.

The green flames raised the entire temperature by several levels.

Xu Qing's proficiency in the Artifact Refining skill also began to increase bit by bit.

At the same time, the proficiency of the Demonic Fire was also increasing at an extremely subtle rate.

Three days passed like this.

Two Escape Lights flew toward the mountain peak, and then, as if sensing something, they rushed toward Xu Qing's cave at high speed.

"Hiss hiss hiss!"

In the cave, the Silly Snake looked at Xu Qing, its big eyes filled with a layer of mist.

"Silly Snake, I really have to thank you this time."

Xu Qing stopped his Artifact Refining and patted the Silly Snake's head with his large tail.

"Hiss hiss hiss!"

The Silly Snake raised its head proudly, with a face that said 'keep praising me.'

"Senior Brother Qing!"

"I was worried to death about you; I haven't slept well for ten whole days!"

"Every time I close my eyes, my head is filled with thoughts of your safety, Senior Brother!"

"I wished I could split one day into two just to search for your whereabouts!"

Xu Linger said hurriedly when she saw Xu Qing's gaze turn toward her.

"...The Storage Pouch."

Xu Qing ignored all that and simply extended his tail, speaking thusly.

"..."

Xu Linger's mouth twitched.

She hadn't expected her soft-approach tactics to be completely useless.

She reluctantly pulled out the Storage Pouch and handed it to Xu Qing.

Never before had she been so close to becoming a rich woman.

In the Sect, all Spirit Stones were used to improve strength and constantly compete with fellow disciples, including some second generation cultivators; she was pitifully poor.

"I'll give you thirty percent."

Xu Qing set aside thirty percent of the supplies from the Storage Pouch and gave them to Xu Linger.

Xu Linger took a look and her whole body trembled.

"This thirty percent is three-tenths!"

Xu Linger panted with excitement, her full chest heaving up and down, wearing the expression of a crazed woman.

Hey, hey, hey, your foundation is quite beautiful; don't make such an expression that ruins yourself!

"Hmph, I'm only giving this to you because I saw you worked hard to help me before and also searched well for my traces."

"Don't think I'm an easy-to-talk-to Senior Brother."

Xu Qing added this sentence.

Xu Linger quickly agreed.

Whoever gives the money is the boss.

Once she took these resources back to the Sect and exchanged them for cultivation resources, she'd see how those overachievers in the Sect could compete with her.

Except for the Golden Core second generation and Nascent Soul second generation.

The position of Core Disciple was practically in her pocket.

When the time came and she became a Core Disciple, obtained a massive amount of resources, and received the golden core imprint left behind by a Sect Elder after their passing...

A Golden Core was just around the corner.

The future was bright, truly bright.

When that time came, she would come back to find this green snake and show off properly.

As for Xu Qing breaking through to the Golden Core?

Without a background, how could he possibly break through to the Golden Core before her?

When she broke through to the Golden Core, it wasn't impossible for her to help this Junior Brother snatch a golden core imprint.

Then her title as Senior Sister would be set in stone.

At the thought of a future where she pressed Senior Brother Green Snake beneath her, Xu Linger couldn't help but let out a strange laugh.

"Jie jie... Ouch!"

"As a young lady, you're not allowed to laugh like that!"

Xu Qing's tail whipped against Xu Linger's head.

Xu Linger clutched her head and puffed out her cheeks, enduring it for now.

Wait until she broke through to the Golden Core in the future, then she would properly deal with this Junior Brother.