60: Chapter 60 The Green Snake is unaware of the chaotic world far away.
"Hiss hiss!"
"Hiss?"
"Hiss hiss hiss..."
The Green Snake and Silly Snake exchanged a series of communications.
"I didn't expect this Breakthrough to take two months."
Xu Qing also understood that the further one progresses, the longer Breakthroughs take.
Generally, Cultivating takes even more time for Yao Beasts and humans; it's no joke for high-level Cultivators to spend decades or centuries in the blink of an eye.
At the same time, Xu Qing became curious about Silly Snake's age.
But he tactfully didn't ask; if he did, Silly Snake might end up being his grandmother.
If he didn't ask, Silly Snake remained his good little sister.
Bullying her wouldn't come with any sense of immorality.
"When did Xu Linger leave?"
"Hiss hiss hiss."
"A week ago?"
Xu Qing only hoped this fellow could achieve good results in the year-end Sect Competition.
Sect Competition.
A classic check-in spot for protagonists.
Unfortunately, Xu Qing was just a Green Snake, not some protagonist.
"By the way, why are there so many snakes on the mountain peak?"
Xu Qing asked in confusion.
With so many snakes, it made this place look like some kind of snake den.
Silly Snake shook her head, indicating she didn't know.
She usually didn't pay much attention, and before she knew it, the mountain peak was full of snakes.
"Forget it, they're all the same kin."
"After all, I'm not some devil; I'll just go and snatch their Frogs occasionally."
Xu Qing stopped worrying about the snakes on the mountain.
He was very hungry now.
He had to trick Silly Snake into catching Frogs. No matter how you looked at it, he was an Alliance Leader; catching Frogs himself would cause him to lose Face.
"Silly Snake, I have too many Frogs to finish eating."
"Hiss hiss hiss!"
Hearing this, Silly Snake immediately grew excited.
"But you know, we Snake Snakes cannot get something for nothing."
"Hiss hiss!"
Silly Snake nodded vigorously, fully agreeing with this statement.
"But I really have more Frogs than I can eat, so I plan to hold a 30% interest activity."
"If you deposit ten Frogs with me, you will get thirteen Frogs by the end of the year!"
"Deposit twenty, and you'll get twenty-six by the end of the year!"
"If it's a hundred, you'll get a hundred and thirty!"
Silly Snake's eyes sparkled; this activity sounded like a great deal!
Such a bargain.
The Green Snake was indeed a good snake. She had been pondering the Green Snake's Frog math problems lately and always felt like he was tricking her.
It seemed she had misjudged the Green Snake.
"However, after you deposit the Frogs, you cannot withdraw them before the end of the year."
"Otherwise, it counts as a breach of contract, and for every Frog you take, two Frogs will be deducted from your year-end balance."
"I'm doing this to temper your contractual spirit."
Silly Snake already knew how to count, so he couldn't use simple arithmetic to trick her anymore.
He had to use more Advanced deception.
As long as he used high interest rates to trick all the Frogs into his hands, Silly Snake would have no Frogs to eat.
She would definitely be unable to resist coming to ask for some.
Anyway, eating one would only deduct two; by the year-end settlement, he would definitely still make a profit.
Over time, with Silly Snake's math skills, she would unknowingly end up owing him Frogs.
Besides, even if Silly Snake held back and didn't eat, so what?
He would just split one Frog into two halves and return them to Silly Snake as two Frogs.
He could still profit by thirty-five Frogs.
"Jie jie!"
Looking at Silly Snake, who thought she was making a profit, Xu Qing couldn't help but laugh wickedly in his heart.
This was all to temper Silly Snake.
"Hiss hiss hiss!"
Silly Snake flicked her tongue and excitedly flew off the mountain peak to catch Frogs.
Xu Qing didn't have to lift a finger.
Saliva involuntarily started to flow.
Not long after Silly Snake left.
Xu Qing returned to the cave and excitedly flipped open a Storage Pouch, not knowing which unlucky Cultivator it belonged to.
Then he carefully took out a book from within.
The title was...
"The Fox Demon Fell in Love with Me II"
He didn't expect that the book he obtained in the Swamp of Death would unexpectedly have a sequel here.
Perhaps this book was unexpectedly popular in the Cultivation World.
Or rather, was it popular throughout the entire human world?
However, Xu Qing was too embarrassed to ask Lin Yumo to buy it.
No matter what, he was now the leader of an alliance and the king of a mountain.
He was a snake with status and had to mind his image at all times.
The main plot of "The Fox Demon Fell in Love with Me I" was the story of a scholar and a white fox; in the end, the fox turned into human form and went to the Mortal world to live a simple life with the scholar.
But "The Fox Demon Fell in Love with Me II" boldly adopted a dual-line narrative with two protagonists and four foxes—two foxes for each protagonist—it was a harem style...
Xu Qing was like, "?"
Whatever, the synopsis said the protagonist of the first part would make an appearance, so he'd keep reading.
...
The Green Snake was reading a romance novel.
Silly Snake was catching Frogs in the mountain stream.
And far away, Xu Linger had also returned to the territory of the Xia Dynasty.
She flew in the air, looking down at the Xia Dynasty's territory in disbelief.
The Xia Dynasty had fallen.
Who would believe that after a trip away, their country had split apart!
Such a large country, gone!
Xu Linger touched her forehead, falling into deep thought.
"Am I still dreaming?"
Xu Linger didn't think too much and flew toward the direction of her Sect.
The Xia Dynasty was just a Mortal kingdom, but after all, the top-tier Xuanji Sect stood behind it.
Unless a major upheaval occurred within the Xuanji Sect, it would definitely not split.
Xu Linger had an ominous feeling.
Fortunately, although the Xuanji Sect still existed, the entire Sect was shrouded in gloom.
Xu Linger hurriedly flew back to the Sect and then heard a terrifying piece of news.
The Soul Transformation Stage Grand Elder of the Sect had passed away.
Of the only nine Soul Transformation lives in the world, one had passed.
Led by three Nascent Soul Great Perfection Elders, the Sect had split into three factions.
All three factions wanted to fight for that deity transformation imprint.
The Four Great Sects, led by four Nascent Soul Great Perfection Cultivators below the top-tier Sects, were also eyeing them like tigers watching their prey.
A Sect war could break out at any moment to fight for the Xuanji Sect's deity transformation imprint to advance to Soul Transformation.
Then they would replace the Xuanji Sect and become the new top-tier Sect of the Xia Dynasty.
The Xia Dynasty, this vast Mortal kingdom, was also affected and split into seven countries.
Four countries led by the Four Great Sects.
Three countries led by the three factions of the Xuanji Sect.
The Xia Dynasty, this Mortal kingdom, was the Foundation and source of Luck for all Sects within the Xia Dynasty.
Therefore, the country that unified the other six would bring great Luck to the Sect faction behind it.
With the blessing of great Luck, the probability of obtaining the deity transformation imprint would greatly increase.
"Have I really only been away for a few months!"
Xu Linger only felt that the world had suddenly become unfamiliar.
The Mortal world was currently filled with suffering, with corpses strewn across the fields.
Countless evil spirits were emerging.
All the Mortals of the entire Xia Dynasty had now become the pawns and chessboard for the Xuanji Sect and the other Four Great Sects.
The lives of countless Mortals were merely a preliminary match in the struggle for a single deity transformation imprint.
All for the sake of fighting for that ethereal chance of Luck and that heartless, supreme Great Dao.
"Maybe I should just go back and find the Green Snake."
"He really gives a lot."
Xu Linger didn't want to sacrifice her life for the Sect's two hundred or so Spirit Stones and engage in killing.
Is there still a Sect Competition? Are they still recruiting Core Disciples? Is the golden core imprint still available?
Xu Linger only wanted to focus on these things.
The turmoil of the Xia Dynasty and the conquest among nations had begun.
A storm of blood and gore, with living beings suffering.
The Green Snake rolled over, carefully turned a page of the book, and let out a laugh.