76: Chapter 76 Green Snake Refines Jade Ruyi

The River God Temple was not small.

Its exterior was rugged, and inside, besides the massive main chamber housing the Green Snake Goddess statue, there were multiple side chambers.

In the side chambers was where Xu Qing and Silly Snake usually lived.

Xu Qing was currently in his own room.

The Green Snake Goddess's room was very simple, just like the cave from before.

The Green Snake Goddess did not care about these things.

After the manifestation just now, Xu Qing realized that perhaps he should add some autonomous functions to the green snake statue.

Otherwise, having to manifest himself every time was too much trouble.

Before that, there were more important things to do.

Xu Qing took out the spiritual jade he had collected earlier and began to consider what kind of Magic Treasure to refine it into.

He was skilled at Artifact Refining using Yao Beast Materials, but using this kind of spiritual material to refine a Magic Treasure was a first.

However, no matter what, Xu Qing was an Artifact Refining Master at Level 4, nearing Level 5.

Such a thing was easily within his grasp.

Spiritual jade could dispel unclean things, making it perfect for refining into a Magic Treasure that could suppress evil entities.

He would be fighting evil entities for a long time in the future, so such a Magic Treasure would be very useful.

Xu Qing spat out Green Fire, carefully controlling the temperature as he calcined the stone pillar connected to the spiritual jade.

The stone pillar wrapping the spiritual jade was quickly calcined into liquid and drained away, leaving only a piece of pure white, translucent, beautiful jade.

The spiritual jade was long and rectangular, larger at both ends and smaller in the middle, shaped like a bone.

Xu Qing condensed his claws and held the spiritual jade up to examine it.

This shape was perfect for the Magic Treasure he wanted to create.

A jade ruyi scepter.

Xu Qing controlled Green Fire to wrap around the jade ruyi scepter, condensed several fire carving knives, and began to carve onto the jade ruyi scepter.

Pieces of spiritual jade scraps were collected by Xu Qing.

Who knows when they might come in handy.

Later, if he needed to make a Magic Treasure to break evil, he could fuse a few scraps onto it.

The Green Snake Goddess was still as frugal and industrious as ever.

During the slow carving process, the prototype of a jade ruyi scepter appeared within the Green Fire.

It was carved with exquisite cloud patterns, and combined with the texture of the white jade, it seemed as if it had truly been plucked from the clouds in the sky.

Xu Qing plucked another handful of scales from his body and tossed them into the flames.

The jade-like scales merged into the jade ruyi scepter, coating it in a layer of Green Qi.

He could slightly understand why the Resurrection Green Snake was described as so popular by the System.

Its scales were like a cure-all; you could add a handful to anything you refined to improve its quality and success rate.

When in doubt during Artifact Refining, sprinkle some scales.

"If I were a human, I would pluck the Resurrection Green Snake clean!"

Xu Qing clicked his tongue in wonder.

Fortunately, the Resurrection Green Snake had been extinct for a long time, and the records were quite vague.

Unless one was a true old monster or a dedicated researcher, they wouldn't be able to recognize it at all.

Lines of green flowing patterns appeared on the jade ruyi scepter.

The green patterns were dotted among the cloud patterns, adding a hint of Immortal Qi.

"It's still missing a little something."

Xu Qing turned his attention to his treasure vault.

When he performed Artifact Refining, he didn't care about mutual generation or restriction; he went by his mood and intuition.

Anyway, since he added his cure-all scales to neutralize things, as long as it wasn't too outrageous, he could add anything to it.

Add, add it all.

What mattered was the Mind-Cultivation Technique and the Dao; the Dao follows nature.

Xu Qing took out a piece of unmelting ice.

The ice was light blue, with wisps of cold air drifting off it.

Although it was ice, its texture was like a piece of jade, unmelting and unfusing.

It was exactly the unmelting ice from the previous System kill reward.

"I feel like I can add this."

Xu Qing tossed the unmelting ice into the Green Fire.

Although this thing was ice, it looked like jade, making it perfect to be embedded into the jade ruyi scepter.

He formed Seals with his claws, and the green color of the Green Fire deepened a little more.

The unmelting ice split into two, and even within the flames, its coldness did not diminish.

The two pieces of unmelting ice were neatly embedded at both ends of the jade ruyi scepter.

Green light flowed over it, like strands of green silk, binding the two together and merging them bit by bit.

The Fusion process was very slow, and Xu Qing patiently maintained the Green Fire.

The cold air radiating from the jade ruyi scepter gradually retracted into it within the flames.

The flames that had been calcining for a long time gradually subsided.

A jade ruyi scepter floated in the air, swirling slightly, as if it were gestating spirituality.

The jade ruyi scepter was about a foot long, larger at one end and smaller at the other, with cloud patterns like lingzhi mushrooms.

A hint of icy color shone through the cloud patterns, as if it contained a piece of ice within.

The long handle was pure white, shaped like a vine, with a hint of green shining through, as if it contained dense vitality.

[Ding, proficiency requirement met]

[Artifact Refining Level 4 upgraded to Artifact Refining Level 5]

[Unnamed Ruyi Scepter] Spiritual Artifact, refined from spiritual jade born of heaven and earth, supplemented with unmelting ice and Resurrection Green Snake scales.

Once formed, the jade contains cold ice; the coldness permeates the jade, and the jade locks the cold ice, unstained by dust.

Attached skills: Ice Magic Level 5, Evil Expulsion Level 5, Heal Level 3

"Great! Great!"

"As expected of This Snake, my Artifact Refining technique is so exquisite that it reigns supreme throughout ancient and modern times!"

"I must give you a nice name!"

Xu Qing did not use his condensed wooden claws to hold the jade ruyi scepter, but instead wrapped his tail around it.

After all, the wooden claws were just prosthetics and had no sense of touch.

Although the jade ruyi scepter was hard, it felt soft to the touch, exuding a faint coolness; yet, when felt carefully, there was no chill.

"Good, I will call you..."

"Ice Evil."

"ice evil jade ruyi scepter!"

Xu Qing did not allow anyone to say he was terrible at naming things.

He felt that his naming skills were, at the very least, above average.

Just look.

green tail white hair sword, ice evil jade ruyi scepter; aren't they all named after what they are?

The green tail white hair sword is entirely green, with a white scale embedded in the sword guard.

Isn't it just like a big green tail with a white bristle growing on it?

It fits perfectly.

The jade ruyi scepter is the same; Ice Magic, Evil Expulsion—can it not be called Ice Evil?

"What to do? Being a learned snake that is born like me, powerful, capable of Artifact Refining, and capable of naming things."

"How are other snakes supposed to live?"

"If Heaven had not given birth to me, Xu Qing Snake, the path of the snake would have been like a long night for eternity!"

Xu Qing said with emotion.

Then, he looked at some of the scraps from the Artifact Refining and had a thought.

He spat out another mouthful of Green Fire, rolling up the scraps on the ground.

Then he activated the ice evil ruyi scepter, casting a spell to peel off a small piece from it.

Although the surface was severed, the Qi remained connected.

This method of extraction would not harm the jade ruyi scepter, and it would recover after being nurtured for a period.

He controlled the peeled-off jade piece to fall into the flames, and plucked a few more scales from his body.

The scraps melted bit by bit in the Green Fire, turning into a jade ring.

The green scales were embedded one by one onto the surface of the jade ring, as if they were naturally one.

The jade piece also turned into a scale and was embedded within.

Xu Qing flicked his tail, and the green flood dragon ring flew out; at the same time, he opened his snake mouth and spat out the green flood dragon pearl.

He activated the flood dragon pearl, fusing a wisp of the green flood dragon ring's Qi into the jade ring.

Subsequently, the Green Fire subsided, and a jade ring, 80% similar to the green flood dragon ring, floated in the air.

[Unnamed Jade Ring] Spiritual Artifact, refined with spiritual jade as the main material, supplemented with Resurrection Green Snake scales and the Qi of the green flood dragon.

Attached skills: Heal Level 3, Seal Level 2, Evil Expulsion Level 3, Deterrence Level 2

"Barely reached the level of a Spiritual Artifact, huh."

"After all, it was refined using scraps."

"Good thing my Artifact Refining reached Level 5, otherwise I could only have refined it into a Magical Artifact."

Xu Qing once again marveled at his own superb Artifact Refining technique.

This Snake Snake had completely become a narcissistic snake.

Perhaps it was because he hadn't been beaten in a long time.

"The green flood dragon ring is a jade ring embedded with green flood dragon scales."

"Since you are embedded with my scales, I shall call you Green Snake Ring."