89: Chapter 89 Green Snake's Business Mind

"A strange skill really appeared!"

Xu Qing was startled.

A natal spirit artifact can indeed grow along with its owner.

However, the owner needs to set aside a portion of their Dao Cultivation to transfer to the natal spirit artifact.

The more of the owner's physical body is integrated during the refining process, the less loss there is during this transfer of Dao Cultivation.

As for this long sword, it was entirely refined from Xu Qing's body; even the Green Fire used for refining was the Demonic Fire he nurtured. It could be said to be a part of his body that had split off.

There would be no loss at all in transferring Dao Cultivation.

But if this Spiritual Artifact could absorb incense Power Of Will to improve itself...

That would be incredibly awesome.

It could grow without him having to worry about it at all.

"And it even comes with the Indestructible skill."

Xu Qing examined the long sword's skill bar.

Indestructible should be an incidental skill from the transformation of Resurrection Green Snake, the Resurrection skill, and the Resurrection skill.

Spatial Blade should be a skill evolved from the Spatial Pupil.

"My precious, come here, be good."

Xu Qing beckoned to the green sword.

The green sword obediently flew into Xu Qing's hand.

A sense of affinity emanated from the sword.

Xu Qing even had the illusion that the sword was connected to his body.

Holding the long sword felt as natural as holding his own left hand.

"I'm going to give you a nice name."

"Let's call it the Xiliang Sword."

Xu Qing felt that...

Since this sword absorbed most of the incense Power Of Will offered to the West River Maiden, it was only natural to give it this name.

"xi liang" sounds like "Xi Niang," meaning the West River Maiden.

This way, when others call for the West River Maiden in the future, they will be calling for his sword.

He would merely be answering on its behalf.

"Hehe, This Snake really is a Genius."

For a moment, Xu Qing felt his thoughts were clear, and his mood brightened considerably.

Pulling the Xiliang Sword into his body, Xu Qing, in a great mood, crawled out of the Snake Cave and inspected his statue.

The statue was not destroyed, but its Aura was greatly diminished, and its divine charm had faded.

A few tiny cracks appeared on its forehead, barely noticeable unless one looked closely.

Xu Qing pulled out another scale, spat out Green Fire, and wrapped the scale in it to merge it into the statue's forehead.

Since he had already refined a Divine Artifact, the future incense Power Of Will would be absorbed by the Qing Niang sword, so there was no need to worry about this happening again.

He had also looked at the Power Of Will cultivation method sent by the Xuanyun Sect.

Cultivating with incense Power Of Will was certainly fast.

But once one left their assigned fief, their Dao Cultivation would be greatly damaged, and most of their Divine Ability would vanish.

So, fortunately, he hadn't absorbed the incense Power Of Will into his Dao Cultivation.

"There's no need to worry about the Xiliang Sword; it's just a sword."

Xu Qing summoned the Xiliang Sword again, liking it more the more he looked at it.

As for the green tail white hair sword?

Who's that? The Green Snake really isn't familiar with it.

"Hehe, now I'll just stay low here in the River God Temple."

"You obediently absorb the incense, and I'll go hunt evil spirits. Our days will surely get sweeter and sweeter."

"So sweet it'll make us dizzy."

Xu Qing had no need to struggle anymore.

He now had a registered residency, a golden core imprint, a natal spirit artifact, and more Spirit Stones than he could ever spend.

He even felt his assets were almost comparable to those old Nascent Soul fogeys.

With nearly fifty thousand taels of Spirit Stones, the Spiritual Artifacts, Magical Artifacts, and Heaven And Earth Treasures rewarded by the System were countless.

The entire Spatial Pupil was a treasure trove.

"In this world, what other demon can compare to me, the Green Snake!"

Xu Qing stood with hands on hips, filled with heroic pride.

Although it looked exactly like a loli standing with hands on hips.

But that didn't matter; having a strong Aura was what was important.

...

February 26th, Qingming Festival.

Fate is fickle.

As usual, Xu Qing was sleeping in the Snake Cave, hugging his Xiliang Sword.

The Green Snake was never a snake that worked desperately hard, so naturally, he wouldn't push himself to death with constant Cultivation.

Balancing work and rest is very important.

Suddenly, the earth trembled, jolting the dreaming Xu Qing awake with a shudder.

"Earthquake!"

He raised his head and looked around.

Then, as if sensing something, he stared toward the north.

A very dense Spiritual Qi drifted over from the north; even inside the cave, Xu Qing could feel it.

"What happened?"

Xu Qing crawled out of the cave, flew into the air, and looked toward the north.

Not just him, Xu Linger and Lin Donglan also flew out, all looking toward the north together.

As for the Silly Snake?

It was busy catching Frogs; it had stored quite a few here lately, and Xu Qing had been eating them happily.

To the north.

Clouds churned, forming the shape of a vortex.

Its base connected to the earth, while its top reached straight to the Nine Heavens.

Majestic Spiritual Qi dissipated in all directions from the vortex, nearly increasing the Spiritual Qi of this area by several levels.

"This is, this is..."

"Could it be..."

"Donglan, is it truly so?"

"Eighty percent chance."

"It seems it really is."

Watching Xu Linger and Lin Donglan speak in riddles back and forth, Xu Qing's face was full of question marks.

What happened, where was he, and what were they talking about?

"Say something a snake can understand!"

Xu Qing looked at the two women.

He felt like they were getting more and more in sync.

He was almost becoming a third wheel.

"Ahem, Senior Brother."

"This is very likely the phenomenon of a Heaven and Earth Secret Realm opening."

When Xu Linger said this, Xu Qing was startled.

A Heaven and Earth Secret Realm is a massive Opportunity; once it opens, a large number of Cultivators will likely gather here.

"...This is not good."

Xu Qing looked at the celestial phenomenon.

This Secret Realm opening right next to his home was not a good thing.

He wasn't interested in Secret Realms or anything like that.

Simply put, he wasn't short on money.

He just wanted to stay low and develop steadily for a few years until he achieved a Golden Core Breakthrough.

And then go pluck the Crimson-Tailed Burning Flame Crane until she becomes a Crimson-Tailed Bare-Butted Crane.

He had been thinking about this for so long that it was almost becoming Xu Qing's Heart Demon tribulation.

"Senior Brother, should we run away?"

Xu Linger already understood her Senior Brother very well.

This made Xu Qing look at her a few more times.

This girl, could she be secretly learning his unique specialty?

"Run away for what? We finally settled down."

Xu Qing turned his head and looked at Green Snake Town below.

Although they always offered unpalatable fish, he...

Never mind, let's run.

If he ate any more fish, a water snake evolution path would really appear.

"Wait a minute, current Green Snake Town isn't without Opportunity."

Xu Qing's eyes lit up.

That Heaven and Earth Secret Realm will surely attract a large number of Cultivators.

And around that Heaven and Earth Secret Realm, Green Snake Town is the only town.

When the time comes, a large number of Cultivators will gather here.

He could take the Opportunity to accumulate wealth and develop Green Snake Town into a Cultivator town!

Xu 'Business Snake' Qing saw a business Opportunity.

He vaguely remembered having an old subordinate, Lin-something-mo, no, it should be Lin Yu-something? No, what was it, Yu-mo?

He really couldn't remember.

Anyway, let's just call her Lin Yumo.

Lin Yumo had been quietly developing the Green Treasure Pavilion in the Middle Region.

Now, as long as he recalled Lin Yumo and set up a layout in Green Snake Town in advance—opening an immortal cultivation trading market, auctions, and so on...

Wouldn't that be wonderful?

"Lin Donglan, as the leader of the Noble Snake Alliance..."

"I am officially assigning you a task."

"Go find Lin Yumo and have her bring the core team of the Green Treasure Pavilion to develop in Green Snake Town."

"Our Noble Snake Alliance is going to rise up!"