36: The art of concealing heavenly secrets! Tu Shan!
More than half an hour later.
Xu Qing landed in the Flower and Fruit Forest, and the commotion immediately attracted the large and small Monkey Demons of the Flower and Fruit Forest.
The two Protectors, one fat and one thin, were the first to appear. When they saw Xu Qing and the mountain of corpses behind him, they nearly lost their courage.
They didn't know why Xu Qing had crawled out of the Crouching Dragon Pool, carrying so many bones.
He looked like a malevolent ghost crawling out of the Underworld.
A considerable portion of the corpses were beings that had transformed into Dragons. Their residual oppressive Qi merged, posing a great deterrent to the monsters.
The two Monkey Demons with a thousand years of Cultivation Level hastily knelt in greeting, their bodies trembling uncontrollably.
The other Monkey Demons rushed over, looking even more pathetic than the two Protectors, lying prone far away, afraid to move.
At first, they thought a Great Demon from the Crouching Dragon Pool had emerged.
Only when Xu Qing approached did they realize it was the new King of the Flower and Fruit Forest.
As Xu Qing advanced, every Monkey Demon in the forest knelt to welcome him.
They watched Xu Qing's figure, their eyes filled with heartfelt reverence and adoration.
The world of the Yao Race is bloody and cruel.
Therefore, the Yao Race worships the strong even more.
And Xu Qing, as the master of this region, had completely subdued them with his presence.
Following this, entering Profound Yin Mountain also caused a sensation.
Red Serpent was very dedicated, patrolling the boundary day and night. When it discovered Xu Qing walking out of the Flower and Fruit Forest, it was instantly panic-stricken.
When it clearly saw what was behind Xu Qing, it nearly had its snake guts scared out of it.
"G-Great King, what... what is the situation?"
Red Serpent asked stammeringly.
"You don't need to guard this side anymore," Xu Qing said.
Red Serpent froze, thinking it had done something wrong to displease the Great King, and hurriedly tried to explain.
"The Flower and Fruit Forest has submitted. There's no need to guard it."
Xu Qing left in a hurry after dropping that sentence.
Red Serpent stood stunned, unable to recover for a long time.
After a long while.
Xu Qing returned to the Taihang Mountains territory.
When he returned to the Taihang Mountains, Liu Mei, who was guarding the snake eggs, poked her head out and was immediately startled.
"Husband, what is this?" she asked anxiously.
"I went out and resolved the issue." Xu Qing narrated the general sequence of events.
He concealed all the key information.
Knowing too much would not benefit Liu Mei.
After listening to Xu Qing's account, Liu Mei's eyes widened, and she felt like everything around her had become illusory.
How much time had passed?
She just took a nap, and when she woke up, the three territories next to Profound Yin Mountain had all been subdued?
She knew her Husband wouldn't lie to her, but she still felt dazed.
Once upon a time, when her father was still alive, he was extremely wary of those three places and dared not interact with them much.
And now, her Husband had taken them down in less than a day!
Liu Mei looked at Xu Qing before her and suddenly felt that meeting him was perhaps the luckiest thing that had ever happened in her life.
Xu Qing placed the corpses on the other side of the mountain peak.
The pressure from the Flood Dragon was too great and might harm the little snakes.
Afterward, he returned to the nest and set down Bai Ling, who was on his back.
Only then did Liu Mei notice Bai Ling's presence.
"H-Husband, this is?"
The moment Liu Mei looked at Bai Ling, she felt a shudder originating from the depths of her Soul.
"This is Bai Ling. She is... the master of the Crouching Dragon Pool." Xu Qing explained briefly. "She has half the Flood Dragon Bloodline. She was quite powerful before, but she's injured now."
He paused, then nodded, saying, "You are sisters from now on. Don't be too constrained."
Liu Mei was speechless for a moment.
She realized that her Husband might genuinely be the most straightforward being among the Yao Race.
Everything he did seemed to be for the sake of marrying more wives.
The shock in Liu Mei's heart was hard to calm.
Flood Dragon Bloodline!
For Snake Demons, transforming into a Flood Dragon was an unattainable dream, and being born with half the Flood Dragon Bloodline was unimaginable.
"...Mhm."
Just then, the unconscious Bai Ling frowned and slowly opened her eyes.
The first thing that came into view was Xu Qing's face.
The previous conversation instantly echoed in her mind, and a blush immediately appeared on her snow-white cheeks.
She turned her head and saw the trembling Liu Mei.
Bai Ling inadvertently released a trace of Qi, which Liu Mei could barely endure.
Fortunately, Bai Ling hadn't recovered from her serious injuries; otherwise, just a wisp of pressure could have severely wounded Liu Mei.
She tried to sit up, but the wound on her shoulder was pulled, causing a burst of sharp pain.
"You should focus on healing for now and recover soon."
Xu Qing took out some medicinal paste and applied it to Bai Ling, then took out some Peaches of Immortality from the Flower and Fruit Forest and gave them to Liu Mei.
"In the future, I will have the Flower and Fruit Forest regularly deliver Peaches of Immortality. Eat a few whenever you like; they will help your Cultivation Level."
Liu Mei was his first wife in the true sense, and her current contribution was the greatest, so naturally, she had to be treated well.
"Thank you, Husband." Liu Mei happily accepted the Peaches of Immortality.
After seeing this, Bai Ling's blush somehow deepened.
After giving a few instructions, Xu Qing moved his body and descended the mountain again.
"Your 3301st descendant has been born, transforming into a Yao upon birth, with moderate natural talent. You have gained thirty years of Cultivation Level!"
Immediately following this.
Another notification sound rang out.
"Detected that the Host's descendants who transformed into Yao have reached fifty. You have acquired Divine Ability: Earthly Fiend Techniques—Conceal Sun!"
"Earthly Fiend Techniques—Conceal Sun: This is the Art of Concealing Heavenly Secrets!"
Hearing the sound, Xu Qing stopped.
The Art of Concealing Heavenly Secrets?
Some Great Cultivators with abilities can deduce Heavenly Secrets to obtain information.
This newly acquired Earthly Fiend Divine Ability was very important to him.
With this Divine Ability, he wouldn't have to worry about being deduced.
With continuous rewards, Xu Qing was in high spirits and quickened his pace.
His territory had instantly expanded by more than double. He needed to inspect it and understand the situation in the new lands.
At the same time, he also needed to check his current specific strength.
Employing the Divine Movement Technique, Xu Qing transformed into a streak of green light, traversing the jungle.
Before long, he returned to the Black Mist Region.
The black mist here had almost vanished.
Perhaps because it had been invaded by the Yin Wind for too long, the feeling of cold Yin energy had not dissipated much.
Xu Qing circled the area until he reached the very edge of the Black Mist Region, where a forest appeared before his eyes.
Ahead lay the deeper parts of the great mountain.
Xu Qing did not enter rashly but turned back.
He went to the Flower and Fruit Forest to inquire about the deeper areas and learned that the deep mountains bordering the Black Mist Region, the Flower and Fruit Forest, and the Crouching Dragon Pool were all part of one territory.
Named Tu Shan.
The Monkey Demons didn't know much about this place, only that the masters of Tu Shan were a group of Fox Demons.
The demons in Tu Shan had never left their territory, maintaining peaceful coexistence with the Flower and Fruit Forest.
When the Monkey King was still alive, he was also quite wary of Tu Shan and dared not cause trouble.
Xu Qing noted the useful information and instructed the two Protectors, the fat one and the thin one, to take inventory of the number and strength of the Monkey Demons in the Flower and Fruit Forest.