271: Chapter 271 What the Heavenly Serpent Emperor Left Behind! Heavenly Rank Cultivation Technique

"Boom!"

As Xiang Qingyue formed the hand seals, a magical scene appeared.

The blood she dripped acted like a catalyst, causing the entire lake's water to rapidly turn bright red and boil, with countless red beams of light flying out.

These red lights all transformed into crimson serpentine rainbow lights, converging into the depths of the whirlpool.

When the energy reached a certain level, a portal opened.

Seeing this, Gu Han threw out the Yin-Yang Great Void Map, which transformed into a massive taiji diagram and concealed itself in the Void Realm, completely sealing off the entire valley for dozens of miles; the whole process was silent.

Having done all this, he placed his hand on Xiang Qingyue's shoulder: "Let's go!"

The two turned into streaks of light and escaped into the spatial portal deep within the whirlpool.

A long, dark passage appeared, filled with an extremely cold aura and a power that made one's blood boil.

Dou Qi circulated within Gu Han's body; his ice Dou Qi kept him and Xiang Qingyue very calm as they flew through the air, heading deeper down.

After traveling for about fifteen minutes, the two saw light ahead, and upon exiting, they saw a grand hall.

The hall was supported by eighteen pillars, all of which were a thousand feet high, covering an area of over ten miles.

In the deepest part of the hall was a Serpentine magical beast statue several hundred feet tall.

"Ancient Heavenly Serpent."

Xiang Qingyue spoke instinctively upon seeing the statue.

"Correct, it is indeed an Ancient Heavenly Serpent, but it was sculpted by later generations using its Remains along with the carcass of a Rank 8 Ancient Heavenly Serpent Variant." Gu Han led Xiang Qingyue as they moved through the air toward the sculpture, casually explaining its origins to her.

"In ancient times, a brilliant genius appeared in the Ancient Heavenly Serpent clan. After cultivating for less than a hundred years, he broke through to the Dou Emperor level and called himself the Heavenly Snake Great Emperor."

"The Heavenly Snake Great Emperor loved beautiful women and had many wives, but the two with the highest status and best talent were the female Clan Chief of the Nine Serene Earth Python Clan..."

"...and an Emperor's Daughter from an Emperor Clan."

"The Heavenly Snake Great Emperor was, after all, a Demonic Beast. Before leaving the Fighting Qi Continent, he chose to leave his Legacy in the Beast Region's Nine Serene Earth Python Clan."

"His descendants with the Emperor's Daughter have been entangled with the Nine Serene Earth Python Clan for tens of thousands of years."

"Now, because the Nine Serene Earth Python Clan has reproduced so much and no new Dou Emperor has appeared, their Bloodline has been diluted."

"The line of descendants from the Emperor's Daughter has even died out, but the unique Legacy of the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils has been preserved."

"The founder of the Heavenly Snake Empire was a powerhouse who awakened the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils. He snatched many good things from the Nine Serene Earth Python Clan's territory and left the Beast Region to avoid pursuit. He crossed the Central Plains and came to the Northwest Continent, which had declined due to the great war between the Xiao and Hun Clans a thousand years ago, where he established the Heavenly Snake Empire and claimed to be the orthodox lineage."

"Inside this statue is a Legacy from the Heavenly Snake Great Emperor that can only be opened by an owner of the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils."

As she listened to the narration, Xiang Qingyue's gaze toward Gu Han took on a strange quality.

Much of what he said was unknown even to her, the Empress of the Heavenly Snake Empire.

Gu Han was not only exceptionally talented and powerful but also knowledgeable, knowing so many secrets.

"I know about the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, but no one in the royal family has awakened those eyes for hundreds of years." Xiang Qingyue's tone was somewhat melancholy: "If it's as you say, I'm afraid no one can obtain this Legacy."

If the royal family still had those who awakened the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, how could they have allowed the Heavenly Serpent Mansion to take control instead?

"Your Heavenly Snake Empire doesn't have one, but I do."

Gu Han had already contacted Qing Lin. After arriving before the statue, he opened the spatial portal to the Black Tortoise Mystic Realm.

"Young Master." Qing Lin walked out of the spatial portal and called out sweetly.

Before Xiang Qingyue could react, Gu Han said to Qing Lin: "Activate your Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and observe this statue. Touch wherever you feel something is unusual, and you can obtain the Heavenly Snake Great Emperor's Legacy."

"Yes, Young Master." Qing Lin stepped through the void to the giant statue and began observing it with her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.

Only then did Xiang Qingyue react, asking in shock: "You actually have someone who has awakened the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils by your side?"

"I happened to encounter her by chance." Gu Han nodded calmly and replied coldly: "One of the reasons the Heavenly Serpent Mansion tried everything to drive the Snake-People Tribe out of the Heavenly Snake Empire's sphere of influence was for fear that they would unite with the royal family and give birth to another possessor of the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils."

"However, the people of the Heavenly Serpent Mansion couldn't bear to see such a top-tier talent disappear, so they never completely wiped them out. Instead, they regularly visited various Snake-People Tribe activities to see if any mixed-race children of snake-people and ordinary humans had awakened this Physique."

"Even if the probability is very small—more than ten times smaller than the offspring born from the union of a member of the Snake-People Clan and the Heavenly Snake Empire's royal family—as long as the base population is large enough, there will still be a chance."

"Coincidentally, I met one."

Xiang Qingyue no longer knew what to say.

Could this kind of probability still be described as "by chance"?

Why couldn't her Heavenly Snake Empire be a bit luckier?

"Found it!"

Qing Lin observed the statue with her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and quickly discovered a Bloodline fluctuation at a certain position.

That was where the Remains of the Heavenly Snake Great Emperor's descendants were located, recording a Bloodline Legacy Cultivation Technique created by the Heavenly Snake Great Emperor.

Theoretically, any descendant of the Heavenly Snake Great Emperor could obtain it, but in reality, because the founder of the Heavenly Snake Empire possessed the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, it could only be opened by a possessor of those pupils.

"That is your Opportunity; go and accept it." Gu Han said softly to Qing Lin.

"Qing Lin won't be polite with the Young Master then." Qing Lin turned and gave Gu Han a tight hug, then stepped through the void to the place where she had noticed the anomaly and placed her hand on it.

In the next moment, a powerful surge of blood energy erupted from within the statue. After filling the entire statue, it soared into the sky, transforming into a thick pillar of light.

When the blood energy pillar struck the top, the entire hall trembled violently. Countless spatial cracks appeared on the ceiling, gradually expanding.

Following that, world energy so dense it had liquefied poured out, falling like a rain of blood.

Rumble!

A phantom of an Ancient Heavenly Serpent emerged, swimming through the rain of blood.

When it was fully formed, a divine light appeared in its eyes. Its gaze first fell on Qing Lin, then on Xiang Qingyue.

"Possessor of the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils."

"Descendant of my Bloodline."

The Ancient Heavenly Serpent Blood-body spoke two sentences, and a small snake suddenly split off from its body.

This small snake vanished into the void and in an instant rushed before Xiang Qingyue, entering her forehead with lightning speed and transforming into crimson patterns that emitted bursts of light.

The remaining Ancient Heavenly Serpent Blood-body rushed toward Qing Lin, circling around her as if performing some unknown dance.

After a short while, Qing Lin's emerald eyes suddenly became dazzling, shooting out a beam of light.

The Ancient Heavenly Serpent Blood-body immediately bathed in the light beam and entered the world within Qing Lin's Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.

"Young Master!"

When the Ancient Heavenly Serpent Blood-body disappeared, Qing Lin said with pleasant surprise: "It's a Heaven Rank Cultivation Technique and Dou Technique."