110: Chapter 110 Green Snake Travels to Western Xia

Three days later.

Xu Qing found the Crimson-Tailed Burning Flame Crane and handed over the dress.

The dress's style incorporated elements from his past life, looking quite novel, and it was also a high-quality Spiritual Artifact.

One could tell that the Crimson-Tailed Burning Flame Crane liked it very much.

“Mm-hmm, not bad. This crane thinks highly of you.”

“When this crane becomes the Yao Empress, the future of the Yao Race's Artifact Refining industry will be entrusted to you!”

The Crimson-Tailed Burning Flame Crane was truly shameless.

If this troublemaking crane ever became the Yao Empress, the Yao Race might truly never see the light of day again.

Therefore, the great cause of the Yao Emperor was better left to him, Xu Qing Snake.

A crane, having just reached a Nascent Soul Breakthrough not long ago, was getting ahead of herself.

A snake, having just reached a Golden Core Breakthrough not long ago, was even more conceited.

The rise of the Human Race was just around the corner.

Not because the Human Race was particularly formidable, but because their opponent, the Yao Race, seemed to have an even darker future ahead.

Then, the Crimson-Tailed Burning Flame Crane proceeded to change her clothes right in front of Xu Qing with complete nonchalance.

Ahhh, Xu Qing really didn't know where to look.

The Yao Race was indeed much more open-minded compared to the Human Race.

However... there wasn't much to see on the Crimson-Tailed Burning Flame Crane anyway.

Squinting his eyes, he could vaguely see the likeness of a weathered cutting board from his past life's kitchen.

Both were old objects, yet still as flat as the day they left the factory.

“Mm-hmm, not bad!”

“It brings out this crane's proud Yao beauty to the fullest!”

“This crane likes it very much!”

The Crimson-Tailed Burning Flame Crane spun around in front of the mirror and nodded with satisfaction.

Xu Qing, who suffered from face blindness, said nothing.

“Little snake, you haven't disappointed this crane.”

“Take this!”

The Crimson-Tailed Burning Flame Crane plucked out a strand of red hair.

After the hair was plucked, it flashed with a burst of red light and transformed into a fiery-red feather.

“This is this crane's fire feather, and within it is sealed this crane's Crane Flame.”

“Fusing it into your Demonic Fire can significantly enhance your Divine Ability.”

The Crimson-Tailed Burning Flame Crane stood with one hand on her hip and tossed the feather to Xu Qing.

Xu Qing hurriedly caught it and bowed with cupped hands.

“Thank you for the reward, Senior Crane.”

Perhaps this crane wasn't a complete miser after all.

In the future, when he plucked her tail feathers, he'd just pluck one less.

Ah, how magnanimous he was.

...

Back at the Snake Cave.

After fusing the flame from the feather, Demonic Fire LV5 successfully leveled up to Demonic Fire LV6.

After the Golden Core Breakthrough, besides the change in Demonic Power quality,

skills had also become easier to level up.

Looking at the feather that had dimmed after being drained of its flame, Xu Qing stored it in the heaven-accepting gourd.

The Crimson-Tailed Burning Flame Crane was an extremely rare Yao Beast, with a noble Bloodline on par with a Flood Dragon, a noble within the Monster Beast Mountain Range.

In the history of the Yao Race, many Yao Emperors had been Crimson-Tailed Burning Flame Cranes.

This crane's feathers were top-tier Artifact Refining Materials.

Of course, with feathers like fire, eyes like colored glaze, and a tail like a fire Phoenix, those tail feathers were the true premium items.

“Just wait a bit longer, Elder Li will be here soon.”

Xu Qing counted the days; Elder Li would arrive in a few days.

At that time, he would take Daya and Elder Li to infiltrate the Xuanji Sect to fight for the deity transformation imprint.

Therefore, he first had to completely transform into a human form.

Xu Qing formed hand Seals, and all his Demonic Qi was retracted into his Golden Core.

He controlled the shape of his tail, causing it to change bit by bit.

Soon, two smooth legs were formed through Transformation.

“It feels breezy back there!”

Xu Qing patted his backside; the lack of a tail made him feel very insecure.

He formed hand Seals again, and a green tail extended out.

“This feels much more secure.”

Xu Qing wagged the tail behind him as he familiarized himself with human legs.

Once he was mostly used to it, Xu Qing condensed a water mirror in front of him.

Except for the tail, he was already completely in human form.

There was nothing that didn't look human,

except for a pair of slightly eerie heterochromatic black and white eyes.

The left eye had a black iris with a white pupil, and the right eye had a white iris with a black pupil.

They were clearly not human eyes.

“I have to cover them up.”

Xu Qing looked at his inventory and took out the [tiancheng cloth] he had obtained from killing Yang Ling.

The tiancheng cloth was silver-gray, and looking closely at it, there seemed to be hidden patterns within.

Every piece of tiancheng cloth was a unique creation of heaven and earth.

They could not be refined.

Each piece of tiancheng cloth possessed a unique skill.

And the skill of Xu Qing's tiancheng cloth was [Visual Enhancement LV6].

“It can be put to use right now.”

Xu Qing folded the tiancheng cloth, covered his eyes, and tied a knot behind his head.

His vision wasn't blocked; instead, he could see even more clearly.

And from other people's perspectives, they couldn't see Xu Qing's heterochromatic black and white eyes.

“Looking at it this way, it's actually a bit cool.”

Xu Qing looked at himself in the mirror, quite satisfied with this new look.

At most, others with chuunibyou would only cover one eye.

Xu Qing covering both eyes directly had to be at least twice as cool.

“Ouch!”

He suddenly crashed into the wall.

He smashed a large crater into the wall, and the entire Snake Cave seemed to shake for a moment.

Great Strength LV5 was truly terrifying.

“No, my vision has improved too much; instead, I can't see clearly.”

Xu Qing groped around with his hands, adapting to his enhanced vision.

A few days passed like this.

Elder Li arrived as scheduled.

Xu Qing was dressed in green robes, his hair loosely tied behind his back, and a silver-gray cloth strip bound over his eyes.

A palm-sized jade gourd hung at his waist.

“...Your look is quite unique.”

Elder Li looked Xu Qing up and down. She had to admit that she herself was considered a peerless beauty.

But in her heart, she knew her looks were indeed inferior to the Green Snake, who had the appearance of an eleven or twelve-year-old.

However, she looked at Xu Qing's chest, then looked at her own.

And so, her confidence returned.

As expected, the heavens were still fair.

“I have no choice, my eyes are too conspicuous.”

Xu Qing touched the cloth strip covering his eyes.

Elder Li also recalled Xu Qing's pair of heterochromatic eyes and nodded.

Even though she was at the Great Perfection of Nascent Soul, she had never heard of a Green Snake Yao with such eyes.

“Perhaps Mother would know.”

Elder Li glanced at Daya, who was timidly hugging Xu Qing's waist from the side.

Her stomach began to ache again.

“Let's go, to the Xia Kingdom.”

Elder Li set off in an Escape Light, and Xu Qing also took to the air, transforming into a ten-meter-long green snake and following closely behind.

“The snake body is still more comfortable!”

As Xu Qing flew, he stretched his body freely.

For a ten-meter-long snake to transform into a one-meter-tall humanoid, it naturally couldn't be called comfortable.

...

The Xuanji Sect had split into three, and along with the Four Major Sects, each occupied a territory, dividing the Xia Dynasty into seven countries.

The Gaoyuan Kingdom, backed by the Xuanyun Sect, was in the far west.

In the far north was the Kunlun Kingdom of the Kunyuan Sect.

In the far east was the Chaoxia Kingdom of the Haining Sect.

In the far south was the Nanshan Kingdom of the Pingyao Sect.

The central region of the Xia Dynasty, surrounded by the four sects, consisted of the three countries formed by the split of the Xuanji Sect.

All were named Xia Kingdom.

According to their locations, they were called Northern Xia, Eastern Xia, and Western Xia.

By this time, the human and the snake's Escape Light had reached Western Xia.