128: Chapter 128 The Green Snake is about to make its move.

Let us return to Elder Li's side.

"Li Qiuqiu, you possess an Earth-Formed Spiritual Root, a rarity seen only once in a thousand years!"

"Joining the Xuanji Sect is your good fortune, and it is also the good fortune of my Xuanji Sect."

"Are you willing to take me as your master?"

Li Qiuqiu was, naturally, Elder Li's pseudonym.

After all, Elder Li—Li Xiaomo—was a Great Perfection Nascent Soul Cultivator and a Grand Elder of the Xuanyun Sect.

Her reputation in the entire Cultivation World was not exactly low.

"This Disciple is willing to take the Elder as my master."

Elder Li performed the formal bowing ceremony.

That Nascent Soul Elder's right eyelid twitched several times, leaving him momentarily feeling uncertain and suspicious.

Well, the progress of the person and the snake had already diverged.

At this moment, the 'Crouching Dragon and Fledgling Phoenix' duo were gathered together at the Xuanji Sect.

The Xuanji Sect's 'radiation source' had reached its peak; one could say its 'radiant aura pierced the heavens.'

The Disciples and Elders of the entire Sect were all basking in the radiation without even realizing it.

Nightfall.

Inside the Immortal Cave where Xu Qing resided.

The necklace on his chest transmitted an unusual movement.

Xu Qing hurriedly pulled the necklace from his chest and placed it in the palm of his hand.

"How is the situation with Her Ladyship now?"

Elder Li's voice came through.

Xu Qing's heart immediately eased quite a bit, even though he had been enjoying top-tier treatment in the Cultivation World these past few days.

But Snake Snake's heart was uneasy.

"This Snake..."

"...is doing alright for the time being."

"Three Grand Elders have all taken me as their Disciple and even gave me many good things."

Xu Qing's implied meaning was this:

They are all Grand Elders, and look how generous they are; shouldn't you give me something too?

After all, she is your granddaughter.

"Heaven-Made Spirit Root, Heaven-Made Spirit Root."

Elder Li's tone was a bit strange,

looking as if her inner balance had been disrupted.

She had only just bowed to a Nascent Soul Elder here, yet that snake had already taken three Grand Elders as his masters simultaneously.

"Whew..."

"I have sealed Mother's blood within the necklace; by activating the Treasure-Urging Hand Seal, you can track the deity transformation imprint."

"If you encounter the deity transformation imprint, crush the necklace directly."

"I will teleport there immediately."

"When the time comes, we will snatch the deity transformation imprint and flee."

"Once Mother recovers her Soul Transformation cultivation, all will be well."

Xu Qing listened seriously.

He now only wanted to leave this Xuanji Sect as quickly as possible.

A Sect that chatted about how to eat Yao Beasts from morning to night was simply a living Hell for a snake.

Yesterday when he went out, he saw a group of people skinning and deboning a black snake Yao alive to cook snake soup.

It caused immense psychological trauma to the green snake.

The Lord of Hell gave the Xuanji Sect a 'dislike,' indicating that *this* was the real Hell.

"Knock, knock, knock."

The sound of knocking echoed.

"Xu Qingqing, are you free?"

"Don't contact me anymore, I'm afraid the Xuanji Sect will misunderstand."

Xu Qing stuffed the necklace back into his chest.

Then he opened the door.

The Xuanji Sect was quite protective of privacy; sounds and fluctuations within this main door could not leak out.

However, sounds and fluctuations from the outside could be heard very clearly inside.

Standing outside the door was a Disciple.

"Greetings, Junior Sister Xu. Grand Elder Profound Heart wishes to see you."

"Please head there immediately, Junior Sister."

Although Xu Qing was a bit flustered,

he had only just finished contacting Elder Li, and now he was being summoned?

It gave him the strange feeling of having just finished an affair and being caught by his wife.

"Don't overthink it; if they really found out, they would have just burst through the door!"

Xu Qing shook his snake head inwardly and followed the Disciple toward Profound Heart's residence.

"Good, as expected of a Heaven-Made dao root."

"In just seven days, you have already cultivated Dao Cultivation!"

Profound Heart saw through the cultivation Xu Qing was releasing at a glance.

With the necklace's concealment, he was currently filled with pure Spiritual Qi, without a trace of Demonic Qi.

"This Disciple is well aware of the Elder's painstaking efforts and naturally would not dare to be the least bit negligent."

"Are there any parts of your cultivation you do not understand?"

Profound Heart rubbed his twitching right eyelid and asked with a smile.

Lately, his right eyelid had been twitching for no apparent reason.

"Yes, this Disciple doesn't understand this part."

Xu Qing recited a passage he couldn't grasp while studying his Cultivation Technique.

Profound Heart was not impatient and began to explain patiently.

Until Xu Qing left Profound Heart's Immortal Cave, Profound Heart continued to patiently guide Xu Qing's cultivation.

"Would this Elder really lay a murderous hand on Daya to seize the deity transformation imprint?"

Xu Qing felt that Profound Heart was like a kind old man, not like...

He suddenly remembered.

It was precisely because Daya trusted her Senior Brother Profound Heart too much that she met with such a disaster.

Presumably, Daya never expected that Profound Heart would turn against her.

All for the sake of seizing the deity transformation imprint.

Daya was already over a thousand years old.

As Daya's Senior Brother, how old was Profound Heart?

The lifespan of a Nascent Soul can reach over a thousand years; Profound Heart's lifespan was already running short.

Given Profound Heart's status, he had already consumed all sorts of longevity-extending Medicinal Pills and spiritual materials.

But breaking through to Soul Transformation would greatly extend his lifespan.

"Sigh..."

Xu Qing let out a sigh.

Then he walked toward the Scripture Pavilion.

He had already finished reading the "Nine Heavens Mysterious Mechanism Heart Method," and it had benefited him greatly.

Now was the perfect time to find other books to read.

Reading makes a snake wise.

The "Nine Heavens Mysterious Mechanism Heart Method" had allowed him to learn the first Seal of the Nine Heavens Seals.

The Cloud-Suppressing Seal.

Although his primary cultivation was not the "Nine Heavens Mysterious Mechanism Heart Method," the "White Flood Dragon Heart Art" was quite extraordinary and could forcibly activate it.

Xu Qing spent a whole week soaking in the Scripture Pavilion.

In books there are houses of gold; in books there are fat Frogs.

Xu Qing read a vast number of Cultivation Techniques, as well as some secret arts and the like.

Learn the enemy's skills to control the enemy.

However, as a snake Yao, Xu Qing could not Cultivate many of the secret arts, but he still gained much from studying them.

Except for a few special secret arts, he could practice portions of them.

But they were all very trivial techniques.

Except for a book called "Fissure Dharma Hand Seal," he could Cultivate the first three Seals; the fourth Seal could only be practiced by the Human Race.

The Body-Fissure Hand Seal was divided into four Seals.

The first Seal: the Skin-Fissure Seal.

After use, the skin would crack bit by bit, but one's dharmic and Demonic Power would increase greatly, and defensive strength would also rise.

The second Seal: the Body-Fissure Seal.

The muscles and meridians throughout the body would crack bit by bit; on the basis of the first Seal, it forcibly increases Dao Cultivation by a hundred years, and can only be used at the Golden Core Stage.

The third Seal: the Bone-Fissure Seal.

The bones would crack bit by bit; on the basis of the first Seal, it directly and forcibly increases one's cultivation by a minor Realm.

The fourth Seal: the Soul-Fissure Seal.

By forming the hand Seal with a human soul, it forcibly increases Dao Cultivation by a thousand years, but after use, the human soul shatters, and death is certain.

Because Xu Qing did not have a human soul—his physical body could undergo Transformation, but his soul was a different matter.

Therefore, a snake soul naturally had no way to form the hand Seals.

"As expected of the Xuanji Sect."

"The Yao Race is far behind in terms of Cultivation Techniques and secret arts."

Xu Qing lamented.

But the Yao Race possessed Bloodline Divine Abilities; perhaps they looked down on such opportunistic things as human secret arts.

The necklace on his chest reacted again.

It seemed Elder Li had decided to contact him once every week.

However, the matter of today's contact...

...was unusual.

"Tonight is the night of the full moon."

"Does Elder Li wish to invite the little snake to admire the moon?"

"...No."

The green snake felt a bit aggrieved.

It seemed this grandfather was being snubbed by his granddaughter.

"Tonight."

"The lunar essence will surge; I will use a secret art to borrow the lunar essence to conceal your aura."

"Then, we shall find the location of the deity transformation imprint."

"Mother cannot hold on for much longer."