140: Chapter 140 Green Snake Brews Immortal Wine

Finally, Xu Qing took out the heaven-accepting gourd, turned the mouth of the gourd, and dripped out a few drops of creation fluid.

Each drop of creation fluid was concentrated essence.

"Jie jie jie!"

Xu Qing brought his nose close to the wine cup.

Taking a deep breath, his scales trembled all over, and his blood flowed rapidly.

His heart thudded, as if he were soaking in a hot spring.

"Of all the nectars in the world, which one can compare?"

Xu Qing brought it to his lips and took a sip.

[Ding, Dao Cultivation +0.1]

His whole body felt comfortable, and the aroma of the wine filled his head, leaving a slight flush on the green snake's face.

The increase in Dao Cultivation was secondary; this wine prolonged life and could bring the dead back to life, regrowing flesh on bone.

"Good wine, good wine."

Feeling the effects of the wine, Xu Qing didn't transform back into his human form. With slightly red cheeks, he coiled his tail and rested his head on it, falling asleep in the mountain stream.

Before long, faint snoring echoed from the bottom of the stream.

Only after Xu Qing's snoring began did small animals scurry out of their burrows, intoxicatedly inhaling the wine's fragrance.

The aroma of the wine wafted everywhere.

To the ordinary beasts at the bottom of the stream, this fragrance was a grand stroke of fortune.

It greatly increased their chances of becoming Spirit Opening Demon Beasts and stepping onto the path of Yao cultivation.

But the scent of wine was intoxicating to humans, snakes, and beasts alike.

Soon, the ordinary beasts collapsed drunk at the bottom of the stream, falling to the ground in groups of twos and threes.

Early the next morning.

Xu Qing opened his eyes and found several drunken squirrels resting on his large tail along with himself.

"Hmph, be glad you're not Frogs."

With a flick of his tail, Xu Qing gently tossed the fluffy little squirrels onto the ground.

Then he stretched lazily.

He still had no resistance to fluffy things.

"I'm off. Be grateful and cherish the karmic fate bestowed upon you by meeting a great Senior of the Yao Race like me!"

Xu Qing soared into the sky, flying out of the stream.

As he left, he waved his hand, brandishing the green tail white hair sword to carve several large characters brimming with Sword Qi at the entrance of the stream.

Green Snake Stream.

He continued flying westward.

Along the way, he enjoyed the scenery and caught Frogs, living a carefree life.

Until...

He saw a familiar and welcoming great river.

It was the West River.

By the West River now, a city had appeared.

It was named Green Snake City.

It had replaced the previous Green Snake Town.

"Eh?"

"Eh, eh, eh!?"

Xu Qing had only been away for a short while, yet upon his return, his rural residency had turned into an urban one.

Without a word, he had already become a city snake.

"...I didn't go to the wrong place, did I? Where's my home?"

Xu Qing flew over the city walls, looking down at Green Snake City from above.

The layout was similar to Green Snake Town.

The city was built on both the north and south sides of the West River, with a large bridge connecting them.

The West River split Green Snake City into two: Green Snake South City and Green Snake North City.

And his River God Temple...

...was still right in the center, with flourishing incense offerings.

"It's good that my home is still here."

Xu Qing descended and stepped into the River God Temple.

The Xiliang Sword let out a hum.

From the divine statue, thick incense Power Of Will was drawn out by the Xiliang Sword and continuously devoured.

The blade was also recovering rapidly.

"Is this the effect of a Divine Artifact skill?"

Xu Qing took out the Xiliang Sword, tossed it toward the statue, and walked toward the interior of the temple.

Then he heard...

"Sister Donglan, let Big Sister have a look."

"No, this is the River God Temple."

"Oh? Even though you were begging me to do it like that last night."

"...Don't, don't be like this."

"Don't touch me there!"

Xu Qing pulled back his hand, unsure whether he should go in or just stand there.

How long has it been since I left?!!!

No, no, no, this is my own River God Temple; there's no reason I can't enter.

Xu Qing excitedly pushed the door open and entered.

Then he saw...

Xu Linger and Lin Donglan, the two of them, were currently...

...wrapping zongzi.

"If you keep touching it, the zongzi will fall apart! I finally managed to wrap it!"

"I'll stop, I'll stop. Oh, Senior Brother, you're back?"

"..."

Speaking of which, the Dragon Boat Festival is almost here.

Xu Qing opened his mouth, then closed it.

"...So, you're wrapping zongzi?"

Just because you have dirty minds, you see everything as dirty!

The green snake knew they were wrapping zongzi just by listening!

"Don't worry, this year I specifically wrapped what Senior Brother loves—Frog-filled zongzi!"

This girl, Xu Linger.

She's too endearing; if she stays this cute, it'll be against the rules!

As expected of my precious Junior Sister, I love her so much!

"Where are the Frogs?"

"Right here!"

"...These are toads, toads!! Green snakes don't eat toads!"

Watching Xu Linger bring out a basket full of toads.

What Junior Sister Sword? I really don't know her.

She doesn't give this snake a moment's peace.

"Then... there's only... fish-filled zongzi left."

"All the zongzi are filled with fish!"

"Because this is the... River God Temple, after all."

"Forget it, I'm going to find Silly Snake."

After being away for so long, Silly Snake must have gathered a lot of Frogs. Watch Xu Qing trick them all out of him.

Then he'd have enough to eat for a long time.

He'd trade them for realgar wine, giving Silly Snake a big surprise after their long separation!

Xu Qing hadn't forgotten the damage a single mouthful of realgar wine had done to him back then.

He nearly ascended to heaven right then and there.

He couldn't be the only snake to suffer.

After all, suffering is a blessing.

However, when he saw Silly Snake's clear eyes, Xu Qing still swapped the realgar wine for the wine from the heaven-stealing lamp.

"Transform soon."

"When that time comes, I'll take you to eat something truly delicious."

"Silly Snake."

It was unclear if Silly Snake heard him as he fell into a drunken stupor.

Xu Qing returned to his Snake Cave.

The Snake Cave was still spotless.

"...This Snake Cave is still the most comfortable."

Xu Qing coiled his tail, lay down with his chin resting on it, and held the heaven-accepting gourd in his hands to examine it.

On the green heaven-accepting gourd...

...the character for 'Hell', formed by silver lightning patterns, had appeared.

"Let's go in and take a look."

He entered the heaven-accepting gourd.

The heaven-accepting gourd was the same as before, except for the addition of a Floating Island overflowing with precious light.

Precious light rose and overflowed, and auspicious clouds enveloped the Floating Island.

Xu Qing called it Heaven Island.

At the same time, the second floor of the hell pagoda appeared.

The first floor of the hell pagoda was the Fire Hell, and the second floor was the Lightning Hell based on heavenly thunder.

Lightning filled this floor of the hell pagoda.

The effect was outstanding.

The resentment provided by those souls increased significantly.

Xu Qing cherished these precious souls immensely.

During the last great battle, he had carefully wrapped them in Yin Qi and suppressed them in the depths of Hell to prevent them from perishing.

Several souls that tried to take the opportunity to die completely and end their suffering had failed.

Currently, Xu Qing only had these Vengeful Spirits.

He could enter the Boundary of Life and Death and catch innocent souls at will to stuff into Hell, which would surely increase the resentment greatly.

But Xu Qing didn't want to do that.

It was too shameless and despicable.

If he did, even the green snake would look down on himself.

Being suppressed in Hell was too painful; unless they were heinous villains, Xu Qing wouldn't capture them.

The next day.

Dragon Boat Festival.

The West River Maiden received many zongzi as offerings.

But without exception, they were all filled with fish.

Salted fish meat.

"The zongzi are so salty..."

And so, the Dragon Boat Festival ended.

The only memory of this year's festival was that the salted fish in the zongzi was truly very salty.

The first day after the Dragon Boat Festival.

The Cultivators gathered in Green Snake City waiting for the Secret Realm to open held an auction.

And as the local power, Xu Qing also received an invitation.

Don't be fooled by Xu Qing's seemingly low cultivation level.

That was because a certain green snake only fought high-level battles.

In reality, with his Golden Core cultivation, the green snake had already become one of the big shots in the Cultivation World.

You have defeated 99% of the Cultivators in the Cultivation World.