143: Chapter 143 Green Serpent Refines Hell, Obtains Unrecorded Skills

The impatient Xu Qing grabbed his tail and rushed into the heaven-accepting gourd.

He quickly passed through the thick clouds and entered the Hell Realm beneath them.

The Hell Realm had already been forming within the heaven-accepting gourd for some time.

The vegetation and soil here were saturated with Yin Qi, giving rise to some strange and bizarre plants.

These plants were eerie and pitch-black, driven to grow by a sinister vitality.

The eighteen-story hell pagoda was shrouded in thick Yin Qi.

The Eighteen Levels of Hell.

The first level was based on yin si stone, surrounded by Yin Fire.

The second level also used the yin si stone of the first level as its foundation to sustain Heavenly Thunder.

But now, Xu Qing had new Materials for the second level.

Xu Qing took out the complete shell of that thousand-year-old Yin Turtle.

The turtle shell was pitch-black and covered in patterns, exuding a dense aura of time and Yin Qi.

"Go!"

Xu Qing controlled a spiritual light and sent the turtle shell into the second level of the hell pagoda.

Then, he spat out a mouthful of Green Fire, wrapping it around the turtle shell as it gradually fused into the hell pagoda.

Heavenly Thunder rolled, and the Yin Qi within the hell pagoda churned, growing more and more powerful.

The Yin Qi of the entire Hell Realm began to boil, becoming even more concentrated.

The Hell Realm, which had barely been functioning on the Yin Qi of a single yin si stone, finally stabilized.

Two of the eighteen levels of the hell pagoda were now fully solidified, no longer illusory.

"Not bad, not bad!"

Xu Qing looked at the hell pagoda and took out the mirror.

Xu Qing naturally named the mirror the Hell Mirror.

Everything before had been minor; now the real show was beginning.

He linked the Hell Mirror to the hell pagoda, using it to connect to the Boundary of Life and Death.

Then, using the Hell Mirror to discern the good or evil of souls, he would capture evil souls into the hell pagoda to suppress and torture them, extracting their resentment.

"Begin!"

Xu Qing flipped his hand and brought out the Hell Mirror.

With a slight toss, the Hell Mirror flew up and landed atop the hell pagoda.

His hands formed seals, and billowing Yin Qi from the hell pagoda enveloped the Hell Mirror.

Seeing this, Xu Qing spat out a mouthful of Green Fire to accelerate the Fusion of the two.

*Crack...*

The sound of cracking came from the mirror's surface.

The Yin Qi was too strong! Yin and Yang were out of balance!

As a snake of Yin and Yang symbiosis, Xu Qing saw the problem with the Hell Mirror at a glance and quickly changed his hand seals.

Above the dark clouds, the sun shook twice. The mouth of the gourd flipped, and a wisp of golden light descended, piercing through the dark clouds to connect with the Hell Mirror.

The Gourd Realm was divided into upper and lower Yin and Yang.

Yang Qi above and Yin Qi below merged with each other, and only then did the cracks on the Hell Mirror stop spreading.

creation fluid flowed over it, repairing the cracks bit by bit.

The moment the Hell Mirror's Yin and Yang were harmonized, Xu Qing seized the opportunity, his snake eyes reversing Yin and Yang.

Xu Qing instantly arrived at the Boundary of Life and Death from the Gourd Realm.

Next, he flipped his hand to take out the Xiliang Sword and swung it.

"Sever!"

The Xiliang Sword shone with brilliant green light, and its sword cry was ceaseless.

In the pitch-black Boundary of Life and Death, the green light lit up like the first light of dawn.

A rift connecting the Boundary of Life and Death with the Gourd Realm was slashed open.

"heaven-accepting gourd! Hold this rift open for me!"

Xu Qing activated the heaven-accepting gourd, and both creation fluid and resentment began to be consumed.

The Gourd Realm began to boil.

But even so, it still couldn't prevent the rift from closing.

"Can even the Lisheng Green Snake not do it!"

Blood seeped from Xu Qing's eyes. His heterochromatic black and white pupils flickered erratically, as if he were about to be expelled from the Boundary of Life and Death.

In the Gourd Realm, the Floating Island lit up with colorful light.

This Floating Island was originally a corner of the Xuanji Sect's Floating Island that had been severed. It was a treasure island fused with countless treasures and tempered by Lightning Tribulation.

But Xu Qing had never found its true purpose.

At this moment, the Floating Island drifted toward the rift and propped it open.

The rift was maintained!

The Gourd Realm was now officially connected to the Boundary of Life and Death!

The surface of the Hell Mirror alternated between black and white, simultaneously linking the Floating Island and the hell pagoda.

One Yin and one Yang propped open the Boundary of Life and Death.

From the Boundary of Life and Death, Xu Qing saw the slashed rift expanding bit by bit.

Finally, it transformed into a massive circular mirror.

The circular mirror rose up like a giant eye, scanning the entire Boundary of Life and Death to identify souls of good and evil.

Whenever it scanned an evil soul filled with malice and wicked energy, it would glow with silver light and directly pull the evil soul away.

[Ding, proficiency has reached the requirements]

[Obtained skill... Unnamed lv1]

[Unnamed lv1] An unrecorded skill. Allows control over Hell, suppression of endless souls, and the absorption of resentment and souls for cultivation.

"Unlocked a new skill!"

"And it's a skill that no one has ever possessed before!"

Xu Qing looked at this skill in shock.

This was the first time he had obtained such a skill.

Xu Qing quickly flipped through the long-neglected "Myriad Laws Compendium: Remnant."

This was a System reward from when he first killed a Golden Core Cultivator.

It could record the acquisition conditions for all the skills Xu Qing obtained.

He flipped it open and found the last entry.

[Unnamed lv1] Acquisition Conditions: Create a realm. This realm must be divided into Yin and Yang and contain two supreme treasures of Yin and Yang. Use a supreme treasure to link to the Boundary of Life and Death. The holder must possess the prerequisite skill [Life and Death Travel lv5]. When the treasure linking the Boundary of Life and Death merges with the two supreme treasures of Yin and Yang, travel into the Boundary of Life and Death and use a top-tier natal spirit artifact to expand the barrier between the two realms and maintain the passage. Upon doing so, the skill is obtained.

"..."

"My luck really is quite good, isn't it?"

Xu Qing said earnestly.

Afterward, he returned to the Gourd Realm.

Looking at the flourishing Gourd Realm, Xu Qing decided to name the skill.

It would be called...

[Yama lv1]

[Ding, naming successful]

Xu Qing was quite satisfied.

One by one, evil souls were captured into the hell pagoda, suppressed in the first level's Fire Hell, and subjected to torture.

He could capture about two in an hour, and roughly twenty-four in a day.

After all, this industry was just starting out, and only two levels of the hell pagoda had been unlocked; there wasn't enough space.

There also wasn't enough Yin Qi, making the Hell Mirror's soul-capturing efficiency low.

Considering the comfort of the evil souls, it wasn't good to have too many join this big family all at once.

After all, there was only so much Yin Qi.

If too many evil souls joined, the space would be crowded, and with the Yin Qi spread thin, they wouldn't all be able to enjoy the top-tier torture.

In that case, how could they provide resentment for the lovely Yama?

Therefore, the kind-hearted Yama, even while bearing the thought of a loss, used a large number of Spirit Stones to power the hell pagoda and convert Yin Qi.

He never cut corners, dedicated to letting the Vengeful Spirits enjoy the highest quality of torture.

At the same time, he focused on developing new torture experiences, never resting on his laurels.

This was the Green Snake's artisan persistence.

It was enough to move one to tears.

Look at those Vengeful Spirits crying their eyes out, their screams audible for miles.

This was the best reward for Xu Qing.

"Ahem, the gourd is finished. It's time to go out."

Xu Qing communicated with the heaven-accepting gourd and exited the Gourd Realm.

He returned to the Snake Cave.

Waving at the heaven-accepting gourd, the gourd floated through the air back into his palm.

Within the character for "Hell" inscribed on the gourd, the lightning glow seemed a bit more intense.

He took out the heaven-stealing lamp, took a small sip, and narrowed his eyes.

With just one small sip, his cheeks flushed red, showing a hint of tipsiness.

Although he appeared drunk, Xu Qing was very clear-headed.

The tipsy flush on his cheeks was merely because the medicinal power hadn't been fully exhausted.

"I'm not drunk. The Green Snake would never get drunk."

The Green Snake was probably not drunk.