148: Chapter 148 The Green Snake Finally Meets the Imitator

Bodhi Kingdom.

By a small river.

Xu Qing was sitting comfortably on a large rock, while Hong Ruo had rolled up her sleeves and pant legs, wading into the water to catch Frogs.

"Lord Green Snake, I caught one!"

Hong Ruo held up a large Frog, happily gesturing to Xu Qing.

"Hmm, a student worth teaching."

Xu Qing beckoned with his hand, and the Frog floated into the air, flying toward him.

Hong Ruo did not show any expression of shock.

Over the past few days, she had seen some of Xu Qing's methods and was no longer surprised.

"It should be somewhere around here."

"The green snake demon who is impersonating this Maiden!"

Xu Qing turned his head to look at Hong Ruo.

Just in case, it would be better to settle Hong Ruo in the city.

"Let's go, into the city."

"..."

He found a small nearby city and checked into an inn.

Then, Xu Qing slightly leaked some Demonic Qi, and soon several monks rushed over.

Their cultivation wasn't high; they seemed to be Buddhist cultivators stationed in this small city.

This trick was even more convenient than Sun Wukong summoning a Local Earth God.

"amitabha, from whence does this benefactor come?"

The monks bowed to Xu Qing.

Xu Qing took off his hood, revealing his true appearance.

"I am the West River Righteous God of the Xia Dynasty, the West River Maiden. I have come here on important business."

Xu Qing didn't want to call himself 'Maiden' either.

But there was no choice; that's how it was written in the household register the Xuanyun Sect gave him, and it couldn't be changed.

"amitabha, this poor monk greets the West River Maiden."

The monks all breathed a sigh of relief.

A demon who had been enfeoffed as a local Righteous God was much friendlier than other demonic cultivators.

At the very least, they were an Auspicious Beast.

"You monks, watch over this girl for This Snake. Just make sure nothing happens to her."

Xu Qing patted Hong Ruo's head beside him and gave the order.

"We obey the Maiden's decree."

The monks performed a Buddhist salute and replied.

Xu Qing paused and carefully sized up the monks.

"That sentence... could you say it one more time?"

Xu Qing's eyes beneath the cloth strip were glowing with a hint of excitement.

"We obey the Maiden's decree?"

Though the monks didn't understand, they repeated it anyway.

After all, the Yao Race was not like the Human Race; their temperaments were fickle. It was best not to defy them, especially since they couldn't win in a fight anyway.

"!"

Xu Qing was very excited.

He, Xu Qing, was now a big shot who was respected and addressed with honorary titles.

Thinking back to the old days, he had been subservient, compromising under the hand of a certain Devil King Crane.

Looking at it now...

The young snake who sought to slay the crane has finally become a Devil Crane himself.

Seeing Xu Qing's excited face, the monks believed what their abbot had said.

The Yao Race's emotions are fickle; when encountering one you cannot defeat, you must absolutely not provoke them.

"Ahem, then This Snake is heading out."

"Hong Ruo, listen to what these masters say."

Xu Qing exhorted Hong Ruo.

Then, feeling a bit uneasy, he pinched a hand seal and took the green tail white hair sword out of the heaven-accepting gourd.

"Protect her, don't let anything happen."

He issued a command to the green tail white hair sword.

The green tail white hair sword let out a sword hum, its blade trembling slightly. It circled Xu Qing a few times before flying to Hong Ruo's side and vanishing into Concealment.

"This sword has been a bit overly eager lately."

Xu Qing grumbled a bit and disappeared from the inn.

Only then did the monks completely breathe a sigh of relief.

After all, he was a great snake demon. Snake demons were cold-blooded and had thin emotions, making them the most terrifying among demons.

Xu Qing felt this was human prejudice—pure prejudice!

He, Silly Snake, and the snake brothers from Snake Cave Mountain—which one of them wasn't a warm-hearted Snake Snake?

Cold on the outside but warm on the inside, kind and simple, cute and handsome, and full of a sense of justice.

That's exactly what their Snake Race was!

Within his Escape Light, Xu Qing's speed was not slow as he headed west.

Soon, he caught the scent of Demonic Qi in a river.

Descending, he saw a graceful figure lying by the river, draped in thin gauze.

A human torso with a snake tail, topped with a face that was ninety percent similar to his own.

At that moment...

Her lips were crimson, and she was holding a man's head, gnawing on it.

Xu Qing was furious.

He felt as if the goddess in his heart had been desecrated.

The strange obsession of a narcissistic snake.

"Hiss, hiss, hiss!"

Seeing Xu Qing, the snake demon flicked her long, thin tongue. Her mouth split open, her upper and lower jaws widening a full hundred and eighty degrees.

She swallowed the entire head in one gulp.

Her throat was stretched enormous.

After swallowing, she licked her tongue as if savoring it, her pair of snake pupils fixed on Xu Qing.

"It seems you are the owner of this face."

"What a beautiful face. As long as I kill you, there will be no one else who looks the same as This Snake!"

"This beautiful face will belong to This Snake!"

The snake demon's voice was sharp, and her Demonic Qi flared out, a sickly sweet scent filling the air.

"You crawling, green-skinned worm!"

"..."

Only after shouting in his rage did Xu Qing realize he had insulted himself as well.

Turning his shame into anger, he immediately prepared to fight.

It had been a long time since he'd fought another demon.

[Yao Race] Painted Skin Green Snake

[Dao Cultivation] 399 years

[Realm] Early Golden Core stage

[Skills] Painted Skin lv6, Substitution lv5, Mimicry lv4, Imitation lv6, Divine Sense lv5, Flight lv5, Water Magic lv4, Hard Scales lv5, Constrict lv5, Sharp Fangs lv4, Self-Healing lv3, Concealment lv5, Swiftness lv4, Self-Destruct lv1, Strike Reduction lv3, Vicious Beast lv5, Deterrence lv3, Tail Whip lv4

[Divine Ability] Civet Cat for a Crown Prince lv6 (Devour a target to gain most of their memories and Divine Abilities, while losing an equal amount of one's own memories and Divine Abilities)

"A rare snake! A great material for Artifact Refining!"

Xu Qing became a bit more serious.

In the end, he had become the kind of person he hated.

Among the snakes he had encountered besides himself, in terms of rarity and Bloodline, probably only Silly Snake could compare to this one.

But Silly Snake...

Had wasted his youth lying around doing nothing.

"Green Fire!"

Xu Qing opened his mouth and spat out a blast of Green Fire.

The Green Fire swept down toward the snake demon.

But that snake demon also imitated Xu Qing, forming the exact same White Flood Dragon Hand Seal.

"Green Fire!"

"Boom!"

The two types of Green Fire collided, the air crackling with the heat, forming a massive ball of Green Fire.

Then, the fireball exploded.

A wave of Green Flame swept out.

Xu Qing quickly retreated, his left eye lighting up as a Space Barrier blocked the incoming flames.

He looked toward the snake demon.

At this moment, the snake demon actually gave Xu Qing the feeling of looking in a mirror.

"You can imitate my Demonic Techniques?"

The snake demon didn't answer, only smiled.

Because she was currently wearing Xu Qing's face, it made Xu Qing's heart flutter for a moment.

Damn it, this narcissistic snake is beyond help.

"Hmph, I don't believe you can really imitate all of my skills."

"You clumsy imitator."

Xu Qing opened his mouth and spat out the Xiliang Sword.

The green Xiliang Sword let out a sword hum, splitting into countless sword shadows that stabbed toward the snake demon.

"Imitator?"

"No, I am your enhanced version."

The snake demon opened her mouth and also spat out a sword.

Its form was ninety percent similar to the Xiliang Sword, and just like Xu Qing, it split into sword shadows and stabbed out.

"This is her natal spirit artifact, and it also possesses the Imitation ability of the snake demon's main body?"

Xu Qing saw through the secret of the snake demon's natal spirit artifact at a glance.

Just as the snake demon imitated his appearance...

This Snake demon's natal spirit artifact had also imitated the form of the Xiliang Sword!