31: Chapter 31 The Green Snake Catches a Crocodile

"Here, replenish your venom."

Xu Qing tossed the poisonous grass to Silly Snake.

Silly Snake stretched his neck, caught the poisonous grass in mid-air with one bite, and excitedly rubbed his head against Xu Qing's scales.

He looked exceptionally happy.

It seemed the quality of this poisonous grass was quite high.

"Next, I'll just wait for that woman to return."

Xu Qing slithered back into his cave.

If he killed one more Foundation Establishment lifeform, his Dao Cultivation would break through to one hundred and fifty years, advancing him to the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage.

He only hoped that woman could reel in a Foundation Establishment Cultivator along with her.

Hanging onto the black flood dragon horn, he gradually entered a state of cultivation.

Why bother hunting when you can just wait for the prey to come to you?

He felt that a Foundation Establishment Cultivator ought to follow her; putting himself in their shoes, he'd do the same.

If it were him, seeing a Qi Refining junior carrying a massive amount of Dao Cultivation evolution points, he would definitely go up and snatch it.

Even he, a proper Green Snake, thought this way, let alone other humans.

[Ding! Pill toxicity has been completely eliminated.]

"A double blessing has arrived."

Xu Qing happily took out a dao condensation pill and swallowed it.

It saved him a day of bitter cultivation.

So he could slack off for another day!

Xu Qing thought so, but seeing Silly Snake cultivating so earnestly, he abandoned the idea of slacking off.

If even Silly Snake was working hard, what excuse did he have not to?

...

To the north of the Monster Beast Mountain Range, at the southernmost part of the Central Region.

In Qingyun City, Lin Yumo returned to the inn.

She finally couldn't contain her emotions and began to tremble with excitement.

It wasn't for any other reason.

She was certain that it definitely wasn't some Green Water Snake; it was the legendary, extinct Resurrection Green Snake!

"It's actually a Resurrection Green Snake!"

Lin Yumo didn't have any dangerous thoughts.

She just felt that she should cling tightly to this great snake's tail.

This was her Opportunity!

"Moreover, once he transforms in the future, with my beauty, it's not impossible to..."

"When the time comes to obtain the Resurrection Green Snake's Bloodline and offspring, I'll see how those old fogies in the Family who prioritize Bloodline above all else will flatter me!"

Thinking of the bright future, Lin Yumo couldn't help but flush, overwhelmed with excitement.

"However, he should be a male snake, right?"

Lin Yumo recalled carefully.

Judging by the snake language, she couldn't tell the gender; it felt somewhat neutral.

The more she thought about it, the less certain she became.

"But as long as I can cling to that big tail, a female snake wouldn't be out of the question either."

"In short, I must not provoke its dislike; I'll focus on completing its task first."

Lin Yumo forced herself to calm down.

She understood that some things couldn't be forced; being too deliberate would only be counterproductive.

One must grasp opportunities firmly when they arise, but not force them when they don't.

"The blood of the Resurrection Green Snake must never be exposed."

Lin Yumo took out the snake blood and carefully put it away.

As for her father's side, it was a bit shameful to admit, but she had originally made it up to deceive the snake during that crisis.

As a result, the snake remembered it and even gave her a bottle of snake blood.

Thinking about it, that snake was quite gentle; whether it was female or male didn't seem important anymore, as long as there was love.

...

"Achoo!"

"Why does This Snake feel a sudden chill..."

Xu Qing suspected someone was lusting after his body.

He figured some Cultivator had flipped through an ancient text, accidentally seen information on the Resurrection Green Snake, and was now drooling over it.

You can't imagine the pressure of being the only Resurrection Green Snake in the world.

But compared to these matters, Xu Qing cared more about something else.

Silly Snake had truly changed.

He had become so unfamiliar.

Silly Snake had been cultivating constantly, never stopping.

As a neighbor, Xu Qing felt a lot of pressure.

Before, every time he slacked off, he saw Silly Snake slacking off too, so he felt no psychological pressure.

It's like when you're slacking off and your roommate is also slacking off; you feel very at ease because someone is with you.

But when all your roommates are studying and only you are slacking off...

The mindset at that moment is completely different.

That was exactly how Xu Qing felt right now.

"Silly Snake, stop being so busy, why not come out and sunbathe?"

"Silly Snake, there are Frogs to eat."

Silly Snake resisted the temptation, showing no reaction at all.

Xu Qing returned to his cave and silently hung onto the black flood dragon horn.

"Speaking of which, Silly Snake had always stayed in the Swamp of Death, and I suddenly abducted him to such a far-off place."

"Silly Snake is so lazy, yet he followed me and flew all this way without a single word of complaint."

Xu Qing suspected Silly Snake had been traumatized.

Could it be that I bullied him too much normally?

Xu Qing decided he would bully Silly Snake a bit less from now on.

"Hmm?"

"Are they here?"

Xu Qing opened his eyes and looked toward the north.

Lin Yumo was gradually approaching, and behind her, several tails were following.

But they were all just fellows at the Qi Refining Stage.

Seeing this, Xu Qing felt relieved.

It seemed that snatching a fat sheep you could beat was common knowledge in this Cultivation World.

"Has a Foundation Establishment Cultivator finally arrived?"

Within the search range of his Divine Sense, Xu Qing finally captured a faint fluctuation.

It seemed to be a Cultivator skilled in Concealment.

"Silly Snake!"

Xu Qing slithered out of the cave and pulled out Silly Snake, who was still cultivating.

"Silly Snake, someone is coming to bully a member of our Noble Snake Alliance!"

"As the Alliance Leader and Vice Alliance Leader, we must give them a piece of our mind!"

Silly Snake's eyes lit up upon hearing this, and he rummaged through the pile of junk in a corner of his cave.

Then he pulled out a multicolored robe and draped it over his scales.

"Hiss, hiss, hiss!" (This has plenty of colors!)

"...That's not the kind of 'color' I meant!"

Xu Qing ripped the robe off with his tail and flew out, dragging Silly Snake along.

If they didn't go to support her now, they would become leaders without any followers again.

Sure enough, by the time they approached, Lin Yumo had already been surrounded.

Xu Qing looked toward an empty spot and unhesitatingly condensed a Wind Blade to strike it.

The air in the empty spot distorted, and a figure leaped out.

Seeing two Yao snakes, the figure turned and fled without a word.

"Lightning Strike!"

Purple lightning instantly streaked through the air, catching up to the Cultivator in a flash.

A golden light flashed behind the Cultivator as a shimmering golden round shield blocked his back.

The lightning struck the round shield fiercely, erupting in blinding purple and golden light.

"Nice shield, it's mine!"

Taking advantage of this gap, Xu Qing lunged forward, wrapped his large tail around the shield, and yanked it away.

His snake head followed up, biting down on the Cultivator's shoulder.

The Cultivator hurriedly took out a Talisman, and his figure vanished like a phantom.

In his place was a Talisman that had turned to ash.

Xu Qing bit into the Talisman, his mouth filling with ash.

"Ptooey, ptooey, ptooey!"

The taste of the Talisman ash brought back unpleasant memories for Xu Qing.

It was when he was seven; he had a cold that wouldn't go away for a long time, so his grandmother burned a Talisman and mixed the ash with water for him to drink.

This was the exact taste! The taste of childhood!

No, no, no, now was not the time for reminiscing.

Xu Qing flicked his tongue in anger, his green scales lighting up.

The Cultivator's face was grim; with a wave of his hands, he shot three beads at Xu Qing.

A roar erupted.

In an instant, the three beads turned red like glowing branding irons and exploded violently.

Majestic flames surged from the beads.

Xu Qing felt an unprecedented heatwave rushing toward him.

He finally realized the terror of human Cultivators.

One couldn't determine a human's strength based solely on the skill column of the System panel.

Xu Qing clearly knew this, yet he had still been careless.

Three waves of fire overlapped and pressed down on Xu Qing, like facing three erupting volcanoes.

Xu Qing retreated rapidly; his left pupil elongated as layer upon layer of Space Barriers opened in front of him.

Simultaneously, water appeared out of thin air like flood dragons, wrapping around Xu Qing layer by layer to cocoon him.

Crack!

The Space Barriers held for only a moment before being burned and cracked layer by layer.

As the final Space Barrier shattered from the heat, flames closed in on Xu Qing from all directions.

Sizzle!

A massive amount of steam rose.

The water became boiling hot in an instant, making Xu Qing feel a wave of scalding heat.

The water turned to steam layer by layer from the outside in, and the flames pressed against his green scales without hindrance.

Hiss, hiss, hiss!

Xu Qing hissed, enduring the agony of being burned by the flames.

Outside the flames, the three-colored snake and the Cultivator were locked in combat.

Silly Snake had learned his lesson; he stalled the Cultivator, maintaining a poisonous mist with the intent to slowly poison him to death.

As time passed, the flames died down, and a battered green snake appeared in the air.

His scales were charred in many places, his skin torn, and his flesh mangled.

But the wounds were recovering at a terrifying speed.

Flesh grew at a visible rate, and green scales sprouted anew one by one.

"That hurts like hell!"

Xu Qing glared fiercely at the Cultivator, the anger in his eyes seemingly about to burst forth.

"How is this possible? Those were Flame Roar Beads; even a Foundation Establishment Middle Stage couldn't withstand one!"

The Cultivator looked at Xu Qing as if he were seeing something impossible.

Silly Snake took the Opportunity to strike, biting the Cultivator's wrist.

From the wrist, the toxin spread rapidly; in an instant, everything below the elbow turned purple.

The Cultivator snapped back to his senses, shook off Silly Snake, and chopped off his own arm without hesitation.

Then he took a Medicinal Pill, and a new arm wriggled and grew out, though it was as thin as a bone.

Xu Qing, who had recovered most of his strength in the blink of an eye, twisted his body and charged at the Cultivator.

A Resurrection Green Snake, as long as it didn't die, could recover from any injury no matter how severe.

Fighting a Resurrection Green Snake was essentially impossible to win unless one had a way to kill it in a single strike.

Countless Wind Blades wrapped in green Demonic Fire rained down in all directions like falling leaves.

The Cultivator clapped his hands together; a Golden Bell floated out from his chest, expanding as it spun to cover his body.

Then he twisted his hands, holding a Talisman between each finger.

The Talismans turned to ash, and multicolored lights flew out, enveloping his entire body.

For a moment, he was as colorful as a disco.

"Damn it, are you the son of a Nascent Soul? Why do you have so many treasures? How the hell am I supposed to rob you!"

Xu Qing never used foul language, unless he couldn't help it.

For the first time, he truly understood why humans, despite their weak innate abilities, could stand on equal footing with Yao Beasts.

The Wind Blades struck the Golden Bell, scattering into trails of light.

The Golden Bell also let out a few mournful tolls and grew dim.

Xu Qing saw his chance and coiled around the Golden Bell, applying massive pressure.

In just a few breaths, the sound of cracking rang out.

The Golden Bell shattered into fragments that flew in all directions.

At the moment of the shatter, the Cultivator's hands formed seals like phantoms, his robe bulging from the pressure of the five-colored light.

A five-colored phantom of a three-headed, six-armed muscular giant formed around him, forcibly prying open Xu Qing's coiled body bit by bit.

The Cultivator himself took the Opportunity to escape the phantom, turning into a silver Escape Light and shooting into the sky.

He pressed his right index and middle fingers together, and a green sword flew out from the mouth of his Storage Pouch.

The green sword spun around, one becoming ten, ten becoming a hundred, a hundred becoming a thousand.

"Sword, go!"

The sky full of Flying Swords gathered like a river, pouring down toward Xu Qing.

Xu Qing coiled into a ball in mid-air, raising his head.

Space Barriers stacked layer upon layer in the air, protecting his vitals as he faced the river of swords.

Clang, clang, clang!

One by one, the Flying Swords shattered in the air, dispersing into trails of light.

Xu Qing's newly grown scales were sliced open by the Flying Swords, but he had stacked several layers of barriers to protect his vitals.

Wounds were sliced open even as they healed; the agony of a thousand cuts spread through the snake's body.

As the final Flying Sword fell, Xu Qing was covered in sword marks, but he was not dead.

The Cultivator panted heavily; the green sword had already turned to ash and dissipated in his hand.

He was holding a medicine bottle and pouring Medicinal Pills into his mouth.

"I'd like to see what other treasures you have left."

Xu Qing watched with a racing heart.

This money-throwing fighting style was truly terrifying.

Most importantly, at this moment, it wasn't just the Cultivator who was feeling the sting; Xu Qing was also feeling the pain.

He had already mentally claimed the Cultivator's Storage Pouch as his own.

Money! All this being thrown away was his own money!

Xu Qing looked at Silly Snake; Silly Snake wasn't heavily injured and was looking at him with concern.

After all, the two snakes' fighting style was one in the light and one in the dark.

One would stall the enemy head-on, while the other secretly released poison as support.

The Cultivator's expression was very ugly.

Xu Qing's injuries had mostly healed again in the blink of an eye, and he hissed as he charged at the Cultivator once more.

The Cultivator gritted his teeth, crossing his hands and raising them above his head.

Immediately after, a crack opened on his forehead, and a green, crack-filled bead floated out from the flesh.

His body withered rapidly as if being sucked dry.

Opening his sunken eyes, the Cultivator glared at Xu Qing with a resentful gaze.

"Green Flood Dragon, Appear!"

A roar echoed from the bead, and a finger-long phantom of a green flood dragon emerged.

Xu Qing felt his entire body trembling.

Every cell was screaming in submission, and his seven-inch spot felt as if it were being squeezed by a hand, leaving him powerless.

His heart pounded violently, and his cold snake body felt as if it were about to boil.

That was the pressure from the Green Flood Dragon, the legitimate superior species of the Green Snake.

"Flood Dragon Bead!"

"A Green Flood Dragon's Flood Dragon Bead!"

Both Xu Qing and Silly Snake seemed frozen, unable to move.

This was the absolute suppression of a superior race over an inferior one.

As members of the Yao Race, it was impossible to avoid.