87: Chapter 87 Green Snake's Preparations for Weapon Forging
"Um, Goddess..."
Mo Yufei looked a bit embarrassed.
"Is there anything else?"
"Go back to your Sect and wait; refining a Spiritual Artifact is not something that can be done in a moment."
Looking at Mo Yufei, whose wallet he had already squeezed dry, Xu Qing was a bit impatient.
You still want to talk to this Goddess without any money?
"Um, Goddess, could you return my Storage Pouch to me?"
"I've really been short on funds lately."
"..."
Xu Qing looked at the embarrassed Mo Yufei.
He could tell that this guy was truly penniless.
Forget it.
Xu Qing tossed the Storage Pouch back to him.
He was slightly reminded of houses in his past life.
In his past life, people took out loans to buy houses; in this life, people went bankrupt to buy Spiritual Artifacts.
Then that moment and this moment are exactly the same.
How can they be so similar?
Similar! Very similar!
"Goddess, this humble cultivator takes his leave."
Mo Yufei bowed to Xu Qing with one hand, flew out of the River God Temple, and made his escape.
Presumably, he should still have Spirit Stones to buy Spirit Medicine to restore his arm.
Wait a minute, didn't he have some right here!
He forgot to fleece him one more time!
Xu Qing was incredibly annoyed with himself.
He felt he had let down his master's Sect and the personal teachings of the Crimson-Tailed Burning Flame Crane.
Surely someone is wondering, since Mo Yufei had already been squeezed dry of Spirit Stones...
How could he be fleeced further?
Xu Qing curled his cherry-red lips.
There were no Spirit Stones that he, the Green Snake, couldn't squeeze out.
He could owe them; after all, once the natal spirit artifact was refined, it would be in his possession.
He would give him the natal spirit artifact only when he had paid off the Spirit Stones.
He would surely desperately borrow Spirit Stones to pay him back.
Along with that, he could even collect a bit of interest.
But now, his status as an Auspicious Beast and a River God was right here.
It limited Xu Qing's performance.
"Just right, I'll use this natal spirit artifact to practice."
Xu Qing was, after all, refining a natal spirit artifact for the first time.
He was originally a bit nervous.
As it turned out, someone just happened to send a set for him to practice on.
"However, first I must go and purge the evil spirits from the West River."
Xu Qing flew out of the River God Temple to the uppermost reaches of the West River and began flying downstream.
The ice evil jade ruyi scepter moved with irresistible force.
The evil spirits throughout the river dissolved under the white light.
All the people along the West River saw it at that moment.
A green snake, wrapped in the auspicious light of green, gold, and white, moved from the upstream to the downstream.
It swept across the entire West River.
Wherever it passed, evil spirits dissolved—it was like a miracle.
"The Green Snake Goddess has manifested!"
"The Green Snake Goddess has manifested!"
"..."
The Power Of Will reached its peak at this moment.
Fishermen catching fish on the West River, having experienced the passing of the tri-colored auspicious light of green, white, and gold...
Were so excited they wept tears and snot.
They decided not to bathe for a whole year.
They couldn't wash away the Goddess's auspicious Qi.
Even the Green Snake thought they were being perverted.
For a full week, the entire West River was filled with the tri-colored auspicious Qi of green, white, and gold.
River God Temple.
The majestic incense Power Of Will gathered into the green snake statue.
The scale on the head of the green snake statue became more and more spiritual, as if it might leap out of the statue at any second.
More than half of the incense Power Of Will was stored within this tiny scale.
There were no more evil spirits in the entire West River.
Xu Qing also successfully connected with the entire West River.
The people around the West River who saw the Green Snake manifest also began to establish River God Temples one after another.
The incense Power Of Will stabilized.
Xu Qing had truly become the West River Righteous God.
The Green Snake Goddess Temple should perhaps be called the West River Maiden Temple.
A small town had already formed around the West River Maiden Temple.
It was also renamed Green Snake Town.
Furthermore, people from other parts of the West River continued to gather and settle in this small town.
In a few more years, perhaps this Green Snake Town would be renamed West River City.
Green Snake Town was established with the River God Temple at its center, distributed on both banks of the West River.
The northern side was called North Green Snake Town.
The southern side was called South Green Snake Town.
The River God Temple was in South Green Snake Town.
The West River was quite wide after all, so no bridge had been built; they only communicated through ferries.
At this time, at the bottom of the West River.
Xu Qing had already swum to the Naturally Formed Treasure Land at the river bottom.
The effect of tempering his physical body with the spiritual energy of the mountains and rivers and the power of natural creation was even better than Xu Qing had imagined.
"It can already be taken out."
Xu Qing's upper body transformed into human form, and the Green Silk Flowing Light Garment automatically covered his body.
He didn't need to worry about any exposure issues.
His small hands continuously formed hand seals.
Compared to the prosthetic limbs made from the heaven and earth spiritual seed, the hands he condensed through Transformation were naturally more useful.
The vine ball wrapping his body emitted a humming sound, and the vines wrapping his body pulled away.
The extracted vines were as translucent as jade, shrinking into a ball and continuously contracting inward.
They transformed into a jade-like seed.
The body that had been entwined inside was also revealed.
The body seemed to have shrunk, becoming a whole size smaller and more compact, coiled up.
It was estimated that when stretched out, it would only be about five or six meters long.
Emerald scales like jade covered the body.
"I'm really good-looking."
Xu Qing hugged his own body and couldn't help but say it again.
Then he stuffed his body and that jade vine seed into his left eye.
He carefully examined this Naturally Formed Treasure Land.
He was considering how to continue utilizing this place in the future.
He could and should fleece the heavens and earth for whatever he could get.
He had certainly tasted the benefits this time.
"I'll think about it later; it will definitely come in handy."
Xu Qing flew out of the Naturally Formed Treasure Land and impatiently rushed toward the River God Temple through the West River.
He couldn't wait to change to a new sword.
As for the green tail white hair sword—who was that? The Green Snake wasn't familiar with it at all.
Diving into the cave, Xu Qing took a deep breath and calmed down.
Although he really wanted to change to a new sword...
He needed to exercise restraint.
Refining a natal spirit artifact had a significant failure rate; if he failed, he would be so heartbroken he'd die on the spot.
So, he would first refine Mo Yufei's natal spirit artifact for practice.
"It won't be heartbreaking if the refining goes wrong."
In a relaxed mood, Xu Qing took out the Materials Mo Yufei had prepared for Artifact Refining.
He also dug out the arm Mo Yufei had cut off from a corner.
"Holy crap, I hope it hasn't started to stink!"
Only then did Xu Qing remember that he had casually tossed Mo Yufei's arm into a corner of the cave back then.
He hadn't performed any preservative treatment.
It had been there for several days; it wouldn't be strange if it stank.
Xu Qing opened the box, and a bloody smell rushed out.
Fortunately, it didn't stink.
"Even if it stank, it wouldn't matter; maybe when the Spiritual Artifact is refined, it could even come with a poison skill."
Xu Qing thought somewhat heartlessly.
If it stank, it couldn't be blamed on him. Look at his own body—after being soaked at the river bottom for a few months, wasn't it still very fragrant?
He swam to the fire pit for Artifact Refining.
Xu Qing spat out a mouthful of Green Fire and formed hand seals with both hands.
He threw in the main material and increased the intensity of the fire to calcine it.
The flames were like large hammers, continuously striking it.
Since he had taken the job, he naturally had to complete it seriously; if the refining failed, it couldn't be blamed on him.
His tail wrapped around the long box and tossed that section of the arm into the flames.
Cracking sounds rang out continuously.
As the flesh of the arm came into contact with the fire, it was instantly burned into blood Qi, merging into the main material.
The arm bone was also scorched into white Qi, seeping into that Yao Beast's spine.
Xu Qing continuously formed seals, his eyes fixed on the spine tumbling in the flames.
He began to manipulate pieces of Ore, throwing them into the fire.
The flames transformed into a large hammer, continuously forging and shaping.
Bit by bit, he hammered the liquid transformed from the Ore into the embryonic form of the Spiritual Artifact.
He was doing it with ease.