45: A lineage that is gradually becoming more promising! The Earthly Fiend Technique: Heavenly Vessel! Opening up an inner space!
Xu Qing plunged into the jungle, advancing slowly.
Wherever he passed, Essence Spirits prostrated, and the jungle made way.
The journey was unimpeded.
Returning to the Taihang Mountains, Liu Mei came out to greet him, her belly protruding.
Bai Ling, on the other hand, was sitting cross-legged in the nest, her complexion much better. Although her Cultivation Level had not recovered much, seventy to eighty percent of her physical injuries had healed.
It was almost time to get down to business.
Bai Ling sensed Xu Qing's gaze, looked up, and saw those golden eyes, her heart rate quickening.
She saw something unspeakable in them.
"Rest assured and take care of your pregnancy. Eat more spirit fruit and Medicinal Pills when you have nothing to do."
Xu Qing instructed, then went to the Taihang Mountain Peak alone.
He took out the jade bottle for collecting Incense Offerings and found that the accumulation speed of green Qi inside was much faster than before.
At this rate, the jade bottle would be full in no time.
"I'll save it up and use it when it's full."
Xu Qing murmured to himself, and then the translucent System panel appeared before his eyes.
[Name: Xu Qing]
[Identity: Snake God of Mount Taihang]
[Bloodline: Pure Blood (100/10000)]
[Body Length: 79 meters]
[Cultivation Level: 3010 years]
[Number of Descendants: 3500]
[Earthly Fiend Techniques: Conceal Sun, Great Strength, Spitting Flame, Light Generation, Swallowing Soldiers, Spirit Expulsion, Wind Borrowing, Soul Seizing, Grain Avoidance]
[Spells: Mysterious Heaven Divine Light, Earth Hearing Technique, Breath Concealment Art, Five Thunders Incantation, Spirit Eyes, Divine Movement Technique]
His Cultivation Level had just passed the three-thousand-year mark not long ago.
During the past period, the frequency of offspring births had slowed down considerably.
Xu Qing had investigated the reason.
The Female Snake Demons who had not yet given birth had low Cultivation Levels, some with just over a hundred years of Cultivation Level.
The gap in strength between them and Xu Qing was too great, so it would take a long time to conceive Xu Qing's Bloodline.
And the number of offspring that could be conceived at one time would decrease.
For example, Liu Mei could give birth to ten at a time, while they could only give birth to three or four at most.
Among these three or four offspring, their Aptitude was also average.
However, there were exceptions; occasionally, offspring born as Yao Race would appear.
The speed of Cultivation Level increase was slower than before.
But fortunately, the number was large enough, and the Cultivation Level slowly increased, helping Xu Qing Break through the three-thousand-year threshold a few days ago.
In addition to this.
A new Medicinal Pill appeared in the System's rewards.
It was called Body Tempering Pill, suitable for Yao Race with lower Cultivation Levels to refine their muscles and bones, used for building a foundation.
After several months of accumulation, he had obtained six or seven bottles, each containing ten Body Tempering Pills.
Xu Qing kept them for himself, but then distributed these Medicinal Pills to those Yao Race offspring.
With the help of the Medicinal Pills, their progress was rapid, their bodies strengthened significantly, and their Cultivation Level increased bit by bit, already possessing self-preservation abilities.
Xu Qing valued these offspring greatly; they were the new force of the second generation.
In the future, the number of descendants in the low Cultivation Level Domain would mainly depend on them.
Xu Qing also did not forget the thousands of mortal offspring.
Every once in a while, he would carefully patrol the mountains and forests, investigating the situation of those mortal descendants.
Perhaps because Spiritual Qi existed everywhere in this world, the reproduction speed of ordinary creatures was also very fast.
In just half a year, some mortal young snakes had already grown up.
Now, with spring blossoming, driven by instinct, some mortal descendants began to seek mates.
Xu Qing was greatly relieved when he noticed this.
The children had become sensible and knew how to share his burden.
When all mortal offspring began to reproduce, even if the individual rewards were not much, the accumulated quantity would be very considerable.
"Your 3501st descendant has been born, a Yao Race by birth, with limited innate talent. You have gained ten years of Cultivation Level."
"Detected that the host's Yao Race descendants have reached sixty. You have received a Divine Ability reward: Earthly Fiend Technique — Universe in a Pot!"
"Earthly Fiend Technique — Universe in a Pot: Can open up space or an Immortal Cave, containing a mustard seed in a Sumeru, even a vast Universe in a sleeve, holding heaven and earth in the palm!"
Hearing the echoing prompt, Xu Qing's vertical pupils narrowed slightly, and a hint of joy flashed across his face.
Although this Earthly Fiend Technique was not a combat-type Divine Ability, it was equally powerful.
He could open up his own space Immortal Cave without relying on other Magical Artifacts.
Not to mention convenience, its upper limit was astonishing.
If his Cultivation Level was deep enough, he could even open up a Small World.
When Xu Qing was collecting spoils of war in Crouching Dragon Pool before, he felt that his storage ring was too small and insufficient.
Now that he had mastered the Universe in a Pot technique, he could put it to good use.
With a thought, Xu Qing began to recite the true words and incantations.
A low voice echoed on the Taihang Mountain Peak.
An inexplicable and profound fluctuation suddenly descended!
Layers of ripples, invisible to the naked eye, surged out in all directions with Xu Qing's body as the origin.
Xu Qing's body was now nearly eighty meters long, and the magic power contained within him far exceeded that of Great Yao of the same level.
But even so, after casting Universe in a Pot, his magic power began to deplete at an extremely terrifying rate!
After a short while.
More than half of his magic power was consumed.
Xu Qing felt a hint of pressure; this type of space-opening Spell Divine Ability was not something ordinary beings could use.
But since he had already used it, he had to give it a try.
After another moment.
When Xu Qing's magic power was close to exhaustion.
"Buzz!"
A tremor sounded in the Void Realm.
Inside Xu Qing's body, a special cuboid space was opened up!
Its length, width, and height were all a hundred zhang, enough to hold many things.
As the space formed, Xu Qing immediately retracted his Divine Ability.
He took out a pile of Flat Peaches and spirit fruit from his storage ring and swallowed them whole to restore his magic power.
After his magic power recovered a bit, Xu Qing finally let out a sigh of relief.
"The difficulty of casting Universe in a Pot is simply not on the same dimension compared to other Divine Abilities!"
Xu Qing secretly sighed, the space he created, which consumed ninety percent of his magic power, was a relatively low-level application of the Universe in a Pot technique.
The most obvious difference was that this space could not accommodate living beings.
To open up a space that could accommodate living beings, one would need at least ten thousand years of Cultivation Level or more!
Even so, Xu Qing was still very satisfied.
He immediately went around to the other side of the Taihang Mountains.
Looking at the small mountain of bones piled up in front of him and feeling the rich Dragon's might, Xu Qing began to choose.
He found the few genuine Dragon skeletons.
Immediately.
A gaping maw suddenly opened wide.
A powerful devouring force erupted.
In an instant, the Dragon skeletons were swallowed by Xu Qing and entered the space within his body.
Afterward, he began to carefully select and pick out the more valuable skeletons, swallowing them one by one.
Not long after.
The small mountain of bones behind the mountain disappeared, leaving only some scattered fragments of bones on the ground.
These were all insignificant bone fragments, with no collection value.
After some processing, only about one-third of that space was occupied.
The remaining space could still allow Xu Qing to store many things.
Xu Qing was quite satisfied and turned to crawl towards the nest.
It was time to recuperate Bai Ling's body.
Liu Mei was already on her second pregnancy, and she hadn't recovered yet, which was a bit unreasonable.