Chapter 37: Silver-Blooded Snake! |
Mount Shushan, Library Pavilion.
Li Xuanxiao was rummaging through books related to reincarnation and such.
Only after passing the tribulation and reaching the Great Ascension Stage could a cultivator possess this kind of divine ability.
He recalled what Fan Yue had said before dying—that he had searched for Lin Wanqing across three lifetimes.
“So... Third Senior Sister is also the reincarnation of some immortal?”
What a f***ing headache.
Li Xuanxiao reviewed everything he had done from beginning to end—flawless.
Even if Fan Yue reincarnated again, he probably wouldn’t guess it was Li Xuanxiao who set him up.
But who knows what kind of capabilities someone at the Great Ascension Stage might have?
Just as Li Xuanxiao was speculating wildly, the jade pendant at his waist twitched.
Li Xuanxiao left the library and found a secluded spot to activate the jade pendant.
Once opened, the jade pendant revealed a hidden compartment inside.
It contained a twin Gu worm.
The other half was with Third Senior Sister Lin Wanqing.
He had obtained this Twin Gu back when he was traveling through the Southern Border.
Originally, Twin Gu were life-linked worms.
Southern Border girls liked to plant this kind of Gu in their husbands when they got married.
If one partner died, the other Gu would pierce the surviving partner’s heart.
But that was a thing of the past—of the previous era.
Now, Twin Gu had been modified and become much gentler.
It functioned more like a remote sensor, able to detect the condition of the other half at any time.
At this moment, through the Gu worm, Li Xuanxiao received an important message—
Lin Wanqing was in trouble!
After a brief hesitation, Li Xuanxiao quickly left the sect gate.
Thanks to the Twin Gu, he wasn’t worried about not being able to find Lin Wanqing.
At this moment, it had only been just over half a month since Lin Wanqing had gone down the mountain.
“...........”
Deep within a desolate forest.
Li Xuanxiao, hiding within the hollow of an ancient tree, was full of stealth.
He spotted Lin Wanqing not far ahead.
She was still alive—Li Xuanxiao was sure of that. Her aura was just weak.
There weren’t any visible external injuries—seemed like she had been poisoned.
Was she attacked?
Or… did she discover the Gu worm and plan to ambush him?
Li Xuanxiao didn’t rush out to save her.
Instead, his mind was running wild.
Did she awaken memories of her three lifetimes out of grief from Fan Yue’s death?
Li Xuanxiao released a scorpion puppet.
By now, he had crafted three scorpion puppets.
One of them had already reached the first level of the Qi Refining Stage.
The scorpion crawled toward Lin Wanqing and confirmed the situation.
Definitely poisoned—the wound on her ankle looked like a snakebite.
In the next instant, a shadow flicked past in a blur.
It moved so fast that even Li Xuanxiao couldn’t sense it in time.
It was a venomous snake about the length of an arm but as thin as an earthworm.
It bit the puppet scorpion.
Luckily, the puppet scorpion was immune to toxins.
Silver-Blooded Snake!
Li Xuanxiao recognized it immediately.
The Silver-Blooded Snake was said to only grow among rare treasures.
Back in the previous era, it was something cultivators fought over.
With it, one could find hidden treasures. However, the Silver-Blooded Snake couldn’t be domesticated.
Once it knew it had been caught, it would starve itself to death, and then they went extinct.
The snake lived incredibly long and its venom was extremely potent.
After a hundred years of cultivation, it could kill a Golden Core Stage cultivator.
Its venom was instant and fatal. Judging from its size, this one had probably lived over a hundred years.
Li Xuanxiao broke out in a cold sweat. Thank the heavens he didn’t act on impulse.
This Silver-Blooded Snake was exceptionally good at hiding—he wouldn’t have noticed it at all.
If it had bitten him, he’d be dead for sure.
Li Xuanxiao had the puppet scorpion launch an attack on the Silver-Blooded Snake.
The snake, failing its strike, fled instantly.
It didn’t have much combat strength—only relied on its stealth and venom.
Li Xuanxiao had his three puppets block off its escape route.
The puppets captured the Silver-Blooded Snake, keeping it from fleeing.
Li Xuanxiao still didn’t leave.
Where there’s one, there might be a second.
“Wind, come!”
In an instant, a fierce gale surged in from all directions like a wild stallion breaking free.
Fallen leaves were swept up into the air, and even the earth that had been lying still was caught in the storm, forming waves of yellow dust rolling forward in waves.
Even the thick trees began to collapse in the face of the wind.
A whole mile radius was engulfed by the raging wind—a scene of utter chaos.
Eventually, everything was swept into the far horizon.
Only a patch of land, plowed by the wind, remained—completely barren.
Now, the Silver-Blooded Snake had no place to hide.
Li Xuanxiao kept his feet on his flying sword, wary in case the snake tried to burrow out from underground.
First, he forced the Silver-Blooded Snake to spit out its venom and collected it in a special container.
Then he killed the snake.
The Silver-Blooded Snake itself had no real value.
Rare, yes, but it wasn’t even as valuable as an unawakened animal.
Li Xuanxiao burned the snake with a fire.
Then he checked on Lin Wanqing.
Her condition was much better than he expected.
In fact, Li Xuanxiao had already noticed earlier—although poisoned and weak,
her aura wasn’t like a dying candle or a leaf in the wind.
Instead, it looked like she was about to recover at any moment.
“No big deal.”
Lin Wanqing was already unconscious. Li Xuanxiao moved her to the side.
But—why had she come here?
Li Xuanxiao checked everything inside Lin Wanqing’s storage ring.
Ignoring the many magical treasures and pills…
He found one thing that didn’t fit in at all.
A very crudely drawn map.
It was Fan Yue’s handwriting.
Li Xuanxiao had seen his writing before—he recognized it.
“..........”
“Jiejie, over here, over here.” Fan Yue was by the riverbank, using a branch to draw on the ground.
Lin Wanqing glanced over. It looked like Fan Yue was sketching a map.
“Where is this place?” Lin Wanqing asked casually.
Fan Yue shook his head. “Fan Yue doesn’t know either. I just remember… it seemed like an important place.”
“An important place? What kind of place?”
“I forgot too.”
Lin Wanqing chuckled, not taking it to heart.
“Alright, after we make a quick trip back to Mount Shushan, if I have time, I’ll take you there, okay?”
“Mm.”
Fan Yue nodded, then added,
“Actually, I don’t care whether it’s important or not. As long as I’m with Jiejie, that’s what matters most.”
Lin Wanqing couldn’t help but reach out and ruffle Fan Yue’s hair.