Serpent Ancestor

Upon hearing Elder Tiger Whale’s grumbling, Xu Hei’s mouth twitched slightly. Was he referring to me as a brat?

However, Xu Hei’s attention was quickly drawn to the skull.

”What is this?”

”This is custom-made for you. Try it on,” Elder Tiger Whale said.

Xu Hei immediately placed the skull over his head, and it fit snugly.

In an instant, he felt a faint connection with the magical treasure, as if he could activate it with just a thought.

”Open!” Xu Hei commanded in a low voice.

”Crack, crack, crack!”

From the back of the skull, a series of white bones grew out, enveloping Xu Hei from head to toe, from spine to ribs, like a suit of bone armor.

Xu Hei tried moving around and found that his movements were completely unhindered. The bone armor felt like a phantom, with no tangible sensation.However, when he deliberately crashed into a reef, shattering it, he realized the destructive power of this bone armor.

What surprised Xu Hei even more was that activating it required little effort.

Despite being a fourth-tier magical treasure, its energy consumption was akin to that of a third-tier one, as if someone was secretly assisting him.

”This bone armor was crafted from White Tooth’s remains,” Elder Tiger Whale explained.

Xu Hei fell silent.

From the first glance, he had suspected as much.

Marine creatures are like this; every giant beast’s growth involves killing and devouring, but when they die, they return everything to the sea.

Without hesitation, Xu Hei declared with determination, ”I will not let this treasure go to waste!”

”Go on,” Elder Tiger Whale nodded.

...

On the island of the Turtle lineage, where Xu Bai resided.

Inside the cave dwelling, a green light swirled.

Xu Bai sat coiled inside, her eyes flickering with a bright green light that gradually faded after a long while.

”Xu Bai, you should use that power sparingly. Have you noticed that each time you use it, your personality shifts towards someone else?”

”You become silent, calm, and absolutely rational. That’s not like you.”

A gentle voice came from within the green cauldron, though its tone was serious.

Xu Bai frowned and asked, ”Who is that person?”

”The Green Emperor!”

The voice from the cauldron was firm and powerful.

Xu Bai fell silent.

The cauldron spirit continued, ”Also, I am missing three souls, yet despite our search, we haven’t found a single one. Every time I sense something, it’s inexplicably interrupted! I suspect there’s a special force interfering with my gathering of the souls!”

Xu Bai remained silent. She had the same feeling.

”The sensation is back!” the cauldron spirit suddenly exclaimed.

But just as it spoke, the thought vanished without a trace, and it even forgot what it had said.

Xu Bai was oblivious, only asking, ”I don’t want to become the Green Emperor. What should I do?”

The cauldron spirit suggested, ”You could try adopting the opposite traits of the Green Emperor, like being more lively or enthusiastic. This might help resist the Green Emperor’s influence.”

Xu Bai pondered for a moment and nodded, ”I can try.”

”Xu Bai!”

Xu Hei’s voice came from outside.

Xu Bai quickly stood up, flew out of the cave dwelling, and smiled at the approaching Xu Hei, ”What’s up?”

”Not much, just wanted to ask for some tips on cultivating spirit medicine and maybe some highly toxic herbs,” Xu Hei replied with a smile.

His venomous insects at home needed poison to be raised.

After thinking for a while, he realized Xu Bai was a ready-made poison master.

”That’s easy, follow me.”

Xu Bai flew towards the medicine garden, with Xu Hei following closely behind.

”By the way, Xu Hei, have you exchanged for a magical treasure yet?” Xu Bai asked along the way.

”Not yet.”

”Have you decided what to exchange for?”

”I have.”

Xu Hei nodded, having made up his mind, ”I plan to ask Yu Jianqiu to forge a flying sword for me.”

”Great, great,” Xu Bai laughed, ”If you get a flying sword, I’ll get a scabbard that can enhance its power, to help you out.”

Xu Hei thought for a moment and said sheepishly, ”Actually... you don’t need to go to such lengths to help me, it makes me feel guilty.”

Xu Bai fell silent.

...

Hai Teng was coiled in his underwater cave dwelling.

There were many preparations to make before forming a Nascent Soul.

First, he needed to let go of any distractions, so he could fully commit himself.

Hai Teng was always a focused snake, with exceptional talent that allowed him to concentrate at will, otherwise, he wouldn’t have come this far.

But now, one thing was driving him crazy.

”Damn it, still no update, it’s been months.”

The storybook novel Hai Teng was reading was nearing its conclusion, but he couldn’t get his hands on the final volume.

He had visited the Scripture Repository several times, only to return empty-handed.

If he knew who the author was, he would have gone to their door to make them write, but the author was anonymous, elusive, and the book might have even come from outside, making it even harder to find.

Hai Teng decided to give up on reading for now.

His gaze swept over the mountain of spirit medicines, pills, and spiritual treasures before him, and he muttered to himself, ”Let’s try forming a Nascent Soul first, begin!”

He closed his eyes and placed a dragon pearl-like treasure in his mouth.

Thus, Hai Teng made his first attempt to break through to the Elemental Infant stage.

He was also the first among the eight Chosen to attempt a breakthrough.

...

Bai Luo visited the Simulated Combat Tower on Penglai Island to match against Elemental Infant stage cultivators.

The result was five consecutive victories.

Puppet techniques have always been one of the top spells, especially in simulated battles where he didn’t have to worry about puppet losses. He could use as many of his precious golden beans as he wanted.

Even if he used swarm tactics or self-destruction, he could drown his opponents!

In reality, Bai Luo wouldn’t dare to be so wasteful.

But with the virtual advantage, Bai Luo was nearly invincible, crushing opponents until his first defeat in the seventh match.

As for Bai Qiushui, he had once again gone out on a mission with Lin Ziye, not returning for half a month.

Xiong Dabao, new to the scene, wanted to challenge various experts but was stopped by his master, who hung him up on Martial Arts Island and confiscated all his liquor.

In front of Xiong Dabao, Yu Jianqiu drank all the liquor dry.

Xiong Dabao cried out loud, unable to break free, and was left hanging to dry.

On this day, Xu Hei came knocking.

”Senior Yu, I’d like to ask for your help in crafting a sword,” Xu Hei said straightforwardly.

”A sword? You can use a sword?” Yu Jianqiu asked with a half-smile, taking a sip of wine, ”What kind of sword do you want?”

Without a word, Xu Hei laid out all the precious materials he had acquired before Yu Jianqiu.

From the star meteorite iron of Wuyou City to the Xuanjin Wall of the Immortal Pavilion’s treasury, and even heavy oil, anything that could be used to forge a flying sword was placed before him.

Many of these were stolen goods, easily traceable, but Xu Hei didn’t hide anything. In front of Yu Jianqiu, there was no need for concealment, and the latter wouldn’t investigate either.