Xu Qing had already returned ho. He heard a RUSTLING sound; it was the Cabbage Flower Snake slithering over.
"Little Caihua."
Xu Qing smiled and glanced down. The Cabbage Flower Snake coiled ingratiatingly around his feet. "Huh, you seem to have gotten a bit thicker and longer. Before, you were two and a half ters long at most. Now, you look like you’re almost three ters."
With a thought.
Xu Qing’s consciousness connected with the Encyclopedia of All Things, and information about the Cabbage Flower Snake flooded his mind.
[Cabbage Flower Snake Level 1: 10/10 (Upgradeable!)]
’Its Experience is full.’
A look of delight appeared on Xu Qing’s face. He quickly walked to one of the rooms and opened the door. The hundred catties of pork stacked inside had been completely devoured by the Cabbage Flower Snake.
"This..."
He was truly surprised.
Given the Cabbage Flower Snake’s normal appetite, it should have been impossible for it to eat a hundred catties of pork in just a few days. But to his surprise, Little Caihua had managed it.
This ant that the Cabbage Flower Snake might have the innate potential to break through its own limits.
"Good, good, good."
The smile on Xu Qing’s face widened. He nodded in great satisfaction, looked at the Cabbage Flower Snake slithering on the ground, and said, "Little Caihua, you’ve really exceeded my expectations."
’Upgrade.’
BUZZ!
Without hesitation, with a ntal command, Xu Qing upgraded the Cabbage Flower Snake. The Encyclopedia of All Things glowed, and a white light flashed over the snake’s body before vanishing.
"HISS HISS..."
The next mont, the Cabbage Flower Snake let out a sowhat piercing hiss. Its serpentine body began to swell at a visible rate, growing steadily thicker and larger.
Vaguely, Xu Qing seed to see a vision. In this scene, the Cabbage Flower Snake slithered through fields and forests.
It hunted day and night, absorbing the essence of heaven and earth. It climbed to the top of a tall tree, basking in the moonlight that rained down from the sky, absorbing the essence of the sun and moon...
Finally, one day, the Cabbage Flower Snake underwent a transformation. It shed its mortal beast form, broke through its limits, and its body grew continuously thicker and longer. It was no longer just a common beast.
Upgrade successful!
HUM!
Xu Qing looked down. The Cabbage Flower Snake had changed dramatically. Its body, originally three ters long, had now reached a length of six ters after leveling up once.
It had doubled in size. Also, the fangs in the Cabbage Flower Snake’s mouth had beco sharper and harder.
Then, the Cabbage Flower Snake shed its skin.
"HISS HISS..."
After completing its evolution, the six-ter-long snake coiled by Xu Qing’s feet, acting even more fawningly. Its eyes had also beco more intelligent.
"Not bad, not bad."
Xu Qing laughed heartily.
Imdiately, he carefully collected the shed snakeskin. This particular skin was quite valuable. If he sold it, he could probably get several hundred taels of silver.
’Perfect.’
The corners of Xu Qing’s mouth lifted slightly. "I’ll sell this skin you shed, and I’ll use the silver to buy you Tai Sui Spirit at."
"Haha..."
Xu Qing chuckled. "It’ll be more than enough for you to level up."
"HISS HISS..."
The Cabbage Flower Snake flicked its tongue.
That sa day, Xu Qing sold the snakeskin to the Chaoyang Shop, the largest in the Outer City. Because the shed skin was perfectly intact and ca from a Cabbage Flower Snake that had just transford, its value was high. It was also a necessary dicinal material for refining a certain Secret dicine. The complete skin sold for a price of four hundred and eighty taels.
With that, Xu Qing took the four hundred and eighty taels of silver to the Cangying Martial Arts Hall, where he spent five hundred taels to buy fifty catties of Tai Sui Spirit at.
「That afternoon.」
Xu Qing returned ho once more.
"Little Caihua."
Xu Qing called out.
RUSTLE RUSTLE...
Imdiately, the Cabbage Flower Snake swiftly slithered in front of Xu Qing.
"This will be your staple food from now on."
Xu Qing said, "Level 1 Spiritual Food, Tai Sui Spirit at. You’re no longer an ordinary beast. You’ve already transford once, so you should be able to eat Tai Sui Spirit at."
"HISS HISS..."
The Cabbage Flower Snake flicked its tongue, its desire for the Tai Sui Spirit at in Xu Qing’s hands palpable.
Then, Xu Qing let the Cabbage Flower Snake eat one catty of Tai Sui Spirit at.
HUM! HUM!
The Qi and Blood throughout the Cabbage Flower Snake’s body faintly stirred.
’Hmm.’
Xu Qing observed from the side.
Soon, he was certain.
After reaching Level 2, the Cabbage Flower Snake had transford and could indeed eat Tai Sui Spirit at. However, it could only eat one catty a day. Any more, and its body wouldn’t be able to handle it.
[Experience 1]
[Cabbage Flower Snake Level 2: 1/20 (Originally an ordinary Cabbage Flower Snake, but it has undergone one transformation and is no longer a common beast.)]
’It seems that eating one catty of Tai Sui Spirit at is equivalent to eating ten catties of normal at. It can gain one Experience Point per day.’
Xu Qing murmured, "Twenty Experience Points ans it will only take twenty days for the Cabbage Flower Snake to level up again."
Additionally, the Encyclopedia of All Things also sent so information, allowing Xu Qing to understand the real reason why ’Spiritual Food Consumables’ could not be recorded: it was because ’Spiritual Food Consumables’ were used to increase ’Experience Points’.
Any ’action’ or ’item’ that could be used to increase ’Experience Points’ could not be recorded.
For example, Martial Arts relied on practice to gain Experience Points, so the ’action’ of practicing couldn’t be recorded. The Iron Sword and the mask relied on use to gain Experience Points, so the ’action’ of using them couldn’t be recorded either.
The Cabbage Flower Snake relied on eating various types of at to gain Experience Points, so the different ats, including ’Spiritual Food’, also couldn’t be recorded.
This was the real reason.
Although the Encyclopedia of All Things had not yet truly recorded a living creature at that ti, this was a Rule of the Encyclopedia of All Things and could not be changed.
「In the blink of an eye, twenty days later.」
"Hooo..."
In the courtyard, Xu Qing exhaled a turbid breath and stopped his training. ’It’s been over a month since I bought more than ten thousand taels of Black Mountain Tiger at from the Black Market. I ran out of it long ago, and for the past few days, I’ve been sustaining myself by buying Tai Sui Spirit at from the Cangying Martial Arts Hall.’
’But I can’t keep this up. I still need to eat Black Mountain Tiger at.’
’Also...’
...
[Baji Fist Level 11: 5100/10240.]
...
[Life-taking Thirteen Swords Level 7: 1000/1920.]
...
[Blood Curse Beast Taming Technique Level 8: 1440/1440 (Upgradeable!)]
...
[Snake Body Technique (Incomplete) Level 7: 0/320.]
...
[Cyan Eagle Claw Force Level 3: 0/80.]
...
After so many days, among the main Martial Arts Xu Qing had mastered, Baji Fist and Life-taking Thirteen Swords were still far from leveling up.
The Blood Curse Beast Taming Technique was ready to be upgraded.
Additionally, his Snake Body Technique had been upgraded from Level 5 to Level 7, and the Cyan Eagle Claw Force had risen from Level 1 to Level 3. With this, his Cyan Eagle Claw Force had reached the Peak of Ming Jin.
Xu Qing commanded internally, ’Upgrade the Blood Curse Beast Taming Technique.’
HUM!
The next mont, Xu Qing’s mind blurred as a massive amount of information flooded into it. It was like receiving an epiphany, and he instantly mastered Level 9 of the Blood Curse Beast Taming Technique.
"Hooo..."
Xu Qing took a deep breath.
The effects of a Level 9 Blood Curse Beast Taming Technique were naturally much stronger than Level 8. Moreover, the number of beasts he could ta had doubled again.
[Blood Curse Beast Taming Technique Level 9: 0/2880.]
’Hmm.’
Xu Qing nodded. He glanced back at his room, where he had a total of nine Level 4 Iron Swords. These were a full level higher than the Level 3 Iron Swords he had sold last ti, and their quality was naturally far superior—several tis better, in fact.
’I’m almost out of Black Mountain Tiger at. I should make another trip to the Black Market tonight.’
Xu Qing mused. ’This ti at the Black Market, besides selling these nine Level 4 Iron Swords, I also want to find a martial art that can conceal my true strength.’
After all, Du Cangying had already declared last ti that if Xu Qing couldn’t reach the Peak of Ming Jin within a month, he would be expelled from the sect.
Therefore, Xu Qing couldn’t hide his progress, but he didn’t want to expose his full strength either. With his current Cultivation and power at the Dan Jin realm, he definitely wouldn’t be able to hide it if Du Cangying inspected him.
Thus, Xu Qing needed a martial art that could conceal his strength. He couldn’t look for one in the Cangying Martial Arts Hall, so he set his sights on the Black Market.
"Little Caihua."
Xu Qing called out.
RUSTLE RUSTLE...
The Cabbage Flower Snake imdiately crawled out from a corner. With its six-ter-long body, it could no longer be called "Little" Caihua; it was a true python.
[Cabbage Flower Snake Level 2: 20/20 (Upgradeable!)]
’Hmm.’
Xu Qing nodded. "Twenty days have passed. You’ve eaten twenty catties of Tai Sui Spirit at and can be upgraded again. Let’s do it."
BUZZ!
The Encyclopedia of All Things glowed with fluorescent light.
At the sa ti, a white light flickered over the Cabbage Flower Snake’s body.
HISS HISS...
The Cabbage Flower Snake let out a pained hiss.
Just as expected, its massive body was once again growing thicker and longer.
HUM! HUM!
At the sa ti, Xu Qing once again seed to see a vision. In it, the six-ter-long Cabbage Flower Snake was coiled on a mountaintop, breathing in the moonlight as it transford and grew.
Upgrade successful!
Indeed, the Cabbage Flower Snake grew thicker and longer, extending from six ters to seven. This ti wasn’t as dramatic as the last; its Level increased, but it didn’t evolve.
[Cabbage Flower Snake Level 3: 0/40 (...）]
’Alright.’
Xu Qing nodded.
「Late at night.」
SWISH!
Xu Qing put on the Evil Ghost Mask.
Also, seven or eight months had passed. Xu Qing had been wearing the Evil Ghost Mask to sleep every night, gaining a basic total of four hundred and eighty Experience Points each day.
To this day, the Evil Ghost Mask had accumulated a lot of Experience Points, but Xu Qing hadn’t dared to upgrade it.
Also, the Iron Swords in Xu Qing’s possession had also unknowingly accumulated a great deal of Experience Points.
However, Xu Qing hadn’t upgraded any of them.
「In the blink of an eye, he was in the Black Market.」
「The weapon shop.」
Xu Qing entered and found the shop’s owner, Guo Qianming. The last ti he ca, he sold three Level 3 Iron Swords, and he had already arranged future business with Guo Qianming.
"It’s you."
Guo Qianming looked up and recognized Xu Qing at a glance. His expression was one of surprise, and when he saw the Sword Box on Xu Qing’s back, he grew even more excited.
"Yes."
Xu Qing nodded. He placed the wooden Sword Box on the table and opened it. Inside lay nine Level 5 Iron Swords, gleaming with a cold light.
"Take a look."
Xu Qing’s expression was calm.
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