Chen Qing ignored the sinister, aged voice, squeezed his five fingers, and the black snake's emerald green eyes burst out, dying on the spot.
"How dare you! How dare you kill the spirit pet I meticulously raised!" The old man was clearly unhappy, it was all over his face.
However, he quickly calmed down, thinking it was normal for Chen Qing to be resentful; after all, how many people in this world liked to be scammed?
It was just a spirit pet; at worst, he could Cultivate another one later.
The old man's immediate thought was to extract as many benefits as possible from Chen Qing.
So he spoke, "Boy, I'm very interested in the longevity fruit on you. Hand it over."
Seeing Chen Qing indifferent to his words, the old man spoke again, "You've been poisoned by the Heart-Devouring Poison. Only I can cure this poison. If you don't get the antidote within the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, your intestines will rupture and you'll die!"
The purpose of his words was to remind Chen Qing, to let him know that his life was in his hands, and if he wanted to live, he had to do as he said, without resistance!
Hearing this, Xia Qingyue momentarily panicked.
She hadn't expected that there was more than one teleportation entrance to this Tian Yuan Secret Realm.
Knowing that those who could enter the Secret Realm wouldn't be simple, she worried that Chen Qing might truly be harmed by the sinister poison he had administered.
Chen Qing chuckled, "You're quite confident."
Before the old man could continue boasting about how formidable his poison was, Chen Qing opened his five fingers, and strands of ink-black venom gathered and coiled into a ball in his palm.
"How is this possible!" As the creator, how could the old man not recognize that the misty black ball gathering in Chen Qing's hand was precisely the Heart-Devouring Poison he had previously administered to him.
"You, you're also a Poison Cultivator?" Other than this, the old man couldn't think of any more reasonable explanation.
'So my husband is also a Poison Cultivator!'
At this point, Xia Qingyue finally understood why the Heart-Devouring Poison, which the old man had praised to the heavens, had no effect on Chen Qing.
Surprised? Not at all. No matter how many talents Chen Qing possessed, Xia Qingyue wouldn't be surprised now.
Instead, she felt that he should be omniscient and omnipotent! This was him! Only this way could he be worthy of her!
Chen Qing was completely unaware that in Xia Qingyue's eyes, he had become such an image.
In contrast, the old man was already sweating profusely, drops constantly sliding down his face.
His face had completely lost its previous ease, his expression complex, feeling unprecedented pressure.
He knew very well that if this continued, let alone getting the longevity fruit, it would be hard to say if he could even keep his life.
'I must quickly deal with these two little brats!'
With this thought, the old man decided not to waste any more time and poured his spiritual power into the snake-headed staff he held in his right hand.
He raised it and slammed it heavily onto the ground.
Then, a hurricane like a pillar rose from the ground, bursting apart with a bang, revealing a purple giant snake phantom within.
The old man transformed this venomous snake with his spiritual power, raised his staff, and pointed forward.
The giant snake phantom immediately opened its gaping maw and shot towards Chen Qing.
Facing this Opportunity to nourish his Myriad Poisons Supreme Saint Body, Chen Qing naturally welcomed it.
He opened his five fingers like a black hole, and the moment the giant snake phantom approached, he instantly devoured it completely!
"A Saint, a Saint Body! And it's the number one Saint Body of my Poison Cultivation lineage! The Myriad Poisons Saint Body!" The old man was greatly alarmed.
This was a heaven-sent Opportunity he had dreamed of possessing!
He had once believed that the Myriad Poisons Saint Body simply didn't exist, that it was a lie fabricated by Cultivators millions of years ago.
Now, when the Myriad Poisons Saint Body, which he had longed for, truly appeared before him, the old man couldn't smile at all.
Because he knew better than anyone that his life was short!
On Chen Qing's side, after absorbing the venomous snake, he not only strengthened his Myriad Poisons Saint Body but also incidentally mastered this poison art.
With a wave of his hand, nine venomous snake phantoms were released from his palm, growing from arm-thickness to a hundred-zhang giant body, opening their gaping maws, looking down, and surrounding the old man.
"..." The old man's eyes widened, his mouth agape enough to fit an entire fist, his legs went soft, and he knelt on the ground.
Chen Qing didn't care about that much; he didn't give him any extra time to think.
Boom!!
The nine snakes simultaneously spewed black mist, washing over the old man like a waterfall.
How could a flesh and blood body withstand this poison, strengthened by more than ten thousand times?
His flesh and blood rapidly evaporated, leaving only a skeletal white bone, and finally, not even the bone remained, completely corroded.
'What terrifying killing methods!'
"Gulp!" Xia Qingyue watched in a daze, swallowing her saliva.
Immediately, Chen Qing clenched his five fingers, disintegrating all nine hundred-zhang venomous snakes.
The Shadow Puppet brought back the old man's belongings and presented them with both hands.
It was a spatial ring.
After Chen Qing injected his Divine Sense into it, he was slightly surprised, "Hoh! This old fellow has plundered quite a few treasures!"
Roughly estimated, these resources would be enough for an ordinary person to Cultivate for over a decade.
Chen Qing unhesitatingly handed the spatial ring to Xia Qingyue, "I have no use for these things, my wife, you take them."
"Thank you, husband." Xia Qingyue obediently accepted.
Just as Chen Qing said, he indeed had no use for those things; it was better to give them away and earn a wave of wife-pampering rewards.
[Successful wife-pampering! Congratulations to Host for obtaining a random reward: Shadow Puppet +10000!]
Fortunately, Ye Feng was still in seclusion, unaware of everything happening outside; otherwise, if he knew that Chen Qing had casually obtained another ten thousand Soul Emergence Realm Peak dead soldiers, which he was so proud of, he would surely doubt his life and vomit three liters of blood!
The small interlude with the old man did not affect their continued exploration of the Tian Yuan Secret Realm.
In a flash, they arrived deeper into the forest.
"This is… a Spirit Spring Pool!" Xia Qingyue suddenly realized, "No wonder the Spiritual Qi concentration has been increasing all along the way!"
"This should also be a type of Secret Realm Opportunity, right?" Xia Qingyue turned her gaze to Chen Qing.
Chen Qing spoke, "If you Cultivate in this Spirit Spring Pool, your Cultivation speed will be at least five times that of the outside world."
"Five times Cultivation speed!" Xia Qingyue was shocked, "Then we…"
"You go first, my wife, I'll set up a Formation nearby." Chen Qing didn't want outsiders to see his wife wet.
"Alright! Thank you for your hard work, husband."
After witnessing Xia Qingyue enter the Spirit Spring Pool, Chen Qing quickly formed hand seals, faster and faster, blurring into motion.
Accompanied by a resounding "Formation, rise!"
The Earth Rank High Grade Formation, "Dragon Trapping Formation," swiftly covered an area of ten li.
After confirming everything was in order, Chen Qing also took off his shoes and socks and walked into the Spirit Spring Pool.
The pool water wasn't deep, just barely covering his ankles.
Chen Qing went to the center of the Spirit Spring Pool, where the Spiritual Qi was most abundant, sat down cross-legged, not far from Xia Qingyue.
Not only was Xia Qingyue interested in the five-fold Cultivation speed, but Chen Qing was equally interested.
Such an Opportunity was indeed not always available.
More importantly, with his Comprehension Ability, multiple Saint Bodies, combined with his Heaven Rank Top Grade Spiritual Root, the increase in Cultivation speed Chen Qing could enjoy would definitely be more than a mere five times.
Without further ado, he immediately entered Cultivation state…
Cultivating…
Cultivating Myriad Dragon Spear Art…
Cultivating Heaven Rank Cultivation Technique…
Being distracted might be a derogatory term for others, but for Chen Qing, it was effortless.
Not long after, a surge of power erupted with Chen Qing at its center.
Xia Qingyue didn't open her eyes, her brows slightly furrowed, 'Has my husband broken through so quickly?'
She suddenly felt immense pressure; even she, who was called a top Genius, couldn't help but feel that her heart was willing but her strength was lacking when facing Chen Qing's terrifying talent.
The only thing Xia Qingyue could do was to desperately work hard in her Cultivation, trying to catch up to Chen Qing.
Not to be shoulder to shoulder with him, but at least to be able to see his back…
Time passed bit by bit.
Chen Qing had already broken through three Realms, his Cultivation Realm reaching Distraction Realm Seventh Layer.
Xia Qingyue's progress was a bit slower, but she had also successfully broken through to the Golden Core Realm, constantly assaulting the Golden Core Realm Second Layer!
Everything was steadily improving on their side.
Meanwhile, others from the outside world who were also in the Tian Yuan Secret Realm noticed the existence of the Dragon Trapping Formation.
"A Formation! And it's an Earth Rank High Grade Formation! An Advanced Formation Master has also entered the Tian Yuan Secret Realm!"
"Whatever the other party is protecting with an Earth Rank Formation must be a top-tier Supreme Treasure!"
"What should we do? Are we just going to watch them take away the top-tier Supreme Treasure like this?"
At this moment, someone suggested, "Although the Earth Rank Formation is strong, we are numerous and powerful, and we are all Prodigy Disciples from various sects. How about we join forces to break the Formation, and then divide the Supreme Treasure equally after we acquire it?"
The others looked at each other, knowing that the possibility of breaking the Formation alone was minuscule.
Aside from joining forces to break the Formation, there was no other choice, and one by one, people expressed their agreement.
These voices, from ten li away, were heard by Chen Qing, who was in the Spirit Spring Pool, madly Cultivating and improving his Cultivation, without missing a single word.
Since they liked to court death, Chen Qing didn't mind using the blood of these people to nourish his Saber!
His Seven Stars Saber still had quite a distance to go before lighting up all seven Saber Stars.
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(Readers i changed some names in novel from, Qing -> Chen, Han -> To Xiao and Xiao -> Ye )