Dragon-Raising Temple and Snake Abyss

Su Qingqiu awoke from a puddle.

The surroundings were dim, with no sunlight visible, only a few bioluminescent plants emitting an eerie green glow.

From the depths of the darkness, rustling sounds occasionally came, as if countless snakes and insects were crawling.

Further away, screams and howls echoed one after another, as if hiding some kind of fierce beast.

Who am I? Where am I? What happened?

Before these questions could even form in his mind, fragmented memories began to surface.

Tai Xuan World, Human Race, Zhaoyang Empire, Dahuangluo Land...

Dragon-Raising Temple... Snake Abyss... Spiritual Snake...

Devour Evil... death...

Su Qingqiu suddenly realized that he had transmigrated and become a snake, specifically a Spiritual Snake in the Snake Abyss of the Dragon-Raising Temple of the Buddha sect in this world.

"The Snake Abyss is extremely dangerous!"

If Su Qingqiu had a face, it would be incredibly grim right now.

Although his previous body was a Spiritual Snake, it was merely a newly awakened spirit, with shallow intelligence. All he had in his mind were some basic pieces of information instilled by a master from the Dragon-Raising Temple when he first entered the Snake Abyss.

The Dragon-Raising Temple raises Spiritual Snakes, cultivates using Spirit Snake Spiritual Light, and relies on Spiritual Snakes to process the remains of Evil, and so on.

However, devouring Evil was not easy. The previous body, unable to bear the hunger, couldn't resist eating too much of the Evil remains it found.

And then, its Spiritual Light was breached by the power of the Evil, its soul scattered, and it died.

At this moment, Su Qingqiu could feel something in his stomach slowly crawling up his esophagus.

The sensation reached his mind, and he could even clearly hear the sound of it crawling.

It was the Evil he had devoured!

If his memory was correct, it was a piece of bloody beast meat, likely remains broken down from some Evil by the Dragon-Raising Temple.

Su Qingqiu suppressed the urge to vomit, his heart filled with urgency: "What should I do?"

He couldn't vomit. The previous body couldn't stand the sound and wanted to spit out the Evil meat. The moment it vomited, its Spiritual Light was contaminated, and its soul dispersed.

This Evil meat must contain some incomprehensible forbidden pollution, and not vomiting was one of its rules.

But if he let this thing stay in his stomach, the trouble would be even worse.

What to do?

What should I do!

Su Qingqiu was exhausted, his mind racing.

Suddenly, A daze washed over his soul.

Then, pieces of information appeared.

Name: Su Qingqiu

Race: Guardian Snake

Spiritual Light: 1 strand

Level: Level 1 Spiritual Snake

Divine Abilities: Protecting the Residence, Exorcism and Blessing.

[Devouring Devil Zombie flesh and blood, Exorcism and Blessing in progress...]

Following that, scenes appeared in his mind.

-- Tai Xuan World, Luo River Land

Heavy rain had been falling for three days and three nights. Luojia Mountain on the Luo River was washed away by the flood, and a huge red wooden coffin was swept into the Luo River by the mountain torrent.

Afterward, strange things began to happen in the Luo River. Children went missing frequently within its banks, and the fish and shrimp in the Luo River were rapidly decreasing.

The government ordered the Dragon-Raising Temple to investigate the matter thoroughly, but the results were meager, only finding some shattered Evil flesh and blood. It was eventually thrown into the Snake Abyss.

The scene ended.

Another piece of information arrived.

-- Condensed 1 Flesh and Blood Body Refining Pill, Daoism Cultivation for three years.

Su Qingqiu was overjoyed.

With a thought, a blood-red pill appeared before him.

This was the Flesh and Blood Body Refining Pill, condensed from the flesh and blood of a Devil Zombie. After being consumed by Cultivators, it could strengthen flesh and blood, temper the body, and forge bones and tendons.

It was a rather precious foundational pill among Cultivators.

Although Su Qingqiu was a Spiritual Snake, he could use it perfectly. Moreover, since it was condensed from the Devil Zombie flesh and blood he had devoured, it had better compatibility with his Spiritual Snake body, and he didn't have to worry about any lingering side effects.

"Guardian Snake... Protecting the Residence, Exorcism and Blessing..."

Su Qingqiu muttered to himself, carefully contemplating his two innate divine abilities, Guardian Snake.

Protecting the Residence: Current homestead, Snake Abyss, Level 1. Within the homestead, Guardian Snake gains fixed feedback with each training session, ignoring all obstacles.

Exorcism and Blessing: Devour foreign objects, pray for blessings and analysis, randomly obtain energy, rules, information, etc. contained within the foreign objects.

Snapping out of his shock, Su Qingqiu quickly looked around, confirming it was his predecessor's snake den and there was no danger. He then looked at the pill before him and swallowed it in one gulp.

The pill was hard, nothing like the legends of it melting in the mouth. But as the pill landed in his stomach, a scorching heat suddenly surged, instantly spreading throughout his body.

Moments later, his entire body... his entire snake form was enveloped by this heat, constantly scouring every inch of his bones. Layers of grime were continuously expelled, and in no time, his snake skin began to itch all over.

Shedding skin!

Su Qingqiu's expression lit up with joy. He hadn't expected such a simple Flesh and Blood Pill to have such a profound effect, directly causing him to show signs of shedding his skin.

Unbelievable!

According to the Guardian Snake's memories, each skin shedding resulted in a leap in strength. Whether it was the Spiritual Light within, flesh and blood power, or body size, everything would improve significantly.

Pressing on, Su Qingqiu directly absorbed the other reward: three years of Daoism Cultivation.

Instantly, wisps of Daoism Cultivation were rapidly converted into Spirit Snake Spiritual Light. His internal Spiritual Light surged, and countless black energies were expelled by the burgeoning Spiritual Light, turning into smoke and dissipating into the darkness.

This was the power of Evil attached to the flesh and blood Spiritual Light of the Spiritual Snake. This was effectively being expelled all at once.

As long as he didn't devour other Evil things, Su Qingqiu wouldn't have to worry about being polluted and corroded by the power of Evil for a long time.

Ultimately, three years of Daoism Cultivation were converted into three wisps of Spirit Snake Spiritual Light. Su Qingqiu originally only had one wisp, so this time it increased by more than threefold.

His spiritual world was clear, and he could even faintly sense his Spiritual Sense extending from his mind. Even his five senses were strengthening. Things that were previously unclear in the darkness outside the snake cave now became clearly visible.

So strong!

This feeling of rapidly becoming stronger was truly addictive for a snake.

Normally, Daoism Cultivation gained from one year of meditation could only be converted into one wisp of Spiritual Light. Therefore, Spiritual Light was precious, which was also why the Dragon-Raising Temple relied on Spiritual Snakes for cultivation.

Spiritual Light was stronger than Daoism Cultivation.

"Let's try Protecting the Residence!"

The Spiritual Light conversion was complete, but the pill in his body still felt like a small sun, baking him from the inside out.

The skin shedding was still ongoing.

This was the best time for training.

Activating Protecting the Residence!

Su Qingqiu began to train madly in his cave.

First, his head, continuously smashing against the surrounding rock walls to accelerate the shedding.

One hit.

Two hits.

Three hits.

Five hundred hits!

After smashing over five hundred times, the snake skin on his head completely cracked open, and the newly formed scales quickly became harder, smoother, and faintly glowed red.

Next, his tail!

Another thousand-plus hits. By the time the pill's medicinal power had weakened by more than a third, the skin on his tail also came off.

But it wasn't over yet. Taking advantage of the remaining medicinal effects, Su Qingqiu vigorously swung his tail after shedding his skin.

Each swing was like a whip fiercely striking the rocks. Under the combined effect of the pill and Protecting the Residence, after each swing, he could feel the strength of his tail and the hardness of his scales slowly increasing.

When the medicinal effects completely disappeared...

Su Qingqiu swung his tail again. With a crack, it struck a rock. Instantly, the palm-sized rock flew out of the cave like a cannonball, traveling a hundred meters before crashing violently into the rock wall, shattering into pieces.

It was no less than a cannon blast.

The Spiritual Snake of this world, supported by Spiritual Light, was no ordinary snake. It could do things ordinary snakes couldn't, using its belly to support its body while its tail moved flexibly.

"Amazing!"

"The strength of my tail has increased by at least three times."

Su Qingqiu was overjoyed.

The Guardian Snake's physical strength was already much greater than that of an ordinary Level 1 Spiritual Snake. This time, the gap had widened considerably.

His body was now even more robust. After shedding his skin, he had grown over twenty centimeters, his body now exceeding one meter, reaching over 1.2 meters.

His bones, muscles, flesh, and scales were like reinforced concrete. Especially his tail, where the scales had completely transformed into a black luster. The previous frantic training hadn't left the slightest mark on them.

His entire tail was filled with explosive power, as if a gentle movement could break through the clouds.

Let's set a small goal: I'll try to transform into a dragon first!