The Hidden Secrets of the Dragon-Raising Temple

Another early morning.

Today is another day for the Dragon-Raising Temple to release Evil Remains.

Perhaps it was the opening of the Snake Abyss the day before yesterday that caused the evil devil energy to decrease, or perhaps it was intended to reward the spirit snakes. This time, the Evil Remains released not only increased in quality and quantity, but also contained some normal meat.

Pork, lamb, beef... Although this meat was far inferior to the energy contained in Evil Remains, it made Su Qingqiu's appetite soar.

It's just that there was too little meat, so he could only chew slowly, which was quite difficult for a python.

I don't know if it's evolving into a true dragon, but Su Qingqiu has felt his teeth growing these past few days, only three or five of them.

Generally speaking, neither cultivators nor spirit beasts eat the grains and cereals of mortals. It's not that mortal grains and cereals are not tasty, but because they don't fill you up.

Spirit materials containing spiritual essence are their favorites.

Just like Su Qingqiu, eating ten cows is not as filling as eating a devil of a giant rat, but the latter tastes a bit worse.

The Vajra Sutra circulated a few times, and this ordinary meat was completely digested.

After swallowing a few more Evil Remains, Su Qingqiu filled his storage space and then, satisfied, left the leftovers for the other spirit snakes.

If he didn't leave the first level of the Snake Abyss, the food he needed daily would be a big problem, and the other spirit snakes would starve to death.

San Sha hasn't had food to hoard recently.

This time, devouring Evil Remains still didn't yield anything good, only some basic elixirs and some human race spells driven by Daoism Cultivation's magical power.

Such as: Exorcism Talisman, Golden Light Mantra, Body Refining Technique, and the like...

The elixirs were given to the three foolish pythons, mixed with the Evil Remains, making the three idiots wonder if their aptitudes had improved recently.

As for the human race spells, they were useless to Su Qingqiu, but he still carefully recorded them and inscribed them in the diary of the evil devil bone.

He could bestow them upon the monks and nuns of the Dragon-Raising Temple in the future.

Name: Su Qingqiu Spiritual Light: 9470 strands Physical Quality: 167.3 Physical Defense: 199.9 Basic Data: Length 14.1 meters, Weight 8400 jin Comprehensive Evaluation: 1999

Since the last shedding, after a period of training, all aspects of his physical quality have improved.

Not only did his strength surge, but his defense was just a little short of reaching the 200 level.

His comprehensive evaluation was rapidly approaching two thousand.

Outrageously strong.

With such physical quality, even if he didn't use spiritual power, a sixth-rank cultivator would have to kneel!

However, at this level, it has become extremely difficult to advance further. Even with the power of Protecting the Residence, it would be difficult to progress without spending tens of times the effort.

Thus, he chose an auspicious day and, channeling all his spiritual light, Su Qingqiu broke through the seal instantly.

Having reincarnated into the Tai Xuan Realm for over seven months, transforming into a python, he officially entered the second layer of the Snake Abyss today!

Three days later

In a half-collapsed tunnel in the Second Layer Serpent Pit Abyss.

Su Qingqiu wagged his tail, frantically pounding the surrounding rock walls. Only after the tunnel behind him was completely blocked did he finally breathe a sigh of relief.

"That was close, I almost got surrounded by evil devils!"

Su Qingqiu was still shaken.

Upon entering the second layer of the Snake Abyss, he discovered that it was vast and boundless, almost equivalent to an underground world.

The Dragon Bone also ran through the earth, but unlike the first layer, within the central Dragon Bone, there were countless red ribbon-like substances emanating from it.

These ribbon-like substances then pierced through the surrounding rock walls and, centered on the Dragon Bone, radiated out countless tunnels of various sizes.

These tunnels were bottomless and intricate, some with diameters of up to a hundred meters, while others were only a mere few dozen centimeters.

For three days, Su Qingqiu had only explored a tiny corner of this vast and boundless cave world.

However, even this small corner was filled with dense Evil Remains, and even dangerous, reawakened evil devils.

The Evil Remains here were far beyond what could be compared to the first layer. Most of them had been eroded and contaminated by evil devil energy for a long time, and combined with the influence of the Dragon Bone, they had undergone unimaginable changes.

As for the spirit snakes that existed within, including the evil pythons that had degenerated into devils, they were very few. In all these days, Su Qingqiu had only seen one from a distance.

It was a behemoth at least thirty meters long. Just seeing it from afar caused his bloodline to tremble. Perhaps he could challenge it with Crimson Fire Horn, but he couldn't do it with physical strength alone.

Most importantly, this was a python that had completely degenerated into a devil, its spiritual light filled with filth, inauspiciousness, and ferocity.

Not daring to approach, Su Qingqiu watched with lingering fear as the giant python burrowed into a huge tunnel and disappeared.

Today, he luckily obtained an Evil Remains, but after suppressing it with Spiritual Light, he was besieged by countless evil Devils.

Su Qingqiu had no choice but to devour the Evil Remains and then fled here in a panic, barely escaping with his life.

The Evil Remains was a half-crippled Demon, headless, with only half its body remaining, dead yet uncormenting.

Its abilities were extremely bizarre; its casual roars could turn surrounding objects into cattle and sheep.

It was practically the legendary art of creating livestock.

It took Su Qingqiu a great deal of effort to suppress the Demon's remains.

At this moment, Hiding in a sealed cave, Su Qingqiu began to digest the Evil Remains.

[Processing Exorcism and Blessing...]

Images flickered into existence.

360 years ago in Zhaoyang Country.

Drought struck again. Ten years of drought left Dahuangluo Land in Zhaoyang Country with almost no harvest. The situation then was no less dire than it was now.

Bodies littered the ground, and famine was endless. Ordinary mortals had eaten all the bark and grass roots. Thus, some citizens defied the imperial ban and slaughtered cattle for meat, acting like killing the goose that lays the golden eggs, to survive the drought.

Eventually, after countless hardworking cattle were slaughtered, their resentment soared, condensing with the five turbid evils of heaven and earth. An unprecedented, ancient, terrifying evil Devil Demon was born.

And the Demon's Spiritual Power originated from this. Since humans wanted to eat cattle, then all humans would be turned into cattle and sheep.

After the Demon took shape, the number of cattle and sheep in the Great Wasteland surged, but on the other hand, the number of missing people also increased rapidly.

However, this did not alert the imperial court at the time. Those officials still thought the refugees had all died of starvation and celebrated not having any refugee unrest.

Finally, it was a high monk from the Dragon-Raising Temple at the time who discovered the anomaly. After two years of secret investigation, he finally captured the Demon and brought it to justice.

After its tendons and skin were stripped, the Demon's remains were directly thrown into the Snake Abyss.

During the two years the Demon wreaked havoc, the population in the Great Wasteland area decreased by a full 20%. Afterward, it was discovered that several large cities were deserted, with only cattle and sheep roaming aimlessly through the city.

Su Qingqiu seemed to have obtained information about this from some Evil Remains.

This incident caused quite a stir at the time. The Emperor of Zhaoyang was furious and dealt with thousands of corrupt officials because of it.

This was historically known as the Demon Massacre.

"Hmm? In the Demon's remains' memory, it was thrown into the first layer of the Snake Abyss... why is it in the second layer now?"

The evil Devil, even in its remains, recorded some of its surroundings.

Some Evil Remains could even revive over time.

"Wait... that's not right... the first layer of the Snake Abyss at that time was this place!"

"Could it be that the upper layer of the Snake Abyss was built later?"

Su Qingqiu's eyes suddenly widened.

At that moment, he seemed to have discovered the most unknown secret hidden within the Dragon-Raising Temple.

The Dragon-Raising Temple was secretly building a new Snake Abyss!

Why?