Xia Dong planned to once again take advantage of the Black Water Profound Snake's miraculous ability to draw in and breathe out moonlight that night, thoroughly refining the mana within his body. He would also let his newly cultivated spirit field bathe in the moonlight's nourishment. Once all that was done, he would set off for the city early the next morning.
Of course, in his spare time over the past few days, he had also fired up the furnace and refined another batch of ordinary Qi-Gathering Pills. In addition, he had drawn more than a dozen low-grade talismans, such as Dust-Avoiding Talismans, Fireball Talismans, and Lightness Talismans.
Xia Dong still hadn't used the scraps from the Black Water Profound Snake's shed skin to make talismans.
He planned to wait until he had condensed a Talisman Seed, then use them to make more powerful talismans and keep them as a trump card to save his life.
Night fell once more, and the mountain forest sank into silence.
Xia Dong took out two Mysterious Yin Qi-Gathering Pills and handed them to the Black Water Profound Snake beside him. It took the pills into its mouth in one gulp but didn't swallow them right away.
Just like last time, it lay dormant in silence, waiting until the moon had climbed to the very center of the night sky before flicking out its tongue and beginning another round of drawing in and breathing out moonlight.
With the experience of the previous night, the Black Water Profound Snake moved much more skillfully as it drew in and breathed out the moonlight.
And it wasn't just the snake. Xia Dong's movements beside it were also far more in sync.
One man and one snake, one still and one in motion. Xia Dong assumed the Crane