Soaring Serpent? Hidden Shadow Snake Hand?

Looking at the information panel, Mo Yun noticed something.

The Yan Xu Tiger Torso D-Rank entry subject was a fire-attributed magical beast. Including the Blazing Flame Mountain-Breaking Rhinoceros Right Limb D+ Rank he had brought from the Mo Clan and the Fire Spirit Snake Scale D+ Rank he had obtained not long ago, they were all fire-attributed.

Meanwhile, the Chaimu Fox Left Leg D-Rank and Lingmu Sable Right Leg D-Rank entry subjects were wood-attributed magical beasts. The Blizzard Demon Ape Left Limb D-Rank was water-attributed, and the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils Mo Yun had transplanted were likewise water-attributed.

Upon closer inspection, the parts he had transplanted contained the three attributes of fire, wood, and water, which just so happened to be exactly the same as his Dou Qi attributes.

Was it a coincidence?

Eager to verify the suspicion in his heart, Mo Yun removed the Lingmu Sable Right Leg D-Rank and replaced it with the Wind Shadow Leopard Right Leg D-Rank he had recorded after hunting a Wind Shadow Leopard. Then, he placed his hand on the Crystal Ball and began circulating his Dou Qi...

On the Crystal Ball, after red, green, and blue, a fourth color appeared—a cyan slightly lighter than green. At the center of the Crystal Ball, a small cyan whirlwind also emerged.

"Wind attribute?! Four attributes?" Hua She Er was utterly bewildered. It was not because four attributes were especially powerful, but simply because four attributes were far too rare. Rare was not even enough to describe it—it was practically nonexistent. Hua She Er even believed that in the entire Jia Ma Empire, Mo Yun was the only freak like this!

Having confirmed his suspicion, Mo Yun switched back to the Lingmu Sable Right Leg D-Rank.

After calming down, Hua She Er immediately asked Mo Yun, "Are you choosing a water-attributed cultivation method, or one with another attribute?"

"Can I choose any cultivation method? There aren't any restrictions?"

Hua She Er answered firmly, "The Four Great Elders and Her Majesty the Queen have spoken, which means you can choose any cultivation method or Dou Skill here. But let me warn you in advance: biting off more than you can chew will get you nowhere. Especially for a new martial artist like you, it's best to choose one cultivation method that suits you, pair it with one or two Dou Skills, and only try other Dou Skills after you've mastered them!"

"Sister Hua She Er, give me some recommendations!" Mo Yun said with a light laugh, rubbing his hands together.

In his view, as the commander of the Queen's personal guards, Hua She Er naturally knew this place in much greater detail.

Hua She Er recommended, "The water-attributed cultivation methods include the Profound Rank High-Level Clear Water Skill, and the Earth Rank Low-Level Ice Condensation Art and Yin Xuan Skill. For wood, there is the Profound Rank High-Level Azure Wood Skill and the Earth Rank Low-Level Lan Shan Seal. The wind-attributed ones are the Profound Rank High-Level Wind Shifting Art and the Earth Rank Low-Level Mystic Wind Skill. As for fire-attributed cultivation methods, our Snake-People Tribe does not have many. The highest-ranked one is only the Profound Rank Low-Level Stove Fire Skill."

Hearing that, Mo Yun asked, "Do you have any cultivation methods that are a little more special?"

"Huh? What do you mean by special cultivation methods?" Hua She Er looked at Mo Yun in confusion, increasingly convinced that he was a freak in more ways than just his Dou Qi attributes.

"Like ones that are difficult to learn... or incomplete... that sort of thing!" Mo Yun replied.

"Are you serious?" Hua She Er questioned. "The Four Great Elders and Her Majesty the Queen have high hopes for you. Do you think it's right to mess around like this?"

Mo Yun let out a soft sigh. How was he supposed to explain this? Didn't everyone know that in fantasy worlds, the awesome stuff was usually so difficult that nobody else could learn it, or else incomplete? But there was no way for Mo Yun to make Hua She Er understand that.

"I'm not messing around. It's my own cultivation—wouldn't I take it seriously?" Mo Yun said earnestly.

Seeing this, Hua She Er's expression improved considerably. As if recalling something, she turned and walked over to a stone shelf filled with cultivation methods and Dou Skills. After searching through it, she took out an ancient-looking booklet and returned to Mo Yun's side.

"I don't know if this meets your requirements?"

Taking the booklet Hua She Er handed over, Mo Yun examined it closely. The pages were already extremely yellowed and brittle; a careless touch would likely tear them apart.

"Soaring Serpent? What is this?" Mo Yun asked in confusion. Cultivation methods were usually named something like Skill, Art, or Technique, but this thing was clearly rather unusual.

Seeing Mo Yun stare blankly at it, Hua She Er could not help but laugh. "Isn't this exactly the special thing you wanted? Strictly speaking, it isn't really a cultivation method. More accurately, it is a breathing method for cultivation that imitates the Soaring Serpent."

"Ancient records state that the Soaring Serpent was an ancient magical beast capable of soaring through heaven and earth. It was swift and fierce in battle. This book was supposedly a breathing method derived from imitating the Soaring Serpent. The ancestors of the tribe confirmed that this breathing method had the effects of a cultivation method and could convert Dou Qi for cultivation. Quite a few elders of the tribe tried cultivating it, but after mastering it, it was nowhere near as powerful as they had imagined. Its effects were instead equivalent to a Mysterious Middle-Rank cultivation method, so gradually, no one chose to cultivate it anymore."

Watching Mo Yun hold the booklet and carefully read through it page by page, Hua She Er continued, "You're not really planning to cultivate this, are you? Let me make this clear: if you regret it later, or if the Elders or the Queen blame you, it has nothing to do with me!"

Seeing how focused Mo Yun was, Hua She Er felt that he had probably truly taken an interest in the thing.

Sure enough, after reading several pages, Mo Yun carefully closed the booklet, raised his head, and said to Hua She Er, "I'll choose this one!"

"You won't reconsider?"

"No need."

"Fine, then I'll take you to choose Dou Skills. What requirements do you have for them?"

Mo Yun propped his chin up with one hand, thought for a moment, and said, "Do you have anything special? Like..."

"Get lost! No!"

"Oh. Then do you have any power-type offensive Dou Skills with high burst damage? And something lighter, a speed-type movement Dou Skill?" Mo Yun asked calmly.

"One attack method and one escape method. You've thought it through pretty thoroughly! Speaking of movement Dou Skills for escaping, you can try this Serpent Skill: Division!" Hua She Er said.

Mo Yun did have some impression of that name. In the original story, Yue Mei had used this skill to escape when Gu He and the others surrounded her. Judging by the results, Yue Mei, a Dou Wang, had managed to escape from a group of Dou Wangs—even with Yun Yun, a Dou Huang, present. This skill truly had its own unique merits.

After Hua She Er found it on the stone shelf, Mo Yun immediately accepted it.

That left only an offensive Dou Skill.

Hua She Er searched through row after row of stone shelves, occasionally asking, "How about this Profound Rank High-Level Dou Skill, Giant Python Binding? With powerful Dou Qi, it can coil around and strangle an opponent to death!"

"Anything else?"

Hua She Er pulled out another book. "This Earth Rank Low-Level Dou Skill, Heavenly Python Strike, is pretty good. It's the ultimate skill of Mo Bas, the leader of the Mo Snake Tribe. Come to think of it, you're both surnamed Mo. Maybe you can be just as violent! No, wait, I forgot—you don't have a tail~"

Mo Yun could not be bothered with Hua She Er's wicked sense of humor. He walked over to the rows of stone shelves and began searching as well. Before long, his gaze fell upon a particular Dou Skill.

"Profound Rank High-Level Dou Skill, Hidden Shadow Snake Hand!"

"Hm? Is this the same name? A tribute to Snake Uncle?"