Host: Wang Hao
Cultivation level: Mortal Realm First Layer
Spirit: True Spirit Sword Intent (92/100)
Soul: Awakening
Soul: Awakening
God: Awakening
Qi: Awakening
Essence: Bloodline Power (50/100)
Fortune Points: 1834
Bloodline Divine Ability: Object Storage
Technique: Golden Bell Shield (10/100)
The Dragon-Elephant Prajna Art Upper Chapter (10/100)
Martial Arts: Nine-Character True Art Foundation Chapter - Explosive Force (Peak of Entering the Hall and Inner Chamber / Transcendent Mastery )
Ten Stances of Bloody Battle (60/100)
Lightning Straight-Line Step (Early Stage of Peak Perfection / Transcendent Mastery )
Thousand Faces Divine Technique ( Complete Integration Peak/ Transcendent Mastery )
Looking at the brand-new attribute panel, Wang Hao nodded in satisfaction while picking his teeth.
After spending an entire day devouring the snake king, skin and all, as expected, the Dragon-Elephant Prajna Art reached its limit in the previous chapter, and a progress bar appeared, just like the External Training Golden Bell Shield.
With the breakthrough in the Dragon-Elephant Prajna Art Upper Chapter, both physical strength and Bloodline Power have increased, with strength increasing by 10,000 jin. He now possesses a tremendous strength of 50,000 jin, which is terrifying.
Bloodline Power has also increased to fifty points, greatly enhancing the body's recovery ability.
only...
"What's going on here? A human-shaped walking light bulb?"
Wang Hao looked at the faint golden light appearing on his skin, feeling quite conflicted.
It's unclear whether the snake king's bloodline mutated or something else, but a completely new substance appeared in its body, which had a stronger auxiliary effect on the Dragon-Elephant Prajna Art, but at the same time, it also showed what could be described as a side effect.
To be precise, this substance reacted with the membrane forged by the External Training Golden Bell Shield, increasing the membrane's defensive power several times over. He can now completely ignore divine weapons of the Thousand-Forged Refined Steel level, and can even resist those that are extremely close to Ten-Thousand-Refined True Steel.
This is a significant improvement, but the visual effects are a bit disappointing!
In dim light, the skin only has a faint golden glow, but when exposed to strong light, such as sunlight, the golden glow becomes dazzling, making the whole body seem to be enveloped in a light golden halo.
" Wangcai, what are you looking for?"
Turning his gaze away from the skin, Wang Hao looked at Wangcai, who was still wandering around in the valley, and felt somewhat puzzled.
This creature had been wandering around the valley ever since it finished digesting a small portion of the snake king's meat half Tokiomi ago, constantly sniffing around as if searching for something.
Woof woof!
After a while, Wangcai seemed to have confirmed something and barked in front of a stone wall that had collapsed due to the previous battle, signaling Wang Hao to come and take a look.
"Isn't this the snake king's previous cave? Could there be treasure inside?"
Glancing at the collapsed mountainside, now a pile of rubble, Wang Hao had an idea and quickly ran over to start digging.
With a strength of 50,000 jin, he was like a human crane. Despite the huge rocks that had collapsed due to the previous battle, he cleared them away one by one, and soon a cave filled with a stench appeared before him.
"Waaaah!"
Wang Hao was overwhelmed by the stench, and Wangcai let out a low growl, quickly tucked its tail between its legs, and darted to the other side of the valley, not daring to approach.
While Awakening its Bloodline Divine Ability enhances its sense of smell, this is also a major drawback.
It becomes more sensitive to pungent smells and feels even more uncomfortable, so it can only stay far away from them.
Wang Hao didn't force Wangcai. He found a dry branch outside, lit it to make a torch, and crushed two flexible leaves to stuff into his nostrils. Once everything was ready, he entered the cave.
"Snake eggs? No, snake king eggs!"
Upon entering the cave, the first thing that catches the eye is two giant eggs in a depression. These are truly giant eggs, three or four feet in size, large enough to accommodate a curled-up adult.
Needless to say, these must be the snake king's eggs; only a creature of that size could lay such enormous eggs.
"We're going to be rich this time!"
Looking at the two giant eggs in front of him, Wang Hao's eyes shone brightly.
As a well-rounded individual in this new era, one naturally understands the correctness of the path of sustainable development.
Over the past six months, he had considered obtaining Pusi Qu Snake snake eggs to raise from a young age, but after several attempts, he ultimately failed.
It's not that the snake eggs can't be hatched, but rather that the baby snakes that do hatch simply cannot survive. After observing for more than half a year, we have been able to determine the reason for this.
After the baby snakes hatch, they need to be cleansed by a special venom that the adult Pusi Qu Snake spits out. However, this venom has very peculiar properties and lasts for a very short time, making it impossible to obtain and preserve. In the end, Wang Hao had no choice but to give up.
However, after some research, he was able to determine that the special venom could enhance the snake's resistance and immunity, allowing it to survive more resiliently.
Simply put, the newly hatched snakes are too weak to adapt to the external environment and die quickly.
But these two snake eggs are different. With their enormous size, they will definitely be strong enough to survive the initial period of weakness after birth.
Most importantly, he can help Awakening the Bloodline Power of the baby snakes inside those two snake eggs!
Once the Bloodline Power Awakening, it doesn't matter if there's a lack of immunity or even Innate; it can all be corrected.
Judging from the strength of the previous snake king, the little ones inside these two snake eggs must also be strong, enough to withstand the initial impact of the Awakening of Bloodline Power.
"From now Master Hao, my little brothers' cultivation will depend on you guys!"
Wang Hao patted the two snake eggs, quite satisfied with his harvest.
Wild Pusi Qu Snake are arrogant and violent, making them extremely difficult to tame. Therefore, it is best to raise and nurture them from a young age, and then, with the addition of the affinity of Bloodline Power, it may be possible to completely tame them.
The developmental defects of the young Pusi Qu Snake limited this method, but fortunately, the eggs of these two snake kings made everything possible.
Turning his gaze away from the two snake eggs, Wang Hao began to carefully examine the cave.
This cave is quite large, several tens of feet in diameter. What's most strange is that there are traces of sharp tools used to carve it around the cave. Although those traces are very faint, they are still discernible, indicating that it was obviously expanded by humans.
This means that people lived here before the snake king took over.
Thinking of this, Wang Hao suddenly remembered a legendary figure from Old Master Jin's novels—the true Dugu Qiubai, or rather, the first generation of Dugu Qiubai.
This mountainous area is the lair of the Pusi Qu Snake, inhabited by countless Pusi Qu Snake. It is extremely dangerous, and ordinary people simply cannot survive here. Even Grandmaster- level experts do not have the ability to do so.
If Wang Hao hadn't cultivated powerful external martial arts, Awakening his Bloodline Power with astonishing recovery ability, and possessed considerable medical knowledge, he wouldn't have been able to survive here.
Looking at all the characters in Old Master Jin's works, only the legendary Dugu Qiubai was able to settle down here in his later years.
Realizing this, Wang Hao quickly began to search the cave carefully, and finally found writing on a relatively flat cave wall.
Unfortunately, the writing on it has become blurred and illegible due to the erosion of time. However, judging from the marks, it should have been written with a longsword or sword energy.
Needless to say, this must be the Dugu Qiubai last words left by the original master, Dugu Qiubai!
After searching along the bottom of the cave wall, they found several lines of writing. It seemed that this was where Dugu Qiubai kept his swords, and Yang Guo's Profound Iron Heavy Sword from the Return of the Condor Heroes era must have come from here.
"No wonder I searched all over this mountainous area and couldn't find Dugu Qiubai's former residence; it turns out it was occupied by the Snake King."
With a sigh, Wang Hao finally resolved the doubts in his heart.
Although he didn't have much interest in the former residence of the legendary master Dugu Qiubai, Wang Hao still searched for it while hunting the Pusi Qu Snake, but after more than half a year, he still hadn't found a trace of it.
It turns out it was possessed by that snake king; no wonder I hadn't found it before.
" Xiao Mengmeng, activate the Treasure-Seeking Function and search this area for any treasures or martial arts manuals."
Although he didn't have high hopes, Wang Hao decided to give it a try—what if he found some treasure?
Anyway, this kind of small-scale search will only consume ten Fortune Points at most, and Master Hao has some savings now, so he can afford it!
"Uncle, you're overthinking it. There's no treasure left here. However, there's a decaying skeleton three feet below your feet. Judging from the Sisi Sword Intent remaining on it, it should belong to the first generation of Dugu Qiubai!"
Xiao Mengmeng responded quickly, clearly not finding any treasures, but she did point out a piece of information.
"What!"
Wang Hao was startled and quickly moved aside, looking at the previously flat ground and bowing with his hands clasped together.
"Senior, I didn't mean to disturb you, please don't take offense!"
This was not because he believed in ghosts or gods, but as a sign of respect for such a senior figure in the martial arts world.
After all, this is the number one king of coolness in Old Master Jin's works!
After glancing around again, Wang Hao picked up the two snake eggs, one in each hand, and walked out of the cave. He then completely collapsed the cave entrance to prevent any further disturbance of the senior's slumber by any people or wild animals.
After doing all that, Wang Hao found a bunch of vines and wove them into two large bags, which he used to tightly wrap the two snake king eggs. He carried one on his back and the other on his chest. He turned his head to look at the treehouse where he had lived for more than half a year, and finally stepped out.
He has achieved his cultivation goal, and the Pusi Qu Snake in the surrounding mountains have been almost wiped out by him. Even if there are any that have escaped, they are no longer a threat.
Fortunately, the shells of the two snake king eggs were quite hard, comparable to rocks, so Wang Hao could move forward quickly and freely, arriving at the edge of the mountain area in less than an Tokiomi.
After finding a stream and taking a refreshing bath, Wang Hao changed out of the tiger-skin skirt around his waist and put on the last set of clothes he had prepared before entering the mountains.
For most of the year, he had to fight the Pusi Qu Snake frequently, so the clothes he brought in were quickly damaged. In the end, he had to use a tiger skin to cover his private parts.
Now that we're about to leave the mountains, we can't keep dressing like this, or we'll be mistaken for savages and stared at.
After everything was tidied up, Wang Hao was about to leave the forest when he suddenly seemed to remember something. He paused, thought for a moment, and then smeared some dust on his face and arms to cover the faint golden glow on his skin.
Only after the golden light emanating from his skin was no longer visible did Wang Hao step outside.