The Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils Awaken! Copying Again

"Aow..." Xiao Lan let out a satisfied cry.

She was a Blue Eagle, so how could Lu Yuan stew an eagle?

Stewing a snake would be good, though. She might get a few mouthfuls too.

She was a Tier 1 Magical Beast and had never eaten the meat of a Third-Order Magical Beast.

If Lu Yuan had known what the Blue Eagle was thinking, he would have been very surprised.

Magical Beasts with ordinary bloodlines had little intelligence from Tier 1 through Tier 3, being only slightly smarter than wild beasts.

Only at Tier 4, when they were comparable to Dou Ling, would they develop intelligence equal to that of an ordinary human. At Tier 5, they could speak human words.

At Tier 6, a tiny number of exceptionally gifted Magical Beasts could take human form, gaining the cultivation speed of humans while retaining the powerful physiques and long lifespans of Magical Beasts.

Most Magical Beasts could only take human form at Tier 7.

The intelligence the Blue Eagle had shown far exceeded her current level.

"Aunt Qing, how do we restrain this Earth-Splitting Rock Snake and make sure it can't move?" Lu Yuan asked Zhang Qingqing for her opinion.

"This is an earth-attribute Magical Beast and an expert digger. It's usually very crafty, so we need to keep even its tail from moving." Zhang Qingqing folded her arms and examined it for a moment before answering, "It would be best to bind it with sunken wood."

The five elements gave rise to and restrained one another.

The Earth-Splitting Rock Python was earth-attribute, and wood restrained earth.

Sunken wood was yin wood. The yin attribute strengthened the wood, making it hard and capable of suppressing earth-attribute power.

"What a coincidence." Xiao Yi Xian's eyes, which had already turned gray, lit up as she pointed in a direction. "There's a grove of sunken wood over there that's been steeped in yin-attribute heaven and earth energy for a long time."

"That really is a pillow delivered just as sleep comes." Lu Yuan smiled and nodded to Zhang Qingqing. "Aunt Qing, sorry to trouble you again."

Sunken wood capable of suppressing and trapping a Third-Order Magical Beast would be extremely difficult for a Dou Zhe to chop, though carrying it was easy enough with a Storage Ring.

Zhang Qingqing said no more. She took a pitch-black axe from her Storage Ring and headed toward the side of the valley Xiao Yi Xian had pointed out.

Before long, she returned. Coming up to Lu Yuan, she brought out more than a dozen thick logs with dense grain and dark coloring.

Afterward, everyone spent more than an hour building a low cage out of the sunken wood. Thick logs were arranged on all four sides, with their bottoms wedged into cracks in the rock and crossbeams pressed firmly across the top. They left only a round opening, just large enough for the Earth-Splitting Rock Python to stick its head through.

"Hiss~"

Not long after being imprisoned in the sunken wood, the Earth-Splitting Rock Python slowly woke and immediately let out a roar.

Its golden scales shook violently, and its thick, powerful tail and body tried to thrash, but they did not budge.

"Qing Lin, from now on, stand in front of this snake every day and look it in the eyes."

"Face its pressure head-on and steady your mind. Don't be afraid."

Qing Lin looked at the Earth-Splitting Rock Python, which was three times her size. Though she was afraid, she nodded firmly. "Yes, young master. Qing Lin won't disappoint you."

Qing Lin clenched her fists, walked to a spot one zhang away from the Earth-Splitting Rock Snake, and met its cold, vertical pupils.

"Hiss!" The Earth-Splitting Rock Snake opened its bloody maw and flicked out its tongue, trying to break free and devour Qing Lin, but under the sunken wood's suppression, it could do nothing.

Qing Lin steadied herself and looked the Earth-Splitting Rock Snake squarely in the eyes.

Whether her conviction to grow stronger was too powerful or she knew the Earth-Splitting Rock Snake couldn't get out, she gradually calmed down.

After looking at it for a while, she even stopped finding anything frightening about the snake and instead thought it was ridiculous.

In the blink of an eye, Lu Yuan and the other three had spent three days in the valley.

Zhang Qingqing was responsible for checking the cage and patrolling nearby to ensure the valley was safe.

Every day, Lu Yuan and Xiao Yi Xian took poisons from their Storage Rings and consumed them, then cultivated the cultivation method and Dou Techniques in the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture.

"The senior with the Woeful Poison Body who wrote this Poison Scripture was a real talent."

"This poison-attribute cultivation method is only High Xuan Tier in itself, but if someone with a Woeful Poison Body cultivates it, it can produce the effects of a Low Earth Tier method. And as the Woeful Poison Body grows stronger, the effects will improve until they're comparable to a High Earth Tier method."

"If this senior had broken through to Dou Zun, they might even have been able to create a Tian Tier cultivation method."

Lu Yuan remembered clearly that before a cultivator reached the Da Dou Shi level, a High Xuan Tier cultivation method was the best choice.

Even a rich girl like Xun'er, who could produce a Tian Tier cultivation method, had only cultivated a High Xuan Tier method before then. Only after breaking through to Da Dou Shi at Jia Nan Academy had she switched to a Low Earth Tier fire-attribute cultivation method she found in the scripture repository as a temporary measure.

However, if someone had enough talent and a renowned master to guide them personally, they could also cultivate a Low Earth Tier method from the start. The choices Yao Lao had given Xiao Yan were the Flame Mantra and a Low Earth Tier cultivation method.

Given Yao Lao's peak cultivation of Nine Revolutions Dou Zun and his status as a high-grade Eighth-Tier alchemist, it was impossible for him not to possess a High Earth Tier cultivation method.

"Break."

Lu Yuan circulated his cultivation method to speed up the Woeful Poison Body's refinement of a top-grade Tier 1 poison. He felt a vast surge of energy pour into his cyclone, which began spinning rapidly before turning misty.

"Nine stars. That feels great."

A satisfied smile appeared on Lu Yuan's face.

He then looked toward Xiao Yi Xian on the bed nearby and found that she was still asleep.

A layer of purple poison mist surrounded Xiao Yi Xian, and another lay across the floor.

This was a means of self-protection used by a Woeful Poison Body's possessor when breaking through a major realm.

Even Tier 2 Magical Beasts and Dou Shi who came into contact with the poison mist might not be able to withstand it.

"Breaking through to Dou Shi looks like it'll take quite a while."

Lu Yuan stretched in the poisonous gas, then walked out of the wooden cabin and headed toward where Qing Lin was keeping watch over the snake nearby.

Not far away, Xiao Lan stood on the ground, dozing. If it had been eagle taming, she probably would have been tamed by Qing Lin already.

"Hm?"

Lu Yuan walked up near Qing Lin and was just about to tell her to take a break when he suddenly felt the air around him grow colder.

An expert at the peak Dou Ling level or above would have been able to detect yin-attribute heaven and earth energy gathering.

Lu Yuan couldn't sense it, but he could guess what was happening. His eyes filled with anticipation. "Looks like Qing Lin is finally about to awaken."

Lu Yuan didn't disturb Qing Lin. He simply stood there and waited quietly.

About an hour later, three pale cyan points of light appeared in Qing Lin's green eyes. A cold power welled up from deep within her pupils, and the temperature around her grew colder and colder.

"So this is what it feels like."

Lu Yuan felt a moment of dizziness.

He possessed twenty percent of the bloodline power of a descendant of the Heavenly Snake Great Emperor. Although it had already fully merged with his own bloodline, his affinity for descendants of the Heavenly Snake Great Emperor Bloodline remained.

At that moment, he felt as though a snake god from ancient times had awakened and was gazing upon the mortal world.

The people of the Heavenly Snake Mansion knew secret techniques and also had a Dou Emperor-level snake-shaped Magical Beast.

It was no wonder Qing Lin's awakening of the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils had caught their attention.

At that moment, the Dou Qi in Qing Lin's body flowed of its own accord, pouring entirely into her eyes.

The three points of light in her green eyes spun rapidly, finally forming three strange flowers in full bloom, with cyan patterns flowing through the centers of their stamens.

Immediately afterward, a beam of green light shot from her eyes and struck the Earth-Splitting Rock Python squarely on the forehead, transforming into a delicate green lotus mark.

The Earth-Splitting Rock Python's enormous body trembled violently several times. Its formerly fierce expression faded, and a docile look appeared in its vertical pupils.