Daily Intelligence: From Water Snake to Jinghe Dragon King

Chapter 29 Snake Dance on a Snowy Night
The moonlight is swallowed into the mouth, circulates in the body, takes away the dirty impurities, and is discharged through the snake hole.

This process continued throughout the entire moonlit night. Liu Qing continued to repeat it. The snow was white and everything was silent.

Under the night sky, an eight-and-a-half-foot-long horned python sometimes coiled and sometimes meandered, as if dancing under the moon.

[Heaven and Earth Source Qi: 2 points]

After a few short hours of breathing, even though it was still the bud moon, Liu Qing still managed to accumulate 2 points of Heaven and Earth Source Qi.

Moreover, most of the benefits of swallowing the moonlight act on the body, tempering the flesh and blood and strengthening the bones.

The moon disappears and the stars appear, and the cold wind rages.

Liu Qing crawled back to the tree hole and snake den, took out a wild rabbit from the space in his mouth, had a good meal, and then fell into a sound sleep.

After an unknown amount of time, a rustling sound woke Liu Qing from his sleep.

He slowly opened his eyelids and looked deeply into the eyes of an uninvited mouse.

This mouse was the size of a wash basin, with black hair all over its body like steel needles, short and thick limbs, sharp claws, and a pair of small eyes that should have been green.

But at this moment, it was mixed with some brown because of astonishment.

Goddess Wangshu, this is such a terrible disaster. I just walked into the house and saw the owner woke up. Aren’t snakes and pythons said to hibernate?
How come there is still one that is not sleeping and looks so energetic?

The pupils of the willow-green snake were erect, and the coldness in its eyes was very strong. It turned out that the rat, the sixth child, was the food of the snakes and pythons in spring, summer and autumn every year.

They only dared to wait until winter, when snakes and pythons hibernated, to become the masters of the serfdom, to be the sixth in command for one season, and to avenge three seasons' grievances.

It's a pity that you met me today.

Liu Qing's boiling blood talent continued to work. Even though he had just woken up, his body did not feel stiff. At this time, it grew into a snake tail over a foot long. With a sharp scream,
Then he threw it at the mouse.

A green light flashed in the mouse's eyes, and it dodged to the side with a squeak, then rushed forward, and its large front teeth protruding from its lips bit Liu Qing's vital point fiercely.

If it were an ordinary mouse, it would have turned around and fled out of fear the moment Liu Qingsu woke up. However, this mouse was different, because it was old and experienced, and had long since escaped ignorance and gained intelligence.

The rat demon came towards him fiercely. A flash of disdain appeared in Liu Qing's eyes. He immediately opened his mouth and spurted out a chain, which tied up the rat demon tightly.

The rat demon suddenly squeaked in fear, clasped its front paws together, and bowed to Liu Qing repeatedly with its fists clasped.

Liu Qing wanted to swallow it in one gulp, but after changing his mind, he temporarily gave up the idea.
This rat demon must be the king of the rats nearby. First force it to lead the way, find the rats and kill them, and pray for the snakes and pythons under its command to live in peace.

Otherwise, during the long hibernation period, countless snakes and pythons would be eaten by rats.

For the sake of the tribe's divinity, Liu Qing began to consciously take care of the snakes and pythons under his command.

"Sisi——"

Liu Qing used snake language to force the rat demon to lead the way, but although the rat demon was intelligent, it could not learn the foreign language of snakes and pythons, and could only squeak in panic.

Liu Qing had no choice but to bite off one of the rat demon's hind legs and loosen the water chain that bound it.

The rat demon was pardoned. Regardless of his bleeding limbs, he bowed to Liu Qing in gratitude, then dragged his broken body and crawled away with difficulty.

A line of blood appeared in the snow, very conspicuous.

Liu Qing stuck his head out and looked around. He saw the blood trail extending towards an old pine tree to the west of the snake pond.

Then he crawled out in a winding manner.

Soon, Liu Qing came to the old pine tree and used his snake's tail to shake away a clump of dead grass that was covering it. Sure enough, a dark hole was revealed underneath.

Liu Qing swam down. A foul smell rushed straight to his head.

Liu Qing retreated again, swung his tail whip, broke the two-foot-thick ice, activated his magical power, and controlled the icy water to pour into the rat hole.

Along with the sound of rushing water, numerous shrill squeaking sounds came from the rat hole.

It was freezing cold, and the water from the pond began to freeze after just a few breaths of pouring into the rat hole. As it froze, the shrill rat calls gradually stopped.

Suddenly, the willow green snake turned its head quickly and looked towards a mulberry tree in the south.

But then they saw the three-legged rat demon, carrying a few baby rats on its back, followed by a few female rats with shiny fur and big bellies, coming out from another exit of the rat hole.

Liu Qing thought about it, and a water chain flew over, tying up all the mice, big and small, like candied haws.

The rat demon was horrified and kowtowed frantically to beg for mercy. It stretched its body forward, as if intending to exchange its own life for the survival of its wife and children at home.

Liu Qing looked at the pregnant female mice tied up with water chains, and the ignorant baby mice that had just opened their eyes.
I couldn't help but feel compassion.

"Sisi, Sisi"

I, Liu Qing, am a snake with the most principles. I never kill pregnant females or newborn cubs.
But, those kids in your family are not pregnant, and the women in your house are not newborns.

His compassion faded, and Liu Qing opened his mouth wide, swallowing the mice one by one.

Although the rat spirit was full of energy and blood, Liu Qing did not swallow it immediately. He only killed it and kept it in the mouth bag. The pregnant female rat was very surprised to eat it, just like a sandwich cookie.
But in terms of taste, young mice are the best. The three squeaking sounds when they enter the mouth add a lingering aftertaste to the already tender flesh.

Sanzhier is worthy of being one of the top ten famous dishes.

After eating and drinking, Liu Qing bit a piece of ice that emerged from the rat hole, and with all his strength, he pulled out a long piece of ice and threw it into the snake pond.

When spring comes and flowers bloom, these mice frozen in the ice will become a perfect tonic for the hungry snakes and pythons that have just woken up from hibernation.

After eliminating the rat infestation, the snakes and pythons in the snake pond no longer have to worry about anything, and Liu Qing can eat and sleep, sleep and breathe, and then eat again.
Living in such self-discipline seems very rhythmic.

A week later, Liu Qing continued to inhale and exhale the moonlight, and while tempering the body of the horned python, the source energy of heaven and earth accumulated to 15 points.

A month later, two-year-old Liu Qing ushered in her fifth molting. In the ice and snow, there were no birds or animals, including natural enemies, so the molting process went smoothly.

His horned python body grew to nine feet long, with the thickest part being about five fingers thick. It was dark blue all over, with three-inch fleshy horns, five black stripes on its neck, dense snake scales, and a strong torso. It was truly a giant creature.

At the same time, the source energy of heaven and earth also accumulated to an exaggerated 65 points.

[Name: Liu Qing]

[Race: Horned Python]

[Divinity: Authority 10%, Incense 3%]

【血脉天赋：1吞象（小成）；2尾鞭（小成）；3厚甲（小成）；4口囊（入门）；5沸血（入门）】

[Mystical Power: Water Control (Minor Achievement)]

[Heaven and Earth Source Qi: 65 points]

Liu Qing opened the panel and scanned it.

He had a mild obsessive-compulsive disorder. Looking at his entry-level mouth bag and boiling blood talents, he waved his hand and consumed 18 points to upgrade the two bloodline talents to the minor success level.

Thanks to the monthly ticket support from book friends '黑毛furry', 'The Pharmacist Fencing in Jiuzhaigou', 'Hong Wusu', and 'Xiong Xiongxiong'.

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