Daily Intelligence: From Water Snake to Jinghe Dragon King

Chapter 37: Turtle Shell Attracts Demons
As the sun rises, the ice and snow melt, and a touch of green gradually appears in Ziwu Valley.

A few ducks crawled out of their dry grass nests, came to the Snake Pond, and happily stirred the green water.

The loach, which had been hiding in the mud for a winter, carefully floated to the surface of the water and quietly spit out a string of bubbles.

The white snake's body moved, as if showing signs of waking up from hibernation.

After half a month of inhaling and exhaling moonlight, Liu Qing was now lying on the crooked mulberry tree. On the crooked mulberry tree were the corpses of the rat spirit and the weasel that had been hidden in the mouth bag space earlier, basking in the sun lazily.

"Consume 60 points of Heaven and Earth Source Qi to improve your realm."

The next moment, the realm column on the panel changed from 'Refining Essence into Qi 1%' to 'Refining Essence into Qi 7%'.

A black gas as thin as a hair instantly emerged from the body.

Liu Qing had a thought and summoned out these strands of black air. In the sunlight, these strands of black air were so dark that even the sunlight could not penetrate them. As soon as they got close, they seemed to be swallowed up and the air became even darker.

Is this the evil spirit?

Liu Qing felt it carefully and felt the terrifying power contained in these strands of demonic energy.

If you refine your essence into qi at 7%, you will have 7 strands of demonic energy as thick as a hair.

The white snake, which had not yet ended its hibernation, felt an inexplicable pressure after the appearance of this evil spirit, even in its sleep, and curled up and shivered.

This is a crushing that transcends bloodline and racial levels.

With it, living beings have a strong support.

Liu Qing opened his mouth and swallowed, and the strands of evil spirit returned to his body, lingering in the seven-inch area, silent as a mountain.

Liu Qing did not have the ability to create hands like Hong Gu did when she transformed into a demon. He understood after thinking about it for a while.

At the beginning, Hong Gu transformed into a demon with the body of a dragon fish. Her original body was powerful and mysterious. When she transformed into a demon, she could manifest two hands. That was because her original body was so powerful.

However, Liu Qing's current horned boa body is far inferior to Hong Gu's dragon fish body.

But Liu Qing was not in a hurry. Nowadays, the most difficult realm improvement in cultivation has been simplified to just kryptonian source qi.

I think that as the source energy of heaven and earth accumulates, I will naturally transform into a human being.

The sun was shining brightly, and the spring breeze blew through the branches of the crooked mulberry tree, sweeping across Liu Qing's cheeks, making him feel itchy and sleepy.

Liu Qing slowly dozed off.

After an unknown amount of time, Liu Qing, who was sleeping, vaguely heard knocking sounds.

It sounds like the sound of cloud boards accompanying a play on stage.

Liu Qing slowly opened his eyelids.

It was already dark without me noticing.

Suddenly, a white mist rose from the Snake Pond. In the mist, the sound of the cloud board knocking was getting closer and closer.

Liu Qing's heart moved, and sure enough, he came.

When Hong Gu passed the three levels, she heard the sound of a conch shell shortly afterwards. Although it was speculated that the sound was intentional,
But comparing it with the sound of the cloud board, I think this sound is directed at myself after I turned into a demon.

Liu Qing felt a little relieved.

The sound of the cloud board was getting closer and more urgent.

The loaches, shrimps and crabs that ended their hibernation early surfaced, faced the east and bowed silently.

The ducks also kept their mouths tightly shut, not daring to make any noise despite the sound of the cloud boards, and hung their heads over the water.

Liu Qing secretly complained in his heart that the noise he made when he was summoned was pitifully smaller than that made by Hong Gu at the beginning.

There were only a few loaches, a few shrimps and crabs, and a few pitiful ducks. An inexplicable pulling force suddenly descended upon Liu Qing.

It's not as overbearing as the conch horn sound when Hong Gu was summoned. It directly controls your body and makes you like a puppet.

The sound of the cloud board is just for traction, not for control. I am afraid it serves more as a guide.

Liu Qing slowly twisted his body down from the crooked mulberry tree, floated on the surface of the snake pond, and looked in the direction where the cloud board came from.

The next moment, water mist surged, the water in the pool turned upside down, and a dark cave entrance suddenly appeared on the east bank of the Snake Pond.

Liu Qing was surprised.

As the king of the Snake Pond, there was nothing in the Snake Pond, whether above or below the water, that he was not familiar with. However, this cave entrance was really beyond his expectations.

A river shrimp, about one meter long and covered in gray, walked out of the cave.

Why is it 'walk'?

This is because the lower body of this river shrimp is like a human, with two legs and two feet, but the head is still the shape of a river shrimp.
At this moment, it held the turtle shell in one pincer and the vertebra in the other, looked around the snake pond, and finally set its sights on Liu Qing.

"It was you, the snake, who passed the three levels and transformed into a snake demon?"

Liu Qing nodded.

The river shrimp demon looked Liu Qing up and down and said, "With horns on your head and the body of a horned boa, you're quite formidable. No wonder the head of the family ordered me to come and pick you up personally."

"By the way, the head of the family I mentioned is the master of the Dawan Lake Palace."

"My name is Xia Ke Xing, and I'm the Western Inspector of Da Wan Lake Prefecture. Do you have a nickname, little demon?"

Liu Qing's snake tail curled up, and he faced Xia Kexing and paused, as if to greet him. He opened his mouth and said, "My name is Liu Qing, little demon. Nice to meet you, great demon."

"Oh, so your last name is Liu. It's a pity it's not Chang. Otherwise, if you meet the mansion master this time, he will definitely look at you with a higher regard and give you a lucrative job."

Liu Qing's heart moved. Could it be that among the snakes and pythons, there has long been a demon family with the surname Chang?

"Have you packed everything? If so, come with me to Dayan Lake to meet the headmaster."

Liu Qing nodded and said, "Big Demon, I have already packed everything and can leave at any time."

Xia Kexing nodded, turned around and went back into the cave. Liu Qing swam back to the crooked mulberry tree in a hurry, wrapped up the bodies of the rat demon and the weasel with its snake tail, and chased after Xia Kexing.

The mud hole looked like a newly opened one for the Shrimp Walker. It was slippery and covered with mud. It was more than one meter high, allowing Shrimp Walkers to walk upright and also allowing Willow Green to crawl in a winding manner.

The mud cave was dark, but since Liu Qing swallowed the moonlight, his snake pupils had already opened and were like human eyes. This time, after transforming into a demon, his vision was further enhanced.
It can already see in the dark, so when crawling, it doesn't worry about not being able to see the road clearly and bumping into the shrimp guide in front.

Liu Qing hurried a few steps and caught up with Xia Kexing. He said, "Great demon, you are the inspector of the western part of the Water Palace. You hold a high position and great power, yet you still condescend to come here in person to take me in."

"This little demon is extremely grateful. I just hunted a rat demon and a weasel. They are rare creatures on land, so I'll give them to you, the great demon, as a token of my gratitude."

Xia Kexing turned his head, his eyes popping out in surprise.

"You little demon are quite clever, you understand the hardship I have to endure. It's worth my while to come here in person to pick you up."

The willow-green snake's tail spun around, bringing the rat demon and the weasel's corpses to Xia Kexing. "These two demons are full of energy and blood. Great demon, please allow me to treat you to a feast."

The shrimp guest had a smile in his eyes as he happily took the bodies of the two monsters. He opened his shrimp mouth and swallowed the two monsters with skin and fur. He chewed them for a few times with a savory look in his eyes.

"Hmm, it's worthy of being from land. The meat is firm and chewy, and it doesn't have that fishy smell that comes from water. It's really refreshing."

Xia Kexing was very satisfied with Liu Qing's performance and said happily, "You can call me brother from now on. When you get to the Water Palace, I will naturally protect you."

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