ATPnovel Chapter 19 Faith and the Serpent
Chapter 19 Faith and the Serpent
Lin Changqing returned to his cave and took out the refining materials he had bought. In addition, he also had his own medium-level magic weapons, the Green Wood Shield and the Ironwood Sword, as well as the damaged Black Net.
He planned to add iron essence to the Greenwood Shield to enhance its defensive capabilities. He also planned to add iron essence to the Ironwood Sword to increase its sharpness, ensuring it wouldn't be too weak to penetrate the opponent's capturing and defensive magical artifacts.
The remaining damaged black net was also a key area for his modification. He not only incorporated black jade to enhance the toughness and hardness of this magic weapon, but also added mixed poison to enhance its inherent toxicity. Even if a Foundation Establishment cultivator were to encounter it, they could easily be trapped. If a Qi Refining cultivator were trapped inside, they would be unable to escape without a powerful talisman to forcefully break through. Even if they did escape, they would be corroded by the poison, resulting in a weakened combat power.
These three items are all high-grade or even top-grade magical artifacts, so the process of refining them is naturally quite lengthy. In addition to refining and upgrading two magical artifacts, the black net magical artifact also needs to be upgraded to the top-grade level, which will take Lin Changqing a lot of time.
And so, twenty days passed.
Inside the weapon-refining room, Lin Changqing put away the superior-grade magic weapon Ironwood Sword, the superior-grade magic weapon Greenwood Shield, and the top-grade magic weapon Black Cleansing Net.
[Successfully upgraded to a superior magical artifact: Green Wood Shield, reward: two years of lifespan]
[Successfully upgraded to a superior magical artifact: Ironwood Sword, reward: two years of lifespan]
[Successfully upgraded to top-tier magical artifact: Black Cleansing Net, reward: 5 years of lifespan]
Lifespan: 466 --> 475
This time, because it was about upgrading a magical artifact, the lifespan gained was not as much as when refining a magical artifact.
After upgrading the magical artifact, Lin Changqing went to check on the spirit snake egg.
At this moment, the spirit snake egg has already shown clear patterns, and the phantom inside has sensed Lin Changqing's arrival and is unusually active, knowing that Lin Changqing has come to nurture it again.
Almost a year has passed since Lin Changqing obtained the spirit snake egg. He would come over every now and then to transfer his magic power to nurture it. As a result, the life inside felt close to and dependent on Lin Changqing. It could also sense that Lin Changqing had saved it.
This time, however, Lin Changqing decided to expend a year of his lifespan to use the body of the Little Chun Treasure Tree to nurture the spirit snake egg, to see what the effect would be and whether he could make further progress on the basis of restoring his innate state.
"Little Chun Treasure Tree Body!!" Lin Changqing didn't hesitate. He immediately circulated his magic power, silently chanted the incantation, and channeled a wisp of his essence into the spirit snake egg along with his magic power.
Lifespan: 475 --> 474
A thick, rope-sized strand of magical power, imbued with life force, began to swirl around the spirit snake egg. The spirit snake egg sensed that this life force was even more concentrated than before, and even had a hint of purifying and enhancing its bloodline. It immediately began to absorb it without hesitation.
The phantom inside the serpent egg began to absorb the magical power transmitted by Lin Changqing. After it had absorbed all of it, the phantom did not collide with the eggshell and automatically broke the confinement that had trapped it for so long.
With a "crack," the eggshell broke, and a tiny horned snake, about the size of a finger, slid out without any obstruction. It didn't seem to have any congenital deficiencies at all. The little snake even had two bulging bumps on its forehead, ready to hatch like the other snake at any time.
Horned snakes usually grow a single horn after they mature, and it is rare for them to have two horns. What is even more surprising is that the scales of this little horned snake are a bit different. They have dark blue patterns like ancient tree leaves, which are extremely strange and have their own wood-attribute spiritual power.
After hatching, the baby horned snake looked at Lin Changqing with its clear little eyes, nodding repeatedly and crawling on its belly as if to express its gratitude. It was quite amusing.
Lin Changqing, who was supporting the baby horned snake, had been observing the intelligent young snake and murmured, "It seems that my lifespan has actually promoted its growth, and has even helped this newly hatched horned snake to develop a lot of intelligence."
Finally, Lin Changqing teased the little horned snake, signed the spirit contract, and placed it in the pre-arranged location.
The spiritual veins of the cave are quite good, enough for Lin Changqing and the newly hatched horned snake.
......
At the stalls at the north end of Huangfeng Valley Market.
Lin Changqing took the envelope and a bag of spirit stones handed to him by Li Zhijing.
I learned from Li Zhijing that this was left by Chen Fu. Since Lin Changqing was in seclusion at the time, he handed the envelope to Li Zhijing.
The letter roughly stated that Chen Fu had been searching for news of Lin Changqing for a long time during the year, and thought he was still in Qingzhushan Market. In the end, he came to Huangfeng Valley Market for family matters and noticed Li Zhijing, only to find out that he was cultivating in his cave in Huangfeng Valley Market.
"Changqing, I, Chen Fu, have rarely fought with anyone in my life. Even juniors are treated with humility, and I never act like an elder. I never thought that in my old age, I would become so disliked because of Yan'er."
"Yan'er is my only great-granddaughter with spiritual roots. Her father died because of me, and I have entrusted the rest of my life to her. So it is inevitable that she will be rude to me. In addition, she is too young and does not know how to be humble, which has caused you to suffer."
"I've been your guide for many years, but I haven't been able to help you out. Here are three hundred spirit stones. I hope you'll forgive Yan'er's mischief for my sake."
"I won't go on about the rest. It's just that I was busy with family affairs and trying to accumulate family merit for Yan'er, so I couldn't find the time to come and see you. What a pity! What a pity!! I also saw the magical artifacts at Zhijing's stall. He said they were all made by you. I knew then that you were the most talented artifact-making genius I had ever met in my life."
"In the end, I can only wish you a long and prosperous immortal life, Changqing! Changqing!!" The last line of the letter was written in heavy handwriting, like withered vines and old trees, but Lin Changqing truly felt the care and recognition of a peaceful and gentle old man, just as before.
"Sigh!" Lin Changqing carefully put away the letter and accepted the spirit stone.
Chen Fu had always been helping him. A cultivator at the thirteenth level of Qi Refining had always been mentoring him. In his memory, he had only asked others for help three times: once by his uncle, once by his senior brother Liu Feng, and lastly by Elder Chen.
A year has passed, and he now understands that this incident was unintentional, not a deliberate attempt to humiliate him. On the contrary, the other party wanted to help him advance and assist him in his foundation building, and even wanted to entrust him with Chen Ziyan. However, his spiritual root was indeed not good, and he did not want to deceive Elder Chen, which led to this embarrassing situation.
These three hundred spirit stones are a bonus for him now, but they were hard-earned by Elder Chen, and it must have been quite difficult for him.
"Zhijing, thank you for guarding this letter and the spirit stone bag for me." Lin Changqing bowed and thanked him.
Li Zhijing was still flipping through the secrets she had bought last time, not paying any attention to these things. She simply waved her hand and said, "Brother Lin, it's nothing. This is what I should do."
Seeing this, Lin Changqing couldn't say anything, and could only mutter helplessly to himself.
"As long as Zhijing gets things done, that's fine. I can't micromanage everything; it's too much of a hassle."
"Moreover, over the years, he has handled things very well, without making any mistakes; he has a great sense of social skills."