Xiao Qing's Advancement

Xiaoqing's forked tongue was cool and damp, and the sensation of it licking my skin was a little itchy.

As the snake's tongue gently brushed past, more than a dozen scabbed scars on Xu Yunxin's body fell off automatically, and the wounds that were originally a little painful became smooth as before, completely healed.

"This is?"

He noticed that Xiaoqing's forked tongue was covered with a layer of bluish-green luster. When it touched his wound, this bluish light would seep in and heal his wound almost instantly.

"It's a healing-type sorcery!"

Xu Yunxin confirmed with Xiaoqing through their telepathic connection: "Xiaoqing, did you just awaken this spell?"

After he finished speaking, he felt that Xiaoqing's intelligence might not be able to understand the meaning of the magic. Just as he was about to change his words, he heard Xiaoqing's reply.

"Hiss~ Little Qing, you ate meat~ took a nap~ Hiss~ you'll know how when you wake up~ Hiss!"

Seeing that Xiaoqing already understood what the magic was, Xu Yunxin suddenly realized.

It's clear that Xiaoqing's consumption of the two-headed serpent's demon core has once again stimulated its bloodline evolution and enhanced its intelligence to a certain extent.

I wonder if Xiaoqing advanced to the second-tier mid-grade after eating this demon core?

Xu Yunxin tried asking Xiaoqing, but Xiaoqing didn't know how the first and second ranks were divided.

He thought for a moment and suddenly remembered that when he made a contract with Xiaoqing before, the system's [Skill: Animal Spirit Contract] could detect the basic information of the contracted party.

This skill has now been reactivated, and you can use it to test it out.

Without hesitation, Xu Yunxin immediately unleashed the [Skill: Animal Spirit Pact] on Xiaoqing.

[A contracted animal detected: Snake, Tier 2, Mid-grade (Mutant, Bloodline Evolution Level: Current Stage 13‰), Intimacy 100 (Extremely Intimacy).]

It was indeed detectable.

It can also detect the evolution level of the bloodline of contracted monsters!

This is very important and intuitive data, and this broken system doesn't even bother to give a heads-up!

It was only at this point that he figured it out.

If this data had been available earlier, he might have already been grinding for the [Skill: World Tree Blessing] and trying to advance Xiao Qing to the next level first!

It's too tiring for me to go up and fight myself!

Xu Yunxin's mind was a jumble of thoughts. Suddenly, he realized that he could use this skill to detect information about other monsters in the future.

With intelligence, we can formulate targeted strategies, strike first, and defeat the enemy.

Oh! Why didn't we think of this before the big battle!

Xu Yunxin slapped his forehead in frustration.

He then thought: Since this skill can detect monsters, I wonder if it can detect barbarians?

That barbarian has human form, but he does beastly things. We'll see how he does then.

If we can detect barbarians, can we also detect cultivators?

If it's possible to detect cultivators, could it be possible to form contracts with them?

According to the theory of evolution, cultivators are also considered animals!

No, no, I can't think about it anymore!

Xu Yunxin cut off the random thoughts in his mind and raised his hand to cast [Skill: World Tree Blessing] on Xiaoqing again.

Azure-gold light shone on Xiaoqing's body. Xiaoqing squinted her eyes contentedly, but she didn't seem as comfortable as before.

Using the [Skill: Animal Spirit Pact] to check again, it was found that Xiao Qing's bloodline evolution level remained unchanged, without any improvement or change.

Xu Yunxin used the skill "World Tree Blessing" five more times, and Xiao Qing's bloodline evolution only increased to 13.5 per thousand, a growth of 0.5 percentage points.

Consuming sixty white essences only increases growth by 0.5 percentage points.

It seems that the effect of the LV0 "World Tree Blessing" on Xiao Qing's bloodline evolution has been greatly reduced.

We must upgrade our skill level as soon as possible.

Xu Yunxin checked the progress of the Golden Buddha Tree again and found that it had only advanced a little bit and was still quite far from 100%. So he closed the system and prepared to return to Qingxi Town with Xiaoqing.

The unexpected turn of events involving the two-headed serpent made Xu Yunxin realize that the "Thousand Lakes Wasteland" was not an easy path.

This vast and desolate land is fraught with danger, some of which may cost him his life!

With the barbarian attack imminent, he and Xiaoqing are crucial assets for Qingxi Town to defend against them. If anything were to happen to him or Xiaoqing, Qingxi Town would face annihilation.

Just in case, Xu Yunxin dared not continue to roam outside. He had Xiaoqing thicken the cloud, and the two of them disappeared again, quickly returning to Qingxi Town.

When Xu Yunxin returned to Qingxi Town, he could feel a tense and solemn atmosphere from afar.

In less than ten days, another ditch more than ten feet wide appeared outside Qingxi Town.

The river channel, originally intended to draw water from the Qingxi River, has been widened again, and like the moat, there are no bridges or passageways for people and vehicles to pass through.

These two trenches are nothing to cultivators in the late stage of Qi Refining or Foundation Establishment, but they can effectively block soldiers in the mid-stage of Qi Refining, early stage of Qi Refining, and even Body Building stage.

Xu Yunxin and Xiao Qing crossed the trench and found that the town gate of Qingxi Town had been removed again, and the gate was filled with stones. It was clear that they were going to abandon this easily breached point and defend the city to the death, forcing the attacking barbarians to take the city!

In the past, Qingxi Town would never have dared to do this.

After all, if the war goes badly, the trenches dug and the city gates blocked will turn around and besiege Qingxi Town, eventually making it impossible to break out and causing the entire town to perish.

Xiaoqing's cloud platform can be raised and lowered. As long as it does not exceed ten zhang in height, it will not fall apart. However, the higher it flies, the slower its flight speed becomes, and the worse its concealment effect becomes.

Xu Yunxin and Xiaoqing continued forward, the two of them preparing to quietly fly in under the cover of the clouds and mist.

As soon as they reached above the town, they crashed into a transparent defensive shield with a loud "thud!"

The collision exposed Xu Yunxin and Xiaoqing's presence.

As they crashed into the transparent light shield, there was another loud bang, and a firework rose from behind the town gate. Then the whole town was in an uproar, and dozens of town soldiers wearing yellow armor rushed out from the town wall bunkers, drawing their bows and arrows and looking nervously at the situation.

Uncle Fu and his two daughters from the Yue family also rushed out of a house behind the town gate with six black dogs, staring at the golden array plate in their hands with solemn and suspicious expressions.

The town wall was clearly empty, so why did it trigger the defensive formation?

Seeing that everyone was well-prepared and guarded the area effectively, Xu Yunxin felt very pleased.

"Uncle Fu!"

Xu Yunxin spoke up and made Xiaoqing disperse some of the mist, revealing his figure.

Xiaoqing was very sensible. It gathered the clouds into a thick cloud seat. Xu Yunxin stood on the cloud seat, while Xiaoqing coiled behind him, sticking out a huge snake head and scanning the people on the town wall.

In fact, without him saying a word, everyone had already seen Xu Yunxin floating on the town wall and the enormous, powerful snake head behind him.