Chapter 314: Qingqing's Snake

"Brother-in-law!"

The young girl suddenly walked in, carrying a small snake in her hand.

But after scanning the living room left and right, she did not find her brother-in-law or sister; her expression turned blank for a moment, and finally, she glanced down at the sleeping Chen Banxia, then walked out with the small snake and closed the door behind her.

"This girl..."

Chen Shu, resting his head on Qingqing's smooth thighs, stared toward the door and wore a strange expression: "Is there something wrong with her?"

"You have taught her well."

"Blame me?"

"Otherwise?"

"It is clearly a genetic problem in your family," Chen Shu said. "Neither of you two sisters is normal."

"Get up."

"Fine, you are very normal."

"..."

Ning Qing spared him for now and continued flipping through her book.

Chen Shu's face pressed against the skin of Qingqing's thighs, feeling only a cool, delicate, and smooth sensation, as if there were neither texture nor pores, which couldn't help but remind him of a piece of popular science he had once read: Heavenly Humans lack body hair in many places where humans have it, such as the fuzz on legs and arms, or private areas like the chest, abdomen, and underarms, or even some other areas inconvenient to describe...

"Get up!"

"Fine, I'll focus on the group chat."

Chen Shu calmed his mind and focused his attention on his Mobile Phone.

Just Call Me Luo Huaian: Besides Divine Power, there are many treasures of heaven and earth in the Forbidden Land that have gone extinct in this era, and some are even treasures that were only common in the era of Traditional Cultivation, so if you encounter foreigners, it is possible for conflicts to arise.

Gate of All Wonders: My master told me that if you encounter them, try your best not to let conflicts occur.

Qingcai Keke: The Spirit Sect told me the same, to try and get along with them in a friendly manner; if a conflict does occur, maintain the dignity of Dayi and the Spirit Sect.

Beauty with Eight-Pack Abs: The Government told me the same.

Just Call Me Luo Huaian: This is natural.

Just Call Me Luo Huaian: Dayi has always been a great celestial empire; if we were to be humiliated in front of them, it would be somewhat lacking in decorum.

Just Call Me Luo Huaian: Especially the Lanya people.

Just Call Me Luo Huaian: But do not cause any loss of life.

Green Lamp Ancient Buddha: Amitabha, cooperation is the priority.

Qingcai Keke: We can go in together when the time comes.

Just Call Me Luo Huaian: Only outside.

Just Call Me Luo Huaian: If you want to step into the Forbidden Land, you cannot form a team in advance; you will be separated, but if you meet, you can help each other.

Qingcai Keke: So that's how it is.

Chen Shu reached out and touched Qingqing's thigh.

No wonder she wouldn't go with him.

After touching her thigh, he slid down along her knee to stroke her calf.

"Get up."

"Fine, I'll stop touching."

Chen Shu withdrew his hand and pondered for a moment.

Qingcai Keke: I have an unreliable piece of intelligence to share: if everyone does not intend to cross the blockade line and enter the Forbidden Land, but wants to find a relatively safe place to focus on cultivation without being disturbed, you can head west, in the direction where the sun sets; you might be able to find a gathering place for exotic beasts, which would be safer there.

Qingcai Keke: Private intelligence, accuracy not guaranteed.

Beauty with Eight-Pack Abs:!!!

Just Call Me Luo Huaian: Where did this intelligence come from?

Qingcai Keke: Exotic beasts told me and Junior Sister Yan during the Hunting Festival, plus some of my own personal deductions; everyone be cautious, don't blame me if something happens.

Beauty with Eight-Pack Abs: How did I not think of this? /dazed

Gate of All Wonders: Good.

Green Lamp Ancient Buddha: Good.

Gate of All Wonders: Having said that, don't you all find it strange?

Green Lamp Ancient Buddha: What?

Gate of All Wonders: The geniuses from abroad.

Qingcai Keke: I have always been curious about this.

Gate of All Wonders: I knew before that the gods were trying their best to cultivate a new generation of geniuses; now it seems this cultivation even transcends national boundaries. I suspect that most of those foreign geniuses allowed to enter the Imperial Forbidden Land also have a Shenling Yinjiji.

Green Lamp Ancient Buddha: Amitabha...

Just Call Me Luo Huaian: Very worth discussing.

Chen Shu turned over, changing from lying on his side to lying flat, thinking he would be able to see Qingqing's face, but his line of sight was completely blocked by the book in her hands.

However, looking upward through the gap between the book and her body, he could see the peaks and valleys beneath her clothes.

The fabric of this shirt was smooth and thin, a very light grayish-blue color, like the color of the center of an "Archangel" flower. A row of buttons in the middle perfectly separated her chest, and the soft, thin silk fabric outlined the shape of that pair quite accurately—round and high, always feeling bouncy and elastic. Assuming one were to grab them... he might need someone to feed him his meals in the future.

Chen Shu glanced a few times, and seeing Qingqing move her gaze away from the book to look at him, he tactfully turned back, continuing to lie on his side and look at his Mobile Phone.

Gate of All Wonders: What the future will be like, involving the gods, I fear even the Secret Sect would find it hard to predict. Better not to waste effort on it for now; we'll talk about it later.

Gate of All Wonders: Oh, right.

Gate of All Wonders: Why didn't Brother Suannai come out to speak today?

Qingcai Keke: She was just outside pushing my younger sister on the swing. I don't know why, but I always feel her expression is strange.

Green Lamp Ancient Buddha: Amitabha, Benefactor Suannai, was she beaten silly by you?

Qingcai Keke: That shouldn't be the case.

Qingcai Keke: She ate quite a lot at noon.

Grandma always says: /Your grandpa is here.

Just call me Luo Huaian: Looks like you really were beaten silly.

Qingcai Keke: By the way, why did you choose this nickname? @Just call me Luo Huaian

Just call me Luo Huaian: It's the name of a food delivery guy; I just borrowed it when I registered.

Qingcai Keke: ……

Chen Shu turned over again, facing Qingqing. For a moment, his breath was filled with the fragrance on her body. He said, "I plan to return to Bai City at the end of this month. After that, it will take about two months to enter the Forbidden Land. I'll tell them I found a place in Yujing for an internship and ask Chen Banxia to cooperate with me."

"Who?"

Chen Banxia heard the voice and woke up at once, sitting up: "Who is calling me?"

Seeing Qingqing sitting and reading, and his younger brother using Qingqing's legs as a pillow, Chen Banxia blinked, then lay back down and fell asleep in a second.

Chen Shu turned his head and kissed Qingqing on the leg.

"Qingqing, your legs are so fragrant and smooth."

"Get up."

A hand grabbed his collar.

"!"

Chen Shu hurriedly rubbed the spot he had just kissed with his hand, thinking it would be fine if he wiped it off for her, but he was still pulled up by her with brute force.

Such a nasty personality……

Chen Shu muttered to himself and walked out of the room.

A wave of heat rushed toward his face.

The sun outside was scorching.

The little girl was sitting by the stone table, playing with a small snake together with Taozi. Zhang Suannai was on the swing by herself, wondering what she was thinking about.

Seeing Chen Shu walk over, the little girl immediately turned around, grabbed the small snake, and held it high to show him:

"Brother-in-law, look!"

This was a small green snake, about half a meter long. It was clearly fake, yet it kept twisting in her hand. It even wrapped around her slender, white wrist and tightened with force, but after failing, it struggled to escape again.

"What is this?"

"The Qingqing Snake I made."

"Is this the result of your Artificial Life Engineering?"

"Yes."

The little girl nodded with a very serious face and placed the snake on the table again: "This is the second small animal I've made. I made a Qingqing Frog before. This Qingqing Snake is better made than the Qingqing Frog; even my teacher praised me."

After speaking, she poked the little snake to make it run.

The little snake, however, was already numb and silently shrank to the side.

The little girl poked it two more times.

"It's not moving anymore."

The little girl grabbed it and handed it to Chen Shu: "Brother-in-law, I'll give it to you."

"What do I need it for?"

"To play with."

"Emmm……"

Chen Shu picked up the small snake and examined it closely.

The material of the small snake was very special; it was neither plastic nor metal. Its whole body was filled with special Spirit Power, and it twisted restlessly to the left and right when he picked it up.

"Be careful, it might bite you."

"Does it still bite people?"

"It does."

"Isn't it a toy?"

"It has a very nasty personality."

"Then if I raise it for a while, can I develop a bond with it?"

"It is a heartless snake."

"What was it called again?"

"Qingqing Snake."

"Good name!"

Chen Shu twitched the corners of his mouth and grinned.

The little girl continued to explain to him: "It lives on Spirit Power and needs to be replenished with Spirit Power regularly to have energy. If it only relies on absorbing Spirit Power by itself, it has to hibernate for a long time before it can move for a little while. But if it cannot absorb any Spirit Power at all, it will enter deep hibernation. It can stay in deep hibernation for at most two years; if it goes two consecutive years without any Spirit Power replenishment, it will starve to death. So you have to feed it regularly; you can't keep it in a Storage Artifact all the time."

"It can even starve to death?"

"Yes."

As the little girl spoke, she added: "Besides living on Spirit Power, it cannot produce baby snakes, just like a real snake."

"How is it the same?"

"It will absorb Spirit Power on its own, hunt on its own, look for things with high Spirit Power content, fight for territory, fight, bite people, and feel fear." The little girl paused for a moment, "If the whole world were full of these things, with fake trees and fake grass that slowly absorb Spirit Power, and fake mice that eat the fake trees and grass, it would go and catch these fake mice to eat and replenish its Spirit Power, and it would be eaten by fake birds and fake cats. If you add a reproduction mechanism to it, it would be a complete fake animal world."

"So amazing?"

"I am very impressive!"

"Yes, yes, yes…… You are the most impressive!"

"!"

The little girl sat up straight, eyeing the little snake askance; she could not appear too proud.

Late May, the weather was sweltering.

Brother Meng had officially entered the Fourth Stage.

From the Third Tier to the Fourth Stage, he had only used a little over three months.

It seemed his perfect talent was no boast.

The sect had already secured leave for Chen Shu; for the Spirit Sect, this was a trivial matter. It happened that late May was already the end of the term, and classes were stopping one after another, or even if they were still in session, they had already entered the review stage, so Chen Shu took a few more days of leave and made a trip back to Bai City.

After staying in Bai City for a few days, Chen Shu boarded the flying car again.

It was now the end of May.

The opening of the Forbidden Land was imminent.

Qingqing was not going to the Forbidden Land, and Brother Meng also had Brother Meng to look after him, while Yan Keling had an entry permit specially approved for her by the Government, so Chen Shu would not return to Yujing; the flying car headed directly for the edge of Qingshan Ridge, where the group members were also located.

"Hiss..."

Chen Shu opened a can of soda.

A little green snake was crawling around inside the car; this little thing found a corner to hide in, only poking its head out to flick its tongue at Chen Shu.

Chen Shu ignored it and took out his Mobile Phone.

During this time, the group members had been discussing matters regarding the Forbidden Land in the group chat, and with various pieces of information intermingling, they had actually gained a bit more understanding of the Forbidden Land. This group finally served its intended purpose once again.

Green Lamp Ancient Buddha: Have arrived at the outer perimeter of the Qingshan Ridge Forbidden Land.

Green Lamp Ancient Buddha: There are already signs of Divine Power leaking out here; many exotic beasts have gathered on the periphery, and ordinary flora and fauna have also mutated.

Green Lamp Ancient Buddha: Qingcai Caike, I heard that your two roommates are one at the Fourth Stage and one at the Fifth Level; please remind them to be careful.

Qingcai Keke: Received, many thanks.

Gate of All Wonders: Senior Brother, wait for me, I am almost there too.

Qingcai Keke: I just set off from Bai City, I will arrive in the evening.

Grandma Always Says: Currently sword-flying.

Beauty with Eight-Pack Abs: I am almost there too.

Just Call Me Luo Huaian: See you inside the Forbidden Land.

Among the several group members, besides Zhang Suannai and Chen Shu, it seemed only Nüxia of the Moonlit Night intended to enter the Forbidden Land.

Although there was a large area inside the Forbidden Land, and it was divided into inner and outer sections, just stepping into the Forbidden Land meant one might face attacks from resurrected High-Tier powerhouses; Zhang Suannai and Chen Shu only dared to enter by relying on top-tier sects + their own talent + Sixth Stage cultivation + modern bonuses.

This Nüxia is very confident.

And she is not teaming up with anyone.

That is true, the Royal Court follows the Killing Sword Dao.

Perhaps she is just going in to find some excitement.

This opportunity is very rare.

Chen Shu watched for a while, then opened WeChat.

Chen Shu: Where is my Qingqing?

Qingqing: Here.

Chen Shu: Have you started cultivating "Longing"?

Qingqing: Not yet.

Chen Shu: You can start now.

Qingqing: We'll talk when you lose signal.

Chen Shu: Remember it.

Chen Shu: Even if we cannot meet, you must think of me morning and night.

Qingqing: Okay.

---Author's Note---

Updated over 200,000 characters again this month, too diligent.

And then...

Haven't asked for leave in almost two months; asking for three days of leave for May Day, from the 1st to the 3rd, going out to see the jacaranda flowers. During these three days, there will be single updates, posted in the morning chapter. As usual, I will do my best to ensure each chapter is over 4,000 characters (4,000 characters is already the normal update length for many authors).

Readers, lords, as urgent as a legal decree, please approve quickly.

(Bowing and exposing chest)

Additionally, this month is ending soon; if you still have monthly tickets on hand, find a home for those monthly ticket babies. Tomorrow is a new month again; taking advantage of the May Day double monthly ticket period, please cast your brand-new monthly tickets for the diligent Jasmine!