All-class Gu Immortal

Chapter 256 Ink Dragon Skin and Ink Dragon Egg, Erqing Evolution!

"Huh? A Heavenly Poison Insect?!"

Zhou Qing happily put away the golden lotus root, only to discover that at the bottom of the cold pool where the black dragon had originally lived, celestial poisonous insects were emerging, seemingly unable to resist the attraction of the Divine Wood King Cauldron.

"There are quite a few!"

Zhou Qing controlled the Divine Wood King Cauldron, creating a separate area inside to absorb these celestial poisonous insects.

"Could there be some treasure at the bottom of the cold pool that can block my soul power perception?"

After collecting the Heavenly Poison Insects, Zhou Qing's attention returned to the Cold Pool.

He had clearly not found any trace of the Heavenly Poison Insects when he used his soul power to sense them, but now they have appeared in the Cold Pool, which means there must be something strange beneath the Cold Pool.

With this in mind, Zhou Qing released the four-winged Ice Silkworm and submerged into the icy pool.

In a short while, the four-winged ice silkworm dragged a jet-black dragon molt several tens of feet long from underwater.

Before a dragon sheds its skin, it appears as if it were transparent.

The soul force swept over it like ripples on water, spreading outwards along the dragon's molt without revealing anything unusual.

"No wonder I couldn't sense the presence of the underwater poisonous insects even with my Earth Realm soul power."

Zhou Qing looked surprised, never expecting that the skin shed by the black dragon would be so extraordinary.

Zhou Qing reached out and touched the dragon's molted skin, finding it smooth as a mirror.

The next moment, his palms began to turn black, and a tingling, itchy sensation spread from his palms.

"Such a potent toxin!"

Zhou Qing was startled and quickly circulated his qi and blood and true essence to try to remove the toxins, but found that it had no effect at all.

So he mobilized the magical power gathered in his primordial aperture, which suppressed the poison and cleared it away.

Although Zhou Qing is only a pseudo-third-tier cultivator, his body is greatly enhanced by magic power due to the effects of his profession, making his combat strength a genuine third-tier cultivator, even stronger than that of an ordinary Grandmaster who has achieved the Three Flowers Gathering at the Top.

It can poison him instantly, and the poison can only be removed with magic power, something a second-tier creature simply cannot do.

"Could it be that the Ink Dragon has successfully transcended its tribulation and transformed into a dragon?!"

Zhou Qing suddenly realized a startling possibility: the Ink Dragon was neither killed by the returning third-tier expert from the Five Streams Barbarians, nor did it escape; rather, it successfully passed the tribulation and activated its true dragon bloodline.

The dragon skin in front of him was probably shed after it survived the tribulation of lightning, so even the remaining toxins were enough to instantly injure Zhou Qing, a pseudo-third-tier cultivator.

If it were anyone below the third rank, even a Grand Martial Master who had one foot in the Three Flowers Gathering at the Top would die on the spot.

"Good baby!"

Zhou Qing was somewhat excited. Such a long dragon skin contained such terrifying poison; it was an excellent raw material, whether for refining gu or poison.

In particular, the dragon skin can isolate the perception of soul power. If it can be made into a cloak or leather armor, it should be able to isolate the perception of a third-level expert at close range, and can be used to achieve unexpected victory at critical moments.

"Pfft!"

Just as Zhou Qing was about to collect the Ink Dragon Skin, Erqing in the Yuanqiao appeared somewhat excited.

"Pfft!"

"You want to extract the deadly poison from the black dragon's hide?"

Zhou Qing was taken aback.

"Although you have advanced to the middle rank of the second level, I'm afraid you might not be able to withstand such a potent poison, right?"

Zhou Qing was somewhat worried.

"Pfft!"

"You want to try?"

Seeing Erqing's resolute attitude, Zhou Qing hesitated and looked at the professional panel.

[Silkworm Gu Master (Profession Bonus): For any matter involving the raising and refining of silkworm-type Gu worms, your success rate is 100% for levels below 3 and 80% for levels below 4.]

"I dare not be careless about the deadly poison on the black dragon's skin, but Erqing is a second-tier silkworm-type Gu worm. Theoretically speaking, the success rate of cultivating and refining it should be 100%, and it should never fail."

Erqing rose from humble beginnings alongside Zhou Qing. Although its growth has slowed down in recent years and it has fallen behind somewhat, it still holds a very important place in Zhou Qing's heart.

Since it was so eager to improve, Zhou Qing decided to help it, since there was no danger to its life anyway.

"Go ahead."

Zhou Qing gritted his teeth and made a decision. A pink butterfly, about the size of a palm, hovered beside Zhou Qing. Its wings were covered with black patterns, which at first glance looked like a pair of giant eyes, extremely eerie.

After Erqing evolved into the Heavenly Poison Peach Blossom Butterfly, although it continued to feed on Heavenly Poison Insects and made steady progress, its growth was relatively slow.

"If Erqing can really evolve, then let's give it a chance."

Zhou Qing thought to himself.

Once he truly breaks through to the third rank, he can condense three more divine power seeds. The Heavenly Fire Golden Centipede will absorb and transform the divine seed fragments, making his breakthrough to the third rank almost certain. In addition, its explosive combat power has always been the strongest among all of Zhou Qing's Gu insects, so it is definitely necessary to reserve one divine power seed for it.

Secondly, there is the third-tier, ninth-grade Sacred Heart Lotus.

As for the last seed of divine power, Zhou Qing planned to leave it for Er Qing.

Since it is a type of silkworm-like Gu insect, if it absorbs the potent poison contained in the skin of the black dragon to advance to the third rank, it will definitely not be weak.

"Pfft!"

With a mindset of facing death without fear, Erqing landed on the black dragon's skin.

On the jet-black dragon skin, a potent poison, seemingly tangible, began to transfer towards Erqing's body.

Hissing sounds.
Multicolored smoke drifted out from Erqing's body. In an instant, Erqing's body turned as black as ink. The next moment, its wings began to wither and slowly dissipate from the very edges.

"Damn it!"

Zhou Qing frowned slightly. Wasn't it supposed to be 100% successful?

Buzz!
Just as Zhou Qing was about to return Erqing to his Yuanqiao, the four-winged Ice Silkworm, which had returned to the bottom of the cold pool, flew out, carrying an egg the size of a washbasin among its twelve pairs of claws.

"Could this be a black dragon egg?!" Zhou Qing was stunned. He sensed a powerful life force emanating from the egg.

"The black dragon left behind its molted body to hide its egg, so that it could become food to grow stronger after the egg hatches?"

"Puff~"

Erqing's weak voice echoed in Zhou Qing's heart, seemingly expressing some kind of longing.

"You want a dragon egg?"

Seeing Erqing's two pairs of wings completely disintegrated, Zhou Qing hesitated for a moment, then took the Ink Dragon Egg from the Four-Winged Ice Silkworm's bosom, shook it gently, and then concentrated his magic power to vibrate the top of the eggshell.

"Crack!"

A crack immediately appeared on the top of the black dragon egg. Zhou Qing followed the crack and peeled off the top of the eggshell. A powerful life force emanated from it, along with an enticing fragrance.

Inside the thick egg white is an unformed dragon embryo.

"Goooooooooo~"

Erqing extended its mouthparts and inserted them into the eggshell. In just a few breaths, it absorbed all the nutrients inside.

Finally, not even the eggshells were wasted.

Soon, Erqing, who had been listless, was filled with a powerful life force. He began to glow with a dark purple light, and his round, fleshy body developed scaly keratinous layers. Finally, he curled up and transformed into a giant silkworm cocoon in the dark light.

"Thank goodness, nothing happened," Zhou Qing breathed a sigh of relief.

He put away the dragon skin and the silkworm cocoons. Meanwhile, the battle between poisonous insects around the Divine Wood King Cauldron was coming to an end.

"Today's trip has truly been incredibly profitable!"

boom--!
Just as Zhou Qing was about to leave, a deafening roar suddenly came from the distant horizon, and a beam of light pierced the darkness.

A terrifying aura rapidly approached him.

"what happened?"

Zhou Qing was shocked; this aura made him feel threatened with death.

"Could it be a black dragon?!"

Zhou Qing immediately put away the Divine Wood King Cauldron, merged with the Four-Winged Ice Silkworm, directly consumed his life force, and increased the flight speed of the Four-Winged Ice Silkworm to the limit, disappearing from Baiman Mountain in an instant.

Rumble~!

Deep in the Qilian Mountains, an earth-shattering battle raged for a day and two nights.

A hundred-foot-long poisonous dragon fought alone against the five Venerable Ones.

(End of this chapter)