Wet viviparity

Chapter 757 Transmitting a Sound, Ancient Treasure
After transmitting the message, a very faint ripple flashed across Black Owl's eyes.

Since he was exiled to the banks of the Blackwater River in Diqiu, he had lost all contact with her and wondered how she was doing. With Xiaoqing's free-spirited and unrestrained nature, she must hate him to the core and have cursed him a hundred times in secret.

If he makes this communication, the other party will certainly not give him a friendly look.

Black Owl ran his fingertips along the patterns on the Evil Light Stone, feeling quite uneasy.

"Fine, I'll take whatever insults I get. Let Madam vent her anger first. It will be really difficult if she doesn't respond."

Tens of thousands of miles away, in the stone chamber of Xiping Lake.

On the stone table, a dark, murky stone with hair-like inclusions suddenly trembled, spewing forth a dark red glow.

In the halo of light, the long-lost voice, carrying a strange echo, suddenly rang out.

Little Green Maiden was leaning against a soft couch covered with pebbles of various colors from the mountain stream. Her fingertips were idly fiddling with a round, reddish-brown pebble. She trembled violently at the sound of it, and her expression changed several times, with anger and resentment mixed with a hint of joy.

"ah!"

She practically sprang to her feet, the few stray strands of hair on her forehead fluttering wildly in the wind.

"You rascal?!" A coquettish scolding, mixed with anger and joy, escaped her lips. She grabbed the Evil Light Stone from the table, then suddenly threw it on the ground as if it were burning her hand, cursing, "You shameless, wretched thing."

After cursing, he tightly gripped the ochre-red pebble he regarded as a treasure in his palm, his fingertips turning slightly white from the force.

After a breath or two, seeing no reply from the black owl within the stone, his breathing became even more rapid.

At this moment, she and Black Owl were both silent. Although she could not see Black Owl's figure, she could feel his unique aura, which seemed to have penetrated through the stone, making her heart flutter.

Little Green Girl couldn't hold back any longer and broke the silence first, angrily scolding the Evil Light Stone: "You heartless thing! Where did you hide in that dark corner of the ground? You haven't uttered a sound, leaving me..."

She paused, seemingly realizing that her concerns were too direct, and abruptly changed her tone, but her voice became even more spoiled, "Now I have no one to talk to about the few good stones I just picked up."

"Speak quickly! Where are you? When are you coming back?"

"hehe!"

Hearing Xiaoqing give him a way out, Hei Xiao felt a complex mix of emotions and sighs.

"Where? It's at the ends of the earth."

Black Owl deliberately made his voice low and melancholy, but then felt that this was too cunning, so he said casually, "Since I returned to Golden Essence Mountain, I have had a lot of trivial matters at home, which are too annoying, so I came to Earth Hill to live in seclusion and cultivate my nature."

Upon hearing this, Xiaoqing felt annoyed.

She was caught up in her emotions and didn't realize what kind of place that hill was, or who would go there to live in seclusion. She just started cursing and venting all the grievances she had been holding back.

The emotions had just subsided when I immediately came to my senses.

"Mounds of land?"

"Yes, Diqiu."

"What wrong have you done that you must live in seclusion on the hill?"
"Could it be that the demonic transformation within you hasn't faded, and, as my elder sister predicted, has become a chronic ailment in your body? You are now in Diqiu, banished by the Jiang family, left to fend for yourself in this wasteland."

"Sister is truly a prophet."

Black Owl sighed and briefly recounted his exile to the ancestral temple on Jinjing Mountain.

He didn't take the situation seriously. Although he grew up in Jinjing Mountain, he had lived in a secluded mansion since childhood and was born with innate wisdom, so he didn't have a deep emotional connection with the Jiang family and often felt like an outsider.

However, his experience still aroused Xiao Qinggu's great indignation, and she even forgot her feelings of resentment towards Hei Xiao.

"They are utterly inhuman. No wonder everyone says that the True Spirit Sect was originally one sect, but they split into different factions, bound by family lineage and blood ties, indulging and protecting each other. Their moral character has deteriorated over time, and they are no less than those of the side sects."

Then, she became worried again, picked up the Stone of Evil Light and said, "My elder sister has now obtained the True Character Golden Sutra from the monk of Miaoyin Nunnery and has set off for the Cuihuan Palace on Wuli Mountain in the Central Plains to pay homage to the virtuous and holy immortal who often manifests in the human world—the Daoist Tianwa. Before she left, my elder sister instructed me that on this trip, she must use great perseverance, great fortitude, and that True Character Golden Sutra to move the Daoist Tianwa and ask her to refine an ancient treasure in preparation for the tribulation of fighting against the evil villain Lingxu in the future."

Upon hearing this, Black Owl's heart skipped a beat.

Given Daqinggu's unwavering nature, she might actually be able to sway that legendary Daoist nun who "loves refining treasures, creating spells, accepting others, and meddling in other people's business," and refine the so-called ancient treasure, thereby threatening the true body.

"What ancient treasure?"

Black Owl asked tentatively.

Xiao Qinggu, without a doubt, said to Hei Xiao, "That precious item is called the Golden Dome Yinxia Crown. It was made based on the ancient precious Golden Cloud Crown, but it is quite different from it, and it secretly conforms to the two methods of Buddhism and Demonism."

Once refined, this treasure can construct a "Golden Vault and Shadowy Clouds Dharma Realm" of about one acre in size outside the Niwan Palace at the top of the head, where the real and the illusory coexist and the form and spirit transform into one another.

When facing an enemy, one only needs to transfer one's own form and spirit into it, and one will become like light and shadow, assimilated with the rosy clouds. Even the highest-ranking immortals of the five realms within the Xuanmen sect will find it difficult to discern the true form and will not be able to cause any harm.

Furthermore, within that gloomy atmosphere, there are three thousand demon servants and ghost attendants who sit in meditation and chant, and are commanded by the magic techniques refined in the "Book of Demon Servants and Divine Arts". When they engage in battle, the three thousand demon servants and ghost attendants will have various wonderful uses.

Even a simple, crude method of making them unleash their demonic powers would be enough to destroy rivers and mountains.

Seeing that there was no response from the Stone of Evil Light, Xiao Qing Gu thought that her proud tone and the little bit of joy she had shown when introducing the treasure had offended Xiao Lang, who was feeling down at the moment, so she asked him about the situation on his end.

"When I came to Diqiu, I obtained a new treasure. I already had an idea to develop my own method to resolve the calamity of my demonic body."

The reason I dare to transmit my voice through this stone in the bitter cold of the hills is because of this sliver of hope; I also hope to gain your and your sister's experience in magic.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Qinggu hesitated and her feelings faded slightly. She thought to herself, "Even someone with my sister's level of cultivation would have to exhaust herself to achieve this kind of self-contained cultivation. Even if Xiao Lang has the wisdom of his past life, how much hope can he possibly have in this area?"

If I were to impart this knowledge to him, I would probably have to travel to the far reaches of the East Sea, reside on a hill, and speak to him in person to accurately convey the subtle and profound meaning of the magic.

"I have a long-standing relationship with Xiaolang, and the time we spent together was quite enjoyable. He's different from ordinary men; he knows how to pay attention to my preferences and is happy to go out of his way to please this...unorthodox enchantress."

She clasped her hands together, staring blankly at the reddish-brown pebble in her palm.

"But I'm used to a carefree life, and I love luxurious mansions and fancy clothes and fireworks."

Here at Xiping Lake, I can still find many rogue cultivators and servants to serve me, and even fellow disciples from the Cangling Sect come to offer me treasures and curry favor. Life is perfect. But if I were to go to the hilltop, to that desolate place, to be a lone ghost facing the wilderness, how could I endure that hardship and loneliness?

Before my sister left, she told me to either go find Xiao Lang or end this relationship.

She said that when they were stopped by the demon ape Ma Ling at the gate of Ziding Mountain, she and her sister had done their duty. She also said that I was by nature fickle and unable to be devoted to one person, and that if we were separated for too long, I would surely revert to my old ways.

Hei Xiao understood Xiao Qing Gu's dilemma. She would definitely have great doubts about his claim of having his own unique method, or even not believe that he had the talent to create such a method.

Even Black Owl himself wouldn't believe it, which is why he specifically mentioned his newly acquired treasure earlier.

To solidify Xiao Qinggu's confidence in him, Hei Xiao decided to carefully explain the wordless book that had been used to fool people. Unexpectedly, before he could finish speaking, Xiao Qinggu responded, saying, "Remember, you owe me for the rest of your life."

"What do you mean?"

"I'll tidy up inside the cave and then go to the hill to meet you."

Thinking about her elder sister's words, Xiaoqinggu's stubborn nature kicked in, and she resolved to change her elder sister's opinion of her.

"Who said I wanted you?"

Black Owl gasped in surprise, then quickly stopped talking.

His original intention was to use the Evil Light Stone to exchange magic information from the "Demon Slayer's Manual" with Xiao Qinggu. Moreover, he only wanted Xiao Qinggu to act as a messenger, and his main goal was to learn magic insights from her older sister, Da Qinggu.

"You heartless bastard, you must have picked up some filthy prostitute from that godforsaken place called Diqiu."

(End of this chapter)