Immortal Cultivation and Life-Saving Guide

Chapter 412 Same Ring
Years later, when Master Wei stood on Dieji Mountain, he would still recall that warm feeling of his Qi filling his body.

Although Wei Xi immediately realized that this shouldn't be her dilapidated Qi Palace.

But then again, even the immortals in the clouds would be tempted by a better and more powerful force.

Let alone Wei Xi being just an ordinary person who knows some magic tricks, even if she were to ascend to immortality immediately, she would still have some thoughts about it.

Those who only dabble in temptations without understanding their true nature are most easily dragged into an abyss of no return by these treacherous things.

Fortunately, Wei Xi is naturally suspicious; even if something falls from the sky, she'll first wonder if fate is trying to kill her with it.

Therefore, Wei Xi's mind wavered for only a moment before he immediately said "no" to the bad temptation, subconsciously realizing, "Oh no..."

Hearing this, Qin Feng, who had been calm, panicked slightly and said dryly, "Isn't it good that you can use spiritual power?"

The deep, dark pool in Wei Xi's heart began to bubble, one idea after another.

Some of these claims are particularly absurd, such as the snake's body structure altering the two people's qi (vital energy).

Wei Xi quickly filtered out the unreliable ideas, leaving only the more reliable ones.

For example, Wei Xi recalled his past experience of secretly cultivating with Yin-Yang Qi.

It's possible that this place is another "treasure land" filled with yin and yang energy. Otherwise, how can we explain Qin Feng's empty qi palace while his own qi palace is unexpectedly full?
Soon after, Wei Xi refuted this theory.

The reason is simple: according to Wei Xi's investigation, her originally dilapidated Qi Palace has undergone a complete transformation.

Rather than saying that the area was filled with yin and yang energy, and that Wei Xi, who was more adapted to yin and yang energy, was the best, it would be more accurate to say that the energy palaces of Wei and Qin... were switched.

With a sudden inspiration, Wei Xi followed this line of thought and ran wildly: What if it wasn't just the Qi Palace that was switched?
Wei patted his tail twice and realized he had found the reason why he had turned into a snake.

“This place is strange,” Wei Xi said slowly, his calm tone unexpectedly soothing. “What exactly were those snakes we saw earlier?”

Without hesitation, Qin Feng replied, "Isn't it the defensive fortifications of the ancient city?"

"What I mean is, how do those snakes guard the ancient city?"

Upon hearing this, Qin Feng's handsome brows furrowed, and he asked hesitantly, "Xiao Xi, you've confused me... Those snakes swallowed us, and our injuries haven't fully healed yet, how come you've already forgotten the pain?"

Wei Xi shook his head vigorously on the snake's body, speaking clearly and logically: "A demonic wind arose at sea, and the fishing boat mistakenly entered the territory of the Oar Demon. At that time, you and I were seriously injured and no match for those giant sea serpents. Why weren't we killed on the spot, but instead swallowed up?"

"This..." Qin Feng was speechless for a moment, unable to think of a reasonable explanation, and a trace of color returned to his pale cheeks.

Not wanting to make things difficult for Qin Feng, Wei Xi pointed the tip of his tail towards the coral wall and changed the subject, "How long do you think this will take?"

“For an ordinary craftsman, it takes about ten years,” Qin Feng scratched his chin with his pinkish-blue tail. “For a cultivator… even a swordsman like me would need several months to master it…”

“Not only that,” Wei Xi shook his head slightly, “discovering these things also takes time.”

"It takes time for a body to decompose, and it also takes time to piece together broken bones, let alone an ancient city."

The lack of archaeological knowledge did not prevent Wei Xi from understanding the enormous amount of work behind it.

“No matter who left these records, it wasn’t something that happened in just a few days. They found the right way to enter Deadwater City and sorted out… a wall of…” Wei Xi raised her eyes, and Qin Feng understood what she was implying.

"But what does this have to do with the snakes in front?"

Wei Xi remained expressionless, her snake body coiled into a fleshy tower, enshrining her aggressive and powerful head.

"They've been here for so long, how come they haven't encountered any snakes?"

Upon hearing this, Qin Feng was taken aback at first, then suddenly realized and said with a hint of excitement, "That's right! The fact that they have the time to do stone carvings proves that those snakes outside are nothing to them! If people in the past could do it, there's no reason why we can't find a way out!"

Wei Xi was not as optimistic as his friend—who would not use paper and pen, but instead carve their discovery on a coral wall?
If Wei Xi hadn't handed over that ring, perhaps these inscriptions wouldn't have even been discovered.

Wei Xi subconsciously tried to rub his fingers together, but only the tip of his finger bumped into the back of his head, which was quite embarrassing.

"Something's not right!" Qin Feng finally realized something was amiss after going around in circles, his tail drooping. "Then why are they carving words here? Who's going to look at that? There's not even a live fish here!"

“I can think of two possibilities,” Wei Xi said in a deep voice. “One is that they were just bored. If that’s the case, there might have been a large-scale exploration in the Bone Reef Sea a long time ago, so much so that someone was so bored that they carved their findings here.”

“The other one is much more reliable,” Wei Xi’s pupils narrowed, making him look like a snake. “Someone was trapped here and died, and while waiting to die, he carved down everything he knew.”

Wei Xi spoke calmly, but his words sent chills down one's spine. Against the backdrop of the surrounding bone-colored coral, he looked like a monster crawling out of a grave.

Thinking of this, Qin Feng hesitated and said, "I don't know about other things, but I'm just curious. Surely there were people who turned out like us before?"

"I've only captured the form of the human head and snake body; I haven't yet figured out the intricacies of it."

"Only the form is known?"

Wei Xi nodded slightly, his chubby tail brushing against Qin Feng. "We are both human-headed snakes, that is our form; our colors and shapes are different, that may be our reality, but we don't know the meaning behind it."

Qin Feng's handsome face contorted slightly, and he exclaimed in disbelief, "This isn't an illusion? I've really turned into a limp snake?"

“Indeed, there’s something strange about this place that could swap our skins…” Wei Xi frowned and said, “Could it be… that we’ve swapped bodies with a snake!”

As soon as the idea popped into her head, Wei Xi was extremely unwilling—if her body were controlled by the worm, wouldn't she be crawling all over the ground?

Trying to banish the image from his mind, Wei Xi, with a dark expression, decided to take action.

Wei Xi stretched out the tip of its tail and deftly hooked it onto the ring hanging on Qin Feng's tail.

Even after transforming into... a half-dragon, Qin Feng's reactions remained extremely sharp. The tip of his translucent, almost transparent tail nimbly dodged the colorful, fat tail, which stretched out quite a bit, raising the ring high.

Now, the short snake was not enough; what had originally formed a mountain of flesh had turned into a sausage.

Now, the short snake was not enough; what had originally formed a mountain of flesh had turned into a meat tube.

Seeing this, Qin Feng quickly lowered his tail and casually asked, "Is there something wrong with this ring?"

Wei Xi used his tail to catch the ring. "Give it a try, it might work wonders."