Fighting: Practice makes it real, start with a poisonous body.

Chapter 187 Azure Scale: I Want to Kill the Netherworld Venerable

Deep within the Beast Realm, in an unnamed mountain range, lies a cave hidden in the mountain's belly. Overgrown vegetation obscures the cave entrance, with only a few rays of sunlight filtering through the rock crevices, barely outlining the cave's interior.

Qinglin sat cross-legged on the cold stone, her light green skirt stained with dust, yet it did not diminish her graceful beauty in the slightest.

She gently closed her eyes, and the pale blue battle aura surrounding her gradually stabilized until the last wisp of energy returned to her dantian before she slowly opened her eyes.

Su Yun looked up at the sound and her gaze fell on her: "It seems you have recovered almost completely."

"Ah."

Qinglin responded softly, her head slightly lowered, her fingertips unconsciously caressing the jade bottle in her palm. The jade was warm and smooth, and the bottle still retained a faint fragrance of cinnamon.

This elixir was a gift from Su Yun, and Qing Lin still feels a chill when she thinks about it.

"This older brother is not only incredibly strong, but also incredibly wealthy... even the pills for restoring battle qi are grade eight."

A surge of gratitude and admiration welled up in Qinglin's heart. She spoke softly, her voice tinged with timidity.

"Thank you for saving me just now. I still don't know your name, big brother?"

"my name?"

Su Yun spoke softly, a look of hesitation on her face.

"It's okay if it's inconvenient to talk about it."

A hint of disappointment flashed across Qinglin's eyes as he said, "I was being presumptuous."

"It doesn't matter."

Su Yun shook his head: "It's not that I intentionally concealed it, it's just that if ordinary people knew my identity, they would inevitably encounter misfortune..."

If my enemies find out that you have ever had any dealings with me, they will not let you off easily.

Qinglin was stunned for a moment, a look of astonishment flashing in her clear eyes.

She recalled the scene of Su Yun easily killing that demon saint.

I never expected that the other party, who was already a powerful figure I could only look up to, would also have an enemy that I could not resist.
Su Yun pondered for a moment before saying, "As for my name, my surname is Xiao."

Qinglin's eyes brightened, as if stars had fallen into them: "From now on, I'll call you Brother Xiao."

"up to you."

Su Yun slowly stood up, his black robes sweeping across the pebbles on the ground, making a soft sound.

"Now that you've recovered enough, I'll be leaving. After all, the Beast Realm isn't human territory, so you should leave as soon as possible."

If fate allows, we will meet again.

Leaving now?
Qinglin's heart tightened suddenly, and the warmth she had felt just moments before instantly turned cold. Almost instinctively, she stood up and said, "Wait!"

"What else do you want?"

Su Yun looked over, his expression puzzled.

Qinglin's cheeks flushed slightly as he stared at her like that, her fingers nervously twisting the hem of her clothes, her voice barely audible.

"Can I...can I follow you from now on?"

Su Yun asked in surprise, "Oh, why is that?"

A look of confusion appeared on Qinglin's pretty face: "I don't know where I should go?"

"Are you perhaps a rogue cultivator? Don't you have any family?"

Qinglin said softly, "I suppose I can consider myself a rogue cultivator for now, as for my family..."

My father was a snake man. He raped my mother, which led to my birth... but he cannot be called my father.

My mother raised me alone, which was very hard. When I was six years old, she fell ill from overwork and passed away.

I live alone in a remote desert town in the Northwest Continent, and because of my identity, I am not liked by others.

My mother is gone; that's not my home anymore.

“You are the Jade Serpent with Three Flower Eyes, which means you are a human-snake hybrid. This situation is indeed difficult, and it was my oversight.”

Su Yun looked guilty.

Qinglin quickly waved his hand and said, "It's alright." "Then what happened next? How did you end up here in the Northwest Continent?"

"Later, I was adopted by a mercenary group. The mercenaries still looked at me with cold eyes, but at least they didn't speak ill of me, so it was relatively safe... but that was not my home either."

After that, I was discovered by the people of the Heavenly Serpent Palace and taken back to their residence.

Su Yun nodded: "I do know about the Heavenly Serpent Palace. Although it was only for a short time, I did stay in the Northwest Continent for a period of time."

The Heavenly Serpent Palace is the overlord of the Northwest Continent, and its inhabitants have revered the Azure Serpent Three-Flower Pupil for generations. They should treat you extremely well.

"But I left the Heavenly Serpent Palace."

Qinglin looked bewildered: "That's right, the Heavenly Serpent Mansion has treated me very well. They have provided me with all kinds of cultivation techniques, combat skills, and pills, and they have made me their young master."

But after I came of age, they tried to force me to marry the eldest son of the previous lord of the manor.

I know what they want to do. The manor wants me to preserve the bloodline of the Jade Serpent Three-Flower Pupil, but I don't like that person.

and……"

At this point, Qing Lin frowned slightly: "In order to find the Jade Serpent Three-Flower Pupil, the manor has sent elders to search all over the continent."

They would also capture ordinary women, drug them with aphrodisiacs, and then place them among snakes...

I don't like it.

"The Heavenly Serpent Palace actually has such a way of doing things."

A chill ran through Su Yun's eyes.

"Well, so after the six ancient races lifted the blockade on the Northwest Continent, I took the space passage and came to the Central Continent."

If I remain on the Northwest Continent, I will definitely be discovered and captured again.

After that, I broke through to the Dou Zun level in Zhongzhou, exhausting the cultivation of the snake-like magical beasts I had captured before.

In order to cultivate, I came to the Beast Realm to capture eighth-tier snake-type magical beasts. I accidentally provoked the Nine Netherworld Python, and then I met Brother Xiao..."

Qinglin's voice grew softer and softer as she spoke.

"We are both wanderers in this world, and our circumstances are somewhat similar."

Su Yun gazed at the birds flying past outside the cave, her voice so soft it was as if she were talking to herself: "They are all homeless, and they are all rejected because of their different appearances..."

Qinglin said cautiously, "If Brother Xiao is willing to talk, Qinglin is willing to listen."

"It's just a little bit of wind and frost."

Su Yun came to his senses and said, "Although we have nowhere to go, it doesn't matter. I travel with my sword to serve the human race; what are you cultivating day and night for?"

Qinglin was taken aback by the question, and confusion welled up in her clear eyes. She clutched the hem of her clothes and whispered, "I...I don't know."

Seeing her bewildered look, Su Yun softened her tone and gently guided her.

"In life, one should always have something to keep going... whether it's a lofty ambition or a realistic goal."

"Don't you have anything you want to do, any wishes you want to fulfill?"

Is it absolutely necessary?

A hint of uncertainty flickered in Qinglin's eyes, clearly indicating that he had never seriously considered this question.

Su Yun's voice was firm and resolute: "It absolutely must be!"

Upon hearing this, Qinglin lowered his head and pondered deeply, his brows furrowing slightly, his fingertips unconsciously stroking the jade bottle.

After a moment, she suddenly looked up, her eyes lighting up, her voice tinged with excitement: "If I had to say... I think I really do have one!"

Su Yun asked expectantly, "What is it?"

"Kill the Netherworld Venerable!"

"Uh-huh?"

Su Yun was stunned.