Deities: Rulers of Nature

In the 534th year of the Divine Calendar, a year had passed since Qinglv broke through to the Bronze rank.

The temple trials of that year had just ended. Bai Qian, with her outstanding skills and Illusionary Eyes, successfully killed six Black Iron-rank Inkscale Serpents, becoming the top performer in this trial and being selected as a temple guard as she had wished.

It wasn't until he reached the Black Iron Rank that the Illusionary Eye gradually revealed its true power.

Bai Qian's full-power Illusionary Eyes can even confuse bronze-level wild beasts for a moment, and can even control the behavior of iron-level wild beasts for a short time.

The White-Scaled Serpent People, who were once suppressed by the Black-Scaled Serpent and forced to forage in the mud, are now not without the power to fight back against it.

Nowadays, becoming a temple guard is no longer simply a matter of successfully hunting a Black Iron-tier wild beast. Instead, it's a process of selecting the best of the best. Only those who demonstrate sufficient ability have a chance of being chosen as temple guards.

"Congratulations, Bai Qian," Hua Luo said with a proud expression as she danced around Bai Qian.

Although Hua Luo didn't know what it meant to feel honored, that was indeed how she felt at that moment.

The Sakura Spirit Clan's current beliefs have been influenced by the Xishan Tribe. For example, they take pride in passing the Temple Trials, but for various reasons, the Sakura Spirit Clan has not participated in the Temple Trials to this day.

"You need to work hard too, Hua Luo. Once you reach the Black Iron Rank, the two of us can rampage through the Green Ridge Mountains. I'll be in charge of the rampage then," Bai Qian teased with a smile.

"You're the one in charge, haha!" Hua Luo said angrily, throwing pollen all over Bai Qian's face.

Although Hua Luo hasn't yet condensed her extraordinary seed, she's already quite skilled with the three powders: paralysis powder, hypnotic powder, and poison powder. Of course, the pollen she released on Bai Qian was ineffective.

Bai Qian let Hua Luo splash pollen all over her, since she would have to take a bath soon anyway. To be honest, the pollen Hua Luo released had a rather unique scent, a faint fragrance that was hard to detect when you really wanted to smell it.

"Alright, Flower Luo, save your pollen. If you keep sprinkling it, you won't be able to release the three pollens today." Bai Qian couldn't help but feel helpless as she watched Flower Luo start sprinkling pollen on her tail.

Even though she's older than him, Hua Luo can be quite childish at times.

"Were you thinking something impolite just now?" Hua Luo suddenly stopped and looked at Bai Qian with a suspicious expression.

Bai Qian calmly replied, "How could that be? It must be your imagination."

To be honest, Hua Luo's suddenly serious little expression was quite cute. Bai Qian couldn't resist poking Hua Luo's cheek with her finger.

"Ah, Bai Qian, how dare you poke me! I'll fight you to the death! Try my newly concocted itching powder!"

Seeing the pollen re-condensing in Hua Luo's palm, Bai Qian naturally wouldn't wait patiently. With a flash, she unleashed her Black Iron Rank speed, instantly leaving Hua Luo ten meters behind.

"Hua Luo, you can't catch me." Bai Qian said provocatively as she ran.

"You're cheating!" Hua Luo shouted as she fluttered her thin wings and chased after Bai Qian relentlessly.

The snake people nearby were used to it; this wasn't the first time such a scene had happened.

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After so many years of bloodline purification and refinement, the information of the Xishan Serpent Clan has now become:

[Race: Xishan Serpent People]

Category: Scaled People

[Level: Medium Race]

[Rank: Mortal to Bronze]

[Potential: Bronze (Levels 1-30)]

[Talents: Plant Affinity/Perception/Snake Venom/Illusory Eyes]

Reproduction method: Oviparous, one litter every two years, with 1-2 eggs per litter.

[Lifespan of the species: 75-80 years]

Number of races: 1157

Bloodline Purity: 100/100 (Bloodline level can be advanced)

[Bloodline Transformation: ...]

[Information: The snake-people tribe living at the foot of Xishan Mountain is divided into four types: Azure Scales, Golden Rings, Crimson Chains, and White Scales...]

After so many years, the number of snake-people in Xishan has finally exceeded one thousand, with nearly three hundred black iron-rank snake-people.

Currently, only Qinglv is at the Bronze rank, but Chihong has recently reached level 20 and will soon become the second Bronze rank member of the Xishan tribe.

That will also be the time for him to succeed as clan leader.

Ji Xuan lowered his gaze, and when he saw that the bloodline purity had reached 100/100, a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes.

This means that the bloodline purity of the Xishan Serpent People has reached its current limit, and they are now capable of bloodline leap.

If the leap is successful, the Xishan Serpent People will transform into a higher race.

The difference between these two is definitely not a simple difference in combat power; their life level, racial potential, and even the faith they provide will all be comprehensively improved.

In fact, only fourteen years have passed since Ji Xuan arrived in the Void Realm. He is confident that with the current strength of the Xishan Serpent Clan, they can occupy a place among the newly born demigods.

But if you really want to gain a foothold in the virtual world and win in the long run, intermediate races are far from enough; advanced and extraordinary races are the main ones.

Bloodline Leap

【1: Use Qingwo ore and Qingling vine (natural oak branches and leaves can be used as a substitute, with better results) to build an incubation pool in a warm place, and put all the snake people's eggs into the incubation pool to hatch;

2: Male snake people eat blood bone lotus root and jade bone grass once a day, while female snake people eat blood bone lotus seeds and blood orchid once a week for more than five years;

3: All snake people must consume the spinal cord of a snake-like wild beast once a month for at least three years.

There are only three conditions for the bloodline leap of the Xishan Serpent People, but they are not easy to achieve.

The first point is relatively easy to address. There is a complete Qingwo mineral vein in the current Shanhai Divine Realm, so there is definitely no shortage of Qingwo ore.

Although Ji Xuan did not have the Azure Spirit Vine, the branches and leaves of the Natural Oak could serve as a substitute, so Ji Xuan no longer needed to consider the Azure Spirit Vine.

Building the hatching pool in a warm place was not difficult for Ji Xuan; he could easily draw a wisp of magma from deep underground to the vicinity of the Xishan tribe.

However, we need to be extra careful about this, lest the eggs fail to hatch and end up being cooked instead.

The Blood Bone Lotus and Jade Bone Grass mentioned in the second point are both bronze-tier spiritual plants, which are not found in the Mountain and Sea Divine Realm. They can only be found in other demi-planes and small worlds in the future.

After so many years of cultivation, the production of Blood Orchid has increased significantly, which can fully meet the needs of the snake people.

The last bit of the snake-like beast's spinal cord truly surprised Ji Xuan at first glance.

He assumed that every snake-man needed to eat a complete spinal cord. You have to understand that even the lowest-ranking Black Iron-level wild beasts are not as common as cabbages. Even if you squeezed all of Ji Xuan's accumulated faith points, it would be difficult to guarantee a supply of more than a thousand a month.

Thankfully, it wasn't.

Looking back, it's really just a leap from a middle-class race to a higher-class race; the conditions couldn't possibly be that harsh.

It would be sufficient to provide a snake-man with the spinal cord equivalent of about one bone per month, as the Mountain and Sea Divine Realm itself can meet this requirement.