Starting as a Snake: Defying Heaven with Invincibility

As Xue Wuqing left, the violent storm of spiritual energy dissipated without a trace.

Sunlight streamed down, white clouds drifted across the sky, a gentle breeze caressed the air, which was pure and fresh. If not for the few corpses left on the ground, it would seem as if no battle had just taken place.

Xiao Long felt a bit disappointed that the fat man had managed to escape. It seemed that the fox's power was also quite limited.

Only then did Xiao Long take a good look at the white fox behind him, noticing that it was staring blankly at him.

The white fox had lost its previous noble and cold demeanor, slightly raising its small head. Its fluffy appearance was like a flawless snowball, without a trace of impurity. Its eyes were as clear and bright as crystals, gazing at Xiao Long with a look that could melt even the hardest stone.

Xiao Long had never seen such an adorable demon beast. If he were human, he would certainly have held it in his arms and petted it, but unfortunately, he was a snake.

"Little one, do you know me?" Xiao Long asked.

The white fox seemed to understand Xiao Long's words, its eyes narrowing into crescents as it happily bounced over to Xiao Long and licked his cheek with its pink tongue.

An indescribable soft and warm sensation spread from his face, making Xiao Long feel as if his heart was melting.

Xiao Long cursed inwardly; this creature was surely a femme fatale in the demon beast world. Luckily, he had a human soul, or he would have fallen for it.

The white fox kept rubbing its head against Xiao Long's body, its fur soft and comfortable, showing great affection for him.

A demon beast at this level certainly wouldn't have low intelligence. The white fox had sensed while unconscious that it was this snake who saved her.

Xiao Long had set up the Seven Stars Soul-Nurturing Array, using his soul power to communicate with the stars and nurture the white fox's soul, which naturally made her very familiar with Xiao Long's soul, creating a sense of dependency.

"Do you have a name?" Xiao Long asked.

"Whimper..." The little creature shook its head, making a soft whimpering sound.

"Do you remember anything from before?"

The white fox blinked its small eyes, looking up at the sky with a confused expression.

Xiao Long sighed inwardly. Surviving such an ordeal, memory loss was inevitable.

He wondered what kind of fox this was.

Tianshan Snow Fox? Sky-Flying Demon Fox? Moon-Devouring Fox?

None of them seemed right. He would have to wait until he was stronger to go to the demon beast world and ask.

"Alright, from now on, you'll follow me. Your name will be..." Xiao Long thought for a moment and casually said, "Xiao Bai."

"Whimper..." The white fox pecked at its chin and called out to Xiao Long in a soft voice, seemingly very pleased with the name.

This adorable creature was determined to stick with him, which was fine. Having a super bodyguard with him meant he could walk unchallenged below the Prenatal Realm.

Xiao Long cleaned up the battlefield, collecting all the storage rings left by the Fire Cloud Sect elders into his inventory. The four people killed by Xiao Bai were all high-level Qi Condensing Realm warriors, and their wealth was certainly considerable.

He glanced at the corpses of the Fire Cloud Sect disciples, feeling an inexplicable urge to eat them.

Realizing this, Xiao Long was startled and quickly crawled away. He could eat anything, but eating humans was absolutely unacceptable. Although it might give him a significant boost in experience, Xiao Long couldn't bring himself to do it.

"Boss, can I eat those people?" Da Hei cautiously asked.

Er Hei also looked at the corpses.

Xiao Long's heart stirred. Humans had killed Da Hei and Er Hei's mother, creating an irreconcilable enmity. Besides, it was natural for demon beasts to eat humans, so why not?

"You can. From now on, human corpses are yours."

"Yes!"

Da Hei and Er Hei excitedly crawled over, swallowing a person whole, and then used the essence-refining and blood-transforming technique taught by Xiao Long to digest them completely in just a few breaths.

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Da Hei and Er Hei clearly didn't want to waste anything, swallowing the remaining corpses to digest later.

After consuming a few corpses, the two snakes swelled into oval shapes, but their speed didn't slow down much.

"Return to the cave." Xiao Long ordered.

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The five demon beasts returned to the cave. Da Hei and Er Hei went to the side to refine the essence and blood, while Huang Mao continued to study the Battle Saint Physique.

Xiao Bai seemed very excited upon entering, bouncing around and finally stopping by the spiritual spring, curiously observing the water, seemingly very interested.

The spiritual energy in the spring had been almost completely absorbed by Xiao Long, leaving it nearly transparent.

Xiao Long ignored her and began to inventory the spoils he had just acquired.

"Storage ring, open!"

"Open!"

"Open!"

Suddenly, the inventory was filled with a variety of miscellaneous items, including pills, ores, and materials. There were especially many spirit stones, with fifty thousand middle-grade spirit stones, equivalent to five million lower-grade spirit stones, while there were only about ten thousand lower-grade spirit stones.

"Your spirit stone count has reached the required amount to upgrade the technique. Would you like to upgrade?"

Without hesitation, Xiao Long clicked "Upgrade."

"Ding! Your Azure Dragon Tome has been upgraded to the fourth level, consuming fifty thousand middle-grade spirit stones!"

"Your spirit stone count has reached the required amount to upgrade the technique. Would you like to upgrade?"

Xiao Long clicked "Upgrade" again.

"Ding! Your Azure Dragon Tome has been upgraded to the fifth level, consuming three hundred thousand middle-grade spirit stones!"

With the fifth level of the Azure Dragon Tome operating, gentle inner qi began to cleanse Xiao Long's meridians and repair his damaged body. In just a few breaths, all the injuries within Xiao Long's body were healed.

Xiao Long was somewhat excited. Just by spending some spirit stones, he had advanced the Azure Dragon Tome by two levels. At this rate, as long as he had enough spirit stones, reaching the perfect seventh level wasn't impossible.

With the perfect Azure Dragon Tome, not only would his body be incredibly strong, but even severed limbs could regenerate. At that point, who could rival him below the Prenatal Realm?

"I need spirit stones!" Xiao Long realized this was the most pressing issue.

Whether it was upgrading techniques or setting up a Gathering Spirit Array or the cave's defense array, a large number of spirit stones were needed. Spirit stones were the foundation of cultivation; without them, nothing could be accomplished.

If he were human, he could easily refine a pill and take it to auction, making a fortune. After all, in his previous life, he was a ninth-grade Pill King, and his alchemy skills were among the top three on the entire continent.

But now, as a demon beast and wanted by the Fire Cloud Sect, he would likely be caught before he even got close to a human auction house.

Unless he could disguise himself as a human!

Xiao Long fell into deep thought, then his eyes suddenly lit up. He transmitted his voice to Huang Mao, "Huang Mao, can you speak human language?"

"Human language?" Huang Mao asked curiously.

"The language of humans."

"No," Huang Mao shook his head.

"Alright, I'll teach you human language now."

Huang Mao looked bewildered, "Huh?"

"What, don't want to learn?" Xiao Long glared, his dragon might emanating without anger.

Huang Mao shrank back, reluctantly saying, "I'll learn! I'll learn, okay?"