Starting as a Snake: Defying Heaven with Invincibility

Xiao Long's snake form was his true body, while his human form was a clone.

Whether it was the true body or the clone, they shared the same consciousness. According to the characteristics of the Three Lives Art, as long as the true body remained intact, the clone could be reformed even if it was killed, at the cost of consuming one-tenth of the true body's True Qi and vital essence.

True Qi wasn't a big deal, but losing one-tenth of his vital essence was troublesome. Without special pills, it might take a month to replenish.

However, this wasn't a problem for Xiao Long. As one of the top alchemists on the continent, he had at least a hundred ways to replenish vital essence. For instance, the Blood Lingzhi that Xiao Bai found could be refined into a fourth-grade Blood Spirit Pill, which not only restored vital essence but also regenerated flesh and bones, even allowing severed limbs to grow back.

"With this clone, it's much more convenient to operate in the human world," Xiao Long thought to himself.

Even though it only had one-tenth of the true body's combat power, what kind of existence was Xiao Long? With the sixth level of the Azure Dragon Tome and a myriad of martial arts, even one-tenth of his power was not something humans of the same level could contend with.@@novelbin@@

In other words, this clone could easily sweep through humans at the fifth level of the Qi Condensing Realm.

Xiao Long focused on the clone, and with a thought, the human clone vanished from the ground, reappearing in Xiao Long's Inner World.

Xiao Long's Inner World was filled with corrosive poison, but it didn't affect his own body. The clone could enter and exit freely.

"This human form will serve as my medium for interacting with the human world," Xiao Long mused.

At this moment, he remembered the "Myriad Worlds Mall" mentioned in the system prompt and opened the mall interface.

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The mall was a place to purchase items, with the homepage divided into various sections, including herbs, techniques, spirit crystals, and even Innate Spiritual Treasures.

Xiao Long clicked into the spirit crystal section, where the crystals varied in size and price. The smallest spirit crystal cost 1,000 gold coins, while the largest was priced at a staggering 10,000 gold coins.

As for the pill section, the prices were even more outrageous. A random third-grade pill started at 20,000 gold coins, with the highest reaching over 500,000!

"Damn! Why not just rob me? I only have a little over 8,000 gold coins, can't even afford a hair," Xiao Long cursed angrily.

[Kind reminder: When short on gold coins, you can choose to sell items.]

Xiao Long was taken aback by the system prompt. He could sell items?

With a mindset to try, he clicked on an Explosive Yuan Pill in his inventory and chose to sell it to the Myriad Worlds Mall.

"You have sold a third-grade Explosive Yuan Pill, perfect condition, appraised by the system to be worth 32,000 gold coins."

"You have received 32,000 gold coins, current balance 40,219."

Xiao Long noticed that at the end of the third-grade pill section, a crimson pill appeared, priced at 64,000 gold coins. It was the Explosive Yuan Pill he had just sold.

"What the hell! They bought my pill for 30,000 and are selling it for 60,000. Such profiteers!" Xiao Long cursed vehemently.

After cursing, the Explosive Yuan Pill disappeared, bought by someone unknown.

Xiao Long suddenly remembered that his inventory still contained many spoils of war, including Gu You's storage ring.

Upon opening the storage ring, a large number of spirit stones appeared in his inventory. Xiao Long scanned through them and marveled at the wealth. As expected of a sect leader, the amount exceeded all the spirit stones he had previously acquired combined.

Five million middle-grade spirit stones, thirty thousand upper-grade spirit stones, and even a hundred rare supreme-grade spirit stones. However, there were few other spirit tools or herbs, as sect leaders rarely carried such miscellaneous items, usually storing them in the sect's treasure vault for disciples to use.

However, there was a quasi-Innate Spiritual Treasure, the Soul-Summoning Banner, which unfortunately hadn't been used before its owner died.

There were also storage rings from other elders, but the spirit stones inside were used up when triggering the formation, leaving behind various miscellaneous items. Xiao Long retrieved them all and chose to sell them.

"You have sold the upper-grade spirit tool Fiery Blade, wear level 11%, appraised by the system to be worth 3,201 gold coins."

"You have received 3,201 gold coins, current balance 43,420."

"You have sold the middle-grade spirit tool Glazed Inner Armor, no wear, appraised by the system to be worth 500 gold coins!"

"You have received 500 gold coins, current balance 43,920."

"You have sold the supreme-grade spirit tool Soul-Chasing Bow, wear level 2%, appraised by the system to be worth 25,089 gold coins."

"You have received 25,089 gold coins, current balance 69,009."

"You have sold..."

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"You have sold the quasi-Innate Spiritual Treasure Five Poisons Soul-Summoning Banner, no wear, appraised by the system to be worth 350,000 gold coins."

"You have received 350,000 gold coins, current balance 1,101,342."

[Kind reminder: Your gold coin balance has reached one million, meeting the criteria for upgrading to a one-star member. The system has automatically upgraded you to a one-star member.]

"Ding dong! You have been upgraded to a one-star member of the Myriad Worlds Mall, enjoying a 5% discount on all items and eligible to purchase higher-grade items!"

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After selling all his spoils, the system issued two prompts, and Xiao Long discovered that all item prices were now 5% cheaper, and the variety of items had increased.

Originally, the most expensive item in the spirit stone section was the spirit crystal, with nothing beyond that. Now, there was a Purple Spirit Crystal, though the price was steep, with the cheapest one selling for 500,000 gold coins.

"Sigh! Can't afford it anyway," Xiao Long sighed, shaking his head.

Xiao Long casually browsed the herb section and bought some materials for refining Chongxu Pills and Qi Condensing Pills. The prices of these herbs were also exorbitant, with 110,000 gold coins spent in an instant.

Xiao Long noticed something: the herbs he purchased disappeared after buying, while the spirit tools he sold were all displayed in the spirit tool section at double the selling price.

He vaguely understood that this Myriad Worlds Mall was a large comprehensive mall connecting countless dimensions, allowing people from different dimensions to trade with each other, with the mall taking a cut.

It seemed there were still many unknown things in this world waiting for him to explore. Xiao Long had a premonition that even if he successfully ascended to the Heavenly Realm, it wouldn't be the end. There were countless secrets behind the scenes yet to be uncovered.

Xiao Long closed the mall and returned to reality, taking out all the herbs from his inventory.

"Let's first refine Chongxu Pills for Da Hei and Er Hei to help them break through to the first rank of Demon General."

The middle-grade spirit tool alchemy furnace he had originally acquired was sold, and now that Xiao Long had advanced to Demon General, such low-grade spirit tools were of no help in his alchemy.

Xiao Long took out the herbs and used his True Qi to condense a flame alchemy furnace, then employed the Nine-Dragon Fire Control Method to begin refining pills.

After advancing to Demon General, Xiao Long's pill refining speed significantly increased. Coupled with the sixth level of the Azure Dragon Tome providing a continuous supply of True Qi, it only took Xiao Long half a day to successfully produce two Chongxu Pills and five Qi Condensing Pills.

"Right, now that I have the system, do these pills still work on me?"

Xiao Long had pondered this question during the auction. He had originally planned to take a Chongxu Pill upon returning to see if he could break through to Demon General with the pill's power. Unexpectedly, the Fire Cloud Sect had given him a wave of experience, allowing him to directly break through to Demon General.

Now was a good time to test the Qi Condensing Pill.

Xiao Long tossed a Qi Condensing Pill into his mouth. As soon as the pill entered his body, it transformed into pure energy, quickly spreading throughout his limbs and bones.

[System prompt: You have consumed a third-grade Qi Condensing Pill, gaining experience bonus.]

"You have gained 298 experience!"

"You have gained 316 experience!"

"You have gained 307 experience!"

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