Chapter 43 43. Black Snake Demon

Xu Qing rushed out of the room.

Mo Qingxue and others didn't have much time to think and hurried to follow.

The old madam who was waiting anxiously at the door was suddenly frightened when she saw several figures rushing out of the room. She only breathed a sigh of relief when she saw clearly that it was Mo Qingxue and the others.

Because of the explosion just now, there is no other customer in the building except the original girl.

And the girls were all gathered in the lobby at this time.

Because of the frequent disasters caused by demons and ghosts in this world, most ordinary people know a little about how to deal with ghosts, and know that people must gather together as soon as possible at this time.

First, it is easy to be attacked when you are alone; second, when there are many people, the Yang energy is sufficient, which has a certain restraining effect on ghosts.

Xu Qing and others jumped directly from the corridor to the lobby.

The group of girls were so scared that they screamed.

But Xu Qing didn't care. With a clear goal in mind, he rushed into the crowd of girls, used his skill to push aside the girls who were blocking his way, and stretched out his hand to press on the face of a girl with a delicate appearance.

Then he rushed forward, pushing the girl out of the lobby and into the front yard.

Although Xiangsi Tower is called a tower, it is actually more than one building. It is a huge house with courtyards in front and back.

"what--"

The girl who was taken out of the lobby by Xu Qing fell heavily to the ground, her palms and back were scratched and bleeding. She groaned in pain, but the sound was swallowed back in an instant.

What the women at the bottom of the brothel know best is patience.

The woman suppressed her bitterness and looked up at Xu Qing and the others, tears in her eyes and her face filled with panic, pain, confusion and fear.

It's like a timid little white rabbit on the chopping board waiting to be slaughtered.

"Sir, I didn't do anything, please let me go!"

"Is she the monster?" Mo Qingxue, who had chased after her, frowned. She could not sense any demonic aura from this woman.

And she knew about the golden light of Taoism.

If this woman was a demon, the golden palm should have produced a burning effect when it touched her body.

But at the moment, it was clear that the woman was fine.

"The monster is not her, it's inside her," Xu Qing said with a cold look, "It's the same method as the evil ghost in Cao's mansion that can control other ghosts."

"This woman's aura masks the demonic aura of the demon in her body. It is difficult to detect it by aura alone."

Hearing this, Mo Qingxue nodded and silently drew out the knife.

Although the woman in front of him looked pitiful, the monster that harmed people was a great disaster, and he could only get rid of the monster while trying his best to save her life.

"Hiss, Xu Qing, since she is not a demon, your attack was a bit too harsh," Fatty Li said with sympathy.

"Force that monster out of her first."

Xu Qing ignored Fatty Li's words and, relying on the golden protection on his body, went straight for the enemy.

At this moment, the woman's eyes suddenly rolled back, and she opened her mouth and spit out a fishy-smelling arrow of water, whoosh!

Xu Qing raised his hand to block it.

The golden light wrapped around the palm suddenly made a "chi chi chi" sound, and bursts of white smoke came out.

Xu Qing looked carefully.

Two points of cold green light appeared deep in the woman's throat, and they were still moving slowly outwards, finally revealing their true appearance -

It turned out to be a black snake less than a finger wide!
The black snake spit out a scarlet tongue and swam out of the woman's mouth, with the back half of its body still in the woman's throat.

But on the inverted triangle head that showed the woman's mouth, two eyes as bright as gems were staring at Xu Qing and others in front of them, revealing a strong murderous intent and doubt.

"How did you find me?"

Xu Qing raised his eyebrows when he heard this.

The fact that it can speak human language indicates that this monster has refined its transverse bone.

The process of an animal becoming a monster is much more difficult than that of a human embarking on the path of cultivation. The realms of monsters can be roughly divided into opening the orifices, opening the meridians, refining the bones, shaping the soul, transforming, monster king, and monster ancestor.

The first step is to open your mind.

This means opening the spiritual orifice, and from then on the chaotic and ignorant spirit that only knew how to eat, drink and reproduce begins to be able to think.

This first step alone has trapped countless animals in this world. Under certain circumstances or in places with strong energy, ordinary animals have a slight chance to open their spiritual orifices and transform from animals into monsters.

The second step is to open up the meridians.

Once the spiritual orifice is opened, the meridians throughout the body are unblocked, allowing Qi and blood to flow freely.

In this step, the monster's physical strength will increase significantly.

The third step is to strengthen the bones.

After refining the transverse bone, the monster will be able to speak like a human; after refining the skull, the monster's intelligence will be the same as that of a human; after refining the spine, the monster's physique will be further improved.

The snake demon in front of him could speak human language, which meant that he had reached the third stage of bone refining. Compared with a warrior, he was at least at the seventh level.

"Where does all this nonsense come from."

Xu Qing knew that he could not hesitate at this time. Once the black snake demon reacted and used the woman as a threat, they would inevitably be cautious and restrained.

Then he quickly condensed the Jiazi divine sword, and the moment his five fingers tightly grasped the hilt, the sword light drew a circle and slashed diagonally towards the black snake monster's head.

"Vulgar! Vulgar!" The black snake demon was furious, its tongue spitting out wildly, "You humans claim to be the leaders of all spirits, but you are so brutal! You don't even listen to what others say!"

Xu Qing's heart sank slightly.

This black snake demon spoke clearly, and its intelligence was no longer as chaotic as that of animals. It even paid attention to etiquette. It was obvious that it had refined its skull and its wisdom was comparable to that of humans.

It seems that the estimate of the black snake demon's strength must be raised to a higher level!
But Xu Qing's face still showed no emotion.

The long sword in his hand continued to move forward with unabated momentum, and its cold edge swept towards the black snake demon.

A fierce light flashed in the black snake demon's eyes. It raised its head, and its mouth suddenly bulged. The next moment, it exhaled a breath of pale green air.

As soon as the pale green aura left the snake's mouth, it grew in the wind and turned into a gust of poisonous wind that blew towards Xu Qing and the sword he swung.

When the two came into contact, Xu Qing actually felt as if the long sword in his hand was hitting a large net woven by steel wires. The golden light on his body even exploded into a series of ripples, and was visibly weakening.

"careful!"

Mo Qingxue watched as the poisonous wind completely engulfed Xu Qing's figure, and with a delicate shout, a fierce knife light splashed out like snow.

Fatty Li and Dasha also attacked violently.

He did not choose to help Xu Qing out of the predicament, but instead planned to attack Wei to save Zhao.

The three men attacked the black snake monster from three directions, but the black snake monster remained unmoved. The threat posed by these three men was far less than that of the Taoist priest with the sword.

Its eyes turned and it let out a long hiss. Several figures suddenly rushed out of the building and pounced on Mo Qingxue and the other two from behind at lightning speed.

This sudden attack from behind startled Mo Qingxue and the other two.

They subconsciously stopped and turned around to attack the black shadow coming from behind, but as soon as they made a move, the faces of the three people changed slightly.

It’s not because the black shadow is too strong, but because he is too weak!
The three black shadows were knocked away and crashed into the wall. Only then did Mo Qingxue and the other two realize that they were the three brothel girls who had gathered in the lobby just now.

The only difference was that unlike their timid looks just now, their eyes were now red, their faces were ferocious, and there were a lot of snake scale patterns on their faces.

It's hard to tell whether it's a human or a monster.

While Mo Qingxue and the other two were hesitating, more half-human, half-snake creatures with snake scales on their faces rushed out from the lobby and pounced on them madly.

Mo Qing was sweating coldly on his back. There were so many snake monsters hiding in this Acacia Tower?
The fact that Acacia Tower was hiding so many monsters without anyone noticing was definitely a dereliction of duty on the part of the yamen officials, especially the constables like them who were responsible for daily patrols.

However, what Mo Qingxue didn't know was.

This half-human, half-snake monster appeared not only in Xiangsi Building, but throughout the entire Flower Street.

The black snake demon was calculating in his mind.

Now that he had been discovered, he could no longer stay in Acacia Tower. The only option now was to make a big deal out of it, then kill the four cultivators in front of him, and then hide again.

Seeing that Mo Qingxue and the other two were entangled by its snake slaves, it ignored them. Compared with Mo Qingxue and the other two, the black snake demon paid more attention to Xu Qing.

"Foolish human!" The black snake demon looked at Xu Qing who was surrounded by his magical powers and sneered, "Pay the price for your recklessness."

However, just when the black snake demon thought he had the whole situation under control, a light voice suddenly came out from the pale green poisonous wind -

"is it?"

Immediately afterwards, a huge palm broke through the pale green poisonous wind, with five fingers spread out, covering the black snake demon like a big net.

The black snake demon was horrified!
　Thanks to Gui Yueye for the 100-point reward

　　
　
(End of this chapter)