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  A thick and thin snake with a bowl-like mouth hissed out its letter, moving extremely fast towards Mo Qingchen's direction, the sound of its abdominal scales scraping against the ground making one's hair stand on end.

  "Second-level demonic beast!" Mo Qingchen didn't hesitate and turned around to flee immediately.

  Second-level demonic beasts are equivalent to the early stages of human foundation building. Although demonic beasts at this level have not opened their spiritual wisdom and only attack based on instinct, they are weaker than foundation-building cultivators in the early stages. However, they are not something that Qi-refining stage cultivators can handle either.

  If Mo Qingchen were to face a cultivator who had achieved the Great Circle of Refining Qi, he might still have a chance to fight back and even win. However, when faced with a demonic beast in its foundation-building phase, his only option was to flee.

  Mo Qingchen executed the Wind Escape Technique and fled forward, while the Fire Crow flapped its wings and flew into the air.

  But soon, Mo Qingchen gave up running and threw out a handful of talismans to slightly block the Green Snake, while quickly activating the bowl-shaped artifact to envelop himself.

  The green snake's eyes stared at Mo Qingchen, who had suddenly stopped, and let out an angry hiss.

  Mo Qingchen pursed his lips tightly, his face pale, but his expression became calm instead.

  In this dense forest, it's really not a good place to escape, especially for her as a Qi-refining stage cultivator who doesn't have the ability to fly with her sword or run with the Wind Escape Technique. Her speed is far inferior to that of a second-level demon beast. If she runs away on her own, she'll only be caught. The best option now is to stake everything and make a desperate gamble, perhaps she can gain a chance at survival!

  This green snake, although not yet intelligent, is not comparable to ordinary beasts. Seeing the chased creature suddenly stop, it found it strange instead. The upper half of its body rose high, and its head kept exploring back and forth, as if thinking whether this creature had any hidden tricks.

  Mo Qingchen's expression was icy as he stared at the Green Snake. One hand secretly grasped the spell seal, waving the formation flag, quietly activating the formation technique.

  She was barely able to cast her spells while controlling the bowl-shaped artifact, and she couldn't even spare the energy for techniques like Wood Binding. All she could hope for was that the green snake would remain stunned for a little longer, giving her enough time to set up her formation.

  Perhaps it was the instinct of a demon beast that sensed the creature in front of it brewing an unfavorable conspiracy. The green snake could no longer think, let out a long hiss and swung its tail at Mo Qingchen.

  With a crack, the snake tail swept across the bowl-shaped magic tool, and a burst of spiritual light surged, Mo Qingchen's body trembled, and the spiritual power inside his body went crazy to maintain the magic tool.

  The green snake, instead of killing the small creature in front of it with one swipe of its tail, felt a dull ache in its tail due to the impact and became extremely angry. The snake's tail kept hitting the large bowl, causing a loud "pa" sound, and the bowl emitted a humming noise.

  In an instant, the green snake struck the large bowl with its tail tens of times. The spiritual energy in Mo Qingchen's body was gradually depleted, leaving almost none remaining.

  In fact, the bowl-shaped magic tool's defensive power is not weak, it's just that Mo Qingchen's cultivation is too low and can't fully unleash its might, which is why he was put in a desperate situation by a mere second-grade demon beast.

  "Hmm, book lovers also like to read:" Mo Qing let out a hum of discontent. Just as the big bowl was about to fall, he waved his sleeve and threw the array disk away.

  It wasn't until then that she had the opportunity to take out a spiritual replenishment pill and swallow it, slowly replenishing the spiritual power in her body that was almost depleted.

  The green snake was attacking the big bowl with all its might, but suddenly found that the scene in front of it had changed. The dense forest with towering trees had turned into a vast expanse of green grass, with various orchids blooming luxuriantly, and the gentle breeze carried waves of fragrance.

  With the wisdom of a green snake, it didn't understand what was happening in front of its eyes at all, but suddenly disappeared from the familiar environment, making it instinctively feel uneasy.

  Mo Qingchen, who was controlling the banner, immediately sent out a yellow-green entwined vine.

  This yellow-green entwined vine was actually formed by her repeated attempts to wrap the extremely tough yellow vine and the green vine that can bind spirits together, so once the target is wrapped, it's hard to break free and will also restrain spiritual power.

  It took her several years of hard work to master such a spell, which requires extremely fine control over magic and spiritual power.

  The green snake was still in a daze, the vines suddenly entwined its body, Mo Qingchen's face lit up with joy. Once the demon beast's spiritual power was restrained, it lost its threat, and no matter how strong its body was, there would always be a way to wear it down.

  But soon after, Mo Qingchen's face changed slightly, and the green snake felt bound. The snake's body suddenly convulsed violently and actually broke free!

  It's terrible that ordinary snakes can drill into holes smaller than their bodies, let alone this green snake.

  The struggling green snake was extremely annoyed and didn't care about what was in front of it, twisting its body to attack with all its might.

  Mo Qingchen bit her lip tightly, and with a flick of her slender hand, she shot out several green needles. However, she found that the surface of the green snake's body was smooth and tough, and the green needles were unable to exert any force, falling off one after another as soon as they touched the snake's skin.

  "Wah wah!" Along with the crow's cry, a fireball fell down, while other book friends looked on normally.

  The green snake's body, which had been motionless in the face of Mo Qingchen's various attacks, suddenly contracted and let out a pained hiss.

  Mo Qingchen was overjoyed, how could he have forgotten that this green snake lived in the dense forest and was likely a wood-attribute demon beast. Its body was smooth and tough, with strong physical defense capabilities, resistant to his own spiritual power-enhanced solid wood magic spells. However, other attribute spells might not be resisted, especially gold and fire attributes, which should be a good way to deal with it.

  Especially, the snake's habits...

  Mo Qingchen waved the flag in his hand, and the green snake was terrified to find that its surroundings had suddenly changed to a vast snowy land, with snowflakes still falling from the sky.

  No matter how strong it was as a second-level demonic beast, it couldn't withstand the call of nature. The icy cold immediately made its body feel stiff and drowsy.

  Seeing the green snake's body slowly curling up together, its movements slowing down, Mo Qingchen, who was staring intently at the scene inside the array, didn't dare to relax in the slightest, watching motionlessly, not daring to attack rashly.

  But in an instant, Xiao Si Ji's array was activated by her with two more gates, plus the previous attack, Bu Ling Dan couldn't replenish his spiritual power in time, and this formation wouldn't last much longer.

  So she must seize this one and only chance, success or failure depends on this move!

  It was at this moment! Mo Qingchen's eyes flashed with a ray of light, and the ice pellet symbol in his hand suddenly flew out, hitting the seven inches of the green snake.

  The Green Snake's body suddenly froze, and the entire snake instantly turned into an ice stick.

  Mo Qingchen put away his array flag, but didn't leave. Instead, he swallowed a Spiritual Recovery Pill and sat down cross-legged to start recovering his spiritual energy.

  Until her body recovered its usual state, she hurried over to Qing She in a few steps.

  Looking at the stiff green snake, Mo Qingchen suppressed the natural disgust and fear that girls had towards such animals, took out a very ordinary lower-grade flying sword, stripped off the snake skin, removed the snake gallbladder, and put everything into her own storage bag.

  After dealing with them, Mo Qingchen deliberately ignored his own nausea and turned back to the two cultivators he had just killed.

  "Wow wow, do you still want this?" The fire crow behind called out.

  Mo Qingchen turned his head and saw that it had stopped in mid-air, stretching out one wing to point at the snake meat on the ground.

  Mo Qingchen shook her head, she knew that the meat of a second-level demon beast was a great tonic for cultivators, but if it were any other kind of meat, it would be fine. However, snake meat...she just couldn't overcome that psychological barrier.

  The black crow saw Mo Qingchen shake his head and let out two excited cries, then flew down quickly to devour the food with big mouthfuls.

  Mo Qingchen twitched the corner of his mouth but didn't say anything. After all, it was just Fire Crow's reminder that he had managed to turn the tables and escape from a desperate situation.

  These two monks were really poor, and there was only some talismanic dan medicine and spiritual grass in their storage bag. Not to mention magical instruments, they didn't even have a few pieces of spirit stone.

  Mo Qing let out a sigh, it seemed that these two were either from a small family or a small sect, probably the kind that wasn't highly valued. And judging by their appearance, they hadn't even killed other cultivators, they should have known their own strength was lacking, and only felt like they had encountered a fat sheep when they saw him, daring to take a gamble.

  But she didn't regret it. No matter how pitiful others were, if they came to kill her, should she show kindness and let them go?

  All I can say is that everyone has to be responsible for their own choices, a difference of one thought, and life and death take different paths.

  After dozens of battles with the demon beasts, this was his first time killing a human being. But there would always be such a day, wouldn't there? Mo Qingchen quickly regained his composure and began to clean up.

  "Who?" Just as Mo Qingchen was about to unleash the true fire to destroy all evidence, he suddenly turned around, his bowl-shaped artifact spinning in his hand, eager to try it out.

  "Qing Chen Shi Mei, it's me." The familiar voice made Mo Qingchen let out a sigh of relief. Having gone through two battles in a row, although his physical condition had recovered, mentally he really didn't want to immediately throw himself into battle again.

  Duan Qingge walked over with a tall and slender figure, her clear and beautiful face had an added hint of cold determination in just a few short days.

  "Qing Song Shi Jie, how are you——" Mo Qing Chen saw that it was indeed Duan Qing Ge, and excitedly shouted.

  Duan Qingge also had a smile on his face, and hurried over to say: "Qingchen Shimei, we finally met up. I was worried that you would not be able to hold on by yourself for these few days. When you didn't arrive at the agreed meeting place, I was afraid that something had happened to you, so I came to take a look. Fortunately, I didn't take a wrong path."

  Mo Qingchen smiled and said: "Sister, you really are prescient. Since you're here, help me clean up this mess."

  Looking at the two corpses on the ground, Duan Qingge thought to himself that he had assumed Mo Qingchen had spent years cultivating in seclusion and hadn't experienced any bloodshed. He thought it would be difficult for her to hold her own in this secret realm alone, but now it seemed he had been overthinking things. This young junior sister's mental state was far better than he had imagined.

  She asked while burning the corpse: "Qingchen Shimei, have you gained anything in these few days?"

  Mo Qing dusted off a bit, with the two people's many years of friendship, she wasn't afraid to tell Duan Qing Ge that she had already obtained the Double Leaf Golden Orchid. However, she didn't plan on giving it to the sect, so it was better not to be too honest about it. She said: "I did manage to pick up a rare spiritual medicine, I think exchanging it for a Foundation Establishment Pill shouldn't be a problem. Eldest Senior Sister, what about you?"

  "That's good, I'm lucky to have picked two double-leafed golden orchids. I was thinking that if you didn't get any, I'd give one to you, but now it seems like I've saved myself the trouble." Duan Qing Ge said with a smile.

  Mo Qingchen was moved, but he wasn't one to express his gratitude out loud. He sighed and said, "Well, I wish I hadn't spoken up now. Sister, this isn't a place we can stay for long. Let's go."

  Who would have thought that unexpected events would come one after another? Mo Qingchen's words had just fallen when the sound of a fire crow cawing was heard, and a voice said: "Senior brother, take a look quickly, this is the corpse of a second-grade demon beast!"