Rags to Riches: The Rise of a Dual-Talent Prodigy-Chapter 530 - 522: Hualan Mountain Python Magic Beast Legacy Record: A Snake Should Not Be Too Greedy.

Chapter 530: Chapter 522: Hualan Mountain Python Magic Beast Legacy Record: A Snake Should Not Be Too Greedy.

Poisoning progresses gradually, and it takes time for the snakes to shed their scales after being poisoned.

During this time, Qian Qi followed the address given by the system to extract the empty Storage Crystals from this instance.

The Storage Crystals indeed grow in "colonies," with a few every so often on the cliff face, but prying them from the rock wall was extremely difficult.

On the sheer cliff thousands of feet high, Qian Qi clung to the branches growing from the cliff face like a monkey; below was a deep abyss.

The rock wall with a black metallic texture was embedded with translucent round crystal beads. She pounded the rock wall with all her might, her fingers scraping against the metallic-feeling stone, her fingertips raw, yet she couldn’t leave even a trace on it for half a day.

"Damn it!" Even someone as patient as Qian Qi ended up smashing it with her forehead in frustration, and the next second, blood gushed from her forehead.

"How do I deal with this?" Qian Qi, her face covered in blood, looked angrily at the system, "Why didn’t you tell me this thing was so hard to pry out!"

[You didn’t ask either.] The system shrugged its panel, looking particularly innocent.

"Do you believe I won’t pay up when I get out of here?" Qian Qi grabbed a handful of leaves from beside her and threw them at the system.

Hmm?

Wait?

Qian Qi looked down at the branch she was sitting on.

Is this Magic Plant growing out of the mountain?

Her past mentality hadn’t shifted yet, and she didn’t find it strange that plants grew on cliffs, but now she realized that if this Magic Plant could grow on such an indestructible cliff, it likely meant its roots could break through the mountain’s stone to create cracks for survival space.

Interesting.

Qian Qi reached into her pocket, took out a packet of Dragon Blood, and poured it directly on the roots of the Magic Plant.

The Magic Plant absorbed the Dragon Blood, as if it had taken a great tonic. In no time, its roots sprouted visibly, and Qian Qi felt her weight sinking as the branch beneath her rapidly began to swell and grow. The thick roots pierced into the cliff, pushing against the stubborn rock. The overly rapid growth speed made the roots grow blindly and recklessly, causing that section of the rock to crack and fall off, crashing down the mountain.

Qian Qi quickly caught the stone blocks enclosing the Storage Crystals.

"This method really works!" She said happily.

Qian Qi marked this location.

Qian Qi frequently visited this location.

Qian Qi achieved a tally of 62 Storage Crystals.

Qian Qi "created (picked)" a polygonal Stone Shield with max defensive power from the cliff.

Qian Qi took the Stone Shield back to the cave. The Poisonous Emperor Pythons gathered curiously as Qian Qi said that this stone was extremely hard, and the Emperor Python King scoffed and bit into it skeptically.

The next second, "Ah—my Poisonous Teeth!"

Broke off.

[Emperor Python King’s combat value -10,000.] The system gloated.

"Really lost ten thousand?" Qian Qi was surprised.

[What else? It broke its Poisonous Teeth, which it relies on to bite and poison others.] The system urged, [Quick, claim those Poisonous Teeth; they’re A-level poison weapons and worth much more than regular A-level weapons.]

Qian Qi’s eyebrow slightly twitched.

The next day, when the Lanshan Pythons patrolled as usual, they found a piece of unidentified, blood-soaked epic-grade Demon Beast Meat by the roadside.

The Demon Beast Meat smelled exceptionally enticing. The rich energy made their bellies unusually hungry, and the few Lanshan Pythons swarmed towards it, eager to open their large mouths to grab this unique food—

"Crunch—"

"Crunch—"

"Crunch—"

The Poisonous Teeth flew five miles away and were collected by the waiting Qian Qi.

This kind of scene played out daily.

Postscript of Hualan Mountain Python: As snakes, one must not be too greedy.

——

A month later.

The Lanshan Python Group was finally poisoned.

Their snake scales fell like hair after an all-nighter, shedding in clumps. The sharp wails of the Lanshan Pythons echoed in the Lanshan Spirit Lake.

If translated into human language, it would undoubtedly be—

"My snake scales! No! My snake scales!"

"Ah—my skin! My skin! It hurts so much—"

"How could this be! Stop, stop falling off!"

The Poisonous Emperor Pythons watched this scene from afar, feeling utterly terrified, as if their own snake scales were about to fall off.

Too terrifying.

They all turned their heads to look at Qian Qi nearby, who was biting on a blade of grass and humming a tune, her face calm and unperturbed, all thinking the same thing.

This woman is terrifying!

Must not provoke!

Noticing the Emperor Pythons’ gaze, Qian Qi spit out the grass and gave them a gentle smile, "What’s the matter?"

The Emperor Pythons quickly shook their heads, "Nothing, nothing!"

Qian Qi squinted her eyes and smiled, "Don’t worry, you guys are Little Venom’s relatives, of course, I wouldn’t poison you."

She paused, then added, "As long as you’re obedient."

More than twenty large pythons instantly shivered and huddled together.

They’re not afraid of this woman’s violence and bloodlust, but rather her cold-heartedness and cunning, capable of killing snakes invisibly!

Once the snake scales fall, they can’t be glued back; the Lanshan Python King, bald and patchy all over, was currently roaring angrily in its territory, but to no avail.

It could guess who did it, but that cunning human had multiple hidden lairs, and no matter how much they expanded their search, they couldn’t find those Emperor Pythons and Qian Qi.

However, the Lanshan Python King wasn’t foolish.

It guessed that Qian Qi was likely after the Lanshan Snake Scales.

So the Lanshan Python King piled up all the snake scales under its body and had the Lanshan Pythons encircle itself tightly, waiting for Qian Qi to come and take them.

And then, that would be the moment of Qian Qi’s demise.

Outside the Lanshan Python territory, on a high mountain.

Qian Qi took out a Storage Crystal, holding it high, seemingly trying to absorb something.

The system asked puzzledly: [What are you doing?]

"Absorbing resentment," Qian Qi said earnestly, holding the Storage Crystal high, "Resentment is also a qi."

System: [...]

Are you out of your mind?

Not to mention that a Storage Crystal can’t absorb resentment, you’re so far from the Lanshan Spirit Lake you couldn’t possibly absorb any resentment!

Seeing the Storage Crystal couldn’t absorb resentment, Qian Qi regretfully put it away, muttering lowly, "A useless thing as well."

System: [...Remove the ’as well,’ don’t think I don’t know you’re implying me.]

Qian Qi ignored it, continuing to talk to the Storage Crystal in her hand, "You call yourself Storage Crystal? You can only store blood qi, can’t store objects, a useless scrap! If you’d learned a skill or two, evolved into a Storage Crystal that holds items, your value would surely skyrocket! A crystal lives by a single breath; if you’re this useless, no one would pick you up off the street, a dog wouldn’t bother to pee on you; a straw rope tied around you would lower its own value and seem redundant. Whichever genius invented you, it’s a waste of the creator’s resources—it’s shameful, pathetic, makes me want to laugh..."

The Poisonous Emperor Pythons, listening for a long while, finally asked the Emperor Python King in a low voice, "King, is she indirectly blaming us for not having storage ability?"

The Emperor Python King pondered for two seconds, "Though it doesn’t quite sound like it, but there isn’t anyone else around here."

Others·System: ...

Oh, apparently she wasn’t absorbing the Lanshan Python’s resentment but was bothered by her inability to use the system space.