This Sword Cultivator is Somewhat Dependable

"This trip, however, turned out to be a blessing in disguise. Although I almost perished in the spatial rift, the end result is not bad at all." Lu Qingshan spoke candidly, getting up and preparing to leave.

"Yiyi yaya!" A soft and mushy sound arose, and the little deer Yaoyao suddenly flashed over, blocking Lu Qingshan's path with bright, blinking eyes focused on him.

After hesitating for a moment, Yaoyao walked in front of Lu Qingshan and gently licked his hand.

"It says, 'Thank you for saving Mimi,'" the Western Rat King explained to Lu Qingshan, while mumbling sourly, "The Rat Lord also contributed, yet no one thanks the Rat Lord."

It seemed Yaoyao heard the Western Rat King's complaint, tilted her head to look at him for a while, and after some thought, stretched out her long antlers to nuzzle the Western Rat King's belly, "Yiyi yaya! (Yaoyao also thanks you for saving Mimi)"

"This silly roe deer..." The typically brash Western Rat King became uncharacteristically shy this time, quickly twisting his head away from Yaoyao, although his mouth still subconsciously spouted sarcasm, a proud and tsundere expression on his face. Find exclusive stories on My Virtual Library Empire

Lu Qingshan laughed, reaching back to touch Yaoyao's pretty antlers, "I'll come back to see you all if I ever get the chance."

Yaoyao hummed in satisfaction and then stepped aside, clearing the way.

Afterward, Lu Qingshan did not delay any further, leaping up and vanishing into the forest.

He was preparing to head back to Fufeng City.

What had happened after he fell into the spatial crack, he was now eager to find out.

However, the Three Thousand Great Mountains were vast, and even with the rough map given by Sang Ku, he estimated that it would take about half a month to depart from the Three Thousand Great Mountains.

Especially in these mountains filled with demon beasts, he dared not fly recklessly across the skies with sword control.

Compared to his strenuous travel, the Western Rat King was much more relaxed; after all, it just needed to stay perched on Lu Qingshan's shoulder.

It even arrogantly claimed that Lu Qingshan was its mount, and after being scolded, it finally settled down.

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Meanwhile, shortly after Lu Qingshan left Qingqiu, an escaping light appeared at the foot of Qingqiu Mountain.

Once the escaping light stopped, the figure within it was revealed, turning out to be an incredibly gorgeous woman.

The beautiful woman stopped at the base of Qingqiu Mountain without directly entering Qingqiu, merely gazing at the seemingly ordinary peak with a hint of reminiscence in her eyes, "Yun Meng, don't blame me for using your child..."

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"Lu Qingshan, the wizard techniques of the Five Divisions are really something," the Western Rat King, perched on Lu Qingshan's shoulder, suddenly exclaimed in amazement.

It was holding a very large scroll.

That was a Poison Scripture secret manual that Lu Qingshan had confiscated from the storage ring of the Wizard of Firestone.

But as a Sword Cultivator, he had no interest in anything besides sword techniques, so even though he knew the Poison Scripture was anything but ordinary, he did not look closely and casually tossed it to the curious Western Rat King.

"What does it say?" Lu Qingshan asked casually.

"The Poison Scripture says, these Five Divisions of wizards each have a supreme poison creature that they have continued in a single lineage, extremely difficult to cultivate.

Once successfully cultivated, however, it becomes invincible, the supreme of all poisons.

Take, for example, the Golden Toad Division, their supreme poison creature is called the Ice Toad.

The cultivation process involves placing nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine toads in a toad cave infused with three thousand types of poisonous plants for ten years without any food. The toads can only feed on the poisonous plants, and the cave entrance is sealed.

After ten years, once the entrance is unsealed, the sole surviving toad becomes the Ice Toad.

It contains a thousand poisons yet is immune to all, and when it spits out a drop of its poison saliva, almost any magic artifact will lose its spiritual light. Tell me, isn't that fierce!" the Western Rat King said anxiously.

"Indeed, it's quite extraordinary." Lu Qingshan nodded in agreement.

The wizard cultivators truly are experts in the art of poisons, their methods quite strange and treacherous.

"And there's more, this Spirit Snake Division's poison creature is even more vicious. Their supreme poison creature is called the Golden Thread Snake.

The cultivation process requires feeding a poisonous snake with a thousand types of spiritual medicine and three thousand types of poisonous herbs.

Under the premise of ensuring its survival, it simultaneously gathers the essence of the sun and moon within it and infuses it with Taiyi fine gold.

Once forged, this snake will contain a deadly poison for the Primordial Spirit, difficult for even immortals to defend against.

At the same time, the Gold Thread Snake is shadowless and formless, and if it resides inside a human body, it is silent and nearly undetectable, capable of lurking for up to a hundred years!" the King of Western Rats exclaimed excitedly.

This Gold Thread Snake sounds even more terrifying than the Ice Toad.

Lu Qingshan muttered to himself.

After all, no matter how potent the Ice Toad's poison is, it is out in the open and there is always a way to counteract it.

The Gold Thread Snake's inherent invisibility, however, often makes it much harder to defend against, not to mention that it targets the Primordial Spirit.

As Lu Qingshan pondered this, his footsteps suddenly halted.

In that instant, a scene flashed through his mind in the blink of an eye.

"Lu Qingshan, what's wrong?" the King of Western Rats saw Lu Qingshan suddenly stop and start to daydream, and asked in confusion.

"Do you remember, when we sent Mimi back, she said she always felt like there was something in her head?" Lu Qingshan asked.

"I remember, but didn't the Qingqiu Mountain Master inspect her later and say there was nothing else wrong with Mimi?" the King of Western Rats asserted.

Yes, at the time Lu Qingshan thought that Mimi might have sustained some hidden injury in her head that he couldn't detect.

But later, the Qingqiu Mountain Master also said that aside from the loss of her original essence, Mimi had no other injuries. At that time, he didn't think much of it.

But now, combining the strange abilities of the Gold Thread Snake, a terrifying thought suddenly arose in his mind.

There was another issue that had puzzled him previously, but he had temporarily ignored it because things had gone too smoothly.

When the entire White Flower Snake Village was afflicted with the deadly poison, they immediately sought help from the Five-Part Alliance, but even the Golden Snake Granny was powerless and could only let the villagers of White Flower Snake Village wait for death.

It was only because of Mimi that this disaster was resolved.

Such a mysterious event, would Golden Snake Granny not be the least bit curious? She wasn't interested in finding out how the Ebony Shaman solved the poison that even she couldn't deal with? Was the Ebony Shaman's sale of the Rejuvenating Elixir so transparent and just, with no one coveting it?

To possess a treasure is to court trouble, and for a being as magical as Mimi, how could an Ebony Shaman at the Golden Core Stage possibly keep her safe?

Was it because Golden Snake Granny was nobly righteous and didn't snatch the Ebony Shaman's possessions?

Or, was it that Golden Snake Granny didn't value Mimi?

Both assumptions seem unlikely.

Unless, Golden Snake Granny had bigger schemes, grand enough that even a Mimi was insufficient to satisfy her.

If we reason along this direction, all the anomalies start to make sense.

The reason Mimi felt there was something in her head, which neither he nor the Qingqiu Mountain Master discovered, was because it was the Gold Thread Snake.

The Gold Thread Snake, being shadowless and formless, is very difficult to detect.

However, no matter what, the Gold Thread Snake is still a creature with vitality.

For someone like Mimi, who is awakened to the ability to sense life force, having an extra life in her head would naturally feel a bit off, and it's within reason.

And despite Mimi being within easy reach, Golden Snake Granny remained unmoved, instead infusing the laboriously cultivated Gold Thread Snake into Mimi's body. This must mean that whatever she's plotting is of extraordinary value, worth such a sacrifice.

And coincidentally, Qingqiu possesses such a priceless treasure.

Qingqiu Mountain Master!