Sleeping for a second increases my blood energy. I become the strongest sky-swallowing snake

"What?"

"Old ghost, you won't be able to transform in the future?"

As soon as Ling Yunzi finished speaking, a tall figure appeared on the mountaintop.

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That stings, old friend.

"It's not that…"

"Speaking of which, why didn't you transform before?" Before Xu Chengxian could finish, Ling Xiao asked again.

Ling Yunzi was also curious about this question.

Xu Chengxian was silent.

He didn't transform; to be precise, he couldn't complete the transformation during the tribulation lightning when breaking through.

The reason wasn't complicated.

One aspect was the tribulation lightning.

The unexpectedly high number of tribulation lightning strikes made his tribulation fraught with setbacks.

Having never faced the might of heaven and earth directly, he entered a state of panic the moment the first tribulation lightning struck.

Then, he had no choice but to concentrate all his attention on dealing with the tribulation lightning.

His entire mind was immersed in transcending the tribulation.

Therefore, he couldn't attend to anything else.

And he missed the best opportunity to transform.

By the time the later tribulation lightning strikes came, it was already too late.

At this time, another factor appeared, which led to his failure to transform.

—The problem with his own state of mind.

Xu Chengxian had always been conflicted about the transformation.

At the same time, there was another question.

Which transformation method to choose.

Should he be like Ling Xiao, using the method of demon cultivation to conjure a congenital Dao body?

But he didn't have a demon core, so what would he use as a dantian?

Or should he use Ling Yunzi's method, reshaping his entire body's meridians and acupoints, completely turning into a human?

But he didn't have mana.

What's even more outrageous is, what is a dantian qi sea?

Where is it?

How should it be opened up?

This led to him suddenly realizing the moment he should transform during the tribulation.

A moment of panic appeared.

Thus, his mind was disturbed.

This is a major taboo in cultivation.

The road of cultivation is full of forks.

Choosing the wrong one will definitely lead to death, but hesitation is often more deadly.

With an unsettled mind, unstable will, and wavering thoughts, he still wanted to force a transformation?

Under the tribulation lightning, that would be a dung beetle going to work—actively seeking death.

Therefore, Xu Chengxian simply chose to give up first.

Moreover, after the system completely released the blood energy concealment, his snake body underwent tremendous changes under the tempering of thunder and fire.

The difficulty of transforming was too high.

If he were to forcibly transform into a human form, he would have no confidence at all.

Of course, when these problems are thought about to their root, the main reason is that he was not prepared to be human again.

Or rather, he was somewhat repulsed by becoming a human again.

Why would he hesitate?

He was even thinking about whether to change his appearance, or whether it should be the same as in his previous life.

Seriously considering such a question is an absurd behavior.

Because making a decision is just a matter of a moment.

Why bother being so tangled?

So, if you delve deeper, you will find that Xu Chengxian himself had not yet decided whether to become a human again.

This matter would be impossible for Ling Xiao and Ling Yunzi.

Both of them had an obsession with returning.

Taking revenge for grudges, repaying grievances.

Among them, there is still a nostalgia for the people and things in the place where the previous life was located.

Xu Chengxian didn't have that.

He felt that he should have no chance to return to his previous living environment.

There was also a more important thought, which was that he had not yet decided what kind of person he wanted to be in this life.

Transformation, for him, was not just about changing into a human appearance.

He suddenly realized this under the tribulation lightning.

Thoughts buried deep in his heart, which he had not noticed before.

Under the churning thunder, they all emerged.

Or perhaps, this itself was one of the contents of the tribulation.

The shackles brought by the memory of the previous life—always subconsciously trying to give meaning to some behaviors.

Such as the meaning of life.

As long as you think about such questions, you are finished, and it is particularly easy to fall into loss and nothingness.

Losing the courage to continue living.

Fortunately, Xu Chengxian didn't like to think about these things.

He reacted relatively quickly and immediately abandoned distracting thoughts.

But he also sensed in the dark that if he had to transform, it was likely to breed inner demons.

For cultivators, the state of mind is really important.

Although he doesn't need to cultivate, he has to overcome tribulations!

Inner demons may come from self-doubt.

The thing that cultivators fear most is inner demons.

Because it comes from your heart.

How difficult is it to defeat yourself?

He had already deeply experienced the failure of self-discipline in his previous life.

He hadn't thought it through, and he didn't want to add difficulty to himself during the tribulation.

So, he didn't transform.

… …

"… …I forgot." Xu Chengxian had no way, and didn't want to tell Ling Xiao and Ling Yunzi these things.

It was too embarrassing to reveal his inner thoughts.

He would rather admit to being stupid.

Anyway, these two guys either said he was ugly, or said he was stupid.

"You forgot?" Ling Xiao was stunned for a moment when faced with this answer, and blurted out, "What did you forget?"

Forgot why he didn't transform?

Or forgot the reason why he didn't transform?

"… …I forgot to transform." When the first time came out, and then said it the second time, Xu Chengxian was much more confident. "What's wrong?"

Can't I?

If you can't, then hit me!

"… …If you don't dare, just say you don't dare." Ling Xiao raised an eyebrow, "Saying you forgot won't make you seem brave, but rather stupid."

"This old man just forgot!" Xu Chengxian bit the bullet.

Anyway, he can't change the answer at this time, otherwise it will only look more stupid.

"Besides, there's nothing good about being human."

"For example?" Ling Xiao asked curiously.

"When I'm a snake, I can eat my fill and sleep, and sleep my fill and eat, but I can't do that as a human."

"Why can't you?" Ling Xiao was surprised.

"There will be guilt." It will also be boring.

When you become a human, you have to make some noise, and you want to do something meaningful.

Want to be 'good'.

Want to 'get better'.

For decadence and depravity, fear and rejection.

For wasting time, anxiety and unease.

—From the ethnic heritage of the previous life.

Don't you see, how many people shout about lying flat, but are unwilling to be mediocre. Who understands the sadness of a salted fish struggling and jumping on the table?

Xu Chengxian understands!

So he didn't say a word more.

He's going to cry if he says any more.

Then you have to drink some wine… …

"Hey, that's right. How is Little Saint's spiritual wine brewing?" Xu Chengxian remembered that the little brother that Great Saint had taken in seemed to say that he would brew spiritual wine.

"I'll go take a look."

"Don't run away yet." Ling Xiao saw that he was about to slip away, and quickly said, "I still have something to say."

"What is it?" Xu Chengxian hesitated, not immediately withdrawing his spiritual sense.

"I'll go to General Yu later to send this time's Transformation Pill, and try to ask about the opportunity." Ling Xiao said.

"Hmm? Didn't you say you weren't going?"

Xu Chengxian remembered that Ling Xiao said last time that the matter of recruiting a son-in-law involved demon marquises and demon marshals, and it would not be easy to end afterwards, so he was prepared to decline.

Why does the meaning in these words now seem like he is interested again?

"I heard news that Marquis Bishui has a drop of unrefined Flood Dragon essence blood in his hand. He is likely to use this treasure as a prize."

"Flood Dragon essence blood?"