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

“The little patterned snake's bloodline has undergone atavism, yet it's not seen cultivating.”

“If it were a fellow re- cultivator like myself, it would never be content with mediocrity, much less be so foolishly gluttonous and sleepy!”

“Without acquiring the demon race's secret methods for bloodline awakening, its future achievements are bound to be limited.”

“Very well, I shall endure for the moment, and reclaim what's due in the future.”

Though the two snakes harbored these thoughts, neither hesitated. Following Xu Chengxian's instructions, they slithered over and consumed their respective shed skins.

Then, they once again verified the Great Dao Truth of Emperor Jingze—it truly smells amazing!

“The little patterned snake is following its instincts, guiding us to eat our shed skins.”

“As expected, I am brilliant!”

“I guessed right again!”

“...Heh.” Xu Chengxian grinned. These two fellows truly deserved a beating!

They judged that he wasn't a reincarnated cultivator because he didn't cultivate, lacked ambition, and didn't seem to possess intelligence.

Therefore, they concluded that he was just a native patterned snake, fortunate enough to have awakened a trace of ancestral bloodline.

Moreover, the extent of the bloodline's atavism was severely limited, with little potential for growth.

Thus, they would completely surpass him soon.

When that time came, they would reclaim everything they had suffered, with interest.

“Hmph, hmph.” Xu Chengxian thought, 'If that's what you think, then that's perfect.'

My task is no longer a concern.

【Congratulations, Host, for completing the task of teaching a lesson to the younger sister and brother who dared to launch a sneak attack on their elder brother, and making them eat their shed skins. Reward: Refinement Points * 2, Random Spiritual Seed * 1】

The system's reward was issued, indicating that the two snakes had finished eating their shed skins.

Xu Chengxian felt the familiar, wonderful sensation of blood energy being refined.

And, he finally witnessed a spiritual seed landing on the mud platform where he had been sleeping.

He was about to slither over when he heard a sound from the cave entrance.

“Hiss!”

“Child, awake?”

Xu Chengxian turned his head and saw a massive snake head probing in.

“My goodness!”

He was startled by the sudden appearance of the white snake head.

Hearing his thoughts, he calmed down again.

He thought, “Oh, is that really my mother?”

“Hiss~”

Seeing the large white snake slithering in, he curiously approached.

This was the first time in his two lives that he had seen his birth mother.

The large snake's vertical pupils reflected Xu Chengxian's current appearance.

A patterned snake, slightly over half a meter long and somewhat chubby, raised its head, staring with round eyes.

It did look a bit foolish.

“Hiss~”

“This is, eldest?”

“It, not afraid, me!”

The large white snake's thoughts were gentle, with strange pauses.

It was very happy with Xu Chengxian's approach, its voice revealing joy.

“Hiss!”

It wriggled its body, raised its head, and turned to slither out of the cave.

“Little Flower, smart, recognize me!”

“...Huh?” (⊙_⊙) Xu Chengxian blinked.

Did he hear wrong?

Did the big white snake mother just say?

Go again, steal, bird eggs?

So, the previous three bird eggs were what it had been feeding them.

He couldn't help but think: “I was wondering, how could it be such a coincidence that just when I felt hungry, bird eggs would roll in, and exactly three of them.”

So, it was their mother providing food for her children.

Then, he thought that the big white snake praised him for being smart, saying Little Green and Little White were foolish, and he immediately became even happier.

“Thanks for the affirmation from my mother!”

He turned his head and stuck his tongue out at Little Green and Little White.

“Hiss!”

What Lingxiao Empress and Lingyunzi Dao Lord?

Occupying the body of someone else's child, and you're not even willing to acknowledge your mother!

I look down on you!

“Hiss!”

“What is this stupid snake doing?” Lingxiao wondered, “Is it mocking me?”

“This fool who dares to approach the big snake, even dares to mock me!”

“Strange! Why didn't the white snake eat it?”

“I wouldn't be mistaken, the snake and python race will devour their own kind, and they won't care about blood relations.” Especially snakes of different sizes, small snakes are food for big snakes.

Therefore, the snake race demons abandon the eggs they lay.

And the small snakes will leave immediately after hatching.

“Unless it has awakened its intelligence!”

“But ordinary demons must reach at least the fifth rank to condense blood qi into baleful energy. Using blood baleful energy to attract spiritual energy, nourish the soul, and gradually develop intelligence and understand cultivation.”

“There isn't even any bloody, baleful mist on the white snake's body, its strength won't exceed the fifth rank.”

“Perhaps it has eaten natural treasures containing spiritual energy? It does have some luck.”

Oh?

So that's how it is.

Xu Chengxian understood.

These two didn't know that snakes would eat their own shed skins, but they did know that snakes would eat their own kind.

Snakes can distinguish the aura between blood relatives, they can know the brother-sister relationship, and of course they can recognize that the big snake that came is the mother snake.

However, the mother snake doesn't have the instinct to take care of the small snakes.

On the contrary, the mother snake might even eat them as blood food for some reason.

According to common sense, they basically wouldn't appear again after laying the eggs.

So, the big white snake suddenly came in, and they hid far away.

“Oh, no wonder my snake mother only appeared now.”

Xu Chengxian combined the information he got from both sides and basically knew the general idea.

The snake race, to be precise, the snake race that hasn't awakened its intelligence, doesn't have the concept of family.

But their snake mother had prematurely developed intelligence due to some special circumstances.

Out of some idea, she tried to make them also awaken their intelligence.

“Bird eggs, it should be bird eggs.” He guessed that the snake mother might have accidentally eaten a bird egg containing spiritual energy.

That's why she would steal bird eggs to feed them.

She shouldn't be in this cave, but should be guarding outside the cave.

“In that case, I'm quite lucky this time.” Xu Chengxian thought, “To meet a reliable mother.”

Before leaving, the snake mother said she was going to steal eggs again.

Thinking of the taste of bird eggs, he couldn't help but look forward to it.

He just woke up and couldn't sleep at the moment, plus he was a little hungry, so he simply coiled up and pretended to sleep, waiting for the bird eggs to arrive.

Lingxiao and Lingyunzi were both surprised and uncertain, they were hesitating whether to leave this cave.

Lest the big snake come again and eat them.

At that time, there might not be another chance to be reborn.

“Damn it! How could I forget, this cave might not be safe!”

“Why did that white snake retreat? If it has awakened its intelligence, it would be a good thing to have it protecting us. I'm too weak now.”

“Is this stupid patterned snake asleep again? It's so calm, could it be that it can communicate with the mother snake? Or is it too stupid to know the danger?”

“Forget it, let's go, we can't take the risk.”

The two snakes made the decision to leave at the same time.

One green and one white, they slithered towards the cave entrance.

When they slithered past the patterned snake, they both stopped for a moment at the same time.

“Should I, drive away the ugly patterned snake? If it doesn't die, it can still pull a cart for me when we meet again.”

“I'll show some kindness, if we meet in the future, the main soul in the Myriad Soul Banner will also have a place to settle.”

Xu Chengxian opened his eyelids.

Just as the two snakes were about to open their mouths to bite him awake.

It raised its body, stretched out its tail, and pulled both snakes back.

Forget it, it's not good to swallow all three bird eggs alone.

Where are you going?

Don't go anywhere, obediently wait for mother to send bird eggs.

Seeing that these two called him along when they were escaping, he still left them behind.

Xu Chengxian was determined to stop them, no matter how Lingxiao and Lingyunzi wanted to leave, they couldn't.

More than a dozen confrontations, all blocked.

In addition to being angry, they saw him looking towards the cave entrance from time to time, and their hearts moved, gradually stopping their actions of rushing out.

“Hiss!”

Before long, faint movements came from outside the cave entrance.

Then, three bird eggs rolled in one after another.

Both the Empress and the Dao Lord couldn't help but shrink their pupils.

There really were some?

However, the surprises were far more than these.