CHAPTER 529: CHAPTER 521: THE SIMPLEST METHOD OF POISONING.

Elite exterminations often use the most straightforward method of poisoning the entire clan.

Without the support of Second Spiritual Power, Qian Qi, who only has B-level Spiritual Power, cannot directly use S-Class Illusion Beast Skill to capture the A+ level Lanshan Pythons all at once. However, she can visually paralyze the Lanshan Pythons while sneaking into the Snake Zone to administer poison, making them think that the approaching Qian Qi...

Is nothing more than a harmless—housefly.

[With so many cute and obedient animals and insects in the world, why must you turn yourself into a housefly—ヽ(｀Д´)ﾉ︵┻━┻!]

The system panel is filled with frantic emoticons.

"Of course because it’s fun." Qian Qi clearly doesn’t understand why the system is making such a fuss; her idol Sun Wukong has transformed into a housefly before, so why can’t she mimic that?

One should know how to enjoy themselves, system.

The system roars: [Have you ever seen anyone—anyone who has Golden Finger and is a protagonist turn into an annoying housefly!]

"Well, now you have." The "housefly" flying in the sky cuts a pose while rubbing its legs.

The system can’t bear to watch, quickly shutting down its illusion vision function, watching the human-shaped Qian Qi running on the ground, finally feeling much cleaner to its eyes.

Qian Qi’s poisoning plan is actually very simple; according to the Lanshan Spirit Lake defense map, she bypasses the patrolling Lanshan Pythons and conducts small dosage poisoning multiple times at the Lanshan Spirit Lake edge until the chronic poisoning of the Lanshan Pythons takes effect, causing them to shed, oh no, to shed their Snake Scales...

Standing by the Lanshan Spirit Lake, Qian Qi throws two sacks of Magic Plant Scale-removing Powder into the lake, squats down, extends her arm, and stirs to prevent the powder from clumping and being noticed by the Lanshan Pythons.

Next time, she’ll need to poison the northeastern corner of the Spirit Lake...

Squinting her small eyes, Qian Qi surveyed the northeast corner from afar, suddenly feeling her arm touching something very cold, extremely painful, directly causing her to withdraw her arm.

Lifting her hand, she finds her arm covered with red blotches, continuously aching, as if frostbitten.

She is supposed to have A+ Level Defense!

This thing can actually frostbite her!

Qian Qi’s eyes instantly light up like a bulb, and she immediately plunges her hand back into the water, exploring for a while, quickly feeling the chilly thing under the rock near the shore.

Enduring heart-piercing pain, Qian Qi chisels away at the stone layer, finally extracting the item.

The system swoops in for a closer look, [Oh, it’s a good find.]

The item is deep blood-red, round and bead-like, about the size of a baby’s fist, but the surface is faceted like a polished diamond, not at all smooth, faintly shimmering with bloody light, exuding a heavy blood aura that merely looking at it gives an uncomfortable feeling.

"What’s this?" Qian Qi asks.

[Due to the Lanshan Pythons’ killings, Lanshan Spirit Lake is enveloped in a heavy blood aura, but this kind of aura is generally hard to crystallize since this isn’t some cultivation fantasy world.] This time, the system reluctantly acts like a free tutor, [However, there’s an exception. In this instance’s natural realm, there’s a rare crystal named Storage Crystal which can absorb various energies like coldness, heat, or Blood Qi, for instance, this one absorbs both the blood energy of the Magic Beast and the spiritual energy of the lake.]

[Logically speaking, a Storage Crystal should only absorb one type of energy, but the spiritual energy and blood energy in Lanshan Spirit Lake are symbiotic, without the nourishment of blood energy, there wouldn’t be a continuous supply of spiritual energy, the two have long merged into one hence this Storage Crystal can absorb both energies simultaneously.]

"Then what’s the use of this thing?" Qian Qi asks again.

[The more energy the Storage Crystal absorbs, the more it resembles the Demon Core of Advanced Magical Beasts and Advanced Magic Plants, which can be understood as a man-made Demon Core, its effect isn’t inferior to a real Demon Core, you know its functions: creating Advanced Magic Potions and manufacturing High-level Weapons.]

[The one in your hand is at least an A+ Level man-made Demon Core, as the absorbed Blood Qi and spiritual energy nourish each other; you can cultivate it using High-level Beast Blood often and maybe someday it might become an S-Class Demon Core.]

Is that so... Then that means she doesn’t need to force out her Second Spiritual Power to kill an S-Class Magical Beast to obtain an S-Class Demon Core?

Not bad, not bad.

Qian Qi couldn’t help but pick up the Storage Crystal again to study.

Seeing her hand develop red spots, the system couldn’t help but add, [Of course, this Storage Crystal also has a contact blood-sucking function; your arm isn’t frostbitten but it’s trying to siphon the blood from your veins through your skin, had your defense capability been lower, your blood vessels would’ve burst by now.]

Upon hearing this, Qian Qi promptly releases the Storage Crystal.

She points at the lake surface and asks, "Are there more Blood Energy Storage Crystals in here?"

[No more.]

"Really none or pretending to be none?" Qian Qi squints her eyes suspiciously at the system.

[Really none, you can go check it yourself if you don’t believe me.] The system panel makes space, ready for her convenience.

Unconvinced, Qian Qi dives into the water, searching for quite a while and truly finds none, only then does she climb back to shore.

[I told you there wasn’t any, yet you didn’t believe me.] Watching Qian Qi twist water out of her clothes by the shore, the system shakes its head, [Trust between person and system, alas!]

"Really none, huh." Qian Qi shakes off the water from her hair, analyzing based on her findings in the lake, "This Storage Crystal doesn’t seem to naturally grow out of rocks in the lake, otherwise there wouldn’t be just one. Although saying this might be too definite, compared to naturally grown, it more likely seems someone intentionally embedded it here to absorb the spiritual energy or Blood Qi of the lake."

The system panel pauses momentarily, [So?]

"If my assumption is correct, then the person must be at least an Epic Level Beast Master, right? Since this is the Lanshan Spirit Lake full of Lanshan Pythons, how could they leave without using Illusion Skill like I have?"

[Perhaps the person placed the Storage Crystal before the Lanshan Pythons discovered Lanshan Spirit Lake, right?]

"You’ve stated that Storage Crystal can only absorb one kind of energy, if placed earlier, it means it had already absorbed the spiritual energy of the lake, no longer able to absorb the Blood Qi later on."

Thus, it could only have been placed later, allowing this Storage Crystal to absorb the intertwined Blood Spirit Energy in the lake.

[But] The system is about to continue when Qian Qi interrupts, saying, "The most important thing is you continued down my line of reasoning, indicating that I’ve already guessed correctly."

System: [...]

Such despicable and vile rhetoric!

Shameless human!

[So, what are you trying to convey with all this!] The system cries out.

"Where are the empty Storage Crystals then?" Qian Qi grinned, unabashed greed flashed across her face, "Take me to dig them up!"

System: ...

Human, do not be so greedy!

[What do you want the empty Storage Crystals for?] The system asks, [Why not those already matured ones?]

Qian Qi waves her hand, "Take it slow, take it slow. System, don’t be greedy, trying to bite off more than you can chew."

System: ...

Reversed Heavenly Gang! Reversed Heavenly Gang!

Qian Qi has already guessed that this instance likely doesn’t have any other matured Storage Crystals; otherwise, given the system’s nature, it would undoubtedly play coy and sell those matured Storage Crystals to her at an exorbitant price.

Since it hasn’t raised the matter, it signifies that there’s genuinely none.

But that doesn’t denote the absence of empty Storage Crystals.

Indeed, through Qian Qi’s bargaining, the system sold out the positions of empty Storage Crystals at a low price.

[It’s useless after you acquire those Storage Crystals.] The system mutters, [It will take at least a hundred years to cultivate them into S-Class Blood Energy Storage Crystals.]

Moreover, this means Qian Qi cannot kill those Lanshan Pythons; she needs them to continually supply the Lanshan Spirit Lake with High-level Beast Blood.

"I don’t plan to cultivate them into Blood Energy Storage Crystals." Qian Qi wraps the Blood Energy Storage Crystal, re-applies her illusion, and swiftly leaves Lanshan Spirit Lake.

[That is...?]

"Don’t inquire into matters of girls with Golden Finger deemed world protagonists." Qian Qi says expressionlessly.

System: ?

System: ...

Hey hey hey! Can’t possibly retaliate over such minor grudges, can you? Qian Qi, so narrow-minded!