Chapter 1636: Buddha, it hurts, it hurts so much

　　The power of virtue that Song Shuhang gained from this was so rich that it shocked him.

　　A ‘zombie’ that was only at the Fourth Level in terms of strength earned him power of virtue equivalent to that of tens of thousands of ordinary Fourth Stage resentful souls.

　　A single one of them turned out to be worth tens of thousands of souls!

　　“What is the origin of these zombies? Why is their virtue value so high?” Song Shuhang was puzzled.

　　When the huge amount of light of virtue fell on Fairy @#％×, her frown smoothed out as a look of enjoyment appeared on her face.

　　After this zombie was ferried, there wasn’t a ‘black dragon spirit stone’ left behind.

　　However, it was absolutely worth it to use a Fourth Level black dragon spirit stone to exchange for such a large amount of power of virtue.

　　Song Shuhang said, “Fairy Creation, let’s try ferrying another zombie.”

　　Fairy Creation coolly waved the twin blades, went to a zombie, and then stabbed it several times in a row.

　　The zombie screamed in pain, now weak and on the verge of falling apart. As long as it was attacked any more, it would turn into a black dragon spirit stone.

　　Song Shuhang put his palms together, muttered ❮Ksitigarbha’s Soul Ferrying Scripture❯ silently, and then pointed at the zombie.

　　Just as before, the zombie was smoothly ferried, and a vast amount of power of virtue fell on Fairy @#%×’s body.

　　Lady Kunna curiously asked, “Mr. Shuhang, what are you doing?”

　　Song Shuhang solemnly replied, “I’m mercifully ferrying the souls of these zombies.”

　　“???” Lady Kunna.

　　Song Shuhang calmly said, “Next.”

　　Fairy Creation wielded the two blades in her hands, and sent a dozen slashes to the evil beast to the side.

　　Song Shuhang had a solemn look on his face as he recited the scripture. The chanting of scriptures sounded while a sense of great compassion, great light, and great detachment emerged.

　　The corners of Lady Kunna’s mouth twitched. Hurry up and stop. How is this merciful in any way?!

　　“…” Scarlet Heaven Sword.

　　Such a compassionate soul ferrying technique! It was the first time it had seen something like this over its long life.

　　Fairy Creation and Song Shuhang acted in harmony.

　　After ferrying nine more undead creatures, Song Shuhang’s magical power top-up device shook slightly.

　　[Event Mission: Kill or purify any 10 zombies or evil beasts to complete. 1000 units of magical power flow have been rewarded.]

　　In the next moment, Song Shuhang’s account had an extra 1,000.

　　Song Shuhang softly said, “The task can be completed even with the soul ferrying technique?”

　　“Stupid~ Yayiya?” Fairy Creation sang, gently waving the twin blades in her hands. Although she was holding two sabers, they danced gracefully like a long sword as she wielded them.

　　She was using the sabers as swords.

　　“Alright, let’s continue,” Song Shuhang said—unknowingly, he had begun to understand Fairy Creation’s babble at some point in time.

　　Fairy Creation’s dancing blades descended on an evil beast. She had a graceful posture as she used a dual sword technique.

　　The evil beast screamed, and fell into a near-death state.

　　Song Shuhang recited the scripture silently, and smoothly launched a ‘merciful’ soul ferrying technique.

　　Then, another great wave of light of virtue fell on Fairy @#％×.

　　“Deep feelings, mouth shut. Light feelings, lick… Ah~I can’t drink anymore, I~ No~” The virtuous lamia sang lines from an opera.

　　Song Shuhang turned and looked at her.

　　At this time, she was enveloped in bright light of virtue.

　　The beautiful pattern at the center of her brows lit up. At the same time, the ‘virtuous fat whale’ was summoned.

　　When Song Shuhang saw the virtuous fat whale, something occurred to him—Wait, wasn’t there a white-haired beast cultivator in this fat whale’s belly?

　　Song Shuhang’s ❮Holy Ape Dragon Power Technique❯ was obtained from that person.

　　For a long time, the virtuous fat whale had regarded the white-haired beast cultivator as something to spit out and swallow at its discretion, and Song Shuhang had forgotten about the other party’s existence.

　　After the virtuous fat whale was called out, it let out a burp. Its belly was strangely empty.

　　Where was the white-haired beast cultivator?

　　“What happened to the beast cultivator?” Song Shuhang thought of a possibility—That white-haired beast cultivator wasn’t digested by the virtuous fat whale, right?

　　However, the virtuous fat whale was only a manifestation of light of virtue. Theoretically speaking, it shouldn’t have a digestive ability.

　　The virtuous lamia curled its tail and mounted the fat whale.

　　This was her complete form.

　　In the next moment, the light of virtue in her body became brighter and brighter, with a lot of it wrapping around her waist.

　　“Eh? Wait a minute.” Song Shuhang quickly took out the ‘Almighty Merchant’s sheet’, and threw it at the virtuous lamia.

　　Every time since the lamia first evolved, her ‘snake tail’ would recede.

　　There had only been two times when it had been different, one being when the virtuous fat whale appeared, and the other being when the pattern at the center of her brows appeared, giving her a third eye.

　　But for this evolution, it seemed that Fairy @#%× had returned to the right path.

　　Her snake tail would recede once more.

　　However, her snake tail was already in a very dangerous spot. If it were to recede any further…

　　As such, Song Shuhang threw the sheet at her immediately.

　　The virtuous lamia smiled slightly after receiving the sheet.

　　Then, she took the sheet and hung it on her shoulders to wrap her body.

　　After seeing that she understood what he meant, Song Shuhang let out a breath of relief.

　　But next, the virtuous lamia suddenly ‘stood’, her tail becoming upright, and allowing her to suddenly reach a height of several meters.

　　Then, she spread out her hands, standing in a ‘single-legged rooster’ plus ‘white crane with its wings spread’ posture.

　　“…” Song Shuhang.

　　Fairy @#％×, what are you doing?! If you stand up like that, the sheet won’t be able to wrap you up!

　　Song Shuhang called, “Quickly come down.”

　　But it was too late; the position of the virtuous lamia’s waistline had already changed.

　　The rich light of virtue enveloped her small waist and the area below her waist.

　　Song Shuhang turned his head abruptly, and looked at the old tribal chief of the Dragon Blood Tribe.

　　Apart from him, there was only the old tribal chief who was present. Should he knock the other party out?

　　“???” The old tribal chief.

　　“Whoosh~”

　　There was the sound of a fan unfolding.

　　At this time, the evolution of the virtuous lamia was complete. The light of virtue at her waist area dissipated… Then, a pair of small and lovely wings stretched out from behind her waist.

　　It was a pair of golden wings, with every feather being vivid and lifelike.

　　The pair of wings folded forward like skirt armor, covering her waist.

　　Senior Scarlet Heaven Sword floated to the virtuous lamia’s side, and said, “I’m really sorry that it was only a pair of wings. Hm, this is what Fairy @#%× wants to say.” It once again served as a mouthpiece, speaking in the virtuous lamia’s place.

　　“…” Song Shuhang.

　　The virtuous lamia threw back the ‘Almighty Merchant’s sheet’ to Song Shuhang.

　　Afterward, her tail curled up flexibly as her body wrapped around Song Shuhang’s body. Her delicate hand stretched out, and she pressed Song Shuhang’s ‘magical bracelet’.

　　Senior Scarlet Heaven Sword said, “I want to borrow something from you, Fairy @#%× says.”

　　Song Shuhang willed it, and opened his magical bracelet.

　　The virtuous lamia reached out, and took out a fist-sized rock from it.

　　The stone was golden, with the faint sound of Buddhist chanting coming from it, accompanied by the sound of a wooden fish being knocked.

　　A form of peaceful zen aura exuded from this golden stone. At the same time, there was also a feeling of great compassion and great wisdom emanating from it.

　　Song Shuhang said, “This thing… I remember it!”

　　(/￣皿￣)/～┴┴

　　As he thought of what this thing was, his heart felt stifled.

　　The kidney stone of a senior monk (artificially cultivated version).

　　There was once a senior monk who was idle and felt bored. One day, he suddenly wanted to experience what the pain brought by a kidney stone felt like. And so, he planted a stone in his body, and cultivated it.

　　Only the heavens know how he was able to cultivate a fist-sized stone.

　　Due to that senior monk reciting scriptures day and night with the stone in his kidney, if one listened carefully, they would be able to hear some of the content of three scriptures from this stone.

　　These scriptures were the ❮Sacred Stars Scripture❯, the ❮Jade Stars Scripture❯, and the ❮Holy Ape Dragon Power Scripture❯.

　　In addition to these scriptures, one would also be able to vaguely hear some of the senior monk’s thoughts. “Buddha, it hurts, it hurts so much… It turns out that a kidney stone hurts this much.”

　　This monk must have been quite the masochist.

　　The virtuous lamia took out the golden stone, and also the ‘blood bone’ that had exhausted its energy.

　　Previously, in order to recharge the ‘Royal Blood Demon Core’, the energy in the blood bone had been extracted, so it was no different from an ordinary bone right now.

　　The virtuous lamia had a ‘nostalgia’ complex, so she did not throw it away but stored it somewhere instead.

　　At this moment, she was holding the golden stone in her left hand, and the blood bone in her right hand.

　　Fairy Creation turned her head, and her eyes shone. “I have a stone~ I have a bone~ Unh~ Stone bone!”

　　The virtuous lamia pressed her hands together.

　　The wing on the left side of her waist lightly lit up, and it floated out, descending on the blood bone and senior monk’s kidney stone.

　　In the next moment, just as Fairy Creation had sung, the golden stone and the blood bone merged.

　　“!!!” Song Shuhang.

　　What was going on?

　　At the side, Senior Scarlet Heaven Sword said, “It’s a talent, a simple magical treasure forging technique. Fairy @#%×’s talent is intrinsic to her left wing. By consuming a certain amount of virtue, the two materials with similar attributes can be forged into a simple magical treasure.”

　　She shook the newborn kidney stone blood bone, and nodded in satisfaction.

　　Song Shuhang asked, “What does it do?”

　　Scarlet Heaven Sword replied, “It has no function. It just allows the blood bone to recharge. Fairy @#%× seems to be very satisfied with this blood bone.”

　　“…” Song Shuhang.

　　But brandishing a blood bone was very inconsistent with the virtuous lamia’s style.

　　Song Shuhang asked, “If her left wing has the power to forge magical treasures, what about her right wing?”

　　The virtuous lamia went back to Song Shuhang.

　　Then, she activated the talent of her right wing.

　　“Om~”

　　A projection of a luxurious palace appeared beside the virtuous lamia and Song Shuhang, protecting them.

　　“The Virtuous Palace!” Song Shuhang recognized the palace at a glance.

　　The original version of the palace in the projection was in his Inner World.

　　One of the times when he had traded with the Almighty Merchant, he exchanged a silver glove for the ‘Ancestral Witch’s Blessing, Cross of Resurrection, and a small fragment of the Virtuous Palace’.

　　Senior Scarlet Heaven Sword said, “Limited by your own Fifth Stage strength, this palace projection can only display a defense at the peak of the Sixth Stage at most. When you transcend the heavenly tribulation of the Sixth Stage, it will definitely grow stronger.”