Xiao-Qing (Verta)

"Am I cold too?"

- Xiao-Qing being mad at Xiao-Bai’s decision.

Xiao-Qing was a green snake demon, Snake Mother's apprentice and the younger sister of Xiao-Bai. After Xiao-Bai failed to assassinate General, Xiao-Qing still believed in her sister, even though other members of Snake Clan didn't. To protect her sister, Xiao-Qing voluntarily took the Curse of Scorching Death Scales, and swore she would bring Xiao-Bai back in three days.

In her human form, Xiao-Qing appeared to be a tough girl, brimming with heroic spirit. However she preferred her green-tailed half-snake form to her human form. It was likely that she wasn't powerful enough to maintain her human form for a long time in the movie. In her half-snake form, with some dark green scales on her face, she appeared to be much darker and more evil.

Biography
Xiao-Qing was betrayed by her main snake mother when she threw and used her power to go out. As a result, she was a little green snake. She turned back into a human and helped her sister find Xu Xuan who is reincarnated for 500 years.

Physical Appearance
Verta was a Chinese female snake demon with a long black-haired ponytail, her eyes were green and dyed in emerald on the top part of it.

Attire
She wears the dark green scaly-skinned armor decorated silver clouds and snake patterns in them on her body chest, the pair of shoulder scaled-plates, a silver hair collar on the back of her hair which resemblance the snake’s mouth with green eyes and dried green snake coat around her waist. She has dark green eyeliners and dark red lipstick.

After cultivation with her sister, Xiao-Bai for 500 years to reach full immortality, she wore her pale green silk robe and her ponytail hair is shorten into a tied-up bun with the Jade Hairpin. During the Ming Dynasty, Verta changed her clothes into a formal light turquoise robe with different green sets of consisted Chinese clothing.

Upon being sent to Shura City by Fahai, Verta wore a one-strap top, worn out pants, a utility belt, and ankle boots. Blanca’s ribbon is fastened around her right arm.

History
In the late Tang dynasty, Xiao-Qing was trained under the Snake Mother in the hidden cave where she grew closer to Xiao-Bai as sisters though she is not related to her. Due to her master's teachings, she became hostile towards the humans especially with the Taoists (Daoists).

Xiao-Qing then heard one of the snake demons mentioned about Xiao-Bai was fond with a human snake catcher and Chang-Pan accused about the White Snake's betrayal, she interrupted him and begged to Snake Mother to bring her back. By doing this, she urged her master to use the Scorching Death Scales to ensure her mission will not fail much to the shock of the snake demon clan except for Snake Mother who reluctantly agrees with her and she told her to bring Xiao-Bai back for three days until the scales activated to kill Xiao-Qing and then she left without knowing the suspicion that Snake Mother secretly gestured Chang-Pan to do a job to eliminate Xiao-Bai and the snake catcher.

Xiao-Qing soon finds Xiao-Bai and the human snake catcher named Xu Xuan as she noticed his tools and identify him as the snake catcher before she attacked him before Xiao-Bai blocked her attack which she responded to her name and causing Xiao-Bai remembered her due to the side effect of the Jade Hairpin. In the pagoda, Xiao-Bai can't recalled the events when she was on the mission, Xiao-Qing told her everything that General ordered the snake catchers to capture all snakes to him and absorbed their essences to increase his dark magic powers. Xiao-Qing then attacked Xu Xuan before demanding the answer as the conjured bat appeared from him and utterly destroyed it, thinking he is the spy for the General as Xiao-Bai attempted to convince her that Xu Xuan wasn't the bad person which drove her rage and about to kill the snake catcher with conjuring the magic of large green snake. Xiao-Bai had no choice but to fight as they fell right on the secret underground, attempting to persuade her again but it didn't work on her. As Xiao-Qing is going after them, the stone tablet closed itself and knocked her down to the ground with the Zhen symbols.

The desperate Green Snake sat on the stone with her left foot standing on Dudou's head, waiting for Xiao-Bai as she and Xu Xuan got out from the underground. Xiao-Qing confronted the snake catcher again as she aggressively kicked his dog right before him, still feuding with Xu Xuan. Xiao-Bai has come to her full senses, decided with to come with her which made Xiao-Qing delighted and relieved to hear. She gave a somewhat scoff and smirked at Xu Xuan after Xiao-Bai told him to do separate ways because the human and demon weren't being together because it is the against the natural laws that Xiao-Bai forced to do the following rules. Xu Xuan gave Xiao-Bai a hug before telling to find a way to make love with her as he and Dudou left them.

Back to the pagoda, she is still doubting that Xu Xuan will never come back to the place. Xiao-Qing began to interpret about the love and desires to the humans before revealing their true nature, adding to the point from the Snake Mother's lessons. Xiao-Qing then explained to her sister about the Scorching Death Scales in order to take her back to the cave until the Little General and the soldiers arrived outside the tower.

Personality
Fierce and brave, Xiao-Qing was a warrior and had no fear to challenge enemies that were stronger than her. On the other hand, as a demon, she also had some cruel and deceive parts in her nature.

Especially, Xiao-Qing very trustworthy and cold caring. She never says to Xiao-Bai she likes her very much. But she shows her care and charm.

Xiao-Qing unconditionally trusted her sister Xiao-Bai. Although Xiao-Bai was likely more powerful than her, Xiao-Qing still tried to protect her, even at the risk of her own life. When Xiao-Bai failed to assassinate General and lost her memories, other snake demons began to doubt Xiao-Bai's loyalty, but Xiao-Qing still believed in her sister and took the task to bring her back voluntarily. To dispel other's doubt, she took the Curse of Scorching Death Scales which meant that if she didn't come back in three days, she would die.

Xiao-Qing also had a strong hatred against humans which was possibly due to Snake Mother's teaching. This hatred would sometimes affected her judgement. For obvious reasons, she didn't trust Xu Xuan at first, but didn't kill him because Xiao-Bai cared about him. However, she eventually learned to trust him too. After learning that Snake Mother was using her and the other snake demons as her pawns when she reverted back into a normal snake and her master drained all her essences to become the giant snake form. Xiao-Qing eventually become remorseful and shamed of her regretful actions even though she didn't find out the truth behind Snake Mother, saying that it is always treacherous and never let any happen again which made her compassion grew towards the humans including Xu Xuan and finally trusted them. On the second time she met Xu Xian (Xu Xuan's reincarnation) when Xiao-Bai pretended to drop a Jade Hairpin as the scholar show it to her and giggled in response with a slight of humor before gesturing to her sister.

Abilities
As a trained warrior, Xiao-Qing displayed considerable strength, agility and skill in close combat. The weapon she used was a green whip which was probably created by her magic. When she was fighting Xiao-Bai to kill Xu Xuan, her whip was able to leave a deep mark on the wood pillar.

She can also create a large green snake to bite her enemies with her magic. It was similar to Snake Mother's magic, but much smaller in size.

Trivia

 * Just like "Xiao-Bai", "Xiao-Qing" is also not a real Chinese name but a nickname. It means "Little Green One".
 * Although movie didn't clarify the sistership between Xiao-Bai and Xiao-Qing, according to the original tale, they are not sisters in blood but sworn sisters.
 * In original Chinese dub, Xiao-Qing always addressed Xiao-Bai as "sister" instead of calling her by name. In Chinese culture, it's a way to show respect and intimacy, or even a way of being affectionate.
 * The only time she called Xiao-Bai by name was when Xiao-Bai tried to protect Xu Xuan at their first meet.
 * Xiao-Qing's western zodiac sign is Aries. She was born on April 12. Her sister's (Blanca's) zodiac sign is Libra. Xiao-Qing is opposite personality of Xiao-Bai.