Yu Longting used my Begonia hairpin to help me tie up my long hair, "Who would have thought that in this day and age, there would still be snake demons succumbing to demonic ways."
"Only an eye and some sharp claws appeared, how could you tell it was a snake demon cultivator?" I seriously doubted that he and I were looking at the same Blood Mist Map.
Yu Longting tucked my stray hairs behind my ears, "Snake species that turn to the demonic path are circled by two golden lines around their pupils."
"The picture was so red, how could you make out any gold?" I recalled, the snake's eyes in the image were extremely red.
Never mind the golden lines, I didn't even notice any red lines in detail.
Yu Longting, with a smile as refreshing as a spring breeze on his face, encircled his arm around my waist and leapt down from the cliff, "With poor eyesight like that, how could you highlight my usefulness? What's strange is... after succumbing to demonic ways, they must consume living souls and internal organs daily, or their bodies will wither immediately once they abstain from eating. Yet it didn't eat our Dumpling."
"!!!" On hearing this, I shivered all over in fright, "With the situation so dire, how can you remain so calm?? Don't you love Dumpling anymore?"
"Since it didn't eat him in the first place, it won't eat him in the short term. Why should I be worried?" Yu Longting shrugged nonchalantly, quickly leading me forward as he pondered, "A demon snake kills so many every day, the commotion it causes couldn't be small. If there were snake demon cultivators, they should have been discovered long ago."
"Mhm, this... might have something to do with me." I shrank my head guiltily, almost biting my own tongue. ʀᴇᴀᴅ ʟᴀᴛᴇsᴛ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀᴛ ɴovelfire.net
Yu Longting raised an eyebrow, touching my cold hand, "Oh? Other snakes turn demonic, and it has something to do with madam wife here?"
"Cough cough~ Wasn't I being hunted by the Ten Thousand Poison Hall?" I said, looking embarrassed, "They awakened the dormant Snake Devouring Stele, in order to harm me and Dumpling, so I just..."
"So you destroyed the Snake Devouring Stele??? Causing the suppressed demon snake to be released?" After listening, Yu Longting was amused, a clear laugh emanating from his throat.
His handsome face beamed like a bright chrysanthemum.
I was so angry that my chest felt like it would burst, glaring at him, "I've caused a great disaster, and you're laughing!"
"Mhm, I won't laugh anymore." Yu Longting struggled to suppress his laughter, his attitude as though he was watching a joke, "This is not strange then. The demon snake has just been released from its seal and hasn't had the chance to do much evil."
"Ah, it's because I released the demon snake that Little Dumpling was captured." I sighed, feeling somewhat guilty.
Yu Longting pinched my nose, "It has nothing to do with you. Under those circumstances, not breaking the stele would have resulted in an even worse outcome."
Because I was wearing the Yin Bell, the patrolling Walking Corpses did not stop Yu Longting and me from leaving Tianying Village.
After a while, Yu Longting led me into a deep and secluded cave, "This used to be a Demon Cave."
"Demon Cave?" In the pitch-black cave, even my Spiritual Eye couldn't see anything.
All I could feel was that the Yin energy in the air was too dense, obscuring everything from view.
Yu Longting: "This is where demon creatures used to gather. Later it was exterminated by a union of Orthodox Sects. Otherwise, how do you think I knew to look at the Blood Mist Map and find this place? This place is quite infamous."
"Did you also take part in the extermination of demon creatures?" Though I couldn't see anything, I could feel a strange presence in the air, one that I had personally experienced before.
It was the exact same feeling from the Illusion Realm where I had encountered the young Lin Huan, not differing in the slightest.
A self-igniting fire charm flew out of Yu Longting's sleeve, "I had just emerged from my shell, and the old man was dragged to lead the extermination team. At that time... he held me in his arms."
The fire charm illuminated the cave, finally allowing me to see some of the surroundings, "That must be a very ancient event?" But...
If the Illusion Realm is real, then it's only been a few decades since the demon snake bit my grandfather.