Transcending the python

After touching it, Rong An gasped, stopped climbing, and freed his right hand to carefully touch the scar on his left shoulder.As expected, the place changed shape, the uneven scars made by the Wing Ghost's claws all faded away, and turned into an oval shape. If you touch it along the lines, it is very sharp, and it hurts Rong An's fingers.

He shrugged his shoulders with difficulty in this narrow passage, and tilted his head to observe carefully.Rong An could only see a few slightly darker marks on his left shoulder, but he couldn't see the others clearly, and he didn't know if it was because he stayed here for too long that he had grown green scales similar to king snakes.Rong An felt uneasy, thinking that since he washed his body every day, it probably wasn't a skin disease.If it is really the scales used by snakes to protect the skin, it will do no harm to such a weak self.But Rongan couldn't get over that hurdle in his heart, he always felt that he was still a normal person and would go back one day, and for the time being, he couldn't accept that he was like Chong Youye, with a cold body and full armor.

I don't know if it's an illusion, but when Rong An thought 'I don't want to grow scales' in his heart, the place where he touched his fingers became much warmer, he quickly touched it a few more times, and was pleasantly surprised to find that the scales on his shoulders slowly disappeared , even those horrible-looking wounds have long since healed, and the place touched by the fingers is smooth to the touch, which belongs to the fragile human skin.

Rong An breathed a sigh of relief, thought of something after a while, touched his elbow, only to find that there were also hard scales growing on the elbow, sticking to the skin obediently to prevent the elbow from being hurt.I think it should be the same on the knee side, and it can probably be retracted.Thinking of this, Rong An no longer hesitated, and quickly climbed forward again.This time the movement went much smoother, even though Chong Youye was not leading the way, following the familiar smell, Rong An could still easily identify which way to go.

But in fact, Rong An could only climb to a dead end, and every time he smelled the most familiar smell, and then slammed into the mountain wall, he beat it with his hands without giving up, as hard as a gnat shaking a tree, even No echo can be knocked out.

"Why is there no one here..." Rong An became impatient with crawling, and simply lay down on the ground, staring at the dark stones in front of him, and stayed motionless.Rong An sighed, thinking, could it be that Chong Youye walked out of the snake den, and this is the last place he stayed, so the smell is the strongest?

This is quite possible.But the point is, Rong An didn't know how to get out of the snake den.Do you pay attention to the smell of the air outside?Rong An can't, he doesn't know how the air at the entrance of the cave is compared with this side, he just thinks it has no smell, at most it is fresh, but the air in the pool where Yan Weasel is lying is also very fresh.

In this way, he fell into a dilemma, Rong An stared blankly at the top of the cave, and after a while, touched the rough and hard stone wall with his hand as if possessed.Someone seemed to have carved some marks on it with a knife, and the lines were bent, looking like a snake.

The snake was extremely huge, with two sharp venomous fangs on its upper teeth, and several strangely shaped triangles were painted on the side. If you look closely, you can barely make out that they are protruding mountain bumps.The snake was painted higher and bigger than the mountains. In the painting, the boa constrictor was roaring up to the sky, roaring at the scorching sun in the sky, and Rong An, who was outside the painting, couldn't help frowning because of a landslide and earth cracking. Rong An couldn't see all the scratches on the stone wall clearly, so he propped up his body with his hands, almost touching his face to it.

The moment he got closer, he found that familiar smell became more and more obvious.Rong An felt that this painting was probably carved by Chong Youye with his nails.In the damp snake cave, Rong An seemed to be able to spit out a mouthful of moisture every time he breathed, his vision was a little blurred, he stared at the stick figure drawn by a child, carefully stroked the rough and uneven lines with his fingers, and suddenly suffocated for a long time.

A powerful voice suddenly sounded in his heart:

——The fierce python!Huge python!

With a domineering force that cannot be ignored, the momentum is compelling

Rong An's hand suddenly retracted from the mural as if he had been electrocuted, and before he had time to recollect the two words he heard in his heart, the ground beneath him suddenly began to shake violently.

what?Rong An was startled suddenly, he propped up his body with all his strength, clutching the rock above his body to use his strength to turn over, and looked nervously at the ground below him.I saw that the place was trembling, and the stones were trembling violently, as if something was about to come out from the bottom.Rong An felt something was wrong, tried to stand up, and ran away from here.But the ground trembled more and more, only to hear 'creak', 'creak', the ground below seemed to be broken by force, and then with a 'boom' sound, all the supports under Rong An's feet moved to both sides collectively.Fortunately, he was well prepared and hung on the stone path on the right side of the narrow passage with difficulty.

Hanging like this was very exhausting, Rong An had to hold on to the rocks tightly, with his two legs propped up on some corners, and after a while he was out of breath and his forehead was sweating.At this time, he saw a pool of clear water under the removed stone slab, Rong An was short of breath, and secretly thanked: Fortunately, he didn't fall - I don't know how to swim.

The front is a dead end, there is no place to go forward, if you want to get out from here, you have to crawl backwards.Except for the rocks he held on to his hands and feet, the passage was bare, so it was conceivable how low the feasibility was.But Rong An is thin, with long hands and long legs, so it is not impossible to complete it.Fearing that his physical strength would be exhausted, Rong An moved his body slowly, a drop of sweat dripping down his cheeks into the water.

The humid and warm air froze, Rong An didn't know why he didn't dare to move, and remained silent for a long time.Due to the narrow space, the exposed water surface was almost touching Rong An's nose. Gradually, a few small eddies quietly emerged on the calm water surface. After two seconds, the vortices merged with each other, making loud noises, and united into one with Rong An. A whirlpool about the size of Ann's body.

Rong An's heart sank, and he didn't dare to hesitate. Human beings can always burst out with unimaginable abilities in danger. He grabbed the smooth stone wall with his bare hands, barely stabilized his body, and said to himself anxiously: "Don't..." He The voice was barely audible, with pleading and panic that I didn't realize.

But how could luck allow Rong An to catch up?He desperately wanted to crawl out, but the vortex in the water was getting bigger and bigger. Rong An only felt a pair of invisible hands grab his body, and he was pulled down several centimeters in a blink of an eye, and his clothes were all wet. .

Rong An yelled, using his hands hard, and at the same time as he was about to back out, there was a sudden shaking in the snake cave, and a huge force pushed Rong An's back.He was already at the end of his strength, and it was not easy to maintain his body. When he was pushed, he screamed "Ah—" and was directly photographed into the water.

The water was warm, because of fear, Rong An opened his eyes wide, and the pool water poured into his eyes, which was unbearably sour.He was pushed down suddenly, and he didn't catch his breath before entering the pool. He was terrified and consumed more oxygen, almost suffocating.Rong An hurried upstream, but what he touched was not the cold air, but rough stone slabs.

It turned out that it was not the hand that pushed him, but the stone slab that had been removed from behind him, and it was now firmly blocking the exit, sealing Rong An up.He subconsciously wanted to inhale, and he did inhale, but the pain in his trachea did not feel like he used to choke on water. Instead, he felt very relaxed, as if he could expel it as soon as he exhaled.

Rong An was stunned, he stretched out his hand to push the stone slab first, and found that the object he touched was as heavy as a thousand weights, without a point of strength, he would definitely not be able to push it up.Then he calmed down and exhaled slowly.The sound of bubbling was evident in the dark, and the water that was docilely pinned in his windpipe was also expelled.Rong An was pleasantly surprised to find that he could breathe in water!

Since Rong An fell off the cliff, his eyesight, sense of smell, and physical strength have improved greatly these days, and now he still has this kind of ability that normal people don't have. He attributes this to the magical magnetic field of the Strong Continent.Of course, his body became more and more different from usual, making Rong An involuntarily worried about whether he would be able to return to Rongjia Village and the previous world in the future.

But at this moment, Rong An didn't have time to think about these things, he touched his tall nose bridge in surprise, cheering for his own ability.

Since there was no way up, Rong An had no choice but to turn his head down.He was not good at water, and he couldn't sink after several attempts. In the end, he had no choice but to relax his body and let it fend for itself.The irony is that every time Rong An tries to do something, he never gets a satisfactory response, but once he gives up completely, he always gets a good answer.For example, now, Rong An is sinking lightly, the surrounding scene changes very slowly, the water flows across his cheeks quietly, and the whole world is quiet.

I don't know how long it has been floating like this, maybe five or six hours, and it has reached a very deep depth, and Rong An didn't feel any pain from the pressure on his ears.As soon as Rong An raised his hand, he saw that his fingers were white and wrinkled, so he knew that a long time had passed, but he learned to endure loneliness at a very young age, and he didn't find it too difficult.Gradually, a ray of light appeared ahead.This was an incomparable comfort to Rong An, who had been in the dark for a long time. He swiped forward vigorously, only to feel the pressure around his body suddenly cleared, and the light in front of his eyes was bright. He stretched out his hands first, then his legs, a cold and refreshing feeling The air rushed towards his face, and the surrounding pressure suddenly increased, Rong An's body tilted, and he fell heavily to the ground.

The light in front of him was too bright for a person who had not seen the light for such a long time. Rong An lay on the ground and couldn't open his eyes. It smells good.When he fell, a pair of hands patted his shoulder and asked, "What's the matter?"

What's the matter?

Rong An didn't know how to answer, but he understood what the man said, and soon realized that he had come to the place where the King Snake Tribe gathered.

No wonder he crawled in the cave for so long and didn't see Chong Youye or other snakes.It turned out to be moved here.Rong An tightly covered his eyes, did not speak for a while, thought for a while and only said vaguely:

"I'm looking for Chong Youye."

While he was speaking, another cold, indifferent and unusually familiar voice sounded. It seemed to be complaining, but the tone was extremely nostalgic: "You are finally back. I thought you had found your own continent."

Rong An raised his head while covering his eyes, showing a helpless expression, and said, "I was almost electrocuted to death in Thunder."

"..." Chong Youye was short, bent slightly and was about the same height as Rong An sitting on the ground, he patted Rong An's shoulder heavily, and said, "It's good that you're still alive."

"Yes," Rong An finally opened his eyes, tears kept flowing, but he could vaguely see Chong Youye's figure, and said, "By the way, do you know that there is a girl named Mei Yin here?"

Chong Youye turned his head and asked someone else, and the answer seemed to be no.

Rong An added: "It is the guardian of the border of the King Snake Tribe. I was caught together with her and locked up together. I don't know where she is now."

Rong An's eyesight had almost recovered, and he saw the expression on Chong Youye's face suddenly darken.Although he has the appearance of a child, in fact he has a calm personality, his emotions are invisible, and he rarely changes his expression.Rong An frowned slightly, and was about to say something when his eyes widened suddenly:

"Your, what's going on here?"

It turned out that there were two uneven dark red scars on both sides of Zhong Youye's waist, and it looked like the scales had been torn off by someone.Rong An turned his head to look, his face paled in shock, the scar spread to Chong Youye's entire back, making it look like he didn't have a good piece of flesh behind him.

Looking up at the other residents of the King Snake Tribe, there are more or less wounds on their bodies, and some of them are particularly serious.Rong An's sense of smell has become more sensitive, but when he got here, he didn't smell the slightest smell of blood or the stench from the gathering of snakes. Before he had time to ask, he heard Chong Youye's calm voice :

"If you are captured, there is almost no chance of survival. Even if you escape, it is impossible to come back. Rong An, how did you come back?"

Rong An briefly introduced the recent events to Chong Youye. When he learned that he had been missing for more than a month, he was speechless for a while, showing a worried expression.In the end, he said that it was Yan Weasel who carried him back and was lucky enough to escape from the prison.

Chong Youye glanced at him blankly, and said, "Dahei... no, it's called Yan Weasel. It went looking for you again, why? It doesn't even have such strict countermeasures..."

Rong An was silent, thinking of his mother, he felt like being grabbed by someone, it hurt so dull.

Chong Youye said: "During the days you left, Yan Weasel went out to look for you every day."

Rong An didn't respond for a while, so he looked at Chong Youye and asked him to continue.

"Do you know why our tribe has always lived near the Yanwei's residence? Because most members of the King Snake tribe are snakes and cannot maintain body temperature. But we can't hibernate according to our nature, otherwise there is a danger of genocide, and it will be very difficult in winter. Yanwei The reason why they are called flaming weasels is because they can emit astonishing heat, and it is often the most obvious in winter. It is also for this reason that flaming weasels and fierce pythons have a good relationship by nature, and each takes what they need, and the king snake tribe can continue To this day, he is also blessed by the fierce python."

Chong Youye glanced at Rong An lightly, and said: "But now Yan Weasel goes out to look for you every day, and rarely has time to stay in the snake cave. We can only dive into the depths of Yan Weasel's cave, close to the 'Lie Guo' Yanyang', to prevent the injured from hypothermia and losing their lives."

"This..." Rong An was very embarrassed, "Sorry, I don't know."

Chong Youye said, "I don't blame you, I'm just stating the facts."

"However, what Yanyang?"

"It is a fruit that Yan Weasel uses the fire in its abdomen to cultivate. It takes ten thousand years to mature. It has a great deterrent effect, and it cannot be eaten unless it is a fierce python. It can also absorb air in the air, keeping Yan Weasel clean and its caves tasteless."

Rong An nodded.No wonder I didn't smell the pungent smell of blood when I came in.I always feel that Yan Yang is really a good thing, especially for him now - his sense of smell is too sensitive.

"Since Yanyang Guo is so good, why didn't they move here from the beginning?"

"Because the Yanyang fruit is very harmful, ordinary people will lose their eyesight and burn to death at a glance. Even the people of the King Snake tribe will suffer from chest tightness and cough up blood. They are seriously injured and frustrated, and cannot recover for ten years."

Rong An nodded, swallowed the words 'I want to see the Yanyang fruit', and said strangely: "This is the lair of the Yanwei? Doesn't that big guy live in the snake cave above?"

"This is the snake cave, the bottom layer of the snake cave." Chong Youye said, "The whole snake cave is actually built on the water. The pool water you see, the place where you first saw Yan Weasel, is where Yan Weasel came from here." The only way out. It doesn't swim up until winter, and sometimes in a good mood."

Rong An thought about Yan Weasel's delicate appearance, but he really didn't expect it to be so powerful.Such an effect must be a rare treasure of the King Snake Tribe.But how could such a spirit beast get close to him for no reason.Could it be because...he has a strong evil spirit?

"However, you won't feel the heat when you stay around the Flame Weasel. You can feel it too, right? The Flame Weasel is very good at regulating body temperature, and the temperature on its body is equal to that of the King Snake. Only when winter comes, will it raise the temperature. "

Rong An nodded, frowned, lowered his head and wrung the water on his clothes, and said to Zhong Youye, "How did you get the injury on your body?"

Tired of standing, Chong Youye sat beside him like an old friend, paused, as if he didn't know where to start.Then he opened his mouth slowly and told Rong An what he had experienced in the past few days.

It turned out that the day after Rong An left, Chong Youye felt something was wrong and went out to look for him.It had just rained, and Rong An's smell could not be retained, and Chong Youye had no idea where he had gone.But when he thought that Rong An would probably travel back to his own mainland from Lei Ting, he was sincerely happy for this friend who met once.Because Rong An has a sense of peace of mind, a tenacity that he admires, and a courageous courage, such a man can easily win the likes of others.

But soon the peace of the King Snake Tribe was broken.First, a few extremely arrogant wing ghosts frequently came to the border to make trouble and captured many guardians guarding the border.In a fit of rage, Ce Yan personally met the enemy and seriously injured the two Wing Ghosts. However, the Wing Ghost tribe is indifferent by nature and would kill their partners from time to time. They most respect the concept of "survival of the strong and elimination of the weak". , without any compassion.Snakes are cold-blooded and don't feel heartache, but they will be angry when their territory is attacked.

Winged ghosts are the king snake's natural enemies, and they often have to fight to the death when they meet. Except for a strong man like an iron tower like Ce Yan, most of the winged ghosts win.Vigorous and delicious wing ghosts will devour them on the spot, because after all, they are their own after all.In case of being eaten by other birds and beasts during transportation, winged ghosts with eccentricities will never eat it again.

But recently, the Wing Ghost tribe has been acting strangely, often seriously injuring the King Snake but not swallowing it, instead they will capture the living King Snake and take it as a prisoner.

"For example, you," Chong Youye said lightly, "and Mei Yin, they were all taken away. We were wondering why they would do such a superfluous act, but we never figured it out."

Rong An pondered for a moment, then said hesitantly, "Could it be that they are raising prey in captivity and saving it to eat when there is a shortage of food?"

Chong Youye was taken aback for a moment, then thought seriously, and shook his head: "I want to ask, can winged ghosts raise prey?"

"...No." Rong An immediately understood.If you want to keep prey in captivity, you must try to fatten them up as much as possible.But the winged ghosts treat the prey in the prison like children watching a cricket fight, and don't care about their life or death at all.

Zhong Youye lowered his head and touched his back, the wound on it began to heal and scab, very itchy.He restrained himself from stroking lightly without scratching, and said for a while: "I found out later. There are other reasons why they don't eat their prey. A chief who can understand the Winged Ghosts communicated with the Winged Ghosts who were seriously injured by Ce. , I realized that it was the leader of the Wing Ghost tribe who asked them to take back the captives of other tribes. This is because the leader of the Wing Ghost tribe killed too many slaves and was cruelly punished. , and it was still unbearable. Later they thought of a way to make up for it, that is-let the leader marry a slave who has a low status."

Rong An was very embarrassed because he understood.The captured captives were to be given to the leader's 'harem', but he, a big man, was also captured, which made people too ashamed to speak out.Originally, he had other questions to ask, but when he heard this, he could only remain silent.

Chong Youye saw his embarrassment, and comforted him: "They picked the good-looking ones and took them away, it has nothing to do with gender. But you are really too weak. If you are strict, you will definitely not..."

Rong An was a little unhappy, lowered his eyes, expressing that he didn't want to argue with Zhong Youye about this issue.

"Have you seen 'Potian' from the Winged Ghost Tribe?" Chong Youye asked with interest, "I heard it's scary. Is it true?"

Rong An shook his head, indicating that he didn't see it.He thought for a while and asked, "What is Da Si? Why can he understand the Wing Ghost's speech?" He has been staying in the prison of the Wing Ghost Tribe these days, and he feels that the Wing Ghost speaks like a bird's song, with weird and complicated tones. It was difficult to understand, and it was completely different from his usual speech, so I was a little curious.

Chong Youye was about to speak, but at the same time Rong An suddenly felt a chill down his back, and an indescribable sense of terror and danger struck him from behind, making him shrink his neck uncontrollably, his face turned pale.Then there was a roar of cheers and eagerness behind him.

'Roar—'

That voice made Rong An feel very familiar, and it took only a moment to realize that it was Yan Weasel's roar.

"This guy," Rong An heaved a sigh of relief, put aside the feeling in his heart just now, and couldn't help but raise the corner of his mouth, "I know you are here, and you don't take me with you. Let me crawl for so long in vain."

Chong Youye turned his head and stared at the back, after a while he looked at Rong An strangely, and said: "The Yan Weasel dives too fast. I can't take you with me."

Rong An nodded, and after a while his back was soaked by the splashing water, and a huge wave of water hit Rong An's head, making him and Chong Youye unable to bear to lower their heads.Then a tail with a thick wrist wrapped wetly around Rong An's waist, pulling him up from the ground.

Rong An turned his head and saw Yan Weasel covered in water.Its fur was wet and pressed down, and its eyes were extraordinarily round, bright, and big. It was impossible to hide the joy in the eyes, and it jumped up with two 'roars', and picked up Rong An's clothes from the nape of his neck.But there were no more clothes over there, so he stretched out his hand to block it from being bitten, and dodged in embarrassment, saying:

"Don't make trouble."

Chong Youye looked at Yan Weat closely, his eyes were calm, but he was obviously surprised that Yan Were was so close to Rong An, then he reacted, stood up and shook the dust off his body, and said, "Rong An, you stay here .”

"Huh?" Seeing him get up, Rong An took a step forward.Then it was discovered that not only Chong Youye, but also those who were injured but still conscious stood up one after another, and some wounds were still bleeding.Rong An asked, "Where are you going?"

Zhong Youye had a solemn expression.It's strange that although he looks so much shorter than Rong An, he can always show such a heavy and mature expression. He sighed lightly, and said: "—the winged ghost is here again."

"..."

"The Flame Weasel and the Fierce Python were enemies of the Winged Ghosts in ancient times, and they can clearly predict their actions." Zhong Youye touched his back worriedly and said, "It came here to inform us, hurry up Go up. Just stay here, Winged Ghosts don't understand water, so it's safe here."

Rong An was taken aback for a moment, then suddenly remembered the fear he had just felt at that moment, raised his eyebrows a little strangely, and said, "I'll go with you."

Although Chong Youye really wanted not to show such contempt, he still pursed his lips slightly and said, "Don't go. Going is also sending you to your death. It's better to stay alive and return to your original place."

Rong An paused, took out a few bright red peppers from his pocket, handed them to Chong Youye, and said, "...this is for you."

The peppers that had been sunburned without moisture had already been swollen when Rong An dived into the water.But when he tasted it, it was still so hot that tears almost came out, so he knelt down and ground it with a stone, and said, "I saw the winged ghosts attack people with their beaks when they transform into their original form. You can sprinkle this in their eyes, the target Big enough, basically no problem."

Chong Youye looked at it for a long time and asked, "What is this?"

"chili."

"What is chili?"

Rong An had nothing to say when asked, and could only answer: "It's a weapon. It hurts when it gets in your eyes, so don't rub your eyes with your hands that have touched chili peppers."

Zhong Youye took it, and held it tightly in the palm of his hand.After a while, he saw Rong An take out a hard yellow lump, and Zhong Youye looked it over, his pupils constricted suddenly: "...is this?"

"This is the fruit of glory, but the liquid inside is gone." Rong An said, "But there is still a little bit of use. This is for you."

He originally had a pumpkin-sized vessel, but it was very heavy to carry on his body, and he was in a hurry when he fled, so he only picked out such a small piece.

Ye Zhen held it in her hand heavily, and asked, "Really give it to me?"

"Ah."

"..."

Chong Youye seemed to be stunned for a while, then paused, when he heard the sound of someone getting into the water around him.Most of the warriors of the King Snake Tribe turned into prototypes, turned into snake bodies, and escaped into the water very lightly.Chong Youye held his right hand tightly and said, "Thank you, I'm leaving."

"Okay," Rong An said, "Be careful. I also want to ask you... Is there any other way for me to go back besides Lei Ting?"

Chong Youye shook his head and said, "Can't you walk into Leiting?"

"Well, I almost got electrocuted."

Chongyou Ye Xin said that of course it was so, but he didn't say it out, only showed an expression that was true, and then remained silent, saying: "Sorry, I don't know anything else."

Rong An sighed, sat next to Yan Weasel, lowered his eyes and couldn't see what emotion he was in.

Snakes are very good at hiding and camouflage.The space does not seem large, but there may be countless snakes hidden, and sometimes more than a dozen snakes can inhabit a single seemingly ordinary stone.When Rong An first came here, he felt the air was fresh and thought that there were not many orcs here.Later, I was obsessed with reminiscing about the old days with Ye Ye, and I didn't pay attention to the orcs around me. I was surprised when they all mobilized in the nest. It turned out that there were so many snakes hidden here.I saw groups of snakes poured into the pool like ink, and countless snakes rushed out, all with many scars on their bodies.In fact, not only Rong An, but even Chong Youye was going to die when he went out. Seeing the King Snake tribe rushing to die one by one, their courage had to be admired.

Territory, living space, and resources are actually not that important, not so important as to make people die.What really makes them fearless is the courage necessary to be strong mainland residents, the inheritance of the King Snake Tribe who has curled up in this place for generations, the glory they feel as landowners, and the constant respect for everyone. The day and night of reincarnation and the gratitude of the vast world.

Rong sat quietly beside the Flame Weasel, stroked its thick black beard from time to time, asked in a low voice: Are you going?

The Flame Weasel didn't answer him, and when Rong An pulled its beard, it licked Rong An's head with its tail. The two of them were bored like this for a while, except for the wounded, there was only one orc left in the cave.

When Rong An saw someone walking towards him, he raised his head and looked.I didn't expect it to be someone I knew, but Rong An looked like a tall man like an iron tower, Ce Yan who was called 'the strongest orc in the King Snake Tribe'.

Ce Yan looked at Rong An calmly, his eyes were indifferent, similar to Chong Youye's.After a while he came over and slowly approached the Flame Weasel, as if he wanted to touch it.

But Yan Weasel, who has always been docile (to Rong An), grinned at this moment, showing his white teeth, wrinkled his nose, and made a threatening sound from his mouth.Moreover, he shrank his hind legs and dodged Ce Yan.

"..." Ce Yan's hand paused in the air, and after a while he retracted awkwardly, and said to Rong An coldly, "It never lets others touch it. Seeing you like this, I thought..."

Rong An was taken aback, and subconsciously rubbed Yan Weasel's paw, only to find that it didn't respond at all.

Ce Yan looked at Rong An and asked, "Which tribe do you belong to?"

Rong An was silent for a while, avoided the topic, and replied: "——I am Rong An."

Ce Yan narrowed his eyes to look at Rong An, nodded at him, then took a deep look at Yan Weasel with complex eyes, and finally jumped into the water in human form.Rong An always believed that Wang Snake's personality was indifferent and would not show any unnecessary emotions, but Rong An was taken aback by the strict look in his eyes just now.He almost thought he had returned to Rong's Village, because of that look, Rong An had seen it in his mother's eyes.

That year when my elder brother was admitted to high school, he was the first high-achieving student in the village to pass the exam. My mother was both happy and sad. That's how she looked at him at that time—she was happy about her son's talent, but sad that he would be away from home alone in the future.The meaning in this look was only thought of by Rong An in the future. At that time, he was watching in a daze, a child who was at a loss.

Ce Yan's eyes were as complicated as his mother's, and Rong An was the same as back then, unable to read the emotions in his eyes.It wasn't until what happened in the future that Rong An really understood why this tall and tough guy looked at Yan Weasel with affection.

Compared to Ce Yan's emphasis, Yan Weasel obviously doesn't take this 'strongest king snake' seriously.It lazily rubbed Rong An up and down, opened one eye slyly, and waited until Ce Yan's aura disappeared completely, leaving only those wounded who were unable to recover from their injuries and lost consciousness in the cave, Yan Weasel "rubbed" for a while. Standing up, he happily pushes Rong An elsewhere.

Yan Weasel pressed his head against Rong An's back, forcing him to move forward.The creature behind him was huge in size and astonishingly powerful. It could knock Rong An into the air with any force. In fact, it had knocked Rong An into the air several times.But as the incident progressed, Yan Weasel became more and more able to control his own strength, leaning his forehead against Rong An's back, and closed his eyes docilely.

Rong An was pushed forward again and again by it, and walked for more than half an hour.The cave of the Flame Weasel is as huge as the snake cave above. It should be an extremely dark underwater cave, but for some reason it is as bright as day.Rong An walked away in shock, turned his head several times and said to Yan Weasel: "Stop, it's too far away."

That guy didn't listen, and looked at him with big watery eyes, full of expectation and trust, and after staring at him for a long time, he would suddenly stick out his tongue and lick Rong An's face.

In desperation, he had to move on.In fact, Rong An has a soft and kind heart, and the experiences he experienced in the early years did not make him distorted or psychopathic, which shows that he has a firm mind and a tenacious character.

The light got darker as he walked, and finally turned a corner, Rong An found that the light here had changed.The light became less stable, instead dimming and brightening, with mottled light and shadow, like a broken electric light at the door of the village chief's house.

Rong An hesitated, then looked back at Yan Weasel.This time Yan Weasel walked directly to Rong An's side and walked with him.The light became increasingly dimmer, until it became completely dark at a certain point.Correspondingly, the underground is getting brighter and brighter, and the deep soil layer is illuminated brightly and reddish by something. Between the light and the dark, it is like a human heart, beating slowly.

Rong An was deeply attracted by the things under the soil layer, and kept staring there, as if something was calling him softly.This time Rong An didn't let Yan Weasel take him with him, he walked towards the most obvious soil layer, and then slowly squatted down.He discovered that there was something flowing under the soil layer, like active magma, flowing to one place like blood, and the center was the 'heart' that made light and shadow flicker.

Yan Weasel let out a breath from his nose, and then squatted down beside Rong An, his tail kept dangling.A look of anticipation.

Rong An turned his head to look at Yan Weasel, saw that its eyes were full of joy, and asked hesitantly:

"I'm going to dig it out?"

Yan Weasel didn't respond, but took another deep breath, then stuck out his tongue to lick Rong An's face with a 'ba da' 'ba da'.Rong An sideways dodged, without drooling, paused, and really started digging the soil with his hands.

The moment his slender fingers touched the soil, for some reason, Rong An suddenly felt very restless, wishing to plunge his whole hand deep into the ground and pull out that thing that was like a beating heart.He stared there, a kind of call and greed from ancient times made Rong An's heart beat faster, and the sound was like a drum.

Like a hungry and thirsty traveler, he desperately dug the ground with his hands, begging for water.The nail on the front of the finger cracked and bled, and then healed immediately, a thin layer of scales grew on the pulp of the finger, Yan Weasel looked at Rong An with wide eyes, neither stopping nor helping, only when Rong An dug too deep, When he almost fell to the ground, he would use his tail to pull him up.

For a long time Rong An didn't have any thoughts, he could only hear his own panting.When his fingers really touched the 'heart' of the ground, he started to be in a daze again, the soft touch on his hands made Rong An puzzled, and for some inexplicable reasons, his fingers spasmed, he didn't know what to do good.

So Rong An turned his head to look at Yan Weasel, and saw that it almost flew up happily, while Rong An turned his head and licked his face vigorously, Rong An's right cheek was covered with Yan Weasel's saliva.

"...!" Rong An turned his head in embarrassment, wanting to say a few words, but finally closed his mouth in silence.Although he didn't want to admit it, in fact, he was indeed comforted by Yan Weasel's childish but intimate gesture.

Rong An took a deep breath, put his hands under the 'heart', moved slowly, trying to hold it up.As he moved, the thing really started to rise.However, it was only raised a few centimeters before it was blocked by something, like a vine on a watermelon, holding the fruit tightly to prevent people from picking it.

Rong An paused, then pulled hard