Chapter 121: The Little Black Snake
The night was as dark as ink.
Several beastmen were fleeing through the mountains and forests.
A silent and invisible black flash swept past, and the men fell to the ground, their breath gone.
The leading high-level beastman's body was cut in half, and the iron cage in his hand rolled to the ground.
Before his death, his scarlet, deeply protruding eyes were fixed on the Xuan-clothed man who stepped out of the darkness, and he used his last strength to curse angrily,
"Quan Xiu, you! You dare to betray my clan. If the clan leader knows your true face, you will surely die without a burial place..."
The man waved out a black aura, and the men turned into dust in an instant, leaving only a few crystal cores, which flew into his palm.
The cage opened, and a rather beautiful little black snake swam out of the white, floral-dotted grass.
"Xiao Qi, come here."
The man crouched down halfway and gently took the little black snake that swam to his palm. His cold white, slender fingertips lightly touched its little head.
"Don't run around next time."
"Daddy~ They can't do anything to me. I just wanted to see where they were taking me to play. I'm so bored staying in the mansion every day~", the little black snake spoke in a milky voice, skillfully opening its mouth to take the crystal stones the man handed over and eating them.
Soon, the little black snake yawned, its slender little body curled into a ball, and it lay in his palm, sleepy and drowsy.
A black-clothed beastman covered in blood appeared out of thin air, one hand covering his bleeding shoulder, the other arm gone, extremely embarrassed. He knelt beside the man, lowered his head, and said in fear, "Your Grace, someone has broken in! I'm afraid this time you will need to take action to solve it..."
The Xuan-clothed man did not respond, only gently stroking the little snake, which comfortably revealed its silvery underside, its slender little tail shaking happily.
"Your... Your Grace?"
The beastman looked up at the Xuan-clothed man in front of him with some fear.
His face was covered with a skull mask, his cold white jaw was delicate and beautiful, his ink-like long hair was tied up with a golden crown, scattered on his back, his figure was tall and slender, and he was wearing a dark gold Xuan black brocade python robe, extremely aloof and noble, and the aura around him was even more mysterious and unpredictable, making people dare not look directly at him.
After coaxing the little snake to sleep, he slowly opened his mouth, "Who is coming, that can hurt you, a peak demon king."
"A pure-blooded phoenix! That little ghost is not weak... It was my carelessness..." The black-clothed beastman gritted his teeth, his face ugly.
"Hehe, Elma, clean up the mess you made yourself. Your Grace doesn't want to ruin the long-planned plan because of you," a tall, slender, enchanting man walked out from behind the tree and sarcastically said, "Not enough to accomplish anything, more than enough to spoil things, that's you, you idiot! The task Your Grace gave you, you haven't completed it once, and in the end, Your Grace has to take action himself. If I had been given the task at the time, that old guy would have been out of breath long ago, and we would have been able to take the things and leave."
"You're standing and talking, your back doesn't hurt. That old thing said that if he dies, no one will be able to find the ancient tomb again! I didn't dare to attack him the first time!"
The sky brightened, and far beyond the horizon, a fiery red phoenix quickly descended.
"He was chased over!" Elma turned his head and stared at the horizon, his face ugly.
The enchanting man laughed strangely, "Let me come, I will definitely kill him."
"It's not a good time to expose ourselves yet, I don't want to startle the snake."
The Xuan-clothed man's voice was indifferent, and he didn't take another look.
The little snake suddenly woke up, raised its little head, and stared straight at the horizon.
The man was stunned for a moment, then he raised his eyes and glanced at the horizon, then took back his gaze, turned into a cloud of black mist, and disappeared.
At the same time, countless star beasts were demonized and went berserk, shaking the earth, like purgatory.
......
Si Ye solved these magical beasts, which took a lot of effort.
After searching for a long time, he couldn't find the black-clothed man. He only found a few scattered bloodstains on the ground and scolded in a low voice, "Damn it, he ran away!"
Sang Luo yawned on his back. She hadn't been able to get a good night's sleep after a whole day and night of hard work.
Si Ye patrolled the entire area again, and after confirming that there were no scattered escaping magical beasts, he landed in a southern city, asked for a Tian-character-grade guest room at the inn, and the two of them faced each other on the bed.
"What is the situation in the south now?" Sang Luo asked him.
Many border cities have been attacked by magical beasts, but strangely, most of the southern cities she has seen along the way have basically not been affected, which is very different from the rumors, as if someone was deliberately creating momentum in secret.
"Not long ago, the south did experience a fierce battle, but now the situation is basically stable, and many magical beasts took the opportunity to escape to the border."
"What about the Teng Snake Clan?"
The Teng Snake Clan is the oldest and most powerful race in the Southern Continent. Sang Luo had specifically inquired about it before. Among the beast emperors of the Southern Continent, seven out of ten came from the Teng Snake Clan.
Unfortunately, the Teng Snake Clan had difficulty conceiving offspring and was gradually declining. No pure-blooded offspring had been born in a hundred years.
Quan Xiu was just a half-blooded Teng Snake.
Even the current beast king of the Teng Snake Clan is a mixed-blood Teng Snake, unable to compete for the position of beast emperor of the south.
The situation in the south is complicated, with several forces competing secretly, but at present, the Teng Snake Clan's foundation accumulated over thousands of years is solid, and it is difficult for foreign races to shake its power. It is still the well-deserved overlord of the south.
Would such a huge and powerful race be easily destroyed?
Sang Luo didn't believe it.
The fact was indeed as she expected.
"The Teng Snake Clan has suffered a lot of blows, but it is far from being destroyed. The rumors in the streets are always exaggerated. Just listen to them, don't take them seriously." Si Ye put the map into the space, "But some time ago, I heard that someone took advantage of the situation and broke into the ancient forbidden area within the Teng Snake Clan. The restriction was broken, and all the things inside were taken away."
"In order to prevent a large number of magical beasts from escaping, and also to capture this fugitive, the great beast kings of the south jointly sealed off the south, with no entry or exit."
"By the way? Do you know Quan Xiu?"
"I know. It's interesting to say. The old patriarch was plotted against in the forbidden area and escaped. I heard that Quan Xiu, the only half-pure-blooded Teng Snake offspring under his knees, was also present at the time and blocked the fatal injury for the old beast king. He was seriously injured and on the verge of death, but fortunately, he was rescued later and gained the great trust of the old beast king. Currently, the Teng Snake Clan is in the process of transferring power, and the next beast king will probably be him." Si Ye raised his eyebrows and looked at Sang Luo, "You seem to care about the Teng Snake Clan? And that Quan Xiu? Do you know him?"
"...I'm just curious, just asking."
Sang Luo's emotions seemed a little low. She covered her head with the quilt and didn't move.
Si Ye waited for a while and saw that she was really asleep, so he fell asleep with his clothes on.
Early in the morning, Sang Luo was sleeping soundly when Si Ye woke her up, "Are you hungry? There's an early market opening in the alley north of the inn. I heard that the food there is quite delicious. Do you want to go eat?"
Sang Luo wasn't hungry at first, but after he said that, she really felt hungry. She got up and went to the early market with him.
It was still dimly lit, and there weren't many people yet. The two of them found a good seat.
The food in the Eastern Continent suited Sang Luo's taste very well. Sang Luo had a big appetite and ordered a bowl of steaming wonton noodles, even drinking the noodles with the soup.
Si Ye saw that she was eating so deliciously, so he ordered her another bowl. Sang Luo burped and was too full. There was still half a bowl left, so he took the half bowl and ate it, handing her a Yun brocade handkerchief to wipe her mouth.
Si Ye looked at her for a while and coughed lightly,
"Well, I've finished my business here, and I've sent you to the south as promised. I should go. Let's say goodbye here."
There was a detail written wrong in the previous chapter. The heroine is now a True King, and the next stage is the peak of the King rank. It has been modified. If you find typos in the reading process, you can directly long press the article to catch bugs and correct them. You are also welcome to catch bugs in sentences with illogical logic~
