CH 386

386: I Want to Be Your Friend

The rare tiny, two-winged fire and ice serpent in front of them was familiar with his own lineage. His mother was a famous beauty in the two-winged fire and ice serpent clan and had run to the human realm after getting into an argument with his grandmother. His mother had left intending to vent her frustration and relax, but was instead captured by humans and sealed away inside a tomb, never to see the light of day again.

Though life in the tomb was quiet, it was also incredibly boring, and for a lively and vivacious beast, this was unbearable. His mother simply could not take it. So after using her essence to self-fertilize and give birth to him, she passed away from exhaustion.

He lived an easy, boring life without any pressure after being born. He ate and slept all day long because no one ever came into the tomb.

The little serpent saw nothing wrong with this. It was good to eat and sleep without interruption.

But at the same time, he did hope someone would venture in. If someone good came in, then he could form an equal contract with them, and through that contract he would be able to leave.

Today, when he opened his eyes, he actually saw humans. The humans looked just like the ones he saw in his inherited memory. These were weak though!

The memory he got from his mother clearly showed powerful humans.

The group of adventurers had no idea they were being looked down on by the serpent.

“Hey humans! What are you doing here?” An unexpectedly small voice came from the serpent. It sounded like a young child of five or six.

The sound of movement had made him open his eyes. When he did, he saw the group of humans standing on high alert not too far away. Near them he actually saw one of the people who captured his mother. But the person didn’t look like he had a physical body. From his inherited memory, he knew humans without physical bodies were dead. They were souls of the dead basically.

The person was already dead, so he wasn’t inclined to rush up and avenge his mother, instead he lazily looked at them out of curiosity.

“I’m sorry, we didn’t mean to come in and disturb you. We were trying to find a way out.”

Seeing that a holy-level serpent was not attacking, the group tried not to provoke it further. They weren’t interested in dying!

A swordmaster took the initiative and stepped forward to speak on everyone’s behalf. The serpent seemed reasonable.

“Out? You guys think you can get out of here? If there was a way out, I’d have left ages ago!” His voice was cute but his words made people want to beat him up.

“You mean there’s no way out of here?!”

“No. . . no. There must be a way out.”

“No, I don’t believe it. This is such a big tomb; there has to be a way out!”

Some who were already emotionally unstable yelled out.

“Haha. Don’t even think about it. If there was a way out, I’d have left already. Otherwise, who’d want to stay in this inauspicious place?”

With a flick of its tail, two fruits, one red and one blue, fell onto the serpent’s coiled body.

“Ka. . . ka.” It only took a few mouthfuls for the fruits to be completely devoured.

The people stared at the serpent with envy and jealousy. Was a beast doing better than humans nowadays? Had the serpent been eating spirit fruits all day? Look at how practied that was.

They too wanted to eat the fruits three meals a day. But unfortunately, it could only be a dream.

“May we take a look inside here?” Zo stepped forward politely, being neither humble or arrogant.

“There’s nothing in here. Are you sure you want to come in?” The fire and ice serpent felt that maybe these humans had nothing better to do. There was clearly nothing to be had, but they still wanted to rush in anyway.

“Would that be alright?” A swordsman agreed when he heard Zo speak. Anyways, they still hadn’t searched the entire room; it was too soon to give up.

“Go ahead if you want.” The serpent said nonchalantly.

Everyone was happy to resolve things without fighting. Heavens knew, they didn’t want to make extra trouble.

No one noticed Feng Wu’s eyes shining bright when the serpent began talking. Since entering the tomb, she hadn’t encountered a single blade of grass or a single tree with a sense of consciousness. She wasn’t able to sense their emotions, but now, in here, she finally met a talking beast.

Feng Wu made a decision. She went straight to the pool after everyone said goodbye to the fairly friendly serpent. Her eyes were bright with joy as she stared at him.

“Feng Wu!” Zo was anxious, but he didn’t dare move closer. The serpent wasn’t attacking yet, but if he moved forward, it might construe the movement as hostile and attack Feng Wu. In which case, not only would he not bring her back, but he’d be putting her in even greater danger.

“Fuck! That girl is amazing!”

“What is she trying to do? Don’t get us involved here!”

“Even the two-winged fire and ice serpent, she dare approach. She must be looking for death.”

“I can’t tell. Does the girl want to go head to head with the serpent?”

“Everyone, let’s just go. Let her be stupid by herself. Don’t let her drag us to death along with her.” The man speaking was angry and it was obvious from a glance he had a bad temper.

“How can she be so bold?! Don’t get us involved.”

They were talking a lot because they were afraid they would have to fight against the two-winged fire and ice dragon because of Feng Wu. It was unacceptable they’d have to fight such an awesome creature if they could avoid it.

“Hello, my name is Feng Wu. My friends call me Xiao Wu. If possible, can we be friends?” She looked at the two-winged fire and ice serpent nervously because she was worried she would be rejected.

Her eyes showed persistence, and she had been serious when she spoke.

Finally caught up. Now to start building up a stash again. Really, thought I was about to fall asleep on the chair.