Chapter Thirteen: Ginseng Doll

  The river disappeared, where to go next? Look left and right, can't make up my mind. Just as I was hesitating, the four small snakes that were quietly lurking on my chest suddenly flew into the air and rushed towards the distance. Zhang Pa was shocked and grabbed three small dogs to chase after them. But the white snake flew so fast that it disappeared in the blink of an eye. Using his spiritual sense to track, he had just chased out 100 meters when his spiritual sense could no longer detect anything. Zhang Pa shouted loudly, "Come back!"

  The vast grassland stretched endlessly, Zhang Pa could only chase in the general direction, his heart was extremely anxious, he had long regarded the white snake as his own child, now that it's lost, how could he not be worried?

  He rushed forward in a hurry, exerting his divine consciousness to search, and suddenly felt an extremely powerful spiritual energy surging towards him. According to his personality, when encountering unclear situations like this, he would have fled long ago. However, at this moment, due to concerns about the White Snake's safety, not only did he not flee, but instead, he went forward to meet the spiritual energy. As they drew closer, Zhang felt the power of that spiritual energy becoming increasingly overwhelming and terrifying. In the blink of an eye, a boy around three years old appeared before his eyes.

  The child's chubby face and skin, with two pigtails tied up high, wearing a bright red jacket and looking lovely. But at this moment, the expression on this lovely face is one of panic and fear, with big eyes darting around wildly, and tears welling up.

  He was afraid, Zhang Pa was even more afraid. Zhang Pa clearly felt the surging spiritual power on the boy's body. He was so strong and yet he was also afraid, which meant that there must be an even stronger existence. In his heart, he couldn't help but think of the four small snakes and pray that nothing would go wrong.

  At this time, the boy spoke up, his voice trembling as he said to Zhang Pa: "Great hero, spare my life, I don't want to eat." Zhang Pa was shocked and strongly suspected that he had misheard, asking in a low voice: "What did you say?"

  The boy was extremely frightened and trembled as he said, "Hero, I'm not good to eat. Even if you eat me, you won't necessarily become an immortal. Spare my life, and I'll give you elixirs, many, many bottles of all kinds of elixirs." As he spoke, his eyes darted towards his arm.

  Zhang Pa's gaze swept over, and he saw a familiar figure lying on top. It was the little white snake. The boy's skin was fair and smooth, and the small snake was also white. Zhang Pa had been worried about them getting into trouble, so he hadn't noticed earlier. Now that he saw the little snake, he felt overjoyed. He carefully searched the boy's body and found that there were indeed four small white snakes lying on his limbs.

  Seeing them safe and sound, Zhang was overjoyed, grabbed the four little snakes, and with a showy gesture, slapped their buttocks to educate them: "Don't let you run around again! Did you hear?" But the little snakes' hands were long and short, where were their buttocks?

  The little snake left the boy's body and resumed its lazy appearance, coiling around his chest.

  The little boy's life was no longer in danger, and he immediately kowtowed and said: "Thank you, great hero, for sparing my life. I will go get the elixir now."

  Zhang Pa knew that something was fishy, but unfortunately the little snake couldn't speak, so he sank his face and glared at the boy. The boy's hands were constantly rubbing the place where the little snake had sucked earlier, Zhang Pa noticed that each of the boy's limbs had a small eye. Looking at the swollen appearance of the little snake on his chest, it was estimated that the four guys hadn't sucked less spiritual energy from the boy. But how did a three-year-old child possess such strong spiritual energy?

  He was sizing up the boy, and the boy was also sizing him up. He asked tentatively: "Great hero, should I go get you some elixir?"

  Zhang Pa shook his head, letting him sit down, and carefully probed with his spiritual sense. After a probe, he was shocked and lost color. The boy's body had an abundance of spiritual energy that was terrifying. At the beginning, the 128 snake eggs gathered on Zhu Lei didn't even have one-tenth of the spiritual energy on this boy's body. This was also too unbelievable! He started to think about it in his heart, a Zhu Lei could hatch four small snakes, and the boy's body had enough spiritual energy to hatch at least forty. Zhang Pa's greed was greatly stirred.

  The boy didn't know what Zhang Pa was thinking, and he had already blamed himself. Why did he run out of the cave? He said with a pitiful expression and a sorrowful tone: "Great hero, let me go back, I won't run around anymore." The poor appearance and the sad tone made Zhang Pa feel heartbroken. How could he take one life to save another? Moreover, the little snake hadn't died yet, there must be a way to save it.

  In his mind, the majestic appearance of the Viper God's primordial spirit at the moment of its death flashed before him, and he also recalled his own childhood. He thought about how the boy with a chubby face must have had a mother who loved him dearly, and sighed: "You can go."

  The boy, hearing this, was overjoyed beyond expectation. He bowed and turned to run, disappearing without a trace in just a few breaths. The spiritual energy that had filled the air also vanished into thin air.

  Zhang Pa held the small snake in his palm and said in a low voice, "If I don't ask you, will you let him go? Won't you blame me?" The four small snakes seemed to understand his language, nodding their heads slightly. Zhang Pa laughed and said, "If you won't blame me, then where should we go?" One of the snakes floated into mid-air, pointing its head forward. Zhang Pa had only asked casually, not expecting the snake to give an answer, so he laughed and asked again, "Where are we going?" The snake nodded. Zhang Pa laughed loudly and said, "Alright, I'll listen to you." He slung his basket over his shoulder and headed north.

  Zhang was afraid to proceed at a normal speed until nightfall before stopping his footsteps, feeding dry rations to the dog, and then setting up a boundary to meditate and practice his skills.

  The moonlight in the sky is like a wash, the starlight twinkles, and the gentle breeze on the ground sends the fragrance of grass. Zhang Pa sat cross-legged in this beautiful and wonderful scene, feeling very comfortable. Suddenly, a cold voice came from between heaven and earth: "Since you have found the cave, why haven't you come in to take the treasure? Are you too timid?"

  Zhang was startled, his divine sense searched but to no avail. Instead, four small snakes suddenly floated up to the top of his head and stood guard. Zhang apologized, "Disciple Tang has been too abrupt, disturbing Senior's quiet cultivation. I hope Senior will forgive me, Disciple will take his leave now."

  A cold voice rose again, a cold hum: "What are you pretending to be? You have a vicious heart, since you let Fu'er do the line and find the cave, how can you give up? What skills do you have to make people dislike you?"

  Fuer? From Tianlei Mountain to now, the only person I've seen is a little boy during the day. Could it be him? So he asked loudly: "Is the Fuer you mentioned a young boy?"

  "Nonsense! Despicable humans!" The words had barely fallen when a sudden gust of wind arose, and from the wind burst forth twenty or so demonic beasts, led by a giant pig as tall as a one-story building, which charged ferociously at Zhang Pa.

  Zhang Pa was about to add a law shield, and launched a flying sword to attack the giant pig, retreating his body. However, just as his flying sword was released, the giant pig had already been killed instantly by the white snake. A small white snake on Zhang Pa's head aimed at the giant pig's skull and flew into it, directly piercing through its body, causing the giant pig's corpse to crash to the ground with a loud thud.

  The giant pig's sudden death stunned everyone in the scene, including the demon beasts. The small white snake was so ferocious that it shocked the opposing demon beast. Why did such a powerful existence go unnoticed? How could no one detect their aura? Some demon beasts tried to probe with their divine sense, but numerous divine senses scanned over without any reaction, as if they had sunk into the sea and disappeared without a sound. The demon beasts sensed danger and quickly retreated.

  They wanted to escape, but the little snake disagreed. Four white lights flashed in four directions, surrounding more than 20 demon beasts and releasing a powerful divine sense to hold them firmly in place. The demon beasts were surrounded by the little snake and felt an overwhelming pressure coming from all sides, as if they were about to be crushed. They let out low growls, revealing their terror.

  Zhang was shocked again by the little snake's powerful strength. He knew that the white snake was fierce, but he didn't expect the newly born little snake to be just as ferocious. Seeing the little snake about to slaughter the demon beast, Zhang feared a deepening misunderstanding and hastily shouted: "Come back!"

  He didn't know how to cast a beast-taming spell and wasn't sure if shouting randomly would work, but he subconsciously tried to dissuade him, wanting to figure out what was happening.

  As Zhang's fearful cry faded away, the overwhelming pressure suddenly vanished. The small white snake surprisingly obeyed Zhang's command and flew back to his body, hiding its spiritual energy. At this moment, the demonic beast was like a pardoned convict, fleeing wildly in all directions. A gust of wind swept by, and it disappeared without a trace.

  Zhang was afraid that there must be something strange about this place. Otherwise, how could the monsters appear and disappear out of thin air without leaving any trace beforehand?

  The strong wind dispersed, the monster disappeared, revealing the bright moon and stars in the sky, and the green grass on the ground. It was a picturesque scene again. If it weren't for the giant pig's corpse as big as a house, Zhang would have thought it was just a dream.

  Zhang Pa raised his fist and said loudly: "Senior, can you come out and see me? I think there may be some misunderstanding between us."