Green Snake lay on the bed paved with spirit stones, though it appeared somewhat lazy on the outside.
In reality, however, it was cultivating with great effort.
Although it knew the possibility of being boiled into soup was low. After all, if they wanted to boil an egg, they would have done so long ago.
Still, there was no harm in cultivating more. After all, anything could happen.
Especially now, with the only two people in the sect both seeming somewhat lacking in intelligence.
Green Snake coiled its tail, picked up a piece of roasted meat, and stuffed it into its mouth.
It had long since reached a state where eating was optional. But Ning Qianqian's cooking skills were excellent, making it a nice reward besides cultivation.
The sect had few people and was quiet. Ning Qianqian was always responsive to its cultivation needs.
Green Snake was not born ignorant. On the contrary, it could perceive the outside world even while in the egg.
At the same time, it had innate memories and instincts. This allowed it to understand the general gist of many things it had never seen before.
Green Snake also understood that this ability existed only in extremely high-level demonic creatures. At least at the level of a flood dragon or higher.
Although it didn't know what divine beast it was. There was no such knowledge in its mind.
But the path of demonic cultivation was long. All that mattered was knowing it was strong.
It was just... for some reason...
Even though Green Snake knew this sect might not be reliable, it never thought of leaving. The risk of being boiled into snake soup was always there.
This seemed to be an instinct as well.
Green Snake felt puzzled. Could it be that its previous master had been raised in captivity, passing down this instinct of domestication?
Tsk... what bad luck.
But the advantage was that the sect's master had abandoned his home. He wandered off somewhere unknown.
Moreover, he would regularly send spirit stones and other things back.
Green Snake had checked those things earlier. They seemed good, but unfortunately there was nothing it wanted.
But this was also fine for Green Snake. It didn't cause trouble but gave money.
All it needed to do was cultivate hard.
Green Snake finished today's portion of meat and lay back contentedly in the spirit stones. This feeling of having abundant resources was quite nice.
The cultivation speed was also quite good.
Ning Qianqian cleared the plates, got up, and asked, "Would you like more tonight?"
Green Snake's eyes were tightly closed as it casually replied, "No need, but send some spirit stones later. I'm almost out of these."
"Alright, then I'll take my leave if there's nothing else."
"Mm..."
Ning Qianqian left with the plate, closing the door behind her.
The room fell silent again.
But after a while, the door was opened again.
Green Snake's eyes were still closed as it said somewhat helplessly:
"What's wrong? Did you forget something?"
Green Snake noticed someone approaching the door. But they didn't speak for a long time, as if examining it from left to right.
This wasn't something Ning Qianqian would do.
Was it Ning Kun?
Green Snake slowly opened its eyes, its gaze falling on the person. Then it quickly coiled its body up.
Chu Xingchen examined the snake curiously, rubbing his chin.
[Target: Green Snake]
[Name: ???]
[Cultivation: Qi Refinement Ninth Layer]
[Orange Tag: Golden Dragon Remnant]
[Purple Tag: Bearing Karma]
[Other Tags: ???]
[Fulfills Disciple Acceptance Conditions]
"Hatched?" Chu Xingchen looked at Green Snake and nodded in satisfaction.
Green Snake retracted the forked tongue it had just stuck out. It nodded cautiously at Chu Xingchen.
Seeing this, Chu Xingchen asked somewhat strangely:
"Didn't Qianqian say you could talk? Why not now? Are you stupid?"
Green Snake quickly said, "Not stupid... Looking at your supreme aura, you must be the sect master, right?"
Chu Xingchen raised an eyebrow slightly. This egg from the system was interesting - it even flattered for emotional value.
And... a disciple delivered to the doorstep?
Chu Xingchen casually picked up a spirit stone and shook it as he said, "You could be considered hatched by me, and you cultivate using my spirit stones..."
"I understand!" Green Snake's little head nodded rapidly. After all, showing weakness wasn't a flaw. Its ancestors had all been raised in captivity, so acknowledging a master wasn't shameful!
Besides, this person's style of doing things was somewhat strange. Green Snake had found it inexplicable even while listening from inside the egg.
To avoid being boiled into soup, what was wrong with being a bit cowardly?
Green Snake tilted its head slightly and said in a gentle tone:
"Master, hello. Nice to meet you."
Hearing this, Chu Xingchen was stunned. This wasn't accepting a disciple, but taking a pet directly?
The egg from the system could actually hatch such a spineless thing?
It didn't even try to argue for itself?
But the next moment.
[Disciple Accepted!]
[Distributing compatible cultivation method - Dragon Transformation Art]
[Rewards distributed to system backpack]
[Mainline task completed - Cultivation improvement]
[Nascent Soul - Early Body Integration]
Huh???
Chu Xingchen heard the system's words and was momentarily...
In the system's eyes, accepting a disciple was the same as taking a pet?
Green Snake watched for a moment. Chu Xingchen still stared straight at it with a calm expression.
Could it be... that kneeling too fast made it seem spineless?
Just as Green Snake was about to try and explain, Chu Xingchen's large hand came over to pat it.
Oh well, whether raising a disciple or a pet, it's all about raising.
It didn't make much difference. Although this snake seemed extremely cowardly, looking at the name of the cultivation method - Dragon Transformation Art - it clearly had the potential to be cultivated into a true dragon in the future.
It just hoped this true dragon would be easier to cultivate.
Not like the egg, which seemed to want to boil people away before considering them done.
"Not bad, quite talented. Although you can absorb spiritual energy on your own, this speed is ultimately too slow."
As Chu Xingchen spoke, he took out the Dragon Transformation Art from the system space.
This system space had great limitations. Nothing could be stored in it except for the system's own items.
Chu Xingchen placed the Dragon Transformation Art in front of Green Snake: "Just cultivate this one."
Green Snake hesitated to speak but didn't dare to say anything. It used its tail to turn the first page of this manual.
It looked at it seriously for a moment. Then it cautiously lifted its head and spit out two words:
"I... I can't read the characters."
"In that case, leave it to me, Master. I have methods for animals and guarantee it will learn quickly."
Green Snake was stunned upon hearing this. It looked toward the direction the voice came from.
There stood Chen Baiqing at the doorway with a gentle smile.
Chen Baiqing's smile was very sweet, and she was very good-looking. Green Snake felt quite fond of her at first glance.
But for some reason...
Green Snake suddenly shivered all over.
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