"Audacious widow, let go of the Snake King!"
"The Snake King is supre! How can a widow like you be allowed to hold him?"
"Snake King, forgive her! Please don't be angered by this foolish woman's offense."
Waves of angry shouts overwheld ilin. Everyone stared at her with horrified eyes, their faces a mixture of fury and terror.
This completely baffled Lady Bai, ilin. She asked in confusion, "Snake King?"
At that mont, the Silver White Snake in her gentle arms poked its head out. It glanced at the rows of kneeling Snake Catchers. With just that single, simple look, terror shot through their hearts. A terrifyingly cold Qi instantly swept through the entire jungle. The temperature seed to plumt to freezing, and the fear of death crept into every person's heart. At that mont, not a single person dared to move an inch or utter another word.
'It's over...'
'Did the widow's offensive behavior anger the Snake King? Is he going to pass judgnt on us?'
"Where is the Snake King? Where is the Snake King?"
ilin's beautiful eyes darted around, searching. 'Are all these people kneeling because the legendary Snake King has appeared?'
'No way...' She could hardly believe it.
After all, a legend was just a legend. The Snake King statue at ho was like a statue of a Divine Buddha. She prayed to it daily, but she never imagined "it" would one day appear.
There were so many gods and Divine Buddhas, but who had ever truly seen one?
"In your arms! He's in your arms! Put the Snake King down, quickly!"
One Snake Catcher reminded ilin, his heart pounding with fear.
ilin froze for a mont. She looked down at the Silver White Snake in her arms and couldn't help but laugh. "What are you talking about? This is my pet Snake."
"Uh... a pet Snake?"
The mont she said this, everyone kneeling on the ground felt as if they'd been struck by lightning. They thought the woman must be insane. 'How dare she claim the Snake King is her pet Snake?'
Blasphemy! This was the highest form of blasphemy!
You might as well claim the Great Sage Equaling Heaven is your pet monkey!
"Foolish woman! Such nonsense! Kneel and kowtow to the Snake King at once and beg for forgiveness!"
An elderly Snake Catcher roared at ilin, his face a mask of terror.
Jiang Xingze had previously offended and questioned the Snake King, and now he was still kneeling on the ground, weeping bitterly and overco with sha.
"Idiots." ilin rolled her eyes. 'Have these people gone crazy? They're spouting all sorts of nonsense I can't even understand.'
From within the crowd, an uncertain voice spoke up. "I think the Snake King really is her pet."
This wasn't the first ti the Silver White Snake had been seen in public. The incident at the Snake Market had caused quite a stir.
Quite a few Snake Catchers had personally tried to capture the Silver White Snake, but they had all failed.
It had only happened two days ago, so many of them still rembered.
In fact, so had recognized the Silver White Snake as ilin's pet from the very beginning.
It was just that the situation had developed in such a bizarre way.
"What did you say? How could the Snake King possibly be this widow's pet? That's heresy, ant to confuse everyone!"
Many were so shocked they felt as if a thunderclap had gone off in their heads, shattering their entire worldview.
The lofty Snake King, who commanded Thunder and ruled all other Snakes—how could he possibly be a pet raised by a human?
This claim was like a bombshell, short-circuiting the minds of the Snake King's faithful followers. They were stunned and couldn't process it for a long ti.
For a mont, murmurs of discussion erupted everywhere. They all remained kneeling, looking at one another and starting to argue.
"Xiao'an, why are they calling you the Snake King?" ilin asked, looking at the Silver White Snake lying so comfortably in her arms.
Tu Xiao'an chuckled, too lazy to explain. "Sister ilin, don't worry about them. Look down at your feet."
"My feet?"
She followed his gaze and saw a venomous, pure white snake coiled up, looking as if it were dead.
'This... Could this be the ancient Snake Species, the Supre Profound Snake?'
ilin's eyes widened, seemingly seared onto the body of the Supre Profound Snake.
Tu Xiao'an spoke softly, "That's right. It's the Supre Profound Snake. It's injured. Sister ilin, grab it for now. We're going down the mountain."
The famous, ancient Supre Profound Snake was right at her feet, powerless to resist. ilin found it all a bit surreal. 'All these Snake Catchers are just kneeling here instead of catching it?'
'What are they doing? Did a donkey kick them in the head?'
Never mind. ilin adored snakes and couldn't be bothered to think about it further. Her fair, slender hand shot out like lightning, swiftly and precisely gripping the Supre Profound Snake just behind its head, effortlessly lifting it up.
After doing this, ilin glanced nervously at the crowd. The Supre Profound Snake was incredibly valuable, after all. She was afraid soone might object.
But... the scene suddenly fell silent. Not a single person stood up to say a word.
This left ilin completely bewildered once again. 'Are they all being so polite? They're just letting a latecor like catch the ancient Supre Profound Snake?'
It felt unreal. She felt it was all completely unreal, as if the Supre Profound Snake in her hand was a fake.
"Xiao'an, you have to explain this to . What on earth is going on?" ilin said, looking at the Silver White Snake in her arms.
But Tu Xiao'an said, "Sis, I'll explain everything slowly after we get down the mountain. I need to get down imdiately and use this Supre Profound Snake to treat Mom's illness."
Previously, Tu Xiao'an had thought his Killer Bee honey could cure his mom's lung cancer, but he later discovered it only treated the symptoms, not the root cause.
That was why he had co up the mountain to catch the Supre Profound Snake. But as for whether the Supre Profound Snake's Snake Gallbladder was truly as miraculous as the legends claid, he had no confidence at all. Only by trying it imdiately would he know.
Even if it failed, Tu Xiao'an would still have a little ti to think of another solution.
Right now, every second counted.
"Can we really just go down the mountain like this?" ilin actually wanted to ask if it was really okay to just walk off with the Supre Profound Snake.
Tu Xiao'an said simply, "Let's go."
Just before leaving, ilin caught sight of a young man kneeling on the ground, weeping bitterly. She couldn't help but ask curiously, "Xiao'an, who's that? Why is he kneeling on the ground crying?"
"He got dumped."
Tu Xiao'an carelessly made up an excuse to brush her off.
"Dumped? Dumped on She Mountain?" ilin shot the Silver White Snake a fierce glare. 'Does he really think I'm that gullible? Trying to fool with such a ridiculous story.'
And so, holding the Silver White Snake in one arm and gripping the dying Supre Profound Snake in the other, ilin turned and headed down the mountain, her heart full of unease. Not one of the kneeling Snake Catchers dared to stop her; they could only watch helplessly as she left.
Only now did everyone gradually begin to believe that the Snake King was truly ilin's pet Snake. Otherwise, how could he be so docile in her arms, not struggling in the slightest and even showing a very human-like expression of enjoynt?
So the legendary Snake King had a weakness for beautiful won.
If that was the case, it seed the Snake King had suddenly descended upon this jungle to help the widow catch the Supre Profound Snake.
Everyone knew that the widow, Lady Bai, ran a snake shop in the Snake Market. If a Supre Profound Snake appeared in her shop, it would be the ultimate advertisent.
But having the Snake King Ascending the Mountain to help her catch a snake... wasn't that a bit too extravagant?
Had her ancestors' graves started emitting green smoke? How could she be so lucky?
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