When Little Red Riding Hood called, Yu Sheng was accompanying Hu Li for a walk in the nearby park—the incident in the valley had surprised him greatly. He quickly found an empty spot, opened the teleportation gate to the Fairy Tale Town, and then saw the Great Demon Snake playing with the children in the square.
This Snake Demon was different from the one he remembered.
Somehow, she had transformed, shedding all those heads of wolves, panthers, and leopards. Though her lower body was still a long snake tail, her upper body was now a beautiful girl from the waist up, dressed in a simple and elegant skirt that reflected the Taixu Spirit Hub style, looking a bit like a "Fairy."
At this moment, several brave children surrounded her, and two were even riding on her long tail. Xiao Xiao was holding a bunch of colorful plastic hair clips and beads, styling the Snake Princess's hair, while the latter had already been adorned with various bits and bobs by the children. There was even a "flower crown" made by someone—wild flowers inserted in a rough grass ring, which seemed to have bite marks on it.
But the Snake Demon wasn't annoyed at all—instead of her previous madness, she was laughing and joking with the children, using spells to perform tricks, and even curling her tail up as a slide, letting the kids slide up and down.
Little Red Riding Hood and the long-haired princess watched this scene at the edge of the square, whispering to each other:
"How did she get along with everyone so quickly... like she's at home, and she's quite popular with the kids."
"I don't know... Last time I saw her, she was being caught by Snow White, and the Thunderbolt Titans were pulling her tail like noodles, and when they released her, she bit people—it scared me!"
Little Red Riding Hood frowned, and then she glimpsed Yu Sheng arriving at the square.
"Ah, he's here."
"Brother!" The long-haired princess also waved her arms vigorously, "You've finally arrived! Look at this situation."
"I was just about to ask, what's going on here?" Yu Sheng looked at the Great Demon Snake in the square with a face full of astonishment, "Isn't... I heard this snake was healed, but how did she get here?!"
"It's said she sneaked in when Xuan Che opened the door to give the children the Sanfu Paste," Little Red Riding Hood sighed, "and then she found she couldn't return—she doesn't have door-opening access."
Yu Sheng blinked: "And then?"
Little Red Riding Hood spread her hands: "Then she built herself a 'cave mansion' in a nearby small forest, and even stole quite a bit of stuff from the town..."
Before Little Red Riding Hood finished speaking, the Snake Princess not far away suddenly raised her head and shouted loudly in this direction: "How can that be called stealing! I picked those up! You guys don't even have a guard in the kitchen."
"Who would specially arrange a guard for the kitchen!" The long-haired princess immediately waved her fist at the Snake Princess, "I'm telling you, we just weren't defending. If we got serious, even the gatekeeper would be in the Supreme Unity Realm... you're flicking your tongue again, huh! If you do it again, I'll call those Thunderbolt Titans outside the town and tie you into a dead knot..."
The Snake Princess immediately shrank back her head, pretending nothing happened and continued performing tricks for the children.
Yun Qingzi stood watching the scene, laughed, and walked over to wave at the long-haired princess: "No worries, she was originally a wild spirit creature and had gone mad for so long, naturally she has no manners or common sense. But I see her nature is quite good, otherwise, she wouldn't get along so well with the children."
Listening to everyone around him exchanging words, Yu Sheng finally understood the cause and effect of the whole incident, suddenly reacting: "Wait, what about over at Qianfeng Ling Mountain—"
"Just contacted them," Little Red Riding Hood sighed, "I personally went there to tell them—that side of Beast Taming Peak was in chaos since such a Great Demon disappeared from within Qianfeng Ling Mountain. She sneaked over avoiding many of the surveillance and patrol disciples on the mountain paths. Plus, our channel with Qianfeng Ling Mountain just got built not long ago, they didn't expect she'd sneak away through the portal at Cloud Viewing Platform."
"Yuan He wanted to persuade me to go back and cultivate—cultivation is so annoying," the Snake Princess crawled over unknowingly, murmuring, "This place of yours is really interesting, everywhere is fun, completely different from Qianfeng Ling Mountain!"
As she spoke, she looked up at Yu Sheng. The Great Demon rose curiously and supported herself with her tail, gazing at Yu Sheng several times until Hu Li suddenly bared her teeth, making a threatening "awoowoowoo" sound, forcing the Snake Princess to withdraw nonchalantly: "I recognize you, back when I escaped from the Demon Suppression Tower, I saw you, but my mind was a mess then...
"Yuan He and the others say you're an 'expert', someone who can defeat the Dark Angel, is that true? Is the Dark Angel really strong?
"Are you the Sect Leader here? Or Sect Master... Valley Master? What should I call you?"
Yu Sheng was a bit at a loss about this unruly and unpredictable Snake Demon, backing away half a step while waving to her: "Just call me Yu Sheng. By the way, since you're not returning, Yuan He will be worried."
Snake Princess: "So what?"
Yu Sheng: "..."
"Yuan He knows I'm here now!" The Snake Princess again spoke assertively, then reached into her belongings, pulling out a beautifully made small mirror, "When Little Red Riding Hood returned earlier, she brought this back for me, Lingxi Mirror, Yuan He gave it to me. I've reported my safety using it, and the old man says I can play here for two days as long as I don't cause trouble."
Yu Sheng looked at the Snake Demon before him, who supported herself to be taller than him with her tail, swaying like seaweed (of course, if one insists, this could be called a graceful sway of the figure, but the unruly behavior and straightforward gaze didn't quite deserve such good words). After some thought, he silently took out his phone, opened "Border Communication," and found the recently joined Qianfeng Ling Mountain group, searching for Yuan He's name.
A contact with the nickname "Brat 40K" popped up, the avatar is an old man with an immortal aura.
"Brat 40K" has two recently updated posts, one is "A snake is lost, disciples are looking for it on the mountain, the characteristic is half-human, half-demon (top-bottom split)," the other is "The snake has been found."
Yu Sheng felt a bit odd for a moment, then sent a message to Yuan He to confirm, and found out... the Snake Princess was actually telling the truth.
He lifted his eyelids and glanced at the Great Demon beside him swaying around like seaweed.
"Didn't I tell you the truth?" The Snake Princess raised her head, looking very proud.
"Yuan He told me, you're allowed to visit here but when you're around, you have to listen to me and follow the rules of the valley," Yu Sheng spoke leisurely, "Anyway, my valley and Qianfeng Ling Mountain are only separated by a gate, and those with permission are allowed to move freely between them. Actually, the day I left the gate open, he planned to bring you to the Cloud Viewing Platform to meet me, but you slipped into an ice cellar to hibernate and missed it."
Snake Princess: "…Was there such a thing?"
Yu Sheng was amused and exasperated by her attitude, sighed, and raised a finger, beckoning in a certain direction: "Luna—"
As soon as he spoke, a series of shadow rifts quickly spread from the distance, the Artificial Saintess who was watering outside the town dashed over, swung her knife, and then dashed off to continue watering outside.
Yu Sheng raised the Blood Stabbing hand towards the Snake Princess: "Come."
The country maiden snake demon had never seen this before, and the Snake Princess immediately backed away, her previous fearless demeanor gone, like she had seen a ghost: "What... what do you want to do?!"
"Blood Transferring Ceremony," Yu Sheng continued to stretch his arm, "Just touch it—quick before it heals."
The Snake Princess blinked and suddenly shouted: "You're an Evil Cultivator!"
"Evil your ass!" Yu Sheng's veins popped, "This is to give you 'door-opening permission'! Without it, you can't open various teleportation gates in the valley—do you still want to freely visit?"
Only then did the Snake Princess suspiciously move closer, observing Yu Sheng's bloody hand while quietly confirming: "...Did Yuan He and Xuan Che also do this?"
"Of course."
The Snake Princess seemed to believe it, but suddenly furrowed her brows: "...But I eat vegetables."
"You don't need to drink! I just said touch it! The blood will seep in itself..." Yu Sheng was amused and exasperated, then stunned halfway through his words, "Wait, you eat vegetables?"
"Yeah."
"You being such a big demon, and also a snake demon! You eat vegetables?" Yu Sheng stared wide-eyed at the Snake Princess, "Then you were shouting about eating Yuan He before, and even ate your own dog head..."
"I was out of my mind then," the Snake Princess said as if it was only natural, "I usually eat vegetables—otherwise how do you think I got my enlightenment?"
The long-haired one, having listened to the excitement nearby, finally couldn't hold it: "What's that got to do with enlightenment?"
"Cultivating immortality goes against heaven, so the first step to enlightenment is to defy heaven," the Snake Princess argued rationally, "My diet is quite against heaven..."
Yu Sheng was dumbfounded, the statement was so absurd he didn't dare to determine if it was true, so he turned to the scene's biggest cultivation expert, Yun Qingzi.
The old man immediately shook his head: "It's fake, don't believe it."
Yu Sheng lifted his hand and pressed his thumb on the Snake Princess's forehead, completing the "blood transfer" before this excessively talkative and dilatory snake demon could continue babbling.
The Snake Princess sprang up like a coiled spring, began rolling around: "Ahhh, blood, blood! Are you really an Evil Cultivator? It hurts, oh it doesn't hurt? Well, it startled me..."
Yu Sheng: "..."
He looked at the big snake rolling around on the ground and suddenly chuckled and sighed.
It seems certain, that this valley will be more lively in the future.
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