Chapter 49: Chapter 49 The Black Jiao Snake That Understands Human Speech!

The Qi Sea suddenly doubled in size, but Lu Chen’s Heaven-Breaking Spiritual Method had not advanced, which meant it took him a whole day and night to fully restore his Spiritual Power.

When he woke up, he was suddenly startled!

A black Jiao snake was coiled at his side, seemingly asleep.

"When did this venomous snake come here... It looks like it’s because I took its Nine-Leaf Purple Flower, but why didn’t it take revenge and bite me when it had the chance?"

Lu Chen was puzzled, yet he still cautiously got up.

But who knew, the black Jiao snake was acutely aware; Lu Chen barely moved and it sensed him.

Whoosh!

The black Jiao snake quickly raised its head, causing Lu Chen to also get into a defensive stance, but then he became perplexed again.

The black Jiao snake reacted faster, and instead quickly retreated a zhang away, its small eyes revealing a wary gaze.

Clearly, it was also afraid that Lu Chen would hurt it.

This peculiar scene made Lu Chen immediately think of the key point.

The black Jiao snake didn’t want to harm him but had stealthily come over to be by his side.

Could it be that it wanted to follow him?

"Sss... sss!"

Seeing that Lu Chen didn’t move, the black Jiao snake lay back down and started flicking its tongue.

"Do you want to follow me?" Lu Chen casually asked, not expecting an answer, but to his surprise, the black Jiao snake seemed to understand and nodded its head repeatedly.

Lu Chen was stunned, "You can understand human speech?"

The black Jiao snake continued to nod.

Lu Chen couldn’t help but laugh, "I’m leaving Ten Thousand Demon Mountain, do you still want to follow me?"

The black Jiao snake hesitated, a trace of indecision flashing in its eyes.

But after a short while, it continued to nod.

It was no longer capable of producing venom and, if it encountered danger, it wouldn’t even have the means to defend itself.

Staying in Ten Thousand Demon Mountain, it was very likely to become prey to other demon beasts.

Rather than that, it was better to follow Lu Chen!

This was also the reason why, after being thrown away by Lu Chen, it had returned again.

Lu Chen waking up without directly harming it was enough to prove everything.

And most importantly, it realized that it was still useful to Lu Chen!

Lu Chen didn’t know how long he had been cultivating, but it knew!

The strong resolve of the black Jiao snake was somewhat unexpected to Lu Chen.

After thinking it over, he asked again, "Following me, will there be any benefits for you?"

The black Jiao naturally nodded. It could feel that Lu Chen had ingested the Nine-Leaf Purple Flower. If it could speak human language, it would ask Lu Chen to let it drink some of his blood.

Although not as potent as the Nine-Leaf Purple Flower, it would still allow the black Jiao snake to grow a bit.

However, the black Jiao snake was as sentient as a human and knew that in the long run, there would be more benefits to following Lu Chen!

That’s because it witnessed Lu Chen, while cultivating, actually drawing in the Spiritual Energy of heaven and earth!

Especially at this moment, Lu Chen’s left eye seemed to contain a mysterious power that even it did not dare to look at directly, the kind that could suppress its demon soul.

"Alright then, as long as you don’t bite me from now on, you can follow me."

Lu Chen smiled. He didn’t know the black Jiao had become a non-venomous demon snake; he just knew it was no threat to him.

The black Jiao snake nodded continuously, extremely excited, and immediately slithered towards Lu Chen.

Lu Chen intended to stuff it into his sleeve, but feared that his subsequent running would shake it out without him realizing, so he opened his bundle to pack it in.

However, when he opened the bundle, the black Jiao snake was stunned!

Inside were several dozens of demon pills...

These were also a great tonic for it!

Lu Chen was surprised, "Are these demon pills useful to you?"

The black Jiao snake snapped out of its shock and nodded vigorously, even opening its small mouth and gesturing toward a smaller demon pill, intending to swallow it!

Lu Chen understood then, "Alright, if they are useful to you, then eat them in the bundle!"

To him, the demon pills were only good for exchanging for Yuan Stones.

But he had an inkling that if the black Jiao, who could understand human speech, were to ingest enough demon pills and its strength grew to a certain point, it might be able to talk!

That could be unexpectedly useful for his travels in the Abyss!

Seeing Lu Chen readily agree, the black Jiao was ecstatic and immediately bit down on the demon pill.

But the demon pill was twice as thick as its own body, and the black Jiao found it extremely difficult to swallow; even swallowing it whole would probably take several hours.

So, Lu Chen simply hooked the black Jiao into the bundle with his little finger, packing it and the demon pill together.

"Take your time to swallow it, I need to start on my way!"

Lu Chen swung the bundle over his shoulder and sprinted back the way he came!

Several days later, he arrived at the valley, with only a little more than half of the Spiritual Power in his Qi Sea remaining.

"I wonder if the Lu Family and the Polar Treasure Meeting are still fighting in the town. I should also finish cultivating before I leave."

Lu Chen returned to the cave, sealed the entrance, and opened the bundle.

About a dozen demon pills were missing, but the black Jiao snake had grown to the thickness of two fingers.

Moreover, on the top of its head, a meaty lump resembling a horn had appeared!

"It can’t kill me anyway, but I should probably control its consumption of demon pills for now."

Lu Chen still kept a cautious eye. He was about to cultivate, who knew whether the black Jiao snake might bite back?

Seeing the black Jiao snake seemed to still be sleeping and digesting the demon pills, Lu Chen carefully stored the remaining pills and buried them in a corner of the cave.

Only then did he sit down and proceed with his cultivation.

When half a day had passed, he opened his eyes, only to find the black Jiao snake in front of him, with its upper body raised, staring intently in the direction of the cave entrance, as if it was standing guard for him!

Lu Chen flushed, had he been overthinking? Was the black Jiao snake truly sincere in wanting to follow him?

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