Chapter 161: Wild Dragon Snake Corpse?

A special mountain.

From Chen Chuyang's direction it looked ordinary, but with his Spiritual Sense he saw the whole mountain peak, and there was a big problem.

The winding mountain peak, from head to tail, was large, a bit larger than ordinary peaks, and the mountain resembled a snake, a winding snake, with no snake head visible, as if the snake head were missing.

"Is this a snake?"

"Is this mountain a snake?"

Chen Chuyang was shocked by his own thought, but quickly he realized his guess was correct.

Walking forward, approaching the mountain peak, stepping onto it, his qi and blood boiled, his whole body trembled, his soul felt a tremor, as if he faced not a mountain but a terrifying fierce beast.

The Golden Core in his dantian spun faster, emitting excitement and joy.

Suppressing the impulse and excitement of his Golden Core, Chen Chuyang crouched, reached out to touch the mountain peak, gradually probing beneath it; after a certain distance, about ten or so meters, his Spiritual Sense could not penetrate, blocked by something, which also sensed his Spiritual Sense probing and reacted.

"Hum."

The mountain peak trembled slightly, then quickly returned to calm, as if the disturbance had never happened.

Frightened, Chen Chuyang hastily took the little carp and left the mountain peak, watching from afar; after the mountain peak grew calm, Chen Chuyang furrowed his brows.

"Is it still alive?"

"It shouldn't be; it should be dead, this snake is huge, such a terrifying existence actually died here, and its corpse hasn't decayed."

After cultivating to a certain realm, a corpse does not decay upon death.

The corpses of demonic beasts are all treasures.

Chen Chuyang felt greed arise; anyone who saw such a huge snake would be moved.

They're all treasures.

The demonic beast blood he obtained belongs to this snake.

This snake is no ordinary snake; its Dragon Might is terrifying.

Just looking at it, one can feel the pressure on the soul.

The little carp trembled all over; after entering this place, its small body never stopped shaking.

"Master, let's go back quickly; this place is too dangerous."

"If we stay longer, I will die."

That pressure, that bloodline suppression, that terrifying aura made it unable to breathe normally.

If not for the demonic beast blood scent masking it, it might have already been flattened by that pressure.

Chen Chuyang soothed the little carp: "Don't worry, don't act rashly, I've got everything."

Having seen the treasure, how could we return empty-handed? Such a huge snake, a corpse.

It should be dead; those movements just now were just the body's natural reflexes.

Such a monster, strong in power, even after being dead for many years, remains just as terrifying.

This time Chen Chuyang came to the front section of the mountain peak, which should be the snake's head position, yet he saw no snake head.

Or perhaps the mountain peak itself has no head.

"Underground?"

"Or was the skull chopped off?"

"It shouldn't be; if the skull were chopped off, it wouldn't be so well preserved, nor would..."

Chen Chuyang extended his Spiritual Sense downward to observe, wanting to investigate.

What kind of creature is this snake, what does it look like, has it transformed into a dragon?

Is it a snake, a flood dragon, or some other creature?

One needs to see its true appearance to be sure; his Spiritual Sense seeped underground, penetrating down nearly a hundred meters, yet still no head was seen; such size, such length, Chen Chuyang was frightened.

"Still not the head? That's too long!"

A demonic beast of this size, Chen Chuyang had never seen before; truly, he was frightened.

Although he knew some demonic beasts in this world were huge and terrifying, seeing it with his own eyes was another matter.

Ordinary demonic beasts lack such terror and such massive bodies; the exposed flesh piled up into a mountain—if the whole body were there, wouldn't it be...?

Exaggerated size, exaggerated length; Chen Chuyang continued to delve deeper, increasing his Spiritual Sense input.

Finally, he found the snake's head.

Or rather, a dragon's head.

It was no longer a snake's head; two horns had grown on the skull, not very long, nor fully formed.

Yet it already possessed some dragon traits.

"Dragon? Snake? Flood dragon?"

"Such a creature is not... simple; such a terrifying dragon-snake died here—who did it?"

This is the strongest existence Chen Chuyang has ever seen, without equal.

It exceeded his expectations and let him know this world is not simple.

He felt for the first time the might and terror of demonic beasts; no wonder his father and others always said demonic beasts are terrifying, and upon encountering them they'd flee immediately—don't even think about slaying demons, their strength isn't even enough to fill the gaps between others' teeth.

Indeed insufficient; even a scale of this snake is larger than him.

"Gurgle."

Chen Chuyang stared at this dragon head; the dead dragon-snake's head fixed its gaze on him, those hollow eyes filled with terror.

After a brief eye contact, Chen Chuyang immediately withdrew his Spiritual Sense, daring not to continue staring.

"Whoosh."

"This snake is the strongest creature in this cave heaven; it's dead."

"Dragon-snake, dragon-snake, Wild Dragon Snake?"

Chen Chuyang's eyes narrowed, settling on the mountain peak before him; Longshe Cheng has such a legend—it is said a dragon-snake once fell here, and afterwards Longshe Cheng was built upon its corpse, thus giving rise to Longshe Cheng.

As for how many years ago, no one knows; it has always been thought to be just a legend.

Many have also searched for the Wild Dragon Snake, but no one could find it.

"Could it be?"

Chen Chuyang stared at the corpse before him; there was no mistaking it—such a build, such terrifying pressure, such exaggerated length.

Dragon head, snake body—the body's shape is entirely that of a snake.

Resembling a dragon yet a snake, neither dragon nor snake, the Wild Dragon Snake—its bloodline is noble, yet it has not completed its transformation.

It fell here, its corpse buried in this place for who knows how long; this corpse has formed its own cave heaven.

Just…

"Is the cave heaven something that existed originally, or was it opened up by this Wild Dragon Snake before its death?"

"Or perhaps it formed automatically as a cave heaven after its death?"

Being able to remain hidden for so many years without being discovered is itself problematic.

The cave heaven concealed everything and successfully protected its corpse.

So what is the significance of this cave heaven's existence?

Chen Chuyang always felt things weren't that simple; there must be many secrets here.

"Many people have come outside Longshe Cheng; those people might be coming for it."

Chen Chuyang seriously doubts that the crack is only in one place.

It is very likely that other places also have it.

Having been discovered, then…

"If that is the case, then this place is very dangerous; Longshe Shan must not be discovered, and my existence must not be discovered either."

"I estimate I am the first to enter this place, this Wild Dragon Snake."

Chen Chuyang surveyed the Wild Dragon Snake's corpse, which has not been excavated nor discovered; he is the first, so to speak?

"I've struck it rich."

"If I can take it all away, I, damn it, have struck it rich."

"From now on, my cultivation need not worry."

At this moment, Chen Chuyang's breathing became rapid, and he could not calm himself.