Chapter 379: Snake Princess

The moment Yu Sheng saw that giant snake, he was startled; this shock stemmed from two main reasons: first, he had truly never seen such a huge snake—the largest demon he had ever encountered in his life was a fox Miss the size of two vans; second, he had never seen a creature with so many heads on its body, one of which was even a human head!

But amidst the shock, what stunned him even more was the death knot the other party had been tied into.

That was so damn wicked.

The giant snake itself was cursing: "Are you all not human?! Where did you find this group of people who lack eight generations of ancestors' virtue to bully a protected animal like me—couldn't you at least tie a bow?"

As soon as the demon finished speaking, Yu Sheng saw two Lei Ting Titans walk over from the edge of the square, untie the giant snake in three moves, and tie it into a bow...

Now he knew who had committed this wicked act.

After being tormented once again, the giant snake collapsed on the square cursing, but clearly lacked the strength it had before; meanwhile, one of its seven heads, resembling a husky, suddenly perked up and began pulling hard forward from its body, trying to gnaw on some dried rations held by a cultivator nearby.

"Damn it, stop eating, will you! I'm truly done with this sin... Old thief Yuan He, one day I will eat you!"

Watching this scene from Hu Li's head, Yu Sheng was dumbfounded; after a long while, he couldn't help but look down at Xuan Che: "Who is this? Why does she look so... different in style from the other captured beasts? Did she also escape from the Demon Suppression Tower?"

"She is the Snake Princess," Xuan Che sighed upon hearing this and explained helplessly, "She was originally a great demon who attained the Dao near the Nether Valley, but her mind was burned out from randomly eating fruits in the poison swamp; during her tribulation, she accidentally fell into the demonic path and committed many heinous acts. My master and I joined forces to subdue this demon; originally, we should have shattered her demon bones and scattered her mind as severe punishment, but my junior master, remembering that before she fell into the demonic path she had simply eaten the villagers' offerings in a confused state and then honestly served as the local people's 'Mountain God' for several years, also showed a benevolent and honest side, so he made an exception and merely imprisoned her within the Demon Suppression Tower.

"She has been imprisoned all these years and was originally quite well-behaved, but unexpectedly she took advantage of the chaos to escape this time; and probably feeling she had a chance to wipe out her past shame, she truly caused a great disturbance... Fortunately, Miss Bai Xue lent her assistance."

Upon hearing this, Yu Sheng dazedly raised his head, then looked again at the giant snake tied into a bow on the ground, weakly muttering and continuing to curse: "... I feel she has a huge grudge against your junior master."

"My junior master made an exception because he pitied her, but he also felt that merely imprisoning her wouldn't solve the problem, so he thought of trying to cure her to see if he could lead her back to the right path—using his proud Beast Taming Dao; strictly speaking, he is a veterinarian, so in terms of the Borderlands, his specialty is relevant," Xuan Che's expression suddenly became somewhat awkward as he spoke, "but unexpectedly, a medical accident occurred later."

Upon hearing this, Yu Sheng's eyebrows instinctively twitched, and his gaze fell on the dog head of the seven-headed snake.

Xuan Che also noticed his gaze and nodded awkwardly: "This head was originally refined by my junior master specifically onto the Snake Princess to calm her demonic energy and ferocity, drawing out her original kind and peaceful heart, but for some reason it turned out like this... It cannot be said to have no effect; despite her current state, before this head existed, this demon was far crazier than now, but with this head... she went crazy in another direction; now she is determined to eat my junior master."

Yu Sheng was left speechless listening to this; even Irene on his shoulder was stunned; the little doll took a long time to react, staring blankly at Xuan Che: "Hey, I'm saying... no, do you guys at Qian Feng Lingshan have any good Physicians?!"

Xuan Che bent down and bowed: "My junior master has been extremely regretful these years and has also thought of many plans to try to remedy the situation—but the Snake Princess is uncooperative."

Irene: "If it were me, I wouldn't cooperate either! Damn quack! Let me tell you, I now find the motive behind your development of that 'Medical Malpractice Bombing Fist' very suspicious..."

Xuan Che: "..."

The giant snake lying on the ground at this moment also heard the commotion over here, immediately raised its head, and several heads stared straight at Irene: "This younger sister is quite reasonable, and what she says is very pleasing... If you can help older sister escape later, how about older sister gives you a share of old thief Yuan He's heart and liver to eat?"

"I don't eat; I have no appetite," Irene waved her hand and then pointed at Yu Sheng, "Give it to him; he eats everything."

Seeing the topic getting more and more off-track, Yu Sheng quickly coughed twice to interrupt the little doll's chatter, while simultaneously trying to ignore the bizarre-style snake demon nearby, then turned to look at Xuan Che: "Is there anything else here that needs help? How is the situation with your master?"

"I am fine here; it is just that some injured need treatment—fortunately, this is Que Yun Palace, where top-grade pills are never lacking," Xuan Che immediately said, "My master just sent a message, saying that several parts of the Demon Suppression Tower were severely damaged; although he used his supernatural powers to forcibly seal all the leaks, those damaged mechanism devices and sealing facilities still need to be repaired as soon as possible, so he cannot free himself for the time being."

Pausing here, he added: "Fortunately, Master Qian Ji is here; he is a grandmaster of mechanisms, and is now personally helping with repairs inside the tower; the Demon Suppression Tower should be restored very soon; additionally..."

Xuan Che raised his head and looked at Master Yuan Hao, who was flying on a chainsaw sword and standing in mid-air.

"Eldest Senior Uncle, Master also asks you to go to the tower to help immediately—now, aside from Master Qian Ji, you are the one who understands mechanism arts and artifact refinement best."

"Good," Master Yuan Hao nodded, "I will go there right away."

"Then I will open a door for you later, and we will go together; I also want to check the situation over there," Yu Sheng immediately said, then looked at Xuan Che again, "Is there anything else to instruct?"

Xuan Che thought for a moment, clasped his fist, and bowed: "Nothing else; it is just that there is still chaos in the mountain, and many demons, criminals, and eerie entities that escaped the containment zones have not been recaptured; please remind the 'Fairy Tale' group to try not to be alone in the forest—of course, I have witnessed the strength of the few experts, and ordinary demons cannot defeat them, but the younger children should not go out for now."

"Okay," Yu Sheng nodded, then turned to Cinderella, who was sitting in the pumpkin carriage stopped on the square, "Then you go back once, remind the few 'parents' still waiting for news in the valley to watch over the little ones, and also notify Dorothy and others who are still helping in various places to be careful during their actions—this is not the Borderlands; who knows if there might be something beyond everyone's combat experience; do not force yourself in any matter."

Cinderella immediately nodded: "Ah, okay!"

"Rapunzel, you go with Cinderella," Yu Sheng looked again at Rapunzel, who was sitting with him on the demon fox, bending her head and seriously petting the fox fur, "You have strong combat power; after returning, guard the Cloud-Watching Platform and receive companions returning from various places."

"Oh," Rapunzel only then reluctantly raised her head from a pile of fluff, but couldn't help suddenly lying down and rubbing vigorously in Hu Li's silver-white fur, wriggling darkly while muttering, "Ah, so comfortable... Brother, ask Hu Li to give me a tail; I'm used to hugging something when I sleep at night..."

Yu Sheng raised an eyebrow: "As long as you don't mind if the thing suddenly explodes while you're hugging it; let me remind you that once Hu Li's tails explode, they are more powerful than the aerial bombs Dorothy drops."

Rapunzel immediately shrank her neck, instantly curled herself into a golden fluffy monster, and rolled off Hu Li's back, rolling all the way into Cinderella's pumpkin carriage.

Zheng Zhi, standing in front of the pumpkin carriage, hesitated for a moment, then raised his hand and pointed at himself: "Then Brother Yu, I..."

"You come with me," Yu Sheng said without hesitation, "to go check the situation inside the Demon Suppression Tower."

Zheng Zhi smiled: "Good."

While speaking, Yu Sheng had already jumped down from Hu Li's back with Irene, raised his hand to pull open a large door leading to the core containment area of the Demon Suppression Tower; immediately after, Hu Li also stepped back a few paces, rolled on the spot to transform into human form, and ran over with a face full of expectation—who knows what she was expecting; anyway, whenever she went out with the 'Benefactor', she always wore this look of full expectation.

Afterwards, Yu Sheng's group crossed the door and disappeared outside the main hall of Que Yun Palace.

On the palace square, the giant snake "Snake Princess," still tied into a bow, raised a pile of heads to watch Yu Sheng's group leave; not knowing what she was thinking, she suddenly shouted: "Demons!!"

Xuan Che's head swelled: "Snake Princess, can you just be quiet?"

"That hair demon just now, that fox demon with detached floating tails, that mechanism demon with an iron shell and a bunch of blades on its fingers, and that demon that can open doors and whose nature is unclear—which one doesn't look more sinister than me?" The Snake Princess's several heads made a racket; the only tail tip that could still move poked hard at the nearby stone pavement, sending stone fragments flying, "Why am I the only one who has to be locked in the Demon Suppression Tower to listen to you master and disciple nag every now and then! Why don't you catch them too!"

"They are not demons; they are from a righteous sect," Xuan Che looked at the giant snake with a serious face; knowing full well the other party was being unreasonable, he was still very patient, "They are experts from the Borderlands."

"Righteous sect? Just because they say they are a righteous sect, they are? Do they have a certificate or what?"

Xuan Che spread his hands: "Yes, a Spirit Realm Detective Business License issued by the Borderlands; eighty percent of the universe recognizes it. Additionally, we imprisoned you not because you are a demon, but because once you escape, you easily hurt people."

"... So what?"

Xuan Che: "..."

He felt that communicating with this giant snake was truly impossible, so he could only let out a long sigh, leave the other party hanging on the side, and focus on continuing to handle the scene with his junior brothers and sisters.

(End of Chapter)