Chapter 2: Becoming a Guardian Beast

"Human, is what you just said true?"

"With your meager cultivation, you are truly the ancestor of a family? I haven't read much, don't try to trick me!"

Not far from a pond on the outskirts of the Jiuxiao Mountains,

an injured old man leaned against a large tree,

his pale face filled with terror as he looked at the demon beast staring at him.

This was a very common Bai Shuang Ice Snake,

white all over,

and only about ten meters in length!

At this moment, it was staring at him with its hideous snake head!

But what horrified Chu Tianyang was that this Bai Shuang Ice Snake could actually speak human language?

You must know,

for a demon beast to speak human language, it must reach the Fourth Rank Demon Venerable cultivation!

Such an expert was an existence capable of destroying the heavens and earth in his eyes!

How could he encounter one on the outskirts of the Jiuxiao Mountains?

"Heaven is going to destroy my Chu family!"

Chu Tianyang sighed mournfully.

He had originally entered the Jiuxiao Mountains to find an opportunity for a breakthrough to deal with the family crisis,

but he never expected that not only would he be ambushed by cultivators from an enemy family and suffer heavy injuries,

but he would also encounter this Fourth Rank Demon Venerable beast!

It truly left him no path to survival!

Yet, he still gritted his teeth and replied: "Reporting to Senior, I fear no ridicule, although this old man only has a Second Rank Martial Warrior cultivation base, I am indeed the person with the highest seniority in the Qingyangzhen Chu family!"

The Bai Shuang Ice Snake looked at him, a glimmer of surprise appearing in its intelligent eyes.

Then, it hurriedly asked: "How many people are in your family?"

"Senior, please, I beg you to spare the people of our family!"

"This junior is willing to become your rations!"

Chu Tianyang pleaded in a hurry.

Their Chu family was already driven to a dead end by the Ma family, who were also from Qingyangzhen.

If this Fourth Rank Demon Venerable giant python were to intervene,

then their Chu family would likely not even be able to preserve a single drop of bloodline!

"Hmph, I told you to speak, so why are you being so long-winded? I don't eat humans!"

Long Yuan snorted coldly,

and with one tail, he smashed a nearby boulder into powder!

It made Chu Tianyang's heart jump wildly with fear.

"Reporting to Senior, there are about six or seven thousand people!"

Chu Tianyang answered hurriedly.

"Six or seven thousand people..."

Long Yuan's eyes radiated light.

"Hahaha, I've waited, I've finally waited for it!"

Long Yuan felt exhilarated and let out a loud roar toward the sky.

Seven years,

he had transmigrated for exactly seven years,

and he had finally encountered one that met the criteria!

Seven years ago,

Long Yuan transmigrated to this world,

and to his dismay, he had transmigrated into the lowest-level Bai Shuang Ice Snake!

In this world where martial arts are supreme and experts are as numerous as clouds, he was the type of existence that could be crushed to death with one foot!

Fortunately, at a critical moment,

the "Strongest Guardian Beast" system descended.

As long as he became the guardian beast of a family or force, the system could be truly activated!

So he had been hiding in the Jiuxiao Mountains waiting for a fated person,

and he had waited for several years!

During these years,

because he lacked cultivation techniques,

he could only rely on his body's instinct to absorb the essence of the sun and moon.

Long Yuan had barely managed to cultivate to the Early Stage First Rank Martial Practitioner.

During this time, he swallowed a spirit herb in the nearby mountains and gained the ability to speak human language!

Many cultivators, upon hearing him speak, would preemptively assume he was a Fourth Rank Demon Venerable beast,

and would be scared out of their wits instantly!

In reality, that was not the case!

Over the years, Long Yuan had occasionally encountered human cultivators on training missions,

but none had caught his eye!

"System, open character attributes:" ===== CHAPTER 3 =====