Chapter 193: Hatching the Snake Pearl: The Little White Snake, Bai Ling

Under Seeing Yun Shen's nervous gaze, the Snake Pearl stopped its activity and trembled for ten breaths before emitting a "Crack!" sound.

Accompanied by a series of cracking sounds, fissures appeared all over the ink-black Snake Pearl.

Complex, crisscrossing cracks covered its entire surface, and wisps of black Qi leaked from the seams, yet it had absolutely no effect on Bai Jing, who was holding it.

Bai Jing cannot die; her true form is the Rebirth Magic Mirror. As long as the Magic Mirror exists, Bai Jing will never die, but she can only appear within the territory's range and possesses zero combat power.

Seeing Yun Shen was not at all worried about Bai Jing's safety; he was feeling very uneasy now. The Snake Pearl looked as if it had broken...

However, his unease did not last long. The very next second, the Snake Pearl shattered into countless fragments, scattering from the air and vanishing into nothingness in an instant, as if it had never existed.

Amidst a layer of black Qi, a white figure shot out and burrowed into Bai Jing's collar.

"What is that?"

Seeing Yun Shen was stunned. He could see something undulating and moving beneath the clothes on Bai Jing's flat frame.

Judging by the looks of it, it seemed a bit like... a little snake?

With a thought, Seeing Yun Shen summoned the Rebirth Magic Mirror into his hand and shouted, "Bai Jing, come in."

Bai Jing didn't speak, but her entire body instantly turned into a beam of white light and dove into the mirror, then emerged from it again, standing by Seeing Yun Shen's side.

Where Bai Jing had originally been standing, a little white snake fell from the air and landed on the soft soil.

After rolling slightly, the little white snake's jade-white, supple body became coated with particles of soil.

Jiang Lan was the first to act, grabbing the little white snake by its seven-inch mark, then pinching its head to hold it firmly in her hand.

Bringing the little white snake before her face to examine its soft, supple body, Jiang Lan felt a bit of a hunter's excitement and wanted to draw a tube of blood from the little snake to study.

Seemingly sensing the curiosity of a certain mad scientist, the little white snake's tail thrashed wildly as if struggling, but that fair palm held it like an iron pincer, not loosening its grip or strength in the slightest.

Seeing Yun Shen frowned slightly and said, "If we could inspect information right now, we might be able to identify the species."

Jiang Lan said coldly, "It's fine, let me draw a tube of blood first..."

Seeing Yun Shen quickly stopped her, "Stop, stop, stop. This little thing clearly doesn't have much blood; I'm afraid you'll drain it to death."

After all, it was a little life born from the Snake Pearl; it must have extraordinary qualities and shouldn't be trifled with.

"Fine."

Jiang Lan pouted, not arguing further.

The little white snake seemed to understand; its pair of round, ruby-like eyes were filled with gratitude toward Seeing Yun Shen. It was highly anthropomorphic, clearly possessing significant intelligence, and perhaps capable of communication through language.

"It seems you can understand what we're saying?"

Seeing Yun Shen knew that in the Myriad Heavens Battlefield, many creatures were naturally psychic and could understand others even without mastering their language.

Jiang Lan loosened her grip appropriately, and the little white snake nodded immediately.

Seeing Yun Shen continued to ask, "Then, do you want to become my troop?"

Troops don't just come from military tallies and barracks; in fact, wild monsters can also be recruited as troops.

Seeing Yun Shen wasn't sure if the little white snake counted as a wild monster; it felt more like a pet system from a game, yet the Myriad Heavens Battlefield had no such setting.

Even a horse used for riding was classified as a troop, not a mount.

Facing Seeing Yun Shen's inquiry, the little white snake was quiet for a moment, flicked its tongue, and first nodded, then shook its head.

Seeing Yun Shen thought for a moment and asked, "Are you trying to say that you want to, but you can't become my troop?"

The little white snake nodded.

A guess surfaced in Seeing Yun Shen's mind, and he asked, "Check your own panel; do you have a title?"

The little white snake nodded.

Seeing Yun Shen rubbed his brow, feeling that this situation was truly a headache.

While one cannot inspect others' information in the Poison Domain, one can view their own panel information.

And wild monsters with titles cannot be recruited as troops; they can only be recruited as heroes.

But at only level 10, he couldn't possibly possess a second hero; he had to wait until he reached level 11.

In other words, if he wanted to recruit the little white snake, it would have to wait until after the Forbidden Trial ended.

"Then, can you devour toxins?"

Seeing Yun Shen asked the most critical question. If the little white snake didn't possess the Snake Pearl's ability, it would be very awkward.

Fortunately, the little white snake nodded quickly and even demonstrated; the nearby poisonous gas seemed to be affected by a siphon effect, gathering toward the little white snake one after another.

Seeing Yun Shen breathed a sigh of relief. As long as this most critical ability remained, nothing else mattered.

Afterward, Seeing Yun Shen still held onto the idea of trying, attempting to hypnotize and brainwash the little white snake with hypnotic glasses, but it had no effect at all.

As expected, the little white snake's grade was definitely above Rare; he had been overthinking it.

"Sigh, I haven't rolled a Golden Affix in so many days, otherwise it might have come in handy now."

Feeling regretful, Seeing Yun Shen had no choice but to let it go.

Seeing Yun Shen had some guesses about this little white snake "hatched" from the Snake Pearl.

The Snake Pearl contained a trace of the Origin of Poison, and the Poison Domain simulated here became this way because of the Will of Poison; these special toxins contained the power of rules, suspected to originate from the Will of Poison.

Thus, after the Origin of Poison within the Snake Pearl devoured these toxins, by a stroke of luck, it naturally gave birth to this little white snake.

"This color is truly the exact opposite of the Snake Pearl's black."

Without the Snake Pearl but with an extra little white snake, he didn't know if it was a blessing or a curse.

"Jiang Lan, let it go; it has no malice."

Perhaps because the little white snake shared a layer of causality with him, Seeing Yun Shen could feel that it held no malice toward him.

The Snake Pearl's affix was something he had bestowed; one could say that he had a hand in the little white snake's birth.

Seeing Yun Shen checked the little white snake's affix information.

【Affix】: Origin of Poison (Gold) (1/1)

As expected, for the little white snake, the Snake Pearl essentially belonged to the "egg" that nurtured it; the two were one, so this affix was naturally inherited.

The little white snake darted onto Bai Jing's body, wrapping around her wrist and circling continuously.

Seeing Yun Shen was silent for a moment and reached a conclusion: "It seems... it thinks you're its mother."

Bai Jing: "..."

Seeing Yun Shen patted Bai Jing's slender shoulder, "You're a mother now, so take good care of it from now on. It will take your surname; let's call it Bai Ling."

Bai Jing: "..."

Suddenly becoming a mother, a ripple suddenly stirred within Bai Jing's calm, unruffled heart.

She parted her cherry lips slightly and asked, "Then... Master, are you the father?"