Chapter 15: The Eastern Heretic's Favor!

Huang Yaoshi's angry roar was like thunder crashing into the ears, shaking the sea surface until ripples layer upon layer rippled across it.

That tangible pressure weighed on Brother Ning Chuan's heart like a mountain, making every scale on his body sting slightly.

So strong!

Brother Ning Chuan's heart rang with alarm bells.

Is this the true strength of the Five Greats?

Mere pressure from his aura made him feel a suffocating threat.

He did not doubt for a moment that if Huang Yaoshi truly attacked, he would not last even a single move.

He immediately stopped on the sea surface, his massive snake body arching slightly, ready to dive into the deep sea at any moment.

He could not place all his hopes on Huang Rong.

Human hearts are hard to fathom, let alone a top expert with a strange temperament like Huang Yaoshi.

If the other party truly acted without distinguishing right from wrong and attacked directly, he would have nowhere to cry for help.

Just at this tense moment when swords were drawn and bows bent.

"Father!"

Huang Rong panicked; she suddenly lifted her head from Brother Ning Chuan's back and shouted loudly at Huang Yaoshi, her tone filled with dissatisfaction and sarcasm:

"The Eastern Heretic truly has great prestige! Unable to distinguish right from wrong, are you going to shout for blood and kill?"

She pointed at Brother Ning Chuan beneath her, raising her voice a few notches:

"If it were not for the Great Black Snake saving me, your daughter would have long been buried in fish bellies, fed to the sharks!"

As she spoke, she seemed to recall the grievance and fear of before; her eyes turned slightly red, and her voice carried a hint of sobbing:

"Come on, come on! Don't you want to kill it? Just kill me along with it! That way I can go accompany Mother, saving me from staying here and provoking your anger!"

Huang Rong's words came like a machine gun, fast and urgent, carrying the unique spoiledness and grievance of a young girl.

Hearing this, Huang Yaoshi was stunned.

The anger on his face instantly froze.

He had originally thought this fierce strange beast, appearing from who knows where, was holding his daughter hostage; his heart was filled with extreme anxiety, so he attacked in anger.

He never expected the truth to be exactly this.

With his intelligence, he understood the whole story almost instantly.

His daughter encountered a sea disaster, and this black giant snake came out to save her.

Yet he, without asking the reason, nearly harmed his daughter's savior.

Thinking of this, a trace of embarrassment and guilt flashed across Huang Yaoshi's face.

The look in his eyes directed at Brother Ning Chuan gradually softened from the previous cold killing intent.

He nodded slightly to Brother Ning Chuan, and his tone also eased considerably:

"This... Snake Brother, just now I was rash. I did not know you saved my young daughter; I have offended you greatly, and I hope you will forgive me."

A grandmaster of his generation actually apologized to a strange beast!

If this were spread abroad, it would probably make countless people's jaws drop.

Brother Ning Chuan felt the suffocating pressure from Huang Yaoshi slowly dissipate, and his vigilance relaxed slightly.

It seems Huang Yaoshi is not an unreasonable person.

At least, when it comes to matters involving his precious daughter, he can listen to advice.

Huang Yaoshi turned his head to look at Huang Rong; the gentleness on his face turned back to severity, and he scolded with a hint of fear:

"Rong'er! You are also at fault! How many times have I told you that the sea conditions have been unstable recently, and you must not go out to sea on your own, yet you refused to listen!"

"If it were not for this Snake Brother's rescue, do you know the consequences?!"

His voice was severe, but his tone was filled with concern and fear.

Huang Rong knew she was in the wrong; she playfully stuck out her tongue, shrank her neck, and dared not talk back again.

But her eyes rolled, and she immediately became excited again; pointing at Brother Ning Chuan, she said to Huang Yaoshi:

"Father! Father! You don't know, the Great Black Snake is incredibly powerful! It is so smart; it can understand what I say!"

She vividly recounted how she encountered the storm, how she was chased by the gray shark, and how Brother Ning Chuan descended from the sky, heroically strangling the gray shark and saving her, embellishing the story as she spoke.

The more she spoke, the more excited she became; the look in her eyes directed at Brother Ning Chuan was filled with admiring little stars.

Huang Yaoshi listened quietly to his daughter's account; the expression on his face gradually shifted from initial skepticism to shock and solemnity.

He carefully examined the black giant snake before him.

Its body was massive, its scales grim; although its aura was restrained, the primitive and powerful feeling it subtly radiated could not be faked.

What shocked him even more was that this giant snake possessed such high spiritual intelligence, able to understand human speech and even conduct simple exchanges with his daughter.

Such a strange beast could no longer be described as an ordinary spirit.

"This... such spiritual wisdom, such supernatural power..."

Huang Yaoshi murmured to himself, a trace of astonishment flashing in his eyes.

"I fear it is already not inferior to the legendary Fire Qilin inside the Cloud-Rising Cave, or some other ancient divine beasts!"

He knew well that the world is vast, and nothing is too strange to exist.

Some creatures with extraordinary talents, through chance encounters, could awaken their spiritual intelligence and even possess powerful strength far exceeding humans; this was not impossible.

However, such a supernatural giant snake that understood human nature was something he had never seen in his entire life.

Just then, Huang Yaoshi seemed to sense something again; his gaze tightened slightly, he looked at Brother Ning Chuan, a trace of curiosity flashed in his eyes, and he asked:

"Snake Brother, several days ago, this old man fought with that 'Pai Sha Palm' in these waters; you... were you secretly watching at that time?"

His tone was flat, but his eyes were sharp as an eagle's, as if they could see through Brother Ning Chuan's thoughts.

Hearing this, Brother Ning Chuan was slightly startled in his heart.

Unexpectedly, Huang Yaoshi's perception was so keen that he could detect the faint, almost imperceptible spying Ning Chuan had conducted several days ago.

He pondered for a moment and did not choose to conceal it.

In the face of a figure like Huang Yaoshi, lying over such matters would only appear petty, and it might not succeed in hiding the truth anyway.

He slowly nodded, admitting the matter.

Seeing this, a flicker of barely perceptible shock flashed in Huang Yaoshi's eyes.

He, one of the Five Greats, the Eastern Heretic Huang Yaoshi, possessed how keen a perception!

On that day, when he fought Qiu Qianren, although he vaguely sensed something unusual, he did not pay it too much attention, assuming it was merely ordinary sea creatures being disturbed.

He never expected it to be this enormous giant snake spying at close range!

And he himself had failed to detect its specific existence immediately!

This indicated that the black snake's concealment method, or rather, its control over its own aura, had reached an unimaginable realm!

This caused Huang Yaoshi's evaluation of Ning Chuan to rise another level once more.

This snake is Absolutely not an ordinary item!

After a moment of silence, Huang Yaoshi spoke again, his tone becoming much more solemn:

"Snake Brother, you saved my daughter Rong'er today; this is a heaven-granting favor. I, Huang Yaoshi, distinguish clearly between gratitude and resentment, and I must repay any favor received."

Looking at Ning Chuan, he asked in a deep voice:

"Is there any reward you desire? As long as this old man can accomplish it, I will certainly not decline!"