Chapter 38

Ning Chuan silently kept this information in his heart.

Subsequently, Ning Chuan also gave some pointers on the Wu Gong of Qu Qu Lingfeng and the others.

He gave insightful opinions on their respective bottlenecks and shortcomings.

Allowing everyone to benefit greatly once again, and their admiration for Ning Chuan was like the surging river, continuous and endless.

After some guidance, it was already late.

Everyone said goodbye contentedly and went back to cultivate diligently.

Looking forward to breaking through to a higher realm soon under Ning Chuan's guidance.

……

At night, the moon was bright and the stars were sparse.

Taohuadao was silent, with only the sound of waves hitting the reefs echoing in the night sky.

Ning Chuan's massive snake body quietly shrank under the operation of the Heavenly Snake Body-Forging Art.

From the original terrifying length of nearly nine meters, it shrank to about two meters.

Although still not small, it was much more flexible than before and less likely to attract attention.

Like a shadow in the dark night, he quietly left his small courtyard.

And sneaked toward the forbidden area where Huang Huang Yaoshi had imprisoned Zhou Zhou Botong before.

That forbidden area was located in a very remote valley on Taohuadao.

Surrounded by strange rocks and dense peach forests, it was guarded by the strange Five Elements Formation set up by Huang Huang Yaoshi.

If ordinary people were to stray into it, they would definitely lose their way and find it difficult to escape.

But for Ning Chuan, who possessed heaven-defying comprehension and had some understanding of the Taohuadao formations.

These formations were like nothing.

He easily found the "gate of life" of the formation and quietly sneaked into the depths of the valley.

At the end of the valley was a hidden cave covered by vines.

The entrance was sealed by a huge Dragon-Breaking Stone.

But Ning Chuan keenly sensed that on one side of the Dragon-Breaking Stone, there seemed to be an imperceptible ventilation hole.

He quietly approached and heard a series of intermittent mutterings from inside the cave, with a somewhat childish and innocent tone.

"Old Heretic Huang, you bad old man, full of bad water!"

"Locking me, the Old Urchin, here, not giving me good food, not giving me good things to play with, I'm bored to death!"

"I don't know how my brother Guo Jing is doing now, whether he is practicing the Left-Right Mutual Combat I taught him well."

"And my Yinggu... sigh, don't think about it, don't think about it, the more I think, the more irritable I get."

"Senior Brother, oh Senior Brother, where on earth did you run off to? You gave me that broken manual back then, and it really harmed me, the Old Urchin!"

"If I had known it was so troublesome, I should have burned it with a fire!"

"No, no, I promised Senior Brother to keep it well, I can't burn it, I can't burn it."

"This Old Heretic Huang is also something, clearly his Wu Gong is much higher than mine, yet he insists on making a bet with me."

"Saying that as long as I can walk three hundred moves under his hands, he will let me leave."

"And the result? I, the Old Urchin, was careless for a moment and actually lost! It really makes me angry!"

"Lost is lost, a gentleman's word is his bond, I, the Old Urchin, keep my word, if he doesn't let me go, I won't leave!"

"Hmph! When I'm in a good mood one day, I'll find a way to go out and find good food and good things to play with!"

Listening to the Old Urchin Zhou Zhou Botong's incoherent mutterings, Ning Chuan couldn't help but smile.

He suddenly realized.

No wonder Zhou Zhou Botong was locked here; although the cave entrance was sealed with a Dragon-Breaking Stone, there seemed to be no other restrictions like iron chains.

With Zhou Zhou Botong's grandmaster-level strength, if he really wanted to escape, it might not be impossible.

It turned out that he was staying here voluntarily because he lost a bet with Huang Huang Yaoshi.

This Old Urchin could truly be considered a wonderful person who kept his promises.

Ning Chuan smiled secretly and decided to tease this Old Urchin.

He quietly operated the Black Water Mysterious Snake Art and deliberately leaked a faint but somewhat demonic aura.

That aura, like the most secretive poisonous snake in the forest, quietly sneaked into the cave.

Inside the cave, Zhou Zhou Botong, who was still chattering and complaining, suddenly stopped.

His eyes, which were originally somewhat dull, suddenly lit up, as if he had discovered some novel toy.

He sniffed hard and then exclaimed in surprise:

"Eh? What is this smell? Such a strange aura!"

"Big black snake! Is that you, big black snake?!"

"Did you know that the Old Urchin was locked here and came specially to play with me?!"

"Come in, come in! It's so stuffy here!"

Zhou Zhou Botong's voice was full of childish excitement and anticipation, his eyes staring at the imperceptible ventilation hole. ===== CHAPTER 71 =====

Ning Chuan heard Zhou Zhou Botong's call, which was full of childish innocence and anticipation.

He couldn't help but laugh to himself.

This Old Urchin really lived up to his reputation.

His temperament was very different from ordinary people, and he was truly interesting.

He no longer hid his figure.

His massive snake body, under the operation of the Heavenly Snake Body-Forging Art.

Quietly shrank a bit.

And then like black lightning.

He nimbly drilled into the cave from that narrow ventilation hole.

Inside the cave, the light was dim.

Only a few night-luminescent pearls emitted a faint light.

Zhou Zhou Botong was sitting cross-legged on a smooth stone slab.

Seeing Ning Chuan suddenly appear, he was slightly stunned at first.

Immediately, those eyes, which were already big, widened even more.

As if he had seen the most incredible sight in the world.

"Wow! Such... such a big black snake!"

Zhou Zhou Botong exclaimed, but there was no fear on his face at all.

Instead, it was full of indescribable excitement and curiosity.

He jumped up from the stone slab, dancing with joy.

He circled around Ning Chuan several times.

Exclaiming in admiration:

"These scales, black and shiny, must be very slippery to touch!"

"These eyes, big and round, like two black gemstones!"

"This body, thick and long, more majestic than any snake I've ever seen!"

"I, the Old Urchin, have traveled north and south for so many years, and this is the first time I've seen such a spirited big black snake!"

Ning Chuan looked at Zhou Zhou Botong's mindless, urchin-like appearance.

He spoke with a voice that was slightly awkward yet extremely clear:

"Old Urchin, we meet again."

"I am not some big black snake; my name is Ning Chuan."

"Eh! Ning Chuan! It's you!" Zhou Zhou Botong called out in surprise upon hearing Ning Chuan's voice.

Immediately, as if remembering something, he patted his head and realized:

"Oh! I remember! You are that black snake that could talk last time, and Old Heretic Huang even sparred with you!"

"I thought I would never see you again!"

He was so happy that he did a few somersaults on the spot, then leaned in front of Ning Chuan and asked curiously: ===== CHAPTER 72 =====