Chapter 248: Infinite Flow: Saving the Crazy Beautiful Person 07

"It hurts……"

Just as everyone else had walked away, Hexian murmured, covered his swollen, bleeding forehead, and used points to redeem a healing item.

During the purification process, the light in his eyes gradually faded and sank further.

Hexian got up, acting all wronged and coquettish toward Zhoucheng, making him feel heartache again.

——

Upon reaching the summit, it was nearly noon, yet there was not a hint of heat; the yin chill in the mountains permeated everywhere, seeping straight into their clothes.

The players on the two tasks went their separate ways, each acting independently.

Perhaps the pain just now left a shadow on Hexian; he no longer dared to speak more, silently following Zhoucheng the whole time.

Following the wine shop granny's instructions, they headed toward the snake cave on the mountaintop.

No, more accurately, it's a snake den.

After passing through the narrow vine-covered passage, the four of them proceeded forward, finally having to stop beside an ancient tree.

They could go no further; ahead lay a tangled, writhing mass of snakes of various colors, filled with hissing sounds.

A snake spotted them, raised its head to inspect.

Hexian was startled, just about to cry out, when Zhoucheng covered his mouth: "Shh, don't speak."

Zhoucheng, at least somewhat experienced, knew they absolutely must not provoke these snakes, or they'd never escape.

Their target, as the granny said, was the giant snake inside the snake cave.

Jin Chen observed the snakes' distribution, preparing to cast a spell to repel them, when he saw Nanyu leisurely yawn and step inside.

The snake swarm actually didn't attack him!

"Why?" Hexian wondered.

Upon hearing this, Nanyu turned his head; standing amid the multicolored snakes in this mist-shrouded, layered mountain range, he showed no panic at all, the cinnabar mark on his forehead shining brightly, like a bewitching spirit grown in the mountains—charming yet dangerous.

He extended his arm toward the few people, fingertips opening, and there in his palm lay the eyeball the granny had intended to force them to eat.

"They should be afraid of this thing."

Zhoucheng furrowed his brows deeply, with an air of pressing for answers: "So you knew all along? But you didn't tell us?"

"Anything in the instance could be a clue—how old are you, do I really need to teach you this?"

Nanyu scoffed, throwing a flirtatious glance at Jin Chen.

"I still have more—do you want some?"

"No need," Jin Chen said, stepping close and taking his hand, the two pressing tightly together—"the effect is the same."

Nanyu lowered his gaze to their joined hands; though it was bitterly cold in the mountains, Jin Chen's hand remained warm, a steady stream of heat flowing into his own palm.

He smiled again, this time a genuine joy that anyone could see.

——"Nanyu! You're a pervert! A lunatic! Nobody would want to get near you! You'll die a horrible death!"

It seemed the curses from his memory rang in his ears again; Nanyu swayed slightly, dazed, and leaned bonelessly into Jin Chen's embrace.

"You've taken my hand—don't ever let go."

Otherwise you'll end up like those others, becoming a soul beneath my blade.

【Detected Villain Heartthrob Value 5, total now 15!】

"Alright, not letting go—let's go."

Jin Chen glanced at the sky; they must obtain the snake gallbladder and descend the mountain as quickly as possible.

They walked forward leaning on each other, basically ignoring the other two.

"How could you leave us here!"

Hexian was still afraid of snakes, and he shouted again.

In response, it wasn't Nanyu turning around, but the snake swarm, suddenly stimulated by the excessive decibels.

Inside the cave.

Here there are far fewer snakes than outside, like guardians, wandering beside the massive boulders; atop the boulders lies a coiled giant python, much larger than the two of them.

It seemed to sense an intruder, suddenly opening its golden, fist-sized eyes; the beast's gaze was fierce, inspiring dread.

"Oh wow, what a huge snake."

Nanyu sighed, his crimson short blade appearing in his hand, ready to strike at any moment.

"I'll draw its attention; you take the chance to get the snake gallbladder."

Jin Chen ruffled his hair, "Don't get obsessed with fighting, got it?"

"Okay, okay."

Such tender persuasion obviously worked on Nanyu; he tilted his head, indicating assent.

The two cooperated for the first time; Jin Chen attacked with a spirit-power-boosted spell, without closing in, yet already provoked the giant python into rage, it shrieked and lunged, its tail thrashing wildly.

He didn't panic, planting his feet on the rock wall, guiding the python to stretch its coiled body apart, exposing its belly, creating an opportunity for Nanyu.

"Hiss—"

The giant python, furious at being toyed with like this, reared up its whole body, opened its maw wide, and lunged to bite Jin Chen.

Nanyu seized the moment, his form flashing; his crimson blade pierced the python's body, sliding down two inches above the snake's gallbladder.

Then, as the python winced from the pain, shrieking and thrashing to fling him off, several poison-glinting silver needles shot from his palm into the python's body.

The snake's gallbladder was extracted.

Nanyu exclaimed, pinched it, and tossed it behind him.

"Catch it!"

Jin Chen's eyelid twitched; he hurriedly flew to catch it, then tore a strip of cloth from himself to wrap it.

This ancestor!

"Hurry up, don't linger in battle!"

Seeing that Nanyu still intended to cut out the snake, Jin Chen shouted.

The advice just given to Nanyu seemed to have been forgotten at the back of his mind, and he made a grimace at Jin Chen.

His figure shifted again, using the swinging momentum, he flew onto the giant python's back, the sharp blade plunged into its head, his whole body jumped down, carving a long narrow wound.

The giant python completely lost its strength, heavily fell onto the stone slab, its head and body severed, its tendons pulled out, flesh and skin separated.

Nanyu smiled, put away his short dagger, picked up that tendon, and used points to exchange it for a tendon whip.

He tested it with his hand; it was very flexible.

But when he looked up again, Jin Chen's figure was nowhere to be seen in the cave.

Nanyu's smile froze on his face.

He chased out of the cave and saw Jin Chen with arms crossed, leaning against the cave wall.

"You're out, let's go."

Jin Chen seemed as if nothing had happened; seeing him come out, he straightened his body.

Nanyu looked left and right, couldn't find any other expression on Jin Chen's face, but he felt uneasy inside, his anger rose, and he let out a snort.

He turned and walked away, not caring that Jin Chen lacked eyes and couldn't defend against snakes.

Jin Chen slowly felt a question mark in his heart.

What's wrong with this ancestor? Wasn't he supposed to let him have a satisfying fight?

He pinched and dispersed the black qi that had separated from the snake gallbladder, then waved his hand to seal the rampant dark aura filling the cave, and followed behind him back.

Then he was completely surrounded by a swarm of snakes, leaving no gaps.

Jin Chen, helpless, could only use hand signs and spells to repel snakes, but the snake swarm was truly huge, and he also carried the snake gallbladder bearing the giant python's aura on his body, making him even more seen as the culprit launching an attack.

Over such a short distance, he still spent a lot of time.

Ah—

Suddenly a shout came from ahead; Jin Chen's brows and eyes instantly became alert—it was Nanyu's voice.

He couldn't bother with anything else, directly used Spiritual Power to scatter all these snakes, rushed out of the snake den, and ran toward the source of the sound.