AWB Chapter 747: Lacking the warmth and humanity of ordinary people
Chapter 747: Lacking the warmth and humanity of ordinary people
Chapter 747: Lacking the warmth and humanity of ordinary people
Gu Heng traveled along the road into the desert.
But after searching for about an hour or two, going further and further away, he still couldn't find any trace of the desert monsters.
"Tsk, could it be that there are no monsters in this desert at all?"
He found it strange that there was a pool of ice spring in this desert, and he couldn't believe that no monsters could live in such a strange place.
Undeterred, Gu Heng continued to delve deeper, and this time he finally found it.
In a collapsed basin, he saw a giant python coiled in the center of the basin. The python was enormous, covered in some kind of rock-like scales, and seemed to be fast asleep.
It doesn't seem to be the season for snakes to hibernate right now.
Gu Heng thought for a moment and decided it was better not to kill the giant python for now. After all, it was just for some food, and it wasn't worth killing such a large creature for a meal.
Let's eat some small snakes instead.
Sure enough, after a casual search, he discovered that the giant python had quite a few offspring.
In a sand cave naturally eroded by wind at the bottom of the basin, Gu Heng saw more than a dozen sand snakes fast asleep, but they were much smaller and looked like they had just hatched from their eggs. However, Gu Heng still focused on one of them.
The sand snake looked to be of normal size and seemed to have been growing for some time.
"It's you!"
Gu Heng waved his hand, lifting up the fattest sand snake. Startled awake, the sand snake hissed angrily, its mouth wide open, flicking its tongue, but after a while, it dared not continue.
"Sigh~"
The sand serpent sensed the calm emanating from the human before it; he was holding itself in his palm, yet remained so calm…
Although it didn't know the person's strength, its instinctive fear made it immediately quiet down.
"I'm going to eat you in a bit."
what?
Eat it?!
Gu Heng ignored the sand snake that was flicking its tongue, and casually pinched it up and down, finding that the meat should be quite plump and taste delicious!
Having caught his prey, Gu Heng didn't linger. Only after he left did the dozen or so sand snakes dare to slowly open their eyes.
But... they glanced at each other, and seemed to read fear in each other's eyes.
……
Ning Hanyan sat by the lake, her small, jade-like feet swinging leisurely. Her gaze lingered on the icy spring, watching the cold mist slowly rising from it, and she couldn't help but sigh.
"Your Majesty, do you really think Sect Leader Hua would come here?"
The golden bird circled above the ice spring, keeping a watchful eye out for any other figures approaching.
“She will. Whenever that girl encounters something troublesome, she either confides in me or comes here to relax and relieve her boredom. Since I am already dead to her, she can only come here.”
Ning Hanyan was very certain. Of course, based on what she said, Jin Niao could only know that she had a close relationship with Hua Yeli, and it didn't seem as simple as it seemed.
"And what happened after you met her?" the golden bird asked again.
"I haven't decided yet." Ning Hanyan thought for a moment and chose to tell the truth.
"Are you planning to take revenge on the Most Demonic Tower?"
"Perhaps, but I've never understood why we absolutely had to conquer that Xuan Tian Realm. My father was besieged and killed by four Immortal Emperors, and it all started with that meaningless battle."
Ning Hanyan stared at the surface of the spring, as if her confusion was reflected in the ripples.
"Golden Bird, do you think what the Demon Tower really wants is a fragment of the world?" she suddenly asked.
"Eh?"
"Well... I can't say for sure. I don't even know what a fragment of the world is."
The golden bird shook its head.
"Hehe, a world fragment, as the name suggests, if there is anything of value left in the Xuan Tian Realm, besides the beings of the Xuan Tian Realm, it is perhaps that world fragment?" Ning Hanyan chuckled.
The golden bird seemed to be awakened as well, and began to ponder.
But for a bird, its brain is actually completely inadequate to think about such complex and obscure questions.
It didn't come to its senses until Gu Heng's figure appeared on the horizon.
……
Gu Heng kicked a unconscious sand snake with his left hand and carried a cloth bag filled with desert spirit fruits in his right hand. He bought these in the oasis town. These fruits tasted somewhat like grapes, but even better.
"Here, eat as much as you like."
"Let me clean this snake and have a good meal!"
Ning Hanyan held a bag of desert spirit fruits in her hands, then looked at Gu Heng, who was preparing to deal with the sand snake in his hand, her eyes filled with doubt. She couldn't understand why a cultivator with such great strength would do something so inconsistent with his status.
She was clearly a maid, and this kind of work shouldn't be her doing. Instead, her master should be able to do whatever he wanted.
But looking at Mr. Gu now, it seems that's not the case.
It has such a down-to-earth, everyday feel to it.
However, Ning Hanyan's attention was actually focused on the sand snake in Gu Heng's hand.
She recognized the snake.
This is the overlord of the monsters in this desert, the Spirit Serpent King, whose strength is at the tenth level of the Demon Emperor realm. Strictly speaking, this serpent is also loyal to her, but Ning Hanyan has never regarded this monster as her subordinate.
The gap between monsters and humans is so vast that it's difficult for them not to repel each other, let alone become friends or subordinates.
Moreover, Ning Hanyan remembered that this snake had offspring, and it was a single offspring, but she hadn't seen it for who knows how many years. Perhaps its offspring also had offspring by now...
Mr. Gu actually managed to sneak into the lair of the Serpent King, then grabbed it and planned to eat it directly?
This doesn't really have that "human touch" anymore.