Two days later, in the sky above the endless Cross Mountain Range, two figures streaked across the sky like streaks of light before finally coming to a stop above a mountain peak.
"It should be around here." Jianchen's luxurious robes fluttered violently in the wind as he scanned the area below him with a serious expression.
The ancestor of the Jiede family, Jiede Tai, had white hair and a youthful complexion. He wore a white robe as he hovered beside Jianchen. His eyes shone brightly as he scanned the area and asked, "Jianchen, what are you doing here? Are you here to hunt a powerful magical beast?"
"There should be a powerful Golden-striped Silver Snake nearby. I want to see if I can tame it." Jianchen whispered.
Jiede Tai's expression changed at the mention of the Golden-striped Silver Snake. He exclaimed, "The Golden-striped Silver Snake is a member of the royal family of snakes and is extremely rare on the Tian Yuan Continent. It is an ancient beast with an extremely powerful battle prowess. Its venom is especially potent, ranking in the top three of all the poisons on the Tian Yuan Continent. It is not easy to deal with and taming it will not be easy. Unless you do it while it is still young, once it matures and possesses a certain level of intelligence, it will be impossible to tame it."
Jianchen found Jiede Tai's words to be very reasonable. He pondered for a moment before nodding, "The Golden-striped Silver Snake is just too rare on the Tian Yuan Continent. Regardless of whether I can tame it or not, I must go and take a look. Jiede Tai, you stay here and watch over it. I will go and find its nest. If I need your help, I will call for you."
"Don't be reckless. The venom released by the Silver Striped Golden Snake is very strong. There is no antidote in the world that can cure it. Although you have a strong physique, you still haven't mastered the power of space. If you encounter a Silver Striped Golden Snake that has the strength of a Class 6 Magical Beast, you won't be able to deal with its venom. If you are poisoned, it will be troublesome." Jiede Tai said with a serious face.
Although he was still a little dissatisfied with being Jianchen's lackey, he was also a person with foresight. He knew that Jianchen's talent was terrifying and if he followed him, he might be able to gain unexpected benefits in the future. Even if he couldn't break through to the Holy Emperor realm like Jianchen had said, he would at least be able to gain a powerful backer for the Jiede Family.
"Don't worry, I have my own ways to deal with his poison." Jianchen said without a care. Ignoring the fact that he had already cultivated the Body of Ten Thousand Poisons, just the Primal Chaos Body gave him a very strong resistance to poison.
After that, Jianchen had Jiede Tai stay where he was while he went to look for the Silver Striped Golden Snake's lair alone.
Jian Chen used the boiling blood in his body as a response while using the senses of his soul to search a radius of several dozen kilometers. Finally, he locked onto a tall mountain peak twenty kilometers away. The senses of his soul enveloped the entire mountain peak. As expected, he found a cave in an extremely well-hidden location halfway up the mountain. His senses passed through the cave, but he did not discover the existence of the Golden-striped Silver Snake.
"As expected, it is a Silver Striped Golden Snake that has reached the seventh rank." Jianchen murmured to himself. He immediately descended from the sky and landed in front of the hidden cave. He smashed a stone slab blocking the entrance to the cave with a single punch before walking in with large strides.
The cave was very deep, twisting and turning all the way down into the ground. It was pitch-black and pitch-black, but the darkness didn't affect Jianchen at all. It was as bright as day in his eyes.
Jianchen walked down the cave for several hundred meters before finally arriving in a huge cave a thousand meters in diameter. The walls of the cave were covered with fist-sized luminous pearls that emitted a gentle white light, illuminating the entire cave.
In the center of the cave, there was a two meter tall stone platform. A two meter long golden snake with the thickness of a finger was coiled on top of the platform. Two lines of gold and silver intersected on its back. The snake's thumb sized head was raised high, and its small eyes stared at Jianchen, the uninvited guest.
Jianchen smiled as he stared at the golden snake. Although the small snake looked unremarkable, he didn't dare to underestimate it in the slightest. He cupped his hands and said, "I am Jianchen. Today, I have rashly come to visit. If I have been disrespectful, please forgive me!"
"Human, you have some guts. You actually dare to intrude into my cave. You really don't know the difference between life and death." The golden snake's mouth slightly opened and closed as it spoke. Its voice was like muffled thunder that echoed throughout the cave. From that sharp voice, it was impossible to distinguish whether it was a man or a woman.
Jianchen didn't care about the Silver Striped Golden Snake's threat at all. He continued to smile and said, "Sir, I have specially come to visit today because I have something to offer. This item should be of great help to you!"
Hearing this, the Silver Striped Golden Snake's small eyes flickered as it said, "I can sense the scent of my kind on you. You once used the blood of my kind to refine a body that is impervious to poison."
"That's right! I once encountered a young Golden-striped Silver Snake in the Magical Beast Mountain Range. It took me a herculean effort to kill it and obtain its body. I then used its blood essence to cultivate a body that was impervious to all poisons. I still have its body with me to this day, and it's in perfect condition. " Jianchen immediately took out the corpse of the Silver Striped Golden Snake that had been stored in his Space Ring for several years. Due to the lack of air and time within the Space Ring, the time inside was equivalent to a straight line. As a result, the corpse of the Silver Striped Golden Snake that Jianchen had killed all those years ago still retained its original appearance, without the slightest change.
As soon as it saw the corpse of its kind in Jianchen's hands, the Silver Striped Golden Snake's eyes burned intensely. Soon after, with a flash of golden light, it pounced towards Jianchen with extreme speed. It opened its mouth and bit towards the corpse in Jianchen's hands.
Jian Chen faintly smiled and used the Illusory Flash. He casually took a step forward and instantly crossed a distance of over ten meters to avoid the Silver Striped Gold Snake's ambush. With a flip of his hand, he immediately stored the corpse of the Silver Striped Gold Snake into his Space Ring.
"Hiss!" The Silver Striped Golden Snake spat out. It turned into a golden streak of light and shot towards Jianchen with even greater speed. It opened its mouth wide, revealing its sharp fangs, and directly bit towards Jianchen's neck.
With a thought, Jianchen filled his body with Chaotic Force, pushing the defences of the Chaotic Body to the limits. He then clenched his hand into a fist and punched towards the Silver Striped Golden Snake.
"Bang!" The fist and the Silver Striped Golden Snake collided, producing a heavy sound. The entire cave shook. The Silver Striped Golden Snake had never thought that Jianchen's punch would be so powerful. Caught off guard, its petite body was directly blown away. It heavily slammed into the wall behind it, creating a huge hole in it.
After the clash, the Silver Striped Golden Snake seemed to understand that Jianchen was not as easy to deal with as it had imagined him to be. It hovered in the air unscathed as it stared at Jianchen with its beady eyes. It said, "You're not weak, but you're still not my opponent. Give me the corpse of one of your kind, and I'll spare your life!"
Jianchen swung his slightly numb right arm. He was also surprised by the Silver Striped Golden Snake's defences. He said, "I've specially come today to offer you this, but there's no such thing as a free lunch in the world. It took me a lot of effort to obtain this, so I can't just give it to you for free."
"Then what do you want from me?" The Silver Striped Golden Snake asked.
"I want you to follow me for ten years. The item in my hand will naturally belong to you," said Jianchen.
The Silver Striped Golden Snake's eyes shone with an ominous light as a powerful killing intent radiated from its body. It laughed out of anger and said, "Human, you're far too naive. You want me, the great Nubis, to follow you for ten years? Even the Holy Emperor doesn't have the qualifications, let alone you."
Jianchen chuckled and said, "I think you should know better than me just how important the corpses of your own kind are to you. The Silver Striped Golden Snake is an ancient beast, so it has many strange aspects to it. The greatest difference between it and normal magical beasts is that it can evolve by consuming the corpses of its own kind. Not only will its strength increase by a large margin, its battle prowess will also increase by a large margin. It's just a pity that the Silver Striped Golden Snake is just too rare on the Tian Yuan Continent. It's extremely difficult to even find one, so this has put an end to your greed of consuming your own kind to quickly increase your strength. The one in my hand right now is something that you can only come across by chance. Although it only has the strength of a Class 3 Magical Beast, it will still be of great help to you. I'm using it to exchange for ten years of your time, so you don't seem to be losing out at all. Instead, you've profited greatly."
"Human, what you said is correct. Swallowing our own kind can indeed allow us to evolve. This is because within us Golden-Striped Silver Snakes, there is a type of Origin Essence that only we can discover. Moreover, only we can absorb it. This Origin Essence is extremely beneficial to us. If we absorb a certain amount of Origin Essence, it can even allow us to evolve into the legendary Divine Beasts. However, have you ever thought that if I kill you, I can still obtain the corpse of my own kind from you?" As it spoke, the body of the Silver Striped Golden Snake in the air rapidly changed, turning into a skinny young man very quickly. He wore golden clothes, had golden eyes, and long golden hair. He was extremely handsome, and from his appearance, he was around the same age as Jianchen. They were both in their early twenties.
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