At the foot of Weishan Mountain, by the stream near Zhangjiacun.

"hiss……"

A small green snake is hiding in the rock crevices of the stream, using the impact of the water flow to continuously carry its own body temperature.

As a cold-blooded animal, the current body temperature of the little green snake is still about four or five degrees higher than normal, even after being hit by water in the past few days.

Fortunately, the little green snake is not an ordinary cold-blooded animal. It has half a foot in the category of "monster" and has gradually adapted to the state after being burned by the pure Yang true fire.

And as time goes by, the body temperature of the little green snake will slowly return to normal.

According to the little cyan snake's own estimation, at least after tonight, the remaining influence of the Pure Yang True Fire will all fade away.

"Are you sure you took the wrong path? Is it here?"

Just as the little green snake was thinking about how to find the mandrill next, a very familiar voice suddenly came from the mountain trail not far away.

Almost instinctively sluggish, the little green snake immediately turned its head, and then as expected saw Pei Wende scratching his head.

"hiss……"

Sticking out his tongue in disbelief, the little green snake was about to avoid Pei Wende, but he was surprised to find that the lone wolf who had led him before was standing behind him fearfully.

After the battle with the mandrill, the little green snake thought that the lone wolf had either died in the aftermath of the battle or had escaped early.

But judging from the current situation, it seems that Pei Wende has captured this lone wolf?

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"Ouch..."

Like a tamed domestic dog, the lone wolf followed Pei Wende cautiously, but his voice became quieter and quieter as he approached the creek.

It was obvious that the lone wolf's keen sense of smell made it detect something.

The big green-scaled snake was hiding in the creek at the moment, and the oppressive feeling that made it frightened was spreading silently nearby.

So the closer to the creek, the more timid and fearful the lone wolf becomes.

Until the end, no matter what Pei Wende called, it was no longer willing to take even half a step forward.

"..."

Glancing speechlessly at this lone wolf, who was more timid than a rabbit, Pei Wende simply stopped forcing him and turned his attention to the rushing stream.

Although he looked down upon the timidity of this lone wolf, Pei Wende did not ignore the meaning behind his timidity.

On the contrary, after seeing Lone Wolf's abnormal behavior, Pei Wende has repeatedly mentioned the danger of this creek, directly elevating it to the same level of crisis as Mulian Temple.

"To be so close to human settlements is a bit unlike the behavior of those monsters."

"If no one outside knew that my destination today was Zhangjiacun, I would have doubted that you knew my itinerary in advance, so you came here in advance to wait for me."

Using complaints to relieve the pressure in his heart, Pei Wende felt that his "meddling" this time was indeed correct.

If he hadn't known about the anomaly that happened in Weishan in advance, he wouldn't have followed the clues to find this place, let alone know that there was a monster hidden just two hundred steps away from the village.

"Hey, I know you can understand what I'm saying. If you're here, just respond to me?"

Originally, Pei Wende just wanted to test the monster that might be hiding in this stream, and did not expect to find the other party's hiding place directly.

But what he never expected was that as soon as he spoke his words, a counter-rotating vortex suddenly appeared in the center of the rapid stream.

The next moment, an emerald green snake with bamboo leaves suddenly emerged from the center of the whirlpool, with humanized surprise and confusion in its eyes.

Although the other party did not speak, Pei Wende could still see the thoughts in the little green snake's heart from the way it glanced at the lone wolf from time to time.

——How do you know I'm here? Did that good-for-nothing wolf tell you?

Just through the brief exchange of eyes, Pei Wende felt as if he completely understood the thoughts of the green snake.

[Not even the monsters in this class are good! They were deceived so easily!]

This strange and subtle feeling made Pei Wende sigh that these beasts who became spirits are still not as cunning as real humans.

If he were a monster who had experienced it in the human world, he would definitely not be provoked by him in such a simple way.

Of course, what Pei Wende didn't know was that if it were someone else or some other monster, the little green snake would definitely not be fooled so easily.

However, there was already a wonderful fate between the little green snake and Pei Wende.

Coupled with the lone wolf's timid behavior, it did not suspect that Pei Wende was deceiving him.

"Don't be angry, I actually don't mean anything malicious!"

Seeing that the little green snake's eyes were gradually becoming impatient, Pei Wende immediately raised his hands and explained.

"I just saw the traces left by you and other monsters in the forest. It happened that this timid wolf was pinned down by the trunk of a big tree, so I let it help me lead the way down."

Out of some intuition that Pei Wende himself could not explain, he did not regard this little green snake that looked "very small" and "very weak" as an enemy.

"I don't know what happened between you, but I thought maybe I could help you."

When he said this, Pei Wende pointed at the burn marks on the scales of the little green snake.

Compared to the little green snake that had taken its "camouflage ability" to the extreme, the high-temperature burn marks on its body surface that were similar to those in the mountains were what really made Pei Wende feel bad.

Moreover, Pei Wende believed in Lone Wolf's "cowardice and fear of getting into trouble."

Without knowing the specific details of the battle in Yunzhong, Lone Wolf dared to bring himself in front of this little green snake, which shows that even if this little green snake is not the weakest party in the battle, it is definitely the friendlier party.

[Or both?]

He didn't know what Pei Wende was thinking, nor did he care what the other party was thinking.

The little green snake just looked at Pei Wende up and down seriously. After confirming that he did not hate or fear it like others, the surprise on its face became even stronger.

As for what Pei Wende said can help relieve the pure yang true fire in his body?

The little green snake didn't take this matter to heart. Anyway, even if these traces were ignored, they would naturally disappear in a few days.

"hiss……"

It's like thinking and making a decision.

Just when Pei Wende thought that the little green snake would completely reject him, it actually swam towards him along the stream.
Chapter completed!