He Tiantian treated everyone around her with a grateful heart. However, reaching middle age, she discovered she had been living inside a full-bodied lie.
Returning to the year 1970, He Tianti...
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After the Snake King emerged from seclusion, most of his adult younger siblings were able to stand on their own, and the clan of the Great Elders, who had always coveted the Spirit Snake Clan, had been wiped out by the Snake King.
The entire Spirit Serpent Royal Family lineage is now firmly under the control of the Spirit Serpent Clan.
Now that things had stabilized, the Snake King decided to go out and gain experience, seeking new breakthroughs.
"Father, Mother, I want to go out and gain experience," said the Snake King. "Now my younger siblings can stand on their own, and our royal family's power is already quite great. Even if I'm not around, nothing will happen."
The Serpent Queen frowned and asked, "Xian'er, aren't you going to get married?"
"Not yet," the Snake King replied. He didn't want to mate with any spirit snake until he had let go of his obsession with He Tiantian.
Thinking back to the previous battle, everyone thought their son was dead, but he came back.
Is it because my son was injured in that great battle and is no longer fit to get married?
Feeling a bit speechless under his mother's scrutiny, the Snake King said, "Mother, I'm perfectly healthy and normal. I just don't have a woman I like and don't want to get married."
"Uh... So many cousins from your uncle's family, not one of them is worthy of your attention?" said the Serpent Queen. Although her eldest brother had acted dishonestly before, he had been humble and apologetic all these years. Naturally, she hoped that her son and niece would get married to maintain the alliance between the two families.
The Snake King shook his head and said, "I don't like it. Mother, don't make the decision for me. Anyway, I don't want to get married. Alright, I've said what I needed to say, and I've already arranged for my younger siblings' cultivation. I'm leaving now."
Seeing this, the Serpent King quickly stepped forward and said, "Son, don't worry, we as your parents won't make things difficult for you. Just take care of yourself while you're out there alone. Fight if you can win, run if you can't. Face doesn't matter, your life is more important."
Hearing his father's words, the Snake King smiled and said, "Thank you, Father. I will remember it and will definitely return safely to bring you and Mother a unique gift."
After the Snake King finished speaking, he bowed to his father and mother, then used a secret technique to travel thousands of miles in an instant and left Spirit Snake Island.
The Serpent Queen was heartbroken that her son had left.
"Are you really going to let your son go out and gain experience? He's so young," said the Serpent Queen. "He should at least get married and have children before he goes out to gain experience!"
The Serpent King sighed, "You, a mother, how can you be so careless? Didn't you see the sadness, reluctance, and longing in your son's eyes when we mentioned marriage?"
"Huh?" Queen Ling Snake was taken aback. "You mean our son has a girl he likes outside?"
"It should be," said the Serpent King. "And he loves her very deeply!"
"That won't do!" said Queen Spirit Serpent. "Our Spirit Serpent clan doesn't intermarry with outsiders. Xian'er can't break the clan's rules, after all, he's the future king of our Spirit Serpent clan!"
“But look at how earnestly he teaches his younger siblings, and his carefree demeanor, it proves that he doesn’t care about the throne,” said the Serpent King. “I suspect that he must have had some extraordinary encounters during the years he was wandering outside.”
“Ke Xian’er is the most capable,” said the Serpent Queen. “Everyone admires him. If it were someone else, they might not be able to win people’s respect.”
"These are all just our guesses. We'll ask our son about it when he gets back. You can't make decisions about Xian'er's marriage on your own. Otherwise, if he disagrees and gets angry, he might run away from home, which would be even more difficult to handle," said the Serpent King. He both loved and hated this son.
Because of this son, his position as the Serpent King was secure.
However, this child was also disobedient and did everything according to his own ideas, which made his father, the king, very helpless.
I just hope my son can come to his senses soon and stop doing such messy things.
Come back safely, get married, and inherit the throne properly.
The island of Spirit Serpent is now peaceful, and the Serpent King can go out to train without worry.
During his training, he walked aimlessly forward using only his two feet.
He climbs mountains when he encounters mountains, swims in rivers when he encounters rivers, and personally deals with any fierce and troublesome monsters he comes across.
The more you travel, the more you see and learn, and the more you gain along the way.
However, when the night is deep and quiet, the Snake King will still think about what happened in the human world.
Those were all trivial matters, but in the heart of the Snake King, they were always remembered clearly.
During a battle with a giant deer spirit, the Snake King felt a burning sensation from the essence of water in his palm.
The Snake King guessed that He Tiantian was in trouble, but it was currently fighting and could not leave.
After all, tearing open a spatial rift takes a very long time.
Hopefully, Huo Yingjie can arrive as soon as possible to prevent He Tiantian from being harmed by supernatural forces.
Previously, the Snake King had held back, but now he was in a hurry and stopped playing with the Giant Deer Spirit. He used his strongest attack, which struck the Giant Deer Spirit squarely in the face.
The giant deer spirit bled from all seven orifices, and its meridians were completely severed.
The Snake King also lost most of his power in this battle. He directly swallowed the essence of the Giant Deer Spirit, then found a place to refine it, so that he would have enough energy to tear open the spatial barrier.
The Snake King now has enough power to tear open the barrier of the past. Huo Yingjie doesn't like him, and he will drive him away after the period ends.
The easiest way to get rid of him is to tear open the barrier space of the demon realm and send him away.
It took the Snake King a full day and night to finish refining it. Then he found a secluded spot and began to tear through space.
Because of the location of He Tiantian's essence, the Snake King can directly locate He Tiantian's position.
The Snake King used almost two-thirds of its energy to tear through space, and immediately the ferocious beasts within a ten-mile radius dared not approach and fled.
I'm just curious about those with great strength.
Seeing that someone could open a spatial barrier made me very curious about the outside world, and I wanted to go and see it too.
The Snake King dared not let these monsters pass, but he had exhausted too much energy. As he passed through the barrier gate, two animals rushed into the human world like lightning.
The Snake King was annoyed, but it was powerless to stop them and could only watch helplessly as the two creatures passed by.
The Snake King quickly closed the barrier, keeping the following monsters outside.
The snake king came along with the first one, which was moving too fast for him to see clearly. The second one was a red fox.
The Snake King was focused on rescuing He Tiantian as soon as possible, so he didn't chase after them.
He placed a tracking spell on the two creatures, intending to bring them back when he had time, to prevent them from harming humanity in the human realm.
Only then did the Snake King notice his surroundings.