The moment the little snake touched Chu Hanyan, Chu Hanyan suddenly disappeared from the spot, leaving the little snake anxiously searching for her.

In fact, Chu Hanyan had simply exhausted too much of her magical power, and the excessive consumption of her magical power made it impossible for her to maintain the state of her body leaving the stone bridge, so she returned to the stone bridge.

Chu Hanyan felt that she was really too weak now. If she were still the Netherworld Envoy, such pressure would only be a matter of moving a finger, but now it had almost exhausted all her magic power.

Chu Hanyan could see the scene outside from the stone bridge. Seeing the little snake's anxious appearance, Chu Hanyan was still very gratified. After all, she hadn't saved him in vain, and he even knew how to be grateful.

Chu Hanyan closed her eyes to rest. When she came out of the stone bridge again, the little snake was still coiled next to the stone where she had been sitting.

He was startled as soon as Chu Hanyan approached, and he opened his eyes groggily to look at her.

Upon recognizing Chu Hanyan, his eyes immediately lit up with delight.

"Great, you're back. I thought you'd been hurt by that ugly thing."

The little snake spoke to Chu Hanyan in a childish voice, then realized something was amiss and quickly added something else.

"I know you're very strong, you definitely won't get hurt by it."

Chu Hanyan sat down on the rock again, and the little snake, without any hesitation, coiled around her arm and crawled onto her body.

"What's your name? Why are you here?"

Chu Hanyan frowned at the little snake's movements, but did not chase it away. No one else could see her, only this little snake could, so it must be unusual.

“I was kicked out by my family and ended up here. As for my name, I don’t have one. Why don’t you give me a name?”

The little snake said happily, seemingly looking forward to Chu Hanyan giving him a name.

Chu Hanyan was momentarily lost in thought because of the little snake's words, and then she spoke.

"I won't name you. You can choose one yourself. If you don't know what to name it, I'll call you Little Snake for now."

"So, is Little Snake my name?"

The little snake asked, still somewhat unwilling to give up.

"Of course not. I call you Little Snake because you are a little snake, not because it's your name."

Chu Hanyan explained that the little snake was a little disappointed because Chu Hanyan hadn't given it a name, and then muttered something under its breath.

"Little snake it is, I'll just assume you named it Little Snake anyway."

Chu Hanyan didn't hear what the little snake was muttering because she was reflecting on herself.

Seeing the little snake's disappointed eyes, Chu Hanyan wondered if she had gone too far; he was still just a child.

Chu Hanyan was so concerned about this issue because the little snake reminded her of Ah Shao from back then.

She found him by the Sanzu River; at that time, he was just a very thin and injured little fox.

Out of kindness, she took him home, treated his injuries, and named him Ashao.

At that time, she did not know that Ashao was a nine-tailed fox with blue eyes from the Nine Heavens; she simply treated him as her playmate and took care of him.

Chu Hanyan recalled what Hua Yongge, who controlled the Mirror of Reincarnation, once told her, "You'd better not take a name. Foxes are the most cunning and ruthless. You never know when they'll run away. If you take a name, you'll develop feelings, and you'll be the one who gets hurt."

I didn't pay attention to it at the time, but I never expected that my words would come true.