Seeing Li Changzhou looking at her with a grin, She Man'er wished she could whip him with her tail.

"Where should we go for a stroll later?" Li Changzhou asked.

“Not today.” She Man’er’s face showed reluctance. “At the Heaven-Mending Assembly, all members of the Nuwa clan have to go to the Nuwa Palace. Zhou Lang, you go to the Heaven-Mending Hall and wait for me. I’ll come find you as soon as I come out.”

"Okay, you go first, I'll wait for you."

She Man'er hugged Li Changzhou, waved goodbye reluctantly, and after taking two steps, revealed her snake tail and slithered away quickly.

Li Changzhou strolled slowly away from the platform and walked down the mountain path.

Looking around, the path winds along the mountainside like a vine, and training platforms are built one after another on both sides of the path, like leaves growing on the vine.

At first glance, it even resembles a terraced field.

"Why are you so slow? I have things to do today!" She Yi'er jumped out from behind a tree and pounced into Li Changzhou's arms.

Li Changzhou smiled and put his arm around her slender waist, then they walked around on the mountain path high in the clouds.

She Yi'er wrapped her arms around his neck and giggled, her girlish laughter clear and crisp.

"I taught you correctly, didn't I? I saw you being praised." Li Changzhou put her down.

"Hmph!" Snake Yi'er laughed and turned her face to him.

"Hmph?" Li Changzhou pinched the tip of her nose.

"I'll humph!" Snake Yi'er let him pinch the tip of her nose, her smile revealing sharp snake fangs. "It's because I'm smart, not because you taught me well. I already knew those moves a long time ago!"

"Yes, yes, Miss Yi'er is the smartest, a natural genius, but... I wonder if she'll have time to bathe and change before going to the Nuwa Palace?"

"ah!

"She Yi'er glanced at the sky, her face turning pale. "It's all your fault! It's all your fault! It's all your fault! I have to go right now!"

"Where to?" Li Changzhou grabbed her slender shoulders and asked with a grin.

"Let go! It's really too late! If we can't get to the Nuwa Temple before the worship ceremony, I'll be expelled from the Nuwa clan!"

The snake, Yi'er, broke free, swam its tail, and quickly ran towards the post station at the foot of the mountain road.

We arrived at the post station.

"Haha! Snake Yi'er, huh? Serves you right for being so arrogant!"

"Snake Blue!" Snake Yi'er roared in fury.

There was only one bird left at the post station. She Lan and her siblings rode on it. If they couldn't get on this last bird, they would definitely be late.

"Lie down!" the blue snake hissed. "Lie down and I'll take you away!"

"Snake Blue, how dare you stop me from going? Aren't you afraid I'll tell the elders?" Snake Yi'er said angrily.

"Complain? So what if you complain? At worst, I'll sweep the Holy Serpent Mountain for three years, while you, Serpent Yi'er, my great genius, will be expelled from the Nuwa Clan!"

She Yi'er's face turned pale instantly.

"Lie down or not?!" Snake Blue shouted.

"Get down!"

"Get down on your knees, Sister Lan!"

The others joined in the shouting.

Snake Blue urged the flying bird forward, and the bird took a few steps and then began to run.

"Are you going to lie down or not?" Snake Blue asked finally.

"Even if I die, I will never bow down to you!"

"I gave you a chance! Now you can just die out there! Go!"

boom!

The birds burst off the platform, their enormous wings whipping up a strong wind. Snake Yi'er's hair was disheveled, and she clenched her fists as she watched the last bird carrying Snake Blue disappear into the clouds.

She curled up on the ground, burying her face in the snake's tail.

Li Changzhou walked slowly with his hands behind his back, whistling as he approached. When he got there, he smiled and asked, "Why are you crying?"

She Yi'er picked up a stone and threw it.

Li Changzhou reached out and grabbed the stone, weighing it in his hand: "My love is deep, is this our token of love?"

He put the stone into his pocket with a grin.

"You're still laughing!" She Yi'er suddenly sat up and pounded his chest with both hands. "I'm about to be kicked out of the Nuwa Clan!"

“Does crying help if you don’t laugh?” Li Changzhou grabbed her hands and wiped away her tears. “If you are kicked out, I will go with you. We will become wandering knights together, traveling from the Southern Wilderness to the Northern Sea, and seeing all the scenery in the world.”

She seemed not to see the snake and burst into tears.

After a long while, she reluctantly accepted reality and asked in a tearful voice, "Are you serious?"

"If I'm lying, may a shooting star fall from the sky and hit me."

“…Hmm.” She Yi’er wiped away her tears again. “Where should we go first? I’m not familiar with the outside world at all.”

“I don’t know where to go. I used to just go wherever the wind blew.”

"Alright!" Snake Yi'er, with her resolute character, gritted her teeth and said, "From now on, we'll follow the wind!"

"Haha!" Li Changzhou laughed loudly.

She Yi'er smiled slightly.

However—

"You've changed your mind?" She Yi'er immediately pressed.

"Before I left, I actually had a way to get to the Nuwa Temple before the sacrificial ceremony began."

"...What?!" Snake Yi'er's eyes widened.

Li Changzhou laughed heartily, wrapped his arm around her slender waist, and soared into the sky.

A fierce wind howled, and the clear water of Snake Valley clung to her face, making it difficult for Snake Yi'er to breathe.

She saw the path stretching out, and the training platforms, which were usually unimaginably large, were as small as leaves. In the blink of an eye, the vines formed by the training platforms disappeared, and countless palaces, pavilions, thatched huts, and wooden houses appeared in her eyes like sesame seeds.

In the blink of an eye, all of that disappeared, and she saw Mount Sacred Serpent.

The grasslands that I could never run out of, the flowers that I could never see the end of, and the snake valley that I could never swim to the other side of, have all turned into ribbons, like beautiful patches on clothes, inlaid on the Holy Snake Mountain.

My dear reader, there's more to this chapter! Please click the next page to continue reading—even more exciting content awaits!