Shu Jianyue peeked out from behind Chong Jiu and saw a red fire python with horns leap out of the lava, splashing lava everywhere. Its tail was stuck with the spear that Chong Jiu had thrown down.
Chong Jiu raised an eyebrow at the fire python, a pseudo-demigod beast.
Once you become a pseudo-demigod beast, you will be forever barred from being a divine beast in this world.
It seems he ate something he shouldn't have, which is why he looks like this now.
The Fiery Python flung off the spear from its tail, glared at its large, copper-bell-shaped eyes, and roared, "You audacious rat, how dare you injure me!"
"A mere half-grown snake dares to presume to call itself superior." Chong Jiu raised his hand, and the spear returned to his grasp.
If Shu Jianyue hadn't dodged quickly, she would have almost been hit in the face.
Enraged, Shu Jianyue grabbed a piece of flesh from his waist and twisted it halfway around.
Chong Jiu was startled and turned around to look at her in shock.
This intense sourness is something I've never experienced before in my life.
"Hmph..." Shu Jianyue glared at him.
Chong Jiu touched his nose. The pain in his waist felt all too familiar, but this feeling also had a sense of intimacy, as if he and she were getting closer again.
If the location weren't so inconvenient, he would have pulled her into his arms and kissed her tenderly.
I feel like I'm one step closer to getting a permanent position.
The fire python roared as he pulled out the spear, and its blood dripped into the flames, creating a fire dragon with a red center and yellow edges.
I must say, it's quite spectacular.
Shu Jianyue couldn't help but exclaim in surprise, "Wow..."
Chong Jiu's gaze as he looked back at the fire python was no longer so cold, but it still made the fire python shiver involuntarily.
The fire python hadn't sensed it before, but now that it felt the oppressive aura emanating from him, it couldn't help but want to burrow back into his lava.
Chong Jiu looked at him and said, "I need to go down and find something. If you don't stop me, I'll spare your life."
The fire python thought for a moment and realized that apart from the dragon throne, it didn't seem to have anything good below it.
He couldn't possibly want his dragon throne, so he nodded vigorously.
Upon seeing this, Chong Jiu turned to Shu Jianyue and said, "Yuanyue, wait here for a while, I'll go down and get it."
"Okay, go ahead, be careful." Shu Jianyue waved her hand dismissively.
Seeing this, Chong Jiu tapped her forehead, gave the fire python a warning look, and then jumped into the lava.
Shu Jianyue looked at the fire python and said with a smile, "Come on, let's chat for a while, shall we?"
He took out a small folding stool from his spatial storage, unfolded it, and sat down.
Upon seeing this, the fire python involuntarily curled its tail. "You, what do you want to talk about?"
Shu Jianyue pointed upwards, "Did you create these craters?"
The fire python shook its head repeatedly, "It wasn't me, it was the airflow caused by the molten lava."
Shu Jianyue looked him over and found that his leather outfit was very nice, bright red, and quite festive.
The fire python, however, caused goosebumps to appear on its skin, which even the scorching heat couldn't break. "What... what do you want to do? Can you please stop looking at me like that? I'm a little scared."
What's wrong with the outside world? Why is everything so terrifying?
Shu Jianyue's eyes darted around, and she laughed, "What can I do? I can't beat you anyway."
"Hey, can I ask you a question?"
"Wh-what's the problem?" Why does the more I laugh, the more scared I get?
Shu Jianyue grinned and asked, "How often do you peel your skin?"
"Huh?" Although the fire python didn't know how she broke through to ask this question, it still answered truthfully, "She sheds her skin once every five hundred years."
Shu Jianyue's eyes lit up. "So how many times have you peeled your skin in total?"
"Three, three times already." The fire python said, shrinking back, wanting to return to the lava...
"Hey, you've already shed your skin three times. Can I get a new piece of skin from you?" Shu Jianyue said, noticing a burnt smell.
He sniffed and realized the smell was coming from under him.
Looking down, I realized that the stool underneath was about to catch fire—those were stainless steel legs!
Shu Jianyue stood up and kicked the blackened stool into the lava, where it vanished instantly.
Looking up at the fire python, he continued, "Is it alright?"
"Don't worry, you definitely won't suffer any losses."
"You don't seem to be in the right state right now. Eat the fruit I gave you, and I guarantee it will cure your ailment and allow you to successfully evolve into a true divine beast."
The fire python coiled its body up, almost completely encasing itself.
He shook his head and said, "No, we can't just give our skins to other people."
"I didn't ask you to just give them to me. I'll trade with you." Shu Jianyue said, taking out two apples.
The fire python continued to shake its head.
Shu Jianyue narrowed her eyes. Why is he so stubborn?
He tossed the two apples in his hand over and said, "Here, you'll know once you try them."
"Keeping that skin of yours is useless. Wouldn't it be better to be reborn? Rules are rigid, but people are flexible. You have to use your brain, or you'll just be going around in circles."
The fire python caught the two apples, circled them with its tail, brought them to its mouth, and licked them. It smelled the spiritual energy emanating from the fruits, and its eyes bulged.
This, this, this...
"How is it? Is it okay?" Shu Jianyue raised an eyebrow at him.
Even though the fire python was surprised, it still hesitated. From the time it could remember, it knew that it could not give its skin to others. Although it did not know why, it just could not give it to others.
But he also wants this fruit, what should he do?
When Chong Jiu emerged from the molten lava, he saw the two of them staring at each other and couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong?"
Shu Jianyue recounted what had happened and asked, "Did you get the item?"
Chong Jiu nodded and looked at the fire python, saying, "One piece of peeling skin can be exchanged for ten spirit fruits, which can help you purify the shackles on your body. It can not only solve your pseudo-demigod state, but also help you transform into a dragon."
"You need to know that once you lose this opportunity, you will be stuck at the level of a pseudo-demigod for the rest of your life, and you can forget about ever making any further progress."
The fire python buried its head in its curled-up body, and after a while it raised its head and said, "Okay, I'll change, but could you give me more? I'm afraid it won't be enough."
Chong Jiu looked at Shu Jianyue.
Shu Jianyue nodded, "I'll add five more, but no more than that."
"If it's not a bloodline issue, ten is more than enough. But if it is a bloodline issue, then eating more won't help."
The spirit beasts on Mount Fuchen are examples of this; those with hidden bloodline power can evolve, while those that cannot are mostly due to impure bloodlines.
The fire python thought back and realized that it had a bloodline inheritance, so there shouldn't be any problem with its bloodline. If it hadn't recklessly eaten that raging fire fruit, it wouldn't be in this situation now.
The Flame Python took out one of its shed skins and said, "This is my second shed skin, and it's already very good."
Shu Jianyue took a look and thought it was not bad. Although it wasn't as good as the one he had, it was better than nothing.
He put them into his spatial storage and gave him fifteen spirit fruits, all of which were large ones.
For example, watermelon.
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