The next day, Zhao Yuwei originally intended to go with Xiao Feng and the Nine-Headed Lion.
But Xiao Feng refused.
"You stay here and teach these lion demons how to refine pills. I see that some of them are quite good at spiritual sense and also have a good memory of those herbs."
"See if you can teach them, even if it's just to refine some of the simplest pills."
Zhao Yuwei looked at Xiao Feng with a puzzled expression and asked, "Why won't you let me go with you?"
Xiao Feng changed the subject, but Zhao Yuwei quickly understood his meaning, knowing that he was afraid she would be in danger.
Zhao Yuwei realized that her cultivation level might indeed be a burden to Xiao Feng.
This time, the Nine-Headed Lion will go with Xiao Feng to deal with the Devouring Python. Even if I don't go with him, there won't be any major problems.
Xiao Feng was still thinking about how to persuade Zhao Yuwei to stay in the territory of the Lion Demon Clan.
Zhao Yuwei spoke first: "Alright, I don't want to go over there either, so I'll stay here and teach those talented little lion demons how to refine pills. You all must come back safely."
Looking at Zhao Yuwei, who understood his feelings, Xiao Feng embraced her and whispered in her ear, "Wait for me to come back."
Xiao Feng and the Nine-Headed Lion left together, their figures quickly disappearing into the distance.
Zhao Yuwei stood there, watching the two fly away, before sighing silently and turning her head to look at the lion demons behind her who were also looking at their lion king with worried eyes.
Zhao Yuwei selected the lion demons that he had previously favored.
“You guys have good talent, and your ability to identify herbs is also quite good. Would you like to learn how to refine pills from me? Anyone else who wants to learn how to identify herbs and refine pills can also come to me.”
Many of the little lion demons who were interested in this topic gathered around Zhao Yuwei, and she began to teach them the most basic herb identification.
After leaving the territory, Xiao Feng and the Nine-Headed Lion quickly arrived outside the Devouring Python's cave.
Through listening to Taotie last night, Xiao Feng also learned that the Devouring Python was now hiding in a cave beneath a pool of water.
Looking at the icy pool in front of him, Xiao Feng's extremely strong divine sense could sense that the Devouring Python's aura beneath the pool had undergone a slight change.
Xiao Feng and the Nine-Headed Lion exchanged a glance, probably neither of them expecting that the Devouring Python's injuries could heal so quickly.
A moment later, Xiao Feng suddenly remembered that Taotie had come to inform him yesterday.
Xiao Feng felt a little embarrassed. He coughed and then whispered to the Nine-Headed Lion.
"I almost forgot, Taotie sneaked over to the Devouring Python last night and tipped it off that we would be coming to deal with it."
Upon hearing Xiao Feng's telepathic message, the Nine-Headed Lion glanced at Xiao Feng helplessly, its eyes reproaching him for not controlling his contracted beast.
Xiao Feng couldn't explain it either, and scratched his head awkwardly before expressing his apology to the nine-headed lion with his eyes.
"It won't happen again. Of all my ferocious beasts, this is the only one that's disobedient," Xiao Feng said succinctly.
Xiao Feng did not tell the Nine-Headed Lion that Taotie had been drained of all its cultivation by him and had turned into dust and died.
This doesn't seem like a legitimate or orthodox magic technique, and this method also applies to the Nine-Headed Lion.
Xiao Feng didn't want the Nine-Headed Lion to be overly wary of him.
"Prepare to make your move." The Nine-Headed Lion no longer blamed Xiao Feng for the Taotie incident.
Anyway, the Devouring Python should have known that it would come back to cause him trouble sooner or later when it attacked him.
Now, he was merely working alongside Xiao Feng.
"Ten-thousand-year-old Devouring Python, I've come to take your life!" The nine-headed lion declared war first.
But the Devouring Python hiding beneath the Cold Pool Cave did not react at all.
Xiao Feng also stood outside and challenged the Devouring Python.
But the Devouring Python was determined to play dead to the very end.
No matter how much Xiao Feng and the Nine-Headed Lion provoke him, the Devouring Python just stays hidden in the cold pool and refuses to come out.
"It thinks it'll work if it doesn't come out? Let's go down!"
After provoking them for so long, the two of them were also angered by the feigning death of the Devouring Python and prepared to go down into the icy pool.
At that moment, the Devouring Python below the icy pool finally showed some reaction.
Before Xiao Feng and his companion could even descend, the Devouring Python had already burst out of the cave on its own.
"Human, don't go too far!" This time, the Devouring Python did not use its original form to deal with Xiao Feng, but instead transformed into human form.
The humanoid form of the Devouring Python looked like a young boy.
Xiao Feng coldly stared at the Devouring Python, which raised its hand to attack him first. Xiao Feng dodged it without any surprise.
"Human, you were the one who came to my territory to provoke me. I didn't kill you and let you leave, which was already very merciful. Do you still want to pursue me relentlessly?"
The Devouring Python angrily questioned Xiao Feng.
Xiao Feng didn't underestimate the Devouring Python either, and calmly said, "Just think of me as someone who doesn't like you and covets your treasure, so I came here to kill you and steal it!"
Xiao Feng's confident and assertive attitude only fueled the Devouring Python's anger.
With a roar, the Devouring Python charged at Xiao Feng once more.
Xiao Feng was agile and did not confront the Devouring Python head-on. Instead, he began to dodge the python in the jungle that the python was familiar with.
Xiao Feng's actions infuriated the Devouring Python, which opened its mouth and spewed out a mouthful of poisonous gas.
Xiao Feng leaped to the top of a very tall tree and, seeing the Devouring Python's attack method, quickly leaned back and fell to the ground.
The Devouring Python leaped down, and Xiao Feng unleashed his pent-up spiritual power directly at it.
The Devouring Python tilted its head back, barely dodging Xiao Feng's attack, and then raised its leg to kick Xiao Feng again.
The Nine-Headed Lion has not yet joined the battle between Xiao Feng and the Devouring Python.
Its task is to directly attack the Devouring Python's reverse scale when it reveals it.
During the battle between Xiao Feng and the Devouring Python, Xiao Feng keenly noticed that the Devouring Python's strength seemed to have increased considerably.
Xiao Feng was unsure whether Taotie had given the Devouring Python anything else.
But the fact that the Devouring Python recovered from its injuries so quickly was clearly not right.
"Do you think that just because I am seriously injured, you can take this opportunity to defeat me?"
The Devouring Python seemed to see the doubt in Xiao Feng's eyes and spoke sarcastically.
“Even if you weren’t seriously injured, defeating you would be a piece of cake for me!” Xiao Feng replied.
The Devouring Python roared, its leg movements becoming even faster.
The prototype of the Devouring Python is indeed a python; its leg movements are much more skillful than Xiao Feng's.
Xiao Feng was unable to suppress the Devouring Python for a time.
During the fight with the Devouring Python, Xiao Feng seized an opportunity to give the Nine-Headed Lion a meaningful look.
The nine-headed lion leaned against the mountain wall and watched, seemingly uninvolved in the struggle between humans and demons.
This caused the Devouring Python to gradually lower its guard against the Nine-Headed Lion, focusing all its attention on Xiao Feng and determined to kill him right in front of it.
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