"Are you... smiling at me?" Zhu Yi wasn't quite sure, but the black snake's curved lips and kind vertical pupils were all radiating goodwill.
"Hiss~" A long red tongue gently stretched out and carefully landed on Zhu Yi's palm, cool and ticklish, making Zhu Yi a little uncomfortable.
This dream was strange. It didn't immediately continue the grudges and entanglements between Xiao Zhuyi, Jiang Lin, and Jiang Chenying from their previous life. Instead, the big black snake took her to a place.
Walking along the verdant mossy path, Zhu Yi looked up and saw white clouds floating like jade in the sky, their ever-changing forms faintly visible in the fleeting light and shadow.
Deep in the bamboo forest, a small bamboo house surrounded by a fence has its windows slightly ajar, and colorful flowers bloom in front of the windows, vying for attention.
Standing by the window, Zhu Yi saw a small pond dug across from her, filled with graceful pink lotus flowers. She felt a pang of sadness; for some reason, just seeing the flowers and plants in the courtyard of the small bamboo house made her heart ache.
There were still faint traces of fire next to the stove, and some leftover food from last night was still on the stone table.
One or two bamboo stalks are always covered with morning dew. In such a secluded place, every detail shows the owner's desire to retreat from the mortal world.
"What do you want to show me by leading me here?" Zhu Yi reached out, wanting to touch the big black snake's head, but dared not.
As if sensing something, the black snake transformed and coiled itself around Zhu Yi's wrist.
A tiny little lump, gently coiled up, is extremely adorable.
Zhu Yi quietly walked to the window, crouched down and looked inside. Inside the bamboo hut, Jiang Lin, with a human body and a snake tail, smiled faintly and carefully carved a white jade hairpin.
Time seemed to stand still at that moment. Zhu Yi stared blankly at the hairpin in Jiang Lin's hand—it looked like a lantern. Tears suddenly fell down her cheeks. At this moment, Zhu Yi was absolutely certain that Jiang Lin had his reasons for ruthlessly driving away little Zhu Yi in the last dream.
Isn't this white jade lantern hairpin his own personal ritual implement, the Brahma lamp?
No, that's not right. The white jade lantern hairpin in Jiang Lin's hand is just a piece of fine spirit jade, far inferior to the fine glass material of the Brahma Lantern.
Jiang Lin's pale, sweat-dampened temples were adorned with a few stray hairs, and black snake scales occasionally peeked out from his fair neck. Zhu Yi could sense his exhaustion as he paused for a moment.
Before long, a small blue-feathered golden-clawed eagle flew in through the door. It was somewhere between a young eaglet and an adult eagle. It held a paper crane with a communication talisman in its talisman. The young eagle, with its hoarse voice, spoke up, "I said, if you're tired, take a rest! Why are you in such a hurry to carve this Heavenly Water Divine Jade? This thing is precious, but it's very troublesome!"
“Yi’er is naughty and can never learn water magic well. I won’t be able to accompany her often in the future. Having the Heavenly Water Jade on her body will help her cultivate more smoothly.”
Jiang Lin's gentle voice carried a hint of weakness, which Zhu Yi, listening from outside the window, heard clearly. A bitter feeling welled up inside her. She held the white jade lantern hairpin from her hair in her hand, gently stroking it. A thin crack ran across the jade surface. Zhu Yi smiled bitterly, "Jiang Lin cherished this gift so much, and I ruined it so easily..."
Sensing her gloom, the little black tail on her wrist tightened, and she also looked listless. Zhu Yi suddenly felt a strange sense of comfort.
"Why don't you just give it to her directly? The snake demon Que Ze's soul is lurking inside you, ready to devour your soul and possess your body at any moment. You suffer so much every time it flares up. You can't even maintain a complete human form now, so why make yourself uncomfortable!"
Xiao Ying looked disappointed in Jiang Lin, and his scolding of Jiang Lin was quite domineering and authoritative.
Zhu Yi shuddered as she watched, the fear of being chased by the Blue Feather Golden Claw Eagle King for its cubs returning...
“My Yi’er loves beauty and excitement. She loves to drag me to the human world to see the lanterns. So I carved a lantern-shaped hair ornament for her. She will definitely like it and wear it on her head every day.”
“From now on, when I’m not around, let this hairpin keep her company! When she returns to Denglin, I will…” Jiang Lin paused, as if he wanted to say something more, but in the end he said nothing, only uttering three words at the end.
"I'm relieved."
"Here, a communication talisman, given to you by the fat monk Jiu Jiu!"
The little eagle got angry when it saw Jiang Lin's half-dead state, so it dropped the communication talisman and flew into the bamboo forest to catch him.
Every day, some reckless little female snakes in this area try to tempt Jiang Lin to break his vow of celibacy. Little Eagle is so annoyed by them!
At first, it only helped Jiang Lin drive away those ignorant little female snakes. Later, it got impatient and simply followed its nature, eating one snake at a time, picking and choosing which ones to eat!
They'd eat whichever piece of snake meat tasted best. Sometimes, when Jiang Lin felt a bit better, he'd even roast some snake meat for Xiao Ying...
Zhu Yi watched the little eagle's departing figure with some curiosity, but she was even more curious about what the communication talisman would say.
Sure enough, something bad happened.
"Junior Brother Jiang Lin, I'm so sorry. I originally intended to take Xiao Zhuyi back to Denglin, but on the way, Jiang Chenying sold her to the red-light district. The red-light district madam forced her to drink aphrodisiac wine! She's not fully conscious right now and keeps calling for you!"
The anxious, deep voice of the fat monk Jiu Jiu came, and Jiang Lin paused in his carving knife. His hand clenched and then relaxed, and his thick snake tail coiled tightly as well. "Yi'er, Jiang Chenying still made a move against you!"
A gust of wind swept up the jade fragments inside the bamboo hut, which fell into Zhu Yi's hand. It was Jiang Lin who activated a forbidden technique. A pale purple magical light surrounded his body. Jiang Lin felt intense pain in his body and transformed his snake tail into a pair of long, slender legs.
The boy's eyes were filled with a dense layer of heartache and sorrow. The Dragon Roar Sword's voice was low and hoarse as it rode the wind away, leaving only the little eagle's gaze in the forest, which seemed both gratified and apprehensive.
Zhu Yi felt that there must be some things she didn't know.
Jiang Chenying tried to kill Zhu Yi? Zhu Yi believed it. In her life, after transmigrating to the cultivation world, her recurring nightmare was about Zhu Qianying turning her into a Shura puppet.
If there truly is a karmic connection between past lives in the cultivation world, it would be impossible for Jiang Chenying, as Zhu Qianying's previous incarnation, not to harm the young Zhu Yi in her past life.
Jiang Lin left too quickly for Zhu Yi to keep up. Looking down at the small black snake coiled on her wrist, Zhu Yi pleaded softly, "Good little snake, can you take me to see what happens next?"
The little black snake tightened its tail, slightly reducing its strength, and even buried its little head in embarrassment, ignoring Zhu Yi's pleas.
Zhu Yi gently tapped its little head with her finger, and the little black snake tilted its head.
I don't want to agree.
Zhu Yi persisted, tapping its little head from a different angle, accompanied by a pitiful little expression. The little black snake had no choice but to tilt its head, revealing a very doting look.
With a flick of the snake's tongue, Zhu Yi's vision blurred, and after several dizzying spins, the surrounding scenery changed.
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