After Shen Miao recovered, she started hunting in the mountains again.
Unfortunately, she wasn't very lucky. Not only did she fail to find any prey after searching for a long time, but she also encountered a giant snake hunting.
The commotion was so great that Shen Miao even suspected that she had either been scared away by the giant snake or eaten by it because she couldn't find her prey.
She hid nearby and watched for a while. Suddenly, she realized that the snake looked familiar. Upon closer inspection, she confirmed her guess: this snake was the same black snake that had fought the golden eagle last time.
Shen Miao was aware of the snake's brutality.
She didn't think she was any better than the golden eagle, and not wanting to alert it, she prepared to leave quietly.
Shen Miao thought she had been very careful, but she was still discovered by the black snake.
The black snake was incredibly fast, almost instantly abandoning its prey and arriving in front of Shen Miao, its thick body stretching for an unknown distance.
Its head, as big as a bucket, was held high, with its bright red forked tongue sticking out, emitting a foul stench.
Shen Miao's pupils suddenly contracted.
The snake's forked tongue was almost touching her face, but she dared not move, fearing that the black snake would open its mouth and swallow her whole in the next second.
The black snake stared at Shen Miao for a full quarter of an hour. Several times, Shen Miao felt that it was about to eat her, but for some reason, the black snake did not make a move.
Something seemed to be brewing in those cold eyes.
Shen Miao's back was soaked with sweat, and beads of sweat kept dripping from her forehead. Her hands were full of spiritual power, ready to fight the black snake to the death at any time.
Just then, Shen Miao's vision blurred and the giant snake head disappeared.
Instead, a gloomy-faced orc appeared before them.
The orc stared at her, his eyes filled with greed and ferocity.
Even knowing that the orc was the black snake in disguise, Shen Miao breathed a slight sigh of relief. Compared to fighting the giant black snake, facing the orc in human form was less stressful for her.
Shen Miao organized her thoughts, trying to reason with the black snake, "I didn't mean to disturb your hunt, and I was already preparing to bypass you and leave."
She spoke very sincerely, almost as if she had "I'm not lying" written all over her face.
The black snake chuckled sinisterly and said, "Any orc who sees me will die."
Shen Miao shuddered, her nerves tensing up once more.
“However,” the black snake said slowly, seemingly quite satisfied with Shen Miao’s reaction, “I can let you go, but you have to agree to one condition.”
Shen Miao's mind raced, and she said, "You tell me."
The black snake remained silent, staring at Shen Miao and greedily licking its lips.
Thanks to the care and nourishment provided by the spatial system, Shen Miao's skin has lost its previous tan and become fair and rosy.
When she landed in front of the black snake beastman, she was like a delicious feast.
"I've changed my mind, I'm going to eat you."
As soon as she finished speaking, Shen Miao felt her body being tightly bound by a huge and powerful snake tail. In desperation, she released her spiritual power, but she was powerless against the black snake beastman.
In an attempt to save her life, Shen Miao shouted, "I think you'll be at a great disadvantage if you eat me now."
"Oh, how so?" the black snake asked with interest.
Panting, Shen Miao said loudly, "I know a lot of beastmen, both male and female. If you let me go, I will send you beastmen, one per month, all of them full of spiritual energy, so you don't have to hunt, you can just lie down and enjoy yourself."
The black snake paused its swaying tail, then said thoughtfully, "Sounds pretty good."
Seeing that she had a chance, Shen Miao quickly continued to promote herself, "Really, I guarantee that if you let me go, you will get much more than if you eat me."
"But I'm very hungry right now," the black snake said quietly.
Shen Miao wanted to cry but had no tears.
Is this snake determined to eat her? How come she has such a connection with snakes? First, it was the giant snake in the pond that wanted to eat her, and now she's encountered another one.
"Bear with it. Temporary hunger will bring you comfort later. You won't lose out at all in this deal." Shen Miao adopted the sales pitch she used in her past life.
The black snake was tempted.
Shen Miao added fuel to the fire, flatteringly saying, "Look, I'm so weak and frail, and my spiritual power is weak. I can't outrun you at all. If you wanted to eat me, it would be a matter of minutes. So I would never lie to you."
"You said it yourself. If you lie to me, I'll tear you to pieces and eat you," the black snake threatened.
Shen Miao assured her, "I would never lie to you. I live in a tribe at the foot of the mountain. If I break my promise, you can come and eat me."
After the two sides reached an agreement, Black Serpent finally released Shen Miao from her shackles.
Shen Miao felt a piercing pain in her waist and back where she was being constricted; without even looking, she knew there must be bruises.
She endured the pain and, under the black snake's burning gaze, limped down the mountain.
Once out of the black snake's sight, Shen Miao immediately sped up, almost flying down the mountain. She was terrified that the black snake would change its mind and drag her back, in which case she would truly be dead.
Even after she got home and saw Qingchen, Shen Miao's heart was still pounding.
Qingchen sat under the big tree in the courtyard, gave her a cold look, and said, "How did things get like this?"
Shen Miao glanced down, not paying much attention, and walked weakly to Qing Chen. As soon as she got close, she couldn't help but kneel down.
Qingchen: "..."
He said with a complicated expression, "There's no need for such a grand gesture towards me."
Damn it, my legs are weak, not that I'm going to kneel down to you. How dare you think I'm the one kneeling down to you?
Shen Miao was speechless, but she was indeed exhausted from running all the way, so she simply sat cross-legged on the ground and said in a very unrefined manner, "On the mountain, I encountered the snake that was fighting with the golden eagle."
Qingchen's expression finally became serious.
"You fought with it?"
Shen Miao shook her head: "No, it wanted to eat me. I made a deal with it and then it let me down."
Qingchen found it strange that the strange beasts Shen Miao encountered either negotiated with her or were subdued by her. How did she manage to do that?
"Don't look at me like that, it's true."
What conditions did you agree to?
Shen Miao slowly said, "I said, send it a female beast every month. Of course, that's impossible, so I wanted to ask you if there's any way to kill it."
Before Qingchen was injured, he should have been able to fight the black snake, but his chances of winning were not high. After he was injured, although he later took the brown beast crystal, he still had some difficulty dealing with the black snake.
Even when the two of them worked together, it was difficult for them to deal with the black snake.
Qingchen thought for a moment and said, "Let's convene a meeting of the tribe's orcs. Perhaps everyone will have a way to deal with the black snake."
The presence of powerful beasts in the back mountains poses a significant danger to the tribe's orcs. Discussing solutions together is undoubtedly the safest course of action.
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