The Snail Princess and Her Benefactor

Hua Chao slowly opened his eyes, only to feel sore and weak all over his body, and pain all over his body.

Looking around at the unfamiliar environment, I felt my mind was in a mess.

"Where is this? Why am I here?"

Hua Chao sat up and found that he was sleeping on a stone bed. He shook his head to wake himself up, but he felt a sharp pain in his head.

"Hiss..." Hua Chao screamed in pain.

"Miss Hua Chao, you're awake!"

A young girl in a light blue gauze dress came in upon hearing the sound.

Hua Chao looked at the girl in front of him vigilantly, and his body couldn't help but move back a few times.

"Miss Hua Chao, don't be afraid. I won't hurt you. I am the daughter of the river god of this river."

"The daughter...of the river god...?"

Hua Chao couldn't believe his ears. How could he appear in the River God's Mansion?

"Miss, please take a rest here for a while. I will go and call my father."

The little girl disappeared in a flash.

Hua Chao stared blankly at the disappearing figure.

I rubbed my temples and felt a splitting headache.

Hua Chao closed his eyes and saw Ling Mi's tearful eyes.

There was also the shrill cries of little Maomao in Lingmi's arms.

"Oh oh oh……"

In little Maomao's obsidian eyes, one could actually see despair and the pain of reluctance.

I vaguely saw that little Maomao seemed to be about to jump into the river, but fortunately Lingmi caught him.

Hua Chao shook his head vigorously and finally remembered that he had jumped into the Shelong River and saved a little boy.

After sending the child to shore, he was already exhausted and sank to the bottom of the river.

Hua Chao stood up immediately. Now he was safe and sound in the River God's Mansion, but Ling Mi on the shore didn't know that. She must be panicked and at a loss now.

We must get ashore now, otherwise Xiao Lingmi will be worried to death.

Just as I stepped out of the threshold of the small cave, an old man with a long white beard came towards me.

He walked a little unsteadily, seemingly walking fast, but in fact he was walking very slowly.

Seeing Hua Chao coming towards him, he called out hurriedly.

"Miss Hua Chao, where are you going? I heard from my daughter that you woke up, so I came to see you. If you are late, you can go back."

Hua Chao hurriedly bowed and saluted: "Old Immortal, I am honored to be here. Thank you for saving my life."

The old man hurriedly stepped forward to support Hua Chao.

"Miss, please don't be so polite. I didn't save you. You saved me first."

"I save you?..."

Hua Chao looked at the old man in front of him with some suspicion.

He has a youthful face, white hair and a long flowing beard. I can't remember where I've seen him before.

"The old turtle that you rescued from the river today is me!"

The old man twirled his long beard and said with a smile.

"Ah...it turns out to be you. I remember now that the turtle we rescued on the boat this morning turned out to be you, the God of the Dragon River! Please forgive me for my poor eyesight and my disrespect for you!"

Hua Chao thought to himself that the turtle he rescued turned out to be the river god. He must not let him know his true identity, otherwise his father might arrive soon and that would be a big trouble.

"Miss, it looks like you are in a hurry to get back to the shore. But there is no need to be in such a hurry. Please take a rest before returning."

Then he said to the little girl beside him, "Hurry up and ask your mother to bring the prepared food so that your benefactor can eat and go back early, so as not to make the family anxious."

Hua Chao had no choice but to follow the old man back to the stone house.

After entering the house and sitting on the stone bench, Hua Chao looked around and saw that the stone house was extremely simple and did not look like the residence of a river god at all.

How could there be such a shabby residence of the River God? It is too shabby.

The Shelong River is not a small river or stream. The river is rich in resources and it will never be in such a dire situation.

Hua Chao was thinking and watching when he heard the old man beside him sigh.

"Ah... Miss, don't be surprised. My River God's Mansion is like this. It's poor and destitute..."

Hua Chao quietly listened to the old man talking about his sad past...

So that’s it…

The God of the Shelong River was originally very rich. The river was rich in pearls, and they were of the best quality. The night-shining pearls in particular were rare and precious gems that were hard to find anywhere in the world.

Therefore, the river god of the Shelong River has always been very wealthy, and all living beings in the river live happily.

But just over a decade ago, a thousand-year-old fox demon came to the mountains of Longyin Town, committing evil in the area and occupying the Shelonghe River Mansion.

Not only did he seize the residence of the god of the Shelong River, he also controlled the aquatic creatures in the Shelong River, and all the pearls and treasures produced by the river had to be supplied to him.

Every day he would ask the river god to deliver fish, shrimp and other aquatic products to him for his enjoyment in his cave. If he was a little slow, he would beat him up and make him suffer physical pain.

Nowadays, the entire Shelong River tribe has been plundered by the thousand-year-old fox demon, and they are also required to send a beautiful water girl to the Shelong River tribe every month.

The thousand-year-old fox demon had set up a barrier in the waters of the Shelong River, so it could not escape and could only linger here.

As a dignified river god, he had no other choice today, so he ventured to the river to look for some food.

But he didn't expect to get entangled by the water plants in the river and couldn't get away.

Fortunately, Hua Chao and Ling Mi rescued him, otherwise if he had been caught by other strangers, he would have lost his life in that pile of water plants.

The old turtle wanted to find a suitable time to thank Hua Chao, but he didn't expect to see Hua Chao sinking to the bottom of the river while saving the child.

The old turtle was really frightened at the time, and swam to Hua Chao's side in a panic, thinking that the little girl might have had an accident.

But unexpectedly, when he swam to the little girl, he found that the little girl was surrounded by nine-colored bubbles, like a sleeping fairy.

The old turtle waited beside the bubble for a long time, but was afraid of being discovered by the fox demon's men, so he had to take Hua Chao into his own cave.

Hiding here, there is no need to worry about being discovered by the fox demon's men. There are only the old turtle's daughter and his old wife in the cave now.

The two sons of the river god were captured by a fox demon and taken into a fox cave, where they were enslaved by the demon.

After listening to the old turtle's story, Hua Chao couldn't help but feel furious. He didn't expect that even after jumping off the Cliff of Broken Souls, he still couldn't escape the fox demon's sphere of influence.

That thousand-year-old fox brought disaster to all directions and bullied all the aquatic creatures to such an extent.

Hua Chao became angrier as she listened. She couldn't help but clench her fists, and there seemed to be fireworks burning in her beautiful eyes.

The old turtle looked at the little girl in front of him, and saw her expression after listening to his story, which made him even more suspicious of the little girl.

She looks like an ordinary lady, so how could she have the magical nine-colored bubbles to protect her from floods? And when she heard that the water tribe was being bullied, she became so furious that she seemed like she was going to settle the score with the fox demon!

Which little girl would have such courage? After hearing these words, most little girls would probably be trembling with fear. Those who don’t cry out loud are considered brave.

The god of the Shelong River felt more and more puzzled the more he thought about it, and he couldn't help but look closely at the pretty girl in front of him again.