Morning Star

Chujiu noticed that Mo Xinglan had stopped, and she looked up curiously. She was so frightened that she shook violently and almost fainted.

Mo Xinglan looked at her sideways: "It's okay, don't be afraid."

Chujiu tightened her arms around his neck a little, panting a little, but still quietly raised her eyes to look. She kept telling herself in her heart that it was okay, Mo Xinglan was here, he would protect her, he said he would protect her, she had to believe him.

With this mentality, the fear in my heart gradually subsided.

Mo Xinglan noticed her change and secretly breathed a sigh of relief, then looked at the snake king in front of him.

A pair of dark eyes flashed with a cold light in a trance. He stared at the Snake King without opening his lips. Instead, he sent a message to the Snake King: "Do you want to die?"

The snake king's pair of golden vertical pupils moved imperceptibly, and its huge snake head drooped slightly, looking like it was surrendering.

Mo Xinglan narrowed his eyes, thought for a moment, and asked in a voice transmission: "What's ahead?"

"Hiss...hiss..." the snake king hissed in response.

When it stopped hissing, Mo Xinglan fell into deep thought. He glanced sideways at Chujiu, who put his head on his shoulder and bravely looked at the Snake King secretly.

Chujiu found that he was looking at her, and looked over in confusion: "Huh? What's wrong?"

He hesitated for a moment before asking, "Are you scared?"

Chujiu looked at him and then at the snake king who was looking at him with his head tilted. Suddenly, his body stiffened and he tucked his head back into his neck. He whispered, "I'm scared."

After she answered, the two fell silent. Mo Xinglan seemed to be thinking about something.

After a long time, Mo Xinglan opened his mouth and was about to say that if he was afraid, he could go back. However, just as the words reached his throat, he heard Chujiu's awkward and low voice in his ears.

"I am afraid, but if you were here, I wouldn't be afraid. So, that's why I won't go back."

A trace of surprise flashed across Mo Xinglan's face, and his long eyelashes drooped slightly before raising them again, looking at the snake king in front of him.

The snake king is an eighth-level monster that can understand human language and has its own consciousness.

After hearing Chujiu say that he was afraid of it, it began to hiss to explain to Mo Xinglan.

Mo Xinglan listened in silence.

Although Chu Furong and the others did not see Mo Xinglan speak during the whole process, they felt that the two of them were very strange after seeing the Snake King's reaction towards Mo Xinglan.

However, seeing that the snake king had no intention of attacking, he was no longer as nervous as before.

After the snake king finished speaking, Mo Xinglan glanced at Chujiu and said, "They don't hurt people on their own initiative. Those who were killed by them in the past were because those people not only hurt their own kind, but also wanted to kill them all and take their snake gallbladders. Those who successfully passed through the snake forest were those who had never hurt them."

This also explains why some people can successfully pass through the snake forest and enter the next area. It's not because they are lucky, but because they don't want to hurt them.

After he finished speaking, not only Chu Jiu was shocked, but even Chu Furong and Gao Yashan behind him were also shocked.

"You, how do you know? You can't understand what it says, right?" Chujiu felt incredible.

His eyes flickered to avoid the topic: "There is a safe area after passing through the snake forest, and then there is a psychedelic array."

He looked up at the sky and said, "We'll rest there when the time comes."

Chujiu was puzzled and shocked by his evasive answer, and looked at him with curiosity.

Mo Xinglan noticed her eyes flickering and coughed lightly: "Are you sure you can pass the psychedelic array?"

Chujiu pulled his thoughts back to the topic and thought for a moment, then forced himself to smile calmly, "What are you afraid of? I have you here."

It's just that everyone has something they fear in their hearts. She has it, and he has it too. Something that can make him afraid must be something extraordinary, and it's probably even worse than hers. Is her decision really the right one?

An idea suddenly occurred to her, and she boldly looked at the snake king.

Take a deep breath: "Will it hurt me?"

"...No." Mo Xinglan replied after a moment of hesitation.

She took another deep breath and hesitated before speaking: "Can I... touch it?"

Mo Xinglan frowned: "Don't force it."

She looked at the Snake King with a bolder look.

Mo Xinglan opened his mouth to say something, but her voice came into his mind.

"When I was young, I went out to play with my friend and I accidentally broke my leg. She carried me on her back. We met a snake on the road. The snake was about three fingers thick. My friend was so scared that she threw me to the ground and ran away. I looked at the snake and was so scared that my whole body went limp and my legs were shaking. I don't know how the snake got wrapped around me and bit my arm. I have been afraid of snakes since then.

But now I don’t seem to be so scared, because I know it has its own consciousness and it won’t bite me. And you are here.”

"..." After hearing this, his eyelashes drooped slightly, and he felt an indescribable warmth in his heart.

No wonder she asked him if he would abandon her. It turned out that she had been abandoned before.

He sent a message back: "I said I would not abandon you."

"Yeah, I know." She believed him.

The conversation between the two people was not heard by a third person.

At this time, Mo Xinglan looked at the snake king and said to her: "If you are not afraid, touch it if you want. It won't bite you."

The snake king listened to him and slowly moved his head closer. Chujiu was still frightened and took a breath. He kept repeating in his mind that it would not bite people and that Mo Xinglan was here, and then he gradually gained courage again.

After taking several deep breaths and preparing myself mentally, I slowly reached out my hand.

The snake king knew that she was afraid of him, so he remained motionless and waited patiently for her to reach out her hand.

Chujiu seemed to have noticed it, and the hand he had extended gradually relaxed.

When she touched the snake's head, not only her hands trembled, but her body also trembled. Mo Xinglan was so scared that he was afraid that she would fall, so he tightened his grip on her legs.

The snake king didn't scare Chujiu, but his actions frightened Chujiu, who quickly withdrew his hand. The cold touch still lingered on his fingertips, and his heart was pounding, with fear and excitement.

He couldn't help but murmur in Mo Xinglan's ear: "I touched it, I just touched it."

She did it, she really did it. Does that mean she won't be afraid of snakes anymore?

The warm air flow hit Mo Xinglan's earlobes. He froze and dared not move, his heart pounding. The tip of his ear was stained with a hint of bright red without him noticing.

Chujiu was so excited that she didn't notice his change. She took a deep breath and smiled at the Snake King: "Thank you."

"Hiss..." The snake king retracted his head and hissed twice as if to say: You're welcome.

Then it looked around with its eyes and hissed twice, then looked at Mo Xinglan and moved its huge body to the side to make way.

"Let's go." Mo Xinglan finally calmed down, said lightly, and walked forward with Chujiu on his back.

Chu Furong and Gao Yashan also heard what Mo Xinglan said just now, and naturally thought of some things. Although they had many doubts in their hearts, they relaxed and followed Mo Xinglan forward.