Sister, I don't want to be a furnace anymore. I'm about to become an immortal.

Chapter 58: Xiao Zi Returns

Beside the stream, wild flowers and weeds grow wantonly, emitting bursts of fragrance. The stream flows gently, clear to the bottom. Fish swim happily in the water, sometimes jumping out of the water, splashing crystal water. An old man sits quietly on a large rock beside him, holding a fishing rod with a focused look, and a tattered fish basket is placed beside him.

Not far away, Xiao Yichen and Ye Xingchen stood face to face, both with solemn expressions. The next moment, a terrifying aura emanated from Ye Xingchen's chest and shot towards Xiao Yichen opposite.

With a flash, Xiao Yichen dodged. There was a loud roar behind him and a big hole appeared on the ground instantly. Xiao Yichen, who dodged the attack, immediately sped up and instantly came to Ye Xingchen's left side. He kicked out, but when he was about to hit the opponent, a ripple appeared in front of his foot, and a ball of water film-like spiritual energy protected Ye Xingchen tightly, as if he had kicked cotton.

Although the first attack failed, Xiao Yichen did not retreat. He continued to increase the intensity of his attack, punching and kicking the shield. Although he failed to cause any damage to Ye Xingchen inside, the huge force still forced him to retreat step by step.

The last punch was thrown, and a dazzling light appeared on the wrist. After hitting the shield, the shield broke instantly like a balloon hitting a sharp thorn. Just when the wrist was about to hit Ye Xingchen's nose, it stopped abruptly. Just a little bit more and Ye Xingchen would have been blown away.

Sitting down, Ye Xingchen said helplessly, "I lost again. The fish that Master caught today didn't belong to me."

Xiao Yichen sat down next to him and glanced at Xuan Qing who was still fishing in the distance. "If you want to eat it, go catch one yourself later."

"How can it be the same? My master won't grill it for me, so can I eat the fish I grill?" Ye Xingchen scratched his hair, staring at the grilled fish on the fire beside the shore, his mouth almost drooling.

"Haha, stop pretending here. I've given it to you every time. Be a little sweeter later." Xiao Yichen stood up and prepared to help Xuanqing. Ye Xingchen rushed in front of him and came to Xuanqing's side happily, calling him a good master and massaging his shoulders and legs.

"Hmph...you try this again? You couldn't even last twenty seconds this time?" Xuan Qing said without turning his head, looking helpless.

"Oh... Master, you know that the energy in my senior brother's body is like a natural nemesis for me, and his cultivation is higher than mine. Isn't it normal for me to lose?" Ye Xingchen said while rubbing his shoulders.

"Don't give me that. If your senior brother doesn't use that energy, it's not certain how long you can last." Xuan Qing continued to speak mercilessly. At this moment, a splashing sound suddenly came from the jungle behind him.

When Ye Xingchen heard the noise, he shouted, "Whoever is peeping here and trying to attack my master, get your life." After that, he rushed towards the place where the noise came from.

Xiao Yichen came to Xuanqing's side, sat down slowly, and turned the grilled fish on the fire with his wrist. As for the noise just now, he didn't pay attention to it. It was just some wild beasts passing by.

After a while, the sound of fighting and Ye Xingchen's angry curses were heard from the jungle behind him. Realizing that something was wrong, Xiao Yichen was about to get up, but was stopped by Xuan Qing.

"No need to go. It's just a small snake. At most, it will poison him so that he can't get out of bed for a few days. Let your junior brother suffer a little. He relies too much on that ancestral weapon."

Hearing what his master said, Xiao Yichen could only smile awkwardly. After a while, he heard the sound of Ye Xingchen falling to the ground. The rustling sound came again. Xiao Yichen wanted to carry his junior brother back. The next moment, he saw Xuanqing wave his right hand, and a hurricane blew towards the jungle behind him. Ye Xingchen's body was brought out. When he saw that the other party was purple all over and foaming at the mouth, Xiao Yichen was a little surprised.

"What kind of poison is this? It's so strong." He immediately used the insight technique and sensed in that direction, but there was no living creature at that location.

"You've been a little slack too." Xuan Qing suddenly said. Xiao Yichen was embarrassed when he heard it. Ever since his eyesight recovered, he no longer relied so much on insight. Over time, he lost his previous habit. Except for fighting, he usually relied on his eyes to see things.

"I'll go take a look." Then he stood up and walked back.

Arriving at the location where Ye Xingchen had been attacked, he found nothing except the trees that Ye Xingchen had knocked down in a panic. He continued to go deeper inside and walked for a distance. Suddenly, he sensed something approaching rapidly from the right, and the grass was constantly shaking.

Suddenly, the little snake hidden in the grass jumped into the sky and pounced towards him. Just as he was about to summon his spiritual sword to shoot at the snake, he saw the snake's face clearly, and the spiritual sword that was about to be shot out from his wrist immediately dissipated.

The next moment, the little snake fell into his hand, crawled quickly along his arm, and finally stopped by wrapping around his neck, spitting out its pink tongue at him.

"Xiao Zi?" Xiao Yichen was overjoyed. Wasn't this Xiao Zi, the one that had hatched from the egg outside the Discipline Valley? Xiao Zi rubbed against Xiao Yichen's face non-stop, clearly delighted. Xiao Yichen let it rub against his face. After a long moment, it slowly calmed down, snuggled into his arms, poked its head out, and stared at Xiao Yichen with its jewel-like eyes, unblinking.

"How did you find yourself here?" He gently stroked the other's little head with his wrist, and his voice was no longer as indifferent as before, but much gentler. Ever since his hands were crippled by Liu Sha in the Discipline Valley, he has been in a coma. He didn't remember when he lost Xiao Zi. After waking up, he appeared directly in the dungeon of the Spirit Sword Sect. He thought Xiao Zi was still in the Discipline Valley.

Hearing his question, Xiao Zi swam directly to his belly and rubbed it. This reaction surprised Xiao Yichen a little.

"Did you find this place by following the energy in my body?" No wonder he was surprised. This place is not close to the Discipline Valley. It can even be said to be very far away. But the next moment, he figured it out.

"Oh, I forgot. You were born because of that energy. It's not too strange that you can sense it."

She rubbed his belly again, Xiao Yichen smiled slightly, and bursts of white light emerged from his wrist. Xiao Zi crawled out instantly, but when it swam to his wrist, it did not open its mouth to suck, but kept circling around his wrist, rubbing the wound with its head, and then looking at the energy on his wrist.

Seeing that Xiao Yichen was still looking at it in confusion, it actually sighed in a very human way. Under Xiao Yichen's surprised gaze, its tail wrapped around its wrist and its body slowly twisted into the shape of a hand.

His mind suddenly exploded, and Xiao Yichen said with surprise: "Yes, why am I so stupid." After that, he put Xiao Zi on his shoulder, and immediately sat cross-legged on the ground. The energy in his body quickly rushed out through his wrists and condensed into the shape of a hand. After half an hour of trying, his hands finally condensed successfully. After slowly adapting, he picked up Xiao Zi and kissed it on the head.

"Xiao Zi, you are really my lucky star." He kept teasing the little guy with his newly formed energy palms, but the other party seemed very irritable, swimming back and forth between his belly and wrist. Finally, seeing that Xiao Yichen really couldn't understand, it actually lowered its little head, slowly swam back to his wrist, and began to absorb energy, but it looked very unhappy.

"Did I make a mistake?" Xiao Yichen was puzzled, but he was already very satisfied with the current situation. He gently stroked the other party and slowly walked towards the place where Xuanqing was fishing.

When he returned to the original place, Ye Xingchen had woken up and was happily eating a grilled fish. The poison in his body had long been detoxified by Xuan Qing.

Seeing Xiao Yichen coming back, Ye Xingchen shook the grilled fish in his hand to show off to him, but the next moment he saw that Xiao Yichen's hand was wrapped with the little snake that had poisoned him just now. He trembled all over and the grilled fish in his hand fell to the ground.

"Senior brother is in danger." As he said this, the necklace on his chest suddenly emitted a dazzling light, but the next moment Xuan Qing slapped him on the head, directly interrupting his spell.

"Enjoy your fish." Xuan Qing said lightly.

"But Master..." He pointed at Xiao Zi with a look of horror on his face.

Seeing his look, Xiao Yichen smiled faintly and explained slowly: "Don't worry, I know this little guy and he won't hurt me." As he said that, he slowly walked towards him, scaring Ye Xingchen so much that he kept backing away.

"Look at what you have accomplished." Xuan Qing stuffed the grilled fish into his mouth, stopping him from speaking any more, and then turned his gaze to Xiao Zi who was still absorbing energy.

"Old man, your eyes are really blurry. How come I have never seen this little snake before?" Xuan Qing was puzzled and frowned slightly. After all, with his experience, he had seen most of the magical beasts.

Xiao Yichen told the other party everything he knew, and also told him about the appearance of the Nine Nether Holy Python. When he finished speaking, Xuanqing's expression became more solemn.

"It is impossible for a tiger-type monster to give birth to a snake-type monster, and the Nine Nether Holy Python was also present at the time, so this little snake might be related to it. But this little snake is definitely not a monster of the same species as the Nine Nether Holy Python. Boy, you may have really seen a treasure." Xuan Qing said, stroking his beard.

Ye Xingchen, who was standing by, slowly moved over and asked, "Master, what is a demon beast? Isn't it different from a demon beast?"

Upon hearing this, Xuan Qing patiently explained, "With your current strength, you are not yet capable of reaching this level. But it's no harm in telling you that you will encounter it sooner or later. The relationship between demon beasts and monsters is actually similar to the relationship between ordinary people and royal nobles in the mortal world."

At this point, he glanced at Xiao Zi, who was lying on Xiao Yichen's shoulder after eating and drinking, and continued, "This little snake belongs to the category of demon beasts. Whether it is talent or strength at birth, it is much higher than that of ordinary demon beasts."

"That's right, Xiao Zi had at least the strength of the initial stage of the Body Tempering Realm when he was born." Xiao Yichen said at the right time.

Upon hearing this, Ye Xingchen's pupils widened, and he looked at Xiao Zi in disbelief: "No wonder? I didn't have the strength to fight back just now."

"That's because you're not strong enough. If you had been more careful, even if you couldn't win, you wouldn't have been poisoned." Xuan Qing attacked without hesitation, then turned the topic back to Xiao Zi: "Yi Chen, your little pet probably has a complicated background. From what I understand, even among demonic beasts, only a few are born with intelligence. Since it recognizes you as its master, treat it well and it will definitely become your right-hand man in the future. There's no doubt about that."

Xiao Yichen gently touched the little head on his shoulder, and his eyes gradually softened.

"I will……"