One person: I, Daoist Master, am a cultivator of immortality!

Sun Yao looked at his masterpiece and nodded in satisfaction. As long as all the insects used to cast the Gu spell were killed, the Gu spell afflicting the giant blue-scaled python would be more than half cured.

Sun Yao leaped onto the head of the giant azure-scaled python and struck down with his palm again. Countless streams of spiritual energy instantly penetrated the python's body, washing over its flesh again and again.

As Sun Yao used his own spiritual energy to cleanse the Azure Scaled Python's body, the marks of the Gu technique gradually diminished. In no time at all, Sun Yao had completed the entire process of treating the Azure Scaled Python.

Sun Yao reached out and patted the head of the giant blue-scaled python. "Go on, but don't eat just anything in the future."

After Sun Yao finished speaking, he jumped off its huge head, but before he could land on the water, he was intercepted in mid-air by the giant blue-scaled python.

The giant blue-scaled python coiled its tongue around Sun Yao's waist, then tossed him upwards, throwing him back onto its head.

When Sun Yaogang was caught by the giant snake's tongue, he was still a little dazed. Logically speaking, he had saved it, and even if he didn't repay a favor tenfold, he shouldn't be so ungrateful.

But when the giant blue-scaled python flung itself onto his head, Sun Yao suddenly understood what the python meant.

"You want to follow me, right? If so, nod."

Sun Yao didn't know how to communicate with the Azure-Scaled Python, nor did he know if the python could understand him. But a miraculous thing happened: after hearing what Sun Yao said, the Azure-Scaled Python actually nodded.

Sun Yao was also quite amazed by this, but with the Azure-Scaled Python around, their journey through the ancient waterway would be much easier. After all, the python's enormous size could easily carry a hundred or so people, and if the rafts were linked together and it pulled them, the journey that would normally take half an hour might be completed in a short while.

"Alright, from now on you will follow me. I still need to give you a name, we can't keep calling you Azure Scaled Python. Hmm, your whole body is covered in azure scales, just like the Azure Dragon God of mythology. The Azure Dragon God's name is Meng Zhang, but the karma of bearing the name of a god is too great, so you will take Meng as your surname. Dragons all take Ao as their surname, so you will take Ao as your given name, and be called Meng Ao."

Upon hearing the new name Sun Yao had given him, the Azure Scaled Python, also known as Meng Ao, let out a roar, seemingly quite pleased with his new name.

"Everyone used the centipede-shaped ladder to connect the rafts, and Meng Ao pulled the rafts as we entered the Insect Valley."

Sun Yao casually tossed out a long rope, but this was no ordinary rope. It was made from the dragon tendons left over from making the Dragon-Subduing Bow, wrapped with gold thread. Although he hadn't refined it into a magic weapon, its toughness was unimaginable.

Meng Ao bit the golden rope, and the disciples of the Unloading Ridge Sect tied both ends of the rope to the raft. After securing it, Sun Yao patted Meng Ao's big head, and Meng Ao roared as he led hundreds of rafts into the remaining waterways of the ancient waterway.

Meng Ao was incredibly fast; in less than the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, he led them out of the ancient waterway and into the true territory of the Insect Valley.

This Insect Valley is actually located inside Zhelong Mountain, which is similar to a ring mountain. The so-called Yunnan Insect Valley is located in the very center of Zhelong Mountain.

They rushed into the Insect Valley and entered a forest where the trees were enormous; an ordinary tree was as thick as two people could hug.

The tallest tree in this forest is a pair of banyan trees, a husband and wife, whose size completely overshadows the entire forest. No matter where you are in this forest, you can see this huge pair of old banyan trees in the very center of the forest.

The canopy of that ancient banyan tree, a pair of old trees, was large enough to cover the area of ​​four or five basketball courts. Their initial destination was precisely that ancient banyan tree, because it was where the high priest of King Xian was buried.

With Meng Ao leading the way, Sun Yao and the others from the Unloading Ridge and Moving Mountain groups arrived at the center of the forest, under the giant banyan tree, in less than 15 minutes.

Looking towards the center of this enormous banyan tree, there is a jade coffin. However, strangely, the inside of the coffin is entirely red, which looks quite unsettling.

"Meng Ao, break this tree and pull out the high priest's coffin."

Sun Yao reached out and patted Meng Ao, who was immediately enveloped in a layer of golden light. This was Sun Yao's expansion of the Golden Light Mantra, which allowed him to imbue others with the effects of the Golden Light Mantra, and these effects could last for the time it takes for an incense stick to burn.

After Meng Ao was covered in golden light, he immediately felt the power of the light and his respect for Sun Yao grew even stronger.

Meng Ao dared not disregard Sun Yao's words in the slightest. After his entire body was covered in golden light, he charged towards the old banyan tree.

Meng Ao's enormous size and strength were not to be underestimated. Coupled with the power, speed, and defensive capabilities granted to him by the golden light, the massive old banyan tree was actually cracked open by the head-on collision.

As Meng Ao smashed the ancient banyan tree, the jade coffin that had grown from its center also fell to the ground.

The jade coffin slid down, and the coffin lid slid off directly from the coffin. Upon closer inspection, the coffin lid was actually decorated with a picture of a tomb guardian.

The sliding of the coffin lid revealed the interior to everyone. It was filled entirely with a crimson liquid, which everyone could confirm was neither water nor blood.

Because it was quite thick, yet had no bloody smell whatsoever, the crowd couldn't determine what the liquid was. However, they could all see an ancient corpse within it, and the corpse was remarkably well-preserved.

Just as they were curious and about to gather around to take a look, Sun Yao flicked the golden rope in his hand, pulling all the people who were getting close back.

"Everyone, including Meng Ao, step back. This coffin is full of blood worms from the Gu technique, and this corpse is not simple either. Wait for me to clean it up before you come back."

After speaking, Sun Yao stepped forward and, in a short while, arrived in front of the coffin. Inside the coffin was a fat old man. The corpse, soaked in a red liquid, still had elasticity. Even more bizarrely, a giant python, its skin peeled off, was coiled around the body below the shoulders. The python's corpse was covered with countless red fleshy threads, which would twitch every now and then.

"Are you still going to revive? If you don't intend to revive, I'll just send you straight to your death."

As Sun Yao spoke, a ball of crimson-gold flame rose from his hand; this was the Samadhi True Fire he had created.