Nonsense! How could my adopted son be a villain?

The upper half of the snake's tail was connected to a person, and it was someone they knew.

Song Nanchu.

Not long ago, when Xu Lingguang casually asked about it, Zhou Fuying said that Song Nan had gone to sleep somewhere because he thought it was too hot, but now he was lying unconscious in the grass on the border of Ailao Mountain.

Xu Lingguang chuckled inwardly, realizing more or less that his three cheap disciples and this body were probably not a deeply affectionate master-disciple relationship.

He then scrutinized Song Nanchu, who, despite being half-human and half-snake, exuded an inhuman, eerie aura. In his human form, he gave the impression of being gentle and refined, his ever-present smile highly deceptive, making it difficult to associate him with the cold, sinister nature of snakes.

Xu Lingguang was one of the victims.

He thought of the black snake that looked down at him from the entrance of the Qingyu Sect. Its red vertical pupils were cold and cruel, and it looked like it was not to be trifled with.

Including the enormous black snake that went berserk last night, although he couldn't catch a glimpse of its full form, its massive size was enough to send shivers down one's spine. Xu Lingguang had previously guessed the relationship between the two, but now he didn't need to guess anymore; it was most likely the person in front of him.

He sighed, wondering what was going on.

Last night, Zhou Fuying and Yu Yun went out to look for someone, but they couldn't find them. He just happened to run into them.

With that kind of luck, if he lived in modern times, he'd probably have to buy two lottery tickets :)

Xu Lingguang plopped down on the grass, sighing.

He slumped around for a while, then felt even hungrier and decided to find something to eat to fill his stomach before thinking about anything else.

Fortunately, there was plenty of food in the Ailao Mountains. He picked some familiar wild fruits to eat and then came back to see Song Nanchu.

Song Nanchu was still unconscious. He lay face down, his face pale and weak, his lips bloodless, and the scales on his snake tail below his waist had lost their luster and were faintly gray. Moreover, perhaps because he had been exposed to the sun for too long, some scales even had a thin, pale yellow film on them, making it look like they were about to shed their skin.

Xu Lingguang tried to shake him, but couldn't wake him.

Helpless, they could only half-carry and half-lift the person and drag them to a shady place.

However, Xu Lingguang clearly underestimated Song Nanchu's weight. It took him a lot of effort just to move the person under the shade of the tree. After finally dragging the person under the shade and settling him down, Xu Lingguang felt a dull pain in his internal organs. He pressed his chest and gasped for breath, carefully leaning against the tree to sit down.

After the excruciating pain subsided, he wiped his mouth and found his hands covered in blood.

Xu Lingguang: ...?!

He belatedly realized that he seemed to have vomited blood. While lamenting his useless body, he glared at the culprit that had caused him to vomit blood.

Song Nan woke up at this time.

After the uncontrollable manic period, he will go through a period of extreme weakness, during which he will not be able to maintain his human form completely and can only remain in a half-human, half-snake form.

Ugly and powerless, that was the image he loathed and hated most, and he would rather die than let anyone know it.

Even Xu Lingguang only knew that he would have a manic episode once a month, and that he would lock him in the cage of Fushengjin during each episode. But he didn't know that after he gritted his teeth and forced himself out of the cage, there was an even more difficult period of weakness.

He had carefully concealed this secret for many years, but he never expected that when he came to his senses after this madness, the person he would see when he opened his eyes would be Xu Lingguang.

For a moment, Song Nan felt murderous intent, but his weak body prevented him from moving; only his fingers, hanging at his sides, twitched and curled slightly.

Xu Lingguang, however, widened his eyes upon seeing him awake, held out his blood-stained hands to him, and said in a muffled voice, "You're finally awake. Look, I even coughed up blood to save you."

He seemed to be in excruciating pain; his face was deathly pale, and his features were contorted, making him look somewhat like an innocent child.

However, what he said wasn't very pleasant to hear.

"I don't need you to repay my life-saving grace with your body, but you must remember this great kindness. No matter what grudges we had before, it can be put aside, understand?"

Xu Lingguang had a good plan in mind. Although he didn't know what entanglements this body had with his disciples before, his three disciples all seemed to have some cultivation, and he couldn't afford to offend them.

Whatever grudges or grievances you may have had in the past, it's best to let them fade away with the wind.

Song Nan let out a cold laugh, but because he was too weak, Xu Lingguang only frowned and snorted.

Xu Lingguang said, "If you don't say anything, I'll take that as a yes?"

Song Nan looked at him coldly without saying a word.

Xu Lingguang continued, "You're too heavy. I can't carry you back to Qingyu Sect. Besides, there might be people waiting for me outside, so you should stay here for now. I'll see if I can find a chance to go back and send a message so that Yu Yun and the others can come and pick you up."

Song Nan finally mustered up his strength and managed to squeeze out a sentence: "This is the Ailao Mountains, no one dares to come in."

Xu Lingguang stared at him for a long time before slowly saying, "We're both inside now, aren't we?"

Song Nanchu: "..."

He closed his eyes and turned his face to the other side.

Xu Lingguang was actually not sure himself. Everyone seemed to have a death wish when they mentioned Ailao Mountain, but he didn't encounter any danger when he entered twice. Instead, he was saved twice by the fearsome reputation of Ailao Mountain.

He stammered, "Actually, Ailao Mountain isn't as scary as you all say, is it? Cheng Huang hasn't appeared, and no one will suddenly jump out to kill me. Compared to Qingyu Sect, it's much safer here."

Song Nan turned his face and gave him a deep look.

Xu Lingguang gave him a look that said, "Stop pretending."

Song Nan's pupils narrowed slightly, and after a moment of silence, he asked, "You remember?"

Xu Lingguang saw through his probing and shook his head, muttering, "I have amnesia, not stupidity."

If he still can't see through the guardedness and scheming of his cheap apprentices at this point, then he's wasted his time as a corporate slave.

Song Nan stared at him, scrutinizing him.

If he was still mostly wary before, suspecting Xu Lingguang of some kind of conspiracy, he had now largely lowered his guard.

If Xu Lingguang's amnesia was just an act, he wouldn't be wasting his breath talking to him right now; instead, he would be taking advantage of his illness to kill him.

He genuinely couldn't remember anything.

But then Song Nanchu had some doubts. It was just amnesia. Could the same person really change so completely?

Completely different.