Senior Green Tea Turned Into an Abused Heroine Chapter 25
Chapter 25: Snake Demon (3)
Han Yu had never planned to crawl into the Snake Demon’s cave, he only needed to know its exact location with the spell he cast on the camellia.
He stepped on the falling boulder, then jumped down.
Meanwhile, Jin Zhifeng, who was left behind, looked dumbfounded at the scene he couldn’t participate in.
Lin Xiaocha was also staring at the falling stones, unaware of what was actually going on.
Is it an earthquake?
Thinking of the Earthquake Survival Guide she learned in her world, she was preparing to hide under the bed, until a man in white fluttered down the cave while lightly stepping on the falling rocks before jumping all the way down
It looked like a white light falling from above.
And Lin Xiaocha, who was preparing to hide, was left speechless.
But then she remembered something more important and tried to protect Jin Xuan'er next to her.
"Xuan'er, wake up. Are you all right."
System: [Host... Are you really...]
The snake demon looked at the white man descending from the sky while holding a long sword.
Was it this cultivator who destroyed his lair?
A surge of dark energy gradually enveloped his body, and with a resounding roar, he unveiled his sharp, venomous fangs before rushing towards Han Yu.
In that very instant, Han Yu waved his long arm and opened a light gate right in front of the demon.
And the snake demon ran straight through the gate, vanishing from the cave.
Lin Xiaocha: ???
This actually worked??!
Han Yu turned around and glanced at the little girl sitting on the red bed staring at him.
She seemed to have come back to her senses and slowly made her way over from the bed like a kitten.
Her pair of apricot eyes welled up with tears as they met his gaze.
However, in this lying down position...
The woman's exquisite curves were vividly displayed.
Had it been another person sitting like this in front of him, Han Yu would have been inclined to believe they were attempting to seduce him, harboring ulterior motives, and would have sent her away using a teleportation gate.
Yet this girl in front of him...
She was still young and ignorant.
She truly didn’t know that her unintentional movements exuded a sensual allure..
"Xianjun~" with a shivering cry, Lin Xiaocha clung to his waist, pressing herself against his lower abdomen as tears and sobs escaped her.
Han Yu's body tensed up.
Just as he contemplated pushing her head away, she cried out, "Xiaocha was terrified just now~ Uuuuuu. I said that I was not afraid, but it was a lie. I lied because I didn't want you to worry. Uuuuuu. That snake monster is so scary. It wants to sink its fangs into my neck, and it even said..."
As she got to this part, Lin Xiaocha trailed off…...
Han Yu knew what the snake demon would try to do, and even though he vowed not to let anything bad happen to her, seeing her so obviously petrified made him somewhat regret his decision to let her be the bait.
His raised hand paused in the air for a second before finally landing on her little head very lightly.
"I told you, with me here, nothing bad will ever happen to you." He reminded her in a low and soft voice
At this moment, the ceiling of the cave creaked again, then sand and stones started leaking from the cracks.
Han Yu immediately hugged Lin Xiaocha's waist with one arm, then pulled Jin Xuan'er from the bed with the other one, and flew out of the cave.
Jin Zhifeng saw the white shadow who had just disappeared fly up again with Lin Xiaocha hanging on his arm like a cat, and his sister on his shoulder.
The man in white thrusted Jin Xuan'er into Jin Zhifeng's arms before carefully putting Lin Xiaocha down.
Jin Zhifeng looked at Jin Xuan'er's darkened lips, and instantly knew that she had been poisoned.
His fists clenched.
Just now, Lin Xiaocha had sacrificed herself as bait to rescue his sister, so he has no face to ask her to save Jin Xuan'er again, with her blood.
Surprisingly, he heard Han Yu say lightly, "Get her to sit down."
Jin Zhifeng originally didn't like Han Yu, but now he admired the man so much that he couldn't even think straight.
With utmost haste, the youth promptly helped Jin Xuan'er sit on the ground, and Han Yu followed suit by assuming across-legged position right behind her before placing his hands atop of her waistcoat.
And before long, Jin Xuan’er was enveloped by a blue light emanating from Han Yu’s palm, coercing the black blood in her veins in one direction.
Suddenly, the fallen leaves on the ground began to rattled, accompanied by the sound of a fine lanyard rubbing and sliding on the ground.
The snake demon slipped back from somewhere, causing Lin Xiaocha's eyebrows to instinctively jump up, while Jin Zhifeng's nerves tensed up again.
At this moment, the snake's tail rubbed against the leaves on the ground, and the rustling sound disappeared.
Since Han Yu was trying to detoxify Jin Xuan'er, he couldn't possibly fight the snake demon.
And aware of this predicament, Lin Xiaocha and Jin Zhifeng nervously, and unsuccessfully searched for the demon’s whereabouts.
Until a thought suddenly crossed Jin Zhifeng’s mind, causing his jet-black eyes to shift upward towards the branches above.
Following his gaze, Lin Xiaocha raised her head and moved along his line of sight...
She was so scared that her scream was swallowed in her throat.
The snake demon's fat tail coiled around the tree trunk as he braced himself with both hands, glaring down angrily at the four individuals below.
His once handsome face had turned into a triangle-like snakehead, while his stunning golden eyes turned into vertical pupils with a solitary black line down the middle of his bloodshot orbs.
His mouth had also widened considerably, extending all the way to the base of his ears.
Scales had emerged on half of his face.
And with a terrifying expression, he fixed his gaze on them, seething with anger.
The demon then swooped down with the obvious intention to kill everyone.
Lin Xiaocha shrank behind Jin Zhifeng.
"Don't be afraid," reassured Jin Zhifeng as he unsheathed his glistening golden blade, assuming a protective stance in front of the girl.
However, the formidable power of a thousand year snake demon couldn't be challenged by Jin Zhifeng, who was currently at Foundation Building Stage.
And having exhausted all of his enchanted artifacts during his previous attempts to subdue the creature, he was now only equipped with a longsword, rendering him powerless against this impressive adversary.
As expected, the blade was unable to pierce through its armor-like scales.
The snake demon's tail wrapped around the sword, and opening its bloody mouth, it readied itself to bite Jin Zhifeng's head off in one go.
At that moment, Jin Xuan'er spat out a mouthful of black blood, and Han Yu, finally done with his task, cast a chilly glance towards the snake demon.
His intention was to let the creature go.
But it unexpectedly came back to die.
Gradually rising from the ground, Han Yu unsheathed his ice-like sword.
Seeing the fast sword coming, the demon quickly curled its tail around it, assuming that its armor-like hardness would be enough. However, upon contact with the blade, a brilliant blue light emitted, so blinding that it rendered everyone incapable of opening their eyes.
In the midst of the demon’s screams, its colossal tail was instantly severed, crashing down beside Lin Xiaocha, and coiling menacingly.
Lin Xiaocha gulped nervously as her whole body became soaked with sweat.
Jin Zhifeng was also speechless.
The snake demon's angry face was now stained with fear as it stared at its injury in disbelief. The wound was covered with a thin layer of ice, sealing in the blood that should have been gushing out.
Before it could react, Han Yu impaled it with the sword, then its whole body collapsed and crashed heavily on the ground.
Not a trace of blood in sight.
A snake demon with nearly a millennium year of cultivation died just like that.
To be able to manipulate the space continuum, cast teleportation spells, split the earth with a single strike, and easily kill a thousand-year-old snake demon…
Whether it was through magic or swordsmanship, his skills were unparalleled...
And that sword, gleaming with a frosty, icy blade...
The frost sword!
It's him!
After much contemplation, Jin Zhifeng finally understood why he had unknowingly felt a sense of pressure.
The remarkably talented Han Yu, who was known to stand aloof from worldly affairs. Known to never show his face in public, but everyone was aware he was a master in every cultivation style; a genius among geniuses.
Only a few people in the world had seen this one-in-a-million-years prodigy, even Jin Zhifeng’s father had never seen his face.
What could have possibly enticed this godly being to descend from the mountain?
Overwhelmed with gratitude, Jin Zhifeng dropped to his knees.
"Your kindness is beyond measure, there is nothing that could repay it. I, Jin Zhifeng of Jinjue City, will never forget the compassion Xianjun had shown me."
Han Yu deftly caught the frost sword mid-air and inserted it back into its scabbard with a schwing.
His handsome face retained its cold and emotionless demeanor as he uttered, "There’s no need."
Meanwhile, Jin Zhifeng glanced at Lin Xiaocha. Although she was staring at the snake demon’s carcass on the ground, her timid expression and reddened eyes indicated that she had recently shed tears.
She must have been terrified.
His heart immediately softened at the thought, and a mix of gratitude, heartache, guilt, and various other emotions surged within him.
In that moment, Han Yu lightly ordered, "Let's go."
Upon hearing his voice, Jin Zhifeng snapped back to reality.
Then, a sudden recollection crossed his mind, he exclaimed in surprise, "Xianjun, don't you want the demon core?"
People ventured into the Ten Thousand Demon Forest with the purpose of capturing demons to become their spirit beast companions or to hunt them, extract their cores and feed it to their spirit beasts in order to improve their abilities.
So encountering a thousand-year-old snake demon was no easy feat, and it wouldn’t be an understatement to say that its inner core was a rare gem.
However, Han Yu simply replied, "No."
Jin Zhifeng took a deep breath.
What others perceived as treasures were mere stones in his eyes.
Perhaps to him, such matters were truly insignificant.
Jin Zhifeng walked up to the snake demon’s corpse and dug out its core with his golden sword.
Not long ago, Bai Xuanran was given a pair of snow eagles. At that time, he boasted that he would travel to the Ten Thousand Demon Forest, and bring back a high-level demon core for her to feed her spirit beasts.
On the other hand, Lin Xiaocha was asking the system about Jin Zhifeng's progress.
System: [70%]
Lin Xiaocha thought about all the things she had done for him since they met inside the forest; she saved him and saved his sister, but his favorability only grew that much?
This progress fell short of her expectations.
She was not sure if it was because he had Bai Xuanran in his heart.
But recalling that Bai Xuanran has two snow eagles in the book, she was certain that there was a connection between her and this demon core.
Lin Xiaocha looked at the dazzling orb in Jin Zhifeng’s hands. It looked like a green-colored stone, shining brightly and dazzlingly.
In admiration, she exclaimed "It's so beautiful! It looks like a gem."
Jin Zhifeng was taken aback.
Does she like this?
But she is just an ordinary girl. It would be useless to give her the demon core; a treasure like this should not be used for decoration.
Plus, it would be very useful to Xuanran's snow eagles.
With this in mind, he softly said to Lin Xiaocha, "Do you like gems? I will give you better-looking ones after we leave this forest."
Lin Xiaocha: ...
No-no-no.
I must have it.
Pretending to be utterly disappointed, she let out a sour "Oh."
And, Jin Zhifeng, shocked by her tone, hurriedly explained, "Little Bean Sprout, it truly will be of no use to you."
Lin Xiaocha’s misty eyelashes trembled as she gave him a nod.
Jin Zhifeng: ...
Why are you crying?
Just as he was about to express his thoughts, he heard Lin Xiaocha say, "You want to give this to the Bai girl Xuan'er mentioned, don’t you? It seems that you really like her."
Jin Zhifeng was caught off guard by her statement.
Like Bai Xuanran?
It seemed so. He has liked her ever since they were young.
But why did he feel a pang of unease in his heart when he heard this from Lin Xiaocha's mouth?
In that moment, Lin Xiaocha glanced at the resting Jin Xuan'er, then shifted her gaze to her own fingers, still bearing traces of blood from when she had saved him.
Turning to face Han Yu, she said unhappily, "Xianjun, let's go."
And seeing Lin Xiaocha's back move away like this, Jin Zhifeng suddenly panicked.
He was the one who forced Jin Xuan'er to come to Ten Thousand Demon Forest, and without Lin Xiaocha's help, both he and Xuan'er would have died within those woods.
Yet, after everything that happened, he was still thinking of Bai Xuanran before anyone else. He was really too much.
"Hey, Little Bean Sprout. Do you like this demon core?"
Lin Xiaocha turned around and nodded. She wiped her tears with the back of her hand and expressed her grievance, "Well, I also want to have my own spirit beasts, and become more powerful. I don't want to be a refugee or be bullied my whole life."
At her words, Han Yu lowered his eyes, and his eyelashes trembled slightly.
Jin Zhifeng's heart was also moved.
Both of them knew that her lack of aptitude made it near impossible for her to control spirit beasts.
However, neither could bring themselves to voice this truth.
Jin Zhifeng squatted in front of her.
"Here, take this." He said, placing the demon core in her hands, "Don't cry."
He then directed his gaze towards Han Yu, "Xianjun, Little Bean Sprout can't follow you everywhere. Her talents are not enough to go to Tianyu Mountain, so let me take her to Jinjue City with me. I promise to protect her from any form of mistreatment."
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