Fu Changsheng slapped a talisman onto himself. With a flash of golden light, a light shield descended, enveloping him. Turning to Molan, he said:
"I'll go into the cave to explore first."
He waved his sleeve.
A Wind Blade sliced the rocks at the cave entrance into pieces. A dark cave entrance appeared before him. Fu Changsheng took out the Little Cyan Snake from his sleeve and said:
"Xiaoqing, scout ahead."
Hiss, hiss.
The Little Cyan Snake showed some reluctance.
A flash of cyan light.
It landed on the ground and continuously crawled forward.
The further into the cave, the darker it became. But after walking about a hundred meters, the view suddenly broadened, revealing a Deep Pool.
The pool was as black as ink.
Fu Changsheng was puzzled when suddenly numerous green lights lit up in the originally dark pool. Looking closely, these green lights were, surprisingly, the eyes of the Silver-Spotted Poison Snakes, densely packed, at least a thousand of them.
Fu Changsheng's throat moved, and he quickly retreated.
At this moment.
Swish, swish, swish!
The sound of something breaking through the air was heard.
The Silver-Spotted Poison Snakes in the Deep Pool immediately launched an attack, their tongues flicking as they spat venom, spraying towards Fu Changsheng from all directions.
Fu Changsheng's pupils contracted.
Although these Silver-Spotted Poison Snakes were only Tier One Early-stage in strength,
their numbers were overwhelming.
Moreover,
the most crucial thing was,
the saliva of these Silver-Spotted Poison Snakes contained deadly poison. If even a little bit touched you, without taking an Antidote Pill, you'd be dead in less than half an incense stick of time.
Although he had prepared Antidote Pills, their sheer number was not something he could afford to provoke.
Bang, bang, bang.
Globs of venom splattered onto the Vajra Shield.
The shield emitted a sizzling corrosive sound and cracked almost instantly, but fortunately, Fu Changsheng activated several more in succession.
Reaching the cave entrance,
the Silver-Spotted Poison Snakes in the Deep Pool were jumping up one by one, countless of them chasing after him.
Outnumbered.
Fu Changsheng turned and ran.
Halfway through his escape,
he suddenly noticed silence behind him.
Wondering what was happening,
he saw that the Little Cyan Snake, which had been leading the way, hadn't followed but instead seemed very excited. It leapt up and landed above the Deep Pool, hissing at the pool bottom.
An astonishing scene unfolded.
In the pool,
the Silver-Spotted Poison Snakes started to tremble and bow before the Little Cyan Snake as a mouse would before a cat, showing none of their previous ferocity.
The Little Cyan Snake made a human-like expression, turned around, and hissed at Fu Changsheng, signaling him not to rush away:
"Could this be the legendary bloodline suppression?!"
Fu Changsheng was astounded.
After all, the Little Cyan Snake carried the Flood Dragon Bloodline, while the Silver-Spotted Poison Snakes were several levels beneath it.
"Hiss, hiss, hiss!"
The Little Cyan Snake extended its tongue again.
The pool water, tempered day and night with the venom of these Silver-Spotted Poison Snakes, had become extremely toxic, but wisps of toxic gas were now being separated, forming a vortex in the air that rushed into the Little Cyan Snake's body. The snake's broken tail was visibly regenerating.
After two hours,
the aura of the Little Cyan Snake naturally advanced to Tier One Middle Stage.
At this point,
the once ink-black water of the Deep Pool cleared to the bottom.
From start to finish,
the Tier One Silver-Spotted Poison Snakes dared not move an inch, lying still on the ground.
Fu Changsheng approached the pool and said to the Little Cyan Snake:
"Xiaoqing, stay here and protect me. Make sure your kin don't enter the pool!"
"Hiss, hiss."
The Little Cyan Snake lazily hissed twice.
Terrified, the Silver-Spotted Poison Snakes trembled.
Fu Changsheng took a deep breath, then with a splash, he dove into the pool, swimming downstream along the Dark River.
Unknown how much time passed.
With a splash!
Fu Changsheng finally emerged from the water.
Looking around,
he found himself at the foot of Luofeng Mountain, in the Mountain Protection River encircling the mountain base:
"The Deep Pool actually leads directly to the clan's territory!"
Fu Changsheng's eyes flashed with surprise.
Then,
his mind raced.
He conceived a bold idea.
To train the Silver-Spotted Poison Snakes to become the guardians of the Fu Family's territory. The more he thought about it, the more excited Fu Changsheng became.
The Silver-Spotted Poison Snakes hidden in the Mountain Protection River,
the accumulating toxic gas would form a natural toxic miasma, serving as the clan's first line of defense, while the clanspeople could use the Control Array to isolate the gas. It was simply perfect:
"If the Southern Barbarians had invaded at that time, with these Silver-Spotted Poison Snakes, Grandfather would have certainly held the line at Luofeng Mountain."
No sooner said than done.
Fu Changsheng returned to the Deep Pool,
called Molan in as well, and the two of them spent ten days blocking the minor tributary leading to Nanyang Town from the Dark River. Then they exerted enormous effort to persuade the Little Cyan Snake to lead its crew back to the Moat of Luofeng Mountain.
After all the tasks were completed,
more than a month had passed.
However,
watching the strands of toxic gas rise from the Mountain Protection River, turning the once-clear water into a dark green, Fu Changsheng suddenly felt a sense of security.
At the same time,
the familiar mechanical voice in his Sea of Divine Sense resonated again:
"Ding"
"You've constructed a strong defensive line for the clan territory, earning sixty-four Clan Contribution Points."
Immediately,
the Contribution Points on the panel soared from six to seventy.
This meant,
he could draw once and redeem ten pieces of information.
Fu Changsheng immediately said:
"Redeem for a draw."
Buzz!
A surge of yellow light filled the panel. In the next instant, the Clan Contribution Points dropped to twenty. He felt something new in his sleeve: a box, with a white base and beast patterns. Though not his first draw, he was a bit nervous:
"I wonder what I'll get this time."
Taking a deep breath,
he opened the box.
A palm-sized storage bag appeared before his eyes:
"Huh, another storage bag?!"
Fu Changsheng felt a bit disappointed, as the current storage bag in his possession had ample capacity and was fully adequate.
He took the storage bag out of the box, and upon closer inspection, his eyes lit up:
"It's actually a Spirit Beast Bag!"
The Spirit Beast Bag is more precious than a storage bag because it can hold living creatures. For him, this Spirit Beast Bag came just in time; he needed a home for Xiaoqing. After completing the Sacrificial Refinement of the Spirit Beast Bag, he immediately stored Xiaoqing inside. At first, Xiaoqing wasn't accustomed to it, but after a few times, it got used to it.
With the twenty Clan Contribution Points remaining on the panel, still a way off from the next draw, he decided to use them to redeem information. He immediately said:
"Redeem information!"
A profusion of yellow light flooded the panel.
Then lines of text began to display.