Novel Full Luo Qianqian had heard that serpents had no ears, they relied on smell and eyes to lead them. Luo Qianqian had asked her team to use some powder to hide their smell, otherwise the serpents would sense them once they had set foot in the serpents’ habitat.
This place was home to the most vicious serpents in this whole country, they were as wide as a man’s arm and not to mention they were all equipped with venom fang.
Luo Qianqian shuddered at the thought that she needed to face serpents later.
The group observed the caves for a while and Luo Qianqian said, “Serpents tend to be less aggressive in daylight, let’s take advantage of that. Now let’s split into two groups, but remember, safety first! Discard the herbal medicine in danger!”
Su Liancheng nodded and grabbed Feng Qing who had been as quiet as Murong Yun, “Ha, good plan, I will be with Feng Qing, you two take care, bye.” with that Su Liancheng dragged Feng Qing away.
How Luo Qianqian wished Feng Qing could be a bit more talktive, Feng Qing had made progress when he was assigned to protect her, but all of Luo Qianqian’s efforts went down the drain after Feng Qing went back to Murong Yun.
“Not so fast, here, take a look at the drawing before we split up.” Luo Qianqian handed Su Liancheng and Feng Qing the drawing of the herbal medicine.
“Thank you, Your Highness and Master.” Feng Qing replied.
Su Liancheng laughed, Feng Qing put Luo Qianqian above Murong Yun subconsciously.
“Murong Yun, shall we?” Luo Qianqian straightened her collar and was ready to go.
“Hold on.”
“What’s the matter?” Luo Qianqian crouched down beside Murong Yun.
“Over there.” Murong Yun pointed to the right
What met Luo Qianqian’s eyes was a huge serpent crawling from its cave, it was even more wider than the other serpents in this habitat, it was at least two half meters long and almost as wide as an adult’s calf. The serpent looked around to check the surroundings and then left with its tongue shot out. Luo Qianqian noticed the serpent’s pupils were vertical like cats’, but cats are so cute, and the only word that related to serpents were ‘cold-blood’.
Luo Qianqian hid behind the big rick, she was glad that Murong Yun had stopped her from walking out.
Luo Qianqian closed her eyes and woke up Xiao Bai in the space to sense the Serpent Flower. Xiao Bai couldn’t show itself, but it was able to sense the surroundings after Luo Qianqian’s unrimitting efforts.
But it wasn’t a permanent solution because Luo Qianqian couldn’t take it for too long.
“Any updates, Xiao Bai?” Luo Qianqian asked.
It took Xiao Bai a little while to sense and reply, “Not yet, can we go a bit closer to the cave?”
“Sure.”
Murong Yun caught hold of Luo Qianqian, “Shall we?”
“Yes, please.”
The two walked to the huge serpent’s cave.
Luo Qianqian was overwhelmed by the odor in the cave, no wonder Xiao Bai didn’t sense the Serpent Flower, the strong odor could be very misleading.
Luo Qianqian looked at the sun, it was getting late, she was determined to get this done and over with as soon as possible, otherwise they would be fighting losing battle with the serpents at night. Even Murong Yun couldn’t protect her at night.
“I wonder how Su Liancheng and Feng Qing are doing.” Luo Qianqian muttered, they walked into the cave to look for the flower, but they decided to not go too deep in case they needed to run away.
It was impossible to use Lightness Skills in a cave overgrown with towering trees.
“Feng Qing can send us signals.” Murong Yun replied, which meant no signal, no danger for them.
Luo Qianqian felt a bit disappointed at this point, but she took a deep breath and stared at Murong Yun with a smile, “Shall we go further?”
“Aren’t you afraid?” Murong Yun grabbed Luo Qianqian’s hand, he was touched that Luo Qianqian was willing to risk herself.
Luo Qianqian held her head up high and shook her head, “What’s there to be afraid of now that I’ve got you.”
‘Qianqian~’, Murong Yun stared at the little woman, ‘I promise I won’t let you down. I was a walking dead before I met you, probably I had been dead if not for you, the pains, the crippling pains on full moon nights, even Lin Zimo couldn’t help me, I didn’t even want to live any more until you fell off from my roof months ago… …’
But Murong Yun didn’t say anything, he knew actions spoke louder at this point.
They walked further down the cave but to no avail, Luo Qianqian started to ask herself, ‘Could this be a lie? There’s no Serpent Flower in the world!’
‘But how is that possible! Everyone says Monster Forest is a place filled with wonder, you can get anything you want in this place!’
They saw a piece of rotten serpent skin as they walked further into the cave, the serpents were venomous so the skin wasn’t eaten by other animals.
No one would tell how long had the serpent died, the skin was in a state of decay and the flesh was rotten.
Luo Qianqian was so thrilled to see that, she dragged Murong Yun and walked to the skin in spite of the overwhelming putrefactive odor, hopefully the Serpent Flower was somewhere nearby.
Luo Qianqian looked around and she only found some tree branches, nothing else.
“No way!” Luo Qianqian refused to take no for an answer, she held her breath and crouched down again, this time she searched even more carefully.
Murong Yun had accepted his fate, he took hold of Luo Qianqian, “Quit it, Qianqian, there’s nothing here.”
“No! We can find it if we look harder!”
Xiao Bai’s voice rang in Luo Qianqian’s mind as well, “Master, there’s nothing here, I can’t sense anything.”
Luo Qianqian slumped down on the ground, “No, Murong Yun, full moon night is coming soon, how can I… how can I watch you suffer… it’s so painful.”
Tears brimmed in Murong Yun’s eyes, “Qianqian, I have you now, it’s not painful any more.”