Chapter 82: To obtain spiritual essence, acknowledge me as the master

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Tang Ailian felt like there was something she had forgotten. This medicine should not be taken this way. Right, it should be taken with the Jinyang Pill prepared from snake sunfruit, and it must be accompanied by Yin Water for consumption. Balancing the yin and yang is essential to break through barriers and advance smoothly. Otherwise, one will endure intense suffering.

It turns out that even without Yin Lotus Water, it's okay, just painful. As long as there's no danger, memories won't specifically remind her.

Tang Ailian could only endure the intense pain.

It was excruciating, incredibly uncomfortable! Tang Ailian struggled in pain for a long time. It seemed like a day had passed, then maybe a month, and then perhaps a year.

She decided to shut down her five senses.

After an unknown amount of time, Tang Ailian reopened her five senses. The pain attacked again, but this time, she could barely endure it. However, even this tolerable pain felt quite long. Tang Ailian had a feeling that if she could endure this pain, she wouldn't be afraid of any pain in the future.

Finally, the pain slowly subsided, and Tang Ailian finally felt like she had come back to life.

She carefully examined herself. Good heavens, she had jumped directly from the Mid-Late Houtian stage to the Peak-Late Houtian stage, just one step away from Xiantian.

This Jining Pill was incredible; she only took one and jumped four small stages!

Being almost Xiantian at under the age of five, perhaps there was no one in this world with such an incredible cultivation speed? Although the pain she just endured was excruciating, she was very satisfied with this result.

Upon checking her psychic power, she was startled once again. Her psychic power had increased from over seven thousand to twelve thousand, entering the second level of the Elemental Connection stage!

Usually, an increase in martial power didn't necessarily mean an increase in psychic power. However, after the painful torment this time, her body had advanced to the Peak-Late Houtian stage, and her psychic power had also risen significantly. It seemed that enduring pain had its benefits.

Now she could barely communicate with animals.

Suddenly, Tang Ailian smelled a foul odor. What was that terrible smell? After a moment, she discovered that the stench was coming from her own body. She had been covered in a layer of black goo.

Tang Ailian didn't want to waste her spiritual water for bathing, as the water in the medicine well was not unlimited. Using it would lower the water level. Therefore, besides using it for medicinal purposes or to stimulate the growth of spiritual herbs, she couldn't afford to waste it.

She remembered there was a small river beneath the cliff where she had gathered the Snake Sunfruit. She quickly left the medicine well space.

As soon as she emerged, she met a pair of snake eyes.

"You finally appeared. Where did you go? Why didn't you take me with you?" The Crowned Snake transmitted a series of angry messages through its thoughts.

However, its messages suddenly stopped, and then it became stunned, moving away from Tang Ailian for over five hundred meters.

Tang Ailian was puzzled. What was wrong with this Crowned Snake?

"You, you, you advanced? You reached the Peak-Late Houtian stage?" The Crowned Snake suddenly approached, pointing its tail at Tang Ailian in astonishment.

"What? You only want to advance to the Peak-Late Houtian stage but won't let me advance? Now we are on the same level, so don't think you can bully me," Tang Ailian said somewhat arrogantly.

The Crowned Snake protested, "Did you advance because you ate my Snake Sunfruit?"

Tang Ailian glanced at it, "What do you mean, 'your Snake Sunfruit'? You already exchanged it for my spiritual essence, so it's my Snake Sunfruit."

The Crowned Snake didn't seem to argue about the fairness of the exchange. It swam back and circled around Tang Ailian, saying, "Wait a minute, shouldn't you have exploded and died after consuming an immature Snake Sunfruit? Why are you fine?"

"Do you want me to be in trouble?" Tang Ailian said, heading back. She had achieved her goal for this trip.

But the Crowned Snake obviously didn't intend to let her go and continued to follow her. It was thinking about one question: She hadn't finished consuming her medicinal pills, right?

Tang Ailian stopped and said, "Why are you still following me? Do you want to acknowledge me as your master?" In the memory of a witch doctor, there was a method to form contracts with animals.

The Crowned Snake hesitated but then said with some difficulty, "If, and I mean if, you can give me one of your prepared pills, I'm willing to follow you." It emphasized that it would follow her, not necessarily acknowledge her as its master.

Tang Ailian was taken aback. Weren't spirit snakes known for their pride? How could it be willing to acknowledge her as its master? She looked at the Crowned Snake for a moment, and it seemed a bit embarrassed. "Also, when I follow you, you have to provide me with that kind of spiritual essence."

Tang Ailian suddenly understood that what this little guy was most interested in was her spiritual essence.

As for easily acknowledging someone as its master, it wasn't that simple. After all, which spiritual creature could have access to as much spiritual essence as she did? In this era of scarce natural energy, advancing was extremely difficult.

Tang Ailian's rapid advancement was not only due to her having spiritual essence but also because of her cultivation method. As long as she recited the incantation and formed hand seals, the natural energy would gather and nourish her body.

There was one more thing: she had heard its voice in her consciousness, so she knew it was a young snake.

"Want spiritual essence?" Tang Ailian's face displayed a tempting smile like the big bad wolf enticing Little Red Riding Hood. As she spoke, she summoned a 180-degree sphere of spiritual essence, ten meters deep.

"Give it to me! Give it to me quickly!" The Crowned Snake was almost about to explode. This sphere of spiritual essence was much better than what it had just consumed. It not only had a rich natural energy but also the essence of life.

The heavenly energy that could transform the body, what could be more important than that?

"Want it? Fine, but you have to acknowledge me as your master," Tang Ailian said with a smile.

The Crowned Snake hesitated for a moment when it heard about acknowledging her as its master.

"If you acknowledge me as your master, you'll have this kind of spiritual essence to drink every day in the future," Tang Ailian tempted further.

The Crowned Snake was lured in by the promise of delicious spiritual essence. It agreed, "Okay, I'm willing to acknowledge you as my superior."

However, Tang Ailian hesitated again, "But can you be your own master? What about your mom and dad? Do they agree?"

The Crowned Snake stared at the sphere of spiritual essence and sniffed the rich spiritual energy. It said, "Of course, I can be my own master. I've never seen my mom and dad since I was born. I was born next to that Snake Sunfruit."

As reptiles are oviparous, snake mothers often lay their eggs and then leave. It wasn't impossible for them to abandon their offspring.

Tang Ailian felt reassured, "Alright, then I'll take you in. I can provide you with Jingshen Pill and spiritual essence. Let's form a contract first."

(End of this chapter)