The sisters exchanged bewildered glances.
They had no idea what Chen Nan was planning. After all, he had just saved them. Logically, he should have seized the opportunity to demand the White Spirit Snake. Yet, he hadn't mentioned it at all. Furthermore, he had left Snake Mountain. Human minds were truly complex, unlike the simplicity of demons. Thus, the sisters gazed in the direction Chen Nan had departed.
What happened next left them utterly stunned. Chen Nan had left Snake Mountain, but he hadn't truly left. He was now kneeling at the foot of the mountain.
"Sister, what on earth is this guy doing?" Lu Qingqing asked, her expression one of disbelief.
Lu Bailing shook her head. She also wanted to know what Chen Nan was doing, but she couldn't fathom his thoughts no matter how hard she tried.
"Let's go down and see," Lu Bailing said softly.
Lu Qingqing nodded. The two sisters then drifted down from the mountain and landed before Chen Nan.
Lu Bailing sighed, a hint of complexity in her eyes. "Young Master Chen, you are truly determined not to give up until you obtain the White Spirit Snake?"
Chen Nan replied, "Senior, the White Spirit Snake is of utmost importance to this junior. I implore you to grant my request!"
Lu Qingqing curiously studied Chen Nan, her beautiful eyes filled with confusion. "You saved our lives earlier, but why didn't you mention it on the mountain?"
Chen Nan explained, "I have an irreconcilable enmity with the Five Poisons Sect. I will not let any of their members leave, even if I encounter them elsewhere."
Lu Bailing was dismissive. "But you ultimately saved our lives." She knew that if it hadn't been for Chen Nan today, the sisters would have surely perished at Xiang Tianxiong's hands. With their abilities, they were no match for a cultivator at the seventh level of the Body Seizing realm.
"A true man knows what to do and what not to do. I, Chen Nan, despise those who leverage favors," Chen Nan stated. In truth, he knew that if he had brought it up on the mountain, the sisters might have granted him the White Spirit Snake. But that wasn't what he desired. He had performed too many good deeds in his life without ever expecting any reward.
A sense of admiration grew in Lu Bailing's heart for Chen Nan. "Young Master Chen's character is truly admirable. However, there is one thing I wish to confirm."
"If I give you the White Spirit Snake, will you agree to one of my conditions?"
Chen Nan, suppressing his inner joy, nodded solemnly. "Yes."
Lu Bailing then asked, "Even if it means doing something that betrays her?"
Chen Nan paused, unable to help but ask, "What do you mean by that, Senior?"
Lu Bailing continued, "I've heard that human love is sacred and unwavering. If my condition is for you to take another woman as your wife, would you agree?"
"Would you betray your bond for her sake to save her?"
Chen Nan was completely bewildered. Indeed, love was unwavering. It was a sacred existence. But if he answered this question from the heart, it would reveal his scummy nature!
Before he could speak, Lu Bailing's voice rang out. "I can give you the White Spirit Snake, allowing you to lure the Naihe fish. But I have a condition."
She glanced at her sister and said, her voice ethereal, "My sister and I have lived on Snake Mountain since childhood. We have cultivated for a thousand years without ever leaving. Yet, we both yearn for human affection."
"If Young Master Chen agrees to stay with us sisters on Snake Mountain for ten days, I will help you lure out the Naihe fish."
Guo Yu's scalp tingled, and he swallowed nervously. "Senior sisters, humans and demons are from different paths. This cannot be!"
Lu Bailing chuckled, a hint of disdain in her eyes. "Although humans and demons are from different paths, in my eyes, that is merely the foolishness of the world. I firmly believe that different paths can lead to the same destination!"
Guo Yu, well-read and learned, now had a flushed face. What did she mean? He said humans and demons were from different paths, and she responded with "different paths lead to the same destination"? Was she playing a word game with him?
Chen Nan's head was also buzzing. He hadn't expected the two serpent demons to propose such a perverse condition. It made him, a pervert himself, feel perverse. If it were any other condition, Chen Nan would have readily agreed. But this condition cornered him. Yes, he was a scumbag, and he admitted it. But truth be told, he only screwed over humans. Even when he roamed the immortal realm, he never thought of getting a female demon or a she-devil to play with. Never did he imagine coming to the underworld and having a female demon set her sights on him. To accompany these two serpent sisters for ten days? Were demons this wild?
Thinking of Du Yuan's precarious situation, Chen Nan immediately agreed. "Alright, I will stay with you sisters for ten days." Although Chen Nan didn't want to get involved with the two serpent demons, did he have a choice? Even though it was difficult for him to accept, he thought they were all carbon-based life forms, so it was fine. At worst, he would let them control their emotions and not revert to their true forms when excited.
Lu Qingqing's eyes lit up. "Kawaii! Finally, we can play with a human."
Lu Bailing, on the other hand, had a flicker of disappointment in her eyes. "So, there is no such thing as pure love in this world?"
Chen Nan calmly asked, "In your eyes, Senior, is love watching the one you love die before your very eyes?"
Lu Bailing retorted, "You betrayed her."
Chen Nan replied, "But I saved her life."
Lu Bailing shook her head slightly. "If I were her, I would absolutely not want you to save me in this manner."
"But you are not her," Chen Nan said. "Love is a very sacred and complex thing. It makes no sense or logic. Lovers will go to any lengths for each other, even risking their lives. Even if I betrayed my woman, she wouldn't blame me. Because she knows that everything I do is for her."
Lu Bailing's gaze was somewhat dazed, not understanding what love was. She exhaled a breath of turbid air and said softly, "Since Young Master Chen has agreed to accompany us sisters for ten days, let's go up the mountain!" With that, she turned and headed up the mountain along the stone steps.
Guo Yu, seeing this, quickly said, "Beautiful elder sisters, my elder brother is not clean. He's not a virgin. I am. How about I go up the mountain to accompany you for ten days?" He didn't want Chen Nan to be troubled and was willing to sacrifice his precious virginity for him. Even living with these two female demons for ten days would be without complaint.
Lu Qingqing gave Guo Yu a look of contempt. "Sorry, you are too ugly."
"╥﹏╥..." Guo Yu was speechless. I didn't dislike you for being demons, and you reject me for being ugly?
Chen Nan stood up and said to Guo Yu and Di Ting, "You two wait for me here!" He then walked up the mountain alongside Lu Qingqing.
Lu Qingqing's eyes were full of joy, as if she had discovered a new continent. She flitted around Chen Nan's left and right, front and back, positions.
Chen Nan secretly sighed! He didn't need to think to know that in the hands of these two female demons, they would surely ravage him fiercely.