Ye Tian saw this scene and sighed, "What a pity!"
Seventh Lady: "It seems to have failed."
Ye Tian: "Unstable foundation, failed to transform into a flood dragon."
The giant snake had no life force left, and the divine light in its eyes gradually disappeared.
At this moment, a group of animals rushed out. There were tigers, wolves, leopards, wild boars, and foxes. They all stared greedily at the giant snake's corpse, preparing to feast on it.
Ye Tian walked over. He released a terrifying aura, and these animals scattered, fleeing as far as they could.
He approached the giant snake, pulled its entire body out of the water, and then observed its abdomen, lost in thought.
Seventh Lady also walked over and asked, "Is there a problem?"
Ye Tian sighed softly, "I understand. This giant snake knew its transformation into a flood dragon was hopeless, so it used all its life force to temper itself with that lightning strike and passed it on to its offspring."
As he spoke, a small snake, as thick as a little finger and about thirty centimeters long, emerged from the snake's belly. Its entire body was like jade.
Ye Tian extended his palm, and the small snake coiled onto his hand. It had just been born and was very unfamiliar with this world.
"Although this small snake failed to transform into a flood dragon, its physique is now no different from that of a flood dragon. If it matures, transforming into a flood dragon will be much easier than for its mother."
The civet cat stared at the snake's corpse with greed in its eyes. The red fox was similar; the snake meat was a great tonic for them.
Ye Tian sighed softly. In nature, this was a normal occurrence. He said, "Seventh Lady, why don't you come to my place for a rest? I'll leave this snake for them."
Seventh Lady nodded, "Then I'll be intruding."
Upon returning to the Jade Emperor Temple, the sky was already faintly lit. Ye Tian said, "Please rest first."
Seventh Lady, having traveled from afar and not having rested, thanked him.
After the sun rose, Ye Tian returned to the mountainside where they were camping.
Xia Lei and the others had already started preparing for the morning activities, collecting fungi nearby to stew with the meat.
Locals enjoyed eating mushrooms. Many wild mushrooms were extremely delicious, which led to many people being poisoned and sent to the hospital each year. However, this did not deter people's enthusiasm for eating mushrooms.
Ye Tian also joined the mushroom-picking team. He had a keen sense of smell, good eyesight, and could distinguish between poisonous and non-poisonous ones, so he quickly gathered a large quantity of mushrooms.
He personally brewed the soup, then put the three wild chickens he had caught into the pot, adding some salt.
Instantly, a delicious aroma wafted out, and Ye Tian's appetite was whetted. Qian Min, who had been assisting him, smiled and said, "Fortunately, you know which mushrooms are poisonous, otherwise we would all be sent to the hospital today."
It turned out that many students had found poisonous mushrooms, but they couldn't identify them. In the end, Ye Tian had to pick them out one by one.
Ye Tian chuckled, "Actually, poisonous ones aren't necessarily inedible; it's just that the process is a bit complicated, and I'm too lazy to do it."
While waiting, Qian Min hesitated for a moment and asked, "Ye Tian, do you remember Yan Ruxue?"
Yan Ruxue was a girl Ye Tian had met during a joint event of the five provincial schools. She was exceptionally beautiful, even slightly surpassing Lin Ziyi, and she was skilled in singing and dancing. She was hailed by the boys of the five schools as the most beautiful woman in a thousand years.
Yan Ruxue came from an extraordinary family and had a cheerful personality, but few boys dared to pursue her. Those who did occasionally tried usually ended up in miserable defeat.
Ye Tian, having drunk too much with some classmates, went to confess his feelings to Yan Ruxue at one in the morning. It was meant to be a prank, but to everyone's surprise, Yan Ruxue actually accepted the flowers Ye Tian held out, smiled, and kissed him.
Everyone present was stunned. Ye Tian, half-sober, turned and ran. The next day, the joint event of the five schools ended, and Ye Tian never saw Yan Ruxue again.
Upon hearing Yan Ruxue's name, Ye Tian's expression became somewhat awkward. He asked, "Why did you suddenly mention her? Do you know her?"
Qian Min: "I didn't know her when we were studying, but we are colleagues now. She is the CEO of a company under our art school, Xin Yi Company."
The name Xin Yi Company often appeared in the newspapers. Ye Tian was surprised to learn that its boss was Yan Ruxue.
Qian Min: "She's quite a prominent figure now. Xin Yi earned the school 1.5 billion last year, and it might be even more this year."
Ye Tian simply said, "Oh," and didn't say anything else. He wasn't very familiar with Yan Ruxue; it was just a brief, somewhat absurd episode.
Qian Min subtly glanced at Ye Tian and said, "Do you know why Yan Ruxue agreed to you back then?"
Ye Tian laughed, "Was she deliberately messing with me?"
Qian Min: "A while ago, I happened to meet her at a banquet, and we talked about this matter. She said she fell in love with you at first sight and that you were the only man who made her heart flutter during that time."
"Cough, cough..." Ye Tian, who was drinking water, suddenly started coughing.