Chapter 260: Chapter 260: Hidden Ulterior Motives_1
"Woo woo... woo woo..."
Strange sounds came from Pei Chunlan’s mouth, sounding sinister and chilling to the bone.
Along with the wooing, there was instantly a rustling noise coming from all around.
One by one, little snakes emerged from all directions, all slithering towards Zhen Haoren, entwining around his body.
Although these little snakes didn’t bite him, being ensnared like this made Zhen Haoren’s old heart thump wildly in fear.
At that moment, he was terrified.
Because thousands of little snakes had entangled him.
He was bound tightly, just like being tied up, preventing him from moving at all.
Seeing the snakes reach his neck, Zhen Haoren couldn’t help but ask, "Pei Chunlan, what are you doing?"
"Shut your mouth, or else, do you believe I’ll make the little snakes crawl into your mouth and gag you?"
Zhen Haoren dared not speak anymore.
However, he looked at Pei Chunlan’s mouth.
At the same time, his mind was racing with thoughts.
He couldn’t summon the little snakes, but he had a way to shut this woman’s mouth.
"Woo woo... woo woo..."
The eerie sound came from Pei Chunlan’s mouth once again, and all the little snakes coiled around Zhen Haoren opened their mouths, hissing.
Wisps of white smoke drifted from their tongues, all floating towards the Hundred-Color Snake, entering its body.
As the smoke poured in, the Hundred-Color Snake’s body began to grow larger and thicker.
In the end, it had transformed into a python as thick as a water bucket.
The Hundred-Color Snake slithered towards the pile of rocks and, using its tail, began to move the stones one by one.
A ray of golden light shone forth, and the Golden Bell Shield reappeared in front of Zhen Haoren and Pei Chunlan.
Inside, Qin Feng and Xue Xiaochan were unscathed, not having suffered the slightest harm.
Qin Feng withdrew the Golden Bell Shield and cheerfully said to Pei Chunlan, "Thank you!"
"Gratitude for saving a life cannot be expressed with words. If you truly want to show your gratitude, show me your sincerity."
"What kind of sincerity do you want?"
"What do you think?"
Seeing this old woman staring straight at him with a mischievous look in her eyes.
Qin Feng didn’t dare to take the bait from Pei Chunlan and quickly changed the topic, asking, "Where did the Black Dragon run off to?"
"It can’t leave Suolong Cave, and neither can we four. Unless you have the capability to kill that Black Dragon."
"Even so, it’s still a life, it’d be a pity to kill it. If the Black Dragon could change its ways, I might spare its life. But if it refuses to repent, then killing it is the only option."
These words made Pei Chunlan laugh.
"Ha ha!"
She scoffed coldly, full of disbelief, "Do you really think you’re capable enough? Fancy thinking you can reform a beast."
At this, Pei Chunlan’s tone shifted as she asked, "Do you know how Suolong Cave got its name?"
This question piqued Qin Feng’s immense interest.
"How did it get its name?" Qin Feng inquired.
"The name Suolong Cave was chosen by our Pei family’s ancestor."
"Your family’s ancestor named it? Does the ’dragon’ in Suolong Cave refer to the Black Dragon?"
"Eight hundred years ago, the Black Dragon appeared in Anlong Town. That beast liked to feast on humans. In just one month, it had killed tens of thousands of people, wreaking havoc in Anlong Town, with countless lives lost and suffering unspeakable misery.
Just then, the Pei Family’s ancient ancestor stood out. He first arranged a large formation in this cave and named it Suolong Cave, then used himself as bait to lure the Black Dragon in.
In the Suolong Cave, the old ancestor battled with the Black Dragon for ninety-nine days and finally subdued it.
"Ever since then, our Pei Family has had to send someone to guard the Black Dragon in the Suolong Cave, to prevent it from causing havoc in the Mortal Realm."
Hearing this, Zhen Haoren couldn’t help but interject, asking, "Isn’t your Pei Family’s old ancestor just like you, a great beauty?"
"He was a towering man!"
"A man? So, your ancestor’s great battle and your great battle—they’re not the same ’great battle,’ huh?"
"Keep mouthing off here, and I’ll have the little snakes shut you up!"
Pei Chunlan barked furiously at Zhen Haoren before continuing to speak to Qin Feng.
"At the beginning, the Black Dragon in this Suolong Cave was like a domesticated puppy, very meek.
But after the old ancestor went to cultivate in Qiuniu Mountain, the Black Dragon became irritable and uncontrollable.
In order to keep it stable, our Pei Family could only send daughters into the Suolong Cave.
For eight hundred years, I don’t know how many of the Pei’s daughters have been tortured to death by that beast?"
Pei Chunlan clenched her teeth, feeling hatred so deep she wished she could dismember the beast when she remembered the decades of torture by the Black Dragon.
"Boom!"
Suddenly, a huge noise erupted from the stone wall to the left front.
A boulder fell, revealing a large hole.
Whoooosh...
A strong undercurrent burst forth—it was the Black Dragon’s doing; it was trying to flood the entire Suolong Cave, to drown all four of them.
Seeing the flood approaching, Qin Feng quickly embraced Xiaochan.
Then, he struck the stone wall with his palm.
Boom!
He smashed a large hole in the wall, and the floodwaters that surged in all flowed back into the underground river through the hole.
However, all four were drenched, looking like drowned rats.
Xiaochan was wearing sportswear, so she was just wet.
Pei Chunlan, on the other hand, was wearing a cheongsam.
The fabric of the cheongsam was already light and cool, and now that it was drenched, it had become somewhat translucent.
Zhen Haoren took one look and immediately wished he could glue his eyes to it.
"If you look again, do you believe I’ll have the little snakes burst your eyeballs?"
Pei Chunlan threatened fiercely, and Zhen Haoren instantly behaved.
Before retrieving the Spirit Embryo, he was no match for Pei Chunlan, so he had to endure.
Pei Chunlan approached Qin Feng, using her jade finger to hook her wet hair by her ear, and said.
"Although the Suolong Cave is a formation laid by my Pei Family’s old ancestor, the Black Dragon has lived here for eight hundred years and is much more familiar with the place than I am.
Therefore, fighting the Black Dragon in the Suolong Cave will not be to our advantage.
If you can subdue the Black Dragon, then we’ll take a risk and lure it out."
Qin Feng took a covert glance at Pei Chunlan and thought to himself that this lady indeed had the goods, and they were quite fair and delicate.
"Lure it out? Do you want to kill everyone in Anlong Town?"
"The Black Dragon likes to eat humans, and after it’s full, it’ll become slow like an overfed snake.
At that time, it’ll be much easier to deal with and kill it."
Clearly, Pei Chunlan’s suggestion wasn’t well-intentioned and was full of ulterior motives.
