The Five Yin Divine Thunder Mirror in Qu Daozi's hand suddenly halted. In that instant, the strange python, over ten feet long, swept aside the dead branches before Luo Bei with a crash and wriggled up in front of him.
"Little Wu Qiu!"
The strange pale-gold python with horns kept rubbing its head against Luo Bei, swaying its head and tail. It appeared exceedingly docile and excited, clearly fond of Luo Bei's scent. Coupled with the familiar aura emanating from the pale-gold python, Luo Bei no longer had any doubts. This pale-gold python was Little Wu Qiu.
"You've grown so big!"
Luo Bei looked at Little Wu Qiu, who kept nuzzling affectionately against his chest. The two golden little horns on its head had already grown nearly a foot long, and they even resembled tiny deer antlers. With its two pink gemstone-like eyes and pale-gold, glass-like scales, smooth and delicate, Little Wu Qiu did not seem fierce at all. Instead, it looked somewhat adorable. Ever since leaving Shushan, Luo Bei had often thought of Xiao Cha and Little Wu Qiu. Seeing Little Wu Qiu here so suddenly filled his heart with both sorrow and joy.
"Little Wu Qiu, since you're here, where is Xiao Cha?"
Luo Bei reached out and stroked Little Wu Qiu's head. He had only just forced himself to calmly say those words when the Starfire and True Magnetic Force still lingering within his body made him sway again despite himself.
With a startled cry, a young woman in pale yellow robes stepped out from behind a large tree not far away.
The sun was setting, and faint sunlight filtered through the dense miasma, dim and chilly like moonlight. It shone upon her face, making her seem like a fairy.
Who else could this tall, graceful young