Subduing the Two-headed Fire Spirit Snake

"Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, controlling snake-type magical beasts?" Qing Lin gently stroked her jade-green eyes, seemingly digesting the information Xiao Kun had given her as she murmured to herself.

"And after controlling magical beasts, you'll be able to increase your strength quickly!" Seeing Qing Lin process what he had said, Xiao Kun finished speaking and stood to one side to wait.

After a moment, Qing Lin seemed to accept Xiao Kun's explanation. A rare look of determination appeared on her young face as she slowly said, "Young Master, I want to become stronger. That way, I'll be able to help you better in the future."

"Mm-hmm, I'll be waiting for that day!" Xiao Kun replied with a delighted smile, his voice full of anticipation.

"But what exactly should I do?" Having made up her mind to control the magical beast, Qing Lin looked at the Two-headed Fire Spirit Snake before her. Seeing no reaction, she asked in confusion.

Qing Lin's question caught Xiao Kun off guard. He recalled that in the original story, Qing Lin had controlled the Two-headed Fire Spirit Snake only after being frightened, despite knowing nothing about her abilities.

But now that the Two-headed Fire Spirit Snake had already been subdued by him, there was naturally nothing left to frighten her.

After thinking it over, Xiao Kun decided that Qing Lin now knew she possessed the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and could act of her own accord. Combined with the Two-headed Fire Spirit Snake's current weakness, there was still a chance she could form a contract with it.

He said to Qing Lin, "Focus your attention on your eyes and stare at the Two-headed Fire Spirit Snake in front of you. Try thinking about forming a contract with it."

"Alright, Young Master. I'll give it a try!" Qing Lin replied seriously.

Qing Lin then opened her large jade-green eyes and fixed her gaze on the Two-headed Fire Spirit Snake's ferocious pair of eyes. In her heart, she repeatedly chanted, "Form a contract... Form a contract..."

Time passed bit by bit. Just as Xiao Kun thought this would not work and that he would still need to provoke her somehow—

Three small green dots suddenly emerged beside Qing Lin's jade-green pupils.

Then, the three green dots abruptly shone with a ghostly light. In an instant, they transformed into three tiny green flowers.

As those eerie green flowers appeared, a powerful ghostly light suddenly shot out from them, enveloping the Fire Spirit Snake before her.

When the Two-headed Fire Spirit Snake was struck by that somewhat eerie light, its enormous body suddenly stiffened. Its two pairs of giant eyes stared at the little girl before it with a trace of terror.

The eerie light slowly moved across the Two-headed Fire Spirit Snake's body before finally reaching its forehead, where it gradually shrank to the size of a palm.

Then the ghostly light flared, and two green flowers were imprinted upon the Two-headed Fire Spirit Snake's forehead.

Once the flowers appeared, the ghostly light and strange flowers in Qing Lin's eyes began to fade, returning them to their usual jade-green color.

Once her pupils returned to normal, Qing Lin's body swayed. Only by leaning against Xiao Kun did she avoid collapsing.

Seeing this, Xiao Kun hurriedly took out a medicinal pill that aided recovery from his Storage Ring and placed it in Qing Lin's mouth.

As Qing Lin recovered after swallowing the pill, the enormous Fire Spirit Snake's gaze toward her changed from ferocious and vicious to gentle and obedient.

Seeing that Qing Lin had already subdued the Two-headed Fire Spirit Snake, Xiao Kun began looking forward to his critical-hit reward.

But after waiting for quite some time, the system showed no response.

Only after checking the system did Xiao Kun learn that living beings could not trigger critical hits, such as magical beasts and humans. However, newly refined high-grade medicinal pills that barely possessed intelligence could.

Faced with another hidden rule the system had suddenly revealed, Xiao Kun could only rejoice for nothing.

A short while later, Qing Lin had mostly recovered with the help of the medicinal pill. Sensing the connection between herself and the Two-headed Fire Spirit Snake in her mind, she broke into a smile and happily tugged on Xiao Kun's sleeve.

"Young Master, I succeeded. I formed a contract with the Two-headed Fire Spirit Snake."

"Mm-hmm, Qing Lin is amazing! Can you control it now?" Seeing Qing Lin's happy expression, Xiao Kun smiled as well. He rubbed her head and praised her.

"I can control it, but... it can't move right now." Qing Lin pointed at the Two-headed Fire Spirit Snake helplessly.

Seeing that, Xiao Kun took out two more Healing Medicinal Pills and tossed them into the Two-headed Fire Spirit Snake's two huge mouths.

Only after quite a while did the Two-headed Fire Spirit Snake finally regain its ability to move.

However, the first thing it did after recovering was move away from Xiao Kun. It immediately shrank down and quickly hid behind Qing Lin, only then staring at Xiao Kun warily.

Seeing how afraid the Two-headed Fire Spirit Snake was of him, Xiao Kun could not help but laugh. It seemed he had beaten it a little too badly earlier.

The fact that the Two-headed Fire Spirit Snake was glaring at Xiao Kun from behind Qing Lin was something Qing Lin had not noticed. Otherwise, she would have surely given it a good lesson and let it know who the boss was.

Now that the trouble of the Two-headed Fire Spirit Snake had been resolved, Xiao Kun planned to descend into the magma and retrieve the lotus platform and lotus seeds.

"Qing Lin, now that you've controlled the Two-headed Fire Spirit Snake, I can go down and retrieve the items. Remember to wait here for me. Don't run around!"

"Alright, Young Master. I'll wait here obediently for you," Qing Lin replied with a docile nod.

Looking at the crimson magma constantly churning below, Xiao Kun took a deep breath. Although he knew that with the protection of the Heavenly Flames, he would definitely be fine going down there—

Descending into magma was still Xiao Kun's first time experiencing such a thing across both of his lives, so he could not help feeling a little nervous.

He used the Heavenly Flames to cover his entire body. After taking another deep breath, Xiao Kun leaped into the magma. With a splash, he vanished from sight.

Only the Amethyst Winged Lion King formed from the Heavenly Flames remained above to keep Qing Lin company.

Qing Lin took two steps forward and looked toward the spot where Xiao Kun had already disappeared into the crimson magma. A trace of worry flashed through her jade-green eyes.

But when she turned and saw that the Amethyst Winged Lion King was still completely intact, she felt somewhat relieved.

After entering the magma, Xiao Kun waved his right hand and watched the crimson liquid flow through his fingers. His determination to cultivate diligently grew firmer once more.

After all, it was through cultivation that he had been able to see sights he had never dared imagine before.

After reflecting for a moment, Xiao Kun activated the Spirit Burning Art. A cluster of golden Myriad Beast Earth Core Flame first appeared in his hand, then transformed into three clusters of Heavenly Flames: a cluster of azure Green Lotus Core Flame, a cluster of red Myriad Beast Spirit Flame, and a cluster of invisible Fallen Heart Flame.

He put away the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame and Fallen Heart Flame, leaving only the azure Green Lotus Core Flame in his hand.

Then, holding the Green Lotus Core Flame, Xiao Kun began sensing for the lotus platform and lotus seeds deep within the magma.

As expected, Xiao Kun quickly sensed the location of the lotus platform and lotus seeds, then headed straight toward them.

Twenty minutes later, Xiao Kun looked at the bluish magma around him. Feeling the increasingly terrifying heat, he knew he had come to the right place and picked up his pace again.

Thirty minutes later, Xiao Kun spotted a vast expanse of dense blue light in the distance. Knowing he had finally found his target, he hurried forward to investigate.

As his body drew closer and closer to the blue radiance, Xiao Kun could clearly feel the temperature around him abruptly soaring.

Naturally, Xiao Kun, who possessed the Myriad Beast Earth Core Flame, did not care in the slightest and walked straight into the blue light.

After entering the blue radiance, he swept his gaze around before finally settling on the blue lotus at its center.

The blue lotus had eight petals. Its eight blue leaves seemed naturally wrought from the most flawless blue jade. At a glance, it was crystalline and translucent, so exquisite that one could not bear to put it down.

Within the lotus seemed to be a small lotus platform around two or three feet wide. Faint motes of light shone from several holes atop it. They were presumably lotus seeds condensed from the purest Fire Attribute energy.