Night had fallen, and the stars shone brilliantly.
After leaving the pavilion, Bai Ge headed toward the small grove behind it.
From the pitch-black grove, a black-robed figure emerged as well. He came before Bai Ge and bowed.
"Greetings, my lord!"
Mo Liao bowed deeply and spoke respectfully.
As Mo Liao spoke, a purple figure darted over from the darkness behind them like a streak of lightning.
Within only a few breaths, it had crossed the darkness behind Bai Ge and arrived beside Mo Liao. Then it leaped up and landed on Mo Liao's shoulder.
"Purple Huang You Snake greets Master!"
Compared to Mo Liao, the Purple Huang You Snake was even more respectful—one could even call it fawning.
Back then, because it had failed to "abandon darkness for the light" in time, Bai Ge had given the Dragon Yuan to the Abyssal Sea Flood Dragon Beast instead. That allowed the Abyssal Sea Flood Dragon Beast to evolve into an Abyssal Sea Flood Dragon and become a Seventh Order Magical Beast.
Meanwhile, it was still only a Sixth Order Magical Beast. The Purple Huang You Snake had regretted it until its guts turned green.
For Magical Beasts, increasing their strength and evolving their bloodline was an obsession etched into their very bones.
The Purple Huang You Snake had failed to seize the opportunity back then. Later, it could only watch as the Abyssal Sea Flood Dragon Beast evolved and broke through to the Seventh Order. Whenever it thought of it, its heart hurt so badly that it could barely breathe.
But the opportunity had already been lost, so the Purple Huang You Snake could only hope that Bai Ge would give it another chance.
To curry favor with Bai Ge, it gave its all in every task it was assigned,