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Suddenly, the White Snake turned and fled into the mountains with the strength it used to eat bird eggs, as if it had gone mad.

Just now, the White Snake had confirmed that this world was a cultivation world with demons and cultivators. Its thermal sensing clearly felt someone flying in the air. That's right, they were flying. Then, the infrared signatures of the bandits on the ground, representing their lives, were rapidly decreasing in temperature. A decrease in body temperature wasn't just a slight fever; it was the gradual cooling that comes with death!

Those who could fly in the sky were Immortals. Immortals had always liked to subdue demons and eliminate evil, so the White Snake had no choice but to flee for its life.

Within the forest.

A white light flashed. Although it had burrowed into the mountains, the unease in the White Snake's soul had not dissipated. To survive, it could not afford to relax for even a moment and ran desperately.

Outside the mountains, a pair of beautiful eyes looked at the spot where the White Snake had disappeared...

On the ground, the white figure continuously crossed mountain ridges and streams, fleeing upstream along the water that had led it out of the mountains. When animals encounter danger, their first thought is to retreat to their caves. The White Snake thought the same way. If all else failed, it would dive to the bottom of the deep pool and hide for ten days to half a month.

What it didn't know was that someone was flying in the sky, and they were watching its escape performance with great interest.

In the sky, three people stood on a flying sword. That's right, a flying sword, the kind you could step on and fly with. The White Snake would probably have its jaw drop if it saw it. It had dreamed countless times of flying around on a treasure sword, and now that dream had come true, but it was others flying.

Two children clung tightly to a woman. The woman appeared to be around thirty years old, elegant and extraordinary, intelligent and beautiful. Her large, bright eyes sparkled with wisdom. She wore a white daoist robe with a skirt-like design, a white jade crown, and her long hair cascaded down her shoulders. A white cloak embroidered with plum blossoms swayed gently in the wind, making her look like an immortal from the highest heavens.

"I'd like to see where else you, this white worm, can run. Master, quickly kill it," the little boy said angrily, pointing at the White Snake in the woods.

The two children were about ten years old, a boy and a girl. They carried swords on their backs, wore white daoist robes with blue cloud patterns, and stepped on cloud-walking shoes. Their hair was pinned up with jade hairpins, making them look like immortal children from myths.

The woman smiled.

"Oh? Why kill it?"

"This white worm is causing trouble in broad daylight. If it's not killed, it won't appease the public anger!"

"Then who does it kill?"

"Who? Of course, it kills villagers. If we hadn't arrived sooner, that old woman would have suffered a terrible fate. If you don't believe me, ask your junior sister."

The little boy looked at the little girl on the other side. The little girl thought for a moment and nodded.

The woman shook her head and sighed softly.

"Mu'er, Ling'er, reading ten thousand books is not as good as traveling ten thousand miles. What you see before you doesn't represent the truth. I should take you two down the mountain more often. Not all people are good, and not all demons are necessarily evil. The rampage of bandits is evil, but the White Snake killed evil people and did not harm innocent villagers. Tell me, who is more hateful, that snake or those bandits who have committed countless evil deeds?"

The two little ones lowered their heads in silence, but deep down, they still couldn't accept the idea that demons could be benevolent.

The woman seemed to know what her two disciples were thinking.

"Remember, always think thrice before acting. Don't let appearances blind you."

"Yes, Master."

"That White Snake has returned to its nest. Let's go down and take a look."

The White Snake, panting, ran back to the valley and breathed a sigh of relief. The continuous escape had exhausted its stamina, leaving it unspeakably tired. It skillfully climbed onto an ancient ginkgo tree, its branches polished smooth from frequent climbing.

The outside world is too treacherous. I absolutely cannot go out again!

The White Snake was determined. Even if the outside world was paved with gold, it wouldn't go. Let whoever wants to go, it wouldn't move.

In mid-air, the three people watched the amusing White Snake with amusement. The woman looked around. Although this place wasn't a blessed land, it was still a good spot. The spiritual energy was decent, the kind that cultivators disdained and spirits ignored. It was enough for a little demon with spiritual intelligence to cultivate. The deep pool in the valley and the surrounding mountain formations resembled a crude spirit-gathering formation, with the ancient ginkgo tree as the formation's eye. The White Snake indeed had some good fortune.

With a flash of movement, the three appeared on a large rock beneath the tree. The girl curiously bent down and reached out to touch the giant rock, which had been polished smooth by the White Snake.

The White Snake was stunned...

Were these three Immortals or cultivators? Suddenly being pursued to its lair, it didn't know whether to run or continue pretending to be an ordinary wild beast playing a game of "hiding in plain sight." Its body instinctively reacted, revealing its two sharp fangs in its upper jaw as a warning.

"Hiss!"

That woman was beautiful. She would be even more beautiful if she weren't smiling at me, the White Snake thought.

"This little snake, which has just condensed its Qi, has such high spiritual intelligence. Interesting."

Hearing this, the White Snake, which had just arched its body into an attacking posture, immediately gave up resisting. It slid down the tree trunk and coiled on the ground, its head and body pressed low to the ground, begging for mercy. What else could it do? Didn't it see their treasure sword hovering in mid-air? That was a Sword Immortal!

It lowered its head, not daring to move, hoping the important figures wouldn't pay attention to a mere snake. Then, through its keen sense of smell, it detected someone approaching it. It felt no vibration in its bones, so it knew without a doubt that the person's power was so great that they could tread on snow without leaving a trace. After all, there were three people in front of it, but it could only sense two children. As for the woman, it could only determine her direction through smell.

The woman was observing the White Snake.

The White Snake was ordinary yet somewhat different. It was only slightly more powerful than ordinary wild beasts. Most mountain spirits and wild monsters had low spiritual intelligence, but this White Snake had exceptionally high spiritual intelligence. The surprise and confusion it showed when seeing the three of them, its escape, and then its feigned foolishness, followed by its immediate descent to the ground to accept its fate after a single sentence from the woman – it was all very interesting.

Soon, an interesting idea formed in the woman's mind.

"Little snake, would you be willing to come up the mountain with me and be a guardian demon beast?"

Actually, the woman hadn't planned this before. She was purely curious and wanted to pass the time during her cultivation. It wasn't just because the beast had high spiritual intelligence; although the White Snake was smart, there were plenty of intelligent monsters in this world. What changed her mind was the White Snake's delicate and smooth, beautiful scales. Women still liked beautiful things, just like how they would want to buy a beautiful bracelet if they saw one.

The White Snake looked up and saw the woman's delighted expression as she gazed at its beautiful scales. It could only nod in agreement.

If it refused, although it had confirmed that the woman was not a bad person and had a kind heart, what if she cruelly decided to make a snakeskin wallet out of it?

It had to be said that people in ancient times were quite good. If they liked something, they would take the whole snake home to guard their house, unlike in modern Earth, where they would directly turn the snakeskin into a wallet or handbag to show off all the time.

The two children didn't mind; they even found having an extra snake quite interesting.

There was no need to say much to a low-level demon snake. The woman flicked her sleeve and drew the White Snake into her sleeve. The White Snake's vision went black, and it fainted. Well, it had been treated like an object.

What a disaster