Chen Tang Stream.
The clear stream flowed slowly, tender green water plants swaying beneath the surface. Among them, three- or four-pound fish could be seen swimming about.
Rumble~!
Water splashed everywhere as a long snake tail crashed down, stunning a large fish. Then the tip of the tail curled around it and dragged it back. With this trick, she could eat fresh fish every day.
Bai Yujun sat by the water at the cave entrance, her legs transformed into a snake's body, half human and half serpent.
She grabbed the fish and deftly removed its gills and guts, then washed away the blood in the stream before returning to the cave. One hand spread flat as demon spirit gathered in her palm and transformed into flame. With the other, she held the fish over the fire and turned it as it roasted. Before learning how to make flames, Bai Yujun had eaten raw fish every day. It filled her stomach, but the taste was far too monotonous.
The fish turned golden and steamed, its rich aroma filling the tiny cave.
It was not that she did not want to roast fish over firewood. Water dripped everywhere here, like the Water Curtain Cave—where could she find dry wood? For comfort's sake, she had taken on her half-human, half-serpent form. How did that saying go? The environment could not be made to adapt to the snake; the snake had to adapt to the environment.
After finishing the fish, she sat on a rock by the water again, swishing her tail through the stream and playing with the splashes.
She raised her head and looked at the sliver of sky overhead.
"Outside... it should be snowing, right?"
By her estimate, the New Year was close. Outside the valley, icy winds howled and snow