Somewhere in the primeval forest, an inconspicuous stone cave.
Black Qi churned all over Ling Shanzi's body as he screamed and wailed from time to time. Ever since he had burned his blood essence to escape, snake venom had gnawed at him every day, leaving him in agony worse than death. Gravely injured, he had exhausted all his strength to force the venom out bit by bit. No one could know the pain he had endured.
The three great stars of Sha Po Lang appeared, filling Ling Shanzi with delight.
The demonic aura around him seemed to swell rapidly beneath the light of those three stars. Even his temperament was infected by the demonic aura, turning him irritable and violent. He was no longer the Ling Shanzi he had once been.
"Snake demon! Just wait for death!"
Bai Yujun, who was mooching food and drink in a certain village, suddenly sneezed hard.
"Achoo~"
"Which bird-brained bastard is wagging his tongue behind my back?"
She rubbed her nose and continued freeloading. A young couple in the village happened to be getting married, and the celebration was in full swing. Bai Yujun had merely been passing along a field ridge when she suddenly spotted a banquet laid out on the mountain road. Following her principle of eating and drinking for free whenever possible, she had gone over to join in. To her surprise, the villagers did not even ask who she was and simply let her eat freely, as though that was the custom here.
The wedding procession had risen before dawn, with the bride traveling beneath a paper umbrella. The groom's family had prepared wine and food halfway along the road as breakfast.
If a group of burly men had suddenly appeared, the villagers would have been wary. But a little