Blessings were hard to come by, and good things were plagued by endless trials.
Cloud Remote Ancient Village had spent a long time searching for the White Snake. Countless people had ventured deep into every corner of the Southern Wilderness Hundred Thousand Mountains in search of her, and many young members of the village had died crossing mountains and rivers, yet her whereabouts remained impossible to find.
They had finally discovered the White Snake fighting a black hawk, only for her to vanish into an underground river. Then it was as though she had lost all traces of her aura. Several months passed before they sensed her location again and swiftly sent people after her, only to lose her trail once more. The Holy Maiden felt that the White Snake's greatest talents were hiding and fleeing.
After trying countless methods to no avail, the Holy Maiden decided to personally wait beside this deep pool.
Sure enough, the White Snake appeared again. No matter what happened today, she had to seize this chance. If she missed it again, finding the White Snake's trail in the future would likely be even harder.
The emerald pool water churned, as though some enormous creature beneath the surface was about to emerge.
Four or five breaths passed...
A savage snake head slowly rose from the pool. Its body stood roughly four meters above the water's surface. Compared to the beautiful figure on the shore, the snake head with its two sharp venom fangs looked especially terrifying. Brown vertical pupils fixed upon the Holy Maiden as its forked tongue flicked out to sense her scent, the red tongue stopping less than two feet from her cheek.
The veiled Holy Maiden did not move.
Bai Yujun saw no one else, only this mysterious woman. Though the other