Hiss.
A tiny black snake head emerged from its slender, coiled body and clamped down hard on the wound on Yue Wen's wrist.
Yue Wen was startled at first and tried to shake it off. But then he felt something—what came from his wrist wasn't pain, but a warm, ticklish sensation, along with a fine, prickling feeling of growth.
He looked down. Two thin black threads had densely woven through the fresh cut on his wrist, which had then quickly turned back into firm flesh. The wound from cutting his wrist had vanished just like that!
Was this little snake healing him?
Yue Wen realized what was happening, and the information gradually became clearer in his mind. He understood what the little snake was trying to tell him.
It was as if they'd formed some kind of telepathic connection.
It was remarkable.
Some large Immortal Sects and clans raised Spiritual Pets for their young cultivation seeds, having young demon beasts form a spirit contract and recognize them as their masters. They would then grow up together, and the Spiritual Pet could serve as the Immortal Seed's bonded demon beast.
If Yue Wen had experienced something like that, he would have recognized this feeling. It was the unspoken understanding that came from being connected to a demon beast through a spirit contract. He only had to focus a little to sense it.
The little snake's name was Illusory Spirit Demonic Snake. It was a baby snake that had just been born. The egg inside the Snake Mountain Bronze Cauldron had been an egg of this Illusory Spirit Demonic Snake.
And Yue Wen's nine drops of blood essence had successfully hatched it.
Yue Wen was the first living being the little snake had seen, and its feelings for him were a little