The little snake rolled around on the ground in pain for quite a while. Once it finally recovered, it no longer dared show even the slightest bit of arrogance or overstep its bounds before Ye Tian.
Yet it could not figure out how Ye Tian had seen through the fact that it harbored other intentions.
Could it be that Ye Tian knew mind-reading arts?
That was impossible. It was the Secret Realm Celestial Spirit; even if Ye Tian knew some divine ability akin to mind-reading, he could never use it on it without it noticing.
In truth, things were not as complicated as the little snake imagined.
Ye Tian had already understood the feng shui flow of this small world on the outskirts of the secret realm, so he naturally knew how much effort the little snake would need to expend to alter the feng shui here.
Judging from the spirit stones and materials he had previously given the little snake, it could carve out and restore an oasis spanning several zhang. If it wanted to expand the oasis afterward, it would naturally not need to laboriously remake the feng shui as it had before. It was like building on a barren tract of land with no foundation at all: laying the foundation was the hardest part, but once it was laid and the First Layer was built, the second layer and third layer would only become easier and easier.
Perhaps the little snake had not cut corners or played tricks before, but once it uttered that last sentence, Ye Tian understood that it had definitely begun entertaining thoughts of cutting corners and playing tricks.
After this lesson, the little snake instantly became much more obedient. Though it still harbored countless grievances, it did not dare reveal even a trace