In the third hour after Ice River Valley retreated, the serpent beasts on the outskirts of the Nine Nether Deep Earth Python Tribe began to move.
The first to move was an ink-scaled coldwater python.
Coiled at the edge of the swamp, its massive body slowly glided across the black water. Its jade-green vertical pupils glanced at Qing Lin, then at the Snake-People Tribe behind Medusa. At last, it let out a low hiss, turned around, and slithered toward the depths of the mountain range.
Qing Lin stood where she was, dazed for a moment.
Die asked softly, "What is it doing?"
Qing Lin closed her eyes. The lingering effect of the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils had yet to completely fade, and she could vaguely sense the blurred emotions sent by that coldwater python.
There was no hostility.
Nor was it submission.
It was more like... leading the way.
"It says there's a valley ahead."
Qing Lin opened her eyes, her voice soft.
"There's a water vein there, stone caves, and no experts from the main branch guarding it."
Medusa's violet eyes shifted slightly.
"Suitable for a temporary stay?"
Qing Lin nodded.
"It says it used to be a place where the outer branches recuperated, but it was later abandoned by the main branch of the Nine Nether Deep Earth Python Tribe."
Zi Yan immediately came over, clutching her pill box.
"Abandoned? Does that mean no one's looking after it?"
Xiao Fan glanced at her.
"Even if no one is, it's not a place for you to hide sugar pills."
Zi Yan immediately looked displeased.
"I hadn't even said anything."
Xiao Xiao Yan said gloomily through the Heart Seal, "Your eyes did."
Zi Yan lowered her head and poked the Heart Seal, saying indignantly, "You're becoming more and more