Luo Yunji handed the washed Fire Poker to Zhang Xiaofan. Xiaofan pulled out the hairpin and placed it in Luo Yunji's hand. Luo Yunji didn't notice and simply held on to it.
"You were only bitten a few times by that Ugly Monster. How come you're already about to die?" Luo Yunji asked, staring curiously at the motionless Yanshe Snake.
"It sucked out too much of my blood and vital energy," the giant worm answered honestly.
"I'll have my senior brother make you some blood-enriching food!"
"It's too late for that. Can you help me put my eggs into my wound? They haven't finished hatching yet. Right now, I can only let them absorb my blood and vital energy. Whether they survive will be up to fate."
"If they survive by absorbing your blood and vital energy, they'll become evil creatures when they hatch!" Luo Yunji sensed that the Yanshe Snake should be a herbivore. If it was raised on blood and vital energy while hatching, there was no telling whether the eggs would survive. Even if they did, most of the hatchlings would likely be bloodthirsty.
"I only hope they can survive!" The Yanshe Snake's voice brimmed with sorrow.
Luo Yunji felt awful after hearing that. He gently stroked the Yanshe Snake's smooth, icy body, his face twisted with indecision. He didn't really understand the meaning of death. He only knew that death meant never seeing someone again.
"You're good people! I know there's a treasure in Quhu's lair. Now that it's dead, you can go look for it." The Yanshe Snake spoke slowly to Luo Yunji.
"Are you sure you can't be saved? What if I give you that ugly guy's hide?" Luo Yunji asked desperately, grasping at straws.
"That won't help! I saw that Quhu's flesh and