Black Snake pondered carefully, but still could not understand the ways of humans.
People deliberately cultivated certain kinds of ghosts. All they had to do was change their appearance and fabricate a story, and they could raise them to lofty positions, making others revere them and offer worship. Fortunately, he had always kept to the fringes of the human world.
Seeing Black Snake deep in thought, Xiao Yu offered a gentle warning.
"Don't wade too deep into the muddy waters of the human world. To fight over mortals, they'll do absolutely anything."
Black Snake felt that Xiao Yu truly had seen much and knew much. How wonderful it must be to fly. Once he could fly someday, he would travel through the world in every direction too. "Mm. I won't get involved. I'll just keep my distance."
The drought that had swept through had shown Black Snake far too much. Everyone said monsters ate people, but that pit filled with corpses made it clear that humans were the most ruthless killers of their own kind. As they chatted, the sky brightened, and a red sun climbed up behind East Mountain.
Black Snake lingered no longer. He slithered down the slope into the valley to find Xu Jin. The warfare had kept him away for a long time, and he wondered how Xu Jin was doing.
When he left, Xiao Yu was perched in an old tree. By the time Black Snake reached the valley, she had already folded her wings and settled on the little courtyard's fence.
Soaring through the air and riding the wind was far faster than scraping along the ground.
Xu Jin was preparing to go to the Medicine Field. The moment he saw that familiar black figure, a smile spread across his face.
The three friends