"Lead the way."
Yechen ignored her flirtatious looks. He had no interest in a snake.
Tagorihime thought nothing of it and swayed her serpentine waist as she led the way.
This cave was not the actual Ryūchi Cave, but merely one of its barrier points.
When they passed through the barrier point and were transported to Ryūchi Cave, a hundred-meter-wide snake path greeted them. Clearly, Ryūchi Cave was no small place.
After walking along the snake path for about ten minutes, the three arrived in a larger chamber containing a snake pool.
Venomous snakes of every size and color writhed around the pool, making for a rather unsettling sight.
More striking still were the four figures in the snake pool. They seemed to be sleeping or cultivating.
One had the appearance of a little girl, dressed in a long white robe, with deep blue hair and a golden crown on her head. Blue-green, tomoe-shaped earrings hung from both earlobes.
According to Orochimaru's introduction, she was Ichikishimahime, one of the three divine maidens and another confidante of the White Snake Sage.
Unlike Tagorihime, who specialized in Genjutsu, Ichikishimahime's strongest Senjutsu forcibly absorbed the energy within her opponent's body.
However, she could only perform this Senjutsu under specific conditions.
Another, much like Tagorihime, had the appearance of a young woman, but with brown hair. This time, Yechen could guess who she was without Orochimaru's introduction. She had to be Ryūchi Cave's final divine maiden, Tuanlü Ji.
Her specialty was a sealing-type Senjutsu that bound her targets. Not only could it restrict their movements, but it could also induce hallucinations that wore down their will. Its effects were exceptionally powerful.
However, its activation conditions were also stringent: Tuanlü Ji had to sink her teeth into her target.
The other two figures differed from