Everyone fell silent at once when they heard the Queen Mother of the West speak, turning to look at her.
"Quee... Director, what is it you don't understand?" Shen Shi asked.
"Why does it have to be a snake?" the Queen Mother of the West asked.
"Uh..." Jin Jianglang looked at the Queen Mother of the West, his previously icy gaze turning somewhat respectful. After all, the woman before him ruled China's Immortal Realm. "As I said earlier... the elders of my Lineage experimented with many materials and eventually found that snake bones were the most... against 'change.'"
"Ah." The Queen Mother of the West sighed and said slowly, "No matter how formidable a snake is, it's still a snake."
Du Yu sensed that the Queen Mother of the West had something in mind, so he asked, "Then what would you suggest, Director?"
"As I recall, a snake becomes a python after five hundred years, a python becomes a boa after another five hundred, a boa becomes a flood dragon after a thousand more, and a flood dragon becomes a dragon after another thousand." The Queen Mother of the West spoke calmly. "If you can't find a suitable snake in China, why not simply use a flood dragon?"
"A flood dragon?!" Everyone froze, then turned to Shiranui Jinkuro.
Du Yu also asked, "Brother A-Xiang, would a flood dragon meet the requirements?"
Jin Jianglang first raised his eyebrows, then said with a troubled expression, "Flood dragons are very hard to come across in Japan... but since they transform from snakes, in theory, they should suppress 'change' even more effectively than snake bones."
Shen Shi nodded. "That's wonderful. If we can find a small piece of flood dragon bone, we'll have a solution for everything. Just give me a month..."
"No need,"