[Me: There was a wood spirit hiding beneath my courtyard wall. I found it and gave it back to the giant snake, and it left. It also complained that I was too weak.]
Ye Fei sent the same message to each of his four friends, letting them know he was no longer in danger.
After repairing the section of courtyard wall he had taken apart, Ye Fei looked at the layer of snow that had blown into his home in that short time and went to turn the heating back up, restoring the warmth that had dissipated when the wall was damaged.
Even by the time the giant snake left, he had not inspected its information. The absolute gap in strength left him with no thought of probing it.
Still, the Serpent Scale in his hand seemed to have already revealed the other party's identity.
[Wind Snake Essence (Gold/Gold/Silver): A snake-origin substance gifted by a wind-element snake cultivator. Can be used in Artifact Refining, fused with, or fed to creatures.]
This single gift had already confirmed the other's identity for Ye Fei.
A cultivator. A snake cultivator.
Moreover, it was telling him that he could fuse with this thing if he wished. And what would happen after that?
He would become a demon cultivator!
Perhaps that demon cultivator who had transformed from a human had obtained something similar and then transformed...
But Ye Fei thought being human was quite nice. He would pass on transforming with this thing. In any case, the giant snake had not said he had to use it. He could use it as a crafting material for Artifact Refining or feed it to some similar snake creature.
This was Three-Colored!
He had finally seen what Three-Colored meant.
Gold was the highest grade. Beyond two