Hiss.
A tiny black snake's head emerged from its slender, coiled body and bit firmly onto the wound on Yue Wen's wrist.
Startled at first, Yue Wen tried to shake it off. But when he paid closer attention, what came from his wrist did not seem to be pain, but a warm itch and a sensation of fine growth.
Looking down, he saw two strands of fine black thread densely stitching through the fresh cut on his wrist. In an instant, they turned into firm flesh.
The cut on his wrist had vanished just like that!
Was this little snake healing him?
Yue Wen realized this, and the information emerging in his mind gradually became clearer. He understood what the little snake meant.
It seemed that some sort of telepathic connection had formed between them.
It was wondrous.
Some major Immortal Sects and cultivation families raised Spirit Pets for their young cultivation prospects, having equally young Demon Beasts sign spirit contracts and acknowledge them as masters. They would then grow up together, allowing the Spirit Pets to become companion Demon Beasts for their Immortal Seeds.
Had Yue Wen experienced this before, he would have recognized the feeling. It was the rapport of a telepathic connection with a Demon Beast after it acknowledged its master through a spirit contract.
With a little concentration, he could sense it.
This little snake was called a "Phantom Spirit Demon Snake," and it was a newborn baby snake. What the Snake Mountain Bronze Cauldron had originally contained was this Phantom Spirit Demon Snake's egg.
His nine drops of blood essence had successfully hatched it.
Yue Wen was the first living being the little snake had seen. The little creature's feelings toward him were rather like those toward a parent and a master combined.
It possessed