Chapter 49: The Strange Snake Black Mamba

  Black Mamba

  As soon as he thought of Qian Man, Zhou Yuan got a headache. Although he was not afraid of Qian Man, after all, he had offended an imperial prince, and there would be a lot of trouble. The principle that open guns are easy to dodge but hidden arrows are hard to guard against was also understood by Zhou Yuan.

  The power of an imperial prince is truly formidable, and if he keeps sending people to assassinate Zhou Yuan, it will pose a great threat to him. With deliberate or unintentional calculations, it's hard to guarantee that one day the opponent won't succeed.

  Fortunately, Zhou Yuan's strength has also grown rapidly. Now, Zhou Yuan can be said to be extremely powerful in the realm of technique, and as long as he is not someone who has stepped into the Golden Elixir realm with one foot, no one can pose a threat to him.

  In order to get rid of this trouble, Zhou Yuan really did come up with the idea of assassinating Qian Man, but Zhou Yuan also didn't dare to do this thing rashly. After all, assassinating a prince was a crime that was too great. If it were to be discovered, even the True Martial Academy would not be able to protect itself. Moreover, the True Martial Academy would not possibly offend the imperial family for its own sake, and at that time, it might very likely hand itself over. At that time, it would truly be a case of "ten thousand calamities with no place to hide", and death without a burial ground.

  "Never mind, unless absolutely necessary, I'd rather not assassinate that Qian Man. Otherwise, if there's even a slight mistake, I'll end up dead and unburied!!!" Zhou Yuan prepared to head down the mountain back to Zhen Wu Academy.

  Tick-tock, tick-tock...

  Suddenly, a crisp chewing sound came, Zhou Yuan's body shook, he didn't notice that there was a living thing coming just now, but in front of him, he saw a long black snake, eating these dry corpses.

  Don't look at this small black snake, but its speed of eating corpses is extremely fast. As soon as it bites into a corpse, it frantically shakes its head until the flesh on the corpse is bitten off, then stops shaking and swallows without chewing, continuing to tear and bite at an incredible speed, not even taking time to breathe, until the entire dry corpse is devoured.

  Then he swam towards the next corpse.

  These corpses are of no use anymore, and there isn't even a wisp of vital energy left in them. This strange black snake doesn't know why it wants to eat these corpses either.

  "How strange, this black snake actually likes to eat corpses, it's really inauspicious. Once dead, even the corpse is eaten, what a thing!!" After saying that, Zhou Yuan made a gesture as if he was going to walk towards the black snake, preparing to scare away this strange creature.

  Whoosh!

  This black thing gradually faded away as soon as Zhou Yuan approached, and then it vanished into thin air, as if it had never appeared before, which was extremely bizarre.

  "This black snake is not simple, it's not an ordinary animal, but a monster. It vanished into thin air, seemingly casting some sort of strange magic." Zhou Yuan's interest was piqued, this was the first time in his life he had seen a monster.

  His parents died at the hands of the Second-Order Wolf King, so he was naturally sensitive to demonic beasts. Now that he had encountered such a strange black snake, Zhou Yuan wanted to take a closer look at this demonic beast and see if it had any special characteristics.

  But now the black snake has vanished into thin air, as if it had evaporated, leaving no trace behind.

  Zhou Yuan shook his head and smiled wryly, "It seems that the demon beast and human mages are alike, they all know some spells. Otherwise, it wouldn't be able to call itself a demon beast. Unfortunately, I let it escape, otherwise, I would have studied it thoroughly."

  Just as Zhou Yuanzheng was about to leave, in the time it took him to take a few steps, the black snake that had just disappeared suddenly reappeared again.

  "Hiss, what a mysterious black snake, it can come and go without a shadow, truly a powerful magic." This time, Zhou Yuan did not pass by to disturb it again, but instead stood aside, quietly observing.

  Time passed minute by minute, second by second. This black thing seemed to be insatiable, and with a whirlwind sweeping away the remaining clouds, it devoured hundreds of corpses in an instant. Moreover, its body didn't change in the slightest.

  "This snake is really strange." Seeing that the black snake had finished eating, Zhou Yuan couldn't wait any longer. If he didn't go over now, the black snake would probably leave soon. Even if he startled it away this time, Zhou Yuan wasn't worried.

  As soon as Zhou Yuan approached, the black snake surprisingly did not disappear again, but instead stared quietly at Zhou Yuan, seemingly also sizing him up.

  "Little thing, what are you? Let me take a look." Zhou Yuan casually said, but he didn't expect that the next moment, the black snake actually nodded at him, then with a whooshing sound, transformed into a black light beam and drilled into Zhou Yuan's right arm.

  Zhou Yuan was shocked and lost his color, thinking that the black snake had cast some kind of spell on him. However, after careful observation, he found that he was fine, except for a new black snake tattoo on his right arm.

  "How strange, what is this thing? Looking back and forth, I'd better ask the master!" Under the influence of this, Zhou Yuan's mood also became somewhat irritable. He was worried that the black snake might have already run into his own body. If it really did, then it would be a great disaster.

  Zhou Yuan quickly returned to the True Martial Academy, arriving in less than three hours. He was anxious to know if the black snake would harm him and didn't return to his courtyard, instead heading straight for the Institute Master's residence.

  Liu Taibai had already greeted the guards earlier, and when Zhou Yuan came over, no one stopped him. It wasn't until he reached the outer courtyard of the Institute Master's residence that he was informed he needed to be announced before entering.

  After waiting for a while, the guard allowed Zhou Yuan to enter and meet Liu Taibai.

  When Zhou Yuan entered, Liu Taibai was reading some unknown classics by himself. Seeing Zhou Yuan coming in, Liu Taibai put down the classics.

  "Zhou Yuan, you're in such a hurry to find me, what's the matter? I heard you went on a mission, how was it, did you complete it?" Liu Taibai asked with a smile, but when he saw that Zhou Yuan had already reached the Shizhu boundary, his face clearly showed shock.

  "Have you broken through to the realm of divine arts?" Liu Taibai asked incredulously.

  Zhou Yuan nodded, "Not bad, it's been several days already. Moreover, my strength has made another breakthrough. Now I've thoroughly stabilized in the Casting Realm and my current strength is probably unbeatable by anyone below the Golden Core Realm!"

  "That's natural, you're a Thunder Element cultivator, inherently suppressing all other elements. At any time, you are the strongest existence within the same realm. You came to find me, is it to tell me that you've broken through? I told you before, unless you reach the Golden Elixir Realm, otherwise, I won't openly accept you as my disciple."

  "Of course not! Master Yuan, look at this!" Zhou Yuan rolled up his sleeve and revealed his right arm, showing the black snake tattoo.

  Liu Taibai laughed and said, "Zhou Yuan, you're really boring enough to come tell me that you got a tattoo of a black mamba?"

  "What black snake? What black snake?! Master, this isn't a tattoo, it's actually running into my right arm! Quickly take a look and see if it has any malicious intent towards me. If so, please master, help me get rid of it."

  Liu Taibai was shocked and turned pale, "What did you say? A black mamba has entered your body?"