Longevity through Upgrading Buildings

Chapter 494: Chapter 235: The Second One… Cautious Jiao? [Monthly Ticket Request]

Or rather, it returned to its original size.

In just a few breaths, a serpent several feet long appeared by the shore of the [Fish Pond], first raising its head to the sky, letting out a dragon’s roar.

“Aoo——”

Then, the scales on its body began to open and close, as if they were breathing. Each time they opened and closed, its body grew slightly bigger. Although the change was extremely slow, under Ji Yuan’s Divine Sense, it was clear as day.

’Can this cursed creature break through to the Late Stage Second Rank?’

Ji Yuan couldn’t help but have this thought. If it could… then the two bottles of serpent essence blood would be a great profit.

At this moment, as the Frost Serpent revealed its aura, the entire [Fish Pond] calmed down.

Even the Tier Two Spirit Fish, which were fighting for territory earlier, stayed obediently within the [Fish Pond], not daring to move. Only that newly born Frost Serpent…

Upon sensing the aura of its kin, it became a bit sneaky.

It even attempted to climb ashore a few times to take a look.

Ji Yuan thought of capturing it, but just then… perhaps sensing the aura of the Frost Serpent, the Big Toad, which had been dormant for a long time, finally woke up.

“Gua——”

It suddenly croaked loudly.

Ji Yuan no longer paid attention to the Frost Serpent and instead called out the Wind Willow Flying Boat, taking a turn around the island, arriving beside the [Pigsty].

The Big Toad was now fully awake. With the Qi Blood Pill and Antitoxic Pill that Ji Yuan had previously fed it, apart from some external injuries that had not yet healed, everything else was fine.

As soon as it saw Ji Yuan, the Big Toad came over, croaking miserably.

“Gua gua——”

“Gua——”

“Gua gua gua——”

While croaking, it lifted its two front legs and pointed towards the shore, as if recounting its hard journey.

“Alright, alright, I’ve already taken care of it, don’t worry.”

Ji Yuan’s verbal reassurance didn’t have much effect until he tossed two Spirit Pigs out.

The Big Toad calmed down, stopped complaining, and instead kept indicating that it could still fight.

After waiting a short while, the Frost Serpent seemed to be absorbing as well, twisting its body and sinuously flying over from mid-air.

Only at this moment did Ji Yuan catch a glimpse of a slight hint of dragon features in it.

It’s a pity, after all, it didn’t break through.

It’s just at the Mid-stage Second Rank. If it could break through to Tier Three and gain true flying ability… at that time, transforming into a Dragon Rider Warrior would truly be impressive.

The Frost Serpent just approached, looking at the awakened Big Toad.

The two had a kind of enemy-meet, eyes-flash-red feeling.

“Aoo——”

The Frost Serpent turned its head towards the direction of Cloud Rain Marsh.

“Gua——”

The Big Toad expressed fearlessness.

Then, this serpent and toad went to Cloud Rain Marsh for one-on-one physical combat.

Ji Yuan couldn’t be bothered to pay attention and instead returned to the [Fish Pond] side.

At this time, the Frost Serpent finally showed some movement, at least no longer shrinking within the water grass like before, but roaming in the corners of this [Fish Pond], nibbling on the remnants of Spirit Fish…

Are you seriously a serpent?

If you don’t dare to fight, fine, but to hide and eat carrion?

If you keep this up, you’ll probably end up eating grass…

Ji Yuan was helpless, so he called out the Flying Sword, killed a mid-stage Tier One Spirit Fish, and sent it to its front as food.

But even so, the Frost Serpent still nudged the Spirit Fish carcass into a corner before slowly savoring it.

And every few bites, it would cautiously look around, not knowing… the dragon aura on it already made the other Tier One Spirit Fish not dare to approach.

Not to mention other things, this Frost Serpent… at least will live long.

Seeing this situation, Ji Yuan suddenly thought.

No reason, this Frost Serpent is simply too cautious.

With this character, even if it becomes a Tier Three Demon Beast, it would probably still be the type that doesn’t dare to venture out… Wait, why does it look more and more like me?

Damn!

At this thought, Ji Yuan was initially hesitating about how to handle this Frost Serpent, like selling it at an auction exchange for Spirit Stones or something.

But now… he suddenly knew what to do.

Such a cautious Frost Serpent should be kept, kept by his side.

So Ji Yuan quietly waited, only when it finished eating the Spirit Fish did he forcibly pull it out of the water.

What to do next… naturally, a contract had to be made. With Ji Yuan’s current Divine Soul strength, even though he had already contracted a Frost Serpent plus that group of Spirit-Devouring Bees, another Frost Serpent was not out of the question.

Moreover, when the [Fish Pond] upgrades to level four and the Frost Serpent evolves into a serpent… it would definitely require contracting that serpent, and for other Frost Serpents, the contract can be dissolved then.

Honestly, Ji Yuan actually hopes for the evolution of the current Frost Serpent.

Why?

Because it’s steady.

Like the Frost Serpent Ji Yuan is currently raising, just advanced to Tier Two, and it’s fighting with the Late Stage Second Rank Big Toad, although fierce, it may lead to a quick death.

But thinking further, maybe not.

This Frost Serpent, after all, evolved from absorbing Dragon Fortune, maybe it will have extraordinary strength later.

Furthermore, if Frost Serpents can be contracted, why wouldn’t they contract two true dragons in the future?

After finishing the fantasy, Ji Yuan then dropped the Frost Serpent back into the [Fish Pond].

Being in the Fish Pond, he was very reassured, not worried that it would cause trouble, after all, with its nature, it’s already good if other Spirit Fish don’t bother it.

With this matter resolved, Ji Yuan wandered around Mist Island a few more times to ensure nothing was missed before setting off with loads of Spirit Wine.

Before heading to Hu Yue Island, Ji Yuan had to stop by Wan You Island, delivering the Wine to Hua Yaoyue before settling down completely to focus on cultivating with Dong Qian.

A day later, after delivering the Wine on Wan You Island, Ji Yuan headed directly to Hu Yue Island.

Moreover, this time he did not even send an advance message to Dong Qian, just to give her a… surprise.