Serpent Ancestor

”Crack!”

”Ah!!”

A piercing scream echoed as Zhao Xing’s leg was bitten and broken. He crawled and rolled out of the cabin, his face filled with terror.

Hei Huang stood with his hands on his hips, striding out of the cabin with a massive set of dentures in his mouth, teeth sharp as saw blades.

”Did I give you permission to board? You really don’t know the rules. Get lost quickly, or I’ll let you taste these sawtooth steel teeth!” Hei Huang scolded.

Han Te swallowed hard.

He immediately recognized the dentures, clearly crafted from Lei Man’s teeth, those sawtooth teeth that could grind anything to dust, now fitted into a dog’s mouth.

”Friend Han, where did this dog come from? Is it your spirit pet?”

Zhao Xing’s face turned ashen. Such an ordinary-looking black dog had actually reached the Core Formation Stage, and even he couldn’t withstand a single bite.

Han Te’s face changed dramatically, and he hurriedly said, ”No, don’t say that!””Spirit pet? I’m here today to collect a human pet for fun!”

Hei Huang lunged forward, biting down. Zhao Xing quickly retreated, simultaneously summoning a copper bell. But Hei Huang’s dog mouth was extremely sharp, biting through the air and shattering the copper bell along with it. Zhao Xing screamed again, his rear end blooming like a flower, as he fell from the sky into the water below.

”Stop!”

Li Yu took out a formation disk, raised his hand, and a light from the formation appeared in the sky.

Within the formation, a pair of eyes faintly appeared, gazing at the scene.

”This... dog friend, we apologize for the offense earlier. We are merely following orders to register every cultivator entering the island, especially those above the Foundation Establishment Stage. We ask for your cooperation!” Li Yu said sternly.

Though they were gatekeepers, they were only at the Foundation Establishment Stage and dared not be too presumptuous in front of such a Core Formation monster. However, with the formation in place, they still had to follow procedure.

Zhao Xing climbed out of the water, his face pale with fear, not daring to utter a word.

”You are the spirit pet, your whole family are spirit pets! Can’t you speak properly? If you dare speak nonsense again, I’ll bite your neck off!”

Hei Huang pointed at Zhao Xing and cursed, but he didn’t continue biting and retreated back onto the ship.

Zhao Xing shivered, thinking to himself that one shouldn’t stoop to a dog’s level, and swallowed his anger.

”Since this demon brother is Friend Han’s... companion, a simple registration will suffice, and you may enter the city. Please have the other person reveal themselves as well.”

Li Yu said, gripping the formation disk a bit tighter.

At this moment, Xu Hei also emerged from the ship, disguised as a butcher, his face covered tightly.

Li Yu activated the formation disk, and a faint light swept over the butcher.

Li Yu frowned slightly, ”A puppet?”

”What, got a problem?” Hei Huang asked.

”No... no problem.”

Li Yu’s brow furrowed tightly. He had a persistent feeling that there was a third person present, but after scanning with the formation disk several times, he couldn’t find any trace of anyone.

Behind the butcher, there was a sword, entirely black as ink, with fine dragon scales on its surface and a pair of eyes on the hilt.

Upon closer inspection, it looked like a snake.

Li Yu shook his head, tapped the formation disk, and imprinted the images of Han Te and Hei Huang into it.

”Registration complete. The two of you may freely enter and exit Twin Islands within a month without needing to register again,” Li Yu said.

”Thank you, Friend Li!”

Han Te cupped his fists and handed over a storage bag.

Li Yu took the storage bag, weighed it, and smiled, ”Friend Han, you’re always so courteous. Once this evil faction’s influence wanes, I’ll definitely invite you for a drink.”

”I wouldn’t refuse,” Han Te smiled.

And so, the group successfully entered the island.

...

At the peak of the highest mountain on Twin Islands.

A middle-aged man in fine clothes stared at the screen in front of him, his brows furrowed. It displayed the scene of Xu Hei and his group entering the island.

Beside him stood a graceful woman, with phoenix eyes, black hair, and elegant Emei brows.

These two were the island masters of Twin Islands, the Gemini Twins, Jiang Chong and Jiang Ying.

”So, is there a problem with this man and dog?” Jiang Ying asked.

Jiang Chong shook his head, ”No problem, it’s just that with these two, the number of Foundation Establishment cultivators on the island has reached nine hundred ninety-eight, and Core Formation cultivators have reached twenty-six. Since the founding of Twin Islands, we’ve never gathered so many top-tier cultivators.”

Since the rise of the Sea God Sect and the rampage of the evil faction, countless islands have suffered, and most cultivators have flocked to larger islands seeking refuge.

And Twin Islands, as one of the three major islands in the East Sea, has become a popular sanctuary, with its population growing ever larger.

”Isn’t that a good thing? The more people, the more prosperous. The trade on this island has increased several times compared to before,” Jiang Ying smiled.

”Sigh, that’s not what I’m worried about.”

Jiang Chong shook his head, a sense of foreboding lingering in his heart, though he couldn’t pinpoint what it was.

As an experienced Elemental Infant stage cultivator, he always trusted his intuition, which is why he scrutinized every person entering the port, especially those above the Foundation Establishment Stage, to investigate thoroughly and leave no one unchecked.

”Has Xu Fu made any moves recently?” Jiang Chong asked.

”What moves could he make? Ever since he came to Twin Islands, he’s been buying Longevity Pills, and now he’s hosting some trade fair to acquire materials rich in vitality,” Jiang Ying replied.

Jiang Chong hesitated for a moment, then took out an emerald green pill bottle, sealed with a pill seal, with rich life essence swirling inside.

”If we really encounter trouble, we’ll use this pill as a bargaining chip to ask Xu Fu for help,” Jiang Chong murmured to himself.

...

To be honest, this was Xu Hei’s first time in such a large city.

Twin Islands, whether in terms of size, concentration of Spiritual Qi, or the number of cultivators, far surpassed any city Xu Hei had visited before, even much larger than Chuyang City.

Here, immortals and mortals mingled, and mortals had long been accustomed to the presence of cultivators, living together in harmony.

And on Twin Islands, there were no restrictions on flying; one could fly freely, just not at excessive speeds, or else face fines in spirit stones if caught by the enforcement team.

”Xu Hei, where’s your snake? I don’t see it,” Hei Huang asked.

At this moment, Xu Hei was controlling the butcher, walking in front, while he himself lay on the butcher’s back.

That’s right, he was the sword!

When Xu Hei was crafting the flying sword, he inadvertently fused himself into it, without even realizing it.

By the time he discovered it, it was too late.

However, he had a feeling that if he fully activated the Diamond Suppression Technique, he could break out of the flying sword and emerge.

But to remain hidden, he didn’t do so.

Although he had become a sword, his divine sense was unaffected, allowing him to still control the puppet and cast spells, and his hardness far exceeded normal.

A single strike was much more powerful than when he used the dragon horn.

Perhaps the only downside was the strange appearance and limited mobility.

Xu Hei didn’t answer Hei Huang’s question, instead smiling and saying, ”Take a guess.”

Hei Huang sniffed hard with his dog nose, his brows deeply furrowed, staring at the butcher’s back, muttering, ”Strange! Your illusion is so good that even I can’t see through it.”