Time Travel: The Best Doctor in Ancient Times

Chapter 711: Chapter 548: Give the Snake a Bath

The massive body of the snake, the sticky hide, the scarlet eyes, the stench of blood mixed with the snake’s odor filling the nostrils...

The appearance of this snake, along with its pitiful, pleading eyes, were a complete mismatch!

Observing this made Gu Changsheng’s heart tighten over and over, an unbearably uncomfortable feeling!

According to her thoughts, this snake should be chopped up directly, to finish it once and for all!

But...

This tremendously scary looking snake was the only chance for Dandan to break free from her!

”A Soul-Devouring Python indeed, how many years have you been nurtured between heaven and earth to have grown this large, and now just to be chopped by me in one stroke, it seems a bit of a pity!” As Gu Changsheng looked over the Soul-Devouring Python, she stroked her chin, her voice filled with regret.

The few people standing behind her heard this and their brows furrowed almost imperceptibly.

Looking at their wife’s stance, is she actually considering not chopping it?

”Changsheng, if you don’t like it, you don’t have to force yourself.” Zhou Mu’s gaze darkened as he looked at the woman before him, not wanting her to be unhappy, not even the slightest bit.

”Ah!” Gu Changsheng sighed after hearing his words, her gaze still fixed on the Soul-Devouring Python, ”Although I’m inclined to spare your life, it’s a pity that your appearance is just too awful!”

Right? The appearance was not just bad, it was absolutely unsalable!

Even scorpions and lizards looked better in comparison!

Just imagine, walking around with such a massive chunk of a Soul-Devouring Python; Gu Changsheng herself would get goosebumps, not to mention the people around her. With its size and looks, it was just too blatantly ostentatious!

”Hiss hiss hiss...”

The Soul-Devouring Python seemed to understand Gu Changsheng’s words, flicking its tongue.

As it moved, a strong smell of blood burst forth from its gaping mouth.

Standing next to the Soul-Devouring Python, Gu Changsheng almost fainted from the stench, staggering back two steps into a familiar embrace before she could wave her hand in front of her face and curse quietly, ”You’re doing this on purpose, aren’t you? Are you trying to stink me to death?”

Dammit, this snake was really cunning!

However, as soon as Gu Changsheng spoke, the python before her began to shrink as if it was losing water. Its several meters long body was rapidly getting smaller before their very eyes, from a massive python to a meaty snake to the thickness of a wrist, and then, it became the size of an ordinary snake...

And then, even smaller than an ordinary snake...

Gu Changsheng watched the tiny snake inside the blood circle on the ground, no thicker than her little finger and about a foot long, her mouth twitching in disbelief.

Damn it, if it weren’t for her keen eyesight in the darkness of night, she would truly have overlooked this pocket-sized snake on the ground!

The tiny snake coiled itself, its small head adorned with two red eyes, lifting its little head timidly to look at Gu Changsheng!

”Dammit, this snake can actually transform!” Gu Changsheng exclaimed in horror, pointing disbelievingly at the tiny lump on the ground.

The people behind her immediately gathered around.

The light from the Luminous Pearl illuminated the surroundings as if it was broad daylight. Gu Changsheng crouched outside the blood circle, looking down at the tiny snake, her expression indescribable as she spoke with a twitching corner of her mouth, ”Soul-Devouring Python, no matter why you were subdued by the Old Devout Woman of the Dudu Family, now that your feeder is dead, as a masterless Gu, would you follow me?”

The tiny snake’s head vigorously nodded, its small tongue flicking intensely!

Its meaning was clear, it agreed!

The Soul-Devouring Python agreed, but Gu Changsheng was conflicted, her eyebrows almost knotting together!

”But, damn it, even if you’ve gotten pint-sized, you’re still a snake! I’m afraid of snakes!” Right, it was still a snake, though smaller and not so intimidating, but the snake before her was unmistakably a snake.

Thinking about how much the Dandan Bug had compromised, and considering the function of the Soul-Devouring Python before her, Gu Changsheng hesitated, unsure for a moment.

But the tiny Soul-Devouring Python on the ground seemed to have made a huge decision, and started crawling towards the blood circle of Combing Flower!

”You!” Gu Changsheng was startled by its actions.

This blood circle was drawn with her own blood; nobody knew better than her the effects of her blood!

All Witch Gu on earth would be without life when encountering her blood!

The Soul-Devouring Python was seeking its own death!

The tiny snake mouth opened wide, its scarlet tongue targeting a drop of blood on the ground and sucking it in!

An invisible force seemed to draw the blood, Gu Changsheng’s wrist trembled, and the drop of dark red blood on the ground was sucked up by the Soul-Devouring Python, heading straight for the little snake’s head!

The blood vessels on her wrist pulsed, and Gu Changsheng knew this was where she normally bled from.

She had the right to refuse, and right now, if she did, the Soul-Devouring Python would disintegrate under the effect of her fresh blood!

Yet, Gu Changsheng looked at the little snake on the ground and hesitated...

This was the only chance to ferry Dandan’s spirit... If she didn’t accept it, then there was no choice but to kill it...

In the moment of Gu Changsheng’s hesitation, that drop of dark red blood went straight to the center of the Soul-Devouring Python’s head.

And on Gu Changsheng’s outstretched wrist, a serpentine shadow slowly appeared at a speed visible to the naked eye...

The lithe body of the snake wound around her wrist twice over, its forked tongue flickering, its eyes a blood red, eerily lifelike, far surpassing the tattoos of her past life with its vibrant allure!

The contract between a Gu and its feeder always left a mark on the feeder’s body!

Even as the King of Witch Gu, Dandan Bug had once left a mark between her eyebrows, only to be covered up by the mark of the Phoenix Clan!

So...

So, this Soul-Devouring Python is now her Gu!

The corners of her mouth twitched, and twitched again, Gu Changsheng couldn’t help but want to cry!

She could sense the python’s joyful emotions, she could feel its vitality!

So, after the old devout woman of the Dudu Family died, the Soul-Devouring Python became her Gu!

Motherfucker, she’s got to raise a snake from now on!

How miserable!

With the snake, she had only remained silent for a moment, and silence doesn’t mean agreement, yet the python had presumptuously used her blood as a catalyst to acknowledge her as its feeder!

Dandan Bug was also a Gu, and although Dandan is a rather powerful Gu, Gu Changsheng had actually been reluctant to accept it at first!

Now, great, in addition to Dandan, motherfucker, she’s got another snake to deal with!

A snake, for heaven’s sake! The mere thought made her shudder, yet now she had to raise it!

This motherfucker...

”Hehe... hehe...” In her mind, Dandan Bug was rolling around, laughing with delight.

Hearing its laughter, Gu Changsheng really wanted to pick it up and smack it a few times. Damn it, it was so asking for a beating!

Just like that, out of the blue, she had another snake to take care of!

Damn it!

”You! Come over here!” Pointing at the little snake on the ground, Gu Changsheng motioned with a tearful face.

Having acknowledged her as the feeder with its blood, the Soul-Devouring Python was no longer afraid of the blood circle on the ground and slithered its small body towards Gu Changsheng’s feet.

”Xiao Cui, water!” Gu Changsheng motioned to Xiao Cui.

”Yes!” Xiao Cui responded, immediately heading to the horse behind her, grabbed a water bladder, and after thinking, she also picked up a wine cup.

Her lady’s traveling gear was indeed very comprehensive!

Taking the water bladder and wine cup passed by Xiao Cui, Gu Changsheng deftly placed the wine cup on the ground, poured some water into it, and then, with a pout, disdainfully picked up the snake’s tail from the ground and tossed it into the wine cup.

”Damn it, clean yourself properly, wash away that snake stench on you!” With a look full of revulsion, Gu Changsheng shook her hand, which held the snake, the disgust evident on her face!

Inside the wine cup, the Soul-Devouring Python swam with its little red eyes watery...

”Mistress, snakes naturally have a smell, don’t they?” Yuan Bao blinked his big eyes and spoke with an embarrassed face, ”Also, have you ever seen someone giving a bath to a snake?”

His mistress was indeed being unreasonably demanding of the snake, wasn’t she?

”Even if it’s natural, wash it off! I can’t stand the smell of snakes!” Gu Changsheng pursed her lips, and in the blink of an eye, she pulled out a small package from her person, and extracted several small porcelain vials, pouring their contents into the wine cup.

The unprepared Soul-Devouring Python was sprinkled head to toe with the powder, blinked its eyes, and a fragrant aroma spread around, masking the bloody scent on the ground...

”Hundred Flowers Jade Dew Powder, Fragrant Paste, Four Purities Pill...” Gu Changsheng muttered as she did all this, and finally, pointing at the worm-like little snake in the wine cup, she sternly warned, ”You little bugger, you make sure to wash yourself clean! If not, I’ll chop you into pieces in a minute!”

The Soul-Devouring Python felt so wronged! Oh, don’t mention it!

Imagine, as a Gu insect that had lived for hundreds of years and gone through more than a dozen feeders, this was the first time it was being given a bath right after recognizing a master!

Have you ever seen someone giving a bath to a snake?

Its snake face was utterly lost!

But a snake has to bow its head under the low eaves, and beside it was someone holding a sword, eager to chop the Gu at any moment!

So... It might as well just take the bath obediently...

The earthworm-sized Soul-Devouring Python swam back and forth in the fragrant wine cup, occasionally rubbing against it with its body left and right; taking a bath was the most it could do!

Seeing that it had washed enough, Gu Changsheng reluctantly lifted the snake by the tail and picked up the Soul-Devouring Python.

With its tail up and head down, although there was still a look of disgust on her face, Gu Changsheng overcame her reluctance to get close to the snake body and sniffed it.

”Hmm, not bad, not bad, no more snake smell!” Gu Changsheng, satisfied with the deodorizing effect, commented. ”So, Soul-Devouring Python, where do you want to settle? Let me find a...”

Before Gu Changsheng could finish her sentence, the Soul-Devouring Python sprang up like a reversed gold hook, coiling its body along Gu Changsheng’s hand, winding several loops around her wrist as if to form a bracelet, with its small head sticking out on top of her hand, and its crimson snake eyes shining brilliantly!

”I’ll find a cloth bag to put you in, how about that...” Gu Changsheng absentmindedly finished her previous sentence, and the whole person felt not good at all!

The touch of the snake’s body against her skin, slimy, wet, and cool, made her shiver several times!

This was a snake, after all! Even if it were her Gu, it didn’t change the fact that it was a snake!

Instinctual repulsion made all the hairs on Gu Changsheng’s body stand on end...