Chapter 244: Chapter 121: Thunderous Methods, Slaying a Mortal Transformation! Acquiring the Spirit Soldier "Demon-locking Chain

Zhao Tianxing saw her covered in wounds and felt a pang of pity. Just as he was about to take out a Treasure Plant he carried with him, Chu Fan pulled him away.

"Settle down, Snake Demon," Chu Fan warned in a low voice. "If you dare trick my brother, I’ll turn you into snake soup!"

The Cyan Snake Demon rolled her eyes and lay back down on the ground.

Her injuries were extremely severe. Having just eaten the fruit, she needed to regulate her breathing and absorb its medicinal energy.

Chu Fan’s gaze fell on the three black chains lying on the ground.

He bent down and picked up one of the thick chains.

[Item Found: Demon-locking Chain. Refinement requires fifty points of Spiritual Essence. Refine?]

[Refinement grants Magic Technique: "Demon-locking Technique"]

’What a great find!’

With a single thought, Chu Fan spent fifty points of Spiritual Essence and initiated the Refinement of the "Demon-locking Chain."

Once he obtained the "Demon-locking Technique," he immediately understood that this was no ordinary weapon, but a Spirit Soldier!

The three "Demon-locking Chains" could be used separately or combined as one.

These chains could suppress Demon Fiends and even seal away Demonic Qi. The members of the Moon Worship Sect sealed them within talisman paper, allowing them to summon the chains at any moment to trap a demon.

The Cyan Snake Demon’s true strength was actually greater than that of the two men in white. Unfortunately for her, she was completely suppressed by these chains, unable to even escape.

’A Spirit Soldier... Able to change size... Could this be one of the legendary Magical Treasure Secret Artifacts?’ Chu Fan thought, lightly shaking the chain in his hand.

RATTLE...

The barbs on the chain all retracted, but its size remained unchanged.

Chu Fan felt a little frustrated.

He had yet to cultivate the "Demon-locking Technique." Even if he had, he would still need a Mantra and Primordial Qi to control the "Demon-locking Chain."

And he had yet to break through to the Spirit Awakening Realm.

Suddenly, the black mist around the Cyan Snake Demon contracted sharply. The fine cyan scales on the back of her neck bristled, and her vertical pupils narrowed into slits, locking onto Chu Fan.

Startled, Chu Fan instantly pointed the tip of his long saber at the Cyan Snake Demon!

The Cyan Snake Demon’s nose twitched rapidly, revealing the tips of her lower fangs. Her voice carried a distinct, serpentine hiss. "You! You have my sister’s Demonic Qi on you!"

"What?" Chu Fan and Cao Yan were both stunned.

Cao Yan instinctively reached for the saber at his waist, but he saw that the Cyan Snake Demon’s attention was entirely on Chu Fan. Her hand, wreathed in churning black mist, was trembling slightly—not with aggression, but with a kind of desperate urgency.

Chu Fan frowned, completely baffled. "I’ve never been in contact with any Snake Demon. I’ve hardly even been around any women..."

He stopped mid-sentence, the tips of his ears growing warm.

He suddenly remembered the two pieces of Vermilion-Scaled Blood Python Flesh that Tianxing had given him the night he joined the Seven Stars Gang. The meat had a peculiar, sweet and gamy flavor, and at the time, he’d only thought its texture was strange.

’Could the Cyan Snake Demon’s sister be that Vermilion-Scaled Blood Python?’

’That’s not right...’

’Senior Brother Cao just said that the Cyan Snake Demon’s sister was captured by the Moon Worship Sect and taken to the Blood Saber Sect, after which she hid in Cyan Yang Ancient City.’

’Could the White Snake Demon have been captured by the Blood Saber Sect? And when I went to attack the Blood Saber Sect, did she leave her Demonic Qi on me then?’

Chu Fan searched his memory but couldn’t recall ever having been in close contact with a Snake Demon.

"I could never be mistaken!"

The Cyan Snake Demon took half a step forward. A wisp of pale cyan mist condensed at her fingertips, but afraid of startling Chu Fan, she abruptly clenched her fist. "The lingering Demonic Qi on you is unique to my sister. It carries the crisp bitterness of the Cold Pool Lotus. Even if it’s so faint it’s almost gone, I would never mistake it!"

The pitch of her voice rose sharply, and the black mist at her feet swirled into small vortexes. "You must have been near her! She left this Demonic Qi intentionally—our kind never leaves markers to remember a path, unless we want someone to follow the Demonic Qi to find us!"

"Left intentionally?" Chu Fan blinked.

The Cyan Snake Demon stared into his eyes for a long moment before the black mist slowly receded, revealing the hem of her plain white clothes. The fabric was flecked with grass clippings, and a small tear in the cuff exposed the faintly cyan-glowing skin beneath.

"Come with me..."

As she spoke, the black mist at her feet coalesced into a cloud about half a foot high, carrying her as she drifted toward the mouth of the valley.

With her movements, the tip of a cyan snake tail could occasionally be seen sweeping beneath the hem of her clothes, its fine scales glinting coldly in the light.

Chu Fan shot a look at Zhao Tianxing. "Tianxing, be thorough with the Corpse Handling. The members of the Moon Worship Sect might have a Restriction Token."

"You got it!" Zhao Tianxing grinned, drew the short saber from his waist, and began to go through Bai Nan’s corpse.

The Cyan Snake Demon glanced over at the scene. The black mist around her churned for a moment, but she ultimately said nothing.

In her anxiety to find her sister, she’d forgotten to handle the corpses herself.

’Those three were all experts at the Mortal Transformation stage; they must have been carrying treasures. That kid is getting a nice haul!’

Outside the valley, a breeze carrying the fresh scent of grass and trees washed over them. The Cyan Snake Demon slowly turned around.

The black mist around her shrank to the size of a fist, hovering by her feet like a ball of congealed ink.

"Can you... help me find my sister?"

Her tone was stiff, but her eyes held a hint of pleading, and her vertical pupils lacked their earlier ferocity.

"How would we find her?" Chu Fan raised an eyebrow. "And what’s in it for me?"

At his words, the Cyan Snake Demon’s pupils narrowed into slits. The black mist around her surged half a foot high as if it were about to explode, but she forcefully suppressed it.

She stared at Chu Fan’s calm expression for a moment, then gritted her teeth. "I have a ’Red Flame Vermilion Fruit’ buried under a tree on the eastern side of Wuzhe Marsh. That fruit can help you humans break through to the Mortal Transformation stage. It can even repair damaged meridians!"

"Oh?" Chu Fan’s eyes lit up.

He had just broken through to the Entering the Realm of Strength and was wondering how he would find an opportunity to attempt the Mortal Transformation stage. Her words made his heart stir.

Beside him, Cao Yan quietly tugged on his sleeve.

Chu Fan nodded. "If your sister is really in the city, I’ll keep an eye out for her."

"Not just ’keep an eye out’!" the Cyan Snake Demon said, growing anxious. "My sister never leaves her Demonic Qi around carelessly. She must be in terrible trouble! I want to go with you into Cyan Yang Ancient City—"

Cao Yan was startled. "Didn’t you just say that the city’s restriction lets you in but not out? If you go in..."

"I can’t worry about that anymore!" The Cyan Snake Demon’s voice trembled, laced with an indescribable madness. "As long as I can reunite with her, we sisters can join forces. If you help us, we can definitely break the restriction on the city gate!"

She didn’t finish her sentence. Glimpsing Chu Fan’s expression, she swallowed the rest of her words and said in a low voice, "Don’t worry, I won’t cause you any trouble..."

Chu Fan narrowed his eyes.

’This Snake Demon isn’t as bloodthirsty and cruel as the legends make them out to be,’ he thought. ’She’s actually quite loyal and righteous. It’s admirable.’

Her clothes were flecked with grass, her cuff was torn, and her fingertips trembled when she spoke of her sister, her whole being filled with a clumsy urgency.

Just as Chu Fan was about to speak, the cyan light around the Cyan Snake Demon flared violently.

Her body shrank rapidly, her scales blurring into a flashing cyan arc in the light. Finally, she transformed into a Little Cyan Snake about a foot long.

With a flick of its tail, it slithered into his sleeve. SWOOSH.

It was a good thing Chu Fan possessed the Vajra Undying Body. If any other person, even a Martial Artist at the Mortal Transformation stage, had a Snake Demon slither into their sleeve like that, they would have been scared half to death.

From inside his sleeve came the subtle HISS HISS of the little snake flicking its tongue, a sound as faint as wind rustling through grass.

’So... she’s decided to stick with me?’

’Then again...’

’Gaining a Great Demon at the Mortal Transformation stage as an ally for free isn’t a bad deal at all!’

’With the immense threat of the Moon Worship Sect looming, any extra help is another layer of security.’

’I need to figure out a Method to keep this Snake Demon by my side...’