Chapter 120 : Viper Gallbladder
Chapter 120: Viper Gallbladder
Hearing these words, Chen Beiwu’s heart tightened.
A viper that cultivated for five hundred years could transform into a flood dragon.
The meaning was simple. If a viper-type spirit beast managed to gain five hundred years of cultivation, it would have the chance to condense undying spirituality, draw upon the essence of the heaven-and-earth dragon veins, and survive the twenty-nine thunder tribulation to metamorphose into a Third Realm flood dragon that could intimidate all beasts.
Thus, a giant viper on the verge of transforming into a flood dragon was definitely a top existence among Second Realm lesser beasts, only one step away from becoming a Third Realm Beast General.
Before such a being, even the Second Realm Cang Thunder Tiger he had once seen at the mysterious Spirit Lake might only count as a small snack.
Even a Late-Stage Foundation Establishment cultivator encountering such a beast would retreat three steps, not daring to provoke it, let alone fight underwater.
‘No wonder I can’t even withstand its pressure!’ Chen Beiwu abruptly lifted his head, his divine sense “seeing” into the distance.
He saw a giant beast, its whole body dark greenish-black, its scales as large as water tanks with blood patterns along the edges, and two pairs of swollen flesh sacs dangling beneath its belly, coiled within the seabed rift.
Its head resembled yet did not resemble a serpent, with a high protruding brow bone like a single horn, pupils of dark gold, and its open maw revealing backward-hooked fangs. From afar, it looked like a one-horned flood dragon, emanating an oppressive aura.
【Name】: Green-Mang Blood Viper
【Attribute】: Water
【Bloodline】: Second-Tier Upper Grade (Spirit Beast)
【Innate Abilities】: Green-Mang Poison Miasma (the venom hidden within its fangs could corrode soul power, killing a Foundation Establishment cultivator within a hundred breaths); Black-Blood Scales (could control and extract a prey’s blood to reinforce defense).
Recognizing the identity of the giant viper, Chen Beiwu’s pupils contracted, and a thought instantly surfaced in his mind.
This thing could also be called a loach?
“Why scream? You won’t scare me with that!” Li Wan’er removed the hairpin from her head and aimed it at the Green-Mang Blood Viper.
The loach she wanted to find was actually a Foundation Establishment giant anaconda, not this giant viper that was close to transforming into a flood dragon. Otherwise, she would not have brought along her junior brother.
But as the old saying went: since they had already come, they might as well make use of the opportunity.
Since the beast dared to attack her beloved cook, then it had to be prepared to fall here.
“Suppress!”
With her thought, the silver hairpin in her hand instantly turned into a streak of silver light, piercing through layers of seawater, breaking through the viper’s scale armor, and in the blink of an eye, appeared behind its head, unleashing a burst of blood.
“Roar!”
Struck with such pain, the Green-Mang Blood Viper’s last shred of reason was instantly replaced by ferocity.
It activated its demonic power, the seabed behind it exploding violently, and its colossal viper tail, wrapped in poisonous miasma, smashed down on the flying boat like a heavenly pillar.
Where the tail passed, seawater churned backward and rock layers shattered.
The schools of fish too slow to flee were instantly crushed into blood paste, merging with the poisonous miasma and dyeing half the waters red, sizzling with continuous corrosive sounds.
‘So this is the full might of a Second Realm lesser beast!’
Chen Beiwu’s pupils dilated, feeling as if a massive boulder was pressing on his chest, making it impossible to breathe.
Just then, Senior Sister Wan’er’s hand seals changed slightly. The silver hairpin swimming through the seawater instantly multiplied into thousands, forming countless Ice-Soul Treasure Needles.
These needles wove into a formation, slicing through space, triggering explosions of frost that covered a thousand-zhang of ocean.
Not only did it freeze the deadly poisonous miasma, but it also sealed the Green-Mang Blood Viper itself into an ice statue.
“Junior brother, can a poisonous viper be eaten?” Li Wan’er turned her head to glance at Chen Beiwu.
“If the poison sacs, fangs, and glands are removed, it should be fine,” Chen Beiwu hesitated.
The poisonous miasma it had released mainly relied on demonic power. Once a beast fell and its demonic power dissipated, the miasma would naturally disappear.
Of course, to be cautious, he still felt the toxic parts should be removed before consumption. That would be safer.
Li Wan’er nodded slightly and controlled the Third-Tier magic treasure, the Ice-Soul Treasure Needles, to merge back into a silver light that swiftly sliced across the frozen statue.
Boom!
In the next instant, the frozen viper was cut neatly into four segments, tumbling down into the depths.
‘It’s already over?’ Chen Beiwu froze, instinctively glancing at his senior sister.
This was a Second Realm blood viper that could even battle or kill a Late-Stage Foundation Establishment cultivator, yet in her hands, it could not withstand even two moves.
Such was the immense gap in strength!
Could it be that Senior Sister was already a Golden Core cultivator?
Seeing Chen Zi’ang’s expression, Li Wan’er thought her junior brother was still worried. She reassured him confidently: “Junior brother, don’t worry. To avoid it playing dead, I crushed its soul into dust. Nothing’s left.”
With that said, she wiped the silver hairpin clean with her sleeve and casually placed it back in her hair.
Meanwhile, the Three-Colored Star Toad on her shoulder flicked out its tongue, easily pulling up the four frost-covered chunks.
“This poisonous viper should last us three months.” After examining the frozen meat, Li Wan’er sighed. “No helping it, I’ll count that loach lucky this time. Junior brother, let’s head back.”
She was under her master’s prohibition and was not allowed to leave Water Moon Peak at will.
But to satisfy her cravings, she often sneaked out. This time, diving into the sea for food was no exception.
Since they had already found such a prize, there was no need to chase after the loach.
“Senior sister, the loach you wanted isn’t this one?” Chen Beiwu asked curiously.
“Of course not. Look, the scales aren’t even the same size.”
Li Wan’er peeled off a scale from the frozen viper and compared it with another.
The first was as thick as a water tank, the other as small as a copper coin, clearly from different species.
“By the way, junior brother, how did you discover this giant viper?” Li Wan’er voiced her doubt.
She herself had not noticed the slumbering beast at first glance, yet her junior brother had managed to sense it.
“Instinct,” Chen Beiwu explained. “When the flying boat passed by, I felt uneasy, like something was staring at me.”
Saying this, he picked up his shivering companion beast. “Golden Egg, did you feel it too?”
“Gulu!” Golden Egg nodded frantically.
Though it hadn’t sensed anything, since its master said so, then it must be so.
“Wow, junior brother, your intuition is really sharp.” Li Wan’er beamed with a pure smile. She didn’t doubt his words; after all, every cultivator’s constitution was different.
The moment they guided the flying boat back to the beach of Da Xing Island, she impatiently turned to Chen Beiwu:
“Junior brother, which part of the meat do you think would taste best?”
Looking at the four massive frozen pieces lying imposingly on the beach, Chen Beiwu spoke softly: “For serpents, the essence is concentrated in three parts—the gallbladder, the heart-tip meat, and the marrow meat. A giant viper should be the same.”
“The heart-tip meat is located three inches below the inverse scale at the throat, close to the heart. The marrow meat lies along the inner side of the spine.”
Upon hearing this, Senior Sister Wan’er immediately drew a flying sword and sliced two chunks of fresh, twitching meat along with a jade-white viper gallbladder from the beast.
“Gall is too bitter. I bet viper gall is the same. I don’t like it. Junior brother, why don’t you take it?” Senior Sister casually handed the viper gall to Chen Beiwu.
“!!!” Chen Beiwu looked up in shock.
Since the giant viper had not transformed into a flood dragon, it was still a serpent. Thus, it had no dragon pearl. More than half of its cultivation essence was concentrated in the gallbladder.
What’s more, a viper gall had the effects of maintaining youth, prolonging life, and boosting cultivation. Even Foundation Establishment cultivators would covet it.
Yet Senior Sister didn’t care at all about such a treasure.