CHAPTER 616: CHAPTER 616: FORGOT YOU DON’T HAVE CLAWS, LET’S SHAKE TAILS INSTEAD

Zhi’er shook for a while before stopping to take another look.

The snake was limp and seemed a bit disoriented.

Before the little one could react, the Black Snake lifted its head first and opened its mouth again.

Zhi’er hurriedly swung it around a few more times.

Finally, the Black Snake completely slouched with its soft body, even its thin tongue sticking out at the side of its mouth.

The little one grunted twice and tied the Black Snake into a knot.

She placed it on the ground, squatting down with her big round eyes blinking as she observed.

"Hmm, cultivated for over four hundred years, your mana isn’t weak, why don’t you go find a place rich with spirit to practice, instead of pretending to be a ghost in someone else’s house, claiming the territory for yourself."

The Black Snake swayed its body slightly and weakly stuck out its tongue.

Zhi’er cupped her little hand to her ear: "What? You say you were originally the Guardian Immortal of this place?"

The little one understood when she heard this.

Back before this was the Capital, tracing back one or two hundred years, this place used to be a stretch of mountainous land.

The Black Snake had been practicing here all along.

Later on, the previous dynasty founded the Imperial City, and people gradually settled here, forming the An Family.

Until the ancestors of this house came to build the mansion here, leaving the Black Snake homeless, forced to stay.

It focused on cultivation daily, so all was peaceful.

But when this generation’s Family Head brought the Second Madam in, the main wife and the concubine constantly argued and fought, causing chaos in the house.

The Black Snake felt its quiet cultivation was disturbed, so after the Second Madam’s death, it pretended to be a ghost, scaring the family away.

Zhi’er blinked her big eyes: "I was going to ask you to leave because I want to establish an academy here, and the students will be noisy with their studies."

"If you cause harm again, I will punish you, but then you say this was once your home, hmm, what to do..."

She pinched her chin, thinking deeply.

The Black Snake regained its senses then.

It twisted its body, rising up almost like it was standing.

Taller than Zhi’er by a head.

With those scarlet eyes, carrying the innate coldness of a snake, it hissed as it stuck out its tongue.

Zhi’er fluttered her long eyelashes, seemingly understanding its intent.

"You’re saying you don’t mind, just want a place to stay?"

The Black Snake nodded.

Zhi’er cradled her cheeks with her hands, her cute brows furrowing as if pondering feasibility.

Previously, when she read the Heavenly Book, she heard that snakes and foxes are cunning and insidious.

However, if the Black Snake were to lie, she could handle it.

The little one thought it over and finally nodded, "Alright then, I’ll trust you this once."

"I’ll leave a place in the academy specifically for your cultivation use, and send some Flower Dew daily as compensation for occupying your home."

"But if you misbehave, harm students, or even eat people, I’ll skin you and roast you crispy on a fire, understand!"

The Black Snake leaned its head back and squinted at the little toddler in front.

Although delicate and tender-looking, appearing delicious, her strength nearly snapped its neck.

Moreover, she emitted an aura of formidable fortune.

The Black Snake immediately lowered itself, assuring chaos would not be caused.

Zhi’er happily extended her little hand: "Then we’ve reached an agreement, shake tail!"

The Black Snake hissed softly.

Only then did the little one smile sweetly: "Oops, forgot you don’t have paws, let’s shake tail instead!"

The Black Snake placed its slender tail into her palm.