Versatile Mage

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“Let’s go, big guy.
You’re safe now,” Tangyue liked to sit between the Skyscraping Snake’s eyes, waving her fair legs on the beast’s forehead.

Mo Fan simply closed his eyes, feeling rather uncomfortable.

The Skyscraping Snake slithered across the hills.
The backbone of the hills, which seemed quite massive to human eyes was only a little fold on flat ground for the beast.
His body remained stable as he moved past it.

Sitting on the Skyscraping Snake’s head, they crossed several hilltops in the blink of an eye, but the truth was, he was moving at a fairly slow pace.

After crossing several hills, a relatively huge mountain finally appeared in front of them.

The huge mountain was their destination.
The hills were only like pieces of rocks in the Skyscraping Snake’s eyes, whereas the mountain was huge enough to be called a hill.

It was easy to spot the cave.
It was located right at the waist of the white mountain.
The Skyscraping Snake climbed along the mountain walls and soon arrived at the entrance of the cave.

It was not necessary to describe the size of the cave, since it was able to contain the Skyscraping Snake within it.
As a matter of fact, Mo Fan was not too inclined to follow the snake into it.
The cave was fully covered in darkness, so it was impossible to tell if there were any beast living inside it.
It was said that the cave extended in all directions like a maze.
Not only did it connect several mountains together, one could also access the underground realm from the cave.
It was not exaggerating to say there was a pack of demon beasts living inside it.

“Big guy, rest up now.
We’re heading back,” Tangyue stood on the wall so her line of sight was parallel to the Skyscraping Snake’s head.

The Skyscraping Snake hissed, as if he understood what Tangyue was trying to say.

“Oh, you better give me some of your blood,” said Tangyue.

The Skyscraping Snake bent backward slightly and bit his body with his fangs, leaving two huge holes.

He took a sip and sucked quite an amount of blood from them.

“That’s too much!” Tangyue waved her hand.

Mo Fan was left speechless.
The Totem Beast was rather straightforward.
The blood he had sucked up alone could give Tangyue a blood bath!

“What are you planning to do with his blood?” Mo Fan was confused.

“The plague is getting serious.
We might be able to find the source of the plague from his blood, and use it to produce the serum,” said Tangyue.

The plague had been bothering Tangyue throughout the journey.
Now that the Skyscraping Snake was safe, her priority now was to deal with the plague.
The Skyscraping Snake’s poison was mainly from his blood, so if she could bring his blood back, assuming that he was truly responsible for the plague, the blood would be useful in finding the cure.

“You’ve got to be kidding.
We tried so hard to escape, and now we have to find a way to go back?” Mo Fan was not sure if he should be laughing or crying.

“What else should we do? We can’t just ignore the plague.
We don’t have to do anything.
The Royal Guards will be here soon.
They will bring us back,” said Tangyue.

“…is there a better way? I’m afraid that they will try to get even with us along the way,” said Mo Fan.

“We’re running out of time.
A minute wasted might mean another person catching the plague.
Let’s hope the blood will work, “said Tangyue.

“If it worked, it would prove that the beast is responsible for the plague.
That way, Councilman Zhu Meng will be even more determined to eliminate him.”