Becoming an immortal against the will of heaven

“Hiss… hiss… hiss hiss hiss…”

After a while, the hissing sound grew louder and more rapid. At the same time, a chilling scene unfolded.

The corpse of Song Yi, which had already died and was being fiercely burned by the flames, suddenly began to shake strangely. He, who had been lying on the ground, suddenly sat up and, covered in flames, crawled towards Chen Tian step by step.

If anyone else saw this terrifying scene, they would definitely scream 'Ghost!' and run away.

But Chen Tian was different. He was a cultivator, and he had personally witnessed Song Yi's nascent soul being sucked into the Yin-Yang Cave.

Therefore, Chen Tian knew that whatever was lurking inside Song Yi's corpse was definitely not him.

Thinking of this, Chen Tian's gaze instantly turned cold. With a wave of his right hand, the Red Phoenix Sword appeared in his hand, its blade pulsating with red light, as if ready to be launched at any moment.

Chen Tian held the Red Phoenix Sword horizontally in front of him, staring intently at Song Yi's corpse as it crawled towards him, and shouted with a cold gaze, "What exactly is hiding inside, playing tricks? Show yourself now!"

With that, Chen Tian flicked his sword, and a red-glowing sword energy instantly erupted, landing on Song Yi's corpse and immediately blasting a large hole in his body!

“Whoosh…”

Just at this moment, a streak of emerald green light suddenly shot out from the large hole in Song Yi's corpse, flying swiftly towards Chen Tian.

However, Chen Tian had already been prepared. Before it could fly close, Chen Tian rapidly formed a hand seal, using his spiritual power to create a net of light, which he cast over it, trapping it.

At this moment, the light revealed its true form: a small, emerald green snake.

After carefully examining it for a while, a hint of amusement appeared on Chen Tian's face, because this small, emerald green snake looked exactly like the Emerald-Eyed Viper from before, except that it was much smaller.

Chen Tian suddenly remembered that Feng Chongrui had told the Emerald-Eyed Viper that he would take good care of its child.

Now, this small, emerald green snake looked so similar to the Emerald-Eyed Viper that there was no need to ask; it was definitely the Emerald-Eyed Viper's child.

At this moment, the young Emerald-Eyed Viper, although trapped by Chen Tian, was still violently ramming against the net of light, trying to break free. After realizing that it was futile, it still refused to give up, its eyes flashing with an emerald green, sinister light as it coldly stared at Chen Tian.

“Little brat, you have good luck! To be able to find an infantile Emerald-Eyed Viper here!” At this moment, Duanmu Ya's voice suddenly echoed in Chen Tian's mind, but his tone was weak, as if he had not yet recovered.

Upon hearing this, Chen Tian pondered for a moment before asking, “May I ask, Senior, do you recognize this Emerald-Eyed Viper?”

“Hmph, of course!” Although his body was weak, Duanmu Ya's tone still revealed unparalleled arrogance upon hearing Chen Tian's question.

Chen Tian couldn't help but smile wryly in his heart. He realized that this Duanmu Ya really liked to show off.

Of course, Chen Tian would not expose his pride. He asked respectfully, "Then may I ask Senior to tell me what exactly this Emerald-Eyed Viper is?"

Seeing Chen Tian's respectful appearance, Duanmu Ya seemed very pleased. After pausing for a moment, he began to explain, "Boy, do you know that this Emerald-Eyed Viper is a descendant of the ancient Dragon race?"

“What?” Hearing Duanmu Ya's words, Chen Tian was immediately shocked and asked incredulously, “Senior, don't deceive me. How could the descendants of the ancient Dragon race turn into snakes?”

“Hehe, boy, I knew you wouldn't understand.” Seemingly finding Chen Tian's shocked expression very amusing, Duanmu Ya grinned and then continued to explain, “Legend has it that the Ancient Ancestral Dragon procreated nine sons, namely Qiuniu, Yazi, Chaofeng, Pulao, Suanni, Baxia, Bi'an, Fuxi, and Chiwen.

These nine dragon sons had different appearances and different personalities. Later, they each moved out to multiply, forming nine tribes.

And this Emerald-Eyed Viper is the great-great-grandson of the Ancestral Dragon's ninth son, Chiwen.

Originally, the ancestors of the Emerald-Eyed Viper also had two horns on their heads and four claws, but once, it secretly drank Chiwen's millennium-old immortal wine. While drunk, one of Chiwen's concubines happened to pass by. Who knew that the scoundrel would become lustful and actually try to do something untoward to Chiwen's concubine.

But the concubine desperately called for help, summoning Chiwen back.

Chiwen was furious when he saw that his degenerate grandson was so bold. He cut off the scoundrel's horns and claws, expelled him from the dragon lineage, and demoted him to a crawling snake. After tens of thousands of years of evolution, the Emerald-Eyed Viper lineage gradually emerged!”

Duanmu Ya was really very weak. After saying so much, he began to cough slightly, but fortunately, he recovered after a while, although his breathing was still a little disordered.

After listening to his narration, Chen Tian also knew all about the origin of this Emerald-Eyed Viper.

After listening to his words, Chen Tian's originally restless thoughts became even more surging, and he asked impatiently, “Senior, then what do you say I should do now?”

“Two ways.” Duanmu Ya said quietly, “First, either this demon beast willingly acknowledges you as its master!”

As soon as he finished speaking, Duanmu Ya and Chen Tian both turned their heads to look at the small, emerald green snake, and found that it had curled up its body, making a respectful posture, its eyes glowing as it stared at Chen Tian.

“Of course, the current situation makes this unrealistic.” Duanmu Ya hurriedly dismissed the idea and continued, “Secondly, if it doesn't submit to you, then you can only beat it until it does.”

“What? Beat it?” Chen Tian was instantly surprised after hearing Duanmu Ya's words.

He really did not expect Duanmu Ya to say such a thing.