After Being Abducted and Raised by A Snake

When he woke up again, Xuan Ming had turned into a black snake, wrapping its tail around him as usual, with the mirror standing aside, looking very well-behaved. When Wan Zhong thought about the mirror watching their intimate action again and recording it, he suddenly felt bad. He rubbed his sore waist to light the fire, thinking that the next time they engaged, he would avoid the mirror. He had no habit of being spied on.

Due to the change of seasons, the airflow and wind direction in the cave were very unstable. At night, he feared being suffocated by soot, so he didn’t dare to continue sleeping in the nest. He used snake skin, black soil, rattan mats, and soft grass to build a two-person tent next to the pot used as a stove and against the windbreak wall.

Although it was not as warm as in the nest, as the weather improved day by day, it was not freezing. With the black snake ending their hibernation early and winter about to pass, Wan Zhong felt that he would not starve to death and nothing catastrophic would happen, so he boldly began to consume the few remaining provisions.

Unexpectedly, another month passed, and the ice in the pool still hadn’t melted away. The temperature remained relatively subtle. Wan Zhong listened to the sounds of floods caused by melting snow outside the cave, as well as the rumbling of avalanches, and fell into a crisis cycle again.

At this point, he only had a small pile of wood and a pile of chicken feet. The black snake snored like thunder. From the looked of it, it wouldn’t wake up easily unless Wan Zhong was in danger. At the end of the day, the 33 chicken feet were divided into 33 days’ worth of food, with one cooked every day.

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After another month of boiling chicken feet one after another, a faint sound of rapids finally appeared in the pool, and the black snake faintly opened its eyes. The winter that lasted nearly 12 months had finally passed. As the ice and snow melted, thousands of trees sprung up.

Wan Zhong wrapped his eyes with snake skin and couldn’t wait for the black snake to remove the boulder blocking the entrance of the cave. When the cold wind blew against his face, his heart, which had been imprisoned for a long time, was freed.

He heard the sound of the stream and felt the cool sunshine. After his eyes adjusted to the light, he took off the snake skin from his eyes and found a thin and clear river in front of the cave, with a few more hills and a few less mounds.

Standing on the cliff, he could see that the surrounding mountains were still white, and as the snow melted, avalanches could be seen at any time. Wan Zhong subconsciously looked at the cave behind him, which was also covered with snow, and heard Xuan Ming, who had turned into a human, say: “Don’t worry, there is a magic circle here, it is very safe.”

Wan Zhong immediately looked at him strangely, “How do you know what I am worried about? Can you use magic to see my thoughts?”

Xuan Ming raised his hand and flicked his forehead directly, sneering, “You are so stupid. All your thoughts are written on your face. What kind of magic do you want?”

Wan Zhong blinked with a beautiful smile that could melt the ice and snow; then furrowed his brows and said, “Then guess again, what am I thinking about now?”

Xuan Ming couldn’t guess it, so he hugged him sideways and said, “You’re hungry.”

Wan Zhong had just finished eating and he hurriedly protested, “No! No! I’m not!”

“You are, you are. You are.” Xuan Ming blocked the hole with a huge stone, and firmly said to the person in his arms, “I will use my tail this time.”

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Time flew away in the cave, especially when they were spending time together.

Although Wan Zhong could eat Xuan Ming’s essence every day, a special hot food that others could not eat, he still felt like he was at a disadvantage.

He couldn’t pinpoint his specific shortcomings. Anyway, he felt like he had no say and was very passive in all aspects.

It was obviously Xuan Ming who was pursuing him, but he often wondered what would happen if Xuan Ming grew tired of this relationship.

The most fatal thing was that he couldn’t go home.

Wan Zhong would ask Xuan Ming every day, “When will you overcome the tribulation?”

Xuan Ming had only one answer: “I don’t know. But it should be soon.”

Wan Zhong was curious, “What is it like to overcome the tribulation? Is it difficult?”

Xuan Ming gave a brief answer, “With thunder from the sky, if you can survive it, it won’t be difficult.”

Wan Zhong pondered, “What if you can’t survive it?”

Xuan Ming shook his head slightly, “The consequences vary, I can’t say for sure.”

Wan Zhong pressed further, “What’s the most serious consequence?”

Xuan Ming replied solemnly, “Die.”

Wan Zhong looked at him nervously, “And what about you? Can you survive it?”

Xuan Ming still shook his head and said softly, “I don’t know.” He seemed to see the worry on Wan Zhong’s face and reassured him, “Don’t worry, if I fail to overcome the tribulation, the mirror will take you home.”

Wan Zhong frowned slightly, pondering his thoughts. It was clearly easy to read his thought from his face. But why couldn’t Xuan Ming read his expression well? He was clearly worried about him. Did he seem like the heartless type?

The snake kept calling someone stupid, but it was obviously him who was the foolish one.

After that, Wan Zhong never asked Xuan Ming about crossing the tribulation, nor did he mention going home again.

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As the branches sprouted buds and the land irrigated by snow water was no longer muddy, Wan Zhong and Xuan Ming finally ventured out to enjoy themselves in the name of hunting.

Xuan Ming transformed into a black snake once again, and Wan Zhong happily rode on the tip of its tail.

They gazed at each other.

The black snake affectionately rubbed Wan Zhong’s face with its large head. Wan Zhong turned his head and smiled uncontrollably, as if all barriers were eliminated and everything melted away.

Life flourished once more.

Amidst the vitality, Wan Zhong picked a green fruit.

He patted the black snake’s tail and asked if it was edible. The black snake narrowed its eyes and knocked the fruit from his hand to the ground.

Transforming back into Xuan Ming, he said to Wan Zhong very seriously, “This is a contraceptive fruit, you can’t eat it.”

Wan Zhong’s face turned pale, vaguely remembering that Xuan Ming had mentioned about laying snake eggs.

He asked him, “Am I really going to get pregnant?”

Xuan Ming remained silent.

He didn’t press further and secretly noted the appearance of the contraceptive fruit.

He recalled that there seemed to be a tree near the snake’s nest with similar fruits.