The giant dragon rose into the air with its tail fluttering, protecting Pei Yunshu completely behind it. Its scaly head pointed at Zou Yu, and it roared demonstratively with its bloody mouth. The roar had the power to intimidate all things.
The scarlet eyes stared at Zou Yu like a dead object, and the instinct in his bones made Zou Yu retreat to the other side instantly.
But the next second after he stepped back, Zou Yu regretted it.
The dragon in front of him was undoubtedly shedding its skin, with half of its skin hanging from the middle. The small bag on the top of its head that had not yet grown into a horn was filled with bright red blood. No matter how ferocious its blood-red eyes were, they could not conceal the weakness of this dragon.
Whenever a snake sheds its skin, it will fall into a state of extreme pain and weakness. What's more, this is a Jiao that has transformed into a dragon. Every time it sheds its skin, it will be a hundred times more painful. Why are Jiaolongs so rare in the world? It's because they can't bear the pain of shed their skin and often die halfway.
If the dragon in front of him was fine, Zou Yu would never have gone forward to provoke it without knowing his own limitations. But at this moment, with the right time, place and people, why should he run away
This beast even covets beautiful women. His body is full of natural treasures. If he is strangled to death, the benefits may be greater than the entire secret realm. Besides, Pei Yunshu behaves like this. If he kills this beast, won't he cry and beg him
Zou Yu thought of this, and sneered. He crushed the ground with his feet, and a force that broke the wind rushed towards the giant dragon. The dragon roared, and the sound resounded through the world. He turned around to protect Pei Yunshu, and the blow hit the upper half of the snake that had shed its skin.
Pei Yunshu raised his head and met his scarlet eyes.
The scaly dragon head was right in front of him, and each scale was covered with mud and dust. The two small bumps on Zhu You's head seemed to have grown a little bigger, and seemed to be particularly painful because they were covered with stones, and there were small streams of blood sliding down under the scales, sliding through Zhu You's bloodshot eyes that were staring at him.
Pei Yunshu just felt a sore nose.
The bright red snake's tongue slid across his face, and the dragon let out a low cry.
After licking the tears on Pei Yunshu's face, Zhu You's eyes turned cold and he turned around to attack Zou Yu. His body was as fast as lightning and his sharp teeth bit into Zou Yu's flesh and blood, biting off a piece of meat with blood and skin.
The group of foxes that had disappeared before suddenly appeared, and they all rushed towards Zou Yu. Zou Yu's magic was useless to them. The moment he raised his head, he saw Pei Yunshu sitting on the dragon. The dragon carried him into the air and flew away through the thick fog.
Pei Yunshu was dressed in white with his black hair loose. They could not escape from the thick fog, but this dragon could.
The fox was not afraid of him, but was afraid of the dragon.
Zou Yu took out a pill from his storage bag and swallowed it, covering his arm which was bleeding all over the ground. He felt a sharp pain as the dragon almost bit off his arm.
"Pei Yunshu," he looked at the man and the snake going away, his eyes becoming increasingly cruel, "Sooner or later, I will peel off the skin of this beast and take a good look at your graceful demeanor."
*
Zhu You carried Pei Yunshu and flew into the mountains and forests.
The cold wind blew past him and the thick fog gradually thinned, but Pei Yunshu had no time to pay attention to the changes around him. His heart was focused on the scales under his hands.
Snakes are cold-blooded animals, and Zhu You's fingertips have always been cold, but under his hands now, Zhu You's scales have become warm.
The snake's tail swung stiffly, and Zhu You's skin and flesh were tense, but the speed was getting faster and faster. Such an abnormality could not help but attract attention.
"Zhu You..." Pei Yunshu used his hands to cool him down, but it was not enough. He lay on Zhu You again and pressed his face, which was cold from the wind, against Zhu You's scales.
But just as his face touched the dragon's scales, the dragon under him trembled and turned back into a white cloth strip.
White cloth strips surrounded Pei Yunshu and went into his clothes through his sleeves. Pei Yunshu fell from the air, his hair covering his eyes. The feeling of weightlessness and falling spread from his limbs to his internal organs. The entire huge sky seemed to be separated from Pei Yunshu by a layer of gauze.
He opened his hands, cherishing his life, but after so many years of practice, there was no way to save his life. He wanted to grab, but there was nothing he could grab. Just a simple fall from high altitude could kill him completely.
A pitch-black dragon suddenly jumped up from the bottom of the cliff, dragging its half-shedded skin as it rushed towards Pei Yunshu, picked him up tightly on its back, and flew off the cliff.
The wind was cold and biting, and there was a cold pond under the bottomless cliff. Zhu You put Pei Yunshu in a cave on the shore and then dived into the cold pond.
There was a faint smell of blood in the cave. Pei Yunshu stood up, stroking the mountain wall. His fingertips turned white as he walked out step by step.
There was panic in his eyes, and he didn't even have time to put on the coat he was holding. He walked out to the cold pond wearing only his dust-stained inner garment.
Zhu You has saved him so many times, and he has no way to repay his kindness. How can he not be anxious
There were gusts of cold wind at the foot of the cliff. The closer he got to the cold pond, the colder he felt. Pei Yunshu took one step at a time. Before he saw the cold pond, he saw the cold water tumbling in it. A snake's tail was constantly slapping the water surface up and down. The rocks on the shore were beaten into pieces, the water splashed, and the earth shook. It was a truly horrifying scene.
Pei Yunshu looked at the snake tail that could almost swallow him whole, pursed his pale lips, took a step forward, and stepped into the cold pool.
"Zhu You," he took out a storage bag, "There are many medicinal pills in my storage bag. Use your spiritual power to open it. It will be beneficial to you."
The dragon tumbling in the water was still rolling violently, as if it didn't hear his words. After a while, the surface of the water was stained with blood-red.
The water surface shook even more violently.
Pei Yunshu's heart skipped a beat. The cliff was thousands of feet high. There were only him and Zhu You at the foot of the mountain. The brief description in the book could not describe how dangerous the dragon shedding its skin was. And Zhu You endured it all, even dragging the pain to save him.
In his storage bag were many elixirs that Yuncheng had given him when they parted, as well as some precious spiritual plants. He would always use anything that could help Zhu You.
But he couldn't use the spiritual power in his body, and Zhu You was in great danger now.
Pei Yunshu looked at the cold pond in front of him. He gritted his teeth, closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and dived into the cold pond.
A bone-chilling coldness came over him. The cold pool was extremely deep and dark. As soon as Pei Yunshu entered the water, he saw a pair of bright scarlet vertical pupils. The head of those eyes kept bumping against the rocks under the water.
The violent and merciless impact caused wounds on Zhu You's hard scales.
Zhu You was knocked unconscious by the impact, and the small bump on his head that was about to grow into a horn was scratched and bleeding. Pei Yunshu felt the pain deep in his bones just by looking at it, and his fear of snakes disappeared at this moment. Obviously, this scene would make even people who were not afraid of snakes feel afraid, but he swam over fearlessly, swam to Zhu You's dragon head, held his storage bag in front of his bloodshot eyes, and anxiously motioned for him to open it.
His black hair was floating in the water, his snow-white clothes were like the bright moon in the water, his brows were tightly furrowed, and his eyes, which seemed to be able to speak, stared at Zhu You without blinking.
Zhu You opened his bloody mouth angrily and threatened him with his sharp fangs to get out of the way. Pei Yunshu thought he didn't understand what he meant, so he swam closer and held the storage bag straight in front of him.
The giant dragon lost his mind due to the pain. He pounced on Pei Yunshu fiercely and attacked with his sharp teeth, scaring Pei Yunshu so much that he closed his eyes.
The water flow fluctuated, but no pain came. Pei Yunshu's eyelashes trembled and he opened his eyes. Zhu You had turned his head and crashed into the rock on the other side.
The impact created ripples, and the wound on Zhu You's head grew bigger and bigger. The bright red blood dyed the surrounding water red. Pei Yunshu became anxious and swam over as well.
He was running out of breath, so he decided to give it a try. He walked forward in the water and hugged the dragon's entire head.
The scales were still very hot in the cold pond. Pei Yunshu pressed his hands and face against Zhu You's body, holding the storage bag in his hand, and vowed to make him open it.
Zhu You's whole body trembled, and his snake tail swung even faster. He rushed around in the water, but Pei Yunshu felt that he was getting more and more out of breath.
It turned out that without spiritual power, the monks could neither go up to the sky nor enter the sea, and were no different from ordinary mortals.
He hugged Zhu You's slippery and hot scales, his eyes became increasingly dull, and the storage bag in his hand began to feel as heavy as a thousand pounds.
Just when he was about to suffocate and faint, the snake's head turned towards him, and its bright red tongue penetrated into his lips, hooking the tip of Pei Yunshu's tongue and passing him air.
Pei Yunshu closed his eyes, opened his lips, wrapped his hands around the dragon's head, inhaled the dragon's spirit, and greedily took in the air.
The slender snake tongue wrapped around Pei Yunshu's tongue several times and probed deeper.
*
When Pei Yunshu woke up again, he was lying on the shore of the cold pond.
He didn't know how much time had passed, and the sky had already darkened. He stood up from the ground and saw Zhu You, a half-human, half-snake figure, lying beside the cold pond.
Zhu You's upper body was lying on the shore, his black hair covering his back, and his snake-like tail hanging in the water, as if he had no life at all.
The place was shrouded in mist, and the moment Pei Yunshu saw Zhu You, he almost thought he had stopped breathing.
Fortunately, the next moment, he saw Zhu Youwei's slightly stretched fingers.
Pei Yunshu walked carefully to Zhu You and knelt down to brush away his scattered black hair. His movements were gentle, for fear of hurting Zhu You. Only when the black hair was lifted up to behind his shoulders did he pause.
The two small bags on Zhu You's head have grown horns, which are straight and short. Just looking at them, one feels a sense of submission from the bottom of his heart. The previous wounds have healed. If Zhu You was half snake and half dragon before, he has now become a real dragon.
Possessing supreme power, he is the leader of all beasts.
Pei Yun relaxed and couldn't help but smile. He naturally looked along Zhu You's tail, curious about what the dragon's claws looked like.
But when I looked into the water, I saw that Zhu You's tail had not yet completely shed its skin.
The black dragon skin was hooked on its tail, and the skin shed to the tail was floating in the cold pond. At first glance, it was almost impossible to tell where the snake's tail was and where the shed skin was.
"Zhu You," Pei Yunshu stared at the skin on his tail and pushed Zhu You, "Zhu You, don't sleep, you haven't shed all your skin yet, you only have one last step left, Zhu You."
Zhu You didn't move at all. The demonic patterns on his face became darker. He just slept quietly. There was no sound of any animals around him.
Pei Yunshu tried to open the storage bag, but still couldn't. He then used Zhu You's hand to open it, but Zhu You, who was not awake yet, was unable to use his spiritual power.
“Zhu You, Zhu You…” Pei Yunshu called out in his ears again and again. He couldn’t wake him up, and he didn’t know whether it was good or bad for the skin that hadn’t shed yet to stop like this. Finally, he tried any possible means and pinched Zhu You’s nose and covered his mouth.