The Seventh Section: Substitute for the Snake to Collect Corpses

  I rode a horse-drawn carriage to the camp when I found that it had just been bombed. My mother's angry roar came from afar, "Quickly go and find for me!"

  "What are you looking for?" I hastily crawled out of the bushes and asked foolishly.

  "Oh no! You scared me to death! What have you done? What's going on?" My mother saw me riding on Gatsby and was very puzzled by his appearance.

  "Oh, is that so, mom?" I tried to come up with a perfect lie: "I went out early to 'drain the water', I was afraid of letting mom and the beautiful fairy aunties smell something bad, so I walked a bit further away."

  My mother took advantage of my speaking and ran over to hug me in her arms, asking: "What's with this bear?"

  "After I put it down, I found it in the distance, and it was a bit uncomfortable. I used Natural Breath to treat it, and it was very grateful to me. I thought, why not keep it as a pet? So I made a contract with it. Mom, is that okay?" I asked pleadingly.

  "Alright, can't be like this next time, but I always feel that this bear is a bit strange, fortunately it didn't pose any danger to you, just bring it along!"

  "Thank you, mom! But can I know how you reached your conclusion?"

  "Intuition! Mom's intuition is really accurate!"

  Wow! Women's intuition is indeed formidable! Mom called everyone to get ready to leave, and at this time, the radar I sent to find me came back. I hurriedly said: "Mom, wait a minute, okay?" I don't want to miss the corpse of the nine-headed snake, that's priceless treasure! You know, on the continent where magic beasts roam, it's possible to kill one only every few hundred years. Their entire body is full of treasures, their magic core-made staff has almost divine power, their skin-made armor is impervious to swords and knives, various organs are top-grade alchemy materials, and only specific parts of their skin can be made into ninth-level magic scrolls, each worth millions of gold coins!

  "What's wrong?" her mother asked.

  "Mom, there's a treasure worth millions of gold coins. Do you want it?" I said with a surprised face.

  "Really, you must be cheating your mom, this is not a good kid!" Mother first exclaimed with joy, then said unhappily.

  "It's really mom! I swear!" I exclaimed anxiously

  "Really? Where?" The mother still didn't believe it.

  "Let's settle the distribution issue first, Mom, I want half of it!" I said cunningly.

  "Hehe, isn't it bad for a little kid like you to argue with your mom?"

  "Mom, I'll probably be spending most of my time in the alchemy lab from now on, so I need to have my own property to buy materials." I said seriously.

  "Mom will give it to you, and maybe your grandma has a way too?"

  "No, I want to be independent. I can't always rely on mom's support. Even if my seal is opened, I will still become an alchemist. Almost all magicians are alchemists!"

  "Alright, I've agreed to it. When we get back, I'll give you a special allowance, now stop causing trouble and let's go!"

  "No, Mom, I didn't lie to you, there really is treasure! The radar told me!"

  "Really? You don't have a crystal ball? That thing is still in the capital!"

  "Mom, I may not have a crystal ball, but it's like having radar that tells me what it sees."

  "What did it see?"

  "Half?" I asked back

  "Half!" Her mother confirmed with a bitter smile.

  "It says there's a corpse of a nine-headed snake about 100 li in this direction!"

  "Is it really a corpse? If it were alive, we'd all be its pastry!" The mother exclaimed excitedly.

  "Nine heads have fallen off, a big hole has opened in front of the chest, and even the radar can't see the heart from the hole!" I said affirmatively.

  "Can radar be so detailed? Is it possible that he is being controlled by the nine-headed snake?" The mother was still worried.

  "The radar's soul has my imprint on it, the scenes it sees can be displayed in my mind, whoever controls it must first remove my imprint, and will the nine-headed snake use a soul-binding spell?" I asked back.

  "But who can kill the strong it?"

  "It must be another more powerful demon, they often have disputes between them!"

  "Alright, son, mom will trust you this time, don't let mom down, okay? Everyone gather! Follow my son." Mom said: "Son, ride the bear and I'll add a water floating spell to it, tell it to go straight into the swamp!"

  "Yes, Mom, come with me!"

  I rode on Gai Zhi and ran back along the original road. The water surface floating technique was quite good, this 5th-level spell could make the creature being held walk freely on the water surface. Gai Zhi walked on the water surface for the first time, looking extremely excited, jumping around mischievously from time to time, and tossing me about. Mother and Spirit Team Leader Kailin followed behind in a row.

  "Princess, where are we going? There's a nine-headed snake in the depths of the swamp!" Aunt Kailin asked.

  "How many?" asked Mother

  "Of course, there's only one, two together will still fight, they have a strong psychology of occupying territory alone!"

  "We're going to go collect the body!"

  "What?"

  "My son told me that the nine-headed snake is dead, and we helped collect its body!"

  "Heavens! Young master, how did you know? What if it's alive?"

  "I believe he won't deceive me for no reason, even if it's a living thing, can't we just run away if we can't beat it? The nine-headed snake is extremely slow in movement, we don't need to enter its attack range, just take a look from afar and we'll understand, the worst-case scenario is that we make a wasted trip. But what if my son is right, heh heh!" The mother's eyes gleamed with gold as she said: "We're going to strike it rich!"

  The surrounding elves were all sweating profusely, for them, the princess's infatuation with gold coins was something they found hard to understand!

  100 miles in front of the unicorn is just over an hour, and with the added speed spells from anxious mother, they finally arrived together! Looking at a mountain of meat, both mother and elf cheered loudly!

  "Oh, my dear son, you're too amazing! I didn't expect your radar could be used to find treasure! Oh my, it's truly a great alchemy work, it will definitely go down in history, I guarantee it!" My mother exclaimed excitedly as she hugged me.

  "Hurry up and work, remember I've got your back!"

  "Oh, okay... but you see, since you're so young, why don't you let mom take care of it for you, alright?" My mother asked me anxiously.

  "I want to have my own magic crystal card and the best alchemy lab! You supply the materials, you sell the finished products, but I want cash transactions! You agree, and I'll let you take care of my share, remember it's 'take care'!"

  "Alright, it's a deal! What a cunning little devil!" The mother said: "Everyone quickly gather 'round, first collect the blood and then skin it. Send 10 people to keep watch around us!"

  "This time it's really big, I didn't think it would be so complete!" Mother muttered to herself.

  "What's the point of dragging it out like this and still calling it complete?"

  "Of course, it counts! You should know that a 9th-level magical beast's combat power is extremely fierce. Even my mother knows not to provoke the nine-headed snake. In the past, all the 9th-level magical beasts I killed were beaten to pulp by magic, and sometimes I couldn't even find an intact skin to make a scroll. A magical beast that was almost killed by pure physical attacks has never happened before! Now, just looking at it, there are several hundred skins that can be made into scrolls! Including the success rate, I should be able to make about five 9th-level magic scrolls!"

  "The success rate is also too low!"

  "No way! They're all so low!"

  "Mom, it's impossible to finish today, tell them to set up camp first, I'll go find the Nine-Headed Snake's nest!"

  "Alright, I'll get 20 people to go with you, be careful!"

  "Got it! See you later!"

  I brought the human hand given by my mother and rushed to the nine-headed snake's nest. With Gai Ci leading the way, we arrived quickly. In fact, there was no need for a guide, just follow the stench and you'll be fine. A small mountain of white bones piled up, about several dozen meters high, with a flat area at the top that was the nine-headed snake's nest. When we all saw the situation inside the nest together, everyone couldn't help but exclaim in surprise!