Zhongshan Shenzhu Chi

Chapter 87 Awakening

Zhongshan.

The mountain king led the golden ape king down the mountain, while the little fox was still transforming into human form.

The serpent's life returned to peace. It stood quietly by the Luo River, its vertical pupils fixed on its symbiotic scales that were drifting before it.

The vastness of time is beyond anyone's imagination.

With drought looming, it needs to set a goal, an achievable short-term goal.

All you need to do is prove to heaven and earth that you have the ability to control the order of time.

The giant serpent, with its heterochromatic golden and silver eyes, gazed at the reverse scale, wanting to recreate the eerie blue flames that the little fox had once ignited in the long river of time.

Unfortunately, three days have already passed.

With the serpent's current mental strength, it can no longer find that flame.

"But recreating that flame is a bit too small. I should find a grander scene that matches Zhongshan," the giant snake murmured.

Does reversing what has already happened or is happening count as disrupting the timeline?

No, spiritual practice itself is about going against the natural laws of life and death to ascend upwards.

Since the order of time has been mastered, the very existence of the Lord of Time will disrupt the rules of time; it's just a matter of how profound the impact on heaven and earth and nature will be.

The mother suffered the torment of the mysterious stone tribulation, and the fox naturally died of old age; there was no way to save her.

If it's just about reviving those creatures that should have lived on forever on the battlefield, it doesn't really have much impact on the laws of nature. In essence, it might be going against the rules, but the price has already been paid: one's own power.

Thinking of this, Reverse Scale began to radiate joyful emotions towards the giant snake.

The giant serpent's eyes flashed, and it turned and sank into the Luo River.

Before drought strikes and war breaks out, it must do everything in its power to accumulate enough energy to turn the tide of battle.

Time flies, and a decade has passed in the blink of an eye.

The giant serpent never appeared in the mortal world again, but a whirlpool always existed in the center of the Luo River, tearing away the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and drawing it into the water.

Whether the source of spiritual power is the sun, the moon, or mountains and rivers, it swallows it whole.

The little girl sat on the shore, holding a pen, copying poems from an unknown world onto a piece of white paper.

She was about eight or nine years old and wore a pink and white flowing fairy dress.

Even at such a young age, she has eyes that seem to reflect the beauty of peach blossoms.

Her pinkish eyes held the image of mountains and water, and after copying each poem, she would look expectantly at the whirlpool in the water.

If the vortex does not react, continue copying the next poem.

Wait quietly.

"Croak—!"

Suddenly, a loud croaking frog echoed through the forest on the cliff.

The little girl paused in copying the poems, her peach-blossom eyes flashing with murderous intent, her neck arching in a long, graceful curve as she glared at the cliff above.

The next instant, a dark shadow flashed by.

Before the little fox could react, it saw a huge—human—in front of it?

The giant had a frog-like head and bright green skin. Three black marks, resembling claw marks, ran diagonally down from between his eyes and forehead, piercing through his body.

It picked up the sheet of paper the little fox was copying and exclaimed, "The poem is well-written, and the handwriting is beautiful too! Who taught you?"

The frog could speak human language and even had a human-like appearance, with muscular arms and legs that looked as if it could smash rocks with a single punch.

The little fox was startled and tried to escape into the Luo River by leaping and bounding.

Suddenly the whirlpool dissipated, and a large snake pushed through the water. The golden and silver light flashing in its eyes calmed the little fox's rapidly beating heart.

"You're awake?" the giant snake whispered.

The little fox suddenly came to its senses.

She looked around, hopped over to the frog, and apologized, saying, "I'm sorry, I didn't know you just now. My name is Jiulian."

"It's alright, it's alright. In my current state, even that audacious black crow would fly away as if it were running away, let alone you."

Hunxie Qinggua squatted down and reached out to touch Jiulian.

Its pupils were stiff and lifeless, like those of a dead fish, yet they had a bright, crystalline gaze—and that eerie frog-like head.

Nine Lotus trembled with fear, but she suppressed her urge to run away and endured the monster's head pat.

"You've changed quite a bit," the giant snake said with some surprise.

It truly never imagined that a frog, smaller than an average person's palm, would grow into a giant with a frog's head and a height exceeding three meters after sleeping for two years.

"I also want to thank you for providing me with such a safe environment to grow up in. If there's anything I can do for you, just ask."

""

The frog knew it looked scary, so it only touched the little fox's head briefly before letting go.

"You've slept with your mother for so long, you should know what's buried under Zhongshan Mountain, right?" the giant snake asked.

"Hmm, I can feel its disgust towards me." The frog stood up and looked into the snake's eyes.

Seeing that they were about to say something that he couldn't help with at all, the little fox quickly grabbed the paper and pen and ran away.

"I want you to help me weaken it. Are you confident?" The giant snake also stared into the frog's eyes.

Its golden and silver heterochromatic eyes radiated divine light, and as it looked inward, a surge of azure light rose up like a wave, blocking its gaze, which was both scorching and icy.

"If it's just me, it's not enough; I need more water and air supplies."

"I feel there's something wrong with that black raven; it really likes to stay in the Snake God Valley."

After staring at each other for a long time, the frog's eyes were stung by the snake's gaze, and it took the initiative to look away.

"It is a myth that arose in response to the times. In the end, our fight against that sun is paving the way for it."

"As for the moisture you mentioned—"

The giant serpent opened its blood-red maw, its flesh writhing as it vomited out the Watery Blue Pearl that it had once extracted from the giant crocodile and the evil dragon.

"I don't know if this will be useful to you?"

"This is----"

The frog stepped forward and picked up the water-blue bead.

Even though it had been cleansed by the giant snake for a long time, it could still smell a trace of the remaining scent.

That was a hatred that was etched into its very soul.

"Is this the aquatic energy found on a dragon?"

"While you were asleep, the dragons sent vicious dragons, giant crocodiles, and countless aquatic creatures to invade Zhongshan. I wiped them all out," the giant serpent replied.

"So Zhongshan is also on the list of dragon-type killers—"

"We'll have to fight this sooner or later, it's just a matter of time," the giant snake said in a deep voice.

"If my guess is correct, the Dragons will start a war against Zhongshan when the sun rises into the sky." The frog didn't stand on ceremony and swallowed the water-blue bead directly.

The amount was somewhat small, and since it was from the same source, it was instantly swallowed up by the azure water droplet inside its body, which was about the size of an adult's fist.

"Before the Xuan Snake God is completely assimilated with Zhongshan, I will do my best to weaken that sun."

"Hmm," the giant snake said in a deep voice.

The light beside the Luo River suddenly dimmed.

Without saying another word, the giant snake turned around and sank to the bottom of the water.

The vortex formed again in the water, but with greater force, even tearing down the essence of the great sun that was floating high in the sky.

The frog watched as the giant snake so brazenly absorbed the essence of the sun, showing no sign of stopping despite the scorching heat.

"That's insane. Why don't you just make yourself the ruler of the sun, moon, and stars?"