Reborn as a Snake: Forging a Demon Court Starting from a Black Python

"Pah! What kind of 'Crab General' is he? He lies without even thinking!"

The crab had barely uttered its sound when a woman's mocking voice was heard.

It turned its head angrily and saw a woman in green standing in the air not far away.

The crab carefully examined the woman in green and sneered:

"And who are you, girl? Tell me your name right now!"

It turned out that it couldn't see through Xiaoqing's true nature and thought she was a human cultivator.

Xiaoqing waved her hand.

"Big crab, you're really inconsiderate. You've come to my territory, and I haven't even asked you anything yet, why are you asking me questions?"

"Tell me first, what brings you here?"

When the crab heard Xiaoqing's question and found that she was not flustered, he became unsure of himself.

This girl is so fearless, could she really be some kind of powerful immortal, or perhaps an immortal's attendant?

"That's right! Could it be that the Heavenly Court actually wants to capture that dragon, but just hasn't shown it?"

"They publicly issued a wanted notice, a smokescreen, while secretly sending a powerful immortal to capture the dragon, and I just happened to run into this immortal?"

The crab grew increasingly flustered and dared not pretend any longer. It retracted its claws, tucked them into its chest, and said respectfully:

"Reporting to this fellow Daoist, I did indeed receive orders from Prime Minister Turtle to inform the Dragon King of the Still Sea to be aware of a black dragon that has committed a grave crime!"

"If you don't believe me, you can go to the Dragon Palace of the East Sea to ask."

Xiaoqing became nervous after hearing this.

So it turns out that the Heavenly Court is not only searching for Lin Xuan all over the shore, but has also sent people to notify the Dragon Palace? What should we do now!

Despite Xiaoqing's usual fearlessness, she still feels uncertain and has an innate fear when facing the dragons.

Snakes belong to the Scaled Clan and worship the Dragon Clan as their leader.

The dragon's might only exert its full power when facing other monsters, but it can exert its full power when facing the snake clan.

Xiaoqing said in a trembling voice, "You...you wait here for a while, I'll go and call my sister over."

"Sister?" the crab asked, puzzled, repeating the question unconsciously.

Xiaoqing had no intention of answering and turned to leave, leaving the crab standing there.

Seeing this, the crab didn't dare to move, as it didn't know who the "sister" Xiaoqing was talking about was.

What if it's a very powerful deity?

If I leave without saying goodbye, and this immortal gets angry, I'll turn into a crab pot!

The crab wiggled its body and returned to the surface of the sea to wait patiently.

Before long, two enormous creatures rose from the island and charged straight at the crab.

The crab looked closely and exclaimed in surprise, "Why are there two snake demons here?"

He wasn't stupid; after a moment's thought, he understood and burst into a tirade of curses.

"So that woman was just a monster in human form! Humph, she was playing tricks on me, and she actually fooled me!"

"What's with the attitude of a monster?"

The crab was self-righteous and looked down on Xiaoqing and Bai Suzhen.

It has the confidence to do this, since it is a subordinate of the Dragon Palace.

There's a saying among mortals: "Even a seventh-rank official is treated as a minister." The Dragon Palace has a similar rule.

In the Dragon Palace, this crab was just an insignificant crab general with hundreds of shrimp soldiers under his command. Even the Dragon King might not remember his name.

But once it leaves the Dragon Palace, it becomes a powerful force in its own right.

When sea monsters see it, they all respectfully call it Lord Crab.

"Those two snake demons are playing tricks on us; they're truly hateful!"

The crab was furious. It conjured up a huge axe, clamped it between its two pincers, and flew up cursing.

"You two snake demons, why don't you come and pay your respects to this great general?"

"Let me tell you, if you piss me off, I'll mobilize my army and wipe out your wretched island!"

If the crab had said that at another time, Bai Suzhen, unwilling to clash with the Dragon Palace, might have actually given in.

But she had just heard from Xiaoqing that the crab was going to deliver a message to capture Lin Xuan.

Bai Suzhen panicked immediately and, without caring about anything else, charged forward. Without even responding to the crab's words, she swept her tail and swung it directly at the crab's eyes.

The crab was terrified and quickly raised its large claws to block.

boom!

With a loud bang, the crab felt its claws almost shatter, and its large axe was sent flying.

The crab turned color in fright.

What a powerful snake demon! Logically speaking, a snake demon like this should know some rules and wouldn't dare to clash with the Dragon Palace!

It turned its body upside down, burrowed into the sea, and disappeared beneath the sand and rocks on the seabed, concealing its presence and obscuring its view.

Before entering the sea, the crab threw out a question: "Snake demon, do you really dare to attack me?"

Bai Suzhen did not answer. She shrank back, her eyes flashing coldly as she searched for the crab's location, gathering her magic power in preparation for another attack.

Xiaoqing wasn't idle either.

Normally she keeps a low profile, like Bai Suzhen's follower, but now she reveals her true form, hovering in the air.

If the crab tries to escape, Xiaoqing will definitely notice.

The crab was suddenly struck by the realization that this was also a monster with hundreds of years of cultivation!

The crab felt a chill run through its body and groaned inwardly. Why had it encountered two mad snake demons today? As soon as it heard me introduce myself, they charged at me without a care.

What terrible luck!

But at that moment, another man's voice rang out.

"Wife, Xiaoqing, what are you doing? Have some water monkeys come near our Dragon Island?"

"Let me tell you upfront, this stuff doesn't taste good at all."

The crab was shocked. How come there was a man here?

It stared at Lin Xuan across the water, but after a long time it still couldn't figure out Lin Xuan's origins, so it began to speculate.

'Although he appears to be a human, since he's mingling with these two snake demons, he's probably a demon himself.'

"Those two snake demons were troublesome enough, and now another monster has appeared... Luckily, my crab clan has its own supernatural abilities; as long as we hide at the bottom of the sea, we have nothing to fear from being discovered!"

Thinking of this, the crab felt slightly relieved, and even a little smug.

This three-headed snake demon is indeed highly powerful, but so what? It's still just a charlatan.

Although my cultivation time is short, I am one of the Dragon Palace's own people and have the inheritance of the crab clan.

"Hehe, let them search! Anyway, if I don't return to the Dragon Palace to report for a long time, the Prime Minister will definitely notice something's wrong and send people to look for me."

"I'll see how that three-headed serpent demon dies then!"

The crab sneered, then shrank further into the seabed, its pincers quietly moving to the top of its head, intending to secretly dig some sand to bury its head.

But as soon as it turned its eyes, it saw the man from the sky smiling at it.

"So there's a crab in the ocean! That's great. Steamed crab is a delicious dish."

The crab trembled with fear, its eyes bulging out, and instinctively asked:

"How...how did you find me?"

The man was none other than Lin Xuan. He smiled indifferently, too lazy to answer.

The crab's supernatural abilities were indeed very strong. Once it entered ambush mode, even Bai Suzhen and Xiaoqing could not see through its form.

But in front of Lin Xuan, this was completely useless.

The system could not detect the crab, but Lin Xuan already possessed the Dragon's Might.

With a slight release of its power, Longwei located the crab's whereabouts.

Lin Xuan didn't bother to answer. He stretched out his large hand, grabbed the crab's eye, and pulled it out of the sea.

Lin Xuan was still in human form, but his size was dozens of times smaller than that of a crab.

But in Lin Xuan's hands, the crab was like a toy, easily picked up by Lin Xuan, and had no power to resist.

Lin Xuan threw the crab onto Dragon Island, stared at it for a long time without saying a word, which frightened the crab so much that it dared not breathe, and the bubbles on its mouth disappeared.

In the air, Bai Suzhen and Xiaoqing breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing this, transformed back into human form, and landed on the ground.

Bai Suzhen exclaimed, "My husband, you really have a way with things. You found the crab's whereabouts in no time."

Although Xiaoqing didn't say it aloud, she nodded inwardly.

In the past few months, my brother-in-law seems to have gotten a lot stronger.

Lin Xuan smiled in response, then asked the crab, "Three hundred and sixty-seven, do you want to live or die?"

"What, three hundred and sixty-seven?" Bai Suzhen raised an eyebrow, finding it strange, but didn't ask.

The crab looked completely bewildered, wondering why this man knew my name.

It opened its mouth, cautiously:

"What do you mean by that, snake?"

It didn't know how to address Lin Xuan, nor did it dare to call him a snake demon directly, fearing that Lin Xuan would be angry, so it could only ask in this way.

Lin Xuan didn't seem to care and said calmly:

"If you want to live, then acknowledge me as your master and obey my commands from now on."

"If you don't want to live... my wife, go to the cave and get the spices that I had Xiaoqing bring back last time."

"Let's have boiled crab today!"

The crab jumped up in fright, waving its claws and yelling:

"I want to live! I want to live! Master, please don't eat me!"

As soon as it finished speaking, Lin Xuan received a system notification and raised an eyebrow.

【Ding! 】

You've acquired a new pet: Crab 367

【LV25·Crab 367】

[An insignificant crab general from the Dragon Palace could disappear for months without being noticed by the Turtle Prime Minister.]

Current loyalty level: Extremely low

Please increase their loyalty as soon as possible, otherwise they risk running away!

It turns out that this crab is an elite monster with a name. Lin Xuan knew its details through the system, which is why he could call out its name so easily.

"But its loyalty is too low... Oh well, I never expected it to do anything for me anyway."

Lin Xuan relaxed his brow and waved to stop Bai Suzhen.

"My lady, since this crab is being sensible, let's spare its life for now."

Bai Suzhen didn't care, but Xiaoqing was a little unhappy.

In such a short time, she had already taken out the seasonings and even brought out a very large iron pot.

Xiaoqing complained, "Brother-in-law, we've lived here for months, and I haven't even eaten a single fish. My mouth is practically forgetting what meat tastes like!"

"Since this crab came to catch you, it's fine for us to eat it!"

Upon hearing this, the crab immediately shrank behind Lin Xuan, curling its body up as much as it could, wishing it could completely avoid Xiao Qing's gaze.

Unfortunately, its body was too large, and no matter how hard it tried, it was useless.

The crab pretended to be a coward while spouting nice things about not needing money.

"Master, please don't eat me! I... I have connections in the Dragon Palace; I can introduce you to the Dragon King!"

That's obviously nonsense. How could a crab general like that have such abilities? It's just that it thinks Lin Xuan is ignorant, so it's spouting nonsense.

Lin Xuan gently shook his head.

"Let me see the Dragon King? I'm afraid that won't do. I heard from Xiaoqing that your East Sea Dragon King is acting on the orders of the Heavenly Court and is about to arrest me."