The Spirit Snake had a mysterious background. Back then, the Old Gu woman called him 'Dragon Gu'. According to him, he was a Snake Monster that had cultivated for a thousand years. After his death, his soul didn't disperse. He relied on the compass to escape the laws of heaven and earth and stayed in the human world.
Initially, I believed him, but as I interacted with him for a long time, I started to have doubts.
It wasn't because of the Old Gu woman's' Dragon Gu ', nor was it because Nangong purposely found him and returned him to me. It was because his cultivation speed was too fast.
When we first met, he was at most at the Dragon Seeking stage, which was similar to mine.
In just a short two to three years, I reached the middle stage of Glorious Memory. I relied on various miraculous encounters, along with my top-notch talent of four meridians. My cultivation speed was shocking and I made a name for myself in the cultivation world.
Even so, my cultivation speed couldn't compare to the Spirit Snake. I was only in the middle stage of Glorious Memory while this guy was about to advance to Sky Master!
Speaking of which, the difference between the middle stage of Glorious Memory and Sky Master was only the late stage and perfection of Glorious Memory. But in reality, after reaching Glorious Memory, every step forward was extremely difficult.
There were countless people in the world who cultivated the Glory of Consciousness, but those who could advance to the middle stage of the Glory of Consciousness could be said to be less than one in ten. Among them, those who could advance to the Heavenly Master Realm could be described as less than one in ten thousand.
To put it simply, the Spirit Snake's cultivation was far ahead of mine, which was very abnormal.
Humans were the spirits of all living things, so their cultivation speed was naturally much faster than monsters. Even if monsters were born with a long lifespan, it was still incomparable to humans. Moreover, I had top-notch talent of four meridians, so I could be considered one of the best among humans. Yet, my cultivation speed was so much slower than that of a monster like the Spirit Snake.
If the Spirit Snake didn't hide his cultivation from the start, there was only one reason that could explain this, and that was that the Spirit Snake's cultivation when he was alive definitely wasn't Glorious Memory realm, but at least Sky Master realm.
In other words, he wasn't cultivating in the past two to three years, but recovering his cultivation when he was alive.
I even felt that even if he was at Sky Master realm when he was alive, he shouldn't be able to recover so quickly. Maybe his cultivation when he was alive was even higher than Sky Master!
With that in mind, I looked at the Spirit Snake and couldn't help but ask, "Your cultivation speed is really abnormally fast …"
Before I could finish, the spirit snake interrupted, "How is it abnormal?
How was it abnormal?
Don't you know who I'm following?! "
As he said that, the flattering smile on his face deepened. He moved closer to my side and chuckled. "I'm following Big Brother Zhou. With Big Brother Zhou's care, isn't it normal for my cultivation speed to be faster?"
It had to be said that this guy's bootlicking skills had not improved at all. He was always so simple and crude.
I angrily pulled him aside and waved my hand, asking him to take a rest and recover his energy. We'll talk about swallowing Xiang Liu's blood later.
The Spirit Snake instantly became anxious. He moved closer to me and hooked his tail on the hem of my clothes. He said pitifully, "Don't! How can we talk about it later? I'm very energetic and I don't need to rest. I can even swallow Xiang Liu's blood now!"
I smiled at him and didn't say anything. I walked upstairs. After I went upstairs, the Spirit Snake followed me. He looked at me with teary eyes. Seeing that I didn't change my mind, he could only fly to my shoulder and enter the tattoo on my back.
I didn't purposely stop the Spirit Snake from swallowing Xiang Liu's blood. I was just joking with him. Although this guy's background was mysterious, I understood him well after spending so much time with him. I wasn't worried that he would harm me after he advanced to Sky Master. On the contrary, he would definitely stay by my side. No matter how strong he was, he wouldn't show it in front of me.
Of course, there was also Tong.
The image of the Great Demon King Tong was deeply rooted in the Spirit Snake's heart. Even if he reached the Sky Master realm, he wouldn't dare to fight back when Tong beat him up.
The reason why I wasn't in a hurry to let the Spirit Snake swallow Xiang Liu's blood was that I wanted to let the Spirit Snake rest for a while. Although Xiang Liu didn't seem to have any lethality, when Yan Nantian had captured him, he had been very careful. How could the Spirit Snake and I be careless?
On the other hand, after swallowing Xiang Liu's blood, the Spirit Snake would immediately go to the Dragon's Gate. The Shang Dynasty's Spring Sacrifice was in a month. Zhang Kanwen and I had to rush there. The distance between the two places wasn't far. After calculating the time, we would depart in half a month. We would first bring the Spirit Snake to Luoyang. After jumping through the Dragon's Gate, we would go to Anyang. The timing was just right.
Thus, it would be best to let the Spirit Snake swallow Xiang Liu's blood after ten days.
When I returned to my room, there was no one there. I asked Xiao Jin to stay in the room while I got up and went to Wang Li's room.
Wang Kun and his wife were there, and Tong Tong was playing with Little Wang Li by the bed.
As her cultivation base gradually increased, Tong Tong's body became more solid. The dark blue energy on her body also became fainter. As long as Tong Tong paid attention, ordinary people wouldn't be able to find out that she was a ghost. That was why I told Wang Kun and his wife that Tong Tong was my little sister. They didn't doubt it and got along well with Tong Tong.
I went to check on Little Wang Li's situation. Then, I asked Tong Tong, "Where's Zhang Kanwen?"
Tong Tong told me that Zhang Kanwen had been staying in his room across the street since yesterday. He hadn't come out.
I frowned and felt a little uneasy. When I left yesterday, Zhang Kanwen's face didn't look right. I didn't think much about it at that time, but he hadn't come to see Wang Li for two consecutive days. He hid in his room and didn't come out. Something must have happened.
Although I was thinking about this, I didn't show anything on my face. I just smiled and asked Tong Tong to continue playing with Little Wang Li. Then, I turned around and went to Zhang Kanwen's room.
When I reached the door, I reached out and pushed it, only to find that the door was locked from the inside. I was stunned. Before I could open my mouth, Zhang Kanwen asked, "What's the matter?"
His voice was still calm and steady as usual. I couldn't hear anything from it. I asked him why he was staying in his room and not coming out.
Zhang Kanwen replied faintly, "I'm cultivating. I need a few days."
With that, there was no more life inside.
I hesitated, but in the end, I didn't ask again and returned to my room.
Although Zhang Kanwen's performance was a little abnormal, it was common for cultivators to go into seclusion for a few days when they reached a certain juncture. It wasn't strange.
The next three days passed, but there was still no movement from Zhang Kanwen. I couldn't sit still.
It wasn't a problem for cultivators to not eat or drink for a few days, but in the Glory of Consciousness realm, they couldn't abstain from eating. Even if they did, they had to drink a few mouthfuls of water. Zhang Kanwen had already been here for four to five days. Could something have happened to him?
I hesitated for a long time. In the end, I clenched my teeth and prepared to forcefully open his door.
Coincidentally, when I walked to the door of his room, before I could reach out, the door creaked. Zhang Kanwen opened the door from the inside and walked out. His expression was calm. Apart from his beard growing longer and his body becoming thinner, there was nothing wrong with his expression and spirit.
I hesitated for a moment before getting straight to the point and asking him what happened.
Zhang Kanwen looked like he didn't care and shook his head, "Nothing much. When I recovered my Dao Qi that day, I felt something and tried to break through to the Six Star Realm. It took a few days."
I was stunned. Breaking through to the Six Star Realm?
Zhang Kanwen's cultivation speed was truly frightening.
I heaved a sigh of relief and hurriedly said, "Congratulations, Big Brother Zhang. You're not far from completing the Six Star Realm. In a few days, Big Brother Zhang should be breaking through to the Heavenly Master Realm, right?"
Zhang Kanwen didn't seem to be in a good mood and shook his head, "I didn't succeed in breaking through to the Six Star Realm … Let's not talk about this. It's almost lunchtime. Let's go down and eat something."
With that, he went downstairs first.
I looked up at his thin back view, my heart filled with confusion.