The giant rock python is a carnivorous monster with a cultivation level of around three bronze stars. They are huge in size, with adult individuals often more than ten meters long.
Their scales are as hard as rocks, like a set of heavy bronze armor. Unless silver-level weapons are used, they cannot be harmed at all.
Usually they will coil up, disguised as rocks in the rocky forest, wait for their prey to come into their attack range.
"Is Xiao Ning'er crazy? She actually came to such a dangerous place." Chang Ping, a time traveler, knew this, so there was no way Xiao Ning'er didn't know it. Did she have something to rely on?
Chang Ping decided to wait and see the situation before deciding whether to take action.
It was a dark and windy night.
In the rocky forest, the huge rock behind Xiao Ning'er began to tremble slowly, and a huge, ferocious and ugly snake head stretched out from the stone, spitting out its tongue and opening its bloody mouth.
"Danger!" Chang Ping's heart tightened. He opened the safety of the Desert Eagle, raised the gun horizontally, and aimed at the snake's head.
Just as he was about to pull the trigger, Xiao Ning'er suddenly turned around and faced the snake head.
She conjured up a piece of fresh monster meat out of thin air, held it in both hands, and threw it into the huge mouth of the giant rock python.
The monster swallowed the piece of meat in one gulp, spit out its tongue, licked Xiao Ning'er's face, then slowly retracted its head and disguised itself as a big rock again.
"She is actually feeding the monster?" Chang Ping was amazed. He felt that Xiao Ning'er was just like a zoo keeper. "This big rock python is quite smart. It knows the difference between one meal and every meal."
After calming the restless rock python, Xiao Ning'er conjured up a kettle out of thin air, washed the blood stains off her jade hands, then sat cross-legged on the mat, facing the bonfire with flames, and began to cultivate her soul power.
Soon, her whole body was shining with a faint green light.
Xiao Ning'er frowned, looking very painful. Chang Ping guessed that it was probably the extreme cold that was causing the trouble.
"Before one condenses a soul vortex and becomes a bronze one-star demon spirit master, one cannot effectively refine the essence of moonlight. This is an extremely yin substance. If too much of it accumulates in the body, it will clog and damage the meridians." Chang Ping murmured.
He leaned against the tree trunk, quietly guarding his dream lover, while calling out the exchange shop to look for medicine that could cure the extreme cold.
The exchange shop has everything except food and condiments such as oil, salt, sauce and vinegar.
Soon, Chang Ping found a medicine.
Lily honey to drive away the cold!
It is made by steaming lilies and then mixing them with honey. It has a fragrant and soft taste and can dispel cold, relieve cough and dredge the meridians.
This substance can expel the cold poison in the human body and has almost no side effects. It is very suitable for a demon spirit master apprentice like Xiao Ning'er whose cultivation level is less than Bronze One Star.
"I don't have as much strange knowledge as Nie Li and Lao Deng, nor do I know any guiding techniques. I can only use this method to help her. I hope this little girl won't despise it." Chang Ping exchanged for a bottle of cold-repelling lily honey, turned over and got down from the tree, and landed steadily on the ground.
This medicine is of bronze grade and is not expensive. It only costs 300 strength points to exchange for one bottle.
"Who?!" Xiao Ning'er shouted tenderly, took out a dagger, held it in her hand, and stared vigilantly at the bushes not far ahead.
Demon spirit masters specialize in cultivating soul power and have extremely strong perception abilities.
Xiao Ning'er's soul power is now about eighty points, and she can easily sense any living creatures moving within a radius of eight meters.
Just now, she detected a very terrifying aura, like a golden monster, which made her breath stop.
She had once gone to the Holy Ancestor Mountains with her grandfather to train, and knew the horror of the golden monster.
Xiao Ning'er glanced back at her bodyguard, but was surprised to find that the giant rock python had disappeared, leaving nothing behind.
"Not loyal!" Xiao Ning'er cursed inwardly.
She even fed it the silver monster meat that she herself was reluctant to eat, but it actually left her and ran away like a snake.
Monsters are indeed ungrateful creatures.
"Don't come over here!" Xiao Ning'er took out an inscription scroll from her space ring. She was a direct descendant of a wealthy family, so she naturally had some means of saving her life. "Damn it! Why is there a golden monster in the trial ground?! Is it going to die today?"
Suddenly there was a burst of laughter from the bushes.
"Death? You are so narcissistic." Chang Ping jumped out from behind the bushes with a big grin, "Don't be afraid, I mean no harm."
Xiao Ning'er did not let her guard down. She stared at him with her sparkling willow-leaf eyes and snorted, "You've killed all the horned sheep in the trial ground. What are you doing here?" Did he have any intentions towards her?
"You are sick!" Chang Ping said straight to the point.
Xiao Ning'er was stunned by the scolding.
Coming back to her senses, she said angrily, "You are the one who is sick!"
"And... he is very ill." Chang Ping said seriously.
"It's not over yet, is it?" Xiao Ning'er raised her eyebrows, opened the inscription scroll, and threatened Chang Ping, "Leave here quickly, or I will activate the scroll. This is a silver-level inscription scroll that can release terrifying lightning and kill silver five-star monsters in seconds!"
Get away, you pervert who eats horny sheep balls!
"How can you not recognize the kindness of a good person?" Chang Ping was depressed. She suspected that Xiao Ning'er was born in the year of the dog and specialized in biting Lü Dongbin. "To tell you the truth, you have an extreme cold disease. As long as you cultivate to Bronze 1, you will explode and die!"
Xiao Ning'er was skeptical.
"What is extreme cold disease? How come I have never heard of it?" Could this be some nonsense he made up to coax her and get close to her?
Chang Ping pointed at Xiao Ning'er's bare feet and said, "When you practice your soul power at night, do you feel that your feet are burning, but the rest of your body is freezing cold, and no matter how many layers of clothes you put on, it doesn't help?"
"How did you know?" Xiao Ning'er put down the scroll, surprised: Could it be that what Chang Ping said was true, that she really had that extreme cold disease? Would she really explode and die?
"Not only do I know that you are suffering from an extreme cold disease, I also brought the antidote. Do you want it?" Chang Ping asked with a smile, holding a small snow-white porcelain bottle.
"Antidote? Are you so kind?" Xiao Ning'er raised her eyebrows. She didn't trust Chang Ping and even suspected that the bottle was not filled with antidote but drugs. He wanted to knock her out and bully her.
"Of course not!" Chang Ping shook his head and took a step forward and said, "Like I said, there is no such thing as a free lunch."
Xiao Ning'er recalled that Chang Ping had said this to Ye Ziyun during the day.
"How much do you want?" she asked, stepping back.
"I don't want money!" Chang Ping shook his head again, "I want you..."
"What did you say?" Xiao Ning'er's pretty face turned cold, and she immediately pointed the scroll at the shameless lecher in front of her.
"I need you to do me a favor." Chang Ping chuckled. He had just deliberately spoken with heavy breathing to tease the girl.
"What help do you need?" Xiao Ning'er did not put down the scroll. She stared at Chang Ping. If he did anything improper, she would immediately activate the scroll.