Chapter 217: [180] Taming, Dragon Riding, Wings Growing (Seeking monthly votes, recommendations, and subscriptions)_1
 

“How high can I rank on the black list in such a vast jianghu? Can I outmatch the Old Gods Association’s Silver Art?”

“I’m only ranked eighty-first on the black list? Can that Silver Art beat me?”

…

“They say that the Western Continent has the most poisonous creatures. I must take the opportunity to venture there…”

…

“I’ve said it before, I won’t join any factions. I only take bounty missions, and I don’t involve myself in your grudges.”

“Raise the price! Otherwise, I’ll kill you first!”

…

Pei Jinye slowly opened his eyes.

He had thought that this Poisonous Old Monster, ranked 77th on the black list, was a member of some organization, only to find out he was just a bounty hunter who had taken on a job.

As for why the other party had targeted him.

Pei Jinye lowered his head to search for this segment of memory.

…

Seven hours earlier.

Someone had reached out to the Poisonous Old Monster through private communication.

“Take a trip to Da Peng City and take this person out for me.”

The Poisonous Old Monster demanded an exorbitant price of two hundred thousand, but to his surprise, the other party agreed right away and gave him a fifty thousand down payment before he headed straight to Da Peng City.

But just as he found his target, he was shocked to find that the Da Peng City Investigation Team had already taken the person away.

He quickly contacted the other party.

“You’re fucking kidding me, the Investigation Team has intervened, this is nothing like the information you provided! Raise the price, or I’ll kill you first!”

After raising the price by one million.

The other party, worried that the target would spill information he shouldn’t, wanted the Poisonous Old Monster to kill the target immediately, and at the same time keep tabs on the three people who had come into contact with the target (Niu Fangbi, Zhou Ye, Pei Jinye) to find out what they knew.

The Poisonous Old Monster hadn’t got around to taking out the target’s father when his memory abruptly ended.

“Pharmacology Department…” Pei Jinye thought to himself.

The death of the Poisonous Old Monster would soon reach the ears of the mastermind behind the scenes, and as long as they weren’t stupid, they would be wary, and the absence of any action against them meant they probably wouldn’t pay any attention to him, the investigation team’s apparent novice.

Pei Jinye didn’t take them seriously; he was even bold enough to kill someone from Judgement Place, so what were some bugs from a small place to him?

He just looked up with interest.

His attribute panel was clearly displaying—

“[New Extraordinary-Human Genes: Beast Resonance]”

“[New Extraordinary Talent: Communication] (Communication difficulty depends on the other party’s Spiritual Wisdom)”

On the open ground in front of the other courtyard.

In the midst of billowing smoke, the previously grounded giant python had suddenly risen up.

“Hiss.”

Pei Jinye attempted to communicate.

The giant python about to charge over suddenly hesitated, its two crimson vertical pupils suspiciously eyeing the unfamiliar human in front of it.

Although it couldn’t distinguish the human species, the feeder who had provided it with Spiritual Objects was dead, and it felt an instinctive threat to its territory.

It flicked its tail nervously.

“Hiss (Submit!)” Pei Jinye continued to try to communicate.

The giant python’s vertical pupils flickered menacingly, and it suddenly exploded the ground around it, charging furiously.

Underneath Pei Jinye’s Ghost Face Mask, his eyes glittered bleakly.

He raised his thick palm.

The next second.

The space before him seemed to be crushed and obliterated by an infinite force.

The charging giant python’s scales shattered, and it was sent flying backwards with a thunderous crash.

Landing in front of a huge locust tree ten meters tall, it kicked up great clouds of dust.

“Whoosh!”

The giant python whipped its tail like a furious lash.

But before it could strike, Pei Jinye had already seized it with one hand.

Five triangular military daggers pierced through the python’s body mid-air.

At the same time.

Pei Jinye stepped forward, his arms as strong as a Kui Bull, and slammed it down fiercely.

The python felt the world spinning as it crashed hard onto the ground.

“Boom,” the ground shook as if an earthquake had struck.

And it wasn’t over yet.

Before it could resist, it was slammed to the ground over and over again by that terrifying man.

“Bang!”

“Bang!”

“Bang!”

…

Eighteen times it was smashed into the ground.

At least a quarter of the scales on the python’s body had fallen off, its flesh spattered with blood, covering the entire courtyard, now akin to ruins, with bloodstains.

Pei Jinye stood on the python’s massive head and issued a command in Parseltongue: “Sss, sss (Submit, or die.)”

“Sss (Eat)…” the python eventually responded.

Pei Jinye cocked his head: “Eat?”

“Sss (Eat)…” The python writhed and began to struggle.

Pei Jinye’s expression was stone-cold as he lifted his foot and stomped down viciously.

The python’s head was crushed ten centimeters into the ground, writhing in agony… “Sss (Eat!)”

Pei Jinye lifted his foot, stomping repeatedly.

The python kept repeating a single word.

That word was “eat.”

After seven or eight stomps, the python’s body could no longer thrash about; blood poured out from its body, filling the numerous small pits that had formed nearby.

Pei Jinye was now certain that this big guy had a very low level of intelligence.

He took out a piece of Blood Flesh Dry from his waist and placed it in front of the python: “Sss, sss (Submit to me, and you can eat)”

“Sss (Eat.)” The python weakly opened its eyes.

The natural scent of vitality from the Blood Flesh Dry triggered its senses.

It wormed its head forward and swallowed it in one gulp.

Pei Jinye calmly watched the big lump before him, then suddenly raised his head as two heads peeked out from the eaves quickly retracted.

Without a second thought, Pei Jinye waved his hand, and the triangular military daggers fixed in the python’s body “swooshed” out in an instant.

Two muffled sounds came from beyond the wall.

Before he could go out and check the bodies, a stench hit him in the face.

At the same time, Pei Jinye felt something hard nudge his palm.

Looking down,

The python, oblivious to the severity of its current state, showed Pei Jinye an affectionate gesture, as taught by the Poisonous Old Monster.

Pei Jinye knew that the big guy had submitted.

“Sss (Wait here for me.)”

Pei Jinye was about to leave.

The python pleaded urgently, “Sss (Eat.)”

Pei Jinye expressionlessly took out the remaining Spirit Meat Dry from his bag, kept two for himself to replenish his strength, and tossed the rest into the python’s gaping, bloodied maw, waiting expectantly.

The big guy ate joyfully, and gradually, the blood stopped oozing out from its body.

Pei Jinye clicked his tongue in wonder as he stared at it.

In the memory of the Poisonous Old Monster, this big guy was a pet he had kept by his side ever since he rescued it from the jaws of a deep-sea giant crocodile ten years ago.

After that, the life of the Poisonous Old Monster seemed to have activated a cheat code.

Many famous masters met their end in the jaws of this treasure of his heart.

However, even the wealth of the Poisonous Old Monster couldn’t satisfy the daily expenses of this big fellow.

That’s why, over these past two years, it became harder and harder for him to command this big fellow, forcing him to set his sights on smaller beast species.

In the present, Jinye benefited from this entirely.

With the financial resources of the Jiang family, maintaining the daily expenses of this big fellow was not a problem at all.

Watching the giant python’s massive body stop bleeding, Jinye approached and stroked it.

Yet the giant python seemed somewhat fearful, dodging and cautiously fixing its vertical pupils on him.

Jinye: “Hiss, hiss, hiss (I won’t hit you, let me check, I’ll give you meat)”

Giant python: “Hiss (Eat.)”

Jinye reached out to touch.

The giant python didn’t struggle anymore.

“Is it Flesh Rebirth?” Jinye asked in surprise: “Could it be that this big fellow belongs to the awakened alien beasts?”

The memories provided by the Poisonous Old Monster did not contain any relevant information.

However, Jinye, relying on his “rich” experiences, still determined the preciousness of this big fellow.

Initially, he just wanted to keep a large fierce beast in the Jiang family, so he didn’t kill it and let it go.

He didn’t expect to stumble upon a treasure.

“(Wait here for me.)”

Having said that, Jinye flashed and appeared outside the door.

He raised his hand.

The triangular military daggers on the hearts of two bodies instantly flew back.

As usual, Jinye bent down to search the corpses.

He didn’t find any items related to the identities of these two people… but he found a cell phone.

He grabbed the head of one corpse for facial recognition.

The cell phone was so simple that there was only one missed call notification.

It was at this moment that the number called again.

Jinye answered it.

A cold male voice came from inside: “Withdraw for now.”

But as soon as the voice finished speaking.

The other party suddenly realized: “Poisonous Old Monster?”

“Snap!”

The other party hung up the phone in panic.

Jinye silently looked at the phone in his hand, gently applied force, and directly crushed it.

He tossed it aside.

Ignoring the two balls of flame behind him.

He walked back into the yard.

The sight was full of shattered bricks and stones covered in bloodstains, and the pockmarked pits were filled with blood from the big fellow.

“Huh? Where did it go?”

Jinye looked around.

He found the big guy again on the huge locust tree.

“Hiss (Go.)”

Jinye walked forward.

The giant python lowered its head, resting it on the ground: “Hiss (Eat.)”

“…” Jinye was silent for a long time.

Damn this glutton!

He glanced at the sky, which was gradually darkening.

Jinye looked again at the big fellow.

It would indeed be too astonishing to return to the Jiang family at this time.

So he decided to disguise himself as the Poisonous Old Monster, simultaneously cultivating to recover while quietly waiting for nightfall.

The commotion earlier, albeit brief, had been somewhat too great after all.

After a while.

The neighbors dared to peek out, but they were easily defused by Jinye, who was disguised as the Poisonous Old Monster, and it also stopped the neighbors from the thought of calling the police.

There were few people living in the area to begin with, and even fewer were at home at this hour, mostly some restless elderly.

Perhaps scared by the murderous aura of Jinye, the peering neighbors didn’t even dare to look at the scene inside the gates, and they left under Jinye’s urging.

The pitch-black gate was securely locked.

The big fellow on the locust tree hung its head, occasionally uttering “murmurs”…”Eat.”

Jinye didn’t lift his head, closed his eyes, and meditated.

The silent communication continued until past midnight.

…

That night, a thick fog enveloped the whole Da Peng City.

Some drunkards mistook it for the sight of someone riding a dragon through the mist.

Rumors within Da Peng City intensified.

…

Late at night, at 11 PM sharp.

“Master.”

The middle-aged butler bowed and appeared, likely aware of his slip of the tongue during the day, and so he was even more respectful and reverent.

“Tell the kitchen to deliver five kilograms of raw blood flesh to the back mountain every day.”

“As you wish, Master.” The middle-aged butler didn’t question the reason, remaining respectful and fearful.

“Also, notify everyone that no one is to enter the northwest corner of the back mountain on their own. Whether responsible for logistics, cleaning, or even the guards, they all must leave this place,” Jinye ordered in the guise of Jiang Qingcang.

“As you wish, Master.”

“There’s also an address I will give you, go there overnight and bring me a tree, and be quick.” Jinye thought of the big fellow, its tail hooked around the locust tree, refusing to leave, which gave him a headache.

The Poisonous Old Monster had fed you for ten years, only to be defeated by a locust tree in the end.

Who knows whether the old man would turn in his grave if he knew this.

Jinye reminded once more, as a precaution, to avoid any trouble that might arise.

That big fellow had submitted to his fist, but it likely wouldn’t be as friendly to others.

“I’ve raised a pet. It’s a bit fierce, so don’t get scared when the time comes.”

“As you wish, Master. I will pass on your instructions,” the middle-aged butler thought.

Fierce?

How fierce could it be?

The kind that eats people?

…

The middle-aged butler took his leave.

Jinye calmly enjoyed his late-night snack, replenishing his vitality and spiritual power.

Before long.

The rumbling sound came from the back mountain.

A ten-meter-tall, huge locust tree was transplanted over.

After everyone withdrew.

Jinye, dressed in a large robe, waved his hand.

Not far off, a massive black body moved through the mountains and quickly coiled around the only large locust tree in the dense forest.

“Hiss (Eat.)”

In the night, Jinye was concise in his response to the giant python’s probing.

“Obey, or else die.”