A Snake Transmigrated as a Scum A - Chapter 54

Fu Man saw her face turn cold and realized that something was seriously wrong.

“Li Yingxue, listen to me—”

Li Yingxue really did look at her with a blank expression, arms crossed, waiting for her to explain, “What do you want me to hear?”

Fu Man suddenly fell silent, observing her expression. Her brows were slightly furrowed, with a mix of contemplation, suspicion, and some emotions that were hard to discern. However, Fu Man felt that Li Yingxue might think she was deceiving her.

She had to explain: “…… Dual cultivation really has to be like this, it’s not me saying it, it’s my great-grandma saying it.”

Li Yingxue sneered, “Do I look that easy to deceive?”

Fu Man: “…… I didn’t lie to you.”

Li Yingxue: “How can you guarantee that you’re not lying?”

Fu Man: “……”

Fu Man couldn’t explain it, just silently and seriously looking at the beautiful human in front of her, said to her: “I know this is very offensive to you, but if you really don’t want to, I won’t force you.”

“I’ll think of another way.” Fu Man lowered her eyes, turned around, and went back to the study.

“Did I say I disagreed?”

Li Yingxue’s voice came from behind, causing Fu Man to pause her steps. She turned to face Li Yingxue’s calm yet cold demeanor. At that moment, Fu Man felt a warm current flow through her heart, steady and enduring, as if she were being trusted.

Hot spring underground palace.

Li Yingxue looked at the steam rising from the hot spring pool, her red lips pursed tightly: “Why in the water?”

“Because this hot spring is rich in spiritual energy.”

Fu Man walked past her, her feet transforming into snake tails, slithering into the pool.

Li Yingxue saw the silver snake tail at the very end swaying in front of her, and finally disappearing at the edge of the pool wall, silently sinking into the water.

She slightly shifted her gaze, directing her attention to the woman. Little did she know, the woman was already prepared, and through the misty steam, she could vaguely see the woman’s slender waist and ink-black hair cascading down her pale, slender back.

“You had Lord Fu repair this hot spring underground palace before just for this spiritual energy?”

Ever since she found out that this woman was not an ordinary human, she was still puzzled as to why, despite having the strength to refuse Lord Fu’s request, she still agreed to marry a human.

“Yes, I don’t have the money to fix it.” Fu Man submerged below the surface of the hot spring, her snake body also sinking to the bottom of the pool. She turned around, leaned against the wall of the pool, and spread her arms out over the edge.

“Come here, I’ll teach you how to draw and gather spiritual energy to your body. No cultivation can be separated from spiritual energy; it is the source that drives all things.”

Li Yingxue took a deep breath, bit her right lip corner, closed her eyes and then opened them again, her gaze now calm. She walked barefoot towards the deep water area, moving closer to the figure of the woman shrouded in mist.

When she reached the deep water area that was even higher than her head, Li Yingxue had no choice but to swim shallowly. Her toes accidentally brushed against the snake’s body underwater, but Li Yingxue treated it as if she had stepped on a board, swimming to her front without changing her expression.

The two were only half an arm’s length apart, yet it felt closer than ever before. Facing each other honestly, Li Yingxue looked into the woman’s deep, green eyes, which held no trace of malice. She also relaxed her nerves slightly.

“How do I do it?”

“Focus your mind and energy, forget yourself and summon the spirit.”

Fu Man guided her through the first step, “Don’t think about anything, just feel the rich spiritual energy in the water.”

“Although they are a colorless and odorless energy, as long as you come into contact with them, they will attach to the surface of your body. Some people can’t absorb them, and the energy will dissipate. Some people can absorb them, and the energy will continuously seep through the skin into your body, becoming a part of you.”

Li Yingxue watched her seriously teaching and pondered for a moment before asking, “How do I know if I’ve absorbed it?”

Fu Man: “Do you feel like your body is lighter?”

Li Yingxue felt it and said, “A little bit.”

Fu Man: “That means the spiritual energy has been absorbed, but it’s just a bit slow. They are still exploring your mortal body.”

Li Yingxue looked at her again: “Was it the same when you first absorbed spiritual energy?”

Upon hearing the words, Fu Man fell into a memory, her brow slightly furrowed; for her, it was a memory from ten thousand ago.

“That’s not the case.”

Li Yingxue: “What is that like?”

Fu Man laughed and said, “At that time, I ran out to play, and when I came back, my great-grandma said, ‘How did you absorb so much spiritual energy?’ That’s when I realized that the place I went to was rich in spiritual energy. I played there all day, and the spiritual energy kept flowing into me.”

“You…” Li Yingxue looked at her, who seemed lost in distant thoughts, and guessed that it was something from a long, long time ago.

Her great-grandma had already passed away, and on the Holy Spirit Continent, she was left alone with her non-blood-related subjects.

“What’s wrong?” Fu Man’s gaze returned to Li Yingxue.

Li Yingxue: “No, what should I do next?”

“Next, we are going to practice dual cultivation,” Fu Man said.

“……Okay.”

The surface of the hot spring pool is calm and serene, occasionally stirred by a slight ripple.

Under the water, a silver snake tail glided by.

First, she wrapped around the person, preventing Li Yingxue from falling into the water.

Li Yingxue quietly pressed her red lips together, her eyes fixed on the woman in front of her, her chin slightly raised. Although both of them appeared calm and silent on the surface, there was no communication between them.

But she knew that Fu Man had already taken action.

“Li Yingxue, this is my first time dual cultivating with someone.” Fu Man observed her expression, ready to stop at the first sign of pain.

“If you can’t adapt, you can call it off.”

At a certain moment, Li Yingxue’s brow slowly furrowed, her nerves tensed, and even her breathing became lighter.

Suddenly, she turned her head, exposing a slender neck that seemed easy to break to Fu Man.

Fu Man stared fixedly, noticing that even her neck exuded a cold, stunning allure, making it hard for her to look away.

“Li Yingxue, thank you for being willing to accept me.”

Li Yingxue turned around, giving her a fierce glare for a moment, but the next second, she returned to her indifferent demeanor.

“What should we do next?”

Fu Man began to teach her how to cultivate, “The first step…”

By midnight, Li Yingxue, after all, was just a mortal and it was her first time cultivating. The immense consumption of spiritual energy and mental strength had already pushed her to her limits. She soon fell asleep.

Her forehead rested on Fu Man’s collarbone, the whole person lay on Fu Man and fell asleep.

When Fu Man saw her action, she suddenly recalled that memory fragment—Li Yingxue on the rooftop, leaning into Min Tian’s neck, burying her head in the other person’s neck in a dependent manner.

Does this count as her gaining Li Yingxue’s dependence?

Definitely.

Fu Man’s lips curled up as she swam towards the hot spring, holding the person with one hand, her tail happily swaying at the bottom of the pool.

Back in the bedroom, Fu Man washed, dusted, and dried her, then gently laid her on the bed and covered her with a blanket.

After finishing everything, Fu Man stood quietly by the bed, watching Li Yingxue’s sleeping face. Indeed, after their dual cultivation, that surge of energy had not occurred again.

If I rely on dual cultivation for the next six months, I will definitely be able to break through to the God Transformation Stage.

The snake’s tail behind her was raised to her eyes, and Fu Man cast a faint, indifferent glance at the tail above.

Let’s take another look at Li Yingxue.

Look back at the tail again.

The bite mark left by Li Yingxue above had already faded to the point of being almost invisible.

Fu Man, in a good mood, lifted the blanket and lay down.

At midnight, the snake’s tail unknowingly and quietly coiled around Li Yingxue’s ankle again.

M Prison under the night sky.

Min Tian followed closely behind the woman in the commander’s uniform, striding confidently down the corridor towards the warden’s office, exuding arrogance and swagger all the way.

Along the way, the guards saw them and all stopped to salute, whispering to each other after they passed.

“I heard that this woman is the one who caught several level 1, 2, and 3 criminals who escaped from prison?”

“Exactly, that’s why the Empress appointed her as the Deputy Commander.”

“How did I hear that it was General Ju Lian who made a mistake and was dismissed by the Empress, and this woman took his place?”

“Is it true?”

“It seems so, this woman is not simple… Those level 1, 2 and 3 criminals are extreme terrorists, with intelligence and abilities far surpassing ordinary people. It took nearly five years of planning by the military to capture them back then. They had just successfully escaped from prison a few days ago, and who would have thought they would be caught again on the very same day, tsk tsk…”

Upon arriving at the prison warden’s office, the warden immediately stood up respectfully and offered her his seat.

“General Xu Anji, please.”

Xu Anji shot him a glance, giving him a look that said he should know better, then stepped onto the black boots and sat down, her right foot arcing up and resting on her left knee.

Min Tian stood beside her, expressionless, watching the burly warden.

The warden chuckled, “Is there something urgent that General Xu Anji came here for in the middle of the night?”

“I came over because I really have an important matter to remind the warden about.”

Xu Anji’s expression was rarely solemn and serious, but upon closer inspection, one could even see the hidden mockery and playfulness in her eyes.

The warden’s expression was stern as he slightly bowed his head, adopting a humble and eager-to-learn attitude: “General Xu Anji, please go ahead.”

“Those level 1, 2 and 3 criminals are really tough to deal with. I’ve gone up against them before, and they’re exceptionally intelligent. If they can escape prison once, they can do it again. The warden needs to be extra cautious tonight; I just have a feeling something’s off with them.”

The warden’s expression changed: “Is this true?!”

Xu Anji opened her index and thumb, resting her chin and curling her lips, saying, “Of course, don’t blame me for not reminding you.”

The warden, as if entrusted with a mission in a moment of crisis, took a deep breath, and the rarely serious expression on his face revealed a solemn atmosphere: “I’ll immediately have the patrols strengthened tonight and keep a hundred and twenty percent vigilance!”

Xu Anji raised an eyebrow, stood up, waved her hand, and left M Prison with Min Tian.

The warden bowed deeply and respectfully sent them off.

In front of the Lincoln, Min Tian opened the car door for her. Xu Anji sat in the back seat, crossed her legs, tilted her head, and smirked.

Min Tian sat in the driver’s seat and glanced at the sinister woman behind her in the rearview mirror. This woman, who had seemingly transformed from an unknown snake into the deputy commander of the empress’s army, was now commanding with authority.

Ju Lian has already been successfully brought down by them and will never be able to appear in M City again in this lifetime.

“What do you want to do next?” Min Tian asked, retracting her gaze.

Xu Anji smiled and said, “Your previous suggestion was good; I plan to continue using it.”

Min Tian frowned, “Released those level 1, 2 and 3 criminals again? Are we supposed to catch them again?”

Releasing criminals and then publicly capturing them again is indeed a quick way to get promoted, but using this method too often is bound to arouse the empress’s suspicion.

“Who said I was going to catch them back?”

Min Tian’s nerves jolted, and within a few seconds, she deduced her thoughts: “You mean to just leave them alone?”

“That’s right.”

Xu Anji gave her a deeply meaningful look, “By then… the entire M City will be mine.”

Her goal is to release the criminals and not to recapture them. The bigger the uproar, the more it shakes the citizens of M City’s trust in the Empress.