Chapter 298: Should He Be the Patriarch?

Chapter 298: Should He Be the Patriarch?

Time rewinds to the moment when the Poisonous Wood's Heart essence erupted on Qing She's body.

Darkness.

The deepest part of the Rong Family's residence.

In the outskirts of North Cold City, the Rong Family's mansion is like a small town. In its underground, a space vortex blooms with a lush green light.

The Sacred Realm of the Five Saints—this is the Rong Family's trump card and greatest heritage.

It has been the Rong Family's most trusted legacy for generations.

Of course, in the past, countless powerful families had similar heritages.

But needless to say, among the surviving families in Dragon Country, the Rong Family's Sacred Realm of the Five Saints is undoubtedly quite impressive.

At this very moment, in the dark place where this Sacred Realm is located, a pair of orange-green eyes slowly open.

Inverted triangle-shaped eyes, filled with confusion and incomprehension.

Then, the owner of these eyes slowly emerges from the darkness, swaying in an extremely peculiar posture.

It's a snake!

But it's somewhat different.

At this moment, this snake has two horns on its head.

Not the antlers of the Dragon Clan, but more like the spiral, sharp-tipped horns of a dragon.

However, both of these dragon horns are currently broken from the head.

One long and one short, with an indescribably pitiful state, yet this snake's aura shows no signs of injury.

In fact, beneath the azure-green scales, a streak of snow-white extends from its abdomen to the tip of its tail. Its body is about ten meters long, and its thickness is no more than that of a water bucket.

This size is already quite impressive.

But in a world where various kinds of pets exist, the potential of snakes and pythons of this size is enormous. Those over a hundred meters, or even larger, are not uncommon.

Such a size is not considered impressive to many.

With this size, if someone says this is a snake that has reached the Holy Spirit level, no one would believe it! But this is the truth.

Qing She slowly crawls out of the depths of this darkness.

This is a crypt-like, peculiar shrine.

Yet, it is the absolute core of the Rong Family.

Qing She crawls up from the darkness to the steps above, facing the spring sunlight. Her inverted triangle eyes, colored orange-green, gaze towards the distance.

At this moment, Qing She feels a presence within the Rong Family, not far away, attracting her.

And it's clear that as the core of the Rong Family.

The slightest wind or grass movement is clearly perceived by Rong Bao, the Rong Family's patriarch.

So, as Qing She's body slowly emerges from the crypt, leaving behind a charred black line on the ground, a figure appears before the crypt's steps.

It's none other than Su Ping's cheap paternal uncle, Rong Bao:

"Snake Ancestor, why did you leave the ancestral temple?"

Qing She glances at this current patriarch, who is also a collateral grandson of her former master.

This old snake, worthy of being called Rong Bao's grandfather, tilts her head towards a direction:

"Is there anything happening in the Rong Family recently?"

The Snake Ancestor's ability to speak human language is not an easy task:

Holy Spirit-level pets are often as intelligent as humans. If they wish to learn, they can master human language within a certain period.

As guardians of families, powerful pets that survive for a long time in the human world after their beast tamers' deaths are considered the true guardians and totems of the family.

In response to the Snake Ancestor's inquiry, Rong Bao naturally doesn't hide anything:

"Snake Ancestor, there's nothing major. It's just that my late daughter's son, my only grandson, has returned to the Rong Family."

"Your daughter? Is it Xiao Xiao Chun? Her son is already so big?"

A trace of reminiscence flashes through the old snake's weathered pupils.

The old snake clearly remembers the people of the previous generation, and even when mentioning this, the old snake sighs:

"What a pity, it's truly a pity about Xiao Xiao Chun's death. It's even more of a pity that she was born in this generation and didn't obtain the Egg of the Five Saints."

But soon, the old snake regains her composure:

"Speaking of which, your grandson has returned to the Rong Family at this time..."

Rong Bao purses his lips:

"Old Snake, I remember you're not someone so muddled."

Rong Bao doesn't mind being called 'Little Treasure' by the Snake Ancestor. He smiles slightly:

"You know the current situation of the Rong Family. Over the past decade, Dragon Country's crackdown on families has been unprecedented. It's difficult for family members to stand out in various industries."

Not to mention the top positions in Dragon Nation. Su Ping and Su Anyong both have great potential! Lord Ghost Saint, who is rather aloof, has high hopes for them. Lord Ghost Saint and the Wolf Saint from the northwest are the biggest hawks in Dragon Nation.

In the future, Su Ping and the current Su Anyong will likely find their paths much smoother in this regard. They might even have the chance to inherit a part of such political legacy.

Back then, when Chun'er and Su Anyong had their affair, I didn't say much because Su Anyong was a good kid, and though the family background was simple, there were many points to explore. Of course, the main reason was that Chun'er liked him herself.

The eldest daughter's greatest regret back then was the Egg of the Five Saints. As a father, I don't have much power, but I wanted to indulge my deceased daughter just this once."

The old snake glanced at Rong Ba, who was no longer the young man he once was but had become a true old man. In the end, he didn't say anything more about it, only hissing like a pet snake:

"Hiss, Chun'er's son seems quite promising, doesn't he?"

The old snake came back to its senses. The current patriarch of the Rong Family is Rong Ba, and it, as the guardian, only follows the will of its former master.

As for the distribution of the Egg of the Five Saints, it might as well say its piece.

What interested it more now was that peculiar attraction.

The old snake could feel that the attraction was not far away.

However, the old snake wasn't sure if this attraction came from Chun'er's son, Rong Ba's grandson.

"What is your grandson doing?"

"The matter of the Egg of the Five Saints, the younger generation of the family is likely not very convinced. They seem to be settling it on the arena with a Beast Taming Battle right now," Rong Ba hurriedly replied.

However, he truly didn't understand what the Serpent Ancestor meant.

Logically, the Serpent Ancestor shouldn't leave the ancestral temple just for such a trivial matter, right?

In fact, even the old snake itself felt puzzled.

Generally, although a pet beast doesn't die immediately when its Beastmaster dies, under the soul bond, it won't last long either.

But there are exceptions.

If the pet beast reaches the Holy Spirit Level and the Beastmaster dies naturally, with the expenditure of a large amount of precious resources, the damage from the soul bond can be greatly reduced.

The old snake had seen many things over the years in the Rong Family.

It had long become accustomed to countless resources, and at its level, it was hard for anything to move it casually.

But at this moment, it felt a sudden attraction from a certain aura.

Although it only appeared briefly, it still made its heart flutter.

So, the old snake thought for a moment and said:

"Chun'er's son, why don't you take me to see him? I need to see it myself before I can be at ease about the Egg of the Five Saints."

"Yes..."

...

Is there poison in the blood?

Even without Rong Mang speaking, Rong Cheng, who had figured out what was happening, came to his senses.

He looked incredulously at the peculiar forest wolf, which was like a piece of jade.

This thing was actually a mutated Toxic-Type pet beast?

However, what puzzled him even more was why this forest wolf, which was only at the Overlord Tier 3, could not only resist the poison of his Overlord Peak corrupt blood mosquito but also knock it down with just a drop of blood.

This didn't make sense.

What kind of assistance did the patriarch give this guy?

What allowed this peculiar pet beast to have such power?

Rong Cheng didn't understand, but there were many things he didn't understand right now.

For example, the bewilderment of the medical Beastmaster in the family's medical team who had tried to detoxify the corrupt blood mosquito several times.

"Master Rong Cheng, I can't remove the poison from the corrupt blood mosquito!"

Indeed, at this moment, the corrupt blood mosquito, after consuming Xiao Qing's blood, was directly poisoned.

Even the medical team, which was most adept at detoxification, couldn't revive it using the Overlord Tier pet beast 'Evil-Repelling Sea Star' and its detoxification technique.

What should be done?

The result of the Beast Taming Battle was already clear.

The corrupt blood mosquito had been knocked down, and the one who tied the bell must be the one to untie it.

Su Ping was also speechless.

He realized that he might have underestimated Xiao Qing's combat ability earlier.

The power of this Toxic-Type was astonishing.

(End of Chapter)Of course, it was most likely because during this time, Xiao Qing had been absorbing the shed skin of the Green Demon Spring Ginseng, which led to some changes and differences in her that even the True Eye couldn't temporarily discern.

The mutated essence of the Green Demon Spring Ginseng caused some changes in Xiao Qing that even the True Eye couldn't temporarily discern.

Although Su Ping had long wanted to teach these incessantly gossiping Rong family members a lesson, he wouldn't go as far as taking the life of their pet.

Thinking of this, Su Ping waved at Xiao Qing.

Xiao Qing approached the corrupt blood mosquito.

Then, the Poison Wood Heart, which had just reached the Perfect Level, was slowly activated by Xiao Qing.

After reaching the Perfect Level, Xiao Qing's ability to attract Toxic-type energy within a certain range around her became incredibly precise.

The purple-green color that covered the corrupt blood mosquito gradually gathered and became even more concentrated.

Then, it seeped out from its body once again.

As expected, the ultimate source of the toxin was that drop of Lin Wolf blood that the corrupt blood mosquito had absorbed.

But this time, within that drop of blood,

After the Toxic-type energy manifested in the blood, its true form appeared.

This was an incredibly tiny, hidden purple-green flower within the fresh blood.

Poison Flower!

Having reached the Perfect Level, the Poison Flower could be condensed by Xiao Qing through any medium, even her own blood.

Looking at the flower that had almost killed her pet, Rong Cheng subconsciously took a few steps back.

What kind of toxin was this?

At the same time, the corrupt blood mosquito's Bloodthirst finally awakened, and it looked at the terrifying Lin Wolf crouching beside it.

The hexagonal compound eye, which should have been evil and cunning, instantly turned terrified and fearful. With a buzz, it hid behind Rong Cheng, avoiding him like a venomous snake.

It was a Toxic-type pet that controlled blood.

But if the opponent's pet's blood also contained poison, how could it break through?

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