Jin An yawned with unusual laziness.
He wasn't as enormous now as Duan Chen had seen him in the beginning.
However, compared to ordinary snakes, he could still be called a giant python.
His tail tip, constantly swishing, naturally nudged itself into Duan Chen's hand.
Duan Chen looked with surprise at the tip of the tail that had entered his hand.
Then he heard: "Don't worry, it won't have too much of an impact on this entire secret realm. That place was originally..."
As he said this, Jin An seemed to realize that he was about to say something significant.
He instinctively closed his mouth, choosing to remain silent.
Duan Chen paused and didn't ask any further questions.
Jin An glanced at Duan Chen, a look of satisfaction flashing in his eyes.
He said, "In short, you just relax. You and I are now bound by a contract, almost like twins. As long as I don't die, you won't die."
"Of course, I am now sharing your life force, meaning you have a second life."
This news was the best Duan Chen had heard recently.
His expression turned somewhat joyful.
But then, a pang of heartache followed.
"So many rare flowers and exotic herbs..."
Wan Fu's body was covered with all sorts of rare flowers and exotic herbs. Some were just ordinary plants, but others possessed very potent effects.
And all of them were gone.
When Xi Er heard Duan Chen mention this, her bright little face scrunched up.
With a pang of heartache, she nervously chewed on her fingernails.
It was as if she feared that in the next second, she would be unable to resist grabbing the snake coiled on the turtle shell.
Jin An glanced indifferently at Duan Chen.
He said nonchalantly,
"Don't worry. Since we've formed a contract now, those things can be considered my introductory gift to you. I've already put them away and will give them to you after we leave here."
He seemed worried if Duan Chen would actually take him out.
Because if he wanted to be taken out, the price would be considerable.
A trace of ancient desolation flickered in Jin An's eyes.
Duan Chen, completely unaware of what this golden snake was thinking, felt a slight relief upon hearing this.
Jin An began to change the subject.
"I read your memories before. In your memories, did you acquire a door?"
Duan Chen blinked and then nodded.
Since Jin An shared his memories, it was understandable that he knew about this.
"There is indeed a door. What's wrong?"
A sharp killing intent flashed in Jin An's eyes.
However, Duan Chen did not notice.
"Spit out this door," Jin An's voice seemed to have turned somewhat chilling.
Duan Chen raised his eyebrows, not entirely understanding. Although he didn't grasp the reason, he chose to obey Jin An. After all, although Jin An was just a golden snake, he was perceptive, and it was clear his origins were extraordinary.
He believed that after Jin An had seen his memories, he would know how terrifying that door was. And since that was the case, if Jin An still asked him to spit out the door, perhaps there was another solution, though he didn't believe Jin An would have one.
Duan Chen's eyes were filled with calm.
What was wrong with trusting Jin An once? If Jin An could achieve it, then he wouldn't have to expend so much effort controlling the door.
If Jin An couldn't do it, and had other intentions towards the door, he could still reclaim it immediately.
Therefore, he generously brought the door out.
The moment Jin An saw the door, hatred flashed rapidly in his eyes, and he pounced immediately, moving so fast that others couldn't react.
By the time everyone reacted, they saw Jin An, who had transformed into his true form, opening his mouth wide and biting down firmly on the door.
A crunching sound echoed.
Jin An was actually gnawing on the door, trying to break it.
Duan Chen's pupils contracted, and he immediately tried to retract the door.
Jin An must not be allowed to destroy this door.
At this moment, Jin An glanced at Duan Chen with his golden eyes.
This glance contained many things.
Duan Chen subconsciously stopped his hand.
Jin An seized this opportunity and, with a snap, bit the door in his mouth to pieces.
Everyone present became tense, but nothing strange happened. Wisps of black mist emanated from the door. As the mist was about to dissipate, Jin An opened his large mouth and inhaled all the black mist.
After doing all this, Jin An visibly withered. He crashed to the ground with a thud, his body gradually shrinking.
But Jin An's expression was one of frenzied laughter.
"Hehheheheheh!!"
He cast a cold glance at Duan Chen and said in a weak voice,
"Open your storage ring, give me permission."
Duan Chen shook his head and frowned, refusing.
"Rings cannot store living beings."
Jin An said dismissively, "It doesn't matter, I'm not a living thing anyway."
After saying this, Duan Chen tentatively released his soul power control over the storage ring. Jin An wagged his tail and, carrying Wan Fu, burrowed into it and disappeared.
"That door..."
Jun Ci walked over, his brow slightly furrowed.
Duan Chen shook his head and replied,
"There shouldn't be any problems. I can feel that nothing has happened in the world. This might be a good thing."
One could only hope so.
Xi Er's eyes lit up at this moment, and she hopped over, squatting down on the ground.
She produced a test tube from somewhere and picked up a drop of golden bead from the ground.
"What is this?"
She replied excitedly,
"This should be the blood dropped by that golden snake earlier. It's just that, for some reason, it's directly mutated into a golden bead."
Duan Chen suddenly realized.
It must have been the blood that flowed when Jin An was injured while gnawing on the door.
Xi Er happily tucked the entire test tube into her embrace, her eyes sparkling.
"Now I can study this thoroughly. It might have a huge impact on my experiments."