The Little Peacock Raises a Snake (GL) Chapter 59

Refining the Black Tortoise shell to hide her spiritual aura meant sealing her own bloodline power from then on.
Since Yun Su had done this, she truly did not plan to return.
When the little black snake heard her, its eyes grew wet.
The person it loved had willingly given up everything for it. It should have been happy. Yet for some reason, it felt that when Yun Su said those words, there was not half a trace of joy in her eyes. It was as if what she had just said was not “I will not go back,” but “I can never go back.”
In that instant, the little black snake understood.
Its earlier guess had been right. Yun Su must have remembered something, but not everything. That was why she had misunderstood.
The reason Yun Su had left the bamboo forest and met the heavenly realm’s Azure Dragon was likely that she had already begun to doubt it and had wanted to leave in secret.
Because of that distrust, she chose to leave. But because it was in danger, her heart softened, and she stayed. She even used the Black Tortoise’s power to permanently hide her spiritual aura. It was hard to know whether this was fortune or disaster.
In the end, the heavenly realm’s Upper God Yun Su was not yet the little peacock from three hundred years ago. Naturally, she would not give it all her trust.
The loss in the little black snake’s eyes vanished in an instant, unseen by Yun Su.
It said softly, “For the rest of my life, I will protect you.”
Yun Su looked out the window. After a long time, she gave a faint smile and pretended to be calm. “If I remember correctly, you said something like that three hundred years ago too, did you not?”
“What did you remember?” it asked carefully, its voice full of worry. “Your memories are still broken right now. Many parts cannot be trusted. If there is something you cannot understand, you can ask me. I…”
Yun Su closed her eyes and interrupted, “You do not need to say anything. Staying was my own choice. Just focus on healing. The days ahead are long. Between us, all those messy entanglements… there will always be a chance to explain them clearly.”
The little black snake was left speechless and said no more.
After a long while, Yun Su asked softly, “As for you, why were you injured so badly? And why is the devil clan hunting you?”
The little black snake had thought Yun Su no longer wanted to talk to it. Hearing her ask about its affairs on her own, it could not help feeling happy. It crawled onto Yun Su’s arm. “That is a long story.”
Yun Su said, “Then make a long story short.”
The little black snake nearly choked. After a long silence, it continued, “Do you remember the things that happened in the human world?”
Yun Su knitted her pretty brows and thought for a moment. “Some memories. Which thing do you mean?”
The little black snake said, “On the way back to the earth realm, someone traveled with us. We called her Miss Shen.”
To Yun Su, the memories of her mortal life were all scattered fragments with no clear order, mixed among more than two thousand years of memories. It truly was not easy to search out one specific piece.
She sat on the bed hugging her knees and thought for a good while before barely remembering a few broken scenes.
“There was such a person. A devil woman…” Yun Su frowned and tried hard to recall. “It seems… we played in the snow together, traveled through wind and dew together, and… something else. I cannot remember.” After speaking, she shook her suddenly aching head and stopped forcing herself.
The little black snake nodded. “Her surname is not Shen. Her name is Chu Yuebai. She is the future crown princess the Devil Emperor long ago arranged for the devil clan. For three hundred years, whether I served the devil clan or the devil clan supported the flood dragon clan, it was all because we once did her a favor.”
The little black snake said that three hundred years ago, to keep an appointment, Chu Yuebai took a great risk and crossed the dangerous Ten Thousand Demon Mountains alone, entering Beiyu Kingdom in the human world.
After finishing her task, Chu Yuebai meant to return the way she came. But the entrance to the Ten Thousand Demon Mountains on the human side had already been sealed by human blood slaves sent by the Withered Lamp clan. Those Withered Lamp blood slaves not only wanted to trap her in the human world, but also tried to kill her there. Though she could avoid their spiritual searches, she could not break through the layers of blockade. With no other choice, she could only try to return to the earth realm through the Nai River Spiritual Territory.
But the devil clan could not pass through the Nai River Spiritual Territory. This trapped her in the human world for a long time, until she met Qu Linyan, who had the Dreamweaving Shuttle. Only then did a chance appear.
“The Ten Thousand Demon Mountains are a forbidden area of the three realms. Legends say countless fierce demon beasts are imprisoned inside, even ancient fierce beasts.” Yun Su could not help growing curious. “Even immortals and gods do not dare enter and leave that place casually. How could she, a devil…”
The little black snake said, “Back then, I also found it strange and even thought she had tricked us. Only later did I learn that she was actually a Green Lizard devil.”
In ancient times, when chaos first opened and heaven and earth had not yet split into three realms, the Heavenly Dao was not yet controlled by immortals and gods. The people later called devils had not yet been given the word devil as an insult.
At that time, Green Lizard and Cangling were the two strongest races between heaven and earth. Their powers balanced each other, and the so-called heavenly mandate and Heavenly Dao were maintained by both together.
Back then, there was a saying: Cangling knows heaven’s mandate, Green Lizard carries out the Heavenly Dao.
Green Lizard possessed the strongest racial power between heaven and earth. Naturally, they were dissatisfied that everything had to follow Cangling’s will. Gradually, they began to hate the heavenly mandate that Cangling glimpsed and wanted to control everything themselves.
Later, that short-lived peace between heaven and earth was completely shattered by the Green Lizard clan’s ambition.
The Green Lizard clan pressed forward step by step, while Cangling retreated again and again. Many smaller races, seeking a place to survive, were forced to choose sides. After a storm of blood, all the races that had joined the war suffered heavy losses. They were cursed by the remaining races as devils, hunted and driven away, and finally hid in a place without sunlight.
From then on, heaven and earth split into three realms.
The races that hid in the earth realm lived generation after generation in that dark and bitterly cold place. In the end, their bodies changed greatly, and their souls gradually broke completely free from reincarnation. Only then did they become the later devil clan.
Green Lizard and Cangling had also fled to the earth realm back then. The battle between the two races continued for tens of thousands of years, and finally both moved toward destruction.
“No matter what, both races existed in ancient times. The ancient fierce beasts in the Ten Thousand Demon Mountains may not know how the outside world has changed, and perhaps still fear their power. That may be why she could pass through.” As the little black snake spoke, it could not help sighing. “But those with powerful strength are easily coveted by others.”
Chu Yuebai had said that the Green Lizard clan had not truly died out. For tens of thousands of years, Green Lizard devils had used a special spell to seal and hide their bloodline power, staying hidden in the devil realm while supporting each Devil Venerable of the red-eyed blood wolf clan. Each Devil Venerable also gave the Green Lizard clan protection and absolute authority in return.
Both demons and devils respected the strong. But the red-eyed blood wolf clan was not the strongest race in the devil realm. They simply reproduced quickly and had huge numbers. Their bodies and natural talent were both worse than many other great clans.
For them to sit so steadily as the top clan in the devil realm was only because the royal bloodline of the red-eyed blood wolves was unusually strong.
Only outsiders did not know that this strength depended greatly on the Green Lizard clan’s help behind the scenes.
This was the secret between the royal bloodline of the red-eyed blood wolf clan and the Green Lizard clan. For tens of thousands of years, very few people had known it.
Three hundred years ago, the Devil Venerable’s eldest son, Chi Qiong, listened to someone’s advice and became less and less willing to accept the two clans’ shared existence. He felt that every Devil Venerable had eventually become a puppet of the Green Lizard clan. Because of this, he tried many times to assassinate Chu Yuebai, and finally started the devil clan’s civil war. Even at his death, he would not turn back.
“The Devil Venerable was willing to sacrifice his own son for Chu Yuebai. It seems the red-eyed blood wolf clan truly relies on the Green Lizard clan’s power. In that case, the devil realm’s top clan is indeed like the Green Lizard clan’s puppet.” Yun Su thought for a moment. “I did not expect the devil realm to have such absurd matters…”
“After Chi Qiong died, the Devil Venerable Chi Yuan made his second son, Chi Heng, the devil crown prince. He himself collapsed after that and became much more muddled,” the little black snake continued. “In the earlier years, Chi Heng was a wastrel. Facing his elder brother, he never fought or competed. He only drank, played, and enjoyed beauties. Early on, people said he did not love women and preferred men. If it were only that, it would have been fine. Who a person likes is not something that can simply be changed.”
“But his private life was also especially messy. He always had one or two handsome male favorites by his side, changing them every so often…” The little black snake shook its little head. “Chu Yuebai did not want to marry him.”
Yun Su thought this was truly too miserable. A woman had been betrothed early for the sake of two clans’ relationship, and the two choices she had were one man who wanted to kill her and one man whose private life was rotten.
“Then… what happened later?” Yun Su could not help asking.
The little black snake said, “Later, she wanted to dissolve the engagement and also stated she would continue helping the red-eyed blood wolf clan. The Devil Venerable did not try too hard to stop her, and Chi Heng did not show any refusal either. For quite a long time, she and I both thought everything had passed. Until this time, at the Devil Venerable’s birthday, she was seized by Chi Heng…”
Chi Heng was not as useless as he appeared.
Chu Yuebai had once said that when she secretly left the devil realm, Chi Heng had unintentionally helped her. Later, Chi Qiong wanted to kill her. Looking at it now, Chi Qiong’s firm attitude back then had likely been urged on by this man from the side.
He seemed like a useless person who did not fight or compete, but in truth he was deep-minded and greatly ambitious.
The Devil Venerable was old now and had long since become muddled. Chi Heng only had to do a little, and the old man brought up the marriage again at his birthday banquet. For some reason, Chu Yuebai did not refuse. From then on, she stayed in Yuntian City.
Chu Yuebai’s racial identity had not been exposed. The whole devil clan was calm. Clearly, Chi Heng was still hiding the secret that the Green Lizard clan had not truly died out.
He still cared about that power, so he feared it being destroyed and feared it being taken away even more.
“When I received the news, I knew she must have fallen into a trap and could no longer act freely. Three hundred years ago, she went to the human world to keep an appointment. At that time, she had already used the forbidden soul-returning technique to save someone. Later, she used the same technique to save me. Altogether, she lost more than half her cultivation because of it. That was why she was so easily controlled.”
“Over these years, she helped me a great deal. Also, this barrier had to be maintained by her. If I wanted to keep you by my side, I could not just abandon her… I had first planned to see her once and then discuss what to do. But I did not expect Chi Heng to ignore all my years of merit and directly tear away all courtesy. I could only force my way in.”
Qu Linyan had even broken into the heavenly realm. Why would she fear breaking into the devil capital?
She fought her way into the city and followed that familiar spiritual aura to find Chu Yuebai.
She thought she could free Chu Yuebai, but she never expected that the friend who had once entrusted her life to her would stab a sword through her body.
At that moment, she saw Chu Yuebai’s expression was cold, and behind her were thin, blood-red threads.
“Puppet technique?” Yun Su frowned.
“Yes.”
Chi Heng had never wanted to cut off the mutually beneficial relationship between the two clans. What he wanted was a Green Lizard clan that submitted completely, and to hold that legendary strongest power in the three realms in his own ten fingers.