A Guide to Raising your Natural Enemy

chapter 11

11. Making the Huge Snake Cultivate

Edgar had been tired for several days. To begin with, he was in half-conscious state, just about to fall asleep. Then at that very moment, his tail was tossed aside, and he immediately woke up.

The little sub-beastman had been unconscious for three days. During those three days, he had been keeping watch at the little sub-beastman's side for fear that the little sub-beastman would have some troubles. Now that the little sub-beastman was awake, he was happier than anyone.

Edgar was happy to be happy, but he also understood that it was time for him to leave.

These three days, the little sub-beastman had been dreaming all the time. Dreaming the whole day, he kept repeating the words "don't eat me" and so on. Although he did not understand what the words meant, but previously when the little sub-beastman had seen him, the little sub-beastman had also shouted these words.

The little sub-beastman trembled in his sleep; sometimes his body was also stiff. All because the little sub-beastman was afraid, and the object of the little sub-beastman's fear was himself. Yes, it was himself.

After realizing this, Edgar's heart inevitably felt pained. If it were not for the little sub-beastman needing to be taken care of, and also because his tail had been grabbed over and over again, preventing him from leaving, he felt that he certainly wouldn't have the face to stay here.

Now that the little sub-beastman was awake, he should leave.... Withdrawing his tail, Edgar slithered out of the little sub-beastman's cave.

Shu Shu completely didn't notice the huge snake leaving. He was a bit slow at this moment. After he had shrunk in fear, his brain had suddenly and finally received some information from the red bead.

After the red bead had been eaten by him, it had settled within his body. It would often transmit some information to him; for example, the method to start cultivating, or some assortments of matters to take note of when cultivating. But ever since Shu Shu had arrived in this world, there had been no activity at all from the red bead. Only now Shu Shu was provided with some information. Shu Shu finally knew why he had had a nightmare and why he had changed into his current appearance of half-man half-mouse.

As it turned out, he simply hadn't passed the tribulation to become a human.

Daemon spirits who wanted to transform their appearance into human had to pass the tribulation. Even more, they had to pass two tribulations.

These two tribulations, one was lightning tribulation, and Shu Shu had been scorched black by the lightning strike; he had barely passed. And he had almost failed the other tribulation, so he had been forcibly stopped by the red bead. Until now, he had not passed yet. That tribulation was internal demon tribulation.

As a daemon spirit, although Shu Shu was quite useless, but he didn't go so far as to get tired to the point of having a fever and losing consciousness. Normally, he would recover after sleeping for two days. So the reason why he had had fever nightmares was actually because the red bead had helped him to simulate some scenarios. It wanted to make him train himself more so he could pass the internal demon tribulation.... That's right, his internal demon tribulation was related to feelings. Love, ah? He never had any relationship, ah! Repaying a kindness, taking revenge, and so on, it did not matter to him. His internal demon was fear.

Wanting to pass the demon tribulation meant he had to be chased by a snake? It was too depressing, right? When Shu Shu thought of this, he could not help but want to cry-wanting to become a human, why it was so difficult, ah!

Having fully and clearly understand the ins and outs of the matter, Shu Shu was finally clear-headed. Then he realized that the huge snake was gone.

The huge snake was not here. Shu Shu first breathed a sigh of relief. Then his heart seized up-he seemed to have seen... the huge snake's wounds had all rotted?

Couldn't the huge snake look for medicinal herbs? How could it let its wounds to worsen to that point?

Shu Shu frowned. After sleeping for a long time, his body was already much better, so he nimbly crawled out of the bedroom to the living room. Then he abruptly discovered that the situation did not seem right.

The fruits he had picked before had actually dried up!

He... had he been unconscious for several days? Just think about it, if he had not been unconscious for several days but had only slept for a day, the huge snake's wounds would not have rotted.

So, the huge snake had taken care of him for several days?

Shu Shu was suddenly unable to stand still.

He was instinctively afraid of the huge snake, but he was also very grateful to the huge snake. When he had not known that the kind person was actually the huge snake, he had even liked and felt very close to the kind person. He had felt that he wouldn't mind at all letting the kind person be his owner.

The huge snake had been seriously hurt before, and now its wounds were also serious. Wouldn't it meet with an accident?

Shu Shu could not help but worry. Unfortunately, he did not know where to look for the huge snake.

Pushing on his cheeks to spit out the chestnuts inside his food pouches, Shu Shu couldn't help but sigh while gnawing at the chestnuts. If only the huge snake were not a snake! If it were not a snake but a person, he would certainly like the person very much....

Not a snake but a human?

Shu Shu thought of this and suddenly thought of one thing, that was, the huge snake could actually cultivate into a human!

He had been a hamster in the past, but now he had cultivated into a human. The huge snake could definitely do it, too!

With such a thought, Shu Shu immediately felt that everything has become clear at once.

Wait until the huge snake became a human and then he did not have to fear the person! At that time, he could let the person stay in the living room! He could also let the person be his owner.... No, no, he was already a human now and he certainly shouldn't look for an owner.

The more Shu Shu thought about it, the happier he was. He began to ponder how to teach the huge snake to cultivate.

The huge snake was very clever; it could do so many things. Most likely it had already developed intelligence, so cultivating should be very fast. Surely it would not be as difficult as when he had tried to communicate with his fellow hamsters. The huge snake was quite fond of his current appearance of half-human half-mouse. No doubt it also wanted to become a human....