Chapter 1

Thousands of miles of wilderness, a desolate silence.

The fragmented remains of the serpent, charred like a black mountain range sprawled across the land. The three hideous skull heads lay motionless, scattered about, with golden lightning flames still flickering upon them.

No life could be felt, only the terrifying aura of the thunder tribulation lingered.

"The ferocious King Cobra is dead, great!"

The surrounding crowd watched and cheered, some clapping their hands, others somersaulting on the spot, and still others rushing towards the scorched serpent carcass in the wilderness, laughing wildly.

"Everyone, I'm eating meat first! This damned King Cobra did so much evil. I was chased by it every day before, and today I will eat its meat and drink its blood!"

"Me too! I love snake meat the most! Does anyone have cumin? Roasted snake meat with cumin powder is the most delicious, but alas, no wine!"

"Heaven has eyes and has given this evil serpent its due punishment, so Xichuan Town will be at peace from now on!"

Many people were cheering.

They stood on the King Cobra's shattered corpse, laughing loudly.

A small minority were very worried.

"With the death of the ferocious King Cobra, will Xichuan Town really be peaceful from now on?"

In the distance.

Liu Youshan and Hu San of the Heavenly Serpent Gang roared, leading the gang members over, driving away the crowd. Their eyes were bloodshot, their sockets filled with tears, not believing that Serpent Lord had died just like that.

"Serpent Lord will not die! Serpent Lord is so powerful, so ferocious, how could he die like this?!" Liu Youshan slammed his head against the ground in grief.

Remembering the scenes of the past, he was the first to join the Heavenly Serpent Gang, taking Serpent Lord to eat his mother-in-law, and in order to gain Serpent Lord's favor, he did not hesitate to castrate himself, losing the joy of being a man from then on.

But now, Serpent Lord was dead.

He cried in grief and pain. Without Serpent Lord, was the Heavenly Serpent Gang still the Heavenly Serpent Gang?

Where should this Eunuch Liu go?!

Endless confusion welled up in his heart.

Hu San was also in tears, his eyes red.

"I, Hu San, am notorious, killing brothers and seizing their wives, and only Serpent Lord was willing to take me in, look up to me, and even call me Little San. Only in front of Serpent Lord am I a person, in front of everyone else, I am just a dog!"

"Serpent Lord, I don't want you to die! With you around, I can swagger around Xichuan Town, taking advantage of your power. Without you, I will have to tuck my tail between my legs again!"

"But, I have made too many enemies and have nowhere to go!"

Hu San's heart was filled with sorrow. His sadness was no less than Liu Youshan's, because Serpent Lord was his path. With Serpent Lord's death, his path was cut off.

The surrounding enemies would tear him to pieces.

"Only a few people know that Serpent Lord is the King Cobra. I still have time to prepare. Now, let's bury Serpent Lord first. This is the only thing I can do for Serpent Lord!"

Hu San sighed.

"Dog Hall, listen to my order, bury Serpent Lord!"

With an order, he and his confidant Huang An immediately busied themselves with a group of Dog Hall subordinates, digging a pit with their dog paws.

Someone was about to come and eat the snake head, but Hu San bit him.

The crowd cursed, saying that these mad dogs of the Heavenly Serpent Gang were crazy, and what did the death of the King Cobra have to do with them.

Hu San listened to the surrounding scolding, looked at Serpent Lord's miserable snake head, and a look of realization appeared in his eyes, but it was somewhat sorrowful.

"So Serpent Lord has been hiding his identity to protect us!"

"If Serpent Lord had told everyone the truth that he was the King Cobra, then we would probably be in big trouble now!"

Hu San was glad and touched. He felt that Serpent Lord was great and righteous. The paws digging the grave pit sped up, but suddenly found a pair of chicken claws and pig trotters beside him.

Curious, he turned his head to look,

and found a Six-Tailed Danghu Chicken and a Bristle-Maned Pig were also digging the grave pit with them.

"You two, what are you doing?..." Hu San asked in confusion. These two didn't seem to be members of the Chicken Hall or people from the Pig Hall.

They were outsiders.

Outsiders had no good feelings towards the Heavenly Serpent Gang, especially towards the King Cobra, which could be said to be extremely hated. Many people in the distance were cheering and eating snake meat.

But, these two people were actually helping them dig a grave pit for Serpent Lord, which was strange.

The Six-Tailed Danghu Chicken smiled and gesticulated:

"I am Cao Xin Yin, and she is Han Xiaoya. We both believe that the King Cobra is a great hero of Xichuan Town. It protects our Xichuan Town, drives away wolves and tigers for us, and resists foreign enemies many times, fighting bloody battles. Now that it has encountered misfortune, it is a loss for Xichuan Town, and we deeply sympathize."

"Now, we can only dig a grave pit for it to show our gratitude."

The Bristle-Maned Pig Han Xiaoya "mm-hmm" nodded.

Hu San was moved.

He stared deeply at this Six-Tailed Danghu Chicken named Cao Xinyin and the Bristle-Maned Pig named Han Xiaoya. His heart was filled with emotion, and he turned his head to look at Serpent Lord's snake head, his eyes moist.

"Serpent Lord, did you see that, did you see it in heaven! Not everyone is blind, or ungrateful hypocrites!"

"Xichuan Town still has people who understand reason!"

"Your efforts and dedication are still seen by some people!"

Hu San had tears in his eyes and kowtowed.

Cao Xinyin and Han Xiaoya followed suit, kowtowing, and the sound was very loud, their heads hitting the ground with a thud.

Hu San saw it and gave them a gentle smile. He was about to continue digging the grave pit when he saw Cao Xinyin blocking him, gesticulating, "I think that the King Cobra was born ferocious and great. Even if it is dead, it should not be buried underground, accompanied by darkness."

"Then what do you mean?"

"What I mean is, it should be enshrined!"

"Enshrined? How?"

"Build a Serpent King Temple and enshrine the head of the King Cobra and worship it every day."

Cao Xinyin said seriously, his eyes shining brightly.

Hu San's eyes lit up when he heard this. "Good, very reasonable, then let's do it!"

He immediately ordered Huang An to call all the subordinates of the Dog Hall to cut wood and transport stones here, build walls and frames, and carve steles to build a temple, working enthusiastically.

The movement was very loud, attracting the attention of the surrounding people. When they learned that it was to build a Serpent King Temple for the King Cobra and enshrine the snake head, it immediately attracted a burst of angry curses.

"Woof~"

Hu San barked like a dog and pounced on him, biting the person who cursed the most, covering him in blood and scaring him away.

The surrounding crowd then dispersed, but they all watched from a distance, their eyes cold, pointing and sneering, obviously with ill intentions.

Cao Xinyin reminded: "We must send people to guard here to prevent anyone from destroying the Serpent King Temple."

Hu San nodded, his eyes fierce, "I will personally guard here."

After speaking, he suddenly looked at Cao Xinyin and asked with some doubt, "I feel that you care very much about the King Cobra, why?

"Don't say anything about gratitude. You were just lucky that the King Cobra didn't eat you. If I remember correctly, the King Cobra loves to eat chickens the most!"

He was very shrewd and noticed that this chicken Cao Xinyin seemed to have other purposes. He was more concerned about Serpent Lord than himself, especially now that Serpent Lord was dead, leaving only a remnant body and a skull-like head.

"Could it be that he wants to confuse me and let me relax my vigilance, and then steal Serpent Lord's snake head and take it back to eat snake head ribs?!" Hu San's eyes radiated a dangerous light as he stared at Cao Xinyin.

Cao Xinyin's heart skipped a beat. As expected of the notorious Chief of the Special Affairs Hall of the Heavenly Serpent Gang, he was indeed shrewd and not easy to fool.

He looked around and found that no one was paying attention here, so he leaned over and gesticulated, "To be honest, I think the King Cobra is not dead, it is still alive!"

"Not dead, still alive?!" Hu San's eyes widened suddenly, and his eyes shone brightly.

He stared at Serpent Lord's head, which had been charred by lightning and whose bones had turned black, and could not see any signs of life. Could it still be alive in this condition?

He looked at Cao Xinyin in confusion.

Cao Xinyin smiled mysteriously and gesticulated with a faint light in his eyes, "Have you read novels?"

Hu San shook his head, but suddenly seemed to remember something and showed a lewd smile, "I've read a book called *Me and My Sister-in-Law's Summer*."

Cao Xinyin looked strange and shook his head, "Not that kind, it's the kind of Xianxia novel, where big shots are reborn from Nirvana, have you read it?"

"No!"

"Then you won't understand even if I tell you, just do as I say. I won't harm the King Cobra, I just hope it can take me along to evolve in the future."

Cao Xinyin smiled slightly, his eyes fiery and hopeful as he looked up at the sky.

"If one day the King Cobra ascends to the Immortal Realm, I hope it can remember our relationship today and let me grab its snake tail and ascend to immortality together!"

Hu San found it funny, but seeing Cao Xinyin's serious look, he suddenly felt that this guy was quite mysterious, which made him believe it involuntarily. Looking at Serpent Lord's miserable snake head, his eyes were filled with anticipation.

"Serpent Lord, I hope you are really not dead. Your subordinate still wants to follow you and continue to swagger around!"

"Alas, I'm used to being a bad guy, used to riding on other people's heads and shitting, and I can't be a good person anymore!"

He murmured in his heart, his eyes cold, "For the rest of my life, I just want to follow Serpent Lord and be a super villain!"

He sighed, waved his claws, and led the Dog Hall gang members to build the Serpent King Temple together.

Cao Xinyin suddenly asked, "Hall Master Hu, can I borrow your book *Me and My Sister-in-Law's Summer*?"

Hu San grinned and nodded.

Cao Xinyin shook his paw with him, turned around and left.

Next to him.

The Bristle-Maned Pig Han Xiaoya approached Cao Xinyin and asked with confusion as they walked, "Brother Cao, are you so sure that the King Cobra is not dead?"

"I'm not sure!"

"Then why did you say that to Hu San? This man is cruel and ruthless and notoriously evil, what if..."

"There is no what if, do you really think I've been reading novels for so many years for nothing? And that I’ve been giving out recommendation tickets and monthly tickets for nothing?"

Cao Xinyin's face was full of confidence.

"Wait and see, the ferocious King Cobra will eventually swallow the world again and rule Xichuan Town. At that time, I, Cao Xinyin, will also rise to prominence and become a local tycoon!..."

Cao Xinyin looked back at the hideous and miserable snake head, his eyes expectant and excited, but suddenly he felt a chill all over his body and staggered, almost falling to the ground.

"What's wrong, Brother Cao? Are you feeling weak?" Han Xiaoya asked worriedly.

Cao Xinyin's face was terrified and excited as he gesticulated, "I'm not feeling weak, I just seemed to see the scarlet vertical pupils on the King Cobra's snake head open and close and look at me..."