I Have an All-Knowing Mirror

Chapter 26: When the time comes, Heaven and Earth will unite their forces

Magic City, Zhou Family Old Residence.

Su Yuan sat there, although he hadn't personally traveled to the Southern Border, he understood the situation Zhou Yu was facing as clearly as if he were there himself.

This was also part of the plan devised by the gray mirror. So far, everything was within Su Yuan's control.

"Ten-Thousand-Ravine Snake Valley..."

Su Yuan's thoughts turned.

Ten-Thousand-Ravine Snake Valley was filled with enormous snakes everywhere. Forget humans, even other animals that dared to enter would be torn apart by countless giant serpents.

Su Yuan had Zhou Yu enter Ten-Thousand-Ravine Snake Valley alone because he naturally had methods to ensure his safety.

The transparent viscous substance he had Zhou Yu create, when applied to the body, could completely isolate one's scent and temperature.

Moreover, it would emit a scent similar to that of snakes, making the serpents in Ten-Thousand-Ravine Snake Valley consider Zhou Yu as 'one of their own'.

The transparent viscous substance was created using the method provided by the gray mirror, using various medicinal herbs and specific snake eggs as ingredients, specifically designed to deceive the sense of smell and perception of the countless snake monsters within Ten-Thousand-Ravine Snake Valley.Of course, the transparent viscous liquid was only effective against ordinary large snakes. If one truly encountered the giant venomous snakes within Ten-Thousand-Ravine Snake Valley, or those two Snake Mothers, its usefulness would be limited.

Snakes that had evolved to that level no longer relied solely on olfactory perception.

However, Su Yuan had countermeasures for this as well, as long as Zhou Yu followed instructions obediently.

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Southern Border, outside Ten-Thousand-Ravine Snake Valley.

After threatening and warning the eight herb gatherers, Zhou Yu followed Su Yuan's instructions and headed along the side of the snake valley.

After walking around the snake valley for thirteen minutes, Su Yuan's voice sounded in Zhou Yu's ear again.

"Enter the snake valley from this position."

Hearing this, Zhou Yu immediately stopped and carefully entered the snake valley.

Rustle~ The moment Zhou Yu entered the snake valley and looked at everything before him, his breath almost stopped.

As far as the eye could see, on the rocks, on the ground, were densely packed snakes of all sizes, thick and thin, covering almost half of the snake valley.

"This..."

Zhou Yu's heart beat faster than ever before. Facing so many snakes, even a Transforming Force Grandmaster would feel their scalp tingling, let alone a Hidden Force expert.

However, since Su Yuan hadn't told him to flee, Zhou Yu could only brace himself and stand where he was.

After a moment, Zhou Yu noticed something unusual - the densely packed snakes didn't seem to show any hostility toward him.

"Is it because of the transparent viscous liquid I applied?"

Zhou Yu immediately thought of the reason.

"Now, slowly walk forward."

At this moment, Su Yuan's voice came through the miniature earpiece again.

Receiving Su Yuan's command, no matter how uneasy he felt inside, Zhou Yu slowly moved forward.

As he continued deeper into Ten-Thousand-Ravine Snake Valley, Zhou Yu didn't know how many large snakes he passed by, but these large snakes paid no attention to him, as if they couldn't see him.

At this point, Zhou Yu had long forgotten why Su Yuan could know everything he was facing. Now Zhou Yu had only one thought in his mind.

He must follow 'Sir's' commands exactly.

"Stop."

Su Yuan's voice came through the miniature earpiece to Zhou Yu's ear.

Zhou Yu immediately stopped walking.

There were fewer snakes here, but Zhou Yu still didn't dare to be careless.

He had already penetrated deep into Ten-Thousand-Ravine Snake Valley, and the slightest mistake could lead to complete destruction.

"There's a hole ahead, jump down."

Su Yuan said.

"A hole?" Zhou Yu looked ahead and indeed found a dark, black hole.

Walking to the edge of the hole, Zhou Yu didn't ask what was inside the hole and directly jumped down.

Crack~ As a Hidden Force expert, Zhou Yu adjusted his posture upon landing and then surveyed his surroundings.

The hole wasn't very deep, with some external light faintly shining through.

"Here..."

Zhou Yu immediately had a guess.

Below the hole should be the nest of the countless snakes in Ten-Thousand-Ravine Snake Valley.

"In thirteen seconds, the signal will be interrupted for two minutes. Stand here and don't move."

Zhou Yu heard Su Yuan's voice again.

Sure enough, after more than ten seconds, the signal from the miniature earpiece Zhou Yu was wearing suddenly cut off.

If Su Yuan hadn't warned him, Zhou Yu would likely have panicked, since strictly speaking, he wasn't just deep in the snake valley now, but had directly come to the underground snake den nest.

Two minutes later.

Su Yuan's voice came again.

"Continue forward."

Zhou Yu composed himself and advanced in the direction Su Yuan indicated.

He didn't know how much time had passed, but Zhou Yu only felt the light growing dimmer and the smell in the air becoming more pungent.

Suddenly, Su Yuan's voice came through his ear.

"Stop, hide behind the rock on the left!"

Zhou Yu followed without hesitation.

Twenty seconds later, a friction sound came, and Zhou Yu couldn't help but look up to see a giant snake one or two meters thick crawling in the opposite direction from where he came.

If he hadn't hidden here, he would likely have collided head-on with this giant snake.

At that point, even with the transparent viscous liquid applied to his body, Zhou Yu felt he would be discovered by that giant snake.

Fifty seconds later.

"Get up and continue forward."

Only when Su Yuan's voice came again did Zhou Yu dare to stand up and continue advancing.

Next.

Zhou Yu stopped and started repeatedly in this bottomless snake den.

Every time he stopped, he could avoid one or several giant venomous snakes.

Or rather, those giant venomous snakes seemed to be avoiding Zhou Yu, missing him every time.

Zhou Yu's mood was like a roller coaster, never settling down.

Finally.

Two hours later.

Zhou Yu reached the bottom of the snake den.

There were no other snakes here anymore, not even those large venomous snakes could be seen.

Zhou Yu glanced around and suddenly his breathing stopped.

Because at the very bottom was a behemoth that almost blended with the surrounding environment.

"Is this still a snake?"

Zhou Yu's mind became muddled. The behemoth was a full four to five meters thick, several times larger than the large venomous snakes he had encountered before. Even more unbelievable was that on this behemoth's head, there were faint bulges on both ends, ferociously about to emerge.

"Don't be afraid, the Snake Mother is currently in deep sleep and won't detect you."

Su Yuan's voice came through.

"Snake Mother? This is the legendary Snake Mother?"

Zhou Yu suddenly came to his senses.

Before Zhou Yu could think more.

Su Yuan's voice came again.

"Do you see the Blood Lingzhi to the right front?"

"Right front?" Zhou Yu looked in that direction and indeed saw a lingzhi only the size of a palm, its entire body looking as if it had been drenched in blood.

"Go over." Su Yuan's voice instructed.

Zhou Yu immediately walked over, even though the legendary Snake Mother was right ahead.

Standing before the Blood Lingzhi, Zhou Yu didn't act rashly.

Instead, he quietly waited for Su Yuan's next command.

Time passed.

At the bottom of the snake den, Zhou Yu faintly detected an incredibly long breathing sound.

"Is that the Snake Mother breathing?"

Zhou Yu swallowed hard.

This breathing was so prolonged that just one inhalation and exhalation took ten minutes.

Inhale and exhale.

Exhale and inhale.

He waited a full seventy minutes.

Finally, at the end of the Snake Mother's last breath.

Su Yuan, far away in Magic City, gave the command: "Now pick the Blood Lingzhi and place it in the jade box."

The reason for choosing this moment to pick the Blood Lingzhi was because picking it at any other time would awaken the sleeping Snake Mother.

Simply put, this Blood Lingzhi originally belonged to this Snake Mother. It chose to sleep here precisely for the Blood Lingzhi.

Under these circumstances, anyone who picked the Blood Lingzhi would alert the Snake Mother.

Only at the end of the Snake Mother's seventh breath, when new breath hadn't entered and old breath hadn't exited, plus being at a critical moment in its deep sleep.

The Snake Mother would lose perception of the outside world for forty minutes.

Only at this moment could one pick the Blood Lingzhi without attracting the Snake Mother's attention.

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Swish~ The moment he received Su Yuan's command, Zhou Yu reached for the Blood Lingzhi, directly picked it, and placed it in the jade box he had brought.

"Return now?"

Zhou Yu looked in the direction he came from.

"Continue toward the left front, thirteen meters away, there's a passage. Crawl into it and keep climbing upward."

Su Yuan's voice came through.

Zhou Yu didn't hesitate at all and immediately followed Su Yuan's instructions.

Whoosh~ Arriving before the narrow passage, Zhou Yu unhesitatingly crawled into it and began climbing upward.

Compared to the stops and starts during the descent, the ascent was much faster. There were no giant venomous snakes near this narrow passage.

Thirty minutes later.

Zhou Yu finally reached the surface and saw the scenery of Ten-Thousand-Ravine Snake Valley.

"I'm out?"

Zhou Yu was somewhat dazed.

Along the way, he didn't know how many giant venomous snakes he had passed by, and he had even made close contact with the legendary Snake Mother.

However, what should have been certain death situations one after another miraculously allowed him to survive.

The giant snakes ignored him as if he were invisible.

The venomous snakes paid him no attention.

That Snake Mother never woke up from beginning to end, allowing him to take the Blood Lingzhi.

Everything went so smoothly it was unbelievable, just like—

When fortune comes, even 'Heaven and Earth' lend their strength.

Who was 'Heaven and Earth'?