My Demon Husband Is a Snake

Chapter 1055: Royal Palace Forbidden Ground, Trespassers Die

"Then why didn’t you leave some for me? Don’t you care about me anymore?" Of course, I’m not a starving ghost reincarnated to fight Qing Li for food.

Just thinking, if something goes wrong after eating it, at least we die together.

Qing Li glanced at me and instead warned me, "It’s not time for desperation yet; you must not eat random things in Moonless City."

"Alright, I got it." In my heart, I was shouting that you just ate a ten-thousand-year-old biscuit yourself, yet you won’t let me eat. Such double standards.

But on the surface, I was like a quail, not daring to utter a single word of objection.

Moonless City is vast, with roads crisscrossing and houses densely packed.

By the time Qing Li was born, the Human Snake Clan had long been extinct.

She only learned about Moonless City from ancient books; this was her first time here.

Looking at the city where time seems frozen, residents standing like statues.

We navigated the streets and alleys, relying solely on ourselves to find our way.

Though it is a city waiting for death, ancient craftsmen still built its architecture with great care.

The style resembles the decorations in King Yu’s Tomb, exuding an ancient grandeur and magnificence.

Those awaiting death have no need for any commercial exchange; along the way, there wasn’t a single commercial building in sight.

Mostly open stone houses for living, and there were plenty.

This suggests that the ancient Human Snake Clan population was quite large, so there were also many awaiting death.

Inside each stone house, statues of Nvwa and Fuxi were enshrined, demonstrating their devotion to the ancestors of the Human Snake Clan.

Thinking about the snake-worshiping atmosphere near the Snake Sect and the numerous Nvwa and Fuxi temples,

certain beliefs run in people’s blood and bones, enduring unchanged through countless ages.

"Look, isn’t that a palace?" Thankfully, even with my Spiritual Power sealed, my Taoist Heart still allows me to use the Golden Lotus Step, avoiding the need to climb stairs like at the Lin Family Loft.

As Qing Li and I wandered aimlessly, passing countless corpses of deceased predecessors, we finally stumbled upon a stone palace directly to the north.

The palace wasn’t tall, resembling an ancient tomb unearthed from the ground.

Gray stones mimic classical architectural carvings and paintings, intricate and complex.

The palace front was further blocked by strictly guarded corridors and palace walls.

Thus, it wasn’t apparent in this city of death; it was only later that I thought to search northwards for the Snake Tribe.

Finally, persistence paid off, and we found a palace, though we weren’t sure if it was the same one from our dreams.

Outside the palace, there wasn’t a single guarding corpse, but a giant mammoth tusk hung at the entrance.

The tusk bore an inscription in Snake Seal, which Qing Li said read:

"Royal grounds, trespassers will die."

So this was a palace for ancient Human Snake nobles awaiting death. In Moonless City, even in reincarnation, status distinctions remained.

Perhaps even after reincarnation, the original class divisions would be upheld.

No wonder this tribe went extinct; with the same few in power, fresh blood never entered.

After discussing with Qing Li, we unanimously decided to go in and take a look.

If it’s truly the palace from our dreams, we’ll know after a glance.

Upon entering the palace, I quickly realized how different it was from outside.

The palace was truly devoid of people, an emptiness that felt suffocating.

Yet stepping into the corridor between the gray palace walls, two captivating Human Snake beauties stood in the center.