Ignoring all advice, the Green-Robed Child launched himself into the air and plunged into the distant water. As a water snake of the Jiang River with several centuries of cultivation, he was well-versed in aquatic divine powers and possessed a strong sense of chivalry, ready to cross mountains of blades for a brother!
Of course, his grand display was primarily aimed at showing off before the Great Lord and the Master, in case the lords happened to be in a good mood and rewarded him with an extra ordinary snake-gallstone—that would be a sure-win deal either way.
The evil spirits in the water were awed by his imposing aura; one of them, with long hair like swaying seaweed, scurried away in a panic.
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