The silver snake's name was Vaella, and it was a female snake.

And the three snakes that came out earlier were her brothers.

According to Vaella, last night he and her three brothers, accidentally discovered the tunnel under the hill.

Out of curiosity, they finally entered the tunnel. And they finally reached the crypt.

At first there was nothing there until a light suddenly appeared in that crypt.

They saw the light coming from a needle.

And when their bodies were enveloped by that light, their bodies suddenly underwent an evolution.

The evolution was very fast at first, but over time, it got slower and slower. Until now, they didn't even know what had happened.

But because that light made them evolve, they ended up thinking of the needle as their god.

...

"By the way Qin, you have to help my brothers out there. I wouldn't have come with you if I wasn't with my brothers." Said Vaella.

"Okay." Qin Tian replied.

"But their bodies can shrink, right?"

"They can still shrink, but not as small as me, they can only go back to their original size."

"It's just that they still can't speak. But they can communicate via telepathy."

"Okay, let's go."

It had been an hour since he had entered that crypt. But those three snakes and the people from the ancient clan still didn't appear there, which meant they were still fighting outside.

...

Not long after, Qin Tian returned to the ground.

When he got there, he found the trees around the hill had fallen, and there were quite a few pools of blood around there.

About 50 meters from that hill, he saw that the people of the ancient clan were still fighting the three snakes. But out of a hundred people, now only less than half of them are left.

Qin Tian did not look at their corpses, but looking at the three snakes' mouths covered in blood, he guessed that they might have been swallowed up by them.

Of course, the three snakes were no better off either. Their bodies that were previously black had turned red because they were covered in a lot of blood.

"Qin, hurry, hurry and save them." Vaella who was in the palm of hid hand quickly panicked as soon as she saw the state of her brothers.

"Dont worry." Qin Tian replied.

If it was before, he might have to show himself if he wanted to take care of them, but now.

He casually threw the needle in his hand into the air, and just like before, the needle once again gave off a light which then turned into numerous needle shadows.

Those people were too busy fighting that they didn't notice the light suddenly appearing behind them.

Even as the needle shadows flew towards them, they were still unaware of their existence.

Since they were not yet cultivators, their perceptions were naturally insufficient to feel spiritual things.

Whooss... Whooss... Whooss...

It only took one breath before the needles reached their body. With how fast the needles were, they could hardly even feel a thing as they pierced their bodies.

Thud. 50 times

They fell right after that.

Qin Tian pointed the needles at their arteries so that they immediately fell unconscious once the needles entered their bodies.

It would take at least an hour before they could wake up again, and by that time Qin Tian was long gone.

The three snakes immediately turned around as soon as they noticed the attacks that sudden appearing behind them.

And when they found Qin Tian, ​​Vaella who was in his palm immediately jumped from there.

And her body grew once again to a length of 15 meters.

The female snake then screamed. "Brothers, it's me."

She wagged her long neck as she shouted.

After which, she then moved towards them.

She started talking to her brothers after she got in front of them.

Qin Tian didn't pay attention to them, instead, he stared at the needle in his hand.

Although Vaella didn't tell him the exact time the needle emitted light, he guessed it was exactly twelve o'clock in the evening.

"Sigh, it's hard to guess what's really going on. But I'm sure everything is intertwined." Qin Tian was deep in thought after that.

"But with this needle, I no longer have to worry about where to cultivate."

He only regained consciousness when hhe saw Vaella and her brothers coming to him.

Vaella immediately shrunk her body and jumped into the palm of his hand as soon as she arrived in front of him. But the three brothers looked at each other with dubious expressions.

"Brothers, come here quickly. Your wounds can heal faster if you stay beside this needle." Shouted Vaella from Qin Tian's palm.

Qin Tian didn't speak, but he stretched out a hand towards them.

The three snakes stared at each other once more before they shrunk their bodies.

But their bodies were not as small as Vaella's, their body length was almost one meter.

Qin Tian shook his head as he saw that their bodies were still too big for him to carry.

"Very well, how about the four of you stay in the space inside this needle for the time being."

Qin Tian naturally couldn't carry the three snakes in his body, therefore he could only let them enter the space in that needle.

The reason why he didn't offer Vaella to enter the space in that needle earlier was because if she was in that space, she would be able to absorb more of the aura from the needle.

Right now the spiritual energy was still not on the earth and the needle had very little energy left in it, and he didn't want that remaining energy to decrease any faster.

Unfortunately he had no other choice at the moment. Now he could only hope that the three snakes could evolve once again so that they could shrink their bodies even smaller.

...

A while later, Qin Tian returned to the previous river.

When he got there, he saw that Clara was still there.

However, that woman was currently not alone.

There was a group of men surrounding her, and some of the men looked like gangsters.

Other women would tremble with fear if they were surrounded by men like them. However, that didn't happen to Clara.

The men didn't bother her, on the contrary, they sat around her with their mouths open while listening to her speak.

Instead of looking like gangsters, they looked more like kindergarten kids when they were at school.

"..." Qin Tian.

"This girl is really very shrewd." He says.

"Maybe it's time to ask her identity."

....