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Hearing Xiao Ling's question, Qinglin nodded and gazed at Xiao Ling. "Don't worry, young master. Although it's a bit of a stretch, taming this giant shouldn't be a problem."
Patting Qinglin's head, Xiao Ling cautioned with concern, "Don't push yourself. If you feel uncomfortable, stop immediately."
Hearing Xiao Ling's concern, Qinglin's heart warmed. "Young master, I'll be careful."
With that, Qinglin approached the dying two-headed fire spirit snake.
Seeing a weak human approaching, the two-headed fire spirit snake's eyes gleamed fiercely, ready to advance and bite Qinglin. The eye in its other head suddenly noticed Xiao Ling's menacing gaze and felt a strange force overwhelm it, paralyzing it. Its momentum instantly withered, and its eyes shifted from fierce to terrified.
Qinglin stared into the two-headed fire spirit snake's eyes. With a thought, three small green dots suddenly appeared beside its emerald pupils.
As the eerie green flower emerged, a powerful, dark light suddenly erupted from it, illuminating the fire snake before it.
Illuminated by this eerie light, the fire snake's massive body suddenly stiffened, its two enormous eyes staring at the little girl in front of it with a hint of fear.
Feeling its consciousness being manipulated, it inexplicably felt a desire to submit to the human girl before it. The two-headed fire snake immediately tried to resist, desperately twisting its massive body. Unfortunately, Xiao Ling's soul power suppressed it, making its resistance ineffective.
The strange light slowly moved across the fire snake's body, finally resting on the center of its two heads' foreheads.
After ceasing its movement, the light began to slowly shrink. As the light's area dwindled, the light within it grew increasingly brighter.
The glow gradually shrank, eventually shrinking to a mere palm-sized area. When it reached this size, it ceased shrinking. With a burst of light, two tiny green flowers were imprinted on the Fire Spirit Snake's heads.
As the flowers appeared, the glow gradually faded. A moment later, the tiny flowers in Qinglin's pupils quickly dissipated, returning to their original emerald green color in an instant.
After her pupils returned to normal, Qinglin's body swayed, and she felt a wave of dizziness and a complete loss of strength.
Xiao Ling, standing nearby, witnessed this scene and pulled Qinglin into his arms. With a flash of white light in his right hand, he pulled out a healing pill and placed it into Qinglin's mouth.
"Qinglin, how are you feeling?" Xiao Ling asked with concern.
After swallowing the elixir, Qinglin regained some strength and a clearer mind. Leaning against Xiao Ling's chest, she said weakly, "Master, Qinglin's fine. She's simply consumed too much soul energy."
Ziyan, standing nearby, approached, concerned about Qinglin's condition. She was quite fond of this young woman, whom she had only known for a few days.
"Although this isn't the first time I've seen Qinglin subdue a snake-like monster, it's still a little hard to believe. Now, with a cultivation level lower than even a Dou Zhe, she's able to subdue a fourth-tier monster comparable to a human Dou Ling."
Ziyan sighed, her tone tinged with emotion as she gazed at Qinglin in Xiao Ling's arms.
"Xiao Ling, what kind of monster is this little snake? It's so incredibly capable of surviving in the magma underground?" Ziyan looked at Xiao Ling, her face filled with confusion.
"The two-headed fire spirit snake usually grows in extremely hot places and feeds on swallowing magma. It has a huge room for evolution. When it is born, it is only a first-level magical beast. If the opportunity is enough, it may be able to evolve into a sixth-level magical beast comparable to the Douhuang strongman. Now it lives in this underground magma world, which is indeed the most suitable place for it to survive." Xiao Ling looked at the two-headed fire spirit snake calmly.
The two-headed fire snake, curled up not far away, stared intently at Qinglin, who lay in Xiao Ling's arms.
Those two dark eyes softened whenever they gazed upon Qinglin.
Although it had witnessed everything that had just happened and knew that its transformation was due to the control of Qinglin's three-flowered, emerald pupils, whenever it felt the urge to harbor malice towards her, the thought would inexplicably vanish, and instead it would seek to show her affection.
After a while, Qinglin's body gradually returned to normal, no longer feeling any significant discomfort.
Noticing the two-headed fire snake's gaze, Qinglin turned her head and, seeing it gazing at her with gentle eyes, a knowing smile crossed her face.
Seeing this, Xiao Ling placed Qinglin down from his arms, motioning for her to engage in conversation with the two-headed fire snake.
Nodding, Qinglin beckoned to the two-headed fire snake, "Come here quickly."
Hearing Qinglin's call, the two-headed fire snake twisted its body and came to Qinglin's front, rubbing its heads against Qinglin's face to show its affection.
Seeing this, Xiao Ling, who was standing nearby, also walked over to the two-headed fire snake.
The two-headed fire snake, thinking Xiao Ling was going to attack it, twisted its body and tried to escape back into the lava.
However, at Qinglin's signal, it stopped its escape attempt and looked at Xiao Ling with a somewhat terrified look.
Xiao Ling pouted, feeling speechless, and took out a healing pill from his ring and handed it to the two-headed fire snake.
"You've been subdued by Qinglin, and I won't harm you. This is a healing elixir. Heal quickly, as we'll need you to lead the way later."
Looking at the elixir presented to it, the two-headed fire snake sniffed its medicinal fragrance, feeling its burning pain cool down.
Glancing at Qinglin's doting gaze beside it, the two-headed fire snake stretched out its head and swallowed the healing elixir in Xiao Ling's hand.
As soon as the elixir entered its mouth, it transformed into a stream of cooling energy that permeated its entire body. The two-headed fire snake's injuries gradually began to heal, and soon they were back to normal. Even some of the hidden injuries within its body were healed.
Sensing the changes in its body, the two-headed fire snake looked at Xiao Ling with less fear than before.
"Although this guy just beat me up, since he's my young master's companion and healed my injuries, I won't hold it against him this time."
After seeing the two-headed fire snake's injuries recover, Xiao Ling couldn't wait to ask Qing Lin. "Qing Lin, can you communicate with this little snake and ask it if it knows where the strange fire is? If it does, have this guy take me there."
Hearing Xiao Ling's question, Qing Lin nodded obediently, looking at the two-headed fire snake, communicating with it through his mind.
(End of this chapter)