The man swam over to her side, his strong, fair arms wrapping around her waist, lifting her as easily as if he were holding a doll, carrying her through the Lake Water and setting her down on the back of the Emerald Giant Python.
"Cough cough cough!"
Gao Yue began coughing violently.
As she coughed, she stared blankly at the lake surface before her, her pupils dilating slightly.
There, amid the shimmering Lake Water, floated a handsome man, half-submerged, his skin startlingly pale as if it had never seen sunlight, yet faintly gleaming with the smooth luster peculiar to cold-blooded creatures.
Like a Deity born from the water, or perhaps a sea demon meant to lure one into ruin.
The man's irises were a clear olivine color, his pupils the Vertical Pupil peculiar to cold-blooded creatures, and at this moment he was examining her coldly:
"Female Cub, how did you intrude upon the Holy Lake?"
Gao Yue only felt her breath catch, forgetting to cough, forgetting her fear, not even hearing what he had asked, simply staring blankly at the person before her.
She was stunned into a daze.
Oh my god, is there really such a good-looking person in this world...? Even celebrities known for their looks would pale in comparison to this person; he was so beautiful he seemed almost fake, utterly breathtaking.
The Emerald Giant Python beneath her shifted slightly.
Realizing what she was sitting on, all color instantly drained from Gao Yue's face. The Python Form was impossibly smooth, and she nearly slid off and back into the water, a stifled scream rising in her throat.
She was frightened to such an extreme that she couldn't even let out a proper scream—it sounded like the squeak of a mouse, utterly pitiful.
Moya's cold expression softened.
Never mind, she was just a Cub after all; he could look into it later.
He flipped himself over deftly and sat down on the Emerald Giant Python's back as well, scooping Gao Yue up in his arms and readjusting her sitting position, having her straddle the python with her legs spread apart, positioned behind its head.
As he lifted her, his manner was as effortless as if she weren't a one-hundred-sixty-pound woman, but a balloon.
"Which tribe's Cub are you, and why are you so fat?"
His voice was cold as frost, the trailing note tinged with curiosity.
Gao Yue briefly forgot her dangerous predicament, feeling a bit ashamed—fine, she admittedly was... a little fat, but no matter how you looked at it, calling her a Cub was absurd; she was already 23 years old.
Wait!
She had personally seen him transform from a Black Python into a human!
Her mind finally cleared, and she suddenly widened her eyes, twisting her head to look at him, "You, you, you... are you a demon?"
Turning her head this way, she was once again dazzled by his beauty.
The man's soaked black long hair clung to the elegant curve of his neck and chest, a few strands trailing down over his well-defined abdominal muscles, water droplets rolling off his sleek, beautiful body like diamonds, refracting scattered light under the sun.
White where white, black where black, pink where pink.
Boundless splendor.
Seeing her looking at him, those beautiful olivine-colored Vertical Pupils turned to gaze back at her, beautiful and noble yet indifferent, with something slightly unnerving about them.
Gao Yue felt as though her breath had stopped entirely.
"I'm not a demon, I'm Moya." he said.
Was this person joking?
Gao Yue's heart was pounding wildly, both from being dazzled and from fear—the feeling was like encountering a stunning ghost: "Then could you please first answer me—were you... that Giant Python from just now?"
Noticing that this Female Cub stammered a little and even addressed him as "you" formally, Moya found it somewhat amusing and gave a lazy hum in response.
Gao Yue was completely stunned in place.
It's over, he really is a demon—does that mean the other giant pythons are too?
She looked down and glanced around.
Splash!
Countless giant pythons around the lake were now circling around them, swimming in loops. They no longer dared to fight and intimidate her as they had before, for fear of making the Female Cub choke on water again, yet they were unwilling to leave.
Watching the massive Python Body appearing and disappearing beneath the Lake Water, Gao Yue got goosebumps all over.
She had always been afraid of snakes, and the scene before her was practically a soul-crushing blow—terrifying enough to send her straight to the afterlife, goosebumps prickling all over her body.
A gust of cool wind blew past, and she shivered involuntarily, her lips turning slightly pale.
Moya lowered his head and spoke to the Emerald Giant Python beneath them.
"To the shore."
The Emerald Giant Python immediately carried the two of them swimming toward the lake shore, at incredible speed, much faster than riding a speedboat—a speedboat would kick up violent splashes at its stern as it moved forward, its motor roaring loudly. But this Giant Python moved in complete silent mode, remarkably smooth.
Only a small part of the Python Form was above the water surface, most of it still remained in the water. Gao Yue 's two thighs were soaked in the lake, the water flowing clear, bringing a silk-like touch as they glided, with a cool breeze blowing against her face.
The feeling of riding on the Python Form was both terrifying and held a strange wonder, making her eyes widen, feeling like everything happening was like a dream.
The Python Form was very slippery, and she slid slightly backward from inertia, but was steadily held in place by Moya behind her.
He wasn't embracing her.
It was just one large palm pressing down on the back of her neck, making her feel like a rabbit whose neck was pinned down by a hunter, sending chills through her.
Soon they reached the shore.
Gao Yue , with weak hands and legs, climbed down from the Giant Python's body, scrambling and crawling as if fleeing, rushing onto the shore, far away from the lake.
The scenery on the shore was very beautiful, with lush green grass, thick vegetation, and the ground beneath her feet was extraordinarily soft.
Her large pink nightgown had already been repeatedly baptized by the flood and Lake Water, dirty and wet. After coming ashore, the dress clung wetly to her body, outlining the plump curves of her figure.
Gao Yue was only one meter sixty tall, and though plump, she was plump in a curvy way, not the round ball type of fat, especially her chest and hips, which were exaggeratedly full due to her plumpness.
Moya glanced at her body once, then immediately turned his eyes away lightly.
This Cub had developed far too early.
The other Pythons in the water each poked their heads out one by one, their eyes glued to the Female unable to move, discovering for the first time that such a plump Female could look this good.
"Which tribe's Female Cub are you, how did you end up in our tribe's Holy Lake? Do you know what crime it is to trespass into the Holy Lake?"
Moya 's voice turned stern, his height of nearly one meter ninety forcing Gao Yue to tilt her neck up to look at him.
Tribe? Female Cub? Holy Lake?
Gao Yue tried hard to get her mind working.
Perhaps she had been badly frightened, her mind remained continuously blank, her thoughts moving especially slowly, only now did she subconsciously tilt her head up—
In the sky, unmistakably hung two suns, one large and one small.
Her whole body froze.
No wonder everything had felt off, so she had traveled through worlds, that's why the water suddenly turned clear after she was swept into the whirlpool!
"This is bad, this is bad bad bad bad..."
Her mind buzzed with a roar, and she despairingly hugged her head.
She had actually transmigrated.
Moya watched her strange behavior with his brows furrowing slightly.
The Vertical Pupils of the Giant Pythons in the lake all focused over in unison, also curiously watching her. Some even wriggled their moist, massive bodies, winding their way up onto the grass by the shore.
This scared Gao Yue so much she nearly jumped up.
Help, these Giant Pythons looked even more terrifying on land. She was so frightened that without thinking she tried to climb the nearest tree, but was gently caught by the wrist by Moya .
"Let go of me!!"
She shouted loudly, struggling with almost all the strength she had, her face flushed red from the effort.
Only then did Moya release his grip.
Gao Yue immediately scrambled up the tree, her whole body trembling.
The group of Pythons by the shore stirred restlessly, seeming as if they wanted to follow her up the tree.
Gao Yue screamed in terror, her voice even cracking: "Don't come near me!!"
Moya could see that Gao Yue was afraid of Pythons, and that even a single glance filled her with fear.
His brow turned slightly cold, and he calmly instructed the group of Pythons by the lake: "Go back into the lake."
The Giant Python group reluctantly retreated backward, gazing longingly at the plump, sturdy, and adorable Female Cub sprawled on the tree, one after another submerging back into the Lake Water.
They had never seen such a plump and tender Female Cub before, nor had they seen one so timid, every little movement seeming so interesting and cute, and all those wounds on her body were pitiful too.
They didn't know how she had ended up trespassing into the Holy Lake, and hoped she wouldn't be punished too severely.
The Holy Lake was the place where the Beast God's Female Envoy had first appeared a thousand years ago. Throughout the generations, only the tribe's strongest unmated members and a few Giant-type were permitted to enter, and not even a delicate Female was allowed inside.
Females who had previously trespassed into the Holy Lake had all been thrown into a sealed dark cave and severely punished, emerging so hungry they wanted to eat even grass.
And this was a Female Cub from an outside tribe—there was no telling what kind of punishment she would face.
The Giant Pythons entered the water silently, without a single splash.
Gao Yue , utterly at a loss, hugged the tree trunk, her glasses covered entirely in water stains, looking like a helpless plump koala.
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