Silver Overlord

Psychic Serpent?

Thoughts coursed through Yan Liqiang’s mind. He then discovered that he had never even heard of that name in both lifetimes.

“I named it the Psychic Serpent. This serpent doesn’t exist in many worlds and is an extremely rare creature on the Silver Continent that you live in. It still exists and probably has never been discovered by anyone to date. That’s why you’ve never heard of the name…” Fu Guang’s voice appeared directly in Yan Liqiang’s mind.

“No one has ever seen it?”

“That should be the case since this serpent has a special characteristic — it has to live inside another living creature’s body and coexist with it!”

“Coexist? You mean it’s parasitic?”

“Parasitism is one-sided while coexisting is mutually beneficial. If you can provide it with something, it will reciprocate. Symbiosis is very common among living creatures. The difference between the Psychic Serpent and them is that the former chooses to coexist inside the latter!”

“Oh..!” Yan Liqiang was surprised. “Then which part of the host does it live inside?”

“The brain!”

“Can this kind of serpent live inside such a delicate part of the body like the brain? Won’t it be detrimental to the host?”

“You will know when you see the Psychic Serpent. It is much smaller than you think. Although it lives in the host’s brain, it only attaches itself to the outermost part of the brain instead of going into the organ. Hence, it won’t affect normal brain functions or thinking processes. In fact, you won’t even sense its existence even if it enters your brain!”

“What does it feed on? I hope it’s not the brain!” Yan Liqiang felt a chill roll down his spine at the very thought.

“Of course not. It feeds on your thoughts!”

“Thoughts?”

“To put it in words that you understand, that would be the energy from your consciousness and emotion — the vibes that you give off when you are happy or sad. Just like your body temperature that will never drop to zero unless you are dead, your thoughts and emotions are also never-ending. Even so, you cannot feel its existence. The Psychic Serpent feeds on a small amount of energy from these thoughts and emotions in you. Even if it doesn’t consume any, it will also naturally dissipate like heat or your breath…”

“There’s actually a creature that eats something like this?!”

“The world is full of wonders. Your past knowledge will not help much in understanding the true face of this world!”

“This Psychic Serpent can actually leech off… no, I mean, coexist in my brain. Not only that, it feeds on my thoughts and brings me benefits. I recall you mentioned that this serpent can help me see and perceive any type of danger. How does that work?” Yan Liqiang gave Fu Guang in the crystal ball a puzzled look.

“To put it simply, you’ll be able to receive the brainwaves of others who are standing at a certain distance in front of you if you let the Psychic Serpent live in your brain. In your language, that means the Psychic Serpent will give you the ability to peer into and perceive other people’s thoughts!”

“Is this the so-called telepathy?” Yan Liqiang nearly exclaimed.

“That’s right!”

Despite being in the Heavenly Realm, Yan Liqiang was still stunned for a moment when he heard about the abilities of the Psychic Serpent. “Wait… Let me repeat this. So you are saying that if I activate the Psychic Serpent’s seal of life to create and host it, I will be able to read other people’s thoughts, thus gaining the legendary telepathic ability? And even if this Psychic Serpent were to live inside my body, I won’t be affected physically or mentally?”

“Precisely. You may consider if you want to activate the Psychic Serpent’s seal of life and allow it to live within you…”

“I have a question. If I wish to stop living with it one day, can I take it out of my brain again?”

“Yes, of course. Just make the command with your thought and it will leave. At the same time, you will also lose the abilities that it brings you. Be mindful of the fact that you must find another host for it within a day after it leaves your brain. Otherwise, it will die…”

“Will I be receiving endless thoughts and information from people around me after it resides in my brain? If I will be listening to a bunch of voices in my head all the time without being able to tune them out? I’m afraid I’ll go crazy in the long run…”

“That’s not how it works. If the Psychic Serpent resides in you, you can choose the target you want to spy on. It’s very easy to control. You will know by then. Aside from people, you can also read the thoughts of animals if you wish to…”

Yan Liqiang finally let out a sigh of relief at Fu Guang’s words. All the worries and doubts in his heart immediately vanished. If this Psychic Serpent was so impressive that coexisting with it would mean obtaining the power of telepathy, it would be akin to seeing other players’ cards in a poker game. Then why not?

“Alright then. I shall activate the Psychic Serpent’s seal of life!”

“Understood, but there’s still another problem…” A smile appeared on Fu Guang’s face.

“What problem?”

“The dantian energy you have infused into the Heavenly Stone is still not enough to activate that seal of life!”

“No way! Didn’t you tell me that the dantian energy in the Heavenly Stone is enough to activate fifteen human seals of life?”

“The Psychic Serpent is an extremely special spiritual being. Hence, a colossal amount of dantian energy is required to activate its seal of life. Apart from that, you will also need a bountiful amount of vitality and intelligence points, of which you are still slightly lacking…”

“Then tell me how much more I need. Don’t tell me I’ll need to keep this up for another decade or two before I can gather enough. If that’s the case, I’d rather pick something else!”

“You’re almost there. The amount of the three energies you’ve gathered is actually quite close. If you still needed a lot, I wouldn’t have recommended the Psychic Serpent in the first place. Based on your cultivation rate, you should be able to gather enough dantian energy in seven to ten days if you don’t slack off. As for the vitality and intelligence points, you still need 518 and 877 points respectively…”

Yan Liqiang was truly shocked. “So the twenty thousand vitality and intelligence points that I’ve accumulated in the Heavenly Stone is still not enough? An ordinary human only cost a hundred points for both. Even for Goldie, I was only willing to assign fifty points for both. You’re telling me that the Psychic Serpent needs more than twenty thousand points?”

“If you desire to obtain an extraordinary being, you will naturally need to make an equivalent investment. After all, you can’t possibly build a city with just a tael of silver. You are free to choose another seal of life if you wish…”

“Nonsense. You’ve already shown me the Psychic Serpent. Do you think I can still sleep if I don’t get my hands on it?” Yan Liqiang clenched his teeth. “Let me find a way. At worst, I can always get rid of a few pieces of trash…”

“Sure, the decision is yours to make!”

Fu Guang’s face slowly faded from the crystal ball. At the same time, Yan Liqiang also retracted his palm from the Heavenly Stone…

He lingered around the Heavenly Shrine for a while. Staring at the glowing Heavenly Stone, his resolve gradually strengthened to the point that it was unshakable. He then glanced at the entrance to the Heavenly Realm before he plunged headfirst through it…