The Little Demoness Only Wants to Cultivate Immortality

The little snake demon Xianxian cultivated for eight hundred years and finally transformed into a human, taking the form of a woman.

She could have transformed sooner, but she lagged far behind her companions because, during one of her tribulations, a human tried to "save" her out of misguided kindness, causing her to fail.

Since it was an act of kindness, she had to repay the debt.

After descending the mountain, Xianxian kept her elders' warning in mind: Don't follow in Bai Suzhen's footsteps and offer yourself in marriage, nearly losing your life in the process.

When she found the herbalist from back then, Xianxian breathed a sigh of relief. The herbalist was still a woman in this life, so there was no chance of Xianxian offering herself in marriage.

Xianxian had been secretly looking forward to repaying the debt, leaving the human world behind, and cultivating into an immortal. But she soon discovered that the path to repaying her kindness was full of obstacles.

Not only did her efforts repeatedly backfire, she even found herself growing attached to the human world.

As the debt of gratitude kept growing, Xianxian decided to return to the mountain and continue cultivating. She would come back to repay the herbalist in her next life.

But before she could leave, the herbalist grabbed her. "Where are you going?"

Xianxian answered honestly, "It's nice here, and you don't seem to need my help. I'm leaving."

The herbalist said, "Don't go. I do need your help."

Xianxian asked, confused, "What do you need me to help with?"

The herbalist said, "...Offering yourself in marriage."

Xianxian's eyes widened. "???"

What kind of impossible request is that?

Our clan has a rule against offering ourselves in marriage.

Besides, how can two women offer themselves in marriage to each other?

Xianxian manifested her tail, intending to scare the herbalist. "Well? Are you scared now?"

"I'm a female snake. I'm super fierce and terrifying!"

But the herbalist wasn't scared at all. She affectionately hugged Xianxian's tail and reached in to stroke it with a smile. "You're cute like this, too. It would be lovely if you stayed this way."

"!!!" With her weak spot pinned down, Xianxian's knees went soft. Flustered, she began to understand how two women might offer themselves in marriage to each other.

Her cheeks instantly flushed crimson, and her little tail trembled and curled.

Y-you have to let go!

I can't offer myself in marriage. I still have to go home and cultivate!

After Si Chengyin kissed her, Xianxian somehow found herself staying behind.

Day after day, she was immersed in sweetness, convincing herself that this counted as repaying her debt, until her companions came looking for her and she realized she'd fallen into a trap.

But when she broke her heart, cast aside love, and devoted herself to cultivating into an immortal, she discovered that a much bigger conspiracy awaited her at the end of the road.

------An innocent and adorable snake demon who grows possessive and turns dark * a reserved, gentle, and cool herbalist.

Theme: Even animals should strive to improve and set goals for themselves.