Holly's crush had been coughing nonstop. Hearing that, according to an old folk remedy, snake gall could ease coughing, she had people cut the snake from my waist in half and extract the gall. My cultivation—the power I had accumulated over tens of thousands of years—vanished in an instant. I stared at her, cradling what remained of the snake in my arms. "You know what I am. Once the snake disappears, I'll disappear too!" However, Holly just laughed and skinned the snake right in front of me. "Only Madam Anna would believe something like that. Don't try to fool me. It's just a snake. I'll get you another one." Overnight, my hair turned completely gray. I rushed to visit Madam Anna with my snake in a sealed jar. "I've saved the Summers from the last disaster. I've repaid the favor of saving me one hundred years ago. Now my body is ruined. I can't protect you now. So, I'm leaving..." Some smoke came from my snake like it was disintegrating. The doctor shook his head. "They destroyed its core. They know how to kill a snake for good. Sorry I can't save it now." Then I put the two halves of my snake back into the jar. I could feel every sensation my snake endured. The pain still tore through my back, as if I myself had been cut in half. Madam Anna supported me and kept blaming Holly. "I've told her many times. You're connected to the snake. How could she dare cut it open just for the gall?" I moved forward in great pain, with numb legs. Holly definitely knew I could feel what the snake was feeling. But she still cut my snake in half without hesitation. Seeing me fall to the ground, she actually rolled her eyes and said, "Keep pretending. You used the whole connected-to-snake thing to fool Madam Anna. She might buy it, but I won't! You're definitely not some supernatural being!" Then, she asked them to dig the gall out of my snake. She said nothing, seeing me on the ground in great pain, and threw the body of my snake back to me. "Since you claim the snake contains all your cultivation. It must be nutritious. If it can stop Ted from coughing, I'll get you a new one so that you can fool Madam Anna more." Suddenly, the butler came to the veterinary hospital. He gave me a cardboard box, saying Holly asked him to deliver this to me. In unbearable pain, I opened the box, only to find an eagle flying out. It seemed to have smelled my snake, and then flew straight to the jar. I covered the jar with my body, and tried to cast a spell. But nothing happened. Only then did I remember that all my cultivation was already gone. So I had to protect the jar with my body. Everyone knew the natural enemy of snakes was eagles, including Holly. Though I had already been in human shape, the fear was still in my bones. The eagle kept pecking me until Madam Anna had her guards kill it. I almost fainted on the ground. Then the respected Madam Anna knelt in front of me all of a sudden. "Tony, I really didn't expect Holly to do such outrageous things to you." "Since you're our family Guardian, I'll find you a good place to cultivate, and protect you until you regain all your power. Please forgive Holly this time, and keep guarding us for the sake of my mother." I didn't know what to say. About one hundred years ago, Madam Anna's mother saved me from an eagle. She took me back home, and bound up my wound. To repay her kindness, after I cultivated and became an immortal, I came to her and promised to guard her family. To save Holly, I forcibly transformed into human shape, however, my cultivation stayed with my snake form. But now... My snake was destroyed by Holly. My cultivation had all gone. I couldn't protect the Summers anymore. Looking at Madam Anna kneeling in front of me, I felt more determined. "I did promise your mother to protect the Summers. But now I really lost all my cultivation. I'm no longer a Guardian." "I've saved the Summers from so many disasters. And I've sacrificed my cultivation to save Holly. I think we're pretty much even now. Just let me go."
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