Chapter 18

In the village dozens of miles away from the Snake King Valley, some people went out into the mountains and saw the Eagle King hovering high in the sky and screaming. Some said it was a miracle, some said it was a monster, but no one dared to go deep into the mountain.

Because there is no road leading to the Snake King Valley, only steep rocks and weeds that grow to the height of a person's head everywhere, and there is no mountain road that people have walked on.

Apparently, the distant valley has become a mysterious and taboo place in the hearts of nearby villagers.

Bai Jun led his clan to multiply and live in the mountain. Year after year, the whole mountain was covered with snakes.

Even birds of prey are afraid of this swampy mountain. Only some bold waterfowl, occasionally one or two white cranes fly to the swamp to eat some game, or all kinds of birds with slender feet, strong claws and long beaks dare to come here.

Occasionally, some hunters set foot here, and they were horrified when they saw the snakes all over the place, and they fled one after another. According to the rumors of the human race, this swampy mountain peak was called Wansnake Mountain, which means that there are tens of thousands of terrible snakes in the mountain.

Coupled with some rumors combined with the legend of the white snake transforming into a dragon, all the nearby villages with a radius of a hundred miles know that to the south of the village, across a high mountain, there is a place full of snakes. There are countless poisonous snakes there. Tigers and lions will be eaten by snakes when they enter.Even in the deepest part of the mountain, there is a huge snake king who is practicing in the valley and wants to transform into a dragon.

Bai Jun doesn't know what the world thinks of him, even if he knows, he doesn't care.

The years in the mountains are counted according to years, and the time of each day is just a short nap for him.

No wonder those giant pythons don't like to move around and sleep all day long, even some giant pythons can sleep up to 23 hours a day.

After Bai Yan gradually grew up, he also became like those giant pythons.

Now Bai Jun doesn't know whether he is a snake or a python. He is already eight years old this year.

He has a flawless body like white jade, and his body length has reached more than eight meters after undergoing thirteen molts.

It doesn't sound like an eight-meter snake is a giant, but the white scorpion is not an ordinary snake.

When some snakes and pythons grow to three or four meters long, their throats are much thinner than their waists, and their heads are much smaller than the thickest waists.

But Bai Yan is different, the thickest part of his body is the snake's head, from head to tail, from thick to thin, his body is well-proportioned and almost perfect, even the snake hormone he emits every spring when he is in love can attract the female snakes in the whole mountain Crazy about it.

The width of the head of Baiyu has reached [-] to [-] centimeters, and the width of the throat is also [-] to [-] centimeters. Such a giant python can swallow a fierce tiger and lion!
And Bai Yan's physical strength is also extremely terrifying, not to mention the strength of nine bulls and two tigers, at least in his knowledge, no ordinary beast on land can match him.

Even ordinary giant whales in the deep sea can't compare to his terrifying body.

Bai Jun is not complacent, because he has seen a higher and deeper world.

He has seen a big monster of the same kind like Chen Gongzi, a ghost crying blood, and an eminent monk with great virtue and great power. There must be monsters, immortals, Buddhas and demons in this world. How can a giant python be called king?
Today's Bai Yu is over eight years old, and next year his body functions will gradually decline, and in two years he will pass through his life as a snake.

But he couldn't even step through the threshold of the long journey of immortality.

Ordinary people know that there are countless legends about immortals and gods, how many people are there in the vast number of sentient beings who may seek the true way?

As with humans, so with demons.

Survival is inherently difficult, and there is no animal in the thousands that can be enlightened. Even if the spiritual wisdom is opened, it may not be able to attract the spiritual energy of the world and turn the beast into a demon.

Bai Jun tried for eight years, but he was still unable to attract the aura of heaven and earth, and the essence of the sun and the moon into his body.

It would be fine if he didn't live near the end of his lifespan, but the instinctive hunch of being a beast, the feeling of watching death come in a little bit, is very uncomfortable.

Fortunately, after eight years of reading the moral scriptures, Bai Yan calmed down, and his perception ability improved a lot unconsciously, and Bai Yan accepted it calmly.

He is already a dead person, and it is a blessing to be able to enjoy the purity of the mountains and fields for ten years. Be a man or a beast, you should not be too greedy.

Fortunately, seeing the thriving group of snakes outside the Snake King Valley, Bai Yan always felt comforted in his heart, even though he knew that these cold-blooded fellows might forget him after his death, but this kind of joy that he cultivated by himself was amazing. memorable.

This mountain peak has a radius of hundreds of miles, and it is the territory of snakes.The number of snakes here has reached upwards of [-], probably below [-].

Because Bai Yan couldn't accurately tell the number of snakes in the group, he could only roughly estimate the number.

With the expansion of the area, three to five thousand snakes within a hundred miles are not too many.

Fortunately, a group of snakes are all around the Snake King Valley, so it can be regarded as a group gathering.

There are five successor snakes bred by Baijun himself in the valley, and now three have been eliminated, leaving only two.

One is also a water snake, a black water snake, with a thick body, which has grown to a length of nearly five meters.

Its length is the largest in this valley except for the white scorpion.

There is also a green snake, only more than three meters long, but its fighting power is extremely strong, no matter the flexibility or the toxicity of the venom, it is second in the group of snakes.

The number one toxicity is naturally Baijun himself.

There is still more than a year to go, Bai Yan is not in a hurry, he wants to wait for the green snake to shed its skin next year before making a decision.

Bai Yan’s life is becoming more and more comfortable now. Every morning, the sun rises high and he wakes up triumphantly. After eating a few hares, he climbs up the willow tree and squints to bask in the sun. .

In the spring, the stinging insects come out of the cave, and in the late autumn, the light snow solar term hibernates.

A year ends, a year begins again, every year, every year, the same as before.

His body is far more resistant to cold than other snakes, so he is the last one to enter the cave every winter, guarding the group of snakes and hibernating just now.

On such a day, the years are quiet, the white clouds are long, and you are at ease.

……

Outside Wanshe Mountain, in Zhuangjia Village, the old man sitting at the entrance of the village was replaced by an old lady. Now that the autumn harvest is over, the winter wheat has been planted, and it is rare for the slack season.The men all went to and from the market to inquire about their livelihood and where the price of grain was high, while the women embroidered and weaved cloth in the village to make winter clothes.

There is always something in the words of the women, even the most simple women know the little things that gossip between neighbors, after all, these are their ordinary and everyday life.

Aunt Wang has a clever mouth, and she is a well-known matchmaker in the village. Such a mouth is best used for kissing, but if it is used for gossip, it is knowing heaven and earth.

Aunt Wang used a thick needle and thread to thread the yellow earthen cloth up and down the neckline for a few stitches, she couldn't help but glanced to the west, and then said mysteriously: "Hey, do you know? Last night I saw Widow Xu dragged a man into the house in the middle of the night!"

"What did you say?" A woman with a broad face was shocked but couldn't hide her gossip and excitement. "Widow Xu stole a man? Whose man? My grandfather went back to bed early yesterday.

Do you think it is the second son of that old man Zhang?I see him loafing around all day, most likely! "

Another kind-hearted village woman was a little confused, "Li Erniang, what are you talking about? Widow Xu is alone. These days, she can barely eat enough to make a living. Once your words get out, will she still be able to live?" ?”

Li Erniang made a face, cut her face, and said: "Oh, it seems that Sanmao's mother has a good relationship with Widow Xu, and the dog doesn't even come out, so tell me, who would enter the widow's house? And I live alone and don’t know how to raise two big white geese to guard the house, I think it’s because I’m afraid that others will see me stealing a man.”

A few women were arguing on the side of the village, and a large group of people came from outside the village, even a few big horses, and a luxurious carriage was driving towards the village.

Seeing this scene, several women became frightened and hurriedly yelled men from various families in the village to come out and have a look.

The village was full of chickens and dogs, and a few skinny dogs lay on the ground tired and panting after barking twice.

The cat on the beam accidentally slipped down and jumped into the chicken coop.

One or two children's heads protruded from the gates of the courtyards of each house, with curious eyes in their eyes.

The team headed by two horses cleared the way. The village women who usually only move around ten miles around have never seen such tall and mighty horses, and this group of outsiders who don't seem to get along well with each other.

A gray-clothed middle-aged man in heavy clothes got off his horse, showed a faint smile, and seemed a little kind. He cupped his fists and said, "Sisters, this is Zhuangjia Village?"

After all, Aunt Wang is half a matchmaker. She is more knowledgeable and courageous. She smiled apologetically and said: "Yes, yes, this is Zhuangjia Village. I don't know what you guys are doing in this wilderness village? If you can help me Yes, we savages might be able to use it."

The middle-aged man smiled, took out a handful of broken silver from his waist pocket, and said, "Thank you for your kindness. We are businessmen traveling on foot, and we are here to inquire about some Is there any special products nearby, and it is easy to bring some goods on the return trip so as not to lose money.

I also asked my aunt to find a few old men in the village to talk to us. "

When Aunt Wang saw so many pieces of silver, the corners of her eyes stretched to the tip of her eyebrows with a smile, and the silver disappeared when she wiped it with her hand. Let's go to the village and rest for a while."

Zhang Ze nodded and said, "Elder Sister said that I asked my boss for instructions."

As he spoke, he walked into the carriage behind him and approached the carriage and whispered a few words, then the curtain of the carriage was lifted, and a pair of handsome men and women jumped out of the carriage, and finally a rather handsome man got out of the carriage. A man in a brocade robe with a majestic middle-aged crown.

Aunt Wang's heart skipped a beat, she still had a smile on her face, and she led the women back to the village to make arrangements.

On the way, Li Erniang scolded: "Wang Madam, you have been paid a thousand dollars, isn't this bringing disaster to the village?"

Aunt Wang said in a low voice: "What do you know? This group of people say they are businessmen, but they don't look like a friendly businessman. It is very likely that they are from the Jianghu. There are as many as forty or fifty people in such a motley group. Even if you don't know martial arts, you can't stop it with a word.

The most important thing now is to go back to the village and inform the families to see what their intentions are so that they can prepare. By the way, let the children of each family rush back to the town to find the men of each family. There are so many people, it is naturally courageous.Hurry up! "

The women panicked and lost their minds, now that they heard what Aunt Wang said clearly and logically, they hurriedly followed what she said.

A group of people waited and watched at the entrance of the village for a while, and saw seven or eight old men coming from the village, and some men followed.

A gray-haired old man laughed and said: "Everyone came from afar, our village is not welcome, I am the village head of this Zhuangjia village, please don't dislike poor hospitality."

The young handsome man smiled and said, "Isn't the old village chief afraid that we are bandits?"

The old village head hurriedly waved his hands and said: "You guys are just joking. Now that I am a great emperor, the Holy Emperor is ruling the world, and the world is full of prosperity. How can I allow robbers to run amok? And old man, I have never seen such a handsome robber like the young master."

The young man couldn't help laughing when he heard that, he bowed his hands and said: "Ouyang Xue is here, behind me are my father-in-law Mei Yuanwai and my wife Yu."

The old village head quickly complimented: "It turned out to be Yuanwai Mei and Mr. Ouyang. Our village can receive a few of them, which really makes our small village flourish. Please move to my old man's humble house and entertain a few of them."

Member Mei nodded and smiled lightly, "You are all guarding outside the village. Let's go."

Everyone answered "Yes!" in unison, and the regular momentum shocked the farmers in the village.

Seeing the behavior of the villagers, Mei Yuanwai felt relieved. Don't think that farmers are more simple, but it is not for nothing that there is a saying that troublesome people come out of poor mountains and rivers.Although he is not afraid of these villagers, if there is a dispute, he will inevitably have to negotiate with the government.The government under the rule of the Holy Emperor is the most powerful force among the people.Everyone in the rivers and lakes must be afraid of three points.

When the three of them followed the old village chief into the house, Member Mei laughed and said, "I don't know how old village chief Gui Geng is?"

The village head quickly laughed and said, "Don't dare to be, I'm already seventy-four, old man."

"Then the old village chief is familiar with this area, right?" Miss Mei who was standing beside Ouyang Xue asked playfully.

The old village chief smiled and said, "I'm ashamed, old man, although I'm old, I'm not a native of the local area, but I was recruited by the government five years ago to build a village here.

But even though it's only been five years, most of the cultural relics and events in the vicinity of a hundred miles are known. "

The corner of Mei's mouth twitched, and he asked, "The old village chief, do you have any special products in this village?"

The old village head smiled wryly when he heard the words, "Our village has been newly built for less than five years, and we can only plant some crops. There is nothing else but this, so it is called Zhuangjia Village."

Ouyang Xue frowned, "Well, then it looks like we're going to return empty-handed.

But is there any special product in the forest near the village chief? "

The old village chief felt relieved, he didn't seem to have the idea of ​​attacking their village, "Hehe, you don't know something, my lord. This is a mountain forest with a radius of a hundred miles, which was opened up by the government five years ago. However, what special products can I have?"

Miss Mei turned her head and suddenly remembered something, "Hey, when we came out of Qi Nan City, I heard that you have a snake mountain here? There are so many snakes that there are countless. Is this true?"

The old village chief suddenly became entangled in his heart, "This...this...how many people want to go to the Ten Thousand Snake Mountain? This can't be done! Can't be done!"

Ouyang Xue frowned, and her voice was cold, "Why?"

The old village head hurriedly said: "There is a whole tall mountain between Wanshe Mountain and our Zhuangjia Village. Although it seems that the distance is only a few tens of miles, but if you really want to go there, you have to walk more than a hundred miles across the mountains.

Moreover, the grass in this mountain forest can grow as tall as a person, and there are countless poisonous insects and beasts in it, and there are tens of thousands of snakes in the Ten Thousand Snake Mountain, even snake catchers dare not go easily.

I heard... I heard..."

(End of this chapter)

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