Tomb Robbery: Successor to the King, starting in Yunnan Worm Valley

Chapter 10 Legend and Red Snake

Seeing these red fruits, Shirley Yang was stunned for a while, and then a look of surprise quickly appeared on her face, and she said:

“According to my grandpa’s notes, during the Republic of China, there was a traveling student named Mo Lian who visited a Taoist temple in Qingcheng Mountain with his classmates one day.

When he was traveling alone in the mountains behind the Taoist temple, he saw an ancient tomb from the Tang Dynasty among the trees.

Thinking it was the tomb of an old Taoist, he went forward and bowed down to pray for a bright future in his studies.

I looked up and saw a red fruit tree on the tomb, with a red fruit on it. It was as big as a fist, bright and attractive, and I couldn't help but pick it off and eat it, feeling that it was as sweet as honey.

The clear orifice is refreshing, and thoughts flow freely.

After returning home, he lost control and immediately wrote a book, "The Story of Immortals Traveling in Qingcheng Mountain", which was a sensation at the time.

Later, someone asked him why he could write such strange stories at the age of sixteen.

He said that ever since he ate the spiritual fruit, he could always get predictions in his dreams every night. An old Taoist with an immortal spirit told him a story.

During the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, there was a scholar in Xuzhou who had read poetry and books since he was a child.

Proficient in poetry and poetry, he became famous both inside and outside Xuzhou at the age of fifteen.

Occasionally one night, in the study room where I lived outside the city, a woman knocked on the door.

The woman called herself Hu. After the two exchanged their names, they fell in love and met quietly every night from then on.

The woman learned that the scholar had been insensitive in terms of talent and learning in recent days, so she mouthed the red pill and asked the scholar to hold it in his mouth. Sure enough, the scholar did.

It's like having an enlightenment, and talents are flowing out like a spring, out of control.

The tryst between the two was finally known to the Taoists who passed by.

The Taoist took advantage of the daytime to grab the scholar on the street and warned him that the bearded girl was transformed by a fox demon.

If a mortal swallows the red pill in his mouth, he can be reborn and his body can become an immortal.

The scholar just listened and scolded the old Taoist for lying, but after returning, he still followed the old Taoist's instructions and stayed under the table.

Use a copper basin, place a pig-killing knife and fill it with water, just in time for night.

Hu Nu arrived as usual, and the scholar pulled her under the table.

While chatting, I subconsciously glanced at the basin under the table.

His heart suddenly changed. What was reflected in the water was a fox monster wearing clothes.

At this time, he was speaking gently and shyly.

Just when he was about to panic, the scholar remembered the old Taoist saying that if you swallow the red pill, you can become an immortal.

He was patiently frightened when Na Hu Nu put the red pill in his mouth.

Swallow the red pill.

When the Hu girl saw this, her expression changed drastically and she scolded him for being so ruthless.

That red elixir was the elixir she had practiced for thousands of years.

She also asked the scholar to return it to her.

The scholar refused.

After saying that, the bearded girl fell to the ground, and after a while, she turned into a red fox the size of a calf.

Seeing this, the scholar was so frightened that he almost died.

After that, the scholar passed the examination, entered the court, participated in the palace examination, and finally became the prime minister.

Late at night when I was sleeping, I occasionally felt cold and coughed.

He spit out a red pill in his mouth.

But he saw a red shadow emerging from the darkness.

Open your mouth and swallow the red pill into your belly.

Finally escaped through the window.

The scholar was shocked. He vaguely saw the red shadow, which seemed to be a red fox.

He was distressed.

Every night I waited for the Hu girl in the study outside Xuzhou City.

But in the end, I still didn't wait for the Hu girl. "

At this point, the group of people had already arrived in front of the red fruit tree.

"Reborn, soaring from the same spot, real or fake."

Fatty Wang’s eyes were shining and he was about to pick the fruit.

However, Hu Bayi focused on another aspect and scolded: "This scholar is really nothing. Although he is a fox demon, he treats him sincerely. Not only does he not appreciate it, he actually eats his elixir."

Peacock seemed indifferent. What Shirley Yang said was a bit enigmatic and she couldn't understand it.

"Hey, Fatty, here I come."

Fatty Wang rolled up his sleeves and was about to climb the tree. Wang Ye frowned slightly and shouted in a cold voice: "Come back quickly and take a closer look at the back of the fruit. Are you going to die?"

When Fatty Wang heard this, he hurriedly took a few steps back, widened his eyes and took a good look at the back of the red fruit.

There was a bright red snake.

If you hadn't looked carefully, you would have thought it was a fruit.

"Back away quickly, this snake is extremely venomous!!"

Hu Ba stepped forward and said to Wang Ye and the other three people behind him, holding a shovel in his hand.

Seeing that he was exposed, the snake came out spitting out the letter.

The color of the red snake is extremely bright, but the brighter it is, the scarier the snake is and the more desperate it is.

Its snake eyes were cold and ruthless, staring at several people.

The tail behind him trembled and made a rustling sound.

"Cousin, it's a good thing you reminded me, otherwise I would have been in big trouble if I had taken another step forward and invaded this snake's territory."

At this time, Fatty Wang patted his chest and said.

"The trouble isn't this, it's the fruit."

Wang Ye shook his head and pointed in the direction of the snake.

When everyone heard this, they all looked over.

"Goo-"

I saw that the snake swallowed the fruit into its belly in one bite.

But the next moment, something terrible happened.

Suddenly, a large number of black blood streaks appeared all over the snake's skin.

His stomach also seemed to be squeezed crazily by something.

It swelled up instantly.

"Hiss-"

The snake opened its bloody mouth, and blood seeped out.

There was also a thumb-sized bug in the blood that was blood red, similar to a beetle.

The snake roared in pain, and its wailing sound was horrifying.

The next second, a large number of insects had eaten up the snake's flesh and blood in just the blink of an eye.

There was a dead silence at the scene.

"Oh my god, what is that?"

Fatty Wang screamed.

Hu Bayi and Shirley Yang were also shocked.

"Brother Wang Ye, I'm afraid."

Peacock pulled Wang Ye's clothes and shivered.

"The parasite that lives in red fruits is called blood ticks."

Wang Ye pointed to the crawling bugs on the ground and explained: "The blood tick first appeared in the "Shui Zhu Chapter" of Huainanzi. It is said to be a bug raised in captivity by pagans.

Don't underestimate this kind of insect. This kind of insect is just like the tardigrade. It has a very tenacious and long life and is placed in the body of a dying person.

It can also coexist with the living person. In the early days, this kind of insect was used to control some slaves through some kind of secret technique. There were many witchcraft and Gu insect techniques in the Miao border in western Hunan.

This kind of bug is extremely weird. As long as it enters the human body and encounters the right temperature, it will multiply in large numbers and eventually eat up the human flesh and blood alive."

"So, if we had eaten it just now, we would have ended up exactly like that snake."

"Fat man, you need to change your gluttony!"

"This is Yunnan. There are too many weird things. Just mind your stomach."

Hu Bayi kicked Fatty Wang and said solemnly.

"I know, it's okay."

Fatty Wang shrank his head and laughed dryly.

"There's something else."

"Look at the moving black fog in front of you."

Wang Ye's voice sounded again.

"Ah! It's a ghost bee, let's run!"

Peacock shouted in great horror.

(End of this chapter)