Tomb Raiders Codex

Chapter 53
This kid has never talked about the north and the south, and Gu Wenmin was so angry that he smiled wryly: "It's time like this, why are you still talking nonsense. These snakes are indeed strange, and they chased us out of the house. Could it be because they offended us?" Snake King?"

When I was a child, I heard people often say that the snake with a crown on its head is the king of snakes.There are often several hills before one emerges.When the Snake King cultivates to the extreme, he can become a flood dragon.King Snake is also a kind of spirit. It is by nature to repay kindness and revenge. At that time, in order to save Tofu, I threw that King Snake so hard that it trembled all over the ground. ,

So I said to Gu Wenmin: "It seems that you know a lot about snakes. You know that dragon tongue grass can cure snake venom, so do you know that there is something that can drive snakes away?"

Gu Wenmin shook his head, sighed softly, frowned slightly with his slender eyebrows, and said, "Sulphur is of course used to drive snakes away, but how can there be sulfur in this barren mountain?"

When Tofu heard the words, he looked desperate and said: "It's not good in the past, it seems that I, Dou Bozhi, will die here today. It's too useless to die like this. No, I'm not reconciled. You have to pull a few backs, Old Chen, don’t you think so?” I’ve never been shy, his words resonated with me, even if I hurt myself a thousand, I have to take eight hundred enemies to my back, so I asked Said: "Then what are you going to do now? What are your thoughts?"

Tofu said that snakes are afraid of fire, so he was going to use fire to attack them, and burn them to death.My body has regained some consciousness, and Dang even trembled, looking for something to ignite in the temple with Tofu.

Gu Wenmin disapproved of our impulsiveness, and anxiously said: "What kind of solution are you doing? What if a mountain fire is caused, and..." I interrupted her, and said: "What time is it, you can still take care of the mountain fire. The awareness is too high. I would rather set a wildfire than die here in such a wimpy way." Gu Wenmin couldn't help but cut our feet anxiously.

She is good at everything, but her sense of justice is too strong, and she is a bit rigid in some aspects. I am about to die in hell, but she still has the mood to care about the natural environment!
After speaking, Tofu and I ignored her and started looking for Huoyin.

Before, I was only talking about the snake and didn't pay attention to the surrounding environment. Now I turned the flashlight on and looked directly in front of the temple. Suddenly I saw a huge black snake head with its mouth wide open. the back of our heads.

I was poisoned by the snake venom and hadn't recovered yet, when I suddenly turned my head and saw such a thing, my legs immediately went limp, and I sat down on the ground.On the other hand, Tofu stood upright without any fear. I was shocked and said, "Xiaodou, you have finally achieved success!"

"I...I...I...I can't move anymore." Tofu stammered out a few words, staring at the eyes of the snake head, staring like a goldfish, he was so scared that he couldn't move. .

At this moment, I also suddenly felt that something was wrong, because although the big snake opened its mouth wide, it was motionless, and there seemed to be many things on its body, like a dead thing.

How could there be such a huge dead snake in this ruined temple?

Gu Wenmin was also terribly scared, and it took him a long time to calm down. He stared at the blackness in front of him, and speculated: "It's not alive, it seems to have something on it, what is it?" , but such a big snake still scared him enough to dare to go forward.I hated that iron could not be made into steel, so I walked forward with heavy steps, only to see that it was indeed a huge dead snake. Only then did he maintain the posture of raising his head and opening his mouth.

The muscles of the snake's body have long shrunk, and the remaining snake skin is covered with dry bones. It forms a weird contrast with the huge snake head, which looks extremely terrifying.

As Gu Wenmin said, the snake's body was covered with layers of cloth, and I only pulled the end of the cloth, and countless dust and dust were raised up, and the fascinated people couldn't open their eyes.

Gu Wenmin asked suspiciously, "Why is it cloth?"

Tofu also regained his strength at this moment, and speculated: "Is it because someone is afraid that the snake will be cold, so someone covered it with a quilt?"

I fanned the ashes, and was dumbfounded by Tofu's unreliable speculation, and cursed: "Fuck the quilt. This is 'hanging red'." After speaking, I shook off a piece of cloth from the snake's body, shaking off the dust , I saw that the color of the cloth had already faded, and some bright red could still be seen vaguely.

Among the folks, there is a custom of hanging red on the statues of gods during festivals, that is, pulling red cloth and draping them on the golden statues of gods, which means respectfully inviting the gods.Hanging red has certain specifications and sizes, which vary according to the size of the statue.

And the cloth towels in front of me were all neatly folded, overlapping six times and then put on the snake, obviously it was the hanging red of the gods.

But how could this thing appear on a big snake?Could it be that someone regarded this snake as a god?
Thinking of this, I couldn't help but look up, hoping to see a plaque dedicated to the gods. Sure enough, just above the snake's head, there was a wooden plaque with peeling paint, with spider webs hanging on it, and the Dragon Temple could be seen faintly. Three big characters.

After listening to me, Gu Wenmin also understood the truth. When she saw the three big characters on the plaque, she immediately showed an expression of enlightenment, and said suddenly: "So the Dragon Temple refers to this place." It seems that , seems to know the origin of this temple and the big snake.Before I could ask, she opened her mouth to explain.

Before coming to Fengtou Village again, Gu Wenmin checked some information about Fengtou Village, among them was a legend about the Dragon Temple.

According to legend, in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, there was once a group of soldiers who dug rocks in the mountains, it is said that they were looking for gold veins.During the excavation, a dragon snake was dug out.

What is a dragon snake?

Snakes are also known as little dragons in the folk. It is said that they can become dragons after practicing for thousands of years.When the snake cultivates to a certain point, it will first grow dragon horns, and there will be big bumps like dragon horns on both sides of the top of the head. This is the dragon snake that is about to transform into a dragon.

This kind of dragon snake has always been regarded as a symbol of auspiciousness, and there are many folk legends about encountering a dragon snake. It is said that if you meet a dragon snake, you will have good luck and prosperity.

It is said that the soldiers were ordered to search for gold veins in the mountains, which is equivalent to the current geology soldiers.During the excavation process, a dragon snake was accidentally dug out. The dragon snake was shedding its skin, motionless, and its two horns were magnificent in color and looked like bright clouds.

When the leading soldiers saw that the dragon and snake had no power to resist, they immediately became greedy, because it is said that the ghosts who have practiced for thousands of years have elixir in their bodies. Stuff like supernatural powers.

The soldier got greedy, so he tied up the dragon snake, and prepared to open the snake's belly to get the elixir.He was afraid that the dragon snake would wake up, so he decided to make a quick decision. After caesarean section, he got a dragon snake pill.

The leading soldier was overjoyed, and swallowed it immediately, thinking that from now on, he was gifted with supernatural powers, and would be able to be reused like Yang Jian and Nezha in the Romance of the Gods.Unexpectedly, after he swallowed the Dragon Snake Pill, snake scales began to grow on his body, and his legs also turned into snake tails overnight.

Later, people often say: In the forest, they saw a snake-tailed thing with a human body walking through it, with a mouth as big as a crocodile, a human-like pronunciation, a ferocious personality, and a preference for cannibalism.

And that night, all the soldiers had the same dream, dreaming that the belly of the big snake was cut open, like a water eye, involving everyone in the belly, and then the belly closed itself, in the dream Another person hissed to them: I want you to pay for your life.

When the rest of the soldiers woke up the next day, they were stunned for a moment.The belly of the dragon snake that had been cut open was actually intact.

Everyone was so frightened that they rushed to report to their superiors immediately, but the superiors did not believe it. Besides, even if this happened, the dragon snake would not seek revenge on itself, but the soldiers who killed it.So the boss ignored it and reprimanded the sender.

The soldiers were helpless, so they spontaneously built a dragon temple to raise the level of the dragon and snake, and ordered the surrounding villagers to offer incense.At the beginning, the villagers were forced to do so, but who knew that the Dragon Temple was very effective, and gradually became more and more popular. As for why it declined later, it is unknown.

After listening to Tofu, he couldn't help but said: "Is this dragon and snake really so powerful? Could there really be that thing with a human body and a snake tail in this place? In this way, the red-crowned snake king outside doesn't even count farts. Seeing the dragon and snake, That must be called the ancestor!"

(End of this chapter)