Chapter 45: The Evolution of Snakes
Which snake was it that surprised Zhao Ping'an's medical treatment? It did not wave Zhao Ping'an for a bite like the snake before, but kept struggling in Zhao Ping'an's hand, as if he wanted to break free from Zhao Ping'an's hand.
Zhao Ping'an found the snake and tentatively put it on the ground, and then quickly retreated two steps.
The snake really crawled a few steps on the ground as Zhao Ping'an had expected, found a direction that was contrary to Zhao Ping'an, and crawled away without looking back.
Why is this snake different from the previous snakes, so afraid of itself, and the cold touch of ordinary snakes is different from the cold touch in the hand, this snake is actually warm.
There were also many snakes crawling nearby, looking at Zhao Ping'an with fierce eyes, Zhao Ping'an caught two more snakes, but the reaction of these two snakes was the same as the snake just now, they didn't dare to attack Zhao Ping'an, they just wanted to escape.
Zhao Ping'an compared the different reactions of these snakes, and had a vague idea in his heart.
Maybe it was because Zhao Ping'an ate the snake gall of a snake, and the snakes were afraid of the snake gall on Zhao Ping'an's body, so they avoided it.
Since these snakes are not threatening to him for the time being, Zhao Ping'an doesn't pay too much attention to it, and the primary purpose now is to get ginseng.
The place where the ginseng grows is marked on the map, and Zhao Ping'an found a flat meadow according to the illustrations and landmarks.
The leaves of the ginseng were obvious, and Zhao Ping'an picked a few plants with a relatively long age and pulled them out and put them in his backpack.
The process of digging ginseng is very dull, not as thrilling as on the road, Zhao Ping'an dug a lot, and also shed the seeds that grew in the second year, and then wanted to go down the mountain and leave.
But as soon as he straightened his body, the snakes on the trees and on the road all paid attention to Zhao Ping'an's body.
Only then did Zhao Ping'an realize that those snakes were actually following behind him silently.
There are so many snakes, so that anyone who sees them can't help it, the cold hair stands upright, and Zhao Ping'an is also a little worried in his heart, especially since these snakes are all poisonous snakes.
took two steps in the direction of the mountain, and those snakes followed Zhao Ping'an step by step, Zhao Ping'an continued to walk down, but found that those snakes surrounded him.
Could it be that he didn't want to let himself go down the mountain at these times? Zhao Ping'an suddenly thought of this, maybe he stood still in place, and those snakes didn't move.
Zhao Ping'an took two more steps forward, and the amplitude of those snakes approaching was even greater.
Now it seems that they can only continue to move forward, if they insist on going their own way, these snakes may not necessarily do anything.
The snakes watched with satisfaction as Zhao Ping'an rotated one hundred and eighty degrees and walked back to the place where the ginseng grows.
But the purpose of the snakes, Zhao Ping'an has not yet figured it out, so he can only take one step at a time.
Zhao Ping'an scolded and walked forward aimlessly, stepping on the creaking snow under his feet, but suddenly Zhao Ping'an stepped on a hard thing.
When I looked down, it was a white stone-like thing, and when I took it out, I recognized it as a human bone, frozen and hard.
Zhao Ping'an continued to dig down and found bits and pieces of bones.
Putting the bones together, it was the bones of a man, the skull was gone, only the torso and limbs could barely be pieced together.
Next to the corpse was a cluster of huge ginseng leaves, and it could be seen from the leaves that this person was not small, and the year was definitely not short.
Was the purpose of the snakes driving themselves here for the bones of this person or for the ginseng? Zhao Ping'an couldn't figure it out.
After looking down and observing carefully for a long time, Zhao Ping'an found that this corpse was a man in the prime of life before his death, and there were still the remains of clothes that had not been completely weathered on his hands and feet.
Adhering to the idea of entering the earth for peace, Zhao Ping'an gathered up the sophistication, like giving this person who died I don't know how many years ago in this vast snowy mountain, but when he converged on the clothes, Zhao Ping'an found a thin notebook in the man's pocket.
The cover of the notebook is made of hard shell, so the contents inside are well preserved, Zhao Ping'an opened it and took a look, and what was recorded in it was actually the things on Changbai Mountain.
What is the identity of this person? Zhao Ping'an squatted down with this idea and looked at this notebook carefully, and finally found that this person was actually an elder of the previous medical sect, that is, Zhao Ping'an's master, Zhao Liuzhi, his junior brother.
There are only six elders in one sect, corresponding to six secret scrolls, and this elder was an elder who used poison during his lifetime.
It seems that he can be regarded as his predecessor, Zhao Ping'an held this idea and donated three bows to this elder.
Turning to the end of the note, Zhao Ping'an finally discovered that the reason why the elder died here inexplicably was because there was a huge change in a sect more than 20 years ago, and the reading of the scriptures was also lost in that change.
After the poison scripture was snatched away, those people refused to let go of the elder, and in a panic, the elder relied on his familiarity with Changbai Mountain and ran to the depths of Changbai Mountain.
But after walking near here, he was bitten by a snake, and he was poisoned to fifteen and eleven, so before he died, he had to write this notebook with the idea that it could be discovered by future generations.
Zhao Ping'an saw what was recorded in this notebook and knew that this group of snakes turned out to be reptiles that accidentally migrated here from the hot area, and their strong adaptability allowed them to evolve into two species, one of which is relatively rare, with fangs in the mouth and a single display, but the only drawback is that they can hibernat, and most of them have become homeothermic animals, and will never hibernate again.
These two branches of snakes work in harmony with each other, and the venomous snake goes in search of food without the venomous snake to help the former survive hibernation.
And this differentiation is not consistent, these snakes are all poisonous snakes from birth, but as long as these poisonous snakes eat ginseng, they will become non-venomous snakes, and those who can resist the temptation of life to themselves can still grow up is the entire community, the well-deserved leader.
But the strangest thing is that snakes have a low IQ, but they have the same intrigue as humans, and these non-venomous snakes don't seem to be crawling on their heads by venomous snakes, so they try their best to let these poisonous snakes also come to the place where ginseng grows, just hoping to make them the same species as themselves.
The reason why they are so inspired by peace is because they regard Ping'an, who eats the gall of a poisonous snake, as a poisonous snake, and want to lure him to eat ginseng.
Seeing those non-venomous snakes looking at him with anticipation, Zhao Ping'an couldn't cry or laugh, dug up the largest ginseng, and walked down the mountain with the bones of his ancestors.
None of those snakes dared to step forward to stop them, so they could only watch Zhao Ping'an descend the mountain.
The rest of Chen Tianya and Hua Nai were walking around the courtyard with anxious faces, because the usual journey up the mountain was no more than a day, but Zhao Ping'an had almost reached noon the next day when he went up this time, and if Zhao Ping'an didn't show up, Hua Nai would have to go up the mountain to find it.
Just when the two were trying to find Zhao Ping'an, Zhao Ping'an had already appeared in front of the two with a full load.
"Ping'an, you have gained a lot this time, big bags and small packages. Chen Tianya smiled on his face, patted Zhao Ping'an's backpack, and found that it was not the touch of ginseng, but as if Zhao Ping'an was carrying a bag of stones.
Zhao Ping'an shook his head, put his backpack on the ground, and said to Chen Tianya, "I found our senior uncle on the mountain. ”
Chen Tianya was stunned for a moment, looked down at his backpack, and said in a slur manner, "Uncle Shi, he is an old man...... Is it right here?"
Zhao Ping'an nodded solemnly, and very respectfully collected the bones and handed them over to Hua Nai for burial.
Zhao Ping'an handed over his life to Chen Tianya, and then went back to study the notebook by himself.
The most precious thing on the note is not the introduction of the Changbai Mountain Snake Fist, but a few words of understanding of the Poison Sutra, which is exactly what Zhao Ping'an needs at the moment.
The Poison Sutra was lost more than twenty years ago, which means that this elder must have been in contact with the real Poison Sutra, and the fake Poison Sutra he found could not confirm the authenticity of the contents inside, so Zhao Ping'an did not dare to believe the contents rashly.
It was also recorded in the notebook that there was a magical pattern behind the Poison Sutra, and he didn't understand the content of the pattern until he died, so he wrote this regret at the end of the notebook.
At this time, Zhao Ping'an's mind appeared again with the strange lines behind the decoction secret scroll, and he was also puzzled in his heart.
At this time, Chen Tianya took his decoction and placed it on Zhao Ping'an's table
"You take this first, I've read all the content in it, everyone is a senior brother, it doesn't matter if you read it. ”
Zhao Ping'an took it, and his heart was extremely moved.
The difference between the sects in one sect is relatively rigorous, even Zhao Liuzhi only studied the Poison Sutra back then, and did not read other secrets, Chen Tianya made an exception this time to show Tang Yao the secret scroll to himself, which was really a great sacrifice.
After studying for two days, Zhao Ping'an consciously didn't look at the contents of the secret scroll, but only looked at the lines on his back.
But in the end, I didn't see any results.,Wearing me is actually a photo of water and fire.,It's a heated method.,I once put it in the water.,It's different from what I imagined.,The lines behind the dense scroll are still so meandering.,No clues appeared.。
Just when Zhao Ping'an was a little annoyed, Chen Tianya suddenly interrupted Zhao Ping'an's retreat.
"Tianya, come out quickly, I made a bucket of medicinal soup with ginseng on the mountain, this thing can increase people's physique and strengthen the body, I have tried it very well, you can also try it." ”
Zhao Ping'an knew that Chen Tianya was worried that he would be harmed by staying on the mountain for so long, so he didn't refuse, so he took off his clothes and jumped into the medicine barrel.
The temperature of the medicinal bath was slightly higher than the human body temperature, and Zhao Ping'an fell asleep while lying down.