Chapter 127: Temple
"Don't toss around, we're here to hunt, not to explore, what are you tossing these things for, isn't it a waste of energy?" Da Lei said impatiently.
Da Lei didn't speak, walked to Shangguan Ruixin's side, also took out a dagger from his waist, and began to chop those hard branches.
Seeing this scene, Da Lei was a little stunned, but quickly reacted and walked over, "Is there anything to explore, I think it's quite interesting." β
After that, he quickly took aside the branch cut by Da Lei, and then showed a smile at Da Lei, but to his disappointment, Da Lei didn't even look at him.
It is said that a woman's face becomes faster than a book, but I didn't expect Da Lei's face to become faster than a woman.
It's so hot now, at least forty degrees Celsius, Shangguan Ruixin is not in the mood to talk nonsense with Da Lei, his movements have become more agile than before, he just wants to see what this thing is quickly, and then find a cool place to rest.
The most important thing is that I am so thirsty now, and I am still very hungry, I haven't eaten for a day and a night, and no one can stand it.
After cleaning the surrounding branches, what appeared in front of me was a stone carving, which was estimated to have been carved for a long time, and the water chestnuts on the stone carving were basically corroded by rain or weathered. The outline was a little unclear, and I couldn't tell what it was.
"What is this?" Da Lei looked at as he walked away.
Da Lei said coldly, "This is a sculpture. β
Hearing Da Lei say this, Da Lei immediately responded, "Yes, yes, this must be a lizard sculpture, I agree with Da Lei's point of view." β
After that, he continued, "There are many folk legends about lizards, all of them are some strange things, and there are also legends of lizard fairies, I heard when I was a child, and it is not surprising that the villagers in the town worship lizards as mountain gods. β
Shangguan Ruixin took a careful look, it didn't feel like a lizard, what it was, Shangguan Ruixin couldn't see clearly.
"It's a python. Wang Yingying glanced at Da Lei and said happily, "In this generation, there was a legend about the python autumn rain. And if you look at the head of the sculpture, it is obviously much more slender, and the proportion of the head varies greatly, only a python will grow like this. β
"Python?" Shangguan Ruixin looked at Wang Yingying with a curious expression, but what he didn't expect was that since she knew so much, she began to worship a little in her heart.
After Wang Yingying saw Shangguan Ruixin's gaze, a charming smile appeared on her face, but her face soon became solemn, " This story happened in the Republic of China, when there was a great drought in Daling Mountain, a fire burned Daling Mountain for three days and three nights, just when the villagers in the town were ready to flee from here, they immediately saw a huge snake standing on the top of the opposite mountain, like a small mountain, the golden light flashed on the body, waving his hand and grabbing a loud roar towards the sky, the original clear sky, immediately between the dark clouds, a heavy rain swept the entire Daling Mountain, the fire was extinguished, the villagers returned to the village, and when they got up the next day, they found that the trees that were originally burned to the bottom were not clear when they had grown, and Daling Mountain was restored as beforeγ β
"The villagers thought that the python had descended to save Daling Mountain, and immediately the villagers built a lot of python temples in the town, worshipping pythons for generations. The villagers swore an oath and made a village rule, no one in the village was allowed to harm the python, but to worship it like a god, and all the natural enemies of the python were killed, even the guard dog was no exception. β
"A few years later, the whole village became a paradise for pythons, and everywhere was crawling with pythons. A few years later, there was a terrible epidemic in the village, and with the medical conditions at the time, there was no way to deal with these diseases, as a result, most of the people in the village died, and the remaining villagers who did not die also fled, and the town was abandoned. β
Listening to Wang Yingying's words, Shangguan Rui Xinming looked at it, no wonder such a big town would be deserted, it was all caused by pythons.
Ignorance and superstition are the real bane.
"Miss, although what you said is the same as the truth, I still agree with Da Lei's statement, this is not a python, but a lizard. Da Lei said, and glanced at Da Lei as if flattering.
As a result, all Da Lei got was a cold gaze.
The door of the lobby was open, Shangguan Ruixin helped Wang Yingying and walked in directly, after entering the inside, he found that the lobby was indeed very wide, about fifty or sixty square meters, and in the position of the head, there was a sculpture, which was covered with a huge red cloth, and there was a lot of dust stuck on the red cloth, which looked a little dull and white.
On either side of this large sculpture, there are four sculptures on each side, all of which are covered with red cloths, so it is impossible to see what they are.
"What is this?" Shangguan Ruixin took off the yellow paper talisman on the small sculpture next to it, and studied it carefully.
"This is supposed to be an exorcism charm. Shangguan Ruixin confirmed that he was an atheist and did not believe that there were ghosts and gods in this world, so he didn't dare to be interested in these yellow paper talismans at all, so he threw them directly to the ground, and his eyes fell on the sculptures that were covered by red cloth again.
Shangguan Ruixin uncovered the red cloth on one of the sculptures, and what appeared in front of him was a python sculpture about one meter high, the appearance of this python was like the legend, standing upright, standing upright, showing a long roar in the sky, looking mysterious and abnormal.
Wang Yingying is right, the sculpture is indeed a python, judging from the posture of these pythons, the story that Wang Yingying said is true, the villagers from worshipping these pythons, to being afraid of these pythons, using a red cloth to cover the sculptures of these pythons, the result is still useless, and the people in the village are dying one after another.
Da Lei was a little embarrassed, "These are just your guesses, maybe these sculptures are lizards that look like pythons." β
Now the evidence is conclusive, what I didn't expect was that Da Lei would argue, probably if he didn't want to win Da Lei's favor. Shangguan Ruixin glanced at Da Lei, then grinned and smiled, "Come on! Whether it's a python or a lizard, it's the same for us." β
"It's getting late, we need to get some game. β
Shangguan Ruixin said, walked to Wang Yingying's side, and was about to walk outside with Wang Yingying, but as soon as he took two steps, he immediately inadvertently saw a gray thunder flash outside the door, and soon disappeared from sight.
"What is that?" Shangguan Ruixin began to be vigilant, he just saw it in a trance, and he didn't see it really.
Da Lei, Wang Yingying, Da Lei also saw it.
"We won't be meeting a python, this is the territory of the python, we rushed in, it is probably angry, or wants to keep us here as its company!" Da Lei said mysteriously, and when he said this, he kept laughing.
"Stop, whatever it is, it has nothing to do with us, get out of here. Shangguan Ruixin changed his face and said, he didn't believe that there was any python in this world, it was estimated that some kind of animal had just passed by here, which was the biggest possibility.
"You can't be scared, right?" Da Lei showed a smile, walked to Shangguan Ruixin's side, patted Shangguan Ruixin's shoulder, and said with a smile, "You guys are waiting here, no matter what it is, I'll catch it for you." β
Before Shangguan Ruixin could dissuade him, Da Lei took out a dagger, ran outside, and soon disappeared into the courtyard.
You can't leave the thunder behind, you can only wait for him here.
A few minutes later, there was a sound of fighting outside, which sounded fierce.
Shangguan Ruixin couldn't sit still, stood up from the ground, and said to Wang Yingying and Da Lei, "You stay here, don't go anywhere, I'll go out and have a look." β
After walking into the courtyard, Shangguan Ruixin walked in the direction of the sound, and after passing through a fence, a courtyard appeared in sight, this courtyard was larger than the courtyard in front, and the difference was that there were not too many weeds growing in this courtyard, and it seemed that there were often animals moving here.
At this moment, Da Lei was standing in the courtyard, holding a dagger in his hand, and his expression was full of thick murderous aura.
Standing opposite Da Lei was a huge-looking animal, and when he saw the animal's appearance clearly, Shangguan Ruixin was stunned and a little distracted in surprise.
This is a very long large snake, on the top of the head, a pair of green eyes are staring at the thunder, and the sharp teeth, exposed outside the lips, drops of saliva continue to flow out of the sharp teeth and drip to the ground.
If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Shangguan Ruixin would never have believed that there would be such a big snake in this world, and it is estimated that he would have broken the Gillis record.
"I'm still stunned for what, why don't you hurry over and help. Da Lei shouted at Shangguan Ruixin.
The shout of the big thunder attracted the attention of the giant snake, a pair of copper bell-sized, green eyes looked towards Shangguan Ruixin, and let out an angry roar from his mouth, and his huge body turned and pounced towards Shangguan Ruixin, the speed was so fast that Shangguan Ruixin didn't even have time to react.
"Poof!"
Shangguan Ruixin was thrown to the ground by the giant snake, and his sharp teeth bit at Shangguan Ruixin's neck, only then did Shangguan Ruixin react, clenched the dagger in his hand, and stabbed it towards the throat of the giant snake, and then rolled his body to the side, dodging the sharp teeth of the giant snake.
The dagger of Shangguan Ruixin just now stabbed a deep blood mark on the shoulder of the giant snake, and the bright red blood spurted out like spring water.
"Are you okay!" Da Lei ran over to this side, worried that this giant snake would attack Shangguan Ruixin again, and immediately helped Shangguan Ruixin up from the ground, staring at the angry giant snake, "This guy can't be a python!"
"It doesn't seem like it!" Da Lei's expression gradually stiffened.
Shangguan Ruixin looked at that thing, it really didn't look like it, there were dense leaves around that thing, and he would have been wrong before, even now, he could only faintly see some outlines.
After getting a little closer, Shangguan Ruixin pulled out the dagger from his waist, and then stretched his neck to look under the leaves.