249 Shadow of the Night Serpent
"Brother Blue Wolf, we understand." Chu Qiao nodded, no longer caring about the attitude of the blue wolf, after all, they are not people of the same world, and the blue wolf is willing to explain to them, and he can be regarded as a friend.
Although under the bombardment of such powerful firepower, those poisonous snakes were burned to death, but there were still all kinds of poisonous snakes constantly surging towards them, crazy to pounce on the car, so the body kept coming out of the "knock" sound, which was a way for those snakes to curl up and bounce themselves over like springs to attack.
"Brother Asheng, why are these snakes attacking us?!" Chu Qiao turned his head and saw Ah Sheng shrinking back in his seat with an earthy face, and he felt very strange in his heart, I don't know how many snakes there are in this forest, if they continue like this, I am afraid that no matter how new weapons they are, they will not be able to protect them from this forest!
Ah Sheng said in a trembling voice, "We...... We offended the serpent spirit! ”
"Huh?!" Chu Qiao was stunned, "What snake spirit?" When did we offend the snake spirit?! ”
"...... just now," Ah Sheng glanced at the back of the blue wolf and said cautiously, "The one who hit our car was the snake spirit ......."
Chu Qiao didn't see anything hit the car, and he was still puzzled.
The five wolves said with a big grin, "What snake spirit? It's just a snake with a cockscomb! What's there to be afraid of?! ”
"Snake with cockscomb......" Chu Qiao opened his mouth wide in surprise, he hadn't heard of this breed of snake in this forest! Momo, there is a cockscomb snake in this forest? ”
Yun Mojun's face flushed, "Huh...... I haven't researched this! Is there really such a breed as a cockscomb snake? ”
"......" Chu Qiao didn't know if there was a breed of cockscomb snake, but since the five wolves all said that they saw that kind of snake, I'm afraid there really is, right?
"Nope! Not a cockscomb! Ah Sheng, who has always been very afraid of a few wolves, said unexpectedly excitedly this time, "That's the snake spirit!" It's a snake spirit! The last thing the forest can afford to provoke! ”
"Brother Ah Sheng, then tell me, what is going on with this snake spirit?!" Chu Qiao couldn't help but ask, that thing sounded a little weird, after all, being able to attract a group of snakes to attack them was definitely not something that ordinary animals could do!
The five wolves pouted, "Superstition!" Uncle doesn't believe that! ”
"Brother Five Wolves, don't forget about the ghost fog last time." Chu Qiao saw that Ah Sheng was so frightened by the five wolves, and he didn't dare to speak anymore, so he couldn't help but stab the five wolves, and the five wolves immediately stopped talking, but just snorted twice unconvinced.
"Brother Asheng, tell me, what the hell is going on, maybe I can think of a solution to the snakes!" Chu Qiao turned sideways and blocked the figures of the five wolves and the blue wolf, making Ah Sheng relax a little.
"Miss Chu Qiao, maybe in the eyes of the people in your city, the snake spirit is superstitious, at most it is just a strange animal, but in the eyes of our people, the snake spirit is a god!" Ah Sheng said in a low voice, "When I was a child, we heard the old people in the village say that the snake spirit is the resentment of people after death, and if anyone is entangled by the snake spirit, he will definitely die!" It will even summon calamity to the entire village! If you encounter a snake spirit, you have to hide far away, kneel down and pray, and wait for the snake spirit to leave on its own, and you will be able to resolve the disaster! You can't hurt the snake spirit, and if you hurt the snake spirit, you will be retaliated by the snakes! At that time, a respected patriarch in our village once told us a terrible story......"
Ah Sheng was still hesitating to tell it, but this snake spirit had already aroused Chu Qiao's interest, "Brother Ah Sheng, what kind of story, you tell us about it!" ”
The car was about to break out of the encirclement of the snakes, and Ah Sheng saw Chu Qiao's curious appearance, so he couldn't help but speak, "I'm afraid of scaring you, you girls in the city are timid, so don't listen to this story." ”
"I'm not afraid!" Chu Qiao hurriedly said, "I like to hear stories related to resentful spirits and ghosts, Brother Asheng, tell me quickly!" I'm really bold! ”
"Ahem...... Ah Sheng pretended to cough twice, to peek at the reaction of the blue wolf and the five wolves, they didn't seem to stop him from talking, so he said boldly, "That's right, our stockade is called Tulu, and there is another stockade near us called Tuba." There are many more people in Tuba Village than our Tulu Village, which is a big village, with thousands of people, and it is also one of the largest villages in that area. The people in the surrounding villages often robbed the food and women of the surrounding villages, and also kidnapped children as slaves. There are a lot of middle-aged men in Tuba Village, unlike our Tulu Village, there are many old people and women, so every year we in Tulu Village simply send some food and captured prey to Tuba Village, just hoping that Tuba Village will not come to harass us. ”
The law of the jungle is a very normal phenomenon in such a relatively primitive tribe, and Chu Qiao did not make any evaluation.
"However, one year, when we sent food and a few wild boars that we caught, the leader of Tuba Village still took the men in their village and rushed into our village one night with torches!" When Ah Sheng narrated, a look of hatred appeared on his face, "Although I was not born at that time, the old people in our village would curse the people of Tuba Village fiercely when they mentioned this matter, saying that they were a group of beasts!" ”
"Why did they come to loot your stockade when they sent food?" Chu Qiao said puzzledly, "Aren't they satisfied with the food sent?" ”
"No, it's not!" Ah Sheng continued, "It was the leader of Tuba Village who took a fancy to the wife of the leader of our Tulu Village! He's going to snatch our chief's wife back and be his slave girl!" ”
It seems that disputes have been like this since ancient times, not for money, but for women. Men will always treat women as their own personal goods, and if they want to get them, they will grab them.
"The men of Tulu Village resisted desperately, and the people of Tuba Village did not expect that the people of Tulu Village, who have always been submissive, would dare to resist them, so they began to kill people and began to burn our houses!" Ah Sheng continued, "Listen to my grandmother, the beasts rushed into the stockade, slashing everywhere, and there was fire everywhere. She was originally a maid waiting for the chief's wife, she wanted to protect the chief's wife and escape, but the chief's wife did not escape, but walked to the front of the shrine dedicated to the snake spirit and began to pray and curse, she heard it clearly, the chief's wife said that after her death, she could turn into a poisonous snake and bite the enemy's throat! ”
"And then?!" Chu Qiao couldn't help but ask.
"Then the chief's wife went out and begged the leader of the village to stop killing people, and she was willing to go back with him." Ah Sheng continued, "But the leader of Tuba Village still refused to give up, and ordered the leader of our Tulu Village to be killed in front of the leader's wife, and also stripped the leader's wife naked in public, and bullied her. ”
"This blood feud is settled." Chu Qiao said.
Ah Sheng nodded, "Later, although the leader of Tulu Village brought the poor woman back to the village, it didn't take long for her to hear that the woman was dead, and she took advantage of the chief's drunkenness to crush his head with a wooden stick, and then pierced her belly with a wooden arrow. ”
"She's a very strong woman!" Yun Mo couldn't help but say on the side, "She finally avenged herself and her husband's clan." ”
"When we heard the news, we all thought that the people of Tuba Village would soon come to us to take revenge on us, and the rest of the people in the village could not be the opponents of the beasts, and our newly elected leader was ready to take everyone out of that place and find a new place to live. Even if you make a home in the beast pile, it is better than being bullied by the people of Tuba Village! Ah Sheng said, "Before moving away, the new leader sent a person to Tuba Village to inquire about the news, and when the man came back, he told everyone that there was no need to move!" ”
"Why is that?" Chu Qiao couldn't help but ask.
"Because the people of Tuba Village died overnight." When Ah Sheng mentioned this, he didn't use an excited tone, but with a hint of palpitations.
"How is that possible?" Chu Qiao couldn't help but say, "The village of more than a thousand people, all the people died overnight?!" Could it be that they were attacked by a stronger stockade? ”
"No, only Tubazhai is the strongest in our area!" Ah Sheng denied, "The people in our village didn't believe it at the time, so the men in the village had the courage to go to Tulu Village to see what was going on." ”
"What do you see?"
"Those who go back are all blue-faced! Many people are reluctant to mention what they have seen, but they just say that the people in Tuba Village have indeed died overnight, and we don't have to move. "After all, there is a small clear lake in the place where we are settled, which is rare, and there are often some wild beasts that come to the lake to drink, so we can hunt some animals, and there are many fruit trees around the lake, which are enough for us to eat, and we really don't want to move." ”
"Tubazhai, what happened?" Chu Qiao couldn't bear it and asked.
"It's been a long time since this incident happened, and only a few bold people mentioned what they saw in Tubazhai." Ah Sheng lowered his voice, "That's what the clan elder told us, when they were near Tuba Village, they found a foul smell coming from the direction of the village, and when they slowly approached Tuba Village, they could see a carrion corpse lying on the ground with their heads facing outward, those are all people from Tuba Village!" These dead corpses are all black all over, even the blood flowing out is black, and their bodies are covered with large and small wounds that have been bitten by snakes, and the wounds that have been bitten are all rotten. ”
"Killed by a snake?!" Chu Qiao was slightly surprised, the indigenous people who have been living in the forest like this, where they settle down, naturally have their way to prevent snakes and insects, poisonous snakes generally do not appear in places where humans live in groups!
"Yes! It seems that they are ready to run out, but they still haven't escaped the fate of being bitten to death! Ah Sheng continued, "The more they went inside, the more dead bodies they found, and then they went to the inside of Tuba Village and saw corpses everywhere, all of which were bitten to death by poisonous snakes, and in a very short period of time, all the people in the whole village died, and there was not even a single person to collect the corpses!" In the end, it was the leader of our Tulu village who had a big pit dug and threw all the corpses into the pit to bury them. Because we were afraid of the corpse of the snake venom, it eventually turned into a rotting corpse and plagued our stockade. ”
"When the people of our stockade had filled the pit where the dead were buried, and were about to leave, we heard some strange cries, which were different from those of any wild beast in the forest, and were terrifying." Ah Sheng's body trembled, "At that time, they were also frightened, thinking that the people of Tuba Village had turned into ghosts, and when they wanted to escape, they heard the sound of rustling in the forest, and there were many kinds of poisonous snakes around, these snakes, it is not strange to encounter one or two, but now, they are densely entangled and entangled, swimming towards them, and they understand how the people of Tuba Village died." ”
Just when they were desperate to think that they were going to follow in the footsteps of those people in Tubazhai, the snakes stopped advancing, and the snakes in the front were still intertwined with each other, and soon a small mound, a small mound, and from the group of snakes, slowly crawled out of a large multicolored snake with a thick arm, and a large crown of flesh on its head, like a crown. This is the snake spirit! When the people of Tulu Village saw the snake spirit, they involuntarily knelt on the ground and kowtowed to it. It slowly climbed up the 'hill' of activity, and let out a strange cry at the people of Tulu Village, which was exactly what they had just heard. Naturally, they didn't understand what the snake spirit wanted to say, and when they knelt down for a while, they found that the snake spirit actually left with the snakes! And didn't hurt any of them! ”
"Really...... Strange! Chu Qiao couldn't help but say, "Why didn't those snakes hurt the people of Tulu Village, and only bit all the people of Tuba Village to death?" ”
"The snake spirit will not harm good people!" Ah Sheng suddenly raised his voice and said, "As long as we don't offend the snake spirit, the snake spirit will still protect us!" ”
"And then? Have any of you seen the snake spirit in your stockade? Chu Qiao continued to ask, being able to command the snake group, it is very likely that he is the leader of the snake group. However, snakes are not social animals like wolves, and I have never heard of snakes having leaders, so what kind of species are snake spirits?
"My grandma has seen ...... before," Ah Sheng said after a moment's hesitation. My grandmother went to the place where the chief's wife was buried, and saw the snake spirit. My grandma whispered to me that the snake spirit was incarnated by the chief's wife, and it was the one who protected Tulu Village! It was it that commanded the snakes to destroy the Tuba Village, so that the people of the Tulu Village could continue to live! ”
Ah Sheng's story was finished, and the blue wolf also sat back in his seat, although there were still some snakes outside, but they no longer posed a threat to the people in the car.
"We're not heinous people, how can we be targeted by snake spirits? It's weird! Ah Sheng finally added, and Chu Qiao hurriedly gave him a look, not wanting him to continue to talk about it.
The Blue Wolf Mercenary Group can be said to be an organization that works when it is paid, who can guarantee that those who die in their hands will not die innocently?
Ah Sheng's words are a bit taboo.
Ah Sheng also immediately realized that he had said something that he shouldn't have said, and quickly closed his mouth, not daring to say anything more.
The car immediately became dull, and after a while, the blue wolf suddenly spoke, "Even if any unjust souls come to the door, they are looking for us, and they will not affect you!" ”
"Brother Blue Wolf, I didn't mean that." Ah Sheng quickly explained, "Don't get me wrong. ”
Chu Qiao said tentatively, "Just now...... Did we crush a snake spirit? ”
The five wolves said indifferently, "Yes! The strange thing hit the car on its own, and then bounced off, just as it was crushed by the wheels, and immediately turned into a pulp! Maybe that thing is just a mutant species, where is it so mysterious as Ah Sheng said? If it's so mysterious, how can it be crushed to death? ”
"That's right." Yun Mo echoed, "It's just a legend. ”
Ah Sheng didn't dare to refute, but obviously disagreed with the five wolves and Yun Mo's statement, people who had not seen the terrifying scene with their own eyes could not imagine that more than a thousand people were bitten to death, snake venom attacked, and the appearance of pain and struggle even after death remained on that rotten and discolored face. Even the Tulu people who hated Tuba Zhai had finally disappeared from their hatred of Tuba Zhai, and they had already been punished, the most severe punishment.
"Brother Blue Wolf, you can rest first. For the time being, I think the snakes will not be so resigned, the entire forest is their battlefield, maybe at night, ......" Chu Qiao didn't say any more, in fact, everyone had already thought of that, if the snakes attacked again at night, it would be even more difficult for them to deal with it, and the forest shrouded in darkness would be even more difficult to distinguish the trajectory of the snakes' activities!
The blue wolf did not respond, but closed his eyes, and it seemed that he was indeed recuperating.
Chu Qiao also closed his eyes, and the spiritual power on his body flowed, and it seemed that he needed to open the second layer of the ghost pupil's seal.
When the ghost pupil was just unsealed by Chu Yuntian, Chu Qiao was able to see the spirits around him anytime and anywhere, without spending any spiritual power, which was both a good thing and an annoying thing for Chu Qiao, after all, who wanted to see some wandering spirits as soon as they opened their eyes?
With the increase of Chu Qiao's strength, she found that she could also control the ghost pupil as she wanted, on weekdays, when she didn't seal the ghost pupil, she could see some powerful spirits, and she could also see the thick evil qi, and if she used the ghost pupil to check some subtle things, she needed to open the second layer of the realm that she usually used not too much.
When Chu Qiao opened her eyes again, she was keenly aware that there was a black gas behind the car, of course, this black gas was not visible to others.
Chu Qiao couldn't help but turn his head and look towards the black qi, there was a strong resentment in the black qi, which should have formed a yin qi.
It seems that it is indeed a little strange.
Chu Qiao remained silent, thinking about how to crack this thing. Fortunately, both he and Yun Mo carried some psychic things with them, and this thing should not be difficult to deal with.
As night fell, the gloomy aura became thicker and thicker, and there was a faint tendency to cover the entire car.
The wolf ordered the people to stop and set up camp.
Chu Qiao didn't go to help this time, carrying Yun Mo's backpack on his back, and began to wander around the camp.
Seeing this, the blue wolf couldn't help but speak, "Miss Chu, you better stay in the car, although we have snake venom, but not every poisonous snake's venom can be solved!" ”
Chu Qiao smiled, "Brother Blue Wolf, don't worry, I'm measured." ”
Yun Mo on the side also picked up a bag and began to walk around in the other direction.
Seeing the strange behavior of the two, the five wolves were a little puzzled and said, "Chu Qiao, Yun Mo, what are you doing here?" I'm bored and come and help! ”
Ah Sheng couldn't help but say, "Miss Chu Qiao, it's very dangerous, you still listen to Big Brother Wolf!" Snakes may appear when! ”
Chu Qiao said, "Okay, we'll come over right away." As she spoke, she crouched down, took something out of her backpack, and dug it into the ground, dug a small hole, threw it in, and buried it.
Seeing this, the blue wolf didn't speak again, but with his eyes, he instructed the five wolves to twist a sharp dagger and walk around Chu Qiao, helping her cut the deeper weeds around her to check if there were any snakes.
When night fell, Chu Qiao and Yun Mo were finally done, and everyone sat next to the fire and began to make food.
Ah Sheng couldn't help but ask, "Miss Chu Qiao, what were you doing with Mr. Yun Mo just now?" ”
Chu Qiao smiled and said, "Well, I can't say it now, it may be useful later, and you will know when the time comes, anyway, it is to protect us." ”
"Haha, you can protect us by burying some small rocks around?" The five wolves nibbled on the ham and laughed, "Come on, it's better for our machine guns to protect you!" ”
Chu Qiao smiled and said nothing, busy eating, maybe it won't be too peaceful tonight, you have to eat first before you talk!
The three elders of the Yun family naturally knew what Chu Qiao and Yun Mo were doing, although they were very confused, they didn't come over to ask, the young master and the young lady of the Chu family were naturally doing things, and they didn't need to beak out.
After eating, everyone was in no hurry to rest, and it seemed that everyone understood that it was very likely to be attacked by snakes tonight!
Sure enough, it didn't take long for the familiar and creepy sound to sound in the depths of the forest.
"It's really ghostly!" The five wolves scolded, went to the car to get the bazooka, and was about to rush out, but was pulled by the blue wolf, "Don't be busy, wait for them to come!" ”
At this time, Chu Qiao closed her eyes again, and when she opened her eyes again, the blue wolf felt that a strange light seemed to flash in Chu Qiao's dark eyes, and when he looked closely, the strange light disappeared again, and a faint white light seemed to appear on her forehead, I don't know if it was the reason why it was reflected on her face by the bonfire.
Chu Qiao condensed and looked towards the depths of the forest, where clusters of black qi were floating, slowly surging in this direction.
Just as the clumps of black qi approached the formation laid by Chu Qiao and Yun Mo, an invisible wall of light appeared, blocking the black qi that wanted to get closer.
The snakes stopped, hissing outside the barrier, and did not swim any further.
After a while, the cloud of black qi still did not break through the formation arranged by Chu Qiao and Yun Mo, and a strange roar began to come from the depths of the forest, just listening to the sound, it looked like a man and a beast, and it was sad and mournful, and suddenly the whole forest seemed to be quiet, and only the mournful voice was echoing.
A smile slowly appeared on the corner of Chu Qiao's mouth, because she saw that something seemed to be slowly emerging from the depths of the forest.
Can't take it anymore?
Then reveal yourself and let me see what you really are!
A huge snake shadow finally appeared, and when Chu Qiao saw the snake shadow, he couldn't help but be taken aback.
She is not uncommon with ghosts, but she is also a little stunned by the scene in front of her.
Because the head of the snake that looked like it was the size of a bucket was not a snake head, but a human head!
A monster with a human head and a snake body?!
No, you can't say that, because the snake shadow is not real, but something that is transformed!
But why did you turn into such an ugly and disgusting appearance?!
Chu Qiao stared at the snake shadow tightly, no, it should be the human head on the snake.
It was a woman's head.
If you just look at the head, she is a very beautiful woman.
Of course, Chu Qiao didn't know that woman, and he had no way of knowing the identity of that woman.
The woman looked a little dull, her black hair was scattered, and her face was as pale as paper.
Such a monster made Chu Qiao's heart straighten when he saw it, when the white lady first faded her snake skin, she suddenly became a beauty, not like this!
The beautiful head also seemed to notice Chu Qiao's gaze at her, her eyes trembled, and then she also cast her gaze towards Chu Qiao, and the two looked at each other from afar through the thick dark night.
With that kind of gaze, Chu Qiao felt that it was one word - cold.
No wonder there is a legend that a monster with the body of a snake will turn to stone when it is looked at. It seems that it will not turn into stone, but into ice!
After the beautiful head finally confirmed that Chu Qiao could see her, the pair of wooden eyes finally showed a look of surprise, the snake body swayed, and slowly swam in the direction of Chu Qiao, the terrible cry stopped, and the snake group also quieted down, quietly lurking in the grass.
The snake shadow stopped when it was more than a hundred meters away from Chu Qiao, probably feeling the power of the formation and no longer moving forward, but those beautiful eyes were still staring at Chu Qiao.
At this time, Chu Qiao actually smiled and said to the beauty, "There is revenge, there is revenge, there is revenge, no matter how you understand the grievances, you have to make it clear first!" ”