The snakes have retreated, and the crisis has been resolved.

The crowd was frightened repeatedly, and they couldn't support it for a long time, but at this time, they were already safe, and they all collapsed to the ground, panting for breath, and their faces were full of luck and excitement to pick up a life.

The expressions of everyone were seen by Zheng Daochang, and they only heard and said: "Don't think that if you escape this catastrophe, you will be fine in the future." If you continue to act recklessly, the way of heaven will be fair, and there will be a time for destruction. ”

As soon as everyone heard the words of the Taoist, who dared to expose their expressions, quickly restrained themselves, and looked like they were humbly taught.

Yang Congyi surrounded the mountain with the snakes, and until they receded, there were still many incomprehensions. After wiping the blood off his mouth, he asked, "Dao Chief, I have a lot of questions, I wonder if the Chief can help me answer them?" ”

Zheng Dao said: "Lord Yang, please speak." ”

Seeing that the Dao Leader agreed, Yang Congyi asked: "I am afraid that the length of the big snake is more than five zhang, and it can go up to the stone cliff to take our lives when it looks up, but why doesn't it?" ”

Zheng Dao said: "The way of heaven is fickle, the weak are not constant, the strong are not always strong, and bullying the weak is really taboo. There is no difference between the little snake and you, you can kill and injure the little snake, and the little snake can also use its fangs to hurt your life, and the fight between you will not hurt the way of heaven. But the big snake is different, in its eyes, you are all ants, and it can take your life in an instant, it has been cultivating in the mountains for many years, and has some Taoism, and knows a little about the laws of the Heavenly Dao, so it naturally does not dare to kill wantonly, otherwise it will kill itself. ”

"The Tao has a point." But Yang Congyi still had doubts, so he asked again: "The big snake had been hiding in the forest before, and it didn't appear until the Dao Leader made a move, why is this?" ”

"The great snake has been entrenched in this mountain for many years, and the poor road has also settled in this mountain for a long time, and they know each other, and they do not offend each other. Fang only a group of snakes surrounded the mountain, and the poor road knew at a glance that it was behind the blame, and invited it to the charm, but it was just to give it some face, and how did it not know the means of the poor road, and it had no choice but to show up. ”

Yang Congyi listened with infinite emotion, if he has such a cultivation as Daochang Zheng, where can he go in this world? But that's just a thought. He still had doubts in his heart, and asked again: "I was poisoned by a snake before, if it wasn't for the Dao Chief's timely application of medicine, I'm afraid this life would be gone." I don't know why the Taoist just happened to come to this stone cliff? ”

Daoist Zheng looked at Yang Congyi with a little meaning, and then replied: "Most of the snake venom was bled out of the body by you in time, and there is not much snake venom in the body." Besides, Master Yang, you have been practicing Taoist exercises for a few days, and this little snake venom can't hurt your life, it's just a matter of lying down for a few more days. As for why the poor road appeared here, it is the will of heaven, and it is inconvenient to tell the poor road. ”

Yang Congyi couldn't help but be surprised when he heard Daoist Zheng say that he was practicing Taoist exercises, but then he understood why Daoist didn't accept him as a disciple, and said that he would see each other every day and praise him as a Taoist friend. As for his doubts, since the Taoist chief didn't want to say it, and he didn't want to delve into it, it should be considered the will of heaven.

"The siege has been lifted, you should leave the mountain as soon as possible, don't delay here." Zheng Daochang said to Yang Cong again, persuading them to go down the mountain earlier.

Yang Congyi said apologetically: "Don't hide it, we are here to chase the fugitives, and I heard from the villagers that there are people living on this Panlong Mountain, so we came here." I wonder if there are other people staying on this mountain besides the two Taoist masters? ”

"The bandits on the mountain have left many years ago, and there is no one else in this mountain except for the two poor masters and apprentices."

"Thank you, Chief. I stopped for a while, rested for a while, and then went down the mountain and left. ”

"It's fine. Qingchen, you take Yang Shizhu to get some water. Seeing that everyone's lips were chapped and there was nothing around them, Zheng Daochang thought that he had suffered a lot from the mountain, and he couldn't bear it, so he ordered his apprentice to fetch water.

Yang Congyi was overjoyed and thanked him. As soon as I saw that the crowd was catching fast, I remembered that a few fast runners were still ahead, so I ordered a few people and asked them to go up the mountain to find them. Seeing that those few were catching fast, he reluctantly went up the mountain slowly, and then he walked to the side of the Qingchen Daoist and said, "I'm tired."

Qingchen Dao Chang put away the package, turned around and walked to the right side of the stone cliff, Yang Congyi followed, turned a corner, and the two disappeared.

After a short time, Yang Congyi saw that there was no way forward.

The stone cliffs that had been recessed into the mountains suddenly protruded in front of them, and there was no place to stand. Under the stone cliff is a cliff, but the bottom of the cliff is green, and the forest can't really be seen, and I don't know how high it is.

Looking up into the distance, I saw a round of red sun rising from the mountains in front of me, shining brightly, and the mountains were bathed in boundless glow, adding a bit of beauty and vitality.

The rising sun, the warm sunlight shines on the body, directly dispels the inner darkness and uneasiness, the breeze blows the face, a burst of coolness, the eyes are bright and the heart is bright, the mountain air, sweet and delicious, unbridled, after a few times, the turbidity is gone, and the body is as light as a swallow.

Yang Congyi stood on the edge of the cliff at this time, bathing in the sun, blowing the mountain breeze, breathing fresh air, forgetting all his troubles for a while, only feeling that he was integrated into nature and comfortable.

I don't know how long it took before I suddenly remembered that I still had something to do. When I turned my head to look, I saw that the Qingchen Dao Chief was also standing on the edge of the cliff, looking into the distance, as if he was outside a wandering object, and he didn't dare to disturb.

But when they thought of it, everyone hadn't drunk water for a long time, and they were afraid that they wouldn't be able to last long, and there was no trace of water here, so they had to ask aloud: "Qingchen Dao Chief, this road is blocked, where can we get water?" ”

Qingchen Dao Chang was disturbed by Yang Congyi, came back to his senses, and for a while, he didn't hear what Yang Congyi said, but when he saw that the road ahead was blocked, he remembered this task.

I saw her turn around and walk to the side of the mountain, stretched out her hand to take out a palm-sized stone, and then said to Yang Congyi: "There is a stone cave behind here, and there is water in the hole." ”

When Yang Congyi heard this, he didn't wait for the Qingchen Daoist to make a move, and hurriedly stepped forward to remove all the stones at the entrance of the cave, and sure enough, he saw a stone cave more than half a person high, but it was a little dark inside.

At this time, I heard the chief of the dust road say again: "Walk ten steps, there is light, you can see the pool, and there is a wooden barrel next to it." ”

Yang Congyi flashed in, the hole was indeed very dark, but the ground was quite flat, did not take a few steps, turned a corner, and saw the bright light shining directly into the hole, looking outside the cave, you can see the green mountains in the distance, and there seems to be flat ground on the side of the cave. Go up a few steps again, you can see that there is a reservoir on the side of the cave, the mountain spring water drips from the rock wall, "dingding" sounds straight, falls into the pool, on the side of the pool, there are two wooden barrels.

This should be the hermitage of the two Taoist masters, Yang Congyi resisted the curiosity to go and talk about it, grabbed a bucket and filled half a bucket of water in the pool, filled it with another bucket, and quickly carried the wooden bucket full of water and returned the same way.

When he came out of the cave, he saw the chief of the Qingchen Dao standing aside.

"Dust Clearing Dao Chief, do you want to plug this hole?" Yang Congyi put the bucket down and asked.

"Plug it, I don't know when I'll come back when I'm going down the mountain this time." The head of the Qingchen Road replied thoughtfully.

Yang Congyi consciously moved the stones back to their original places and put them away, and then said, "Qingchen Dao Chief, please." ”

"Master Yang first." The dust clearing path flashed to the side.

Yang Congyi didn't say anything polite, picked up the barrel and quickly returned to the stone cliff.

When the people were hungry and thirsty, when they saw the water coming, they gathered around them, holding the water in their hands, swallowing it in large gulps, completely ignoring whether their own hands were clean or not, whether other people's hands were clean, where could they care at this time?

Yang Congyi didn't bother to stop it, let them go.

"Master Yang, this matter is over, you remember to leave the mountain as soon as possible, and the poor Dao master and apprentice will take the first step. If he is destined for the day, let him see him again. When Daoist Zheng saw that Daoist Qingchen was back, he said goodbye.

Yang Congyi hurriedly said: "The Taoist chief does not know the return date, he is very kind, there is no way to repay him, please accept the boy's worship!" He hurriedly knelt down and bowed down.

Zheng Daochang couldn't stop it, but sighed and said, "Why bother. Stretched out his hand to help Yang Congyi up, then hugged his fists and saluted, saying, "Don't leave it here." "Turn and leave.

Yang Congyi got up and saw him off deeply, and said in his mouth: "If the Taoist chief goes to Huaining, you can go to the government to find me." ”

Qingchen Dao Chang returned the salute, did not say a word, and turned around although the master went down the mountain and left.

Yang Congyi watched the two Dao Masters disappear into the verdant forest, and felt an indescribable loss in his heart. This is not afraid that there will be a day of never seeing each other again, just like the Taoist chief who taught his exercises in the prison of Taihu County, even if he is in a city, it is rare to see each other, not to mention the vastness of the world and the travel in all directions?

I owe another kindness, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to repay it in this life.

The hunters on the mountain were quickly and successfully recovered, and although those people were also chased by many snakes, they ran as fast as they could, almost all of them ran to the top of the mountain. When the catchers under the mountain quickly found them, they knew that the snakes had retreated, and they didn't believe it before, but they didn't believe it until they told the fast catchers about the way chief retreated the snakes.

The catchers escaped death, and they were afraid of the Panlong Mountain under their feet, after all, no one knew if the big snake that had become a spirit would come back, and the Taoist chief went down the mountain first. Therefore, after retrieving the scattered catchers, they did not make any stops, went down the mountain the same way, returned to the camp, and quickly packed up their things and left.

Although there was a debate about whether to go north or east, in the end everyone decided to listen to Yang Congyi, after all, he was the leader of everyone. Yang Congyi's decision was to continue eastward, walk for another day, and then go north to join the catchers of Tong'an County.

After walking through the forest, and then encountering snakes blocking the way, everyone was afraid, and they would detour if they could, and if they couldn't detour, they would be cautiously driven away, and they would no longer dare to kill indiscriminately, let alone cook snake soup, it is estimated that these catchers will not dare to drink snake soup in their lives.

All the way to the east, everyone traveled very fast in the first half of the day, and they all wanted to stay away from Panlong Mountain as soon as possible, but in the second half of the day, they were slow and relaxed.

Chased by a snake in the middle of the night, I didn't sleep well, and I was afraid in the first half of the day, so I could walk for half a day, and now I am far away from Panlong Mountain, and my spirit is relaxed, so I naturally can't lift my feet. The snake venom in his own body was not completely removed, and the necessary rest was also very important. So Yang Congyi ordered to camp on the spot to rest, and by the way, wait for the catchers of the cat's ear hole and the bluestone cliff.

I don't know what's going on with them, but don't let the situation go wrong.

Yang Congyi was too worried, waited for a long time, and on the afternoon of the second day, the others followed the marks they left.

No one was hiding in the cat's ear piercing, and they didn't dare to go deeper, and the journey was quite smooth. When they heard what happened to the people in front of them, they were amazed, and regretted that they didn't have a chance to see the snake fairy. Those who had seen the snake fairy sneered at them and spoke coldly and sarcastically.

After everyone converged, they traveled all the way north for another two days, but there were still no clues on the road.

However, after meeting with Tong'an County, I got good news.