Volume 1: Dou Onmyoji Chapter 23: Poisonous Python

The next day, just after dawn, the dawn cold had not yet retreated, the morning fog had not dispersed, and the hibiscus had already stepped into the mountain.

The Wushan mountain range is continuous, there are many kinds of trees, many strange stones, there are five peaks, there are countless large and small caves, the mountain is rich in medicinal materials, the environment is quiet, and the aura is condensed.

In ancient times, this mountain was favored by many cultivators, especially in the Ming Dynasty, there were many hermits in the mountain, and there were immortals who had attained the Tao.

Until the late Qing Dynasty, when the country declined, many hermits went down the mountain angrily, determined to save the country, not wanting the country to be seriously ill, there was no cure, and they sacrificed these beloved people in vain.

In the anti-Japanese period, the hermits and immortals in the mountains disappeared, although in the early days of modern liberation, there are still cultivators from time to time who work tirelessly to wade through mountains and rivers to find precious medicinal materials, or to sacrifice alchemy pills, or to help themselves practice.

The road into the mountain is not too difficult and difficult to walk, but the distance is a bit long, and the hibiscus walked for two hours before going up a mountain range and officially stepping into the road of Wushan.

Mt. Osan is actually the name of a mountain, this peak is fifty miles to the east, and Hibiscus followed the path indicated by the village chief, and walked for less than half an hour before he saw the location of the peak.

After passing through a jungle and crossing a valley, you came to the foot of the mountain.

This mountain peak looks up from the bottom, the wall stands thousands of miles, towering into the sky, and the momentum is very magnificent.

There is a steep path that leads to the summit, but the Chilian Cave is at the waist of the peak.

This place has a relatively wide flat land, surrounded by many ancient trees, and the entrance to the cave is also large, and when Hibiscus walks here, it is already noon.

She looked at the entrance of the cave, which was oval-shaped, one zhang high and one meter wide, and walked in, the environment was dark and terrifying, and the roof of the cave was densely hung with cone-shaped stone arrows.

The more you go inside, the more chilling it becomes, and suddenly the yin wind hits the body, and the hibiscus can't help but be smart.

She turned her eyes and found that there were traces of people often coming around this Chilian Cave, and she was quite surprised in her heart.

She didn't think much of it, groping her way deeper into the cavern.

She was used to living in caves, and often traveled late at night, so her eyesight had long been adapted to the night, and she could see things more clearly than others, so she could still see the road in the dark without lights.

The structure of the cave was not as complex as the one where she and Faming lived in seclusion, but it was much more eerie.

Moreover, the yin qi here is extremely condensed, which makes Mu Hibiscus always feel as if someone is following behind him.

No matter where it is, where there is a lot of yin qi, if there are not people who hide yin and evil, there are many lonely souls and wild ghosts.

Hibiscus is not afraid of lonely ghosts, she is afraid that there is an evil person hidden in this cave to practice here.

Originally, there was not much certainty about dealing with the poisonous python, but if one more wicked person stopped it, the chances of victory would be even more slim.

As she was thinking, she had reached the end of the cave.

There is a very spacious flat land here, and in the corner of the flat land, there is a deep pit five meters wide, this pit is pitch black, and there is no bottom to be seen, and the hibiscus thinks that the poisonous python is in the deep pit.

She looked around and found that the pit was not naturally formed, but rather man-made.

She frowned, looking at the pit in deep thought.

At this moment, there was a sudden noise in the deep pit.

The noise is small and not easy to hear.

If it weren't for the fact that she was meditating, it would have been hard to hear when her spirit was condensed. He only listened to the "hiss", as if something was inhaling, but Hibiscus quickly heard what kind of monster was making this sound, and this sound must have been sent by a poisonous python.

The poison python is indeed down there.

Under normal circumstances, when a viper is spitting out a message, it is either preparing to attack the enemy or is hungry and needs to find something to eat.

Thinking of this, Mu Hibiscus was trying to find a place to hide his body, and before he could turn around, he first saw a pair of lantern-like eyes that shot out a tragic and fierce light, flashing in the darkness of the deep pit, these fierce eyes gradually approached, and then saw a sharp mouth spitting letters, black lacquer oil, huge snake head.

Before the hibiscus python could spot her, her figure quickly flashed behind a boulder.

At this time, the snake's head was already high above the deep pit, and the snake's body slowly crawled out, only to see it as thick as a bucket, shining with a strange phosphorescence in the dark.

The poisonous python raised its head two feet high, frequently spit out letters, showed its poisonous fangs, sharp as a sword, salivating at the corners of its mouth, and was very hungry.

Its snake body bent and swayed, crawling straight towards the boulder where the hibiscus was invisible.

It turns out that this snake has some spirituality, and as soon as a person comes to the cave, it can smell the breath, and then crawl out of the deep pit to eat people.

It was already asleep, but because it smelled the breath of life emanating from the hibiscus, it immediately woke up, raised its head and spit out the letter, and quickly crawled out of the deep pit.

Hibiscus didn't know what she meant, thinking that the poisonous python hadn't noticed her, but when she reacted, the head of the snake had already come to her, opened its bloody mouth, and wanted to swallow her in one gulp.

Mu Hibiscus was frightened, but he didn't panic, and his body rolled on the spot and went two feet away, but he still broke out in a cold sweat.

She quickly stood up and sacrificed a Shikami, entangled with the poisonous python.

This poisonous python is very good, and it can even spit out poisonous mist.

Hibiscus was shocked, and generally the pythons that can spit out poisonous mist are all Taoist.

She didn't expect that this poisonous python had such a cultivation, and she didn't make any preparations when she came, and now she is in danger, but she can't think of a proper way to deal with it for a while.

Just as she was worried, the poisonous python had already defeated the god she sacrificed, and the snake body jumped and came to her again.

The snake looked so hungry that it seemed to be eager to eat her, and opened its mouth to bite her.

If it weren't for the sensitive and fast body of the hibiscus, I am afraid that I would have been buried in the belly of the poisonous python.

She didn't have any magic weapons on her, Shikishen was not her opponent, and the poisonous python attack was so fierce and fierce that she was in a hurry and in danger.

At this critical juncture, she has given up the purpose of subduing the poisonous python, first to protect herself, and to find a way to escape.

So she sacrificed three gods in a row, tall and mighty, holding a sword and a battle axe, surrounded the poisonous python, the three gods were angry, and they raised their weapons to fight the poisonous python, and for a while the poisonous python was beaten to the head and tail again and again, and there was a tendency to retreat into the deep pit.

Mu Hibiscus did not love war, and after scaring the poisonous python away, he accepted the god general, and immediately escaped from the cave and went down the mountain.

This time, she rashly went into the mountains to look for the poisonous python, although she almost lost her life, but it was not without gain, at least she knew that the poisonous python was not so easy to deal with, she must first come up with a proper way.

When she returned to the village, it was already dark, and Hibiscus returned home, a little hungry, and then she remembered that she had not eaten for a day, and she did not think about it when she came, and did not even bring dry food, and now she realized that she did not know how to get food.

She thought about it and thought about it, and was ready to cheekily go to the village chief's house to eat.

It just so happened that the village chief's family was having dinner, and they were very surprised to see the sudden arrival of hibiscus.

The village chief's family was very enthusiastic about her, and said that they could come to the house for dinner in the future, and Mu Hibiscus was grateful and had a full meal.

Just after dinner, a villager suddenly came to the village chief, his expression was very mysterious, and when he saw the hibiscus, there was a suspicious expression in his eyes.

The village chief also had a worried look on his face, and pulled the villagers outside to talk, and after half an hour, the village chief walked in with a sad face, and Hibiscus couldn't help but ask, "Is something happening in the village?" ”

The village chief glanced at her, shook his head and sighed: "Alas, I won't tell you, in the past year, some people have often disappeared inexplicably in the village, and they can't find it no matter how they find it, some people say that the village may be haunted, and some people say that these missing people may have been eaten by the poisonous snakes in the Chilian Cave at night." Just last night, another man in his thirties disappeared from the village. ”

Mu Hibiscus was shocked for a while, thinking that when she went to Chilian Cave during the day, she found traces of people often entering and leaving, could it be that this is really related to the poisonous python in Chilian Cave? She was silent for a while and said to the village chief: "If you need help, you can come to me at any time!" ”

The village chief smiled: "Then it's troublesome." ”

Mu Hibiscus said: "I should thank you for your hospitality and do my best." ”

Immediately Mu Hibiscus asked about the details of the disappearance in the village, and then went home and went to sleep.