Chapter 10: The Withered Python
After leaving the house and skillfully climbing on the back of the big ash, Chen Yuan was relieved. When he got home yesterday, he thought that if he said that he was going to Xingchen Lake, his parents would be desperate to stop him, so he could only make up a false reason, saying that Da Ash knew a spirit beast in the forest in the south, and the spirit beast wanted to see him, but because of the long distance, he might not be able to come back that day.
Originally, such a flawed lie was difficult to convince, but perhaps because Chen Yuan had never panicked with his parents, Mu Qingfeng and his wife, who had always trusted Chen Yuan, did not inquire carefully, but kept telling him to be careful on the road. Chen Yuan wiped a handful of non-existent sweat on his forehead, and secretly decided in his heart that he would never do such a deceitful thing in the future, which was really unacceptable to people's conscience.
Two hours later, a man and a wolf came to the outermost part of Xingchen Lake, under a big tree, there is a stone stele, which is engraved with three big characters of "Xingchen Lake", the stele is one person high, and the moss is all over it, but because the three words are carved and dyed with red lacquer, it is particularly eye-catching. Next to the stele is a sign that reads, "The forbidden land of Xingchen Lake, infested with fierce beasts, dangerous and abnormal, do not enter!" In order to make people see it more clearly, the font is also bright red. Chen Yuan stood in front of the stele and glanced at it, greeted with a big ash, and passed by the stele and stepped into the range of the forbidden land Xingchen Lake.
Entering the range of Xingchen Lake, the nerves of one person and one wolf suddenly tensed, after all, there are many crises here, no better than the outside world. Chen Yuan and Da Ash's travel speed slowed down significantly, one left and one right guarded, and the speed was not much faster than normal people walking.
They couldn't help but be nervous, on the one hand, the name of the forbidden place of Xingchen Lake was loud, coupled with the description of the old ape, so that Chen Yuan and Da Ash had a high estimate of the danger here. On the other hand, it comes from the oppression of the environment, the trees here are unusually tall, the sunlight passes through the thick canopy, and only some mottled light leaks out, and the surrounding weeds and vines are overgrown, but it is strangely quiet and abnormal, not at all the insects and birds in the ordinary forest, and the silence makes people panic.
According to the location that the old ape told Chen Yuan, passing by the stone tablet, and nearly eighty miles to the southeast, you can find the red jade vermilion fruit tree where the old ape picked the fruit. Another two hours passed, and Chen Yuan and Da Ash only advanced about twenty miles to their destination. Chen Yuan calculated the time, the heart can't go on like this, you have to increase your speed, otherwise you are likely to spend the night outside the forbidden land of Xingchen Lake, which is a difficult challenge for yourself and Da Ash, who knows if this Xingchen Lake will have any different changes at night, so you must avoid staying overnight here.
Thinking of this, Chen Yuan gritted his teeth and told Big Ash to increase his speed. The distance of sixty miles was nothing to Chen Yuan, he did not let the big ash take him, but let the big ash follow behind him. An hour after speeding up, Chen Yuan finally saw the red jade vermilion fruit tree that the old ape had said. But he didn't know that as they sped through a thicket, they were already being watched by a pair of eyes.
"This is the Ruby Fruit Tree?" Chen Yuan muttered as he looked at a dwarf tree in front of him that was not too tall. The tree in front of Chen Yuan's eyes was only three meters tall, which was an outlier in a forest full of towering trees. There is nothing special about the whole tree, except that the leaves are pale red, the leaves are broad, and the lines on them are clearly visible. If it weren't for the bright color of the leaves, Tatsumoto might have treated it as an ordinary dwarf shrub.
However, to Chen Yuan's surprise, on the crown of the fruit tree, Chen Yuan saw five fruits with bright red colors and crystal like jade. I still remember that the old ape told him that the sign of the ripeness of the red jade vermilion fruit is the color, which is white when it first bears fruit, and then the color will slowly turn red over time, and when the fruit becomes completely bright red, then the fruit is ripe. If no one picks it, the fruit will automatically wither after a month and the nutrients will be reabsorbed by the tree. But once picked, it can be immortalized for twenty years when it is held in jade.
Running up the tree, Chen Yuan used the method taught by the old ape to gently break the part of the red jade vermilion fruit connected to the crown, one by one put the fruit into the baggage he carried with him and packed it, jumped off the fruit tree, his heart was full of excitement, five red jade vermilion fruit was enough to support the consumption of the test, originally I just wanted to take one, it was really an unexpected joy!
Just when Chen Yuanle was about to beckon the big gray home, a sudden change occurred. A huge black shadow rushed towards Chen Yuan like a sharp arrow, and this moment was when Chen Yuan's mind was most relaxed. At this time, the big gray moved, and he knocked out the somewhat stunned Chen Yuan at the last moment, and he appeared within the attack range of the black shadow. Only then did Tatsu Yuan see what the black shadow that attacked him was.
The body was the same color as the withered yellow weeds around it, covered with fine scales, and the incomparably vicious vertical pupils flashed with a fierce light, the triangular head was like a spearhead sticking straight into the big gray chest, the mouth was wide open, the upper and lower jaws were very open, the sharp fangs flashed cold, and a forked tongue was swallowing back and forth. This is a withered python!
"When" the withered scale python bit down on Big Ash's chest, making a sound similar to the clashing of gold and iron, and the huge impact knocked Big Ash to the ground. "Big Ash!" Chen Yuan saw that Big Ash was bitten by a withered scale python in order to save himself, and his eyes instantly turned red. He is well aware that while most pythons are non-venomous, the exception is the withered scale python, which has venom glands, and its poison is peculiar and domineering. After the prey is bitten by a wilted python, the muscles will gradually become paralyzed and stiff from the bite wound, and after a period of time, the prey will be unable to move, and finally die due to the lack of blood supply to the brain due to the cardiac arrest. This kind of snake is extremely insidious, often lurking in the prey must pass through, waiting for the opportunity to move, only one bite and immediately retreat, the prey is frightened and flees will accelerate the erosion of toxins, and wait until the prey is completely dead, the wilted scale python will slowly find the prey that has been poisoned, enjoy their own delicious meal. Therefore, it is also known as the "hunter who lurks in the shadows"
Chen Yuan, who was knocked away, deftly changed his posture in the air, and after landing, he flicked on the spot, and went straight to the withered scale python, and the terrifying force stepped on the ground with two inches of footprints. Although there is no internal force, many moves cannot be used, but where is Yan Huang? As a product of China's last martial arts and Taoism sect alliance, Chen Yuan, who has been inheriting martial arts for many years, has learned a lot. He took advantage of the momentum to blast a punch to the withered scale python, only to see his right fist with the waist as the axis, the force from the shoulder, the heart of the fist from top to bottom in a spiral blast, like a cannon, mighty like a tiger, is the most explosive tiger cannon fist in Xingyi boxing.
Because all the strength of the withered scale python was used in this blow, it was in the stiff stage where the old force had gone to the new force and had not yet been born, so it was too late to dodge, so it was hit in the center of the head by Chen Yuan's punch. Under the action of the huge force, the withered scale python subconsciously let go of the mouth biting the big gray chest, and most of its body was swung up by Chen Yuan's punch.
After repelling the withered python, Chen Yuan hurriedly checked the big ash's injuries. "Woo" Big Ash stood up from the ground, shook the dust off his body, and signaled that Chen Yuan was fine. Looking at the four deep tooth marks on the mane on the big gray chest, Chen Yuan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Only then did he remember that the Graymane Wolf King's chest and back were amazingly defensive, and his mane stood up as hard as iron. This withered scale python bit the place where the big gray's defense was the highest, just like biting an iron plate, but it left deep marks on the big gray's mane, and it didn't hurt the big gray's body, not even a wound, even the wilted scale snake venom couldn't play a role.