The slopes of the mountain covered with fir trees are washed by muddy water, the gray eaves dwellings in the mountains are tight and scattered, and dozens of narrow alleys are intertwined, like a maze.

As soon as the rain stopped, the dripping water in front of the eaves smashed on the steps, and the dyeing shop sign of "Bao Xiangtai" at the door was washed by the rain, and it was a lot brighter. Even because of the dyes, the unpleasant smell that permeates the dye shop all year round has faded.

It's just that Bao Xiangtai, who is extremely lively on weekdays, is quiet today, and not a single workshop worker can see it, but there are many people with fierce looks and well-proportioned breath patrolling around the alley.

In the courtyard, there are rows of bamboo poles and dye vats, persimmon trees overflowing the walls, red persimmons have not yet been picked, and the plump peels are full of water droplets. Suddenly, one hand grabbed the persimmon roughly, and the branches made a clicking sound and trembled.

The air was scorching for no apparent reason.

Chen Tianfang, who was sitting on the rattan chair, suddenly opened his eyes.

He was only wearing a loose bedgown, and when he was drunk, he somehow looked terrible.

The door was pushed open with a squeak, and Chen Tianfang looked back as if excited, and his body straightened.

Ke Nuoran walked in, and when he saw Chen Tianfang's expression, his steps couldn't help but stagnate: "What's wrong, Uncle Yue?" ”

“……”

Chen Tianfang tightened his face and stared at Ke Nuoran calmly, for a long time, the flesh of the face hanging on both sides hung down little by little.

He closed his eyes and said lazily, "What about Chun'er and Akan?" ”

"Wait in the front room."

"Huh." Chen Tianfang let out a short sneer: "Two wastes, usually act as a prestige, but don't you see that they are afraid?" How is it that the living are not afraid, but are they afraid of the dead? ”

Ke Nuoran walked behind Chen Tianfang and gently pressed his dry shoulder. He said in a deep voice: "You are old and angry, just let me come." ”

"Hmm. Thanks to you. ”

Chen Tianfang patted the back of Ke Nuoran's hand with relief.

"Godfather, there is still one left, do you want to wait a few more months?"

"It's too late, I can't plant it in the months I've been waiting for, let's put it away."

In front of the two of them, there was a large dye tank, which was divided into grids by clay, and the dyes in the lattice were colorful and exuded a rich flavor.

As he said, Ko Nuoran dried the dye, the water level lowered, and something gradually appeared in the depths of the lattice.

It was a lifelike naked child, covered in black rune paper. There were men and women, all with their knees folded, as if they were asleep.

The whole scene suddenly became strange and terrifying.

In the deep alley, Cha Xiaodao devoured the persimmon with a knife, and faced a strong man with a scarred face.

"Where did Brother Tai come from, this is private property."

Scarface's hand touched Cha Xiaodao's shoulder, and his entire arm turned into golden flames, Scarface's eyes were frightened, and before he could shout, a knife light and blood burst out at the same time, and the head fell to the ground, Cha Xiaodao held a persimmon in his left hand, and his right hand kissed a single knife dripping blood, and walked through the alley.

"Ninety-eight, all born between the hour of the child and the noon, of the serpent or of the dragon."

Ke Nuoran pointed to the children in the clay lattice, full of pits and valleys.

While the two were talking, one of the beautiful girls' skin had been exposed to the air for too long, and began to wrinkle and dry, and suddenly, a bloody hole broke through her face, and something black poked out, and in a short time, a whole big black snake broke out! Then the second, then the third.

Ahem~, ahem~

Chen Tianfang's cough became violent, and Ke Nuoran patted Chen Tianfang on the back, and both of them looked as usual.

The eldest of these children is seven or eight years old, and the youngest is two or three years old. If it is bought from the hand of the tooth woman, it is called the one who opens the mouth, and the one who steals it from the flower child, and the one who robs it, it is called the one who blocks the mouth.

Over the years, Ke Nuoran has done everything, snatching and buying thousands of children in various prefectures and counties. If it is a combination of eight characters and can be used, it is poured with mercury with the baby of the strange snake and soaked in the dye. Those that were not used were either used by Ke Nuoran to practice other inhumane evil arts, or they were simply thrown into the sea with the gold and silver offered every month, and fed to Zhu Polong and Zhi Qilian.

The corpse was placed in Baoxiang Taili because the smell of the dye was strong, and it was not easy to show the horse's feet.

As the big black snakes broke through the corpses, the entire dye cellar was filled with pieces of minced meat, and there were writhing snakes.

Hiss~

A large snake stood up, opened its terrifying mouth, and swallowed another, slightly smaller black snake, into its stomach. These snakes have no teeth and swallow incessantly.

Cha Xiaodao walked faster and faster, the wind curled his hair, and the sharp bell rang, Cha Xiaodao stopped for a while, and the horse-head wall and tile eaves in front of him were dense, like a labyrinth.

He threw away the persimmon core and sniffed something lightly with his nose. Then he looked in one direction and jumped on the eaves. At the same time, there were dozens of servants who jumped up with him with grim expressions, holding torn rune paper in their hands.

cough cough ~ cough cough ~

In Chen Tianfang's cough, many big snakes devoured each other and there were few deaths and injuries, these strange snakes seemed to never be full, obviously eating dozens of times their own weight of the same kind, and their body size did not change much.

Finally, only one of the last black snakes remained in the dye cellar, barely a foot long, almost transparent, swimming among countless corpses.

Ke Nuoran walked down excitedly, raised his hand to pinch the little snake, and smiled at Chen Tian: "Master Yue, it's exactly the same as what you said. ”

Chen Tianfang stood up: "Let's go ahead and talk." ”

"Yes!"

Ke Nuoran nodded heavily,

Bang!

Covered in blood, Cha Xiaodao smashed through the eaves, ignoring the pungent smell, and while nibbling on the few persimmons left, he rushed into this remote dye room.

The room was empty, the rattan chair on the side was still warm, and Cha Xiaodao slowly moved his gaze and stared at the blood-soaked dye lattice not far away for a while.

The broken flesh and blood are no longer recognizable, but the remaining things such as hands, feet, and hair can still be faintly recognized.

Cha Xiaodao walked out with a few steps.

Ke Nuoran lifted the iron pot, threw the strange snake that couldn't stop writhing in his hand into the pot, pressed it with the lid of the pot, and covered it with two black bricks, and added four or five chains.

Qian Gui hurried in.

"Master, Uncle Ke, a good hand has broken in and killed a lot of brothers, but no one has caught them."

Chen Tianfang stared at the iron pot: "Then send someone to arrest it, and, from now on, no one is allowed to enter this room again, do you hear?" ”

"Yes."

Qian Gui wiped his cold sweat and hurriedly walked out.

Chen Tianfang looked at his two children in the room, an aunt, refused Chen Han's support, and moved to the chair and sat down little by little.

"Dad, can you really live forever if you eat this brain soul worm?"

Chen Chun'er couldn't help but drown a mouthful of saliva.

Chen Tianfang glanced at him, and suddenly sneered: "In this ancient past, have there been immortal people?" ”

Chen Chun'er's face was strange: "That, then you ......"

"Even if you live for 100 years, 10 years, or 1 year, it's enough."

"Father is right."

Chen Han's back was full of sweat, and he only responded in a low voice.

When he was young, Chen Tianfang nodded and said, "It's almost." ”

Ke Nuoran walked to the iron pot as he said, untied the chains, and threw away the black bricks, there was not much water left in the pot, only a soft and lying pink snake, an indescribable fishy smell, which made Ke Nuoran's eyelids jump.

He picked up the pot and went to the table, and used a kitchen knife to cut it, but he couldn't cut it at all.

"Use the bamboo knife that has been offered with incense to cut, just behind the tablet."

Ke Nuoran nodded, went to the tablet engraved with "Ancestor Dayi, Han Emperor Chen's Friendship and Forgiveness", and took out a bamboo knife. Cut the snake meat again, the blade only touched lightly, and the snake separated into two meat balls by itself, and Ke Nuoran cut two more knives, and there were a total of four pink meatballs in the pot.

"That's it."

Chen Tianfang stopped him and raised his hand: "Eat." ”

“……”

Chen Han and Chen Chun'er, you look at me, I look at you, no one moved.

"Eat."

Chen Tianfang drooped his eyelids: "Akan, why don't you eat." ”

Chen Han swallowed his saliva: "Such an elixir, my son doesn't dare to enjoy it before your father." ”

"It's not a panacea, it's piled up with thousands of human lives, and I will eat it when I tell it."

Chen Han didn't dare to speak, nor did he move his chopsticks.

"Chun'er, he doesn't dare to eat, you eat."

"I, I ......"

Chen Chun's face was covered with sweat after wiping a thick layer of rouge, deep and shallow, and he didn't dare to move.

Chen Tianfang looked at Ke Nuoran again.

Ke Nuoran felt Chen Tianfang's gaze, was silent for a while, and suddenly reached out to take the chopsticks, but was pinched by Chen Chun.

"Alas~"

Chen Tianfang sighed: "I just asked you to eat a piece of meat, not to tell you to die, what are you doing?" ”

With that, he picked up his chopsticks and reached into the pot, and slowly picked up a ball of meat into Ke Nuoran's bowl.

"Noran, you eat."

Ke Nuoran didn't say a word, and just as he was about to pick it up, Chen Chun couldn't help but speak again: "He is the elixir, and he has to have a dose." If we don't take enough doses, isn't it bad for you? ”

"No, I will live forever with you."

Chen Tianfang said.

Chen Chun'er's face flickered, and she turned her heart sideways: "Dad, you also said that there has never been an emperor who can live forever in this world, and those emperors who take pills do not see longevity, and some eat death." ”

Chen Tianfang stared at her, and his tone was deep: "Which history is written in the world that there is an emperor who died by taking pills?" It's just a folk chisel association. ”

Seeing this, Chen Han also coughed twice before saying: "That's not what I said, "Waving Dust Record" records that Zhao Ji of Song Huizong gave Zijin Pill to Wang Dingguan, and after trying to take it, Wang Dingguan died of spitting black smoke from his mouth!" ”

"You mean, I'm going to test you on medicine?"

Chen Tianfang waved his hand again and again: "Dad, my son definitely doesn't mean this, you ...... you"

"Oops!" When Chen Chun saw Chen Han's appearance, he couldn't help kicking him under the table, cleared his throat, and said, "Dad, when my daughter said it directly, you want us to eat this meat, no problem, but there is something you have to tell us first." ”

"You ask."

Chen Tian lowered his head.

"My eldest brother, second brother, fourth brother, how did they die."

Chen Tianfang raised his head when he heard this, his eyes were furious, and his gloomy and terrible eyes frightened Chen Chun.

Ke Nuoran didn't say a word, slapped Chen Chun in the face, and directly slapped her to the ground, and scolded viciously in his mouth: "You evil obstacle." ”

"That's what you think of me."

Chen Tianfang sighed, and began to cough violently again, and a few bloodshots overflowed from the corners of his mouth.

"Daddy, you ......"

Chen Han hurriedly went to help, but was thrown away by Chen Tianfang.

"Don't touch me, don't touch me."

Chen Tianfang shook his head again and again, almost fainting.

"Uncle Yue, this evil obstacle is not sensible, you are relieved."

After that, Ke Nuoran picked up the meatballs in the bowl and poured them into his mouth, without chewing, and swallowed them in his stomach.

Chen Tianfang was still lying on the table weakly, as if it was difficult to move, but he muttered: "This is the recipe of the ancestor Jiujiang King, it can only be eaten by the Chen family, and the Ke family, who has been married to the Chen family for generations, can only work." It is said that the ancestor took a piece of the flesh of the brain soul worm and turned into the dragon monarch of Poyang Lake to fight against the Zhu family, but he still failed. When I was younger, I thought it was grotesque, and it was only a few decades ago that I realized that I had extraordinary powers and that I realized that what my ancestors said was true. ”

He looked at the children and grandchildren in front of him: "Now that the knife of the imperial court has been put on the necks of our Chen Ke family, do you think I coveted a good life in those years?" I'm afraid I'll die, those officials in Zhejiang, eat you to the point that you don't even have bones left. ”

He pointed to the meatballs in the pot: "If my expectations are good, the stories of the ancestors are true and false. Even if the meat of this brain soul worm can't prolong the life of the person who eats it, but the incarnation of the dragon monarch should be that there was a dragon monarch in Poyang Lake, and the ancestor ate the brain soul worm and occupied his body with his bloodline supernatural powers, so there was a legendary thing. ”

Chen Han gasped when he heard this, and couldn't help asking: "But let's ......" His expression moved: "Dad, are you talking about Zhi Qilian?" ”

Chen Tianfang's expression still shrank: "A demon is a demon after all, and it can't be trusted." The one surnamed Li can't stay in Zhejiang for a long time, and the will of the Heavenly Master to urge him to go on the road is already on the way, and he is not a big trouble. If you want to keep your family rich, it's still on this Qi Lian. I thought about serving the brain soul worm, so I went to try to fight a bucket of Qi Lian, and took his body to dispatch the pig woman dragon king. Chen Ke's two families can sit back and relax, I didn't expect you to think of your father so viciously, my sons all died on the way to crusade against Zhi Qilian, I don't hate it, why do you want to fight him in such a way? ”

As he was talking, Qian Gui outside the door knocked frantically, a few feet high flames rose outside, and Qian Gui's voice was deformed: "Master! Master! It's a fire demon here, we can't stand it, you can take the two uncles and young ladies and escape through the back door. ”

Ke Nuoran responded through the door: "This fire demon is so good, my people can't stop it." ”

"I don't know, it's just that he killed Uncle Ke and your chaotic talisman soldiers in three or two swords."

Ke Nuoran is known as the Heavenly Dragon, for more than ten years, Chen Tianfang has collected all kinds of talismans, and even bought the soap service of Longhu Mountain, and gave all the essence to Ke Nuoran, Chen Ke and the two families have talismans in their hands, among them, the Chaotian talisman in Ke Nuoran's hand is the most powerful, but he listens to the meaning of Qian Gui, and is not that person's opponent.

"I'll go."

Ke Nuoran's eyes were a little red, and he turned around to go out.

"Wait."

Chen Tianfang stopped Ke Nuoran: "How do you feel?" ”

Ke Nuoran clenched his fists: "Some are hot, and the others are very good." ”

"Don't go, we'll stay out of the edge for the time being." Chen Tianfang looked at Ke Nuoran with some concern: "Please invite the government and the dragon and tiger soap servants to come, they are reluctant to move us now." ”

If it was usual, Ke Nuoran was afraid and agreed. It's just that at this moment, this chaotic dragon only felt that there was inexhaustible strength in his body, and he laughed loudly: "Master Yue, wait a while, I picked the head of that monster and came to see you." ”