Chapter 10: The Snake Demon with a Thousand Faces
Seeing the three of them, the female shopkeeper was very surprised, no one usually came to her place. Now they burst in, and pointed their swords at her, menacingly.
She stared at them warily, not knowing where they had come from.
"I didn't expect the demon who killed people to be you!" Yun Yu took the sword in his hand and approached her neck a little closer.
"What did you say?" The female shopkeeper looked at her blankly, a little confused?
"Don't try to quibble, I've seen everything you've done!" Tao Yao said.
The female shopkeeper lay on the bed and retreated backwards, avoiding the sword that Yun Xuan pointed at her. Changing into a comfortable position, he supported his head with his hands and said with interest, "You are here for this?" ”
Looking at the indignant looks of several of them, she shook her head and sneered: "What do you have to do with me! ”
"You demon, dare to kill, but you dare not admit it!" Tao Yao stood aside and said angrily.
Immediately after that, he did not speak to her, and the evidence in this room was conclusive, and Yun Yu believed that she was the one who killed her, and stabbed her with a sharp sword in his hand.
Seeing this, the female shopkeeper turned over and dodged, then quickly stood up and fought back against Yun Xuan.
After a few rounds, the female shopkeeper suddenly stopped and stood across from them. Her physical strength was a little exhausted, and cold sweat continued to ooze from her forehead, supporting her body.
She knew that she was not the opponent of these people, and looking at the way they looked, she would not let her go easily!
Maybe today is really the day she died.
She leaned against the wall, looking at Yun Xuan, who was becoming more and more courageous, and made a final counterattack.
With the sound of the bell, the room was suddenly crawling with snakes of different colors, large or small, crawling in the direction of the three of them.
They looked at the snake that suddenly poured out, and after a moment of startle, they immediately slashed at the weapon in their hand. Unexpectedly, after the serpent was cut in two, it did not die, but split into two and continued to crawl towards them.
The snakes in the house were killing more and more, and after seeing that this method did not work, Bai Yi took a few steps back and began to attack with fire.
The entire house was instantly set on fire, and the three of them retreated outside. In the raging fire, the snakes were also dissipated, and chased them outward.
In the flames, the female shopkeeper stood in place, swaying, and her center of gravity was a little unstable. Suddenly, she fell to the ground, a mouthful of blood gushing out, and after spitting out the bruises, she felt more comfortable.
The fire in the room grew bigger and bigger, and it was about to burn around her, and she tried her best to get up and walk out.
Outside. The three of them were still entangled with snakes.
It's just that now, the snake doesn't seem to be as powerful as before, and after being cut off, it won't split quickly, and some even disappear directly.
When they found this, they slew even more violently, and after a while, they slew all the snakes.
After the shopkeeper escaped from the room, she didn't go far before she fell down the hallway. She is now seriously injured and extremely weak.
Yun Yu and the three of them walked up to her, put their swords against her neck, and said, "If you kill someone, you should pay for your life, just grab it!" ”
The shopkeeper leaned weakly against the railing, looked up at them in confusion, and asked, "When did I kill someone?" ”
Tao Yao: "Kill people and take skin, I didn't think you would be such a cruel demon!" ”
"What are you talking about? I've never killed anyone! The female shopkeeper said.
Seeing that she was sincere and not like she was lying, Yun Yu hesitated a little, and slowly lowered the sword against her neck.
"I've seen you change your skin, don't try to deny it, it's you, there will be no mistake!" Tao Yao said excitedly.
"Skinning?"
The female shopkeeper was a little surprised, it turned out that they wanted to kill her for this reason! Instantly feeling a little ridiculous, he stared at them and said angrily: "I am a thousand-faced snake demon!" Isn't it normal to change skins! ”
Hearing her say this, Yun Yu and the others were stunned, she was not a murderer!
Did you find the wrong person?
"But you ......" Tao Yao wanted to say something, but after thinking about it, she stopped.
The female shopkeeper continued: "Demon murder will be doomed!" The old lady has practiced for hundreds of years, how could she do such a stupid thing! ”
"Then your skin is ......," Tao Yao asked.
Feeling that they still didn't believe her, she peeled off her skin in front of them in order to dispel their doubts. In the blink of an eye, a graceful female shopkeeper turned into a thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl.
Yun Xuan looked at the changes in front of him in a daze, how could it become like this?
It seems that she was really wronged!
I only heard the female shopkeeper say: "Do you remember the mermaid tears you gave me?" Hearing this, Yun Yu Tao nodded in unison.
"This skin has been used for too long, I thought it was going to be abandoned, but I didn't expect you to appear here with merman tears!" She sighed, turned her head to look at the lotus flowers, and continued, "The so-called thousand-faced snake doesn't really have a thousand faces.
It is only after each skin change that new faces appear. It will take about 30 years to change the skin, and after the skin, it will be different from before, like a new life. This is also the reason why our thousand-faced snake clan can exist for a long time in the human mirror. ”
She stopped suddenly, became sad, and continued, "However, I have shortened the time to change the skin now, but in a few decades, this skin will not be usable, and a new one will be generated!" She stroked the peeling skin, stared at them for a moment, looked up at them, and said:
"You give me mermaid tears, so that I can merge with that skin and continue to use it. I think what you're seeing is the scene when I was using this skin! ”
Tao Yao scratched her head after listening to her explain all this, a little embarrassed.
I really misunderstood her!
Seeing that they still didn't speak, the female shopkeeper said, "If you still don't believe it, take it away, there is no human breath on it at all!" ”
As she spoke, she peeled off her side and pushed towards them.
"We're sorry we misunderstood you!" Yun Ying looked at her apologetically.
At that time, when he saw the skin all over the ground, he was dizzy, and he didn't recognize whether she was really the murderer, so he moved his hand and seriously injured her like this.
"I'll help you heal first." Yun Cheng Road.
The female shopkeeper waved her hand and said, "No need, there is enough aura here, I can cultivate for a while!" ”
It's good that the misunderstanding is clear, otherwise looking at the way they looked before, it looks like they were going to kill her. Now he said that he wanted to help heal his wounds, so forget it, it's good to be alive now!
After a pause, she thought of something again, smiled at them and said, "You still have mermaid tears, give me a few more, so that I will get better faster!" ”
After listening to her, Yun Yu hurriedly took out all the merman tears on his body, which was a full purse.
The female shopkeeper looked at the bag of things, and both eyes straightened.
There are so many of them, it seems that there is no need to worry about it in the future!
I heard that this merman's tears can only flow out of the shark in human form, although their family is huge, but there are very few mermaids who can transform into human form, even if they turn into human form, they don't like to cry, so this merman tears are still quite rare.
But now, she gave her all the bags directly, which still surprised her, although she was injured, but it felt worth it!
Yun Yu and Tao Yao looked at her so happy, and they didn't understand that this bead that usually plays a slingshot is so important?
It seems that when I return to Yaotai Xianshan in the future, I will have to let Jinyu cry more!
"We've made your house like this, do you want to change it again?" Yun Yu looked at the burning house in front of him and said extremely apologetically.
"No, no."
The female shopkeeper propped herself up and sat on the railing, leaning against the pillar behind her. Towards the house where you live, wave your hand lightly.
I saw that the water in the lake suddenly rose dozens of feet high and rushed towards the house, and in an instant, the flames were extinguished.
Somewhere in the grass, Zhuo Qijun was woken up by cold water falling from the sky.
He shuddered, got up from the ground, turned around, and saw a column of water dozens of feet high soaring into the sky, and he stared blankly at the scene in front of him. When he turned his head, he saw a woman sitting on the railing in the distance, with a snake tail, and he instantly fainted to the ground.
After the fire in the house was extinguished, the water calmed down.
The exquisite house in the original location is now charred and black. After another moment, the charred wood was all in the air, and after a few spins in the air, it was completely new.
Then the wood was put back together. In less than a cup of tea, the house was restored to its original state.
"Oh oh! Shopkeeper, you're doing a great job! I'm going to learn too, and if I destroy my house in the future, I'll do the same! Tao Yao ran to her side and said enviously.
When the female shopkeeper heard this, she smiled and said, "This is not a spell, but this inn itself has the ability to repair." So, I can't teach you either. ”
When Tao Yao heard this, she said in disappointment, "Okay! ”
Tao Yao: "We don't know each other, we still have to stay with you for a few more days, and we can't always call you the shopkeeper, and I haven't asked your name yet." ”
"Name? Just call me Qianyan. ”
Because she often changes her skin, she has many identities and names, but this name is her favorite.
If it weren't for this name, I'm afraid she would have lost herself in the constant skin change.
"Qianyan, Qianyan, it's very good. My name is Tao Yao, Tao Yao's Tao Yao. This is Yun Xuan, this is Bai Yi. Immediately afterwards, Tao Yao introduced her one by one.
After the misunderstanding was clarified, Qianyan was not a murderer, the clue was broken again, and everything returned to square one.
Yun Yu thought about it on the way back, thinking that it would be so easy to find the murderer, but he seriously injured Qian Yan. For that demon, he still doesn't have a little brain, so Yun Yu is very confused.
Bai Yi looked at Yun Yu's depressed mood, and comforted: "This is only the first day, there is still time, don't be in a hurry." ”
Yun Yu looked back at Bai Yi and rekindled his fighting spirit: "Yes, this is just the beginning, there is still time!" ”
Tao Yao walked behind them, absent-minded, always feeling that she had forgotten something, but she couldn't remember anything. After thinking about it for a long time, I patted my head and suddenly realized that I forgot to eat the things I bought today, and if I didn't eat them, I was going to spoil them!
Thinking of this, she ran quickly towards her room.
When I got to the room, I looked at the food and felt that something was wrong, as if it wasn't the case!