Chapter Eighty-Five: The Viper
It didn't take long for Yun Xiaotian to gradually adapt to the life of taking care of the cassava forest every day in Tulin Village.
Every once in a while, he needs to prune the cassava trees.
Because the village chief has extremely strict requirements for this, Yun Xiaotian didn't dare to be too anxious, afraid of making mistakes in his busyness.
The two of them had been busy all afternoon, and when dusk had arrived, the orange sunset covered the land, and by the way, the cassava grove had been covered with a golden coat, and they had only now completed the pruning of three cassava trees.
Yun Xiaotian jumped down from the cassava tree and tied up the branches with Qingxin on the side.
There were a total of five bundles of branches, each bundle was neatly arranged by her, and not even a single branch stood out from the crowd, which made Yun Xiaotian wonder if the ugly-looking woman next to her was a perfectionist with obsessive-compulsive disorder.
He looked up and looked at her ugly face. Yun Xiaotian felt that he was so ugly, and he was talking about perfectionism, he must have thought too much.
But after thinking about it again, he felt that he shouldn't judge people by their appearance, and it wasn't her fault that she was ugly, not to mention that it had nothing to do with whether she was a perfectionist or not.
Yun Xiaotian never thought that he was always secretly entangled in his heart like this, talking about the strengths and weaknesses of others, obviously his heart was in turmoil, but on the surface, he was always so quiet, so it seemed that he was no better!
At its core, it's sullen.
And Yun Xiaotian is such an extremely sullen, but unaware slut.
Yun Xiaotian dragged bundled cassava tree branches along the way to the village chief's house in Tulin Village and stacked them in the spacious courtyard of the village chief's house.
"...... Village Chief Huang?"
Yun Xiaotian's shout did not get any response.
He had no choice but to turn away.
Yun Xiaotian left Tulin Village and came to a forest in the upper reaches of the river, hoping to find something good from it to make a tooth sacrifice.
In Tulin Village, the only metal knife he could get his hands on was the firewood knife in the cassava forest, which happened to be pinned to his waist at this time.
In his other hand, he held a short wooden spear that he had cut from the branches of the cassava tree, like an arrow and a spear, which he used to throw his prey.
Yun Xiaotian also came here with the idea of trying his luck, maybe he could use a wooden gun to hunt prey moving in the distance.
This forest is not small, and it stands to reason that it can feed a lot of mountain beasts, but he has not had any decent harvest in the past few days.
The sky was getting darker and darker, and the insects and birds were chirping, but he still didn't find anything.
Yun Xiaotian had to reluctantly admit that maybe this place was still too close to the village, and those wild creatures were too frightened by the traces of human activities to dare not approach.
Gathering, even if there is any prey around, I am afraid that it has been cleaned up by the surrounding villagers in the morning.
There is no gain, Yun Xiaotian is ready to go back, it is a complete waste of time and energy here, and this will only make him more hungry.
But just as he turned around and was about to leave, the originally silent forest suddenly burst into a commotion.
Under the starlight, on the silver-gray bark, a poisonous snake that had been lurking all day opened its cold fangs, and between the lightning and flint, it rushed straight towards Yun Xiaotian's neck.
Yun Xiaotian didn't react at the first time, he only knew that there was danger approaching nearby, but he didn't know where the danger was.
With a hatchet in one hand and a wooden gun in the other, he swung his knife forward and rolled towards the ground, hoping to frighten the potential approaching danger.
The poisonous snake swept by, dangerous and dangerous, Yun Xiaotian avoided its sneak attack.
Yun Xiaotian was still in a state of panic, looking around the forest vigilantly.
I saw that there were tall trees all around, and under the gradual dyeing of the stars, they were draped in silver-gray coats, and only the flowers of the acacia bellflower grass exuded a faint blue light.
And the grass of the acacia wind chime, from the roots to its beautiful flowers, is highly poisonous.
Even if you are accidentally cut by the barb on its body, it may be life-threatening.
So it is not stingy towards the world, blooming its own beauty.
Although the acacia bellflower is very dangerous, it will never be the danger that makes Yun Xiaotian feel a premonition.
Yun Xiaotian continued to look around, retreating as he went, wanting to get away from the area.
Staying here without being able to identify the source of the danger is definitely the stupidest choice.
Seeing the clouds laughing outside the forest, the poisonous snakes hidden in the fallen leaves and grass on the ground, under the cover of insect chirping, followed closely and did not find its prey.
It has enough experience to deal with such a stupid bipedal prey and is not in a hurry at all at this time.
It knew it would not be long before he let his guard down and think he was out of danger.
Otherwise, he will not be able to stand the boundless darkness and fear in the dark forest, and will rush out after breaking down.
And this is the perfect opportunity for it to hunt.
The viper writhed, little by little, getting closer and closer, ready to pounce on the dinner in its mouth tonight.
Yun Xiaotian thought that he had gone far away, and his pace slowed down, and he didn't seem to notice the danger coming.
He clutched his palpitating chest, secretly calming the breath he had just gasped, looking defenseless.
The closer the venomous snake got to Yun Xiaotian, the more slowly it moved, carefully bypassing the long grass that might reveal its whereabouts, and never made a sound.
Less than two steps away from Yun Xiaotian, it suddenly jumped out of the grass, revealing its cold fangs, and pounced straight on Yun Xiaotian's bare left hand.
Life and death, in this moment.
Yun Xiaotian's reaction could only be faster and more accurate than that of a poisonous snake, so that he had a chance to dodge this fatal blow.
However, Yun Xiaotian's right hand was too far away, and it was impossible to grasp the snake's head faster than the poisonous snake that was struggling to catapult in the grass.
And his near-static body and left arm, no matter which direction he dodges, will be entangled by a poisonous snake that is much faster than him, and if it is touched by its fangs, he may be doomed.
Under the dim starlight, Yun Xiaotian couldn't identify the species of the poisonous snake, and no one could guarantee that the venom of this poisonous snake would not take his life in an instant.
The venomous snake's fangs, the closer it was to Yun Xiaotian's arm, the greater it expanded, and the venom on the tips of the teeth could no longer be suppressed, enveloping its entire pair of fangs, ready to erupt at any time, injecting into the blood vessels of the prey and dissolving his body.
"Ding" sound.
The venom of the viper poured out, but the fangs were bitten on the iron piece.
I saw that on the iron sheet, there was a faint blue light, and in the dark forest, a dazzling knife light was drawn.
From head to tail, the viper is divided into two identical halves.
The venomous snake in a short range fell from mid-air, but still refused to give up, with instinctive ferocity and viciousness, although he knew that he would die, he still tried his best to lean on the place where Yun Xiaotian was, and at the same time drained the only venom left in the fangs.
Although he successfully solved the other party, Yun Xiaotian was still so frightened by the recklessness of the poisonous snake that he jumped back and was half scared to death.
He had never encountered such a ferocious and cunning viper, as if he were a real experienced hunter, cunning and sophisticated.
When he was attacked for the first time, Yun Xiaotian had already found a trace of a poisonous snake, and he probably knew where it was.
The night was too dark for him to be completely sure of what to do with it, so he chose to leave.
Yun Xiaotian left quickly, but his vigilance never lowered, on the dark ground, as the poisonous snake moved, the forest gradually silenced the sound of insects, allowing him to vaguely find its figure.
Yun Xiaotian didn't want to be exhausted by it little by little.
may seem soft on the outside, but Yun Xiaotian has a crazy energy hidden in his bones, and decides to take a risk and fight hard to completely deal with the poisonous snake that is following him.
He pretended to let his guard down, seducing it while the wood knife in his hand was full of original energy, and when the snake was about to approach him, he turned his wrist, first blocking the snake's fangs with the blade, and then splitting it in half.
It's simple to say, but the details can't be half a point off, and the movements in the hands are a little slower, and the result may be completely different.
Death, maybe it's him.
Yun Xiaotian raised the firewood knife in his hand, and the venom of the poisonous snake dissolved a small hole from its tooth marks.
Such a domineering snake venom, Yun Xiaotian was amazed in his heart!
But in addition to the poisonous hole bitten by this poisonous snake, the firewood knife is limited by the material, and the iron blade can't withstand the original energy blessed on it on Yun Xiaotian's body, and the dark cracks are dense. At the place where the blade cut the snake, a gap was broken, and it was completely unusable.
Yun Xiaotian looked at it again, and at this time, the miserable firewood knife was a little embarrassed, and he didn't know how to explain it to the village chief tomorrow. Naturally, he couldn't say that it was caused by a big battle between him and the poisonous snake, and he used too much force, and the village chief might not believe it, and he couldn't explain it.
Yun Xiaotian cut off the two halves of the snake's head and picked up the rest of its snake body in his hand.
When looking at the severed snake head from a distance, Yun Xiaotian still felt a little concerned, afraid that it would suddenly jump up and continue to pounce on him.
The snake's head is covered with brown-gray lines, a pair of vertical pupils are orange and yellow, there is a little weird blood red in it, and the fangs are very long, connected to the venom glands, reaching the jaw, and Yun Xiaotian feels chills in his heart.
Yun Xiaotian carried it to the small river in the forest to wash the snake's body.
Yun Xiaotian thought that there was really no way, so he could only explain to Village Chief Huang that his firewood knife was lost by the river when he was fetching water.
Yun Xiaotian rarely lies, and he doesn't like to lie, but he doesn't know how to lie and can't lie.
In fact, he thinks he's pretty good at lying.
Yun Xiaotian thought it was seamless.
Who would know that his every move has never escaped the sight of the village chief of Tulin Village who is secretly watching.
Even when he was facing the most dangerous situation, the head of Tulin Village, Huang Village, only looked at him coldly in the dark, without any intention of helping.
It's very hot, Yun Xiaotian doesn't know, his lies will naturally be broken with a poke at that time.
It's just that this village chief Huang may not be interested.