Chapter Twenty-Three: The Temple of the Snake King
Li You looked at the tape watch on his wrist and found that it was already eight o'clock in the evening. It was already completely dark, and my stomach was already hungry. Originally, the stationing place of the team was in Majiatun. But when he encountered a bloody incident in Majiatun, he had to leave there.
Before leaving, Uncle Wu also asked people to report to the nearby villages, and asked them to notify the local township government and report what happened, as for what would happen later, Uncle Wu and his party didn't care at all.
The small temple was empty, and there was only one altar. There was no idol on the altar, only a small incense burner and candlesticks on the left and right. There are murals painted on the walls, but they have been smoky for many years, and it is no longer clear what is being painted, and there seems to be a faint fishy smell in the air around them, but I don't know where this fishy smell comes from.
Li You noticed that after Qin Yi entered the small temple, he had been very nervous. She had been pulling the corner of Li You's clothes before, but after getting close to the temple, she grabbed Li You's arm and didn't let Li You follow in. But Li You patted the back of her hand and signaled that it was okay. Because before entering, someone in the team had already entered the small temple and searched for it.
Qin Yi took Li You's arm and stood closest to the door, preventing Li You from moving inside. Uncle Wu swallowed the clouds and spitted fog while leaning close to the wall to carefully observe the paintings on the wall. But after staring at it for a long time, I didn't find anything painted on it.
After Linglong entered the small temple, she remained silent, and seemed to be very wary of this place. After a long while, Linglong asked, "Has anyone been to this place before?" ”
"Yes." Uncle Wu replied: "This is the Snake Jun Temple, the mountain god worshiped by the villagers of Majiatun, and it is also the first stop to enter the mountain. Since taking over this deal, our people have come here to survey the route and mark it on the map. ”
Linglong nodded and said, "I always feel that something is wrong here. When Linglong spoke, her voice was very soft, but it was enough for everyone in the small temple to hear her words: "Is it a snake sacrificed here?" She suddenly frowned, and her voice was already a little cold: "Do you know the origin of the temple name?" ”
Uncle Wu shook his head and said, "This is not clear, but it may have something to do with their belief totem." Aren't their tattoos snakes? ”
"That's a dragon, not a snake." Linglong corrected Uncle Wu's mistake. My mind was in a trance, as if I was hesitating about something. When Li You saw this scene, he was very surprised. Since he saw Linglong, Linglong's demeanor was almost fixed, always looking like a well, and this hesitant look at the moment was the first time he had seen it.
"Let's get out of here." Linglong took a breath and said slowly.
"What?" Uncle Wu looked at Linglong with a surprised expression. Today's whole day of travel, the team walked at least nearly 100 miles of mountain roads, although they are all strong men, but also tired, at this time everyone has just unloaded their backpacks, lit a fire to prepare to eat and rest, but abruptly let them leave, this is too much to say. Uncle Wu knew that all the way forward was a sheep's intestine trail, and it would have to be at least twenty kilometers away before there might be a new station.
"I feel like it's dangerous here." Linglong explained: "Let everyone take out the dry food, fill their stomachs while hurrying, and we will go to the next place to make plans." ”
"Good!" Hearing Linglong's words, Uncle Wu immediately responded, raised his voice and shouted: "Listen to the little ones!" Pack your things and get out of here! ”
Uncle Wu's rough voice suddenly echoed in the empty small temple, and his voice was amplified a lot.
Li You felt his body tremble, and it turned out that Qin Yi, who was pulling the corner of his clothes, trembled. Qin Yi's face was pale at this time, and he opened his mouth to "babble" a few times, his eyes were full of horror and anxiety. Immediately afterwards, Qin Yi grabbed Li You's arm and dragged Li You out.
"Silence!" Linglong's heartbeat also accelerated suddenly, and the danger in her intuition seemed to be getting closer, and she hurriedly spoke to stop Uncle Wu.
However, before the echo in the small temple had fallen, everyone heard a "hissing" sound of metal rubbing, and the sound seemed to come from the ground, and it seemed to be whispering in their ears.
"What's that sound?" Uncle Wu's heart sank, and he touched his waist with one hand, and a military machete was pulled out of his waist. After taking a few steps back, he stood in front of Linglong.
"Whoa...... Bang dang ......"
The altar was suddenly slammed by something from below, and the incense burner and candlestick above suddenly spilled to the ground. Although Li You was pulled back by Qin Yi, his eyes were fixed on the movement on the altar.
"Hiss ......"
There was another sound of metal rubbing, and suddenly a black shadow popped out from under his demeanor. The lights in everyone's hands immediately focused on the shadow, and the shadow immediately revealed its prototype.
"Snake!"
"Giant Serpent!"
The voices of the team members were full of fear. But his footsteps were still orderly, and he quickly moved closer to Linglong's position, and did not blindly attack or flee, and slowly escorted Linglong to retreat.
Li You also hissed and gasped for air. The snake that came out of the bottom of the altar was several circles thicker than an adult's thigh, the length was unknown, and there were many other snakes in the whole body in the black hole under the altar, slowly wriggling and crawling out. The head of the snake is not small, the size of two basketballs. What frightened Li You the most was that this giant snake was not a forest python with a more docile personality, but a cobra with a triangular snake head!
"What a big cobra!" Li You's heartbeat accelerated a lot, "How can it be so big!" ”
No matter how large the python is, it rarely actively attacks humans, and usually does so when they are hungry for a long time. But cobras are different, usually nothing to encounter when they encounter people may pounce on and bite evil things, not to mention this huge snake king?
"Go back and slaughter the people who gathered information!" Uncle Wu looked nervous, but he still didn't forget to be ruthless, but this ruthlessness was not directed at the giant snake in front of him.
"Hiss......" The giant snake raised its head and spat out the letter, and the gloomy snake stared at everyone, its eyes were gray and cold, as if there was no anger about to vent at everyone.
"Get out of here!" Li You had been pulled outside the temple by Qin Yi, and when he saw the eyes of the giant snake, his heart was cold, but he suddenly thought of something, and shouted urgently: "Don't speak again, this dragon is already old, don't indiscriminately seal him and cause trouble!" ”
Hearing the word "Fengzheng", most of the people looked at each other, not knowing what Li You meant by this, but Uncle Wu and Linglong changed their faces. Uncle Wu's face sank even more, and he said, "Whoever spoke just now, stay!" ”
P.S. Overestimated their speed, but more tomorrow...... Everyone remember to collect and cast flowers
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