Chapter Eighty-Eight: Finding the Mallet
It is said that the big snake couldn't spare the effort to deal with me because of the thunder, so this sword stabbed directly into the big snake's body, and the blood flowed immediately.
As soon as the snake was in pain, its coiled body twisted, but it did not release its coiled body, and although it was in pain, it still maintained its coiled posture.
Seeing that it didn't care about attacking me, I thought to myself that maybe it was dealing with the thunder in the sky, so I took advantage of its illness and wanted it to die, so I jumped up and stabbed it a few times, which cut the snake's stomach open, and I could clearly see the rolling intestines in the stomach.
However, the serpent remained in a coiled position, and although its body trembled with pain, it did not attack me. However, I can also see that it doesn't seem to hurt much if you stab it with a sword like this, as the so-called hitting a snake for seven inches, just stabbing it in the stomach like this can't kill it at all. However, the snake was so big that it was seven inches around the top of its body, and I couldn't reach it at all.
There was thunder and tremors beside me, my feet were numb, and my peachwood sword couldn't cause fatal damage to it at all.
At this time, the aquatic life standing in the distance was also in a hurry, and shouted anxiously at me to run.
I had to smile bitterly at the aquatic words, if I could run away, I wouldn't be standing here and being struck by these thunderbolts. Now I know very well in my heart that there are only two ways today, or apart from it, not only can I leave a small life, but also can be regarded as doing the right thing for heaven. Either resist this catastrophe for it, and then be eaten by this beast.
Thinking of this, I clenched the peachwood sword again, jumped up and beckoned to it. But the snake's body was so big that the sword could only pierce its stomach, but it could not cause serious damage to its body, let alone split its bucket-thick body in two. Seeing that the dark clouds in the sky were gradually brightening, and the thunder was obviously thinner than before, I couldn't help but feel anxious, what the hell wouldn't this beast really use me to resist this catastrophe, right?
I was anxious, and at the same time I felt strange about this snake, to say that usually, let alone stabbing it with a sword, it was thrown into a fire hole into its hole before, and it ran out to bite, but now why don't you ignore me at all? Always in this position?
As soon as this doubt came out in my heart, I took a closer look at the posture of its plate, and I saw that I really saw the doorway, it turned out that this big snake actually coiled its body into the shape of a gossip map!
At that moment, I suddenly realized that this beast wanted to use the power of the "Bagua Array" to fight against the sky and thunder for himself. It's no wonder that no matter how I attack it, it always maintains a coiled posture, it turns out that it doesn't dare to break the gossip formation at all!
Seeing this, I immediately had an idea, and understood that as long as the shape of gossip was broken, then it would be killed by the thunder. Thinking of this, I hurriedly abandoned the peachwood sword, and then ran to the side to find a long dead branch, and then stabbed the big snake violently......
Since you don't dare to vent the power of "gossip", then Lao Tzu will come to help you vent, if you want to blame it, you are not good at finding someone for this brute, you have to find Lao Tzu to fight lightning for you!
Thinking of this beast risking my life to fight the thunder, my heart burst into flames, and my murderous intent suddenly rose. So, this stab, I used all the strength of my body, don't you say, I was so violently pushed by my external force that it really broke up its coiled body, and it fell to the ground in one fell swoop.
Seeing this, how dare I stop, threw the long branch in my hand, spread my legs and ran out. As soon as I turned around and didn't run out of a meter or two, I saw a flash of light behind me, and then a sky-shattering thunder exploded behind me, and the sound shook the ground, and I suddenly only felt a "buzz" in my ears, and then I was temporarily deaf, and the person was also paralyzed by the thunder, and sat on the ground with a dizzy head......
For the next few seconds, I only saw a flash of light, and I couldn't hear how many thunderbolts had fallen. By the time my ears were regaining hearing, the thunder had already stopped, the clouds had cleared, the sun had run out again, and everything was calm!
At this time, the aquatic life had already run in front of me, and helped me up with a frightened face, and asked me if I had been struck by thunder.
I touched my body and found that I was still in all four limbs, but my head was still a little cloudy from the previous thunder. At the moment, I didn't care about how to check my body carefully, and hurriedly asked him, how is the snake spirit, didn't run away?
Shui Sheng pointed behind me and said, "The snake is there, see for yourself." ”
Hearing this, I hurriedly turned around to look, only to see a big snake as thick as a bucket lying three meters behind me, but at this time it was already dead and could no longer die. The whole body has been scorched black by the thunder, and it is still emitting white smoke at this time, and it is obviously impossible to live anymore.
Seeing this, I finally breathed a sigh of relief, and said in my heart, your evil has finally been removed.
However, listening to the aquatic story, just after I stabbed the snake to the ground, then a lightning bolt that was several times more powerful than before struck the snake, and a cloud of white light appeared on the snake's body, and the lightning flashed, which was terrifying. When he saw me fall to the ground, he thought I had been struck by lightning.
The snake demon was removed, and the two of us went down the mountain and returned to the village. Of course, we didn't go back empty-handed, but to the village with a charred snake. Originally, I planned to go back like this, but Shui Sheng had to bring the big snake back as well, saying that it was for the people in the village to see, to gain knowledge, and to save them from worshipping God in the future. Seeing that he was dragging a big snake of nearly 200 catties by himself like a cow, I had to sigh and help him carry the big snake back together.
Anyway, when we brought the beast back to the village, the whole village exploded. Some are frightened, some are afraid, and some are more curious. When they learned that this big snake was the guy who was pretending to be a bodhisattva in the Guanyin Cave, everyone's frightened faces changed drastically, obviously they didn't expect that what they had been worshipping for decades would be this kind of monster.
Of course, there are also people who applaud and applaud me for removing the great harm from their village and avenging the three villagers who died.
Looking at the happy expressions of the villagers, I also felt a sense of accomplishment in my heart, although I came into the mountain to find ginseng to save my life, and now I don't know anything about the news of the thousand-year-old ginseng, but I am still very relieved to see that I have removed a big snake that has become a demon, and I feel that the time I have delayed for this is very worthwhile.
The next day, I left the village with the help of the villagers, and when I left the village, I also left the statue of Guanyin in the cave in the village and told them to take it to the local temple.
Leaving the village, my next trip was to a small township called "Tianshan Town". Of course, the reason why I went to that place was because I had heard from Shui Sheng that there were often ginseng pickers in Tianshan Town, and when they picked ginseng in the mountains, they usually went to Tianshan Town to sell it.
Although I also know that even if I go to Tianshan Town and meet those people who pick ginseng all year round, the ginseng they pick cannot be the thousand-year-old ginseng I want, but at least I can ask those ginseng pickers which piece of Dashan people have more participants, so it's better than me running around the mountains blindly, right?
Tayama is a small town, and it was the second day when I came to this town. The town of Tayama is located in the middle of the mountains, with a small population, only two or three streets. But today I happened to be in time for the town market, so the streets were crowded with people, and the streets were lined with stalls selling everything, from small goods from outside to mountain goods from mountain people.
In the small towns in the mountains, there are usually no people, but once it is the day to catch the market, there are many people, more than ten times more than before, and this may only be known to people living in mountain villages.
Anyway, I walked around the crowded streets for a long time, selling everything, but there was no ginseng. I also asked several stall owners who sold yam goods if they had any ginseng for sale, and several stall owners looked at me strangely, and finally they didn't dump me, as if I was some kind of weird person.
The weather was suffocatingly hot, I was squeezing through the crowd alone, and I was not happy that I had not found anyone selling ginseng, so I finally went to find a hotel to stay.
At noon, I had a casual meal on the first floor of the hotel, with a sad face, and I didn't know where to find the ginseng picker. After thinking about it, I asked the proprietress of the inn and asked her if she rarely sells ginseng when she is in the market.
The proprietress is a young woman in her thirties and forties, and she speaks very heartily, and she looks pretty good, at least in this kind of small place in the mountains. She said, "Little brother, did you come into the mountains to buy ginseng on purpose?" ”
I nodded and asked her, "Yes, I want to buy a few high-quality ginseng, but I walked around the street all morning today, and I didn't even see a single ginseng, is it possible that there are not a few ginseng sold in every market?" ”
The proprietress suddenly laughed when she heard this, and then said, "Little brother, look at what you said, how can this ginseng be put up for sale, you have to find the ginseng picker." ”
"Huh?" I was very curious, and I said that we don't know the person who picks ginseng, where can I find someone?
Finally, after being told by the hostess, I understood. It turns out that every time this Tianshan town rushes to the market, there will be ginseng pickers coming down, carrying ginseng goods, because ginseng is precious, and the mountain people also think that fresh ginseng is alive and spiritual, so they will not put it out to sell. However, it is also easy to find a ginseng seller, listening to the proprietress that the ginseng seller will stand on the street and shout a mallet, this kind of person is a ginseng seller, because the mallet is the local name of ginseng, or mountain goods, goblins.
When I heard this, I understood, no wonder I didn't see a ginseng seller on the stall all morning, and my feelings about this wild ginseng would not be displayed in the open at all.
I immediately thanked him, hurried into the crowded bazaar again, and began to search.