Chapter 12: The Strange Snake
The next morning, Meng Fan got up early, and after washing up, he rushed straight to the agreed place. The little second brother who ran the hall was also punctual, Meng Fan had just arrived with his front foot, and the other party happened to come with his heels.
Xiao Er saw that Meng Fan had nothing but a sword in his hand, and hurriedly reminded: "Meng Shaoxia, but it's not a kid, I forgot to remind you yesterday that this Lijia Village is about half a day's journey from Xiangyang City, so you'd better bring a little dry food." ”
As he spoke, he took out a gray cloth bag containing two biscuits from his bosom.
Seeing this, the corners of Meng Fan's mouth raised, and he said, "No need, it's just a meal!"
For Meng Fan, the last thing he lacked was food, after all, he carried a small tripod space with him. After years of collecting and breeding, there are too many animals and plants that can be used as food in the Xiaoding space.
When Xiao Er heard this, he didn't say more, pointed out the direction at the moment, and led the way. Half an hour later, the two left the official road and embarked on a deserted path.
"Little second brother's surname?" Meng Fan saw that there were no more pedestrians around, so he thought of inquiring about Sword Demon Valley.
"The boy's surname is Li, his nickname is Ergou, Meng Shaoxia can call me Ergou. Xiao Er leaned over and replied quickly.
"Well, Ergou, you said that your third uncle makes a living by hunting, I think he is very familiar with the surrounding mountain environment, right?" Meng Fan asked with a slight smile.
"That's for sure, the third uncle of the kid has been a hunter for generations, and the surrounding mountains have long been clear. Ergou replied with a smug expression.
When Meng Fan heard this, he felt a little sure in his heart, and then he asked, "In that case, I wonder if your third uncle has ever seen that kind of poisonous snake with a faint golden light?"
"A poisonous snake glowing with golden light?" Ergou looked stunned, and didn't remember what Meng Fan was talking about for a while, after a while, he suddenly patted his head and suddenly said: "Meng Shaoxia is talking about the unicorn dragon!"
"Unicorn dragon?" Meng Fan was stunned in his heart, and secretly thought about it, he vaguely remembered that the Bodhisattva snake had flesh horns on the top of its head, so it seemed that it was not wrong to call it a unicorn dragon.
Thinking of this, Meng Fan immediately nodded in affirmation: "Yes, it's this unicorn dragon!"
When Ergou heard this, he immediately smiled and said, "I said, in this Xiangyang realm, how can there be prey that we don't know about in Lijia Village!"
As if he was worried that Meng Fan would not believe him, Ergou then explained: "Although the kid knows about this unicorn, he has not seen it with his own eyes, however, I have heard my third uncle mention that this unicorn dragon is extremely poisonous, and it is not like other poisonous snakes that can be used in medicine, so it is of little value, and everyone generally will not hunt it." ”
"I see!" Meng Fan nodded clearly, at this moment, although there was no expression on his face, he was extremely happy in his heart, and he couldn't help but ask: "Ergou, if I pay for your third uncle and others to capture the unicorn, will they be willing?"
"Of course I am willing, if there is money to be made, who would not want to?" Ergou replied, although he was curious about why Meng Fan wanted to catch this useless unicorn dragon, but because of Meng Fan's identity, he still didn't ask after all.
The two hurried all the way and finally arrived at Lijia Village at noon. It is a small mountain village in the middle of nowhere, and behind it is a dense mountain forest.
After the two entered the village, Ergou directly led Meng Fan towards his third uncle's house.
Ergou's third uncle is named Li Dayan, a lean man with a dark complexion, after hearing Meng Fan's intention, he immediately patted his chest and promised: "Meng Shaoxia, please rest assured, I will go to greet a few good old friends in the afternoon, and I will enter the mountain early tomorrow morning." ”
"Okay, then there will be Third Uncle Lao!" At this moment, Meng Fan's face was full of smiles, and after that, he directly took out a hundred taels of silver and put it in front of Li Dayan, "This is a deposit, please ask Third Uncle to bother more!"
Seeing that there was money to take immediately, Li Dayan was also in ecstasy, and repeatedly promised that he would not disappoint Meng Fan's sincerity.
In the afternoon of the same day, Li Dayan went out to make an appointment, and at night, Meng Fan rested at Li Dayan's house.
The next morning, just after dawn, six strong men came to Li Dayan's house together. These six are all villagers of Lijia Village, who usually make a living by hunting, and there are two good snake catchers.
Because Li Dayan was familiar with the place where the unicorn dragon lived, he walked in front to lead the way, and a group of eight people went into the dense mountain forest one after another.
According to Li Dayan, the place where the Bodhisattva snake lives is separated by two small hills from Lijia Village, and if you are not familiar with the path, I am afraid that you will have to walk for most of the day.
However, he Li Dayan is a well-known hunter in a nearby village, and he is very familiar with the entire mountain forest, with him leading the way, in less than half a day, everyone came to the destination.
The place where the Bodhisattva snake lived was really different, and as soon as Meng Fanfu entered the forest, he immediately noticed something abnormal.
The trees in this neighborhood are no different from other places, but the forest is too quiet. Meng Fan listened intently for a long time, and found that there was not even a trace of birds, beasts and insects.
Li Dayan and the others had long known the strangeness of this place, and at this moment, although their faces looked extremely solemn, there was no shock in their eyes. However, everyone still clenched the weapons and tools in their hands.
Meng Fan also drew his saber and followed Li Dayan and the others to move towards the depths step by step.
In a few moments, a group of eight people had just gone deeper than half a mile, and Meng Fan, under the guidance of a good snake catcher, found a Bodhisattva snake hidden in the leaves.
This strange snake is about the thickness of an adult's arm, with two fleshy horns on the top of its head, and its body is covered with golden stars. Originally, it was hiding in the leaves and preparing to sneak attack Li Dayan and the others, but after being discovered by Meng Fan and the others, it immediately arched its body and hissed from its mouth, as if it was gathering momentum for the attack.
Seeing this scene, the snake catcher who had instructed Meng Fan immediately pulled the corner of Meng Fan's clothes, and said softly: "Meng Shaoxia, I don't know if you have any requirements for the size of this unicorn dragon, to be honest, this unicorn dragon is too big, and it is almost impossible to capture it alive with our ability." ”
Although Li Dayan and the others coveted the rich silver given by Meng Fan, they cherished their lives even more, they were extremely familiar with this unicorn dragon, this kind of unicorn dragon with thick arms was not only fast, powerful, and more toxic, under normal circumstances, they were unwilling to provoke.
After listening to Li Dayan and the others' explanations, Meng Fan didn't blame them, according to them, they could only catch the unicorn dragon with a thick axe handle at most, according to this situation, Meng Fan had to re-explain their task, however, this was obviously not the time.
At that moment, Meng Fan waved his hand and motioned for everyone to stand back, while he himself continued to stand in place, confronting the big snake in front of him.
After a long time, the strange snake finally couldn't bear it anymore, only to see its head tilt back suddenly, the snake body instantly looked like a full bow, and it completed the accumulation in an instant, and in the next breath, the snake's head was like a sharp arrow off the string, shooting straight at Meng Fan's neck.
A few feet away in the blink of an eye, the speed of the strange snake is unimaginable.
However, Meng Fan was not an easy person, and the moment the strange snake attacked, the sword in his hand was also cut out.
The sword light flashed and disappeared, and at the same time, only a pop sound, the strange snake split into two, and the hideous head fell down suddenly, and then, Meng Fan shot again, and the long sword stabbed straight ahead, poking a transparent hole in the snake's head.
The brain was destroyed, and the snake twisted for a moment, gradually losing its sound.
Behind Meng Fan, Li Dayan and the others saw this scene, and they all opened their mouths wide, with a look of shock, once upon a time, the strange snake they needed to take a detour was so easily cut by Meng Fan's sword.
However, they didn't know that in Meng Fan's eyes, although the attack of this strange snake was sharp and swift, it was just a fast arrow that was shot, and with his swordsmanship cultivation, it was not difficult to break through this "arrow".