In the village dozens of miles away from the Snake King Valley, some people went out into the mountains and saw the eagle king hovering high in the sky and screaming, some people said it was a miracle, some people said it was a monster, but no one dared to go deep into the mountain.

Because there is no big road to the Valley of the Snake King, there are only steep rocks and wild grasses that grow to the height of a man's head, and there is no mountain road that even people have walked.

Obviously, the distant valley has become a mysterious and forbidden place in the hearts of the nearby villagers.

Bai Lan led his people to multiply in the mountains, and as the years passed, the entire mountain peak was covered with snakes.

Even birds of prey are afraid of the swampy peaks, only a few daring water birds, the occasional white crane or two flying to the swamp to eat some game, or some thin-footed, hard-clawed, long-billed birds of all kinds dare to descend here.

Occasionally, some hunters set foot here, and were horrified and fled when they saw a group of snakes everywhere, and with the rumors of the Terrans, this swampy peak was called Ten Thousand Snakes Mountain, which means that there are tens of thousands of terrible snakes in the mountain.

And coupled with some rumors combined with the legend of the former white snake turning into a dragon, the villages in this vicinity for a hundred miles all know that in the south of the village, across a high mountain, there is a place full of snakes, where there are countless poisonous snakes, and even tigers and lions must be eaten by the snakes when they enter. Even in the deepest part of the mountain, there is a huge snake king who cultivates in the valley and wants to turn into a dragon.

Bai Lan didn't know what the world thought of him, and even if he did, he didn't care.

The years in the mountains are counted by years, and the days are just a nap for him.

No wonder those giant pythons don't like to move around and sleep all day long, and some pythons can even sleep up to 23 hours a day.

As Bai Lan grew up, he also became like those giant pythons.

Now Bai Lan doesn't know if he is a snake or a python, he is eight years old this year.

He has a flawless white jade-like body, and his body length has reached more than eight meters after thirteen molts.

It doesn't sound like an eight-meter snake is a behemoth, but Bai Lan is no ordinary snake.

Some snake pythons will have a much thinner throat than their waist after they grow to three or four meters, and their head is much smaller than the thickest waist.

But Bai Lan is different, the thickest part of his body is precisely the snake's head, from head to tail from thick to thin, the body is well-proportioned and almost perfect, and even the snake hormones he exudes every spring can cause the female snake of the entire mountain peak to go crazy.

Bai Lan's head is already seventy or eighty centimeters wide, and his throat is also sixty or seventy centimeters wide, such a giant python can swallow a tiger and a lion!

And Bai Lan's physical strength is also extremely terrifying, not to mention the strength of nine bulls and two tigers, at least in his cognition, none of the ordinary beasts on the land can match him.

Even the average giant whale in the deep sea can't compare to his terrifying body.

Bai Lan was not complacent, because he had seen the deeper world.

He has seen the same kind of big demon like Chen Gongzi, he has seen the devil crying blood, and he has seen the great virtue and power of the monk, there must be demons and fairies and Buddhas in this world, how can a giant python be the king?

Today's Bai Lan is more than eight years old, and next year his physical functions will begin to gradually decline, and in two years he will spend his life as a snake.

But he couldn't step into the threshold of the long immortal journey.

Mortals know countless legends of immortals and gods, and how many of them are among the vast beings who may seek the true way?

This is true of people, and so are demons.

Survival is already hard, and there is no one in ten thousand beasts that open the spirit and enlighten the mind, even if the spirit is opened, it may not be able to attract the aura of heaven and earth and turn the beast into a demon.

Bai Lan tried for eight years, but he was never able to attract the aura of heaven and earth, the essence of the sun and the moon into his body.

If he hadn't lived near, it would have been fine, but as a beast's instinctive premonition, the feeling of watching death walk in little by little was very uncomfortable.

Fortunately, Bai Lan has read the moral scriptures for eight years, his mind is calm and clear, and his perception ability has unconsciously improved a lot, and Bai Lan accepts it calmly.

He is a dead man, and it is a blessing to be able to enjoy ten years of purity in the mountains and wilderness, and he can't be too greedy to be a man or a beast.

Fortunately, when Bai Lan saw the growing group of snakes outside the Snake King Valley, he would always feel comfort in his heart, even if he knew that these cold-blooded people might forget him after he died, but this kind of joy that he had cultivated himself was unforgettable.

This mountain peak is a hundred miles in circumference, and it is the territory of a group of snakes. The number of snakes here has reached more than 3,000, and probably less than 5,000.

Because Bai Lan couldn't accurately tell the number of snakes, he could only roughly estimate the number of them.

With the expansion of the territory, three or five thousand snakes within a hundred miles is no longer too many.

Fortunately, the snakes are all around the Snake King Valley, and they can be regarded as ethnic gatherings.

There are five successor snakes in the valley that Bai Lan has personally cultivated, but now three have been eliminated, and only two remain.

One is also a water snake, a black water snake, with a thick body, which has grown to nearly five meters long.

Its length is the largest in this valley except for the white lan.

There is also a green snake, only more than three meters long, but its combat effectiveness is extremely strong, whether it is flexibility or venom toxicity, it should be the second among the group of snakes.

The first toxicity is naturally Bai Lan himself.

There is still more than a year to go, Bai Lan is not in a hurry, he wants to wait for the green snake to molt next year before making a decision.

Bai Lan's life is now more and more comfortable, every morning sun rises high, get up jubilantly, eat a few hares, climb the willow tree and squint in the sun, wait until dusk and sunset to enjoy the perfect scenery and then go back to the cave and sleep.

In spring, the hole is stung, and in late autumn, the light snow hibernates.

At the end of the year, the year begins again, year after year, and the beginning is the same.

His body is far more hardy than other snakes, so every winter he is the last to enter the hole, guarding the snakes, and hibernation just now.

On such a day, the years are quiet, the white clouds are long, and you are at ease.

……

Outside the Ten Thousand Snake Mountain, in the village of Zhuangjia, the uncle sitting at the entrance of the village has been replaced by an aunt and grandmother, and now the autumn harvest has passed, the winter wheat has been planted, and it is rare to have a slack season. The men went out to the bazaar to inquire about their livelihood and where to collect the grain, and the price was high, and the women were busy embroidering and weaving cloth in the village to make winter clothes.

There is always something to say in the words of the women, and even the most simple women know the trivial things between their neighbors, after all, these are the ordinary days they have to spend every day.

The eldest lady of the Wang family has a clever mouth, and she is a well-known half of the matchmaker in the village.

Aunt Wang took the thick needle and thread and led the yellow homespun cloth to thread a few stitches at the neckline, and then couldn't help but look at the west, and then said mysteriously: "Hey, do you know? Last night, I saw Widow Xu pull a man into the house in the middle of the night! ”

"What did you say?" A wide-faced mother-in-law was full of shock, but she couldn't hide her gossip and excitement. "That Widow Xu stole a man? Whose man stole it? My grandfather went back to the house early yesterday to sleep.

Do you think it's the second son of the old man Zhang? I see him loitering all day, most likely! ”

Another kind-hearted village woman was a little distracted, "Li Erniang, what did you say, Widow Xu is alone, and she can barely eat enough to make a good living this year, can people still live as soon as your words are spread?" ”

Li Erniang made a face, cut off, and said: "Hey, it seems that Sanmao's mother and Widow Xu have a good relationship, the black light is blind, and the dog doesn't come out, who will go into the widow's house?" And I don't know how to raise two big white geese to watch the house, I think it's for fear that the thief will be seen by others. ”

A few women were arguing over the stalks at the head of the village here, and a large group of people came to the village outside the village, even a few big horses, and a luxurious carriage drove towards the village.

Seeing this scene, several women became frightened, and hurriedly shouted for the men of the village to come out and see.

The village was full of chickens and dogs, and a few thin earth dogs barked twice and lay on the ground tired and panting.

The cat on the beam of the house also accidentally slipped off and jumped into the chicken coop.

One or two children's heads poked out of the courtyard of each house, and there was curiosity in their eyes.

The group of people led by two horses to open the way, where have the village women, who only move within a radius of ten miles on weekdays, seen such tall and mighty horses, and this group of outsiders who don't look good to get along with.

A middle-aged man in gray clothes in a strong suit turned over and dismounted, showing a faint smile, looking a little kind, he hugged his fists and said, "A few eldest sisters, this is Zhuangjia Village?" ”

Aunt Wang is half a matchmaker who is well-informed and bolder, and said with a smile on her face: "Yes, yes, this is Zhuangjia Village, I don't know what you uncles and heroes are doing in our wilderness village?" If there is someone who can help, we rough people may be able to use it. ”

The middle-aged man smiled, took out a handful of broken silver from his waist pocket, and said, "Thank you for your kindness." A group of us are businessmen, in Xia Zhangze, this time I came to inquire about any special products nearby, so that it is easy to bring some goods on the return journey to avoid losing money.

I also asked the eldest lady to find a few old men in the village and talk to us. ”

When Aunt Wang saw so much broken silver, the corners of her eyes smiled to the point that her eyebrows were stretched slightly, and the silver disappeared with a wipe of her hand, "Good uncle, it's really polite, I'll go to Zhang Luo Zhang Luo, and please don't dislike the farmer's rudeness and go to the village to rest for a while." ”

Zhang Ze nodded and said, "What the eldest sister said is that I will consult the owner." ”

As he spoke, he walked to the carriage behind him and whispered a few words close to the carriage, and then the curtain of the carriage was lifted, and he saw a pair of handsome men and women jumping off the carriage, and finally a rather majestic middle-aged man in a brocade robe came down from the carriage.

Aunt Wang's heart was chuckled, and with a smile on her face, she pulled a few women back to the village to Zhang Luo.

On the way, Li Erniang scolded: "Mrs. Wang, you have suffered a thousand knives, isn't this leading the disaster to the village?" ”

Aunt Wang said in a low voice: "What do you know? These people say that they are businessmen, but they don't look like a kind businessman, they are very likely to be people in the rivers and lakes, there are forty or fifty people in a group of so many people, even if they don't know martial arts, they can't be stopped by a word.

Now the important thing is to hurry back to the village to inform the families, see what they want to prepare, and by the way, let the children of each family quickly run back to the town to find the masters of each family to come back, and the people are naturally bold. You don't want to go! ”

Several women were panicked, and now when they heard what Aunt Wang said, they were busy doing what she said.

A group of people watched at the entrance of the village for a while, and then saw seven or eight old men from the village coming, and some men also followed.

An old man with gray hair smiled and said: "The uncles have come from afar, our village is unwelcome, and the contemptible person is the village chief of this Zhuangjia Village, please don't dislike the hospitality." ”

The young handsome man smiled and said, "Aren't the old village chief afraid that we are robbers and bandits?" ”

The old village chief hurriedly waved his hand and said: "A few masters are laughing, now that I am the Holy Emperor of the Great Jin Dynasty, I am all over the world, where can I tolerate robbers doing nonsense?" And I haven't seen a robber as personable as Childe, old man. ”

The young man couldn't help but laugh when he heard this, and bowed his hand and said, "In Ouyang Xue, behind me are my father-in-law, Mei Yuanwai, and my wife." ”

The old village chief hurriedly complimented: "It turned out to be Mei Yuanwai and Ouyang Gongzi, and the fact that this village can receive a few people really makes our small village flourish." Please also move to my old man's humble house and entertain a few of them. ”

Mei Yuanwai nodded and smiled lightly, "You are all guarding outside the village." Let's go. ”

Everyone replied in unison, "Yes!" The orderly momentum frightened the peasants in the village.

Mei Yuanwai saw the performance of the villagers, don't think that the farmers are more simple, but there is a saying that the poor mountains and bad waters come out of the people, and it is not in vain. Although he is not afraid of these villagers, if there is a dispute, he will inevitably have to negotiate with the government. The government under the rule of the Holy Emperor is the most powerful force among the people. Everyone in the rivers and lakes must be afraid of three points.

When the three of them followed the old village chief into the house, Mei Yuanwai smiled and said, "I don't know how much the old village chief is Gui Geng?" ”

The village chief hurriedly smiled: "Don't dare to be, don't dare to be, old man, I'm seventy-four now." ”

"Then I think the old village chief is familiar with this neighborhood, right?" Miss Mei, who was standing next to Ouyang Xue, asked playfully.

The old village chief smiled: "I'm ashamed, I'm ashamed, although I'm old, I'm not a native of the local area, but I came here to build a village five years ago after being recruited and transferred by the government.

However, although it has only been five years, most of the people and cultural relics in this vicinity still know a little. ”

The corners of Mei Yuanwai's mouth raised, and he asked, "What special goods does the old village chief have in this village?" ”

The old village chief smiled bitterly when he heard this, "Our village has been built for less than five years, and we can only plant some crops, and there is nothing else except this, so it is called Zhuangjia Village." ”

Ouyang Xue frowned, "In this way, it seems that we are going to return empty-handed."

But is there any special product in the mountains and forests around the village chief? ”

The old village chief's heart was relieved, and it didn't seem that it was the idea of beating their village, "Hehe, you don't know anything, son." This 100-mile radius is a mountain forest, which is the place where the government set fire to open up the mountain five years ago. ”

Miss Mei turned her head, as if she remembered something, "Hey, when we came out of Qi Nan City, we heard that you have a snake mountain here?" There are so many snakes that there are too many to count. Is this true? ”

The old village chief's heart suddenly became entangled, "This... This... How many people want to go to the Ten Thousand Snake Mountain? This is unacceptable! I can't help it! ”

Ouyang Xue frowned, and her voice carried a hint of coldness, "Why is this?" ”

The old village chief hurriedly said: "This Ten Thousand Snake Mountain is separated from our Zhuangjia Village by a whole tall mountain, although it looks like it is only a few dozen miles away, but if you really want to go over, you have to go over the mountains and mountains to walk more than a hundred miles."

Moreover, the grass in this mountain forest can grow as tall as a person, and there are countless poisonous insects and beasts in it, and there are tens of thousands of snakes in the ten thousand snake mountains, even snake catchers dare not go easily.

Heard... I heard..."