At night, the wind and rain stopped, the autumn cold and dew were heavy, Bai Lan twisted his body, and his body was as strong as he didn't care about this slight cold.

The bleeding from the wound had stopped, and it was time for him to go. Bai Lan couldn't help but smile when he looked at the lily clothes on his body, bit the small clay pot with his mouth and hid it in his jaw, and then quietly left.

However, Bai Lan still remembered the child named Baosheng. As he walked, he left a smiling face by drawing his tail in front of the coat of dirt.

……

On the second day, Bao Sheng, who had sneaked out, came to the ditch with an excited face, but he couldn't see the big snake.

He was so anxious that he shouted, "Snake Immortal! Snake Daxian! Are you gone? ”

His childlike voice echoed in the empty mountain forest, which also confirmed that the snake immortal had already left.

Bao Sheng came to the side of the robe in disappointment, and accidentally saw that a small face with a smile was drawn on the ground. He laughed in amazement, "The Snake Immortal still remembers me. ”

……

Bai Lan dragged his half-crippled body back to Ten Thousand Snake Mountain, and only when he entered his own territory did he feel at ease.

Swimming through the dense aquatic grass, the snakes in the swamp retreated with fear.

The bodies of the mortals who died in the swamp are now gone. Come to think of it, in the territory of Ten Thousand Snake Mountain, only his clan has done things.

In the final analysis, Bai Lan has always had a gap with a real snake in his heart.

Swimming through the Sky Canyon, all traces of human beings were swept away with yesterday's autumn rain.

Passing by the boulder, Bai Lan stopped and bent his head to thank his neighbors, and spat out the snake letter in his mouth.

Just when he thought there would be no response, there was a low-frequency sound from the depths of the lair, so low that infrasound waves that humans couldn't react to.

The meaning is very vague, probably just unceremoniously helping each other.

Bai Lan became more and more fond of these neighbors, and it was clear that among the ants of the colony were creatures such as kings with intelligent intelligence.

Climb under the willow tree, spit out the clay pot hidden in the jaw, and then deftly roll up with the tail and pour out the little remaining powder on the wound.

The bleeding has stopped, and the next step is to recuperate.

He also kept the empty clay pot in the hibernating cave.

Then Bai Lan had a full meal in the valley, swallowing a full ten hares, and the rabbits in autumn ate one by one fat and strong, and even he felt that he could really hold on to eating so much in one go.

After eating, climb the willow tree again and wrap around the branches, bask in the autumn sun among the branches and leaves, and fall asleep.

Familiar with the tranquil environment, he slept late at night and was woken up by a gust of autumn wind at night.

Bai Lan looked at the four directions in a daze, and at some point, a vast white mist rose, and a cold cold went straight into people's hearts.

In the mist, there seemed to be two figures coming, and the sound of fine chains sounded.

The white snake gall was suddenly shocked, his heat and vibration organs and even his olfactory organs did not catch the two figures, and could only be seen through the snake's eyes, one black and one white, a thin and tall figure in the valley mist with chains took away a vague figure.

The white figure suddenly turned his head and looked at Bai Lan.

But it was a terrible white face, and there was even a blood-red long tongue that dragged a full three feet long and hung down from the mouth, and it seemed that there was still writing on it, and it was not real to see.

"What's wrong?" The black figure made a gruff and eerie sound.

"The serpent has seen us." The voice of the white figure was low and dark.

"So what? Could it be an ordinary beast that can kill such a person? Black impermanence rattled a strange laugh, and turned to Bai Lan and said: "Big snake, you are lucky, you meet my black and white brothers, follow the inheritance of the ancestors, the snake is not a crime to hurt people, even if the city god sentences you, impermanence will not accept you."

But in the future, you have to do it yourself, concentrate on cultivating yourself, and become a demon as soon as possible! Otherwise, the next time you encounter a bull head and horse face to collect your soul, maybe you will take your soul back together. ”

Bai Lan was chilled when he heard this, and hurriedly bowed his head to thank the two ghosts.

The black and white impermanence laughed, and the figure suddenly walked a hundred steps, and disappeared in a few blinks of an eye, and the vast white fog in the valley also dispersed.

The moon in the sky, obscured by dark clouds, reappeared, and the silver-white moonlight sprinkled on the mountains, illuminating the canyon like a light, as if it were all a dream.

Bai Lan's heart was more inclined to see what he saw in his dreams, but he could be sure that what he had just seen was not just a dream.

Is it not murder for a snake to hurt someone? The city god judges you, and impermanence does not accept you?

Through these words, Bai Lan knew some things about the gods and ghosts in this world.

In the autumn of this year, Bai Lan hibernation was also very late.

That group of humans broke into the valley and killed and injured at least nearly a thousand snakes, and they were the main force of reproduction, and the number of snakes would not increase much in the coming year.

Bai Lan's wound was finally healed before the beginning of winter, and the snakes in the valley had also hibernated, and only his snake was still outside.

The faint sunlight emits a weak heat, and the cold air is filled with the smell of winter.

There are still many dead leaves left on the willow branches that have not yet fallen, and the gray and yellow are very beautiful.

Bai Lan hovered in the tree, thinking that he would hibernate tomorrow.

But in the afternoon, the sound of a human footstep could be heard.

Bai Lan shook his head, a little dazed, dare to have a hunter enter the mountain at this time?

He looked fixedly, and at the mouth of the valley of the sky, out of a kind old monk came out, wearing a dark yellow monk's robe, no Zen staff and no robe, and only holding a string of Buddhist beads in his hand.

The old monk has no aura, ordinary steps, shaking dust, walking towards the waterhole, stepping out of the calm pool to create a layer of ripples, step by step on the ripples of the small pool treading water does not sink.

Bai Lan was stunned, this is definitely a master, but it is not easy to say that he is not a Buddhist monk like an old monk.

He crossed his body, his head sticking out of the canopy of willow trees, and spitting out a serpent's letter to warn him.

But the old monk was unmoved, walked straight to the ancient willows, raised his head to look at a dead branch, and said with a smile: "Good! Spring and autumn buds and leaves, a year old, has been another thousand years.

When you were young, the poor monk met you, and now you have attained nirvana, and you will soon ascend to the upper realm. You are still the same, and you have not changed your mind. ”

Bai Lan quickly fell down at the moment when the old monk stood under the tree, and the snake body surrounded the old monk layer by layer, and he was about to stick out his tongue to bite.

But when he heard the old monk say that he had ascended to the upper realm, he instantly froze his body, the upper realm? Soaring? How high does that have to be?

Bai Lan's brain was confused, a great person of Buddhism, was entangled by him?

The snake body collapsed, and Bai Lan swam away nervously, raised his head and watched the old monk talk to the willow tree by himself, and stayed quietly and obediently as a listener.

Could it be that he planted this willow tree? Now that you're going to soar, come back to remember one or two?

Bai Lan knew that the person in front of him must be thousands of times more powerful than that round sigh. I only hope that this Buddhist master can show mercy. Running away is most likely useless.

After the old monk finished saying a long series of words, he stopped, and did not pinch him to death with one hand, and his eyes reflected the figure of Bai Lan.

"A serpent with such a spirit." He exclaimed, "But I have a lot of karma on my body." ”

Bai Lan's heart trembled, and he hurriedly bent his head to beg for mercy.

"Hehe, if it was a thousand years earlier, maybe I would take you back to the mountain and educate you, and now the poor monk is about to leave this world, so I will pass on a mantra of meditation for you, get rid of the demon nature and keep your heart. I hope you will achieve positive results as soon as possible! ”

With that, he stretched out his hand and pointed at it, and the serpent fell with a bang.

The old monk smiled faintly, with one hand and ten, and the other holding the Buddha beads, raised his head and looked at the willow tree and said: "The poor monk will recite this "Great Nirvana Sutra" for you again."

"The Bodhisattva Mahasattva has the ten dharmas, and he is not in contact with the world, and he is not tainted by the world's laws. What is ten? One is faith; Both have precepts; The three are close to good friends; The four are good at thinking; The five are well advanced; Sixth, they have sufficient mindfulness; The seven are full of wisdom; Eight have sufficient correct language; The Nine are happy to correct the Fa; The Ten have mercy on all sentient beings. Good man, the Bodhisattva has enough of the Ten Dharmas, not with the world, not tainted by the world's laws, like a good bowl and a flower. ……”

The gentle chanting of Buddhist scriptures resounded through the valley, the autumn birds chirped lowly, and under the willows full of yellow leaves, the monks chanted with beads, and there was a sleeping big white snake beside him.

The autumn wind blows, the willow leaves fall, fall in the autumn pool, fall on the shoulders of the monks, fall on the sleeping white snake, the valley Zen realm is empty and quiet, the autumn sun obliquely shines under a bunch to cover the old monk, although the old monk is old, the sun can shine and shine, chant the Sanskrit sound, the Dharma is boundless.

……

When Bai Lan woke up relaxedly, he found that the old monk was gone. It was like taking a comfortable bath, fresh from the inside out.

From beginning to end, the monk didn't use any immortal means, but his gestures were all Zen.

Bai Lan has an extra mantra in his head, although he doesn't know the words, but those Sanskrit sounds spontaneously sound in his mind, this sutra is called: "The Great Nirvana Sutra".

Shaking his head, he looked at this willow tree, although he didn't look good, but he didn't expect it to be such a tree, it was actually a tree planted by a Buddhist monk.

That monk, I'm afraid I'm going to become an immortal, right? No, the monk should be in the Western Bliss of Buddhism.

Bai Lan thought that he would have to take care of this willow tree in the future, maybe it might have some effect.

With a full head of thought, he walked into the cave and began his eighth hibernation in the life of a snake.

This year's winter was much warmer than usual.

When winter snow falls, every household does not feel very cold.

The beasts in the mountains have also carried this winter.

People are talking about why it is still warm after heavy snow in the winter of this year. Such a snow year is a real snow year.

Mortals live in the red dust, and the immortals build on the high mountains.

When the New Year of the world, a boundless Buddha light lit up in the west and shone on the nineteen continents of the Tianyuan realm, illuminating the demons, people, immortals, Buddhas, demons, witches, and ghosts of this world.

Countless Buddhas on the western continent clasped their hands together, "Amitabha! Receiving the Buddha of Great Compassion and Compassion in the South! ”

In the north, on the Yuyu Immortal Mountain of Qionglou, there was a sound of congratulations. "Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable! Congratulations to the Buddha! ”

In the southwest, in the dark demon cave, countless demons are ready to move.

In the south, one after another demon kings and demon emperors stood on the top of the mountain, or worried, or blessed, or sneered, or released the demon statue to roar excitedly.

Qi Nan Mansion, in Qi Nan City, the city god was worried: "I'm afraid, this is the last stable year in the world." Spread my decree, the yin gods and ghosts are on duty in the counties and towns in Qinan City, if they encounter evil and ghostly things, they will be cut first and then played. ”

In the city of Qinan, this year, the flowers are blooming, and it is the 45th year of the Holy Emperor of the Great Jin Kingdom.

When spring came again in another year, the thunder rumbled, waking up the beasts and informing all things, and spring returned.

This year, Bai Lan was nine years old.

For a person, it is the beginning of a child's growth, but for the beast of the mountains and forests, it has long been renewed.

Bai Lan found that his body was becoming more and more lazy, and since he came out of the hibernation hole, he has been napping on the willow tree all day.

Carefree, full of food and sleep, waking up and eating, his weight is getting heavier and heavier day by day, even the thousand-year-old willow is crushed to the bend of the branches and leaves.

There's really nothing to do.

He is already the overlord within a radius of 100 miles, and four or five mountains are occupied by snakes little by little.

In the summer heat, Bai Lan will lazily climb into the pool to escape the heat, and eat one or two big fish by the way.

On a summer afternoon, Bai Lan began to molt again, and this was the last time.

It is really because the skin of the snake scales is too hard, which causes Bai Lan to die when he molts, but if he can't break free from the snake molt, he will be suffocated to death.

After molting this time, Bai Lan grew to nine meters long, the diameter of his waist reached seventy or eighty centimeters, and his head was more than one meter wide and thick.

Even the seven giant pythons eight or nine meters long combined could not compare to the diameter of Bai Lan's head and waist.

The fangs in the mouth also grew again, and the venom was not diluted and weakened, but became even more terrifying.

The brand-new white body is like crystal scales like pure white milk, and if he grows two horns on his head and stretches out four legs, mortals will really think he is a dragon when they see him.

Even now, when mortals see him, they will exclaim that he is a dragon, a dragon without feet and horns!

If pythons want to turn into dragons, they need to practice for thousands of years, swallow clouds and spit out fog, win people to be right, and take advantage of the right time and place to go into the sea to turn dragons.

It's not that these Bai Lan don't know, but his body doesn't have these desires, and as for swallowing clouds and spitting mist, there will indeed be some.

He sometimes wakes up at the top of the mountain in the morning to swallow the vast clouds and mist, relying on his strong body and physical strength, he can swallow the clouds and mist within three zhang, and it seems that he is really swallowing the clouds from a distance, but in fact he is just swallowing the fog.

It didn't take long to hold on, and Bai Lan didn't continue. Because all he swallowed in the clouds and mist was water vapor and cold air, and there was no cultivation of those legendary mysteries at all.

Bai Lan continued his lying life again, occasionally looking up at the moon on a boulder on a whim, and it was indeed comfortable to bask in the moon.

It's just that whenever Bai Lan sleeps, there are always one or two human calls in his ears.

The hearing organs of the snakes have deteriorated, and it stands to reason that Bai Lan's hearing should be very poor.

But on the contrary, he is extremely sensitive to sound, and if the voice around him is just the same, the voice of those human beings who are like nothing is really haunting.

This attributed him to the fact that his snake head was too big, and there was no lack of organs with long ears to occupy the space, so the mouth, nose, ears, and eyes all developed in the direction of subconscious humans, and by the way, he inherited the advantages of snake ancestors.

……

Far outside Yunzhou, there is a magnificent blue-tiled house in a village, which is different from ordinary people's homes.

In such a magnificent blue-tiled house compound, servants are naturally indispensable.

On this day, a subordinate man cleaned the water tank and found a long worm. There was no fuss, after all, snakes were still common animals for the poor in the countryside.

The man was going to think about taking the snake to soak in wine and drink.

But it happened to be discovered by the housekeeper who was investigating the work, and the housekeeper exclaimed: "Stop! What are you doing? Looking for death? ”

The man was startled, and when he saw that it was the housekeeper, he smiled and said, "Oh, big housekeeper, why did you come to the water room?" ”

The housekeeper said with a cold face: "Didn't you hear me ask you?" What are you doing? ”

The man didn't know why, and said: "I met a snake in the small cleaning water room, and I was thinking about using it to make wine, and I used to do it at home. ”

"What?" The housekeeper was startled, "Okay, hurry up and pack up the package, quit work and leave, put the snake down." ”

The man was stunned for a moment, and said angrily: "Why? Let me tell you, I am a distant relative of the master, calling you a housekeeper is to give you face, and you will drive me away if you see me unpleasant? I'm going to pull you to confront the master. ”

The housekeeper sneered, "If you want to confront you, I'm still afraid that you won't succeed?" ”

The man carried the seven inches of the snake in one hand, and ran to the master's door with the butler in the other, and said aggrievedly: "Master, you have to make the decision for me!" I am also your distant relative, and I will be satisfied to go to you to do the work of a subordinate, who would have thought that the housekeeper would want to take me away when he saw that I was doing a good job. ”

The so-called old man in the man's mouth slowly opened the door and walked out, but it was a young man who was no more than thirty years old, and he frowned and said, "What's the matter?" ”

The housekeeper stepped forward and said, "Master, look at what he is holding in his hand, this guy often uses the Liu family to make wine." ”

"Soaking wine?" The old man was stunned for a moment, and then hurriedly waved his hand: "Someone!" Come on! Get this idiot out of the house! ”

Two family members walked in outside the door, put the dazed man out, and the long snake in his hand also fell.

The old man hurriedly said: "Come on, invite the Baojiaxian out!" ”

Then he said to the housekeeper: "Housekeeper, you tell everyone in the house that once you meet the Baojia Immortal, you must not be lazy, take raw eggs and feed them before you go out of the house." ”

The butler bent down and nodded: "Yes!" Master. ”

The old man hurriedly walked into the shrine in the inner room, and saw a white jade statue of a snake fairy with a cloud-like appearance standing on the shrine.

He hurriedly lit three sticks of incense and bowed and bowed, "Snake Great Immortal is merciful!" Snake Immortal Mercy! You forgave the villain's life back then, and the villain will offer you incense for the rest of his life, wishing you to practice. ”

And outside the door, the plaque hanging is Zhangfu.

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