Chapter 2 Herb Pickers in the Mountains
The 100,000 mountains stretch endlessly, poisonous insects and beasts have miasma and bad water, the environment is harsh and inaccessible on weekdays, and the unique environment has nurtured countless creatures and rare elixirs.
The place where the aura gathers will give birth to some special medicinal materials, which contain the essence of heaven and earth aura, sun and moon, so they are often devoured by wild beasts.
One day, the white snake roamed the mountains and forests to hunt, and did not know that the snake was about to change......
Animals and birds have the ability to distinguish between good and bad things without learning or experience, as if there is some guidance in the dark, which is called instinct.
The white snake raised its head and spit out the snake letter, searching for the smell of its prey.
Suddenly, a smell particle that lured the snake deeply stimulated the olfactory system, it was a taste that had never been smelled before, the faint fragrance made the snake feel comfortable, there seemed to be a voice in his head telling the white snake to eat that thing, with the genetic memory in the depths of his soul The white snake confirmed that it was not a trap, and after a little hesitation, he twisted his body to pursue the smell.
Swimming through a stream, the snake letter kept catching the smell and crawled quickly, from the smell it was not far, after climbing up the hillside, he found a pit in the mountain stream halfway up the mountainside, there was a small puddle with a radius of one meter inside, and saw the tender green grass next to the puddle, the grass was green like glass, the digestive juice at the corner of the mouth slipped unconsciously, and almost without any hesitation, he opened the snake's mouth to pull out the grass with mud and swallow it, and then, the white snake felt hot in his stomach and fainted in front of his eyes......
In fact, the grass is not a weed, nor is it a rare species in the world, but it is a tonic that has been aged and has sufficient medicinal effect, which happens to grow in the place where the aura gathers is of high quality, but it is just a seedling, how can the white snake know that those who only know that it is good to eat, not to mention that if you don't eat it, I am afraid that there will be other fierce beasts to compete for.
It is dangerous to fall unconscious in the mountains and forests, but fortunately, the small puddle is located halfway up the mountain and the mountain stream is hidden.
The sun set and the moon rose, and the white snake, which had been in a coma for a day, moved its tail and slowly woke up.
After waking up, he scolded carelessly, fortunately he was not poisoned, and he felt as if he was bound and uncomfortable, and the white snake, who had several molting experiences, knew that he was going to grow up and become longer again, and twisted the snake body down the mountain.
Go back to the old nest of the stone pile, burrow into the rubble and scratch the edges and corners of the stone.
Snake scales are the outermost stratum corneum of the skin, which is very tough to prevent the loss of water in the body, and will not grow with the growth of the body, and the old snake skin must be shed to become bigger.
First, the head snakeskin falls off, and with the help of rough edges and corners, it continues to scrape a little bit from the head to the torso to remove the old skin, and finally, the tip of the snake's tail molts, and the whole molting process is over.
The white snake, with its human intelligence, curls up its tail and hides it in a crevice in the rock, so as not to attract the attention of the falcon.
Molting is very dangerous, not to mention the natural predators, if you can't shed the old skin is likely to lead to death, but also consume a lot of nutrients, many snake catchers are taking advantage of the snake molting body stiff temperament docile to catch the snake, otherwise the white snake will not burrow into the pile of rocks.
Exhausted and falling asleep again......
The next day.
The white snake found that the snake scales on his body were whiter and more beautiful and became longer again, from head to tail a full five meters, in this forest can also be regarded as a behemoth, a bigger body means greater combat effectiveness, the white snake does not know what his limit is, anyway, the bigger the better is always right.
The weather was good, and I swam out of the cave to continue hunting.
The 100,000 mountains are difficult to cultivate, not suitable for human survival, and the harsh environment is inaccessible, but because of this, it has also become a place of yearning for poor medicine pickers, who carry various tools and insect repellent medicine to go deep into the mountains one after another, earn meager silver for their families, and many people have never been able to go out.
There is a 100-meter-long waterhole in the valley, the pool is small and deep, and there is a mossy cliff at the water's edge, and a man who looks like he is in his thirties with a medicine basket on his back is climbing on it to collect medicine.
With his left hand, he grasps the vine tightly, and with his right hand, he pulls out the whole herb from the crack in the stone and carefully places it in the basket.
Grasping the vine and slowly moving to another place, the herb picker was delighted when he saw the plants in the stone nest, Dendrobium officinale made a lot of money this venture! After selling the money, he was able to sell a piece of cloth to make clothes, and the happy herb picker began to pick Dendrobium officinalis, and did not notice that the vine in his hand was seriously worn by the rock......
The herb picker only felt that his left hand was empty, and he fell backwards!
Puff~!
Most of the poor people who live in the mountains all year round will be watery, and the man wanted to swim to the shore, but when he just rolled down the cliff, his arm was injured and he couldn't use his strength, and he barely floated on the surface of the water and couldn't swim, which was a bad man.
"Save ...... Help ......"
Cries for help echoed in the valley, clutching on to the straw for help and calling for help even though they knew that there could be no one nearby.
In the distance, the white snake raised its head.
There seemed to be some strange sound just now, but I didn't notice anything abnormal, and crawled with my head down to continue looking for prey.
In fact, the cry for help was very loud, but the snake creatures used their abdomen more to feel the vibration, so they didn't hear someone calling for help clearly, until the white snake came to the edge of the pool, and saw the figure up and down the water through infrared induction.
I knew it was a human being through the infrared images.
Person?
White Snake has never seen a single human in 20 years, and once thought that there was no one in this world, and the appearance of the person who fell into the water evoked the memory of the past in the depths of his soul.
At this moment, the herb picker became more and more powerless, and slowly sank into the water.
When the medicine picker thought that he was going to die in a trance, he saw a huge white snake swimming in the water.
My life is on hold......
Underwater, the white snake twisted its body and quickly swam to the herb picker, and the snake's tail wrapped around its shoulders and swam towards the shore.
It didn't take long.
"Ahem......"
The man who fell into the water kept coughing out, and finally sat up suddenly and took a big breath, before he fell unconscious, he remembered that a big white snake pulled him away, but he woke up on the shore, what about the big snake?
Looking up, the bowl mouth is thick in front of you.
"Ah......h
With a scream, the herb picker hurriedly panicked and retreated, but behind him was the cliff that could not be retreated, the white snake did not move, and looked at himself with a look of contempt, yes, contempt, the herb picker was sure that the snake was shouting with contempt for himself.
Through the details of the man's dress and hairstyle, the white snake can see that he is an ancient, with yellow skin and black hair, an oriental face, a very backward weaving process, and a bit similar to the Qin and Han styles in clothing and hair, which means that this is an ancient world.
After looking at it for a long time, the white snake turned and left.
I don't know why the herb picker seems to feel that the snake sighs, is this still a snake?
The white snake just sighed, the snake is the snake, no matter how the previous life is the past, after seeing the person, the heart did not fluctuate much, maybe it was the twenty years of spring and autumn that made him say goodbye to the past, the reason why he saved people is just the little human nature that still exists in the bottom of his heart, and he is also the first person he has seen, which has a little commemorative significance.
The man who collected the medicine breathed a sigh of relief, checked the injury on his arm and found herbal medicine for treatment, and only after bandaging the wound did he find that it was leaning westward, and it seemed that he could not get out today.
The basket was lost and there was no dry food, and just when the hunger was unbearable, the white snake returned.
Put down the strangled pheasant and turn away.
The herb picker was dumbfounded, looked at the food on the ground, and then looked at the white snake in the distance, and quickly knelt down and kowtowed, muttering something to say......