Chapter Forty-Eight: Poison Retreated
Seeing a large group of poisonous snakes and rats slowly approaching side by side, I was completely panicked, grabbed the bad old man's hand and worried: "Old man, what should I do now?"
The old man's face was solemn, and he sprinkled some white powder from the porcelain vase on the ground. Most of the snakes and rats stopped around the powder, but a few venomous snakes of dark green color, and a few tall rats, unashamed, pounced on us.
The circle drawn by the old man could only hold two people, and there was no place to move, and I watched as two poisonous snakes "flew" towards me, and the long letter had a crystal liquid on it, which must be the venom spit out by the poisonous snake.
On the old man's side, three rats that were about to catch up with the hare were waving their claws and baring their teeth stained with purple black venom, and were pounced on the old man.
Fighting these creatures that are less than knee-high may not be much of a disadvantage as primates, but these little ones are extremely agile, you can't catch them at all, but will be entangled by the other party, as long as it takes a few moments, they can use the sharpest weapon on the body - teeth, to give you a fatal blow.
The old man held three porcelain bottles of white powder in his hand, and he uncorked them one by one, and then swung them at the poisonous snakes and rats that flew at them. The rats and vipers drenched in the white powder immediately rolled to the side and could no longer move.
This old man's medicinal powder is really an insect repellent elixir, much more powerful than dichlorvos and pest killers. I couldn't help but be overjoyed, and I pulled the old man's left hand robe, hid behind him, and watched him secretly deal with the ferocious creatures.
The old fellow had scattered all three vials of white powder, and the ferocious snakes and rats were all lying on the ground, covered in bruises. I took a deep breath and sat down on the floor. And the bad old man also struggled to deal with those murderous things, he wiped the sweat from his forehead, and sat down cross-legged.
Although we dealt with the most powerful rats and poisonous snakes, beyond the white line drawn by the old man, there were about twenty rats and poisonous snakes staring at us. They are distinct, but they cooperate with each other, and we are surrounded by water, and there is no way out. My eyes widened, and my head was full of exclamation points, when did such an inferior creature have such a high IQ.
"Are you alright, old man. ”
When I saw an old man with his eyes closed and his knees crossed, I couldn't stop sweating on his forehead, and I became anxious. So he stretched out his right hand and patted him on the shoulder, but this pat startled me, his body was as cold as ice, and the chill from the fingers I touched his shoulder made me shiver.
"Old man, old man, you can't be fine, these rats and poisonous snakes are still waiting for you to deal with. ”
I looked at the bad old man who didn't react in horror, for fear that he would never wake up from sitting like this, and that I would not be able to deal with the snakes, insects, rats and ants outside.
Just when I was anxious, the old man suddenly opened his eyes, "Do you think that my old bones are comparable to your body that has been washed by Xuanyan Needle and the old man's deprecating insect devouring grass? These poisonous snakes and rats that have lived in the Seven Yin Coffin Array for many years, the cold poison in their bodies are all deadly poisons, although I have refined the antidote elixir in advance, I still underestimate the toxicity of several of them. ”
"What is the Xuanyan Needle, and what is the Seven Yin Coffin Array?" These strange terms that spat out of the old man's mouth confused me. But I probably still understand a little, because of the previous insect medicine, my body's anti-toxicity has improved a lot. In other words, could it be that it gave me a body that is "invincible to all poisons"?
"Little thing, don't think that your body is a little stronger than ordinary people, some ordinary poisons can't hurt you, but this pile in front of you, as long as you take one bite, you won't be able to die. ”
The old guy saw the joy on my face inadvertently, as if he had seen through my thoughts, and ruthlessly poured a basin of cold water on my head.
"If you hadn't come to this damn place, would you have encountered so many monsters?" I said, dissatisfied.
"Monsters?" The old man shook his head when he heard my words, and said, "At best, they are only stained with the yin qi of the Seven Yin Coffin Array, and they are so poisonous that they are not monsters. ”
"Then what is the Seven Yin Coffin Array?" I asked curiously.
Although there is still a threat from a large group of poisonous snakes and rats opposite us, because of the protection of white powder, we are relatively safe at the moment. The old man in front of me, and the strange things that happened to him, made my heart full of curiosity, especially the strange "Seven Yin Coffin Array" in his mouth, which made me smack my tongue.
The old man glanced at the snakes and rats who didn't dare to cross the border for the time being, his face softened a lot, and he told me: "The Seven Yin Coffin Array is a method of using rotting corpses, poisonous snakes, and rats to warm corpse mushrooms. ”
"The mushroom in your bottle is the 'corpse mushroom,'" I asked, glancing at the porcelain bottle containing the mushroom in the old man's arms.
The old man nodded, sighed again, and said, "For this corpse mushroom, I spent three years, but I didn't expect that in just three months, two corpse mushrooms were born, one of which also entered the mouths of several poisonous snakes and mice. ”
"Do you mean that those flying ferocious and abnormal poisonous snakes and rats are so powerful because they eat corpse mushrooms? But what exactly are these corpse mushrooms used for?" Listening to the old man's words, it turns out that the so-called Seven Yin Coffin Array in Yizhuang was actually made by this old guy, but what is this corpse mushroom he cultivated?
The old man looked thoughtful, but he was silent for a long time. I thought that the old man didn't want to tell me, so I didn't plan to ask again, but after a while, he said again: "It's okay to tell you, I think that the person who can be suppressed by Old Man Qin with Xuanyan Needle will not be a despicable person." ”
"Huh?" I looked at him in surprise and asked, "How do you know that I was drunk and dreamed of death, and what is that Xuanyan needle?"
"Drunken dreams and death," the old man laughed, laughing and laughing but crying, and for a moment he couldn't cry or laugh.
I looked at him in amazement, "What are you laughing at, why are you crying?" ”
The old man smiled bitterly for a while, and when he realized that he had lost his temper, he turned his face away, stretched out his hand to wipe his tears, and then turned to me and said, "Little fellow, don't you want to know what a corpse mushroom is?"
"I said, old fellow, don't change the subject, you haven't told me yet, how do you know I'm drunk and dreaming of death. ”
"It doesn't matter how I know, what matters is that you're no longer under the control of this damn drunken dream. ”
"Huh?"
The old man's words surprised and delighted me, but after a while, I began to doubt again: "Is what you said true?"
"Hmph!" the old man glanced at me unhappily and said unceremoniously: "Although Old Man Qin's Xuanyan Needle is powerful, it is only used to diagnose and treat internal injuries and force poison. Although that old guy spent his own skills to help you control the drunken dreams and death, the medicinal properties in your body are still there, and after he administers the needle to you, will you be dizzy when you eat?"
After listening to what the old guy said, I did feel that after Qin Luoli administered the needle to me, although he was drunk and dreamed of dying and did not have any more attacks, he did feel dizzy when eating. This old guy is so powerful, I couldn't help but nod and believe most of his words.
However, Qin Luoli's price for applying needles to me is actually the loss of internal strength, which I didn't expect, it seems that this kid is also a cold-hearted and hot-hearted person. I can't help but change my attitude towards him who only loves women and doesn't want to see relatives and friends, and it seems that when Zaijian arrives at him, he will thank him seriously.
"So, when you ate rabbit meat yesterday and today, do you still get dizzy?" said the bad old man laughed.
I looked at the bad old man blankly, thinking back to the situation when I ate rabbit meat, and indeed there was no more dizziness, could it be that the drunken and dreamy medicinal properties in my body have been completely removed?
I can't believe it, or more often than not, I suspect that this old man has the motive to remove the drunken dream and death medicine for me, who is he, weishenme wants to help me?
"You don't have to doubt anything," said the bad old man, "to help you get rid of that drunken dream, for your sake, and for me." And the thing I want you to do must be done by me to help you become a normal person. ”
"Xiao Zuo, is that you?"
Just when I was confused, at the dark door of Yizhuang, a little girl in red clothes appeared holding a torch in her hand, she looked at me with a big mouth, or was frightened by the scene of the person, snake, and rat in front of her.
I smiled, and my heart warmed, Mu Chu, you finally found me.