It was a middle-aged man of no small age, who walked with a blank gaze, wearing a gray blouse. He hugged his fist at Zhao Tiancheng and said: "This young man found the strange snake that the young man said in the northeast of Xiangyang. ”

"Okay, as long as you take us over and confirm that it is indeed a gathering place for strange snakes, five hundred taels of gold will be offered. ”

The man had a momentary look of greed when he heard the gold, but it was only a fleeting moment, and then his eyes had already returned to clarity.

After the three of them went downstairs, they went out of the city to the northeast, on the way Zhao Tiancheng learned that this middle-aged man was originally a doctor in his ancestors, and his family opened a medical hall in Xiangyang, but he admired the heroes of the rivers and lakes since he was a child, so he went out to learn martial arts from a young age, and only recently returned to Xiangyang, his old father had found a strange snake there when he was picking medicine a few years ago, and the reason why he came to find Zhao Tiancheng for so long was mainly because he went to it again and confirmed that there were a large number of strange snakes.

In fact, those ordinary people have been blinded by interests, they have no power or power, and they don't have excellent strength, even if they can get the five hundred taels of gold in Zhao Tiancheng's hand, it will only become a life-saving talisman.

Along the way, Zhao Tiancheng saw that this person's martial arts were not bad, although he had learned a lot, but his martial arts literacy was very good, and his internal strength had already entered the house, and ordinary people were not opponents at all.

After walking for more than ten miles, there was no road, and the horses could not walk, so the three men had to tie their horses to the trees and walk forward, but fortunately, the three of them were all martial arts practitioners, and the feet were very fast, and it only took an hour to reach the valley that the man said.

The woods here had become very dense and overgrown with weeds, and when there was still half a mile from the valley, the man stopped, said nothing, and said, "Young man, be careful, these snakes are too dangerous, if it weren't for the fact that my father had brought the male yellow with him at that time, he might not have been able to go back." At that time, I also watched from a distance here for a long time, and after finding the trace, I retreated. ”

Zhao Tiancheng also knows the characteristics of the Bodhisattva snake, which is extremely poisonous and walks like the wind, which is very dangerous for ordinary people. And even Zhuge Guanlan may be in danger, but Zhao Tiancheng didn't think about this matter before, if Zhuge Guanlan is allowed to return to Xiangyang alone now, he may be swallowed alive by those greedy gold people. Sometimes man is far more dangerous than a wild beast.

Zhao Tiancheng cautiously instructed: "Stand by my side, don't run around." At the same time, he took out a long sword and handed it to Zhuge Guanlan, his fan was not lethal to the snake at all.

The two men stood in a row and carefully slapped the surrounding grass as they advanced, although this was the outskirts of the valley, but maybe there were poisonous snakes in the grass.

After walking half a mile forward, the figure of the person leading the way was no longer visible, and when he passed through the grass in front, there was a clearing in front of him, and the grass and trees became sparse, Zhao Tiancheng knew that this should be in the Snake Valley.

Although Zhao Tiancheng had explained the matter of the Bodhisattva Qu Snake to Zhuge Guanlan in detail before, after walking for so long, people's attention had become unfocused.

Suddenly walking out of the dense jungle, Zhuge Guanlan actually walked a few steps quickly, and as soon as Zhao Tiancheng wanted to pull him back, he heard a rustling sound in the grass in front of him. Unexpectedly, four poisonous snakes sprang out at once, and the poisonous snakes shot towards Zhuge Guanlan like arrows. Although I didn't get closer, a fishy smell was already blowing in my face.

Zhuge Guanlan was suddenly attacked, and the whole person was stunned, although he was a martial arts practitioner, but he was a literati in his bones. There is still a big gap with those who have practiced martial arts since childhood.

At the last moment, the cold light flashed, and the heads of the four snakes fell down in unison. "I'm so angry, I've told you to be careful before, but I didn't expect to be so careless. While complaining, Zhao Tiancheng also regretted letting him be his staff member a little, and he didn't want to go to officialdom, taking Zhuge Guanlan was purely a burden.

Zhuge Guanlan blushed a little and said, "Father-in-law, otherwise I'd better go back to Xiangyang!"

waved his hand and said, "Okay, you better follow me!"

Zhao Tiancheng threw away all the four snakes on the ground one by one and took out the snake gall from the snake's body. It is strange to say that this snake gall is not green like ordinary animals, but dark purple.

He handed one of the snake galls to Zhuge Guanlan and said, "Swallow it." ”

Zhuge Guanlan looked at the dark purple snake gall bladder that Zhao Tiancheng was holding in his hand, swallowed it, and said with some difficulty: "Just eat it like this?"

With a sigh of relief, Zhao Tiancheng "bang!" slammed a palm on Zhuge Guanlan's stomach, and the huge pain made Zhuge Guanlan cover his stomach and open his mouth to shout, Zhao Tiancheng directly stuffed the snake gall into Zhuge Guanlan's mouth, and at the same time, he held his chin and swallowed the snake gall with a "bang".

It's no wonder that Zhuge Guanlan didn't want to eat snake gall bladder, when the snake gall bladder was just brought to his mouth, there was already a strong fishy smell in front of his nose. It's disgusting. But Zhao Tiancheng knew that this snake gall bladder could not only increase arm strength but also increase internal strength, which was really a rare treasure.

The ninja vomited ** Zhao Tiancheng raised his head and bit through the snake gallbladder, after the bile flowed into his mouth, it was not only a fishy smell in his mouth, but also the bitterness of the bile was also uncomfortable, and Zhao Tiancheng swallowed a few mouthfuls in a row before he ate all three snake gall bladders.

As soon as the snake gall entered his stomach, Zhao Tiancheng had already seen the growth of internal strength in his personal caste. The three snake galls actually increased their internal strength for five years. Although the arm strength did not feel an increase, Zhao Tiancheng estimated that this effect may be slowly apparent.

At this time, Zhuge Guanlan, who was sitting on the ground to breathe his internal force, also stood up, and said with some excitement: "Childe, this snake gall can actually improve people's internal strength!"

"Didn't I tell you before, or why would I have to look for this snake? While saying this, Zhao Tiancheng handed over the package containing gold to Zhuge Guanlan and said: "You give the gold to that person! If there is no danger, you can stay with that person outside, and if there is any danger, you can warn you." ”

Zhuge Guanlan took the package and said with some hesitation: "Childe, this snake gall"

Zhao Tiancheng patted Zhuge Guanlan's shoulder and said with some seriousness: "You still be honest and be my staff! Maybe I will go to officialdom in the future, and then you just need to make suggestions, fighting and killing is really not suitable for you." ”

Zhuge Guanlan had no choice but to return the same way with the package, but he couldn't figure it out in his heart, "Since Gongzi doesn't want me to learn martial arts, why do you have to give me a snake gall bladder?"

In fact, it was Zhao Tiancheng who was really angry at that time and wanted to beat Zhuge Guanlan, but there was no reason and it was not easy to make a move, just when he hesitated when he ate snake gall again, Zhao Tiancheng made a heavy hand to vent, and would not let Zhuge Guanlan think that Zhao Tiancheng wanted to repair him.

Without the burden of Zhuge Guanlan, Zhao Tiancheng alone would be more effective, and the movements of these Bodhisattva snakes were not threatening at all in Zhao Tiancheng's eyes. Zhao Tiancheng killed all the Bodhisattva snakes in this area, and ate the snake gall, until a snake gall could not provide even half a year's internal strength Zhao Tiancheng stopped, but he did not find the snake king.

Continuing to walk along the Snake Valley towards the valley, after walking through a chaotic mountain rock, we reached the depths of the valley, and a large cave suddenly appeared in front of me.

The whole cave was swarthy and couldn't see the five fingers, Zhao Tiancheng had to withdraw and light a torch and walked into it anew, in fact, this cave is very shallow, and it has reached the end in less than three zhang, and there is nothing else in the cave except a stone table and a stone bench.

At the corner of the cave is a pile of rocks, which resembles a tomb. Zhao Tiancheng approached the torch and wiped off the moss with his left hand, revealing three lines of words, the handwriting was very thin, and the stone was very deep, obviously drawn with a very sharp blade. Look at the three lines of words: "For more than 30 years, I have killed all the enemies and annihilated people, defeated all the heroes and heroes, and there is no resistance in the world, and there is nothing to do, but to live in seclusion in the deep valley and take the eagle as a friend." Woohoo, I can't get an opponent in my life, and I'm embarrassed to be lonely. ”

The following inscription is: "The sword demon is lonely and seeks defeat." ”

Zhao Tiancheng looked at the words engraved on it, and there was a faint sword intent revealed, Zhao Tiancheng is now very envious of these people, although his current strength is not low, but his understanding of the realm of martial arts is like a novice who does not know martial arts.

Recited these three lines several times, and experienced the emotions in them, Zhao Tiancheng was proud in his heart, as long as he had the stone room, he believed that one day he would reach this realm or even beyond. The breath in his chest couldn't help but open his mouth, and a long howl blurted out, and the entire cave seemed to shake.

However, Zhao Tiancheng's long roar doesn't matter, the sound is like a dragon's roar, a tiger's roar in the deep valley, teleported far away, and it can be heard clearly within a radius of several miles.

At this time, Zhuge Guanlan, who was outside the valley, also heard Zhao Tiancheng's long roar, and the two of them glanced at each other with horror on their faces, both surprised by the high level of Zhao Tiancheng's internal strength.

But after the sound of the long howl fell, there was a sound of carving in the distance in the sky, the voice was slightly hoarse, but it was agitated and desolate, and the momentum was very heroic, even more amazing than Zhao Tiancheng's long howl just now. Even before the figure saw the voice, it was clearly transmitted. The two people outside the valley may not understand, but Zhao Tiancheng, who was in the cave, knew what was going on, and hurriedly walked out of the cave with a torch.

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