Longevity from Liao Zhai

Chapter 5 Giant Snake
Yaowang Mountain, Yaowang Village.

Unlike before, this time Uncle Lame once again led a team to pick up and deliver the goods.

Zhou Ping has become accustomed to Uncle Bo's operations. Uncle Bo would go up the mountain two or three days every month to buy some herbs from the villagers.

In addition to Uncle Lame, there were also a few veterans here this time.

Through the conversations between these veterans, Zhou Ping knew that they were all veteran escorts who were only one step away from becoming a tenth-grade escort.

"Is there something good on the mountain? Why are so many experienced escorts sent out?"

Zhou Ping had some guesses about what was happening on the mountain.

Sure enough, when the escort team just arrived at Yaowang Village, they saw the villagers waiting for them at the entrance of the village.

"Escorts, you are here."

"Where's the stuff?"

A man who looked like the village chief came to an open space with a team of bodyguards.

There was a giant snake surrounding the clearing!
The moment Zhou Ping saw the giant snake, he gasped.

In his previous life, he had also visited the animal world and had seen snakes as thick as a bowl.

But the snake on the open space was even bigger, as thick as a millstone and ten feet long!

Only in another world can such monsters grow!
The giant snake coiled in the open space, lifeless and with only a pair of gray eyes.

The moment Uncle Lame saw the giant snake, his eyes lit up.

"Yan Family Escort Agency, this is the cargo we are shipping this time!"

The village chief said to Uncle Lame.

Uncle Lame, however, seemed not to have heard the village chief's words and walked around the giant snake with his limping legs.

At this time, the giant snake was lying on the ground like a puddle of mud.

"How much are you going to sell this giant snake for?"

Uncle Lame asked.

"I haven't decided on a price yet. Let's wait until you send the giant snake to the city and see what price He Ren Tang offers."

The village chief said.

"Five hundred taels, I want this giant snake."

A shrewd light flashed in Uncle Lame's eyes.

"This is against the rules. You know, we usually sell our products to He Ren Tang."

The village chief is also an experienced person and is ready to raise the price. It doesn't matter who it is sold to, what matters is that it is sold at a high price.

Need more money!
This giant snake was discovered by people who went up the mountain to collect herbs when they accidentally fell into a cave.

The entire village took advantage of the giant snake's hibernation and used various sharp weapons to nail the snake's vital points. It took another three full days to finally starve the injured giant snake to death.

If five hundred taels of silver were distributed to every household, each household would get three or four taels of silver.

The entire Yaowang Village earns 100 taels of silver a year from selling wild vegetables for medicinal materials. This is equivalent to the entire village becoming rich overnight, earning money for four or five years from a giant snake.

"I only want the snake's teeth and venom sac. The rest of the flesh and blood is yours."

Uncle Lame offered his own price.

"make a deal!"

The village chief didn't even think about it and made the deal.

The flesh and blood of the giant snake is also a treasure. If it is distributed to the whole village, the whole village can eat snake meat for several days.

Uncle Lame's mouth curled up slightly, and a sly light flashed in his eyes.

Zhou Ping touched his chin. Uncle Bo was known for his shrewdness in the escort agency. Could the teeth and venom sac of a giant snake be worth five hundred taels? Or were there other treasures on the giant snake?

Uncle Lame aimed at a certain position of the giant snake, took out a sword and cut a hole in it, then fumbled around in the giant snake's body for a long time, and finally took out a black fist-sized sphere, and then carefully placed it in a wooden box prepared in advance.

Several experienced bodyguards worked together to cut off the four fangs of the giant python.

One hand handed over the money, the other hand handed over the goods. Uncle Bo took out the silver he had prepared in advance.

The village chief accepted the silver with a smile.

The village chief was actually very willing to sell things to Uncle Bo, not only because Uncle Bo's prices were fair, but also because Uncle Bo never bought things on credit, unlike Heren Tang who always had to wait until the end of the month to settle the payment.

"Hey, this village chief doesn't know what's good. I just saw Uncle Lame take out a poison sac from the giant python, but there was a small bead stuck between his fingers."

"You mean the demon pill?"

"A snake this big must have become a demon. It's normal for it to have a demon pill."

"Uncle Bo has made a lot of money this time. One demon pill must be worth at least a thousand taels."

"Isn't that right?"

"These villagers are really lucky. If it weren't for the hibernating giant snake, the whole village would have died."

"That's not."

The two veteran escorts were whispering, and Zhou Ping heard the conversation because he was close.

Demon Pill? Become a demon?
After being in this world for more than a year, Zhou Ping has confirmed that there are monsters and ghosts in this world, but he has not encountered any yet.

After buying things, Uncle Lame prepared to leave with a few experienced bodyguards.

As for the few novice escorts, their task is still to transport medicinal materials.

But just as Uncle Bo and his companions were about to leave, it suddenly started raining heavily in the mountains.

The rain came so quickly and suddenly that in the blink of an eye it was like water pouring from the sky.

Uncle Bo and his group couldn't leave in the rain, and Zhou Ping's group of novice escorts were also unable to protect the escort, so they had to temporarily take shelter from the rain at the village chief's house.

The rain was not only heavy but also long, and there was no sign of stopping even at night, so Uncle Bo decided to spend the night there and set off again tomorrow morning.

"Dear escorts, come and taste the fresh snake meat."

At night, the village chief brought a pot of snake meat to the escort agency.

The escort agency left the snake meat to Yaowang Village, and the whole village is celebrating the New Year tonight!

Being able to eat meat, isn’t this the Chinese New Year?

The eyes of several veteran bodyguards lit up when they saw the snake soup.

"This is a good thing. The giant snake may have become a monster. There must be a lot of spiritual energy in its flesh and blood."

"That's right, give me some."

"Yes, yes, give me a bowl too."

“Who knows, after drinking this bowl of soup, I might even be able to reach the tenth level!”

"Tenth grade? Erhu, just dream on. Uncle Bo is only a tenth grade. Do you think it's that easy to be a tenth grade?" Several veterans clanged and scrambled, and soon the whole pot of snake meat was clean, leaving only a pot of soup. Of course, these people also left the biggest bowl for Uncle Bo.

The novice escorts could only watch the experienced escorts eat the meat, and they could only drink the soup.

The village chief served a bowl of soup to each of the newbies, and especially gave Zhou Ping more soup.

Zhou Ping has been escorting goods for more than a year. People in the village are very familiar with this old rookie and know that Zhou Ping will continue on this mountain road.

"Drink more soup. It's cold in the mountains at night. Warm yourself up."

The village chief gave the snake soup to Zhou Ping.

Zhou Ping hesitated for a moment, but when he saw that everyone in the escort agency, even Uncle Lame, was eating snake meat, he took the snake soup.

After taking the snake soup, Zhou Ping sneaked out of the room while no one was paying attention.

The rain was still heavy at this time, so Zhou Ping hid under the eaves.

In the past, there were indeed people who ate snakes in some places, but in most places people did not eat snakes and were taboo about snakes.

Zhou Ping was also one of those people who were afraid of snakes. He always felt that these things were evil, especially since this snake was so big, it might have a spirit.

Zhou Ping turned his wrist and prepared to pour out the snake soup.

"Meow"

A faint cry attracted Zhou Ping's attention.

A little white cat, wet and very sensitive, was lying weakly in a puddle.

The little white cat tried hard to climb out of the puddle and under the eaves, but because it had no strength, it could only struggle in the puddle.

I'm afraid that in a while, the little white cat will be drowned in the puddle.

Zhou Ping pondered for a moment, then stretched out his scabbard and picked the little white cat out of the puddle.

"Hey, why save it? People in the mountains can't even keep it alive. A cat will die sooner or later."

The village chief passed by, said something and left.

After the little white cat was rescued by Zhou Ping, although it could barely stand up, it was trembling all over and was obviously frozen.

If the rain continues like this, the little white cat will probably freeze to death.

"Come on, this soup is for you."

Zhou Ping put the snake soup on the ground. Since he didn't want to drink it, he might as well give it to the snake.

The little white cat smelled the fragrance and began to drink the snake soup.

Under the eaves in the night rain, a bodyguard stood with his hands behind his back, holding a knife.

A little white cat was drinking snake soup while looking at the escort, as if trying to remember the escort's appearance.

Yin Shi.

The rain in the mountains has stopped and everything is quiet.

The escorts were all sleeping soundly.

Zhou Ping got up on time and came to the open space in the village.

This open space is usually used to dry herbs, but today a dead giant snake was released there.

There was blood on the ground originally, but after being washed by rain, the ground became clean and there was nothing on it.

In the open space, Zhou Ping stood still as a mountain, with the moonlight shining on him.

At this time, a little bit of black fog was gathering in the entire village.

This tiny bit of black mist came out from the snake meat and from the people who ate the snake meat.

Eventually, the black mist turned into the shape of a giant snake.

The giant snake is so hateful.

I have never been a contentious person and have never come down the mountain to kill anyone, but these people killed me and ate my flesh and blood.

By chance, the giant snake gained spiritual energy and developed intelligence. As long as it accumulates spiritual energy over this winter, its energy will undergo a qualitative change and its intelligence will be greatly enhanced.

However, things did not go as planned. The giant snake was discovered and killed by villagers while hibernating.

Although the giant snake is resentful, its resentment is not strong. This is related to its opportunity.

The giant snake was originally a small snake. It encountered a skeleton in a cave, and the skeleton was a monk.

The monk had already passed away, but some relics were produced in his stomach.

Thanks to the influence of the relics, the giant snake gained intelligence and possessed Buddha nature.

If an ordinary demon snake died, it would have turned into a vengeful ghost long ago. However, because of the giant snake's opportunity, although it has resentment, it is not strong.

The dark shadow of the giant snake roamed in the mountain village. Everyone here, even newborn babies and dying old people, had eaten its flesh and blood.

However, when the giant snake's soul saw Zhou Ping in the open space in the village, it was stunned for a moment, and then drilled into Zhou Ping's body.

Zhou Ping was standing in a posture, and because the mountains were so quiet, his mind also reached a very quiet state.

In a trance, Zhou Ping felt like he was dreaming and turned into a snake, wandering in the mountains.

It was unknown how long it had been before Zhou Ping fell into a cave on a cliff.

The cave is very large, and inside is a skeleton wearing a cassock and carrying Buddhist beads.

There are some words carved on the surrounding walls.

"Zhou Ping" wandered around the skeleton and came across a relic the size of a pebble.

"Zhou Ping" couldn't feel comfortable, so he wrapped around the relic.

In another trance, Zhou Ping's dream seemed to end, and he was no longer a snake but turned back into himself.

"This is?"

After Zhou Ping's sleepwalking state, he suddenly found that he could see white spots of light in his eyes. These spots of light were very small and numerous, like fireflies, running around in the mountains, and some even jumped onto Zhou Ping's body.

Is this spiritual energy?

After having a dream, he felt the spiritual energy. But the dream just now was too real, so real that Zhou Ping clearly remembered the appearance of the cliff where the cave was!

Zhou Ping not only felt the spiritual energy, but also could see the remnant soul of a giant snake looking at him.

"what!"

Zhou Ping was surprised and couldn't help but take a step back.

The remaining soul of the giant snake pierced into Zhou Ping's forehead like a sharp arrow.

"What are you doing? Are you trying to take over someone else's body?"

(End of this chapter)