I sell demon meat in the city

Chapter 6 Battle Against the Green Snake
Outside Yunmeng Village, there is a river, two meters wide and unfathomably deep.

Across the river lies a vast, dense wild bamboo forest. Though unattended, it thrives and reaches for the sky. But because it grows so tall and strong, even in broad daylight, it's dark and eerie, somewhat chilling.

The village elders said that this used to be a mass burial ground, with a heavy yin energy, and warned the children not to go in to play unless necessary.

But Mengqi believes she is busy right now.

She stood on this side of the river, squinting at a large green snake that seemed to blend into the lush green bamboo leaves on the opposite side of the bamboo grove, standing upright and looking at her as well.

Calling it a green snake is an understatement; it should be called a green python.

Its body is at least five meters long and as thick as a barrel. Even with its tail coiled up, it looks frighteningly tall when standing up.

I remember it wasn't this thick when I fought it the day before yesterday. How did it get so much fatter in just two days?

What did you eat this time?

"Auntie, is it provoking you?"

Meng Ziyang was also a reckless fool. He held a slingshot in his hand, aimed at the green snake with one eye, and shot it out.

With a "thud," the pebble struck the bamboo beside the green snake, causing the slender stem to sway slightly. But the green snake remained motionless, ignoring the brat, its vertical pupils still fixed on Xiao Qi.

"Hey, just a little bit short again." Meng Ziyang said regretfully.

No sooner had he finished speaking than his five-year-old aunt suddenly jumped up and stomped on a large rock next to her with one foot, using the momentum to leap across the two-meter-wide stream and rush straight towards the green snake on the other side.

Meng Ziyang shrugged, as if he was used to this kind of scene and didn't care at all.

Upon seeing Meng Qi fly over, the Green Snake on the opposite side immediately crouched down, preparing to fight.

It has to eat Meng Qi, otherwise it will never be able to leave this bamboo forest.

Meng Qi, on the other hand, was determined to kill it today. She had just killed a chicken, and with the snake, they could make a perfect soup.

Furthermore, this green snake is the fifth test her master has given her. If she defeats and kills it, she can go to Sanqing Mountain to challenge even more powerful monsters.

Her mother is there right now.

Thinking of this, Meng Qi stretched out her right hand, and a pig-slaughtering knife appeared out of thin air in her palm.

The little girl's eyes were fierce, and before her feet even touched the ground, she raised her knife and slashed at the green snake.

The blade, imbued with a powerful aura, sliced ​​off a section of a bamboo stalk next to the green snake with a swift motion.

Holy crap! Are you serious?
Green Snake's vertical pupils contracted, and he felt a chill as he looked at the sharp blade in the little girl's hand.

They never used knives in fights before, why are they being so unsportsmanlike today?
The enormous snake shrank back and darted into the bamboo forest.

"Tch! You chickened out when you saw that I was serious, didn't you?"

The little girl moved with lightning speed, chasing after the snake and slashing its tail with her knife, cursing, "Isn't this forest nice enough? What's wrong with you? You son of a bitch, you actually want to run away, what are you doing? Trying to eat people?"

My master said that these were the offspring of a snake demon who ate two children when they escaped from Sanqing Mountain.

They demanded that she fight it bare-handed for a month, and once she was done with it, they would let her do whatever she wanted.

That's enough, long enough.

No one used to come to this bamboo forest, but now that a large python has appeared, the people of Yunmeng Village would rather take a detour than walk through this area.

So no matter how much noise there is in the woods, as long as it doesn't cause a huge upheaval, it won't attract a single person.

Meng Ziyang, who was waiting by the river, doesn't count.

"Swish, swish, swish"

Meng Qi swung the butcher knife with incredible speed. Had she not been small and weak, the snake would likely have been cut into countless pieces. The green snake's eyes widened in fear. It now understood that this little girl had truly been playing a trick on it all along. She wanted it to keep her company—no, to keep that kid on the other side of the river company practicing his speed.

Green Snake turned its head and glared fiercely at the outside of the bamboo forest. What a pity, that brat isn't coming in today.

The mischievous Meng Ziyang yawned, found a rock, sat down cross-legged, and waited.

About fifteen minutes later, a commotion came from the bamboo forest, and Meng Qi, panting heavily and covered in blood, walked out.

Meng Ziyang quickly stood up from the rock and asked anxiously, "Auntie, is it done?"

Meng Qi wiped the blood off her face with her sleeve, nodded to him, and said, "Go and call my grandfather. Hurry up."

Meng Ziyang jumped up happily, then agreed and ran off.

When he brought Ninth Master over, Meng Qi had already returned to the other side of the bamboo forest. She slumped to the ground, with a large python lying beside her, whose gall bladder she had dug out and whose head she had almost chopped off.

Lin Qingquan came with Meng Jiu, and his eyelids twitched again when he saw this scene.

Although he tried his best to restrain himself, his voice still trembled slightly as he asked, "Xiao Qi, did you kill her?"

Meng Jiu also fell silent.

My granddaughter seems to have gone too far this time. This isn't a chicken, yet she dared to kill it!

I'd heard before that a large green snake had appeared in the bamboo forest, and the children were yelling about killing it, but I didn't pay much attention. I thought it was just throwing stones across the river. There was a certain distance, so the snake couldn't bite anyone, and it was nothing serious.

Moreover, he knows his granddaughter well, whom he raised himself. Don't let her seemingly fierce nature fool you; she's quite shrewd.

She can protect herself.

Yes, she's fine on her own now, but this snake is so big.
Meng Jiu was also puzzled and wanted to know how her granddaughter had killed the snake.

But he didn't want Lin Qingquan to hear this, so he stubbornly covered for Meng Qi, saying, "What's wrong? It's just killing a snake, is it that hard? I taught her how to extract snake gallbladders."

In Yunmeng Village, Meng Laojiu was known for his audacity and immense strength. Let alone killing a giant python, even if he claimed to have killed a tiger, no one would doubt him for a second.

Therefore, even Lin Qingquan didn't think there was anything wrong with what he said.

It feels weird though.

“My granddaughter is so filial. She knew Grandpa wanted to drink dragon and phoenix soup. She just slaughtered a chicken and now she’s catching a snake. You have to say, my eldest granddaughter is the best. Come on, let’s carry it home, skin it, and make soup.”

Meng Qi gave her grandpa a thumbs up. The old man was good at this, no matter what she did, he could come up with a thousand reasons for her without her having to say a word.

That's good, it saves her from talking nonsense.

Lin Qingquan glanced at her newly changed sportswear, which was now stained with blood again, and shook his head helplessly.

This girl has been spoiled rotten by the old man. When I see Shulan, I need to discuss it with her. The child can't be raised like this anymore. He doesn't have anything to do now, so he can take her under his wing and teach her.

Everything else can be taken slowly, but her speaking habits must be changed. How can a little girl always be swearing?
Although Meng Jiu is nearly sixty years old, he is in good health and his strength is no less than that of a young man.

He took Mengqi's pig-slaughtering knife and chopped off the snake's head in a few strokes, then casually tossed it into the river beside him.

With a "plop," the snake's head fell off, splashing water everywhere. The clear river water was immediately stained red with snake blood, startling the fish at the bottom of the river and causing them to scatter in all directions.

Lin Qingquan frowned as he stared at the river, feeling that there was something unwise about doing this.

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Additionally, some martial arts sects will appear later in the book, but they are all fictional and should not be compared to those in traditional martial arts novels, as this might subvert readers' understanding. After all, I grew up reading Jin Yong's novels and have great respect for them.

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