Jiangshan Fengwuzhi

Chapter 248 Winning Hearts (Part Two)

"The amount of marijuana!"

The shouts spurred the servants who were sitting in front of the medicine vat, rubbing spears, to speed up.

Soon, they scooped out an entire vat of thick, black liquid.

"Another tank, quick!"

"Make that idiot go faster!"

Ah Meng's body had grown enormous. He carried a large medicine vat over and put it down.

The servants quickly scooped it out, rubbed it in their hands, and soon twisted it into long spears, which they then bundled together.

Ah Meng carried the spear and delivered it to the archers.

This is a high cliff, where many people have already died. Half of the archers remain, and they are still firing arrows.

Standing on the edge of the cliff, you can see the giant snake struggling frantically in front of you.

"quick!"

"It's been too long, and the beast has already regained its strength."

"As expected of the nine-headed serpent."

More arrows were fired at the giant snake, piercing its massive body, but they didn't seem to cause it much damage.

It felt like being pricked by a tiny needle.

But right there on the cliff, an old man was sitting cross-legged, practicing his internal energy with his eyes closed.

A Meng knew that the old man was also a "mahjong master".

It was only when he got here that he realized that "Ma Shi" was not a name, but a job that involved drugging and disemboweling strange people and beasts.

It is said that this giant snake is extremely fierce, and its heart can only be extracted after it has been completely paralyzed.

Ah Meng approached the edge of the cliff and peered out, where he could see their new master, Liu Yuchuan.

The reason they switched allegiance to their new master so quickly was because in this realm, their master and they had little contact and no master-servant relationship. At least, in the few months that A-Meng had been here, he had never seen Wo-Min.

It doesn't matter who you work for.

Suddenly, he was stunned for a moment.

He seemed to see a familiar figure.

The figure was lying motionless on the ground, as if it were dead.

Liu Yuchuan quickly settled everything, then with a flick of his hand, he conjured a water blade and slashed at the man, intending to sever his head.

However, the man suddenly took flight, unfurled his fiery wings, and darted through the air, dodging Liu Yuchuan's attacks.

Ah Meng rubbed his eyes and recognized him; it was Gu Jingnian.

"Young Master Gu!"

Ah Meng shouted and ran towards Gu Jingnian.

However, before he could get close, Gu Jingnian was already surrounded by a cloud of mist.

More and more water vapor condensed in the sky, like fog.

Wherever Gu Jingnian flew, the fog followed, growing thicker and thicker, as if it were about to turn into a giant water droplet, imprisoning him inside.

The water gradually dampened his fiery wings, making it increasingly difficult for him to fly.

But after absorbing a large mouthful of the Nine-Headed Serpent's blood, he gradually recovered from his original weak and drowsy state, as if he had inexhaustible strength.

Thus, even as moisture kept condensing around him, he was still trying to make the flame wings burn bigger and dry out some of the moisture.

He was clearly no match for Liu Yuchuan, but he held out longer than Liu Yuchuan had anticipated.

Meanwhile, as more and more poisonous spears were shot into the giant serpent's body, the serpent stopped struggling, and its hissing gradually subsided.

It was finally completely paralyzed.

The best time to extract the heart has arrived.

Liu Yuchuan looked back and saw that Shen Jichi was no longer there, so he ignored Gu Jingnian for the time being and quickly rushed into the heart chamber of the giant snake.

A fleeting shadow remained in the air as Liu Yuchuan arrived in the ventricle.

The heart was still floating there, its tentacles swaying slowly.

Shen Jichi was slowly walking towards the heart when three people blocked his way—Ying Yao and the others.

“Liu Yuchuan has arrived, and we are no match for him for the time being,” Shen Jichi said. “Only I, having eaten the snake’s heart, can fight him.”

Yingyao replied, "I don't believe you. You're in cahoots with Liu Yuchuan."

Shen Jichi scoffed and said, "How could I be in cahoots with him?"

"That's what the giant snake said."

"Can it talk? I can't hear it."

"It can talk..."

Before Ying Yao could finish speaking, Shen Jichi had already made his move.

The light that pierced through the giant snake's heart from the outside was condensed into a blade of light by him and slashed at Yingyao.

The two had fought to a draw before, and both were later poisoned by vipers, with similar injuries.

Shen Jichi had just fought Womin and was more exhausted. In addition, Yingyao had Hu Jingnan and Yan Da assisting her. As soon as they clashed, Shen Jichi knew that he could not defeat Yingyao. So he simply released a projection and disappeared.

But if given the chance to seize the Serpent's Heart, he could return at any time. The next moment, Liu Yuchuan made his move.

Liu Yuchuan knew that Ying Yao was stronger than Gu Jingnian, and it would inevitably take some time to kill them.

He's in a hurry to get the snake's heart and chase after Womin, so he's too lazy to waste time with them.

Fortunately, with his methods, subduing Yingyao and the others was easy.

He condensed three water droplets and wrapped them around Yingyao and the other two. Then, he walked forward to the snake's heart and reached out to pluck it.

The sound of wind breaking came from behind. Liu Yuchuan knew that Gu Jingnian had come to entangle him. He waved his hand impatiently, and countless water mists behind him turned into blades, shredding and killing the people in the water mist.

At the same time, the tentacles on the snake's heart stabbed at him.

This venomous heart is like a rose with thorns.

If the giant serpent were awake, Liu Yuchuan wouldn't be able to guarantee he could stop it, but at this moment, he condensed water mist and froze all the tentacles that were stabbing at him.

Finally, he reached out and grasped the snake's heart, which was the size of an apple.

But when he tried to remove the snake's heart, it wobbled slightly, and he couldn't remove it.

"interesting."

Liu Yuchuan smiled and exerted his strength again.

Yingyao's clear, crisp shout rang out from inside the heart chamber.

"Young master, the giant serpent spoke to me. They are in cahoots. The giant serpent will help us fight them."

Gu Jingnian did not initially believe that Liu Yuchuan and Shen Jichi were in cahoots, because Liu Yuchuan had long been able to freely enter and exit the boundary, while Shen Jichi was able to find the boundary only after receiving his signal.

Hearing Yingyao's words, it sounded as if the giant serpent was trying to sow discord between them and Shen Jichi, and to win them over.

But how could such a beast speak, and only Yingyao be able to hear it?
Is it because Yingyao also has a snake's heart?

"Young Master!" Yingyao called out again, "The giant snake wants me to save it!"

Meanwhile, outside the giant serpent's ventricle, on the cliff, a bundle of poisoned spears was snapped in two.

With a snap, A-Meng threw down the broken spear in his hand and rushed to the old hemp master, saying, "We can't let that outsider take the snake heart, or the master will be angry."

"We can't beat him," the old mahjong master sighed.

“The giant serpent can defeat it,” A-Meng said. “You have to wake the giant serpent up and drive away the outsiders. Then, we can retrieve the heart for our master.”

"This……"

The old mahjong master was still hesitating.

Ameng added, "Before the master left, he instructed us to hold him off and not let him take the snake's heart."

"Oh well."

The old mahjong master finally agreed.

Ah Meng finally breathed a sigh of relief.

All of this was done at Gu Jingnian's behest.

In fact, even before Ying Yao spoke, Gu Jingnian had already realized that he was no match for Liu Yuchuan.

There is only one way to defeat Liu Yuchuan: use the giant snake.

Liu Yuchuan pulled hard on the snake's heart again, almost pulling it out completely.

At that very moment, he clearly felt his heart suddenly become stronger.

He heard the giant serpent roar again, as if the effects of the anesthetic had worn off.

The next moment, a tentacle pierced through his fingers and aimed at his eye.

Liu Yuchuan turned and forced his way away.

But then someone lunged forward, and the tentacle pierced the person's body with a "plop".

It's Gu Jingnian again.

The tentacles contracted twice, sucking a lot of blood from Gu Jingnian's body.

Afterwards, the snake heart regained its vitality, and its frozen tentacles became like needles, piercing Liu Yuchuan's palm and sucking his blood.

Liu Yuchuan frowned, and with his other hand struck out, hitting the snake's heart from a distance.

The snake's heart was sent flying a distance, like an apple hanging on a branch about to be knocked down, its tendrils quickly withering.

At the same time, a snake's head burrowed into the ventricle and bit Liu Yuchuan.

It turned out that the giant serpent, severely injured, had become desperate and stuck its head into its own body to kill the enemy, which could be considered as scraping the bone to heal its wounds.

The other snake heads let out a terrible scream.

“Young master, it says it thanks us for helping it kill the enemy, and it will surely repay us handsomely.”

"When did I say I would help it?"

The wounds on Gu Jingnian's body, pierced by the tentacles, had not yet healed. He caught up in two steps, grabbed the somewhat withered snake heart, and pulled hard, but still couldn't pull it off.

Without hesitation, he opened his mouth and bit down, sucking the blood from the snake's heart.

With blood so cold, Gu Jingnian didn't believe that such a cold-blooded creature as the giant serpent could have any credibility.

He had to become strong; that was the lesson he learned after enduring so much suffering.

(End of this chapter)