Reborn as a Snake: Forging a Demon Court Starting from a Black Python

Lin Xuan pretended to be stupid, and Xiao Qing couldn't reveal the truth, so she could only sulk and worry about Bai Suzhen.

After a long time, Fahai finally killed all the ghost soldiers.

At this point, he was also severely weakened and dared not provoke Bai Suzhen again, so he left in a disheveled state.

The warrior monks he had originally sent out had no choice but to retreat upon seeing this.

The storm passed just like that.

The guests at the Lin residence also noticed something was wrong: why had so many of the Lin family's houses collapsed?

But Lin Xuan didn't need to explain; they figured out the reason themselves.

It must have been Fahai who damaged the Lin family's house while fighting the heavenly soldiers!

The pharmacy owner jumped up and cursed, "That monk Fahai is truly unreasonable! He provoked heavenly soldiers to descend to earth, and now he's even implicated Young Master Lin!"

Others chimed in to support him.

"That makes sense!"

"Tomorrow we'll go to Jinshan Temple and demand an explanation, making them compensate Young Master Lin!"

Lin Xuan found it amusing, but didn't show it. Instead, he said seriously:

"Thank you all very much."

"By the way, my wife was feeling unwell and was disturbed earlier, so she has gone to the back to rest."

Although this seemed like just an explanation, everyone understood it meant to send the guests away, and so they all spoke up:

"In that case, we won't bother you any longer."

"Don't worry, Young Master Lin. When you go to Jinshan Temple to seek justice, just give us a message and we'll come to help!"

They patted their chests and made guarantees, their words revealing their utter disdain for Jinshan Temple.

In their minds, Fahai was almost an unforgivable villain, so Jinshan Temple was naturally not a good place either.

Of course, there would be no more scruples.

After all the guests had left, Lin Xuan instructed his servants to clean up the dilapidated houses.

Xiao Qing sat to the side, pouting, her eyes fixed on Lin Xuan, and began to plot in her mind.

"That scoundrel! If he hadn't messed things up today, my sister wouldn't have drunk the realgar wine! Luckily, Fahai wasn't clean himself, which attracted the heavenly soldiers; otherwise, everything would have been over!"

"I'll find a chance to teach him a lesson! But if I teach him too badly, how will I deal with that black snake?"

"Oh dear, this is difficult!"

Xiaoqing's expression kept changing; sometimes she would sigh deeply, and other times her eyes would blaze with anger.

It wasn't until dusk that Xiaoqing was awakened by Bai Suzhen's weak voice.

"Xiaoqing, what are you doing sitting here? Where is your husband?"

Xiaoqing turned around in surprise and saw Bai Suzhen, who was pale-faced. She quickly reached out to support her.

"Sister, you still have the mind to worry about Lin Xuan right now? You should mind your own business first!"

"How's the medicinal effect of the realgar?"

Hearing Xiaoqing say this, Bai Suzhen was somewhat displeased, but she also realized that Lin Xuan hadn't encountered any major problems, so she said:

"Don't worry, I'm fine."

"The realgar in the wine is strange. It's not particularly potent. I suppose it was specially prepared by the bald monks of Jinshan Temple."

"In order to prevent me from discovering the flaws in advance, they deliberately suppressed the smell, but the medicinal properties were also affected."

Xiaoqing breathed a sigh of relief, then started cursing Lin Xuan again.

"Sister, it's all that bastard's fault! He's the one who made you drink that bowl of realgar wine!"

Bai Suzhen naturally disagreed. Recalling the scene from earlier that day, she shook her head and said:

"No! I've figured it out. This is all a scheme by that bald monk Fahai. He bewitched the pharmacy owner and deliberately served realgar wine."

"To be honest, my husband was also deceived."

"Hmph, sister, you're just biased towards him!" Xiaoqing retorted, pouting.

Bai Suzhen also knew that today was actually very dangerous, and she was very scared.

Conversely, if the heavenly soldiers hadn't appeared, Fahai would definitely have attacked when he revealed his true form.

Xiaoqing must have figured this out, which is why she was so angry.

Bai Suzhen pondered for a moment, then began to speak well of Lin Xuan.

"Xiaoqing, don't say that. Your brother-in-law has already done quite well today. Think about it, when the heavenly soldiers appeared, everyone else was busy kneeling, but your brother-in-law was still supporting me, wasn't he? That's... um?"

Bai Suzhen's original intention was to make amends for Lin Xuan, but halfway through the conversation, she realized the problem herself.

Why should Lin Xuan not kneel?

Those are celestial beings!

Let alone ordinary mortals, even a great demon like Bai Suzhen, or a monk with powerful magic like Fahai, would have to show respect.

Bai Suzhen frowned, feeling as if she had discovered something remarkable.

Before she could think it through, Xiaoqing interrupted her.

"Hmph, I think he's just ignorant and fearless! By the way, sister, where did you go just now?"

Bai Suzhen woke up with a start and said:

"You're asking about this? I originally wanted to go find Xuan'er, but when I got to the riverbank, no matter how I called out to him, he didn't show up."

"I didn't wait long, and went upstream along the Qiantang River until I found a cave to take shelter in."

"It's quite a coincidence that there were quite a few claw marks in that cave, as if a dragon had stayed there. I wonder if it has anything to do with Xuan'er..."

Bai Suzhen chatted with Xiaoqing and gradually recovered.

Remembering something, Xiaoqing said to Bai Suzhen, "Sister, I don't think Fahai will let this go so easily! You should quickly go into seclusion and cultivate to completely remove the medicinal effects of the realgar!"

Bai Suzhen nodded.

"My sister is right. Let me go and talk to my husband first, and then I'll go into seclusion."

They were unaware that Fahai's reputation was completely ruined, and he was utterly disgraced. In the past few days, he had no intention of subduing the snake demon.

"Abbot, the wealthy Zhang from the east of the city has said he will no longer be our patron..."

"Abbot, this is terrible! The prefect sent word that we won't be invited to this year's Buddhist ceremony; instead, we'll be inviting eminent monks from other temples!"

One bad news after another reached Jinshan Temple, making the abbot's face turn grim.

The fact that Fahai was besieged by heavenly soldiers and ghost soldiers was a matter of great concern not only to the common people but also to the monks in Jinshan Temple.

It is said that Fahai appears to be a highly enlightened monk, but in reality, he must be a drunkard.

If the disciples are all bad, how can the abbot be a good person?

Especially those monks who were sent out of Jinshan Temple some time ago.

The abbot had hoped to take this opportunity to show off, so he called them all back, but unexpectedly, this happened.

These people were jumping around in the temple, trying to drive the abbot away.

"Ugh, what a hassle!"

The abbot sighed and turned to look at a house in the distance, where Fahai was resting.

After retreating to Jinshan Temple, Fahai hid inside and never came out again.

Inside the room, Fahai was aware of what was happening outside, but he paid no attention to it.

He had truly mastered Buddhist teachings; he only got angry at demons and ignored all other rumors and gossip.

He was now only puzzled by one thing: why were those heavenly soldiers and ghost soldiers attacking him?

"Could it be that besides those two snake demons, the Lin family has other powerful figures, perhaps even capable of commanding ghosts and gods?"