Yun Jianyue was of unknown status, and when had anyone dared to be so presumptuous in front of her? Just as she was about to lash out, Yan Xuehen stopped her, saying, "After all, the other party is just an ordinary person."

"You have a kind heart and try to be a good person, but people don't appreciate it and will still scold you if they want to," Yun Jianyue sneered.

Yan Xuehen said calmly, "As long as I have a clear conscience, I don't need anyone to appreciate it."

Yun Jianyue frowned, but ultimately did not harm ordinary people.

After being turned away, Zuan and his group had no choice but to leave. They originally planned to ask a local for directions, but for some reason, apart from the fisherman they had just met, they did not encounter anyone else.

"Searching like this isn't going to solve anything." Yun Jianyue gazed at the swamp shrouded in miasma, which stretched to the horizon, and suddenly a thought struck her: "Why wasn't that fisherman, an ordinary person, poisoned by this miasma?"

“It is indeed strange. Aside from the ferocious beasts, it’s understandable that these local people are also unharmed.” Yan Xuehen was equally puzzled.

"Could it be that this so-called miasma is actually harmless, and we were fooled by that old mulberry tree?" Zu'an asked tentatively.

Yan Xuehen shook her head slightly: "When we first entered this swamp, I already took that mulberry leaf and tested it. This miasma is indeed poisonous."

Yun Jianyue was somewhat surprised: "Wow, Ice Stone Girl, I thought you were a naive and innocent girl. I didn't expect you to be so cunning."

"Otherwise, I would have been killed by you, you vixen, long ago," Yan Xuehen replied expressionlessly.

The group then began to discuss why the fisherman had reacted so strongly, as his tone suggested he respected the snake.

But why do fishermen treat such a ferocious snake that way?

After discussing for a long time, the group still couldn't come up with a reasonable explanation. At this moment, Yu Yanluo had a sudden thought and said, "I seem to have felt a voice calling to me."

"Whose call is this?" The group asked in surprise.

“It seems to be the one that cultivates snakes; it looks a lot like the one I saw just now,” Yu Yanluo replied.

Zuan asked with concern, "Was it well-intentioned or malicious?"

Yu Yanlu shook her head: "I can't tell, I can't sense its emotions."

"Be careful, it might be a trap," Yun Jianyue said warily.

Yu Yanluo hesitated for a moment before saying, "Since it has called me, it obviously has something to say to me. As a fellow snake, I am willing to give it a try."

Zuan also said, "Since we have no other choice now, we can give it a try. Just be careful along the way."

Yun Jianyue and Yan Xuehen thought about it and had no objections. Soon, the group followed Yu Yanluo to the middle of Dongting Lake.

"Where exactly is Xiu She?" The group looked around warily, but they couldn't find any trace of Xiu She.

"I can feel that call getting closer and closer, it seems to be in that direction." Yu Yanluo closed her eyes to sense it and pointed in a certain direction.

The group looked in the direction she was pointing and found that it was the same mountain they had seen before.

Only then did we realize that this great mountain was located in the middle of a large marshland, lush and verdant, stretching endlessly.

"This mountain is a bit strange. It seems to have the feel of a dragon vein, but it's not a real dragon vein." Zu An has studied "The Essence of Dripping Heaven" and now has a relatively good understanding of mountain range feng shui.

He could see that the mountain already possessed the aura of a dragon vein, but unfortunately, it was somewhat ambiguous.

“You guys say this mountain range is winding and long, doesn’t it look a bit like a snake?” Yan Xuehen suddenly said.

"Could this mountain be a disguise of the Xiu Snake?" Yun Jianyue was also startled.

Zuan shook his head and said, "This is indeed a mountain range, an inanimate object. Although it is lush and green on the surface, when you look closely, the whole mountain has a strong sense of death. It should not be a disguise of Xiu She."

Yan Xuehen and Yun Jianyue also used their divine senses to sense it, and it was indeed just a mountain, so they were relieved.

At this moment, Yu Yanluo heard the call again and said to the others, "The call is coming from the mountain, it seems to be telling me to go up the mountain."

"Be careful," Zu'an hurriedly reminded him.

Yu Yanluo smiled and said, "Don't worry, if it really wanted to harm me, it wouldn't be this troublesome. Besides, I can already sense that it has no ill intentions towards me."

She was, after all, the chieftain of the snake clan, and the group trusted her judgment, so they followed her to abandon the boat and go ashore.

They soon discovered that there was a narrow, winding path ahead.

"It looks like people often walk here," Yun Jianyue said in a deep voice. In the real wilderness, it's impossible for such a path to form.

"They're probably locals like the fishermen we just met," Yan Xuehen concluded.

I originally wanted to ask someone on the way, but unfortunately I didn't run into anyone.

Following the call, Yu Yanluo went up the mountain, and the others followed him, all the way to a temple at the top of the mountain.

"Bashe Temple?" Looking at the words on the temple gate, the group immediately remembered that the fisherman had mentioned this term, not Xiushe.

"It's clear that the incense here is quite strong." Yan Xuehen investigated privately. Although she didn't see anyone, the place was bright and clean, and everything was kept very tidy. Various incense sticks and candles were burning in the large cauldron in front of the temple, and the air was filled with the smell of incense. It was completely different from the Erfu Temple she had seen before.

Yu Yanluo entered the temple and saw a huge black snake statue enshrined in the center, which was a miniature version of the Xiu Snake she had seen before.

However, even when shrunk, it still occupies nearly half of the room's space, and hovering there creates a strong sense of oppression for those entering the temple.

The group noticed that the statue was not as ferocious as they had imagined; on the contrary, its face had a touch of... a touch of benevolence.

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