In the evening of five days later.
A pungent smell of paste lingered at Zhou Zhilu's nose, making him frown.
He opened his eyes hazily and saw a dagger dangling in front of his face.
Zhou Zhilu was so frightened that he opened his eyes wide instantly, and dodged to the back.
However, this action aroused multiple injuries on his body, causing Zhou Zhilu to gasp in pain.
"Don't move! I just bandaged your body, and if you move, the wound will definitely open again!"
Hearing the familiar voice, Zhou Zhilu was stunned. He looked up and saw a loli girl with a bun on her head, with her hands on her hips, looking at him reproachfully.
Next to it, there was a long yellow and white snake coiled.
"Seventh Miss? Why are you here? What's wrong with me?" Zhou Zhilu asked anxiously, his mind feeling confused.
The girl was Qiluo. She said unhappily, "How should I know? Ah Huang and I were on our way to Jiangkang Prefecture. When we passed by here, Ah Huang found you lying by the river, covered in wounds and infected with various snake venoms.
"It took me a lot of effort to pull you out of the river, remove the snake venom, bandage your wounds, and then you woke up."
Zhou Zhilu couldn't help but ask, "Then why are you holding a dagger with a... black thing stuck in it? What are you doing?"
Qi Luo blinked his eyes when he heard that, quickly hid the dagger behind his back and said, "This is... a medicine that can make people wake up quickly! Look, you're awake now!"
Zhou Zhilu suddenly understood what was going on. No wonder it smelled so bad.
Ah Huang: Hiss... (Foolish male human, the master couldn't bear to throw away the burnt meat, so he planned to feed it to you...)
"By the way, what exactly happened to you? How did you become like this?" Qi Luo asked curiously.
Zhou Zhilu sat on the ground, trying hard to sort out his thoughts. Gradually, he recalled his experiences before he lost consciousness and slowly recounted...
"I and the other members of Fuye Division set out from the capital, also heading towards Jiangkang Prefecture...
"The journey went smoothly for the first three days, but when we arrived at the Cloud Rift Mountain, something went wrong. For some unknown reason, countless demonic snakes suddenly appeared in this mountain range.
"But according to Fuyesi's intelligence, there should only be a few spirit beasts on this Liyun Mountain. It's impossible for there to be so many demons! We suspect that there must be something in the mountain, or something has changed. Liyun Mountain is not far from Jiangkang Mansion. I suspect it may be related to the demons that killed people in Jiangkang Mansion.
"So we split our forces into two groups. One group continued to rush to Jiangkang Prefecture, while I took the others into Liyun Mountain to investigate the situation.
“At the beginning, everything went smoothly. Although there were many snake demons, they were not high-ranking, so we could deal with them easily. However, when we entered a valley, the scene we saw made our scalps tingle.
"The valley is densely packed with all kinds of demonic snakes. Countless demonic snakes are piled up together, filling the entire valley. You can't even see the ground at all, only all kinds of wriggling snakes."
When Qiluo and Ah Huang heard this, they shuddered.
"However, what shocked us the most was that above the valley stretched out an incomparably huge, pale golden snake tail. The width of the snake tail alone was as wide as a street in the capital!
"And that snake's tail is constantly producing snake eggs, which will hatch into a demonic snake once they land...
"As for the snake's body, we can't see it. It's wrapped around the mountain and hidden between the cliffs.
"But as soon as we saw this, we knew it must be a plot by the demon tribe. This giant snake must have sneaked in, intending to launch a surprise attack during the Holy Doctor's Day!"
"We originally wanted to go back for support, but we accidentally alarmed them. There were so many of them, like a waterfall made of snakes, rushing towards you madly. In the end, I helped them get down the mountain, but I was trapped on the mountain and was infected with snake venom.
"But luckily there was a waterfall on the mountain. I jumped down from the waterfall and then lost consciousness..."
"So that's how it is... Such a big snake, and light golden in color. I'm afraid the scales alone are worth a lot of money!" Qi Luo couldn't help but said with shining eyes.
Zhou Zhilu's breath hitched when he heard this, and he said unhappily, "After I've said so much, you only think it's worth a lot of money?"
Qi Luo's face changed when he heard this, and he said seriously: "For the safety of Jiang Kang Mansion, let's go kill the snake."
Zhou Zhilu's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked, "Where's Aunt Mo? If Aunt Mo were here, maybe we could kill the snake!"
Qi Luo blinked: "Aunt Mo, she went to Jiangkang Mansion first, we are not going together."
"...You must have sneaked out again." Zhou Zhilu said speechlessly.
Zhou Zhilu would not go back if Aunt Mo was not around. He was still butchering snakes. I'm afraid he would have to go back and deliver food to people's homes, and it wouldn't even be enough to fill their stomachs.
No matter how Qi Luo made a fuss, Zhou Zhilu advised him to give up this ridiculous idea as soon as possible.
"Gurgle~"
The noisy Qiluo suddenly fell silent. Zhou Zhilu glanced at him and asked, "You...didn't you bring any food when you went out?"
Qi Luo blushed and explained, "Since we are away from home, of course we have to do it ourselves and have enough food and clothing."
"So... what about food?"
Qi Luo muttered softly, "Didn't I just use it to wake you up?"
"..." Zhou Zhilu looked at Qiluo with a dark face. Didn't you just say it was medicine?!
Looking at Qiluo squatting on the ground and drawing circles, Zhou Zhilu sighed helplessly and said, "I'm hungry too. Is there anything to eat? I'll grill it... Jiangkang Mansion is not safe now. Let's finish eating and hurry back to Beijing tomorrow."
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