Huo Chengche nodded and asked, "I called you here because I wanted to ask you in detail, but I didn't want to cause panic among others. Tell me carefully about the pythons on this mountain. As far as I know, there shouldn't be such things on our mountain, right?"
In such a small, desolate mountain on the outskirts of Beijing, there would normally be only two green bamboo snakes, so how could there be a venomous python?
This is the capital city, not some malaria-ridden region like Sichuan. The forests in the capital are bare in winter, and you can hardly even see a rabbit. How could they possibly raise these venomous snakes and pythons? It's really strange!
Sure enough, Qiao Laoba looked surprised upon hearing this and quickly said, "The immortals are truly powerful! You're right. Although we are native mountain people, we have never seen these things before! These venomous snakes and pythons suddenly appeared on the mountain a few years ago!"
Just as I expected!
Huo Chengche narrowed his eyes, his face darkened, and he nodded, saying, "Go on."
Qiao Laoba sighed, his face bitter. "These pythons really appeared overnight. The villagers weren't on guard at first and went up the mountain as usual to chop wood and hunt. In the end, many of them didn't even find a bone fragment!"
"Later, the young men from these villages joined together, took their tools, and went up the mountain to investigate. They finally saw what it was and were so frightened that they scrambled back home. But that time, many of them didn't make it back. But at least we finally knew how those who went up the mountain had perished."
Huo Chengche frowned as he listened to Qiao Laoba's words, and suddenly asked, "Did the python appear after the altar in your Shanyin was built?"
Qiao Laoba, recalling the tragic scene, was sighing when Huo Chengche's sudden question startled him. He paused, thought carefully, and his eyes widened immediately—
"Yes! Yes, yes, yes! The immortal is right! Thinking about it this way, that makes perfect sense!" Old Qiao suddenly realized, and almost jumped up excitedly.
The more he thought about it, the more agitated he became. His already dark face grew even more gloomy, and in the end, he flew into a rage.
"It must be that cursed thing! We finally managed to build it with great difficulty, almost emptying the entire village's savings, and it turned out to be completely useless! Children are still being lost! Even those sons of bitches in the government have started helping those human traffickers!"
When Qiao Laoba got angry, he started talking about ghosts and gods again.
Huo Chengche sighed and interrupted him, asking, "So, all these years, because these suddenly appearing venomous snakes and pythons have been lurking near the altar, and anyone who gets close will die, no one has dared to approach the altar, right?"
Qiao Laoba nodded, "Yes! Yes!"
Is there really no way to do it?
Qiao Laoba shook his head, his face contorted with worry. "There's absolutely nothing we can do! You didn't see that giant python, did you? Nobody around here has ever seen anything like it! We're too scared to even get close!"
"Sigh, we've been dreaming of getting rid of these things! We mountain people rely on the mountains for our livelihood, but they've taken over half the mountain, so we have nothing to eat. Also, the doctors in town don't dare to go up the mountain to collect herbs, so we can't even buy medicine!"
“Niannian isn’t afraid of snakes!” The little boy finally had a chance to interject, saying in his childish voice, “Snakes are afraid of Niannian, so Niannian can help the uncles drive the snakes away!”
Huo Chengche was deep in thought when he heard the soft, sweet voice in his ear, and his heart skipped a beat. But by the time he covered the little mouth, it was too late.
"Really?!"
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
