Simon looked around and saw nothing in front of him except a large lake.
Fortunately, there were several small boats on the lake. Simon stood by and called the boatman, and a small boat came in front of him.
The boatman stood at the stern, wearing a conical hat and a face as old and dry as a tree bark, smiling at Simon: "Sir, would you like to take a boat? When you come to West Lake, you must take a boat tour to truly appreciate the scenery of West Lake~!"
"So this is West Lake!" Simon thought silently as he carried Ming Huan to the bow of the boat. The boatman rowed from the stern, and the small boat slid out with a whoosh, drifting across the mist-shrouded lake.
The lake was shrouded in mist, and the weather was slightly overcast, but the breeze was warm, making the air feel itchy. The boatman, rowing from the stern, explained the scenery of West Lake to the two of them: the Broken Bridge on one side, the Leifeng Pagoda on the other. He even broke into a little song as he spoke cheerfully.
The music with ancient charm came from afar on the lake, which seemed a bit comfortable.
Ming Huan took the opportunity to teach Simon how to find his way back to the land of souls.
"The location of each youkai's spirit is different, so the way back is also different. Only the youkai themselves know where the exit is. Therefore, if you want to find the way back, you must find the youkai's true form."
"Any person or animal that appears here could be the spirit of its original body," Ming Huan said. "You must carefully identify them and make no mistake. If you encounter anyone, it's best to go up and say a few words."
"Thank you!" said Simon. "You know so much. I suppose you must be a very remarkable man."
Ming Huan smiled proudly: Is there any need to say more?
Simon was a little confused and curious: "Are you also from the land of snake spirits? Are you the real body of the snake spirit?"
Ming Huan immediately frowned, looking unhappy: "I'm just a passing monster, I was accidentally swept into this!"
Stupid people, come and talk to me, get to work!
It turned out to be a poor little demon who was implicated innocently. He was dragged into this situation and who knows if it will leave a trauma in his childhood. Simon thought silently in his heart, then looked into the distance.
At this time, the boat had reached the center of the lake. The lake was covered with white mist and everything seemed hazy.
"Hey, what's that over there?" Simon found that there seemed to be something vague behind the white fog, so he asked the boatman to row towards that side.
The boatman immediately rowed, and soon Simon passed through the white fog and reached the small boat not far away.
The boat was similar to the one he was on. The boatman was rowing at the stern, and a man and a woman were sitting at the bow. There was a small coffee table in the middle, and the two were drinking together.
Look at that man, he is gentle and handsome, wearing a long robe and a scholar's hat, he is a handsome scholar.
Then he looked at the woman, dressed in white, ethereal and otherworldly, with a beautiful face, but not the slightest bit of seduction.
The woman in white looked at the man with admiration in her eyes.
The man looked at the woman in white with lust in his eyes.
"Madam! Let me toast you!" The man raised his glass and placed it in front of the woman in white.
Two blushes crossed the face of the woman in white. She lowered her head shyly, but took the glass of wine. She seemed to be drunk before she even drank the wine.
"Husband, have you seen Xiaoqing?" asked the woman in white.
"Xiaoqing? Oh yeah, where did Xiaoqing go?" The man looked around in confusion.
The woman in white stood up and called out to the lake, "Xiaoqing! Xiaoqing, stop being naughty. It's time to go home!"
The calm lake surface rippled with the call, and in the center of the ripples, a woman slowly emerged.
The woman's hair was wet and soft, draped over her shoulders, and her eyes were full of smiles.
"Sister! I just like water!" The woman named Xiaoqing glanced at the woman in white, then at the scholar, and cast a seductive glance at him, "Of course I like Mr. Xu too!"
The scholar seemed to be in a panic. He couldn't hold the wine glass steadily and the wine in the glass spilled out.
"Xiaoqing! Don't be naughty and don't tease Mr. Xu!" The woman in white glanced at Xiaoqing in the water.
The woman in the water didn't care and raised her eyebrows: "Sister, didn't you say that Mr. Xu only has you in his heart? Hehe, I don't think so~!"
Xu Xianggong was frightened by these words. He immediately sat up straight and swore to the sky: "My lady, I, Xu Xian, will only love Bai Suzhen in this life. If I have any other thoughts, the heavens will strike me with five thunders and I will never be reborn!"
If you have any other intentions, you will be struck by lightning and never be reborn!
This oath reached Simon's ears across the water. Simon was shocked and stood up suddenly from the boat.
This… This was the oath I had sworn to the snake demon I was treating during therapy! It was an oath I had sworn more than once! Yet, that snake demon broke its oath every day, and was struck by lightning every day.
The snake demon's true form must be nearby!
Simon looked around and it was obvious that although Bai Suzhen was a snake, she was white.
Xu Xian is a human, and he is not.
At this moment, the woman named Xiaoqing in the water slowly turned around and looked towards the boat where Simon was.
Simon and the woman happened to meet face to face.
It was a strange face, not the snake spirit he was looking for.
The scene before us was exactly the one where Bai Suzhen, her maid Xiaoqing, and her husband Xu Xian were touring the West Lake.
Simon felt that the snake demon must have something to do with them, and he should go up and ask.
Because Xiaoqing was closest to Simon, Simon greeted her: "Miss Xiaoqing~!"
But Xiaoqing turned a deaf ear to it, just laughed and dived into the water.
Simon saw clearly on the boat that after Xiaoqing dived into the water, her whole body changed into a big blue fish and chased the boat where Bai Suzhen and Xu Xian were.
Simon was a little confused - Xiaoqing is a big bluefish?
Simon suddenly remembered that ever since he took on the role of the snake demon, he had read various versions of snake demon legends, with the White Snake being the most famous. He had grown up watching The Legend of the New White Snake!
In the TV series, Xiaoqing is a snake spirit. For a long time, he even doubted whether Qingqing was Xiaoqing.
However, in the earliest records, Bai Suzhen's maid Xiaoqing was actually a large black fish. Bai Suzhen passed by Zhenjiang Prefecture and tamed the large black fish, so she named her Xiaoqing and asked her to stay with her.
Now that he had seen the herring spirit with his own eyes, Simon began to have a headache.
Xiaoqing is not the person he is looking for, so where is the snake demon Qingqing?
"Qingqing... Hey, where are you?" Simon sighed. Just as he was about to ask the boatman to dock and look for her elsewhere, a small voice rang out behind him: "Sir, who are you looking for?"
Simon turned around suddenly and saw a small snake coiled not far behind him.
The little snake has a round head, is gray, and is about one foot long. It is the most common non-venomous rat snake in the countryside.
Simon looked at the little snake in surprise: "Who are you?"
The little snake raised its head and hissed, spitting out its core: "I am a snake!"
Simon looked at the little snake in front of him in despair.
The little snake was very happy. She had been practicing for three hundred years, but because of her shallow foundation, she had not yet cultivated into a human form and had only cultivated a pair of ears. Today she crawled out of the cave where she practiced to look for her old friend, but she couldn't find him for a while. Now she happened to meet someone, so she decided to ask him!
"Old friend?" Simon was a little confused.
"Yes, yes! It's the white snake named Bai Suzhen you just saw. She's my friend!" The little snake coiled its body like a mosquito coil and said seriously, "I just came down the mountain to see how she's doing. Unfortunately, she left before I could even say hello."
This non-venomous rat snake was a chatterbox, and in a short while he finished talking about himself and Bai Suzhen.
She was an ordinary rat snake living at the foot of Qingcheng Mountain. One day she accidentally saw a white python and was immediately fascinated by it.
The scales of the white python are so shiny and smooth. Its flexible body glides in the forest and swims in the water, winding and graceful. It appears and disappears under the light mist in the forest. Each scale carries the scent of morning dew, which is so beautiful that it makes people breathtaking and intoxicated.
Hiss! Hiss!
The rat snake spit out its core and looked at the white python.
"Sister Bai, I want to be friends with you!" The rat snake greeted the white python.
The white python laughed: "No, I have a benefactor named Xu. He saved me and I want to repay him. I plan to pledge my love to him and give him a child. Let's talk about making friends after I repay him!"
The rat snake wasn't happy. It had been caught by the farmer several times, and only the white python came down the mountain to rescue it. So the rat snake said, "So snakes want to repay a favor! You saved me too, and I want to repay you. I'll pledge my life to you and lay an egg for you!"
The white python laughed so hard that its body curled up into a circle. "I'm a python! A python! I'm different from a rat snake. And we're both women, so I can't marry you!"
The little snake looked gloomy. It didn't quite understand why it couldn't work, but it didn't care too much. It still went to play with the white python every day. When the white python practiced, she would just follow and practice casually.
On a thundering night, the white python finally ate the Ganoderma lucidum and transformed into a human, a very beautiful woman, overnight.
"Snake, I'm leaving!" The woman in white touched the rat snake's forehead.
The little snake coiled around the feet of the woman in white, unwilling to leave.
She couldn't understand why the white python wanted to become a human so badly. Snake bodies are so beautiful! They feel cool and smooth to the touch, and even when they're coiled up like mosquito coils, they're so adorable!
"Don't go!" The little snake coiled itself up like a mosquito coil, tried to open its eyes wide to make itself look cuter, in an attempt to keep the white python.
But the white python still left.
"So, that's it! I was very angry at first, but later I forgave her! I came down the mountain this time specifically to find her, just to ask her when she would be done repaying her debt of gratitude and when I could return to Qingcheng Mountain."
The rat snake coiled itself up like a mosquito coil, opened its eyes wider, and tried hard to be more adorable. She had heard that humans don't like snakes, so to appear friendlier, she tried hard to be cute.
"Your friend is Bai Suzhen, so what's your name..." Simon asked.
However, the rat snake was stunned and looked at Simon: "Why do you need a name?"
Simon said: "It's convenient to call you"
"Why don't you just call me a snake?"
"But……"
"But what? I'm the only snake here who knows I'm a snake!" said the rat snake righteously.
What he said made so much sense that Simon was speechless.
Ming Huan, who had been silently watching all this in Simon's arms, turned over and found a more comfortable position to lie on Simon's arms. He squeezed out two words with contempt: "Stupid snake!"
"What? You dare to say I'm stupid? Do you know who I am? My sister Bai Suzhen knows Lord Demon!" The rat snake was very unhappy and used the tiger's skin as a banner.
Ming Huan was speechless. He didn't like talking to stupid snakes, so he turned to look at Simon: "This stupid snake must be the real snake spirit. Catch it quickly and make it send us out! If it dares to disobey, chop it up and braise it!"
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