Chapter 23 The Origin of the Snake Demon
"By the way, thank you, sir..." Lin Qingyue remembered something important, "What is my official position in the Xuanjing Division?"
Someone like her naturally couldn't be an ordinary guard.
Xie Shouzheng said, "In our Xuanjing Division, strength and merit are the key to success. With your abilities, Princess...why not become the Deputy Envoy of Jianxie, the second-in-command of the Division?"
Lin Qingyue asked, "Since the ranking is based on strength, why can't it be the chief envoy?"
Xie Shouzheng was shocked. "Princess, this is not fair of you. How can you just come and grab my position as chief officer? Besides, besides strength, merit is also important! If one day, your merit is higher than mine, Xie Shouzheng, what will happen to you as chief officer?"
Lin Qingyue didn't really want to take his position, but after a few words, she could tell that Xie Shouzheng was a good person. He was upright and honest and didn't covet a high position.
Xie Shouzheng was truly conscientious in his duties. Besides chatting with Lin Qingyue, he also took the time to write the case file, recording everything that happened in the Lin Mansion tonight for future reference.
Among them, there are Shen Mo’s grievances and the origin of the snake demon.
The snake demon was also recorded in his past files.
It is said that several decades ago, there was a snake charmer who was good at training snakes. He took more than a dozen snakes of different sizes and traveled around the country performing snake training acrobatics.
Among the many snakes, his favorite was a spotted python. The spotted python was very human-like and could understand complex commands, which made a lot of money for the snake charmer.
The snake charmer also loves the snake very much. He often strokes the snake's body and chats with it.
The snake nestled docilely in its owner's arms, its bright vertical pupils staring at its owner, occasionally hissing twice, as if responding to its owner's words.
One day, when the snake charmer was walking near the wilderness, he encountered a group of bandits who robbed him and tried to kill him.
At the critical moment, the spotted python rushed out of the cage, scaring the bandits so much that they ran away on the spot.
The slowest runner was caught up by the spotted snake, strangled and eaten in one go.
The snake charmer was so frightened by this scene that he couldn't recover for a long time.
After eating its fill, the spotted snake wanted to go back to its cage to sleep as usual, but it had grown so fat that it could not fit in. It could only look at its owner pitifully.
After that day when they started eating meat, the spotted snake would sneak out late at night.
After coming back, its body will swell up.
Wherever the snake charmer goes, people nearby will disappear the next day.
The snake charmer no longer dared to keep spotted snakes, even though the snakes remained docile in his presence.
He also tried to throw the snake away, but no matter where he threw it, the snake would come back again.
The snake charmer lived in fear every day, afraid that the snake would go crazy and eat him. He was also worried that if someone found out that his snake ate people, he would also suffer the same fate.
Finally one day, he met a demon catcher. After much hesitation, he finally told the demon catcher the truth.
The demon catcher said, "That snake has become a demon and has devoured dozens of people. It's powerful and difficult to deal with. Fortunately, it still regards you as its master and has great trust in you. If we want to eliminate the demon, we need your help. Tomorrow, I will set up a demon-killing formation in the back mountains. After dark, you will lure it to the center of the formation, and I will have a way to kill it in one fell swoop."
The snake charmer couldn't bear it: "Do you really have to kill him? Is there any other way?"
The demon catcher said: "Eliminate all evil, otherwise there will be endless troubles!"
"Well... let me think about it." The snake charmer did not agree immediately.
But when he returned, he saw a little girl's shoe spit out of the snake's mouth.
The snake's huge body crushed over the small shoes and swam towards its owner affectionately.
At that moment, he trembled all over, and at the same time he made up his mind to get rid of the demon.
That night, the snake charmer, who had not had contact with snakes for a long time, stroked the body of the spotted snake as he did before, with complex emotions in his eyes.
"Big dragon, big dragon..."
He called the snake's name over and over again, and time seemed to have returned to the intimacy of the past.
Finally, the snake charmer said, "Dalong, we haven't caught snakes in the mountains for a long time. Come with me tonight..."
In the past, the snakes used in his performances were all caught by Dalong. Under Dalong's pressure, the snakes would become obedient.
Ever since they discovered that Dalong was a monster, they have been hiding here and there and have not gone out to catch new snakes for training and performances for a long time.
The spotted snake naively thought that everything could go back to the way it was before.
It nodded, its huge body moved quickly, and it went out happily.
It swims very fast, but it won't get far before stopping to wait for its owner. Although its pupils are eerie and scary, when it looks at its owner, it is full of dependence and trust.
But that only dependence and trust destroyed its life.
Under the deliberate guidance of its master, it walked into the demon-slaying formation.
When the flames suddenly rose and burned its body, its first thought was not to escape, but to hurriedly look for its owner, fearing that he would be hurt.
However, through the flames, it saw its master standing behind the demon catcher, crying, "Dalong, go well. Don't harm others in your next life..."
It turns out that the owner doesn't want it anymore and even wants to kill it!
The huge snake body twisted and wailed in the fire, and eventually turned into charcoal.
The snake charmer thought that after the dragon died, his life would return to peace.
Little did they know that after the snake demon died, he was filled with resentment and his soul returned to his master again.
That night, a huge snake shadow stood tall, and its bloody mouth slammed down, swallowing its master in an instant.
——Master, this time we will never be separated.
The remaining soul of the snake demon caused trouble everywhere and later killed many people.
The demon hunter who had caught the snake from the beginning rushed over upon hearing the news, regretting his earlier actions. However, his skills were limited, and he spent his life trying to destroy the snake demon without being able to completely destroy it. He only managed to suppress the remaining spirit of the snake demon on Ghost Crying Ridge.
Until later, Shen Mo was coaxed by Lin Rufeng to Ghost Weeping Ridge, where he accidentally broke the seal, was swallowed by a snake demon, and returned to the human world with his resentment.
Xie Shouzheng put down his last stroke and sighed, "Monsters possess powers beyond those of ordinary humans. Once they begin to indulge their desires, they will bring disaster to the world."
"By the way, Princess, what did you say to Shen Mo in the end that made him let go of his resentment so easily? And why did the snake demon say that you were deceiving Shen Mo?"
Lin Qingyue smiled faintly: "It was just some words to persuade him to be magnanimous and let go of his hatred, similar to what Master Xie had said before."
Xie Shouzheng was puzzled: "Is it that simple? Then why didn't he listen at all when I tried to persuade him before?"
Lin Qingyue just smiled and said nothing.
The next day, Liu Mansion.
Early in the morning, Liu's mother came over and said, "Your father has prepared the carriage. You can go back after breakfast!"
Liu Wanqing was surprised. "Father, you still want to kick me out? Even though you know Lin Rufeng beats me to death every day and that he's a homosexual, there's no way he could have children with me! You still won't let me get a divorce?"
Mother Liu shed tears, "My daughter, I know you've had a hard time. But that's a woman's fate! A daughter married off is like spilled water. Even a divorce would affect your reputation. Especially since your father has been traveling around lately, trying to get promoted. If we had a divorced daughter, outsiders would definitely gossip about her and affect your father's reputation."
"Now that you have the upper hand over my son-in-law, I don't think he'll dare treat you the same way he did before. Don't worry about having an heir; we can just adopt one from the clan. Just be patient, and things will get better."
In the end, the father's indifference and the mother's weakness made the married daughter lose her safe haven.
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