Chapter 256 Why Target Her
Fortunately, it was still the time when snakes hibernated at this time. The light caused them to make a commotion, but they soon calmed down lazily.
"They are all highly poisonous snakes." Xiao Yu looked around and recognized the patterns on the snakes.
"There are several snake monsters here..." Xu Chuchu was very worried. She grabbed Xiao Yu's clothes on her chest, but quickly let them go.
"They are sleeping. Can we force our way through?" Xiao Yu asked.
Xu Chuchu looked at him, not knowing how to answer.
It wouldn't be difficult to just force your way through, but what's on the other side of the room?
Is it another passage, or a dead end?
"Look, there's something on the shelf over there!" Xiao Yu's sharp eyes saw into the dark.
Xu Chuchu looked over and found a row of wooden shelves near the door, on which were placed several medium-sized porcelain bottles and several stacked bamboo baskets.
A basket? For snakes?
"There's a pattern on the wall again," she reminded in a low voice.
These patterns are some abstract little people, but unlike the couple at the entrance, they are all single little people.
Xiao Yu was quicker at recognizing these ancient paintings than she was. After reading them, she was a little surprised and said, "It says here that if you want to pass through this room, you must take off your clothes and apply the powder in the bottle to your body, and the snakes will not attack."
"What?" Xu Chuchu was not surprised by this practice, because there is indeed powder that can repel snakes. What surprised her was why someone would paint a method of crossing the room on the wall.
Aren't these snakes used to keep outsiders out?
But looking back at the entire space at the bottom of the lake, apart from these snakes, they really didn't find any place that posed a threat to humans.
Is it that it hasn't reached that stage yet, or has the big fish misled them?
"I'll go check on the medicine." Xu Chuchu carefully stepped over a large snake that had accidentally wandered out, took the porcelain bottle off the wooden shelf, poured some out and rubbed it on his fingertips.
"It's indeed a medicine for dealing with snakes, but I'm not sure if it can actually stop snake demons." She analyzed, "Let's give it a try anyway. If it doesn't work, we'll just have to force our way in."
She turned around and handed a bottle to Xiao Yu, but he hesitated and didn't take it.
"What's wrong?" Xu Chuchu was surprised.
Xiao Yu pointed at the mural awkwardly: "Here, it says to take off all clothes and smear powder all over the body."
Xu Chuchu's head buzzed, and she instantly imagined that scene, and then she just wanted to poke her eyes out.
"How about I go over first, and then you can go after everything is clear?" Xiao Yu asked tentatively, "That way we won't be... at the same time..."
"Stop, stop, I know what you mean!" Xu Chuchu quickly interrupted him, "Let's do it this way."
According to her usual habit, she would be the first one to leave, but this time she couldn't, because she was worried that Xiao Yu would look at her because he was concerned about her safety.
There was no choice, the two of them tacitly took the medicine bottles and went to two separate corners to change clothes.
Thinking about the scene that will appear later, Xu Chuchu now wants to die, and regrets not fighting the snake demon for eight hundred rounds.
"Chuchu?"
Just as she started to unbutton her shirt, she heard Xiao Yu calling her from behind.
"What are you doing?" She held her clothes vigilantly.
"It's nothing, a basket...here you are." Xiao Yu carefully handed over an empty bamboo basket and held the other in his own hand.
"What is this used for?" Xu Chuchu asked.
Xiao Yu turned away and said, "Pack your clothes. Take them off and put them inside."
Xu Chuchu: “…”
The two of them stood in the dark. After Xu Chuchu folded the clothes and put them into the basket, he poured a handful of medicine powder into his palm.
As soon as the powder was scattered in the air, the big snake several steps away from her rolled away in a daze.
It seems that the effect of the medicine is really amazing, but I don’t know how effective it is in resisting snake demons.
"Chu Chu, I'll go over first." Xiao Yu's low voice came from outside.
Xu Chuchu quickly turned her head: "Well, be careful."
She stood in the corner, and became nervous when she heard the slow footsteps and the rustling sounds of the snakes.
Snakes are very difficult creatures. They can gather together in groups without interfering with each other, and attack collectively to protect themselves, one after another, without fear. The same is true for snake demons.
However, her worries seemed unnecessary. The snake group soon returned to silence and Xiao Yu walked away.
Xu Chuchu estimated the time when Xiao Yu would arrive and put on his clothes, covered his eyes and quietly stuck his head out, then quietly moved his fingers a little and saw that Xiao Yu had already reached the opposite passage, dressed neatly and with his back to her.
A narrow path had opened up among the snakes, with some medicinal powder scattered on the path, which must have been what he had just avoided.
With this road, it should be easier for Xu Chuchu to pass through than Xiao Yu.
She used the basket to block herself and walked forward along the path Xiao Yu was walking.
But as soon as she stepped forward, she felt something was wrong. As soon as she stepped into the range of the snake group, the snakes that were originally sleeping around her raised their heads one after another. Most of them looked stupid, but their heads were facing Xu Chuchu.
No, why target her?
This is so unfair!
Before she could finish her inner accusation, the snakes slowly swarmed over, but when they slid to her legs, they retreated due to the effect of the powder.
Just like that, in the blink of an eye, the roads in front and behind were blocked by snakes. A big snake as thick as a bowl hung down from the top of his head, spitting out its tongue at Xu Chuchu's face.
Xu Chuchu could even smell the fishy stench coming from the big snake's mouth.
They all surrounded her, aggressive but afraid of the powder.
No matter what the reason was, Xu Chuchu knew that he could not wait any longer and stepped into the gap between the snakes. Fortunately, the snakes moved away again.
Just as she breathed a sigh of relief, a strange burning sensation suddenly ignited in her body, and her spiritual power began to surge restlessly. It was the old fox's inner elixir rejecting her human body.
Hu Da'er said that the more the inner elixir absorbed, the greater the rejection, until she could completely control this power.
But I didn't expect it to happen at such a critical moment.
She instantly understood why the snakes were interested in her... because her body emitted a stronger scent than the powder, and it wasn't human, but a fox.
The process of the inner elixir's rejection and fusion was very painful. Not to mention using her spiritual power, she couldn't even stand.
She could only slowly bend down, kneel on the ground, and force herself to adjust.
The snakes were still swimming around her, and she didn't know how long the effect of the powder would last. Xu Chuchu was a little anxious, and secretly looked up at Xiao Yu opposite her, and found that he was still facing away from her, and he didn't even look back even after such a long time without any movement.
It's obviously a very smart brain, why is it silent now?
Xu Chuchu cursed him inwardly as an idiot, but she couldn't shout out loud, fearing that the noise would be too loud and alert the snakes, so she could only clear her throat symbolically.
"cough."
Indifferent.
"Ahem."
He turned his head slightly, but quickly turned it back. The chopping board was not as straight as his back.
“…Ahem!”
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