"Ranran, Ranran..." Wuyuan waved his hand in front of Yun Qingran's eyes. She stared at the jade coffin without blinking; what was so interesting about a jade coffin?
"Huh?" Yun Qingran snapped out of her daze and quickly wiped the drool from the corner of her mouth with her sleeve.
"What do you think we should do now?" Wu Yuan asked her.
“Lure them up, then use a trap,” Yun Qingran replied.
Neither of them could defeat this viper on land, so the battlefield had to be on land; secondly, since they couldn't beat it, they should set a trap to assist in the fight.
“That’s exactly what I was thinking.” Wu Yuan nodded.
“There were quite a few tables, chairs, benches, screens, and wooden beams in that room. I looked closely, and they were all made of ironwood and pine. Ironwood and pine are the hardest woods, so we can use them to make a large crossbow to shoot that stinky snake,” Yun Qingran said.
"The Rock Cave King Serpent's scales are tough, so shooting it with a crossbow would indeed be a good method, but we don't have a string that's tough enough." Wu Yuan shook his head, a little regretful.
“Who said there isn’t one? Look.” Yun Qingran took out a string coiled into a small loop from her bag. “Although this string is only as thick as a silk thread, it can be three or four zhang long when straightened. Moreover, it is made of cow tendon, which is extremely tough. If you fold it in half, it can be used as the string for a large crossbow without any problem.”
"You even have the string on you, your equipment is really complete." Wu Yuan smiled, no wonder the small bag hanging from her waist was so bulging, it turned out she was carrying quite a lot of things.
“When you’re traveling, you naturally need to be fully prepared. Firstly, it will prevent you from being flustered, and secondly, it will save you a lot of money,” Yun Qianyue chuckled.
Save where you should, spend where you should, and ride your bike to the bar – that's all about being thrifty and frugal! ??(???*)
Wu Yuan smiled again; how could she be so adorable!
"Come on, let's give this stinky snake a surprise!" Yun Qingran sharpened her knife, ready to get to work.
"What do you mean by 'color'?" Wu Yuan was completely confused. The last few words she said were tongue-twisting and strange.
"It's my hometown dialect, don't worry about it," Yun Qingran explained.
What does "开...尔" mean? Wu Yuan was completely confused again.
The two men dismantled the tables, chairs, benches, screens, and beds, and used them to make a large bow and ten crossbow bolts. The bolts were as thick as an arm; if the Cave King Serpent were hit by such a thick bolt, even if its scales were impervious to blades and spears, it would still suffer internal injuries.
Just as the two were about to finish making the crossbow, Yun Qingran suddenly smelled the distinctive stench of the Cave King Serpent. Her expression changed, and she grabbed Wuyuan and ran, shouting, "Wuyuan, run! That stinky snake is coming again!"
Wu Yuan turned around and saw that the Rock Cave King Serpent had risen from the water at some point and was staring at the two of them with a sinister look.
The two ran outside, and the Rock Cave King Serpent chased after them at an extremely fast speed.
Just as the two were about to enter the passageway, the Cave King Serpent swung its tail and closed the stone door connecting the passageway and the room.
"Damn it!" Yun Qingran tried to open the stone door, but it was too heavy and she couldn't open it for a while.
"Bang!" The giant tail of the Cave King Serpent lashed out at the two of them.
Yun Qingran grabbed Wu Yuan's arm and jumped with all her might to dodge the snake's tail attack.
"Ptooey, ptooey, ptooey..." The two fell to the ground, their mouths full of mud.
Before she could react, the snake's tail struck again. Yun Qingran rolled over and got up, grabbing Wuyuan and starting to run again.
The room was not small, but the cave king snake was too big. Wherever the two ran, its tail followed, putting them in a very passive position.
"Wuyuan, I'll lure the snake away. Quickly, get the crossbow ready," Yun Qingran said as she ran.
"No, I'll lure it away, you stay here and load the crossbows." Wu Yuan disagreed with this division of labor.
"The problem is I don't know how to install this kind of crossbow; I only know how to make ordinary bows and arrows," Yun Qingran said helplessly.
In her past life, she had learned shooting, but she only knew how to use ordinary bows and arrows, not this kind of crossbow.
Wu Yuan thought for a moment, "Alright, don't confront it head-on. Give me a quarter of an hour, and I can assemble the crossbow within that time."
"Don't worry, only a fool would go head-to-head with it... Ah..." Before Yun Qingran could finish speaking, the snake's tail came crashing down on her again.
"You stinky snake, didn't your master teach you manners? How dare you treat a guest like this!" Yun Qingran made a face at the Cave King Serpent, then ran into the inner passage and headed towards the pool inside.
Enraged by her provocation, the Cave King Serpent chased after her frantically.
Yun Qingran ran all the way to the edge of the pool, and then ran around the dry areas around it.
After the cave king cobra entered, it glanced at her and then crawled into the water.
Yun Qingran felt that its gaze carried a sense of contempt and disdain for her.
But now was not the time to study the snake's eyes. She pressed herself tightly against the wall, vigilantly observing the water's surface to see where the snake was.
But after looking for a long time, the water was calm, and the stinky snake was nowhere to be seen.
"Roar~" Suddenly, the calm water in front of her splashed, and then the stinky snake crawled out of the water in front of her, raised its head high, and hissed at her.
Have you seen the Legend of the White Snake? The scene where Xu Xian is terrified by the White Snake on Dragon Boat Festival is exactly what Yun Qingran is like right now.
"Roar~" The Rock Cave King Serpent retracted its head, a sign that the snake was about to spray venom or launch an attack.
Although Yun Qingran was so frightened that her whole body stiffened, she still reflexively dodged away.
She jumped to the side with a splash, but unexpectedly, she landed in the water. Without thinking, she swam forward as fast as she could.
She intended to swim to the shore, but the cave king snake had already turned around and was chasing after her from behind, so she had no choice but to swim to the other side of the pool.
Yun Qingran felt that she was swimming faster than Michael Phelps now, her arms were practically smoking from swinging so fast.
Snakes are naturally faster in water, and given the large size of the cave king snake, it would catch up with it in just a few breaths.
Yun Qingran felt the immense pressure behind her getting closer and closer, and her heart was in her throat.
"Awooo!" The cave king snake opened its huge mouth and lunged at her.
In her haste, Yun Qingran touched a pillar. Upon closer inspection, she realized it was the jade platform in the middle of the lake where the jade coffin had been placed.
She immediately scurried into the jade platform, avoiding the foul mouth of the cave king serpent.
Just as the King Snake's mouth was about to bite the jade platform, it immediately stopped, then angrily dived into the water, intending to crawl under the jade platform and bite Yun Qingran to death.
Yun Qingran wasn't stupid. She had already anticipated that this stinky snake would be treacherous and would dive to the bottom of the water to bite her, so she immediately floated up, hugged the pillar, and climbed onto the jade platform.
As soon as she stepped onto the jade platform, the giant mouth of the rock serpent indeed emerged from the water.
Looking at that gaping maw, Yun Qingran realized her soft sword had fallen somewhere. With no weapon at hand, she had a moment of madness and spat at the gaping maw.
"Pooh!"
The Cave King Serpent was taken aback by her action!
Rock Cave King Snake: I'm not clean anymore [crying]
"Roar roar roar..." The cave king serpent thrashed and roared in the water.
Yun Qingran quickly moved back and hid in the middle of the jade platform.
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