Chapter 012: The Evil Snake in the Mountain Village-12
The moonlight fell all over the back mountain. Jiang Yan tightly grasped the thick and long branch he picked up from the ground. This was his weapon for self-defense. He walked carefully until the wind sounded like ghosts and wolves howling and whistling.
Jiang Yan subconsciously stopped and looked around.
In the ink-black night, only the outline of the mountain can be vaguely seen, followed by the swaying shadows of the trees and the fleeting crows.
The Adam's apple slid in his throat, and the sweat in Jiang Yan's palms soaked the bark of the branch. He took a simple deep breath, then took a step forward and continued to move forward.
"Chen Zhi?"
Jiang Yan groped in the dark and shouted the little girl's name loudly.
What responded to him was the sound of whimpering wind and a faint echo.
How can I find him in such a vast mountain where I can't even see a single person?
Jiang Yan shook his head, not knowing whether to say that his luck was good or bad, at least he didn't see any snake.
However, in these brief few seconds, something cold wrapped around his exposed ankle.
The strip of material covered his warm skin, like a scarf, and soon formed an anklet.
Jiang Yan lowered his head stiffly, staring at a snake chain at his feet in shock.
The snake's stripes were thorn-like, of varying depths, hanging by its feet like a crown of grass, dyeing his fair and tender skin green.
However, Jiang Yan was not in the mood to think about these things at the moment. He observed so carefully only because this snake looked very familiar. He had seen it before, more than once.
Jiang Yan's fingertips trembled, and his feet began to shake. He tried to use the branch in his hand to get the little snake off, but the little snake suddenly jumped onto the branch, blinking its emerald eyes, looking at him eagerly, and sticking out its tongue, "Daddy, what's wrong with you?"
Wow, the little snake opened its mouth.
It turned out that she was going to bite him.
Jiang Yan naturally didn't understand what the little snake said. He just saw it open its mouth and subconsciously thought it was coming to bite him.
Seeing the mother's frightened expression, the little snake dragged the branch with its tail and drew circles on the ground.
Wow, it seems that Daddy is right.
Mommy really hated it.
The little snake had little pearls wrapped around its eyes. It no longer wanted to make trouble for itself, but chose to keep a distance from Jiang Yan and tried to lead the young man.
Jiang Yan remained alert the entire time. Only after he saw the little snake leave did he relax his brows and breathe a sigh of relief.
Who knew that before he could release the air, the little snake slid a few steps and then suddenly turned back, blocking the air in his chest in his throat.
Jiang Yan covered his mouth and coughed a few times, tears in the corners of his eyes almost choked out. He squinted his eyes, and when he opened them again, he found an arrow on the ground.
It was a directional arrow that the snake made using branches, with the tip pointing at the little snake.
Jiang Yan hesitated for a moment, then asked in a somewhat foolish tone: "Are you leading me?"
So the little girl is in that position.
When the little snake heard what his mother said, he nodded his little head.
Good, Mommy still trusts him.
Just as the little snake was sliding its body again, something like a gust of wind passed by its entire body and almost blew it away.
The little snake raised its head expressionlessly, and the next second its facial features were all messed up.
Mommy!! Why did you leave first?!
Wait, it's not in that direction! I mean follow me!
Communicated, but not completely.
The little snake cried and hurriedly chased after Jiang Yan who was about to disappear. This was a task assigned to it by its daddy and it couldn't mess it up.
However, unexpectedly, Jiang Yan accidentally found the cave where the little girl was "imprisoned".
In the dark and cramped cave, there seemed to be some strange creatures hiding on the walls everywhere, making the originally pitch-black darkness glow with faint green light.
Jiang Yan leaned against the wall, sometimes looking down at his feet, sometimes looking up at the endless distance.
"Pah-pah-pah."
It seemed to be the sound of dripping water, sliding down a crack in the rock somewhere above my head, threading the needle, and soon falling at my feet.
Jiang Yan's trouser legs were a little wet, and the back of his neck was chilled by the cool breeze.
"Chen Zhi, are you here?"
Jiang Yan called the little girl's name again.
Obviously the echo here was louder than just now outside, as if a ghost was howling in his ear.
It's kind of creepy.
But he couldn't stop yet.
He didn't know how long he had been walking, but suddenly, he vaguely saw a ray of light ahead. The sense of achievement made him temporarily put aside the fear in his heart, and he couldn't help but quicken his pace and move forward.
Finally, he saw it, saw it——
A dark green giant snake that was winding like a maze was staring at the intruder with its huge, terrifying green pupils.
“…”
By the way, is it too late to run now?
Jiang Yan looked around the environment and didn't see the little girl. That was good, so he slipped away first.
As a result, as soon as he turned around and took a step, he accidentally stepped on a skeleton that had been there for who knows how long.
He didn't stand firmly, his feet slipped, and he fell backwards suddenly.
However, the pain did not come as expected. Instead, his back touched something soft.
Jiang Yan rubbed his head subconsciously, and his eyes inadvertently caught the thing that caught him.
It was the body of the giant snake.
Jiang Yan's facial expression distorted at a speed visible to the naked eye, as if he was being sleep paralyzed by a ghost at night, and his eyeballs rolled into salty fish eyes with fear.
No, he took a nap first.
With a "bang", the body that had just stood up fell straight down again.
But this time there was no sign of struggle and he passed away peacefully (not really).
The giant snake silently coiled around the motionless human, and the surroundings were exceptionally quiet at this moment.
"Daddy, are humans so good at sleeping? They fall asleep as soon as they lie down."
The little snake squeezed out from behind the huge snake. It shook its long and thin tail, stuck out its pink tongue, and slowly slid to its mother's side.
It rubbed its head against Jiangyan's fair cheek and shouted, "Mommy, wake up."
At the urgent call of the "child", Jiang Yan's eyelashes trembled a few times. After a while, he opened his eyes slightly, opening a crack.
Gradually, light fell into his eyes, and a small shadow slowly emerged.
At the same time, the little snake slowly moved its little head towards its dear mother.
At the same time, the shadow in Jiang Yan's sight finally became clear.
It's a small snake.
Jiang Yan: “…”
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"Hey, why did mommy fall asleep again?"
The little snake asked stupidly about its daddy who had turned into a human being behind it.
Meng Tang picked up Jiang Yan in a princess-like hug, and then walked to a stone wall. After a moment, the wall in front of him opened.
This wall turned out to be a hidden door. It looked like the space was quite large, and there was a faint fragrance coming from it.
Meng Tang walked in, and the door was automatically closed the next second.
The little snake outside the door: “…” Daddy, have you forgotten something?
***
There was a rustling sound in my ears, as if a fly had gotten into my ears and was flapping its annoying wings.
Jiang Yan's eyebrows moved and he slowly opened his eyes.
He didn't faint this time.
He found himself placed in a strange room, the size of an ordinary bedroom, but the walls were made of stone and there were a few flowers planted in the corner.
Where is this?
He remembered being frightened by several snakes.
Am I dreaming?
Jiang Yan rubbed his sore eyes and got off the simple "bed".
It is called a bed, but in fact it is some relatively clean weeds simply spread on a pile of stones.
Jiang Yan walked around in the room. It seemed to be an enclosed space. He couldn't find the exit, but the cold wind blowing across his body told him that there should be a way out.
He calmed down and thought, when suddenly, a ghostly voice came from above his head.
It was a somewhat vicissitudes of life, but still extremely oppressive voice.
"Human, what do you want to do here?"
Jiang Yan was slightly startled, "Who are you?"
The voice replied: "I am a god who has been suppressed here for many years. Of course, it seems that you prefer to call me the evil snake."
A familiar name.
If I'm not mistaken, the owner of this voice should be the snake king in the back mountain who can bring curses to people and has been rumored in the village.
It seems that it was not a dream before.
That giant snake I saw before I fainted, could it be... this snake king?
Jiang Yan pretended to be calm, looked up at the stone wall above, and asked: "Have you seen a little girl?"
The voice said, "Oh, I have seen it."
Jiang Yan asked excitedly: "Where is she now?"
The voice disappeared for a short while, and then it sounded again after a long time: "Do you want to save her?"
Jiang Yan subconsciously clenched his fists, "How can I see her?"
The voice seemed to laugh, "Make a trade with me."
Jiang Yan asked: "What conditions do you want?"
The voice replied: "My son is not a child anymore, and his mating season is about to come. I need to find a mate for him. But he is not satisfied with other beautiful snakes, but you——"
The longer the voice paused, the more numb Jiang Yan felt.
"How about this, when you help my son get through his estrus period, I will return the little girl to you."
Jiang Yan's pupils suddenly dilated, "But I am a human."
A sneer came, "You don't need to care about this."
This must be a joke.
Palpitations, shock, and terror filled Jiang Yan's heart. His legs and feet felt numb and he had to hold onto the wall to keep himself standing.
Seeing this, the voice turned cold, "I didn't force you, and I wouldn't stop you if you wanted to leave."
Jiang Yan bit her lip and asked, "Then how are you going to prove that the person I'm looking for is still alive?"
The sound disappeared again.
Alone, Jiang Yan began to feel uneasy. He groped around the walls, trying to find some hidden mechanism.
But maybe it's because I watched too many TV dramas, so in the end, nothing was achieved.
Jiang Yan sat on the ground helplessly and closed his eyes a little desperately.
Perhaps these were all illusions from the beginning.
Where did the evil snake in the back mountain come from? It was just something that others made up.
Perhaps he had been bitten by a poisonous snake at some unknown time, and everything he saw now was an illusion caused by the venom piercing his body.
Jiang Yan closed his eyes. He could no longer feel the passage of time.
Just as he accepted his fate, the rocks around him loosened with a sound like an earthquake, and some fine dust fell from above his head.
After a moment, the voice of the little girl Chen Zhi came from the other side of the wall, "Will Brother Xiao Jiang come to see me?"
Jiang Yan suddenly opened his eyes, rushed to the wall, and shouted: "Chen Zhi, can you hear me?"
The little girl's excited voice should be audible, "Brother, are you here to play with me?"
Still alive, that's great.
Jiang Yan opened his mouth and said, "Don't be afraid, I will come to save you."
However, after a long time, there was no other movement from the other side, and the surroundings were silent again, as if it was another illusion.
"Well, I didn't lie to you."
Another voice replaced it.
"The choice is now yours, it's up to you what to do."
Jiang Yan's heart skipped a few beats. After a while, he said as if he was going to die: "I promise you."
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