Chen Qingqing was anxious. With so many scorpions, if she were bitten, she would be seriously injured, if not killed.
Suddenly, I remembered a trip I took in my past life. There was a mountain called Rooster Crest Mountain there, and it was said that there were no scorpions for miles around because scorpions were afraid of roosters.
According to the tour guide, a long, long time ago, many kind-hearted farmers lived at the foot of Jiguanzi Mountain.
They worked at sunrise and rested at sunset, living a life of farming and hunting for generations.
That year, one after another, the village hunters who went hunting in the mountains disappeared. Only then did the villagers realize something was wrong and they all went up the mountain to search for them.
But apart from piles of bones, with not a single piece of meat left, there was no other trace to be found.
They had no idea what kind of beast had eaten them.
For a time, the villagers were filled with fear, and no one dared to go up the mountain alone.
Even so, people in the village continued to be murdered.
I was fine when I went to sleep at night, but the next morning, all that was left was a pile of bones.
The villagers believed it was the work of ghosts and prayed, but to no avail.
Every now and then someone would die a violent death, and everyone was filled with anxiety, fearing that misfortune would befall them.
At night, all the villagers would close their doors and windows, repeatedly checking whether the doors were properly latched.
No matter how much they tried to control him, he still died.
Strangely enough, there was only one poor boy named Gousheng, who lost his parents at a young age and lived with only a red-feathered rooster for company.
He always leaves the main gate and the second gate unlocked, yet nothing ever happens to him.
As luck would have it, Gou Sheng ate something that night and started having stomach problems in the middle of the night.
Just as he got up to relieve himself for the nth time, he suddenly saw a dark mass on the mountain, and he didn't know what it was, but it was climbing down.
The one in front had already climbed up to the windowsill of the west room of his neighbor's house, which was occupied by a mute man.
Er Ya, the daughter of the mute man, had been his childhood sweetheart since she was little. She was very kind to him, this poor boy, and it just so happened that Er Ya slept in the west room.
This was outrageous! How dare they make a move on his sweetheart? He was doomed! He leaped up and charged towards the mute's house.
Upon closer inspection, they discovered swarms of scorpions swarming into the door frame.
The lead one was as big as a plate, which startled Gou Sheng so much that he jumped in fright.
But the thought of her beloved being eaten by a scorpion made her disregard the danger and she shouted loudly.
Er Ya woke up with a start and saw that her floor was covered with scorpions. She was so frightened that she started crying loudly.
Driven by his love for Er Ya, Gou Sheng kicked open the door and pulled Er Ya into his arms.
Enraged that the meat that was about to be in their mouths was gone, Scorpion Head led his little scorpions and charged towards Gou Sheng and Er Ya.
Unable to run away and with nowhere to hide, Gou Sheng was terrified.
Just when things were at their most critical, Gou Sheng's big red rooster crowed a few times and strode in, puffing out its chest and looking very proud.
Its comb was bright red, its tail feathers were held high, and when it spread its wings, it resembled a giant phoenix. As soon as it entered the house, it lowered its head and began pecking at the scorpions...
Upon seeing this, Scorpion Head was so frightened that he retreated backwards, and soon led the little scorpions back up the mountain.
Now all the villagers knew that the scorpions were the culprits, but no one could think of a way to deal with them.
Remembering the events of that night, Gou Sheng knew that Scorpion was afraid of his red-feathered rooster, so he packed enough dry food and volunteered to take the red-feathered rooster up the mountain.
The rooster swung its jaws and in no time eliminated most of the scorpions. The remaining scorpions trembled with fear and dared not come out again.
Fearing that the scorpion might come out to take revenge on the villagers again, Gousheng kept guarding the mountain with his red-feathered rooster.
Day after day, year after year
Until one day, people woke up early in the morning and found that a huge crested mountain had grown on the mountain where Gousheng lived, with a human-shaped mountain peak next to it.
Gou Sheng and the red-haired rooster were nowhere to be seen on the mountain.
The villagers knew that Gousheng had transformed into Jiguanzi Mountain to protect his fellow villagers and deter the scorpions.
From then on, there were no more scorpions on Jiguanzi Mountain.
Recalling this legend, Chen Qingqing felt a surge of joy; scorpions fear roosters.
With a rooster, dealing with these scorpions will be a piece of cake.
She quickly opened the space trading interface, searched for live roosters, and various types of chickens appeared prominently on the panel.
Buy, buy, buy! I want to buy all kinds of roosters.
Purchase successful, purchase successful, the system notification sounded.
Ooh ooh ooh... Ooh ooh ooh.....
The crowing of roosters echoed from the secret passage, and the large roosters, as if they had spotted prey, quickly ran towards the little scorpion.
The rooster suddenly lowered its head, its beak swiftly and precisely clamping down on the unsuspecting scorpion. Then, it quickly raised its head, tossing the worm high into the air, where it landed perfectly in its mouth, just like eating a bean.
Sensing danger, the scorpions behind them all lay motionless on the ground.
Chu Jiuqing was stunned. He was incredibly lucky; a rooster had fallen from the sky!
Chen Qingqing said smugly, "Xiao Jie, step back. I've already taken care of them."
Xiao Jie snorted coldly, "Master, don't be too happy yet. As long as the giant scorpion doesn't die, there will be a constant stream of little scorpions living. The rooster will eventually have its fill. If you're going to rely on them, then you might as well wait to die!"
Chen Qingqing was dumbfounded and quickly smiled ingratiatingly, "Okay, I was wrong, my dear Xiaojie, please tell me how to kill the giant scorpion."
"The fatal flaw of this giant scorpion is its eyes. Once we kill the big one, the smaller ones will be no threat."
"I understand," Chen Qingqing replied, then loudly reminded Chu Jiuqing and the others, "Attack its eyes; that's its weak point."
Upon hearing this, Chu Jiuqing's gaze sharpened like a knife, fixing intently on the scorpion's two eyes that gleamed with an eerie light.
He took a deep breath, pushed off with his feet, leaped into the air, and dashed towards the scorpion's eyes with lightning speed.
The scorpion seemed to sense the danger, its huge body twisting violently, its pincers, which were originally used for attacking, quickly retracting to protect its head.
At the same time, it raised the poisonous needles on its tail high and lashed them towards Chu Jiuqing at an extremely fast speed.
Chu Jiuqing was not alarmed when he saw the scorpion's tail coming towards him. He twisted his body in mid-air and avoided the scorpion's attack.
Just as he adjusted his posture to prepare for another attack, a thicker stream of green venom flew towards his face like an arrow.
Chu Jiuqing dodged to the side, the venom grazing his clothes and splashing onto the ground, sending up plumes of white smoke.
Chasing the Wind and Moon leaped forward and began fighting the Poisonous Scorpion...
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