Zhu Xiucai noticed Qin Shaoyou's reaction and hurriedly came up to him and asked: "Sir, did you find anything wrong?"
Qin Shaoyou nodded slightly, pointed at the severed snake on the ground with the demon-slaying knife, frowned and said, "Is this demon snake too weak?"
In Qin Shaoyou's impression, any monster that can speak human words has a relatively high level of cultivation.
At worst, it should be about the same strength as the 'Defeng' Huang Pizi I met in Wujiabao before.
But this demonic snake jumped out to block the road in an arrogant manner, but its strength was incredibly weak.
He was killed with just one blow, and he didn't use much strength. Qin Shaoyou also had no chance to use any of the subsequent moves he prepared.
Yes, although the snake that was split into two parts was still staring and twisting, Qin Shaoyou could be sure that it was dead.
Because a new page of content has been opened above the mysterious recipe.
Qin Shaoyou glanced at it roughly and found that this was still a medicinal wine recipe, but he didn't have time to take a closer look at the effect for the time being.
After listening to Qin Shaoyou's doubts, Zhu Xiucai laughed dumbly and replied: "My lord, I misunderstood. Although this kind of snake can talk, it can only say 'I am taller than you', so you can't do it just because it can talk."
I think it is very powerful."
Cui Yougui also knew this kind of snake, so when he saw the opportunity to show off his knowledge, he naturally would not let Zhu Xiucai be the best.
He interjected: "Yes, this is called the human snake, and it is a strange snake that likes to compare with people.
When they say "I am taller than you", they make a sound through the vibration of their tails, rather than actually speaking human words. Once this human snake finds that it is taller than a human, it will eat the human.
Most of the human-measuring snakes are not very strong, they are just stronger than ordinary snakes. Therefore, they mostly ambush women and children in the wild, as well as some short and weak men who dare to sneak into the city.
Human snakes are rare.
In fact, even if women and children encounter them, there is a trick to deal with them. When it shouts "I am taller", pick up bamboo poles, branches and other things from the ground and put them above your head, and shout "I am taller".
"Tall". When a snake sees that the person is indeed "taller" than itself, it will be frightened and jump into the grass to escape quickly."
After listening to Zhu Xiucai and Cui Yougui's introduction, Qin Shaoyou also remembered that he had seen records about measuring human snakes in the notes left by the seniors of the Demon Suppression Division.
It's just that this human-measuring snake is completely incomparable with popular monsters such as fox demons, clam spirits, and female ghosts. The notes written by the seniors about them are not very exciting. They just say that the taste can wait until they are roasted.
Wait, there is no other nonsense.
After all, not everyone can have Xu Xian's courage and skills.
That's why Qin Shaoyou didn't recognize them the first time he saw the snakes.
During the short period of time when they were talking, several more human-sized snakes jumped out from the darkness shouting "I am taller than you".
These human snakes are also very stubborn. When they see their companions being killed, they don’t know how to run away and dare to come out to see them off.
This time, Qin Shaoyou did not take action himself. He just asked his night watchmen to kill these human snakes and ordered them to take the snake meat with them so as not to leave them behind.
When the night watchmen heard Qin Shaoyou's instructions, they all smiled happily, knowing that they could have extra meals.
Qin Shaoyou, on the other hand, led Shan Daonian, Zhu Xiucai, Cui Youwei and others, and continued to rush towards the place where the cloud-piercing arrow was fired.
However, on the way, Cui Yougui remembered something, frowned and said: "This kind of measuring snake usually only hangs out in places with a strong gloomy atmosphere in the suburbs. How could it suddenly sneak into the county? Pay it back.
There are so many children coming?”
Qin Shaoyou pondered for a moment and said solemnly: "It can be seen that the situation in Mianyuan County has been really bad in the recent period. If we had arrived a little later, the residents of Mianyuan County would not have died even if they did not die from the drought.
In the hands of the Corpse King and Xu Fangjun, he will be enslaved and killed by these demons."
"Indeed." Cui Yougui nodded in agreement.
Zhu Xiucai flattered him: "Your Majesty, this severe crackdown is launched at the right time. Otherwise, not only the demons in Mianyuan County will become more and more arrogant, but the demons and ghosts from other places will also get wind of it and come. When the time comes,
Not only Mianyuan County, but the entire Mianyuan County may become a realm of monsters and ghosts!"
The realm of demons and ghosts?
Qin Shaoyou couldn't help but think of Shituoling in "Journey to the West".
If Mianyuan County really becomes a land of monsters and ghosts like the Shituoling Mountains, where skeletons are like ridges, bones are like forests, human hair is used as felt, and human flesh is used as mud... then it will really become the world of human beings.
Purgatory, a forbidden place for living beings!
Fortunately, they still have time to prevent this terrible thing from happening.
Qin Shaoyou didn't say anything more, he just asked everyone to speed up their pace.
On the next road, they encountered several blind demons and ghosts blocking their way.
The strength of these demons and ghosts was not very good. They were either killed by Qin Shaoyou with a single sword, or killed by Cui Yougui's spells.
Qin Shaoyou, on the other hand, frowned and muttered while running around:
"Something's wrong. Last night, the miracle doctor and the monk were patrolling the night. Although they encountered some cases of demons harming people, it was nothing like tonight. After just walking a few streets, they bumped into several groups of demons... The demons knew.
We are going to carry out a severe crackdown, so they are gathering to fight us? Or are these demons doing something tonight?"
Qin Shaoyou told this question to Cui Yougui, Zhu Xiucai, Shan Daonian and others, and wanted to ask their opinions. Unfortunately, they couldn't figure out why.
After a while, they arrived at the place where the cloud-penetrating arrow was fired.
But the situation here made everyone stunned.
Not because they saw how fierce the battlefield was.
It wasn't because of the horrific sight they saw.
On the contrary, what they saw in this place was a lively scene with bright lights and bustling people!
This place... actually has a night market!
A night market that is many times more lively than the Lantern Festival Night Market during the Lantern Festival.
In this night market, stalls are lined up one after another. On the stalls, there are either a variety of goods for sale, or some fragrant delicacies.
In addition to the fixed stalls, there are also many sellers carrying burdens, walking among the crowds and shouting loudly.
There were also some buskers who performed tricks and acrobatics, performing in the crowd, which attracted loud cheers.
However, whenever they were holding gongs and wanted to ask for reward money, most of the people who had gathered around to watch the excitement would immediately disperse. And those who were left could not find a few copper coins.
In addition to these people, in this bustling night market, there are also many people dressed in colorful clothes, wearing slow skirts and half-revealed breasts, waving hands and throwing silk to attract business.
If you take a closer look, among these practitioners of humanities and customs, in addition to beautiful women, there are also many handsome men...
Seeing this bustling night market, the night watchmen who were mentally prepared for a fierce battle were all shocked.
Their first reaction was that they were in the wrong place.
But then, they came back to their senses and clenched their weapons one after another.
But he realized something was wrong.
There is a curfew in Mianyuan County.
Unless it is a festival, only night watchmen and watchmen can walk on the streets at night.
Not to mention setting up stalls and setting up points like this to create a lively night market.
It’s simply impossible!
What's more, during the recent period, Mianyuan County is not safe at night.
People in the county town want to seal up the doors and windows of their homes at night, so how can they come out to hold a night market?
Isn't that why the old man eats arsenic because he thinks he will live longer?
There must be something weird about the night market in front of you.
In an instant, one word popped up in everyone's mind: