This valley is surrounded by mountains and cliffs. There is a faint sound of water flowing underground. Most people cannot hear it, but Du Qingchen can hear it.
Is there an underground river?
But what is this dragon snake doing in a place like this?
Du Qingchen did not dare to act rashly, but observed secretly. He saw the snake coming to the halfway point of the cliff, and with a whoosh, it disappeared into it.
After a while, Du Qingchen dared to come out.
He had just felt it at close range. The dragon snake's cultivation was definitely comparable to the spiritual realm, and even stronger than the ordinary spiritual realm.
The realm of cultivation here is actually similar to that of the other world, but the names are different.
Du Qingchen didn't dare to act rashly, because if he didn't do it, he was afraid that he would die here.
Although the inner elixir is good, you must have a life to enjoy it.
You have to think of a foolproof strategy.
Du Qingchen flew to the edge of the cliff and found a cave entrance, which was as thick as a yellow barrel. There was a smell coming from inside. He listened carefully, but could not hear the movement of the snake.
After a while, Du Qingchen couldn't control his desire and bullied himself.
To be honest, this cave entrance is a bit too low for him.
As we went inside, the fishy smell became lighter and weaker, but the sound of water flowing became louder.
After walking for about ten minutes, Du Qingchen found that the front suddenly opened up. Below, there was actually a large river. The water was rolling, and the waves were beating against the rocks beside the river, making a sound like the roar of the waves.
This is an underground river.
Du Qingchen looked at the rushing river below and was a little scared. Fortunately, he had night vision and moved very slowly. Otherwise, he would have stepped into the river with just one step.
You can even touch your buttocks and think that this dragon snake must be hiding in this underground river. If he goes down in such a hasty way, he probably will not escape death.
After observing for a while, Du Qingchen returned along the original route and did not dare to go into the underground river again.
It's not that he doesn't want to go down, it's that he can't.
He felt that if his guess was correct, the snake would come out once every ten years, which had become a rule. According to the habits of the snakes in the other world, every time they were full, they would fall into a deep sleep period, and the dragons in the deep sleep period would
Snakes sleep extremely hard. At that time, they were much less dangerous than usual. Many monks took advantage of this sleeping period to find the hiding place of the snake, and then made a sneak attack. Although the success rate was only 70%, it was worth it.
It's a fight.
The dragon snake may not be completely asleep now, and it is in great danger.
Du Qingchen didn't want to take such a risk.
By the time he returned to town, it was already midnight.
The streets in the town were in a state of chaos. Many people had cleaned their doors, and the gods had also moved into their houses. There were still lights in many houses, and people were moaning.
It is estimated that many people were poisoned by snake venom this time.
When Du Qingchen arrived at Yue Honggang's home, his grandfather and grandson had already moved the mystery case into the house and were sitting in front of the fire, waiting anxiously.
It's quite cold in the mountains. Even though it's May now, you still have to light a fire to keep warm at night. That's because these days are a special period, so we don't light a fire. But after tonight, it will be quiet for another ten years, so Yue Hong just lit a fire.
, waiting there for Du Qingchen.
He felt that if anyone else went out, they would probably be dead.
But Du Qingchen is a monk, so it may not be certain that a miracle will happen.
Finally, a miracle happened.
For them, seeing Du Qingchen return safely was a miracle.
"Master Du, you are finally back."
Xiaohua spotted Du Qingchen first and jumped up.
Yue Honggang also widened his eyes: "You actually came back safely?"
"Mr. Yue, do you think I will die?"
Du Qingchen smiled.
"Come on, come on, please sit down."
Yue Honggang quickly invited Du Qingchen to sit down by the fire pit and asked impatiently: "Have you seen the mountain god?"
"There is no mountain god, it's just a big snake." Du Qingchen said casually.
"Orochi?"
"Yes, the mountain god you talk about is just a giant python that has become a spirit through cultivation."
Du Qingchen explained: "Unfortunately, I didn't dare to act rashly. That snake has been practicing for at least a thousand years and is not something that ordinary people can deal with. I have been following it for a long time and know its hiding place. Of course, it is not without reason."
The harvest, at least now, is certain that the fever you call is actually the toxin brought by this giant python. If I guess correctly, the fever you will experience every ten years should come from the so-called mountain god.
Will it start to happen?"
Yue Honggang looked incredulous, but nodded involuntarily: "Yes, yes, it is exactly what you said. It seems that it is indeed snake venom."
Suddenly, he lowered his voice and said, "But Du Shaoxia, you'd better not go out and talk nonsense about this matter."
"Why?"
"Because no one will believe it. They will only think that you are an alien. When the time comes, everyone will drive you away. And if you leave here, most likely you will not survive. We just know it in our hearts. By the way, Xiaohua
, you must not tell anyone about this matter." Tu Honggang reminded seriously.
Xiaohua nodded repeatedly.
Du Qingchen naturally agreed.
He doesn't want to be attacked by the crowd. He can't massacre this place in a rage. He can't do such a thing.
They are just ignorant, but they are actually innocent people, and the people in the town are already miserable enough. There is almost no family without a dead person, and they have still been going through this for thousands of years.
To be honest, they are lucky that they are not exterminated now.
Or maybe, the mountain god was psychic and didn't think of killing all these people, so that it would have no source of food.
But Du Qingchen suddenly thought of a question.
"By the way, Mr. Yue, I have a question that I can't figure out right now. Since your offerings are for this giant python, why doesn't it look for food in the mountains instead of coming to the town to eat poultry?"
"this--"
Yue Honggang thought for a while and suddenly said: "Maybe this is related to another legend."
"What legend."
"It is said that there are mountain spirits in this mountain. Someone once saw a strange phenomenon when hunting in the mountain. They said they encountered two tigers. They were very ferocious one moment, but in the next moment they turned into a pile of bones.
I don’t know what happened. At first, people thought it was a fight.
The hunter came back to brag, but then someone encountered a pack of wolves. At a critical moment, all these wolves turned into bones in an instant. This kind of thing had happened at least five times before, and later someone said,
It was the work of the mountain spirits, and all the animals in the mountains are food for the mountain spirits."
sweat……
Yue Honggang's words aroused Du Qingchen's interest again.
There are also mountain spirits in this damn thing?
Isn't it another monster?
Du Qingchen asked casually: "Where are those people who have seen this kind of thing?"
"That was all decades ago. Those people are already dead. At least 40% of the people in our town died from this snake venom. When I was alive, I only saw two people.
The rest of the things happened even further back, and there are always such legends anyway.”