Fortunately, someone came to answer this question very quickly.
Su Zi came to us at a trot. He and Yan Zhao had already eliminated several sentry posts at the entrance of the village.
Hualou and the female ancestor rushed into the bamboo building where we lived and never came out. They were probably trapped inside. As for the city gate of the ancient Miao village, he and Yanzhao had already opened it with a jeep.
When the fighting broke out in the city, the residents of the outer city had already fled. They were all outside the city gate. The residents of the inner city had not seen it yet, but they probably hid in their houses and did not dare to come out.
"In fact, the residents of the inner city are more pedantic. No one dares to leave the inner city without their orders."
Su Zi looked relaxed and without any feeling of fear. He held the belt of the rifle in one hand and stood beside us looking at the gray snake struggling in pain.
"This is the first time I've seen something so terrifying. But compared to those four old guys, this giant python doesn't seem to be that scared. At least you can see its terror with your eyes."
Su Zi chuckled, the residents of the outer city were actually pretty good, they usually had no contact with the four ancestors, and occasionally Hualou would come out to show off their power.
As for the residents of the inner city, there is a strict hierarchy, but they do not lack any daily necessities. Food and clothing are all provided by the residents of the outer city.
"By the way, have the issues in the inner city been resolved?"
Su Zi nudged Chujiu with her elbow, looking forward to the answer in her heart.
After receiving Chujiu's answer, Su Zi was lost for a long time and suddenly burst out laughing. Those residents who died innocently could finally rest in peace.
"I'll leave the rest to you. I'll help Yanzhao watch the outside of the city."
Su Zi turned around and walked quickly towards the city gate. All of us pretended not to see the tears welling up in his eyes.
"It's almost dawn."
Xiaoyu looked at the white halo rising from the eastern horizon, it was another new day.
Chujiu also glanced at the eastern sky, his expression became a little ugly.
"What's wrong? The ninth day of the lunar month?"
Chujiu stared at the struggling dragon snake in the distance, and then glanced at Xiaoyu and me. At dawn, the effect of the Hundred Ghosts' Wounded Souls Array would probably be attenuated a lot, and it might only be able to exert one-third of its effectiveness.
"ah?"
Xiao Yu exclaimed. She had just tried to communicate with some practicing beasts around the ancient Miao village, and found that they were hiding outside a certain range, so the messages fed back by the animals were all of fear.
Chujiu quickly realized that it should be the little silver snake. If he guessed correctly, it did not belong to this world at all. The pressure after its appearance made the animals in this world feel uneasy and surrendered.
"You're saying it could have come from that place?"
I instantly thought of my master and some of the information Xiao Yu told me about Hei Long. In addition, even Sun Qiang couldn't tell the specific origin of the silver snake. I easily thought of the place Hei Long mentioned.
“Not bad at all.”
On the ninth day of the lunar month, I once again stared at the sky in the east, which had become more obvious. If the dragon snake could consume most of its energy before the sun rose, it would still have a chance of winning.
I looked back at the bamboo building that was originally shrouded in thick black fog. At this time, the fog seemed to have become lighter in color. Occasionally, I could hear violent noises coming from the fog, as if something heavy was being broken.
"Don't look at it. The situation inside is not very good. It's evenly matched."
Chujiu curled his lips. He didn't expect that Sun Qiang's little master uncle had such high combat power. He originally only hoped that it could restrain an old immortal, but he didn't expect that it would start a fight directly.
Time passed by, and when the sun peeked out of the sky, Chujiu waved for us to go to the open space in the square with him, and we had to prepare for the next step.
Chujiu asked me and Xiaoyu to hide next to a jeep to provide him with cover. If we were to cast a spell later, we must not be interrupted by others, otherwise we would be counterattacked by the Taoist magic.
"I guess the Hundred Ghosts Wounded Souls Array won't be able to trap that big bug for long."
Only then did I have the opportunity to ask the question in my mind: why does this snake have no limbs and is completely different from the dragons I have seen before?
Chujiu glanced at the open space in the square, found a suitable place to stand, and began to take out a few talismans from the small cloth bag around his waist.
Seeing the distressed look on Chujiu's face, I knew that these talismans were definitely the most powerful among the few he had left.
"It has not experienced the last thunderstorm."
Chujiu guessed that several immortals in the ancient Miao village were planning to directly cultivate this dragon snake into a dragon.
They should have used some special means to suppress the disaster of this dragon snake, and were prepared to let God send a thunder disaster when the snake's ability reached its maximum, ensuring success in one fell swoop.
In this way, the guardian beast of the ancient Miao village may become the most powerful guardian beast in the village.
"Look at the horns on its head, it already possesses some of the abilities of a dragon."
Under normal circumstances, when the dragon snake has reached a certain level of cultivation, God will send down thunder tribulations. The number of thunder tribulations will be different depending on the level of the dragon snake.
When an ordinary python is transformed into a dragon snake, there will only be one thunder catastrophe. If it survives this thunder disaster, the snake will enter the river and be refined into a dragon. This kind of dragon has basically no chance of becoming a dragon.
If it is a special type of dragon snake, and it has been cultivated to a certain level, it will have three divine thunders to overcome tribulations. If it survives these three divine thunders, it will enter the sea and refine into a dragon in the true sense.
However, according to records in Taoist books, not one dragon snake in a hundred can survive three divine thunders. Even if it truly evolves into a dragon, it will directly ascend. The real dragon has no chance to stay in the world.
I thought of the black dragon in Fengwang Village. The information it revealed was that it had entered another world and returned to this world for unknown reasons.
Over the years, it has been looking for a way to return to that place, including this time Xiaoyu is coming to the ancient Miao village. The things it entrusted Xiaoyu to inquire about are also clues about that world.
What Chujiu can be sure of is that this gray dragon snake must be a special species, and the ancient Miao village has a way for it to remain in this world after successfully overcoming the tribulation.
"If it succeeds in overcoming the tribulation, who is more powerful among the gods in the village?" Xiaoyu asked curiously after hearing Chujiu's explanation.
"Of course it's more powerful."
The ninth day of the lunar month once again tells us about the unknown field. Under normal circumstances, after a dragon successfully overcomes the tribulation, it will stretch out its four claws and enter the river and sea to completely wash away its turbidity. At the same time, it will absorb the power left in the body by the sky thunder.
Only then can it be considered a true success in overcoming the tribulation.
Even if the dragon successfully withstood three thunderstorms, it would only have two bumps on its head when it went out to sea again. The horns were slowly formed with subsequent experience.
"This dragon snake has been suppressing its ability to become a dragon, forcing it to grow its horns in advance. After passing through the tribulation, it will become a high-level true dragon."