Chapter 37: Escape

Because I saw a giant snake on the gentle slope less than 200 meters away from these people, swimming towards us at a normal speed.

The shape of this giant snake was so familiar, with its dark snake skin… wasn’t that the so-called “naughty” ancestor I had met in the secret passage?

Xiao Ding said he would escort us, but I didn’t expect him to invite the ancestor to come.

I was excited when I saw it, because the old ancestor always gave me the impression of being lazy and curled up in the secret passage. Now that it suddenly appeared here, it must be here to rescue us. As for why it knew we were here, I’m afraid I’ll have to ask Ding later.

But at the same time, I was a little worried because the snake group that we relied on to escape was here. Even if the ancestor helped us out, wouldn’t it be a bit too obvious? Would Yang Sheng still pay special attention to this area?

However, any change for the better is better than none. Under the tree, the so-called team members have already begun to pack up, get dressed, and prepare to set off.

The master and I were both a little excited, because I saw the ancestor, and the master, after I carefully reminded him, also saw the ancestor… We knew that the critical moment was approaching.

“Zhang Zheng, this tree is so big, let’s climb up to the tree and take a look, just like we did before,” the team leader said under the tree.

“Good! Yesterday we also explored this tree, and it really is the first of its kind in these wild mountains and desolate plains.” After being sweetly coaxed by the squad leader, Zhang Zheng’s attitude had become much more attentive and respectful. One had to admire the squad leader’s tactics. He was not a simple character.

But I didn’t have the heart to admire him. I was just secretly lucky in my heart… I had a little hope that they would let this tree go, but it turned out that for this kind of “large target,” their approach was to go directly up the tree to search.

Yes, what can you see clearly under such a large tree with many branches and thick foliage?

Under the tree, between the leader and Zhang Zheng’s questions and answers, the team members had already started to open their backpacks and take out ropes and other things, as if they were preparing to climb the tree.

At this critical moment, a loud noise came from somewhere, and the mischievous ancestor finally appeared!

I think the noise was deliberately made by the old ancestor. Before, it was almost silent when it crawled… I don’t know if snakes have a spirit, but even with such a huge body, they can be so quiet when they crawl… Anyway, I only know that the old ancestor deliberately saved me and the master.

My master and I heard the noise from the tree, and the people under the tree naturally noticed it too.

The first person to see the Ancestor couldn’t help but exclaim, “Ah, a snake!” and couldn’t say anything else!

This was the first time I had ever seen the Ancestor face-to-face. After all, in the secret passage, the light was limited, and so was what I could see. At this time, in the natural light, I saw the Ancestor so clearly that my heart trembled!

It’s so big… Could it be 50 meters long? Is that too scary to say? If I say it’s a dragon, will anyone believe me? I estimate that its head alone is as big as a person… And under its deliberately “angry” expression, something like “wings” appeared under its head. To put it simply, it looks like a cobra with a flat neck!

The wide open mouth, the sharp fangs, and the cold, calm gaze in the snake’s eyes… just one glance made me feel an inexplicable pressure, which was completely different from the time it “teased” me in the secret passage!

I think if I suddenly found a strange snake like this behind me, I would not have done much better than the first team member to discover it under the tree.

“Back off!” Compared to the team members who saw the ancestor panic, the team leader was much calmer and actually shouted back off in this situation.

But was it too late? Compared to me and my master, the Ancestor was much more decisive… At the moment when these people reacted slightly, a transparent liquid was spit out of his mouth… I don’t know if this liquid was venom, but after the Ancestor spat out this liquid, there was a faint pungent smell in the air.

I just took a whiff and felt a burning pain in my nasal cavity! I couldn’t help but cover my nose.

The liquid was extremely fast, and under the deliberate control of the Ancestor, it landed on a teammate with extraordinary accuracy…

“Ah!” The team member only had time to let out a scream, and his body began to emit a “chittering” sound, and then large clouds of white smoke began to emerge. He immediately began to roll on the ground, and he could no longer scream. I don’t know if his throat was “poisoned” by this liquid!

I turned my head and couldn’t bear to watch. This liquid was undoubtedly a powerful poison. I didn’t expect it to have an effect similar to that of aqua regia. The player who was sprayed was actually “corroded” right under our noses!

It was a bit too cruel. The team members, including the team leader, were all stunned by the tragic atmosphere… At this time, not only was I unable to bear to watch a living being being rapidly corroded by the venom, revealing white bones, even the master couldn’t bear to watch, and slightly turned his head away.

After all, the Ancestor was still a snake, and killing people might be no different to it than hunting prey… Perhaps because of its ‘cultivation’, it would not easily create evil, avoiding the coming of the heavenly tribulation in the future. However, when it was time to act, it had no ‘compassion’ between humans.

But what does it matter? Some people can be more cruel than snakes. At least the ancestor killed the man cleanly.

After reacting, the team members began to scream like ghosts and wolves, and then they began to scatter in all directions without even knowing which way to go. It looked like everyone wanted to grow eight legs and just run faster than everyone else.

At this time, Zhang Zheng was the only one who remained slightly sober, and he ran unwaveringly after the team leader. But this sobriety was probably his limit. He ran while crying, “I heard that many teams have been attacked by snakes. Why did we meet them too? Aren’t we being specially protected? Why? Why?”

It seemed that only by shouting could he relieve his stress, but the squad leader at this time could not even gather the hearts of the people, and he only buried his head and ran quickly through the mountains and forests. Perhaps because he no longer belonged to the human category, his running speed was much faster than that of the other team members, and gradually he began to pull away from Zhang Zheng.

Zhang Zheng, however, cried even more loudly, and his series of “whys” echoed through the forest.

However, in this situation, Master and I naturally would not care about them, but Zhang Zheng’s indiscreet mouth brought some information to Master and me again, that is, many of these so-called search teams have encountered snake attacks.

This made me and Master have to sigh and say that Ding was very considerate. In order to avoid a certain situation from being too abrupt, he had arranged so many attacks to protect me and Master with all his strength.

It seems that Ding was also doing his best to fulfill his grandfather’s promise to my master!

It was probably the old ancestor’s intention. In any case, after these people had run a certain distance, it began to chase them lazily. This was obviously to give me and Master a chance to escape, so as not to meet these people who had scattered in the vast mountains and forests.

In fact, it could have killed them all decisively, but in the end, it was a great snake that had reached the level of a “snake spirit” in its cultivation, and it really didn’t want to create too much evil.

Just a simple action, and you can see the wisdom of this ancient ancestor… I believe that after that, it would deliberately drive these people out of the path that my master and I would be taking.

My master and I waited in the tree… The sun had already set completely, the sky gradually turned gray and blue, leaving only a few last rays of daylight, and the forest that had been noisy just a moment ago gradually became quiet.

“Let’s go, Chengyi,” said the master, after taking a deep breath and making sure of the situation.

“That ancestor is really amazing.” After recovering, I found that I could only say this. This venom has no resistance at all to the cultivator under the tree, and it is so fast when it is sprayed out. What else can it be but amazing?

“Think about it. Whether it’s the dragon of China or the dragon of the West, they can both spit out something in their descriptions. The dragon of China can swallow clouds and spit out mist, and the dragon of the West is called dragon breath! This snake spirit’s venom has such a strong smell that it feels hot just by smelling it. I’m afraid it’s… at least in the category of a real jiao. And it’s not just any jiao. There are different grades of jiao.” The master just explained this to me, and then he climbed toward the tree first.

I quickly climbed down the tree. Is there a difference between the three types of jiao? I thought of the jiao protecting the Miao village in Yueyan, and I thought of many other things. I really realized that the world is too big, and my horizons are too small…

At this time, the night was already getting dark. In the darkness, my master was already waiting for me under the tree. I jumped down from the tree… The two of us set off again in the vast darkness… continuing our journey towards the future.

I hope that this companionship will continue until the end of my time.