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Chapter 41 The Uninvited Guest

The two of us retreated towards the Snake Temple and looked around vigilantly. When we were about to reach the entrance of the ruined temple, another ferocious monster with a human face suddenly jumped out of the grass next to me.

It let out an ugly growl, screamed and flew into the air, and rushed directly to my back.

The sharp teeth hooked my shoulders, hissing and roaring like a ghost.

"Chu Yuan!"

I yelled in horror.

The sharp claws were tightly pressed against my neck, and I didn't dare to turn my head to look, for fear that if I didn't pay attention, the claws would directly pierce my throat.

He didn't even dare to take a step, he just felt his heart was about to jump out of his chest, and then a strong sense of suffocation enveloped his whole body.

"Help... help!"

I almost collapsed and squeezed out these two words from my throat, but the feeling of suffocation became stronger and stronger.

In a daze, I saw another black light suddenly appear, and then there was a scream in my ears, something hit me from the back, and then slid down again.

There was a strong, indescribable stench, and then my eyes suddenly went dark, and I didn't know exactly what happened.

Because of the extreme panic, I felt a strong pain in my heart, and my mind became trance.

In the haze, I saw a handsome face that seemed to come out of the mist, slowly bent over, and then vaguely felt that my mouth was wrapped in two pieces of warmth, and the cool air entered my body.

Immediately afterwards, my chaotic consciousness suddenly woke up, and I opened my eyes wide.

Then, I saw Chu Yuan's magnified face, and he pushed a pill into my mouth with the tip of his tongue.

I instinctively wanted to resist, but he resisted and wouldn't budge.

"Swallow it, this is a quick-acting heart-saving pill!" Chu Yuan's voice sounded in his mind.

I frowned and swallowed forcefully, and within a short while, the strong feeling of suffocation slowed down.

My heart, which seemed to be about to stop suddenly, began to beat at this time, and my whole body slowly regained consciousness.

I regained some strength and stood up with difficulty. Just as I was about to speak, he interrupted me directly and said, "Go into the temple."

This time, I didn't hesitate at all, and the two quickly re-entered the snake temple.

He rushed in, and closed the door tightly.

"Thank you!" I put my back against the door, leaned against the door and panted, and said something grateful to him.

"Verbal thanks don't mean anything."

He answered calmly, as if he had no idea about my thank you.

I didn't care what he wanted to hear, but after a short breath, I looked around vigilantly again.

"Wouldn't there be that kind of monster in here?"

Chu Yuan set his eyes on the snake temple, and after scanning for a few times, he shook his head and said, "Probably not, there is a strong snake smell in the snake temple, and those things outside can't get in."

I said in shock: "Just now, I seem to see that the monster is human, but it is covered with scales, and its mouth is full of fangs."

At the very beginning, when I saw that monster, I felt a little familiar, as if I had seen it somewhere before, but I confirmed that I had never seen such a terrifying thing.

Chu Yuan pondered for a while, nodded and said, "It's a person, a person from your village."

I asked in surprise, "How could it be someone from our village?"

He turned his head to look at me, and said meticulously, "They were bitten by snakes before!"

Hearing this, I immediately took a breath, and then a flash of inspiration flashed in my head, and I shivered all over.

I seem to remember why it felt so familiar when I first saw that monster outside.

"Wang Mazi!"

I couldn't help murmuring, this terrible thought came up, and I suddenly felt a chill down my spine.

A few days ago, there was a snake disaster in the village. Many people in the village were bitten by snakes, and about a dozen people died.

But I haven't heard any news in the past two days.

"No, it's impossible."

I shook my head in denial, even if I was bitten by a snake, how could I turn into a scaly, inhuman monster.

To my words, Chu Yuan just looked at me, but his eyes were full of pity.

"Are you afraid?" He said in a calm tone, "If you are afraid, there is still time to go back now."

Sure enough, grandma's death was not easy from beginning to end.

"Who's scared!"

I took a deep breath, tried to calm myself down, and said to him, "It was just too sudden, so I was scared."

"I hope so." He smiled faintly.

After that, neither of us spoke. After entering the Snake Temple, I picked up the flashlight and swayed around the temple.

However, as soon as he entered, the feeling of being spied on became even stronger.

In the darkness, there seemed to be countless pairs of invisible eyes lurking.

"Chu Yuan!"

I called softly, although I deliberately lowered my voice, but my voice seemed to be transmitted far away in this dead space.

The echo felt like someone called Chu Yuan strangely in my ear.

"Don't talk yet!"

Chu Yuan covered my mouth with his hand, tilted his head and listened to something.

I don't know what's going on, the temple is usually a very holy place, and it should be illuminated by Buddha's light after entering, but when entering here, the eerie feeling is very strong.

Not only is there nothing in this snake temple, but it is also very empty.

However, even though I am full of doubts, I can't ask any questions.

Chu Yuan stood behind me, told me not to speak, and covered my mouth with his hand.

His fingers pinched my face, and his palms covered my lips, as if I was kissing his hand.

"someone is coming."

He turned his head suddenly, looked outside the dark courtyard gate, and told me: "Find a place to hide first!"

After finishing speaking, he took a deep look at me, and his whole body suddenly turned into a pool of black air and got into the snake bracelet on my wrist.

I was worried that it was a member of the Liu family, and my heart suddenly became nervous. I looked around in a hurry, and saw a big pillar next to it, and it was pitch black behind, so I quickly hid there.

As soon as I stepped into the pillar, the gate of the temple courtyard opened with a creak, and a prying figure appeared at the gate of the temple.

After looking around twice, he walked in stealthily and lightly.

I hid behind the pillar and looked up, and found that figure was somewhat familiar.

But looking at the furtive look, it doesn't look like the Liu family.

After entering the gate of the temple, I saw the figure looking around, and then cautiously approaching the temple.

That figure was spooky and extremely cautious, as if afraid of alarming anything.

When I walked to the gate of the temple, I recognized it at a glance.

It turned out to be Zhang Xianren.

(End of this chapter)