The Huai Shui God's Cave

Chapter 11

My brain was extremely clear, and I watched the old woman lean over, open her mouth, and immediately a burst of stench came to my face.Her body also became slender, and she turned into a gigantic snake, the same type as the snake we killed during the day, it was a beautiful snake.It arched its body, the snake's head bent forward, and its mouth suddenly opened wider and wider, even bigger than its head. The four upper and lower fangs suddenly grew out, and the scarlet tongue inside slowly stretched out, splitting into two. Fork it, it's about to swallow me in one gulp.

My eyes widened in horror, feeling like I was about to suffocate.At this time, I remembered some strange stories about rural ghosts and ghosts that adults told me when I was young. They said that some animals became spirits and could transform into human shapes. Victims are left immobilized and left to be slaughtered.It seems that I met a snake spirit.Thinking of this, I couldn't help but despair, I closed my eyes and waited to die.

Just as I was closing my eyes and waiting to die, I suddenly heard a cat meowing, and then I felt relaxed all over. I couldn't help but take a long breath, and suddenly opened my eyes, and found that the snake face in front of me had receded. and transformed into the wrinkled face of the old woman again.The old woman looked around fiercely, trying to find the source of the meowing.

I moved my hands and feet, and found that I could move. I quickly turned over and sat up, but saw a leopard walking out of the bushes not far in front, and a person was carried on the leopard's back. holding a black cat.It's Blind Yuan!The cat straightened its upper body, and a cold green light flashed in its eyes.

The cat jumped up from Yuan Xiazi's arms with a chirp, and stood in front of the old woman, whining and warning.The old woman had a fierce face just now, but at this moment she suddenly became dejected and trembling, as if she was very afraid of the black cat, her eyes were purring non-stop, and she flinched back, trying to slip away.

Blind Yuan shouted: "Where are we going!" He drove the leopard forward, took out a spherical object from his pocket, and pointed it at the old woman, the ball immediately gave off a dazzling white light, the old woman covered her eyes and let out a yell. There was a painful sound, and a puff of smoke flashed by, and the old woman turned into a big snake again, writhing her body in pain and circling on the spot.

Thinking that I was almost swallowed by it, I couldn't help but feel evil, took out the dagger from my waist, and without thinking about it, I was going to cut it off in the middle to relieve the hatred in my heart.

Unexpectedly, just as I rushed over, the big snake turned its head, opened its bloody mouth again, and swallowed my entire arm in one gulp.It is fighting the final battle of trapped beasts, intending to hurt both sides!I was suddenly petrified.

Only blind Yuan shouted: "Heizi, come on!"

The snake head was approaching fiercely, but the black cat was faster than it. It jumped up behind it, bit it seven inches at once, and dragged it to the ground, which relieved my danger of swallowing my arm.The snake head continued to resist, dragging the black cat to bow.Blind Yuan let out a yell, leaped over the leopard, stretched out his legs and kicked "meteor chasing the sun", and kicked straight at the snake's head, smashing the big snake's head into a big tree, with a muffled sound, the skull was shattered.The snake's body twitched a few times and then stopped moving.Looking at blind Yuan at this time, he doesn't have that kind of crippled appearance of an old man at all, on the contrary, he has a little more immortal air.

Blind Yuan snatched the dagger from me, cut a few times on the snake, and took out a crimson thing.It is said that animals that have practiced for a certain number of years will have a kind of crystallization, also called inner alchemy.I guess, that crimson thing shouldn't be the inner alchemy of the snake demon, right?

Blind Yuan put the "Inner Alchemy" in his pocket, reached out and groped inside the snake a few times, took out a dark red snake gall, and threw it to the black cat.The black cat meowed cheerfully, picked up the snake gall and hid aside to enjoy the food.

I breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly thanked Yuan Xiazi and said, "Mr. Yuan, thank you so much for your timely rescue. Come and see how my friend is doing?" Where Xie lay down, pull him up.

I shone a flashlight on his face, and saw that his face was extremely pale; when I reached out to touch him, he was still breathing, and I felt a lot more at ease.Blind Yuan tapped his pulse with his hand and said, "It's not a problem, I just sucked in a little yin energy, I'll take a picture with the Xuanyuan mirror and it'll be fine."

He took out the ball again and put it on Yang Xiaoxie's forehead and eyebrows. The ball flashed a few times with a silvery white light. Then, the bluish-white aura on Yang Xiaoxie's face disappeared, and he coughed. With two beeps, Yoyo woke up.

As soon as he opened his eyes, he yelled: "Damn it, who is yelling at me?" I patted his shoulder, told him the ins and outs, and asked him what happened.After Yang Xiaoxie thanked Yuan Xiazi, he said to me: "I was chasing that rabbit, thinking that I would have a barbecue later and improve the food. I didn't expect that as soon as I walked behind the big tree, I bumped into a cold black shadow. , before I had time to ask the question, that black shadow breathed out at me, and I didn't know anything."

Yuan Xiazi said indifferently: "You two children, I have warned you not to try to plot the ancient tomb, but you didn't listen. What you met today was just a little snake spirit who didn't know how to do it. Hundred times, I advise you to go home quickly."

I shook my head and said, "Mr. Yuan, thank you for your kindness, but we have a mission to accompany the professor from the State Administration of Cultural Heritage to investigate. This responsibility cannot be shirked."

Blind Yuan shook his head, sighed again, and said, "Son of the Wu family, you have a relationship with me, and I don't want you to die in the wilderness. Since I can't persuade you, I won't force you. This Xuanyuan Mirror is a gift to you." Here it is for you, wear it on your body, even ghosts and monsters dare not attack, and it can also remove poison and cure diseases, I hope it can help you get out of your body."

He handed me the round ball, and then I saw clearly that the whole body of that round thing could reflect a figure.I already understood its function, so I accepted it immediately and thanked Yuan Xiazi, but I wondered why he helped me so generously.

Yuan Xiazi said indifferently: "A word of advice to you, turn back as soon as possible. I don't want you to find that ancient tomb. The souls of thousands of years ago don't want to be disturbed; if you disturb them, you will be punished, and the previous peace will no longer exist. The world will also be in a catastrophe beyond redemption!"

After Yuan Xiazi finished speaking, he jumped back to the leopard body again. The black cat had already eaten the snake gall, and returned to rest in his arms.Yuan Xiazi drove the leopard and quickly disappeared into the dark night.

3. Altar
When Yang Xiaoxie and I returned to the tent where we camped, it was almost dawn.Tang Mei and Ma Chuchen stood outside the tent. Tang Mei still looked blank, but Ma Chuchen was very dissatisfied. She said: "Wu You, I told you to keep watch at night. Where did you go? We were taken away by wild beasts." No one will know!"

I hurried forward to apologize.At this time, the professor and Lin Xiaowei also woke up.Yang Xiaoxie and I told the story of our encounter with the snake spirit and Yuan Xiazi's rescue, and everyone was amazed.Especially his black cat, which is even afraid of snake spirits, no wonder it can drive a group of beasts.

Before I had time to mention the Xuanyuan mirror that Yuan Xiazi gave me, at this moment, Yang Xiaoxie's cell phone rang suddenly.Since we entered the forest, everyone's mobile phones have no signal and can only be used as night lighting tools.

Yang Xiaoxie looked at the number and said, "It's a call from the forensic doctor in the bureau. I guess it's about the identification of the black cat's tail." I was worried that there would be no signal after a while. Passed the phone, greeted the other party briefly, and asked how the result was.

The other party said: "The age of an animal is generally judged from the growth of its bones. The older it is, the greater the calcification density of its bones, just like the more annual rings of a big tree, the longer the tree. We The laboratory currently has a set of bone calcification density maps of tortoises that have lived for more than 300 years..."

I was afraid that the signal would disappear after a while, so I quickly interrupted him and said, "Hurry up and talk about this cat."

He said: "The cat whose tail belongs to should be a subspecies of Egyptian cat. According to normal calculations, the estimated age... should be more than three times that of the tortoise..."

At this time, the signal was cut off again.Well, I've asked a few things.

"Egyptian cat, Egyptian cat, more than three times, it's not more than 1000 years old, is it a cat demon?" I couldn't help muttering to myself.

Hearing such a conclusion, everyone felt incredible.Professor Han said: "It is impossible for any animal to live for more than 1000 years, unless..."

"Unless what?" Yang Xiaoxie asked, "Professor, don't play charades, we've had a hard time guessing!"

The professor coughed twice and said, "I mean, unless the cat's skeletal tissue has mutated, resulting in unusual calcification."

I said, "I think there is such a possibility. Also, its eyes, I feel like human eyes, are extremely weird."

Yang Xiaoxie said: "Could it be that it is really a cat spirit that has lived for thousands of years?"

Tang Mei, who hadn't spoken all this time, suddenly answered: "Those who have lived for thousands of years are not necessarily all evil spirits; some people of normal age are more greedy and vicious than fairies!"

There was no reason for what he said, which made everyone think deeply for a while.

We drove for another two days.In order not to cause unnecessary trouble, everyone was careful this time.On the afternoon of the fifth day, there was a sudden heavy rain. Yang Xiaoxie pointed to a tall and dense tree and said, "Let's go and hide under there."

Ma Chuchen said: "It's best not to stand under a tree during a thunderstorm. It's common sense, don't you know?"

(End of this chapter)