Chapter 260 265, Monk, these two are domestic snakes
At dusk, freezing rain began to fall.
Compared to snow, freezing rain is undoubtedly more annoying, so Xiaoqing, who had finished a day's work, used the rain as an excuse to stay on the pleasure boat for dinner. After eating and drinking, she did not go home immediately, but lazily slumped in a chair and said to Ouyang Feng:
"It's too cold in this rain. I'll go back when it stops."
"This rain won't stop anytime soon. I'm afraid it won't stop until the second half of the night at the earliest."
Ouyang Feng stood in front of the window and looked at the sky. "If you want to wait for the rain to stop, you might as well stay here for a night."
"That won't do." Xiao Qing said solemnly, "I am a decent girl, and you and I are also decent employees and employers. How can I just stay here? I have to go home no matter how late it is."
"up to you."
Ouyang Feng sat back in his chair and took out a scroll of bamboo slips to look through.
Xiaoqing asked curiously:
"It's such a long time now, why are you still reading bamboo books? Could it be some rare ancient book?"
"Yes, there is only one volume of the sword manual written by Guan Erye in the world."
"..."
Xiaoqing blinked and wanted to laugh at him for bragging. It was true that Guan Erye was educated, but she had never heard of him leaving any works, let alone any sword manuals.
I can barely believe what you say about military books and strategies.
But seeing how Ouyang Feng was concentrating on reading and occasionally using his hands as a knife to gesture in the air, she was a little unsure.
So he stood up and walked behind Ouyang Feng's chair, put his hands on the back of the chair, leaned down, and leaned over Ouyang Feng's shoulder, looking curiously at the bamboo slips in his hand.
As soon as she saw it, she burst out laughing:
"Is this a sword manual? The introduction doesn't make sense, and there are so many sword characters engraved on it... Is this the sword manual of Master Guan Erye?"
Ouyang Feng said leisurely:
"High-end sword manuals are like this. Words can only convey limited information and may be misunderstood. Therefore, many profound concepts cannot be accurately expressed in words and can only be understood. Guan Erye condensed the sword meaning into the strokes of the characters. Every word on the bamboo slips contains a mysterious artistic conception. If you focus on the sentences, you will naturally not understand the meaning, but if you are perceptive enough and can feel the artistic conception between the strokes, you will discover a new world."
"real or fake?"
Xiaoqing stared at the word "knife" that was about to fly up, and tried to understand it from the strokes, but her eyes were almost popping out double, and she still couldn't make out anything.
She rubbed her eyes and muttered:
"I don't understand...but my comprehension is definitely not low. If I can't figure it out, then it's definitely not my problem!"
Ouyang Feng nodded and said:
"Yes. You mastered the Lightning Body Skill in one try, so your comprehension is definitely not low. If you can't figure out the meaning, it means you have no talent for swordsmanship."
"That's right. I'm not good with a knife anyway."
"What weapons do you know?"
"Soft whip and swordplay."
"Flying sword?"
"No. I can only use the sword to cut people."
"I thought you could perform flying swords."
"The flying sword is the legendary way of the sword immortals. It has been very rare throughout history. It is rare even among human cultivators, let alone monsters."
"Oh."
"Hey, your reaction is so calm, could it be that you can also fly a sword?"
"Understood."
"You're just bragging, right? Aren't you studying swordsmanship?"
"Although I specialize in swordsmanship, I am also proficient in all eighteen kinds of weapons."
"I feel like you're not a serious cultivator! A serious cultivator would only practice one or two weapon skills to protect themselves. Some cultivators don't even practice weapons at all, but only practice magic. How could they practice so many weapons?"
"I entered Taoism through martial arts."
"Using martial arts to enter Taoism?" Xiaoqing thought this phrase was quite fresh. "Can ordinary martial arts lead to Taoism?"
“Some can, some can’t.”
As he spoke, Ouyang Feng glanced at Xiaoqing from the side and saw that her chin was almost resting on his shoulder, and her jade-white cheek was very close. If he just tilted his head slightly, his nose would touch her face.
His glance also made Xiaoqing notice the distance between them. Her cheeks flushed slightly. She quickly stood up and stretched. Then, she pretended to walk to the window with her hands behind her back, looking at the continuous freezing rain in the night, and changed the subject as if nothing had happened:
"The rain hasn't stopped yet...Is it really going to rain until the middle of the night?"
Ouyang Feng said calmly:
"At least until the second half of the night. But Teng Snakes are good at water. As a descendant of Teng Snakes, rainy days should be like a fish in water for you."
"But it's freezing rain today!" Xiao Qing said seriously, "Snakes are afraid of the cold, this is common sense."
"That makes sense." Ouyang Feng nodded and took out an oil-paper umbrella: "If you are in a hurry to go back, I'll lend you this umbrella."
Why am I in such a hurry?
There's no rush at all, okay?
Although she thought so in her heart, she had already said something like "I am a serious girl, I have to go home no matter how late it is", so Xiaoqing could only take the umbrella and laughed:
"You have an umbrella, why didn't you take it out earlier?"
"Take it out earlier, then you won't be able to have dinner."
Xiaoqing rolled her eyes unhappily:
"You guy, do I need your dinner? I have money now, I can eat out every day."
After saying that, he opened the door and left the cabin. At the door, he turned back and waved at Ouyang Feng:
"I'm leaving now! I'll come back tomorrow morning."
"It's dark and there's freezing rain, be careful on the slippery roads."
"Hey, do you really think I'm a weak woman? No matter how slippery the road is, I won't fall."
Xiaoqing giggled, closed the cabin door with her backhand, opened her umbrella and walked into the rain.
Although she didn't do anything special when she was with Ouyang Feng, they just ate together, chatted about this and that, and sometimes even had a few words with each other. She was choked by his overly straightforward words, but even so, she was in a very happy mood.
So on the way home, she walked with extra light steps, humming a cheerful tune, and from time to time she held up her umbrella and turned around like a dancer. She didn't feel cold even when the freezing rain fell on her body - she was not an ordinary snake and did not need to hibernate in winter, so how could she be afraid of the cold?
When I returned to Xu's residence in Heizhuer Lane, I was about to shout "I'm back", but I saw a large group of people gathered in the yard, pointing and talking, and bursts of discussions came into my ears.
"Is it really a snake demon?"
"How could it be false? Such a big white snake..."
"I didn't expect that Lady White, who is so beautiful and gentle, could actually be a monster..."
"Master Fahai has a sharp eye and can tell at a glance that she is not human..."
"Poor Mr. Xu, such a good man, but he married a snake demon." "Why did the snake demon marry Mr. Xu?"
"Hey, didn't Zen Master Fahai say that? Many demons that don't follow the right path like to devour the essence of living people to cultivate. If you spend too much time with demons, you will inevitably lose both your energy and blood, and your essence will be damaged and your life will be shortened..."
"That's not right. Hasn't Mr. Xu always looked good?"
"That's because the snake demon hasn't started its attack yet!"
Hearing this, Xiaoqing was shocked and angry, but she didn't bother to scold the onlookers. She rushed into the crowd, pushing the people who were blocking her way to the ground. She rushed into the yard and saw that Xu's house had become a ruin. There was a big snake path in the backyard, which was obviously the mark left by her sister's true form.
Has my sister really been forced to reveal her true colors?
Xiaoqing's heart skipped a beat and she felt disappointed.
At this time, the onlookers began to discuss again.
"Then, that's White Snake's sister Xiaoqing, right?"
"White Lady is a snake demon, Xiaoqing wouldn't..."
"Snake demon! Xiaoqing must be a snake demon too!"
Xiaoqing had been irritated by the irresponsible speculations of the onlookers before, and now she was furious when she heard such nonsense. Her lower body suddenly turned into a snake tail, and dense green scales appeared on her face. Her eyes also turned into vertical pupils. Then she turned around abruptly, made an evil face to everyone, and shouted:
"roll!"
"Monster!"
"The monster is going to eat people!"
When they saw her transform into a demon, the crowd immediately cried out in unison, screaming for their parents and running away in all directions.
"My aunt only likes to eat out, she never eats people!"
Xiaoqing waved his fists and shouted angrily at the backs of the crowd, then turned around quickly and followed the huge snake path left by Xiaobai.
The pursuit went all the way from Lin'an Prefecture to Tianmu Mountain.
Deep in Tianmu Mountain, in a valley.
A giant white snake, more than ten feet long, with sail-like thorns on its back, long feather-like mane on its neck, and scales all over its body that look like they were carved from white jade, is confronting a young and handsome monk who is standing on a high cliff, holding a golden bowl in his hand and wearing a cassock.
A man dressed as a scholar knelt at the feet of the monk and begged bitterly:
"Master Fahai, although my wife is a snake demon, she has never harmed anyone. Instead, she has helped me diagnose and prescribe medicine for the common people, saving countless civilians who could not afford medical treatment due to poverty. And during the plague, it was my wife who helped me collect herbs..."
This great monk was none other than Fahai, the abbot of Jinshan Temple.
Hearing Xu Xian's plea, Fahai snorted coldly and shouted angrily:
"Humans and demons are different. Humans are humans, and demons are demons. If humans and demons marry, it would disrupt the moral order! Moreover, demons are unpredictable. How do you know that she is not pretending to be kind and has some ulterior motives?"
"A conspiracy? My family is poor, and I am just an ordinary doctor. What can my wife plot against me?"
"How do you know that she is not using your fame to hide in Lin'an and plot a conspiracy? Xu Xian, you are a mortal with mortal eyes and cannot recognize evil. It is fine that you are deceived by beauty, but now that the snake demon has revealed its true form, why are you still so stubborn?"
"It's not that I'm stubborn, it's that you, Master, are too arrogant. You ignored my wishes and forcibly broke up my family... They say that Buddha is merciful, but as a Buddhist monk, where is your mercy?"
"Forget it. It seems that Mr. Xu has been bewitched and cannot be reasoned with. Let's capture this snake demon first and then come back to save you!"
After saying that, Fahai slapped Xu Xian on the back. Xu Xian was instantly shocked, as if he had been hit by a spell. His whole body became stiff, his mouth and tongue were frozen, and he could no longer speak.
Afterwards, Fahai formed a seal with one hand and pointed towards the golden bowl. A small beast jumped out of the bowl, swelled up in the wind, and in a blink of an eye it turned into a gigantic beast shaped like a lion or tiger, roaring and pouncing towards the white snake in the valley.
The white snake fought back, but although it was big, it was still smaller than the giant beast, and its strength was not as good as that of the giant beast. Even its specialty, the snake coiling and strangling, could not do anything to the giant beast. After finally wrapping itself around the beast and trying to strangle it, the giant beast grabbed its body with its claws. The sharp claws instantly pierced through the white scales and penetrated deep into the flesh, causing the white snake to howl in pain.
The giant beast roared and opened its huge mouth, just as it was about to bite off the white snake by seven inches, another giant green-scaled snake over ten feet long swooped over, bit the giant beast on the neck and knocked it to the ground.
But the giant beast didn't feel any pain from the bite. It swung its neck and threw the green snake away.
After the green snake landed on the ground, it rolled over and quickly joined the white snake. The two giant snakes coiled into a snake formation and confronted the giant beast.
"There is actually another snake demon?" Fahai said in a solemn voice, "It would be fine if you two evildoers were hiding in the mountains to cultivate, but you actually dared to occupy the city, mingle with the crowd, and plot evil. You are really courting death!"
"You big monk are spewing bloody nonsense!"
The little green snake glared at the monk, hissing and spitting out its snake tongue, and said angrily:
"My sister only wants to live happily with her brother-in-law, and I just want to live a happy life with good food and drink. We sisters have never harmed anyone, so how can you be plotting something bad?"
Fahai looked indifferent:
"You still dare to quibble? You don't know how to live or die!"
After that, he threw the golden bowl into the sky, formed seals with his hands, and chanted the mantra. The golden bowl turned like air conditioning, with the mouth of the bowl facing downward, emitting golden light and turning into a brilliant golden film, like an inverted golden bowl, covering the entire valley. On the seemingly thin golden film wall, there were countless Vajra, Arhat, Bodhisattva, and Buddha images, all in the posture of meditating and chanting mantras.
For a moment, the Buddhist mantra resounded throughout the valley. An invisible weight descended from the sky and pressed heavily on the Green Snake and the White Snake. They made them feel as if they were carrying a huge mountain on their backs. They could not exert only 90% of their magic power, and most of their strength had to be used to resist the invisible pressure. Even moving became difficult.
However, the lion-tiger-like giant beast was not affected at all. Instead, it showed great momentum and swooped down into the air, knocking the white snake to the ground. The green snake wanted to rescue it, but was knocked away by the giant beast with a claw. It fell to the ground and tumbled repeatedly, causing the valley to shake and dust to fly.
Under the suppression of the formation, the green and white snakes were completely unable to fight back.
Seeing the giant beast holding the white snake in its claws and opening its mouth to bite the white snake's seven inches, the green snake howled in shock and anger, and struggled to get up, wanting to rescue her sister. However, the power of the formation suppressing her body made it difficult for her to move and her speed was slow. She could only watch as the giant beast bit the white snake's seven inches and its sharp teeth cut deeply into the white snake's scales.
"elder sister!"
The green snake cried out miserably, and in desperation, regardless of the backlash, she used all her strength to activate the "Lightning Body Shining Technique" that she had not yet mastered. Suddenly, lightning flashed on her body, and a scorching electric current burst out, wrapping around her entire body.
Under the swirling lightning, the invisible pressure as heavy as a mountain suddenly lightened. Xiaoqing's body bounced and shot out like lightning, knocking the giant beast away with a bang.
This time, although he successfully rescued the white snake from the beast's mouth, the backlash of the thunder that he forcibly controlled also caused large areas of the green snake's scales to burn and emit thick black smoke, and it was obvious that he was seriously injured.
Although the white snake was rescued, four deep bloody holes were bitten on its seven-inch part and it was unable to move.
The giant beast seemed to be unharmed. Although it was knocked far away, it just rolled on the ground after landing and stood up again safely. It shook its head and walked towards the two snakes with majestic steps.
The white snake was seriously injured, the green snake was injured itself, and they were suppressed by the formation. The two snakes had completely lost the power to resist.
"I never thought that we sisters would die here today!"
Xiaoqing swam to Xiaobai with difficulty and lowered her head to touch her head.
"Xiaoqing, I am sorry for you..."
"How can I start a massacre without permission? I will only suppress you."
Fahai said this calmly, clasping his hands together, and was about to activate the golden bowl to put the two snakes into the bowl and suppress them, when suddenly a layer of snow-white frost emerged from the outer layer of the brilliant golden light membrane that covered the valley like an inverted bowl, and then the entire golden light formation instantly condensed into ice, and then exploded into pieces with a loud bang.
Then, a calm and peaceful male voice came from the air:
"Monk, these two are domestic snakes, they have owners. You want to catch the snakes I keep at home, but did you ask me?"
[Please give me a monthly ticket! 】
(End of this chapter)
