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Chapter 85: Snake Curse
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Return to your residence.

Wu Wen gently opened the bamboo basket.

He reached out and took out a small snake as thick as a thumb.

Pinching its tail with his fingers, the little snake curled up its body, spitting out its tongue from its mouth, slowly wrapped around Wu Wen's wrist, and climbed up little by little.

Wu Wen was not afraid at all of the little flower snake's behavior.

Because although this snake has yellow and black scales, it is actually a non-venomous rat snake, scientifically known as Elaphe viper, which is very common in fields.

Rape snakes are large in size, with an adult body length usually over two meters, or even up to three meters. They are highly aggressive and immune to most snake venoms.

Wherever it appears, there are very few poisonous snakes around, so it is known as the "King of Snakes".

However, precisely because of its large size, it has become the main source of snake meat on the table.

Wu Wen reached out and touched the rat snake's body.

Sometimes it will suddenly turn its head, showing its sharp fangs, sticking out its tongue and hissing a warning.

But Wu Wen was not afraid. Instead, he found it very interesting and reached out to tease it from time to time.

Seeing Wu Wen having so much fun, Xiao Fugui also came forward and carefully stretched out a finger, wanting to touch the rat snake coiled on Wu Wen's arm.

Wu Wen smiled and stretched out his hand, encouraging: "Come on, touch it and try it!"

When Xiao Fugui's fingers gradually approached the rat snake, the snake suddenly turned its head and breathed at him fiercely.

Xiao Fugui quickly pulled his hand back a little.

But there was no fear on his face. Instead, he found it very interesting and smiled happily.

He imitated Wu Wen and kept teasing the rat snake, having a lot of fun.

"Ergou, come with us?"

Wu Wen asked with a smile to Yang Ergou who was standing beside him.

Yang Ergou quickly shook his head.

After playing with the rat snake for a while with Xiao Fugui, he suddenly asked:
"Sir, why did you buy these snakes? You didn't buy them to make snake meat soup, did you?"

"That's right!"

Wu Wen stroked the rat snake on his arm and said with a smile, "This is what I prepared for my practice."

"What kind of martial arts?" Xiao Fugui asked curiously.

"Green Snake Kung Fu!" Wu Wen replied.

Watching Xiao Fugui caressing the rat snake on his arm, Wu Wen looked up at him and asked, "Do you want to learn?"

Hearing this, Xiao Fugui was stunned for a moment, then replied: "Can I learn it?"

"Why not?" Wu Wen said with a smile.

Xiao Fugui nodded quickly: "I want to learn!"

During the few days he spent with Yang Ergou, Xiao Fugui also learned from their conversation that Yang Ergou was also bought by Wu Wen.

The reason why he has become so powerful and has such a high status now is all given to him by Wu Wen.

So when he heard that Wu Wen was willing to teach him martial arts, Xiao Fugui was very happy.

Wu Wen took the rat snake that was coiled around his arm, put it on Xiao Fugui's arm, and said:
"Then I'll leave this snake to you to raise. During the process, I'll gradually teach you the Green Snake Skill."

"Yeah!" Xiao Fugui nodded seriously.

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Green Snake Kung Fu

If you want to master this skill, you must first have enough knowledge about snakes so that you can imitate them.

If you want to understand snakes, you need to observe more.

Snake is a cold-blooded animal.

If you want to observe closely, you must first know how to control the snake.

In the Green Snake Kung Fu, there is a technique to control snakes.

The key to controlling snakes is to learn snake language. The so-called snake language does not mean understanding the language of snakes.

Instead, it is based on a deep understanding of snakes, insight into their habits, and grasp of their reactions, so as to achieve the goal of controlling the snakes.

According to Wu Wen's deduction,
Snake language has been given richer connotations.

It covers the snake's sensitivity to a variety of environmental factors, including sounds of specific frequencies, light of varying intensities and colors, and changes in temperature and humidity.

The combined information is the snake's life information.

In this way, the snake language is no longer just about controlling snakes, it is more like a spell to communicate with snakes.

Therefore, Wu Wen called it: Snake Curse!
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The next day.

Wu Wen and Yang Ergou went to the East Palace to take up duty.

Xiao Fugui was the only one left at home again, but unlike before, he was no longer alone at home with nothing to do, as he had a rat snake to raise and keep him company.

At noon.

Wu Wen also asked Yang Ergou to ask for leave for him.

The narrow space at home could not accommodate three people, and now that they had to raise a snake, it became even more crowded.

Therefore, it is urgent to move to a larger residence.

Came to the brokerage office in Chang'an City.

Wu Wen chose a house he liked without much trouble.

The house faces south and has a well-planned layout with a spacious main room, two comfortable bedrooms and a practical kitchen.

There is also a yard in the middle, which is not big but enough for daily activities.

Wu Wen went into battle with the army and killed Liu Heita. He made great military achievements and received a lot of rewards.

So, when he bought the house, he paid the price without much bargaining.

He then found some people to help with the move.

All in all, it only took him half a day to move into his new residence smoothly.

in the following days.

Wu Wen lived a life of going back and forth between two points.

Every day he either practices at home or goes to the East Palace on duty. His life is fulfilling and orderly.

During this period, no one came to trouble him, which made him feel a little curious. However, this was also a situation he was happy to see, so he didn't pay much attention to it.

Practice and live in peace.

The days passed by so quickly.

In the blink of an eye.

Two months have passed.

"Sir, when will you teach me the Green Snake Skill?"

Over the past two months, Xiao Fugui felt that Wu Wen seemed to have forgotten about teaching him the Green Snake Kung Fu. Apart from instructing him on how to raise rat snakes, he did not teach him anything else about the Kung Fu.

During this period, he did not dare to bring it up directly, fearing that Wu Wen would say that he was impatient and ignorant.

Today, Xiao Fugui finally couldn't hold back his thoughts anymore, and when Wu Wen came back from work and served him tea, he asked carefully.

Wu Wen picked up the teacup, took a sip to moisten his throat, then put the cup down and looked up at Xiao Fugui in front of him.

During these days, Xiao Fugui has been doing his best to raise the rat snake. Not only has the snake become thicker, it has also become extremely close to Xiao Fugui, spending most of the day coiled around his body.

I feel the time is ripe.

Wu Wen stood up and walked into the courtyard, saying to Xiao Fugui, "You haven't said a word in two months, which shows that you are quite calm."

He first praised her, and then continued, "Now, I will teach you the Green Snake Kung Fu."

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(End of this chapter)