Start from a baby to become a Taoist

Chapter 236: The Mad Snake
"Hey everyone, stop scaring yourselves! Maybe everyone in Jiyuan Village ate something they shouldn't have and died of mass poisoning."

"Didn't Cuihua just say that there's black pus and a foul odor? This must be a sign of poisoning!!"

Said an old matchmaker who looked to be around seventy years old.

The younger matchmakers felt relieved after hearing her words.

"Since Aunt Mei said so, then it should be like this."

"Aunt Mei is very knowledgeable and is the most erudite matchmaker around here. If she says it's poisoning, it's probably poisoning."

"Just don't affect us."

Aunt Mei saw that the situation had stabilized and continued, "Okay, everyone, calm down and do what you need to do."

"As matchmakers, if we keep a straight face, what will others think? Will we find a bad match?"

Aunt Mei's words made the matchmakers put away the sad expressions on their faces and replaced them with a festive look. They took the portraits of the girls in their hands and went to various villages to find marriage partners for people. Only Aunt Mei and Cuihua were left.

"Aunt Mei, what should I do? The Jiyuan Village I was in charge of is gone. Where else can I go to find that village? Every village already has a matchmaker."

Cuihua looked distressed.

My annual livelihood depends on finding marriage partners for people during this period. The more satisfactory the match, the more I will be rewarded.

Now, the Jiyuan Village she was responsible for was gone, and she couldn't possibly skip out on other people's clients. So what was she going to do with her family for the next year? Was she going to have to live on the Northwest Wind?
Aunt Mei thought for a while and said, "Cuihua, you should go to Dahuangbian Village this year. However, it's quite far away and it will take quite a while."

"Really? Aunt Mei?" Cuihua was delighted when she heard this, but she quickly realized, "But isn't your village, Dahuangbian, under your responsibility, Aunt Mei? What will you do if it's given to me?"

Aunt Mei smiled and said, "I'm fine. Besides, I'm already old and can't afford the tiring journey. The reward I'd get from a trip to the wilderness village might not even be as much as the medical treatment."

Cuihua knelt down and kowtowed, "Thank you, Aunt Mei. I will take care of you in your old age for the rest of my life."

Dahuangbian Village is closest to the mountains, and almost every man in the village is a hunter with good martial arts skills.

Every time it’s time for a blind date, the men from Dahuangbian Village are always the most popular, and every matchmaker hopes that the marriage she arranges will be related to Dahuangbian Village.

Aunt Mei suddenly handed over the entire village to her, which was no different from a favor of giving her a new life.

Aunt Mei helped him up and said, "Okay, pack up and get on your way as soon as possible so that you can forget about what happened in Jiyuan Village."

"Okay." After saying that, he took all the portraits of girls that he had kept in his closet and headed for the village on the edge of the wilderness.

A village on the edge of the wilderness.

Old Xie’s family.

In the small yard, there was a wooden bed, and on the bed lay a young man.

This man had a pale face and black lips, and blackened blood vessels could be vaguely seen under his skin. He was the madman from Stone Village who had come to the gate of Dahuangbian Village a few days ago.

Old Xie was using a pestle and mortar to crush the seven-leaf gentian that Xu Ran had modified, making it into a poultice, which he applied to the area on the young man's leg where he was bitten by a snake.

"hiss--"

A soft groan came from his mouth. It was obvious that it was a little painful when the medicine was applied, but Lao Xie seemed not to hear it and continued to do his own thing.

"Crack--"

The door of Old Xie's house was pushed open. Looking up, a cute baby appeared in the yard with a serious expression, which was completely unlike the expression of a one-year-old baby.

"Uncle Xie, what happened?" The person who came was Xu Ran.

When the madman from Stone Village came to the Great Wilderness Village, he kept talking about the Snake God.
Others may find it confusing, but Xu Ran knows very well that this is the disaster that happened to him in his first year - the poisonous snakes slaughtering the village.

He also found traces of a poisonous snake bite on the young man's body, and immediately asked Lao Xie to treat him with Seven-Leaf Flower.

However, the snake venom had penetrated deep into the bone marrow and internal organs, making it difficult to treat. It took several days to revive the patient.

If it were an ordinary seven-leafed lily, it would have died long ago.

"Xiao Ran! He's getting much better now. Although he's a little feverish, he'll be awake soon."

Xu Ran came to the bed and looked at the pale-faced young man in front of him, wondering what he was thinking.

"Oh right!" Old Xie suddenly said, "The person that Old Qi sent to Stone Village is back."

"How is it?" Xu Ran asked anxiously.

When this madman came to the village gate, although he was a madman, he kept talking about the poisonous snake slaughtering the village. So, Old Qi asked someone to take Qiye Yizhihua to Shitou Village to check, and he came back today.

"That person said that there were no survivors in Stone Village. The entire village was filled with a foul stench. The ground and the ancestral hall were filled with black bones. It was extremely tragic."

"Are the people who went there okay?" Xu Ran asked.

"It's okay." Old Xie shook his head. "Even if I get bit by a snake, I'll be fine with your Seven-Leaf Flower."

"This young man from Stone Village has been ravaged by snake venom for too long, penetrating deep into his bones. He only has one breath left. If it weren't for your Seven-Leaf Flower, saving him from the clutches of Hades, he would have died long ago!"

"It's okay!"

During the conversation, the young man lying on the wooden bed opened his eyes. His eyes were hazy and he felt that the scene in front of him was very dazzling.

"Cough cough~"

"Xiao Ran, he's awake." said Lao Xie.

"Water, water, water."

A hoarse voice sounded, and the throat was torn, which was very uncomfortable.

Old Xie took out a glass of water, lifted him up from the bed, and helped him drink.

After drinking a glass of water, his complexion looked a little better, and his originally cracked lips even had a little color.

"How are you? Are you feeling unwell?" asked Old Xie.

The young man paused and replied, "It hurts. It hurts a lot."

"Pain is inevitable. The snake venom has already penetrated deep into your bone marrow and internal organs. But fortunately, we have the seven-leaf lily, which has cleared most of the snake venom from your body. Only a little is left. You will be cured after a while of treatment." Old Xie explained.

"Seven-leaf flower?" The young man murmured when he heard the voice, his eyes full of confusion, as if he was thinking about something.

"What's wrong?" asked Old Xie.

After thinking for a while, the young man said, "I've heard of the Seven-Leaf Flower. It's grown by Pharmacist Xie from the Great Wilderness Village. But can it remove snake venom?"

Old Xie was puzzled, "Why not?"

"The wife of the village chief of our Stone Village was also bitten by a poisonous snake. That night, she took Pharmacist Xie's Seven-Leafed Flower and applied a compress. But the next day, she turned into bones."

"Oh!" Old Xie suddenly understood and explained, "The Seven-Leaf Flower you mentioned is the most primitive version from our Great Wilderness Village. The one I'm giving you now has been improved and can cure all snake venoms."

"Our Great Wilderness Village?" the young man was puzzled, then realized, "I'm in the Great Wilderness Village now?"

Shitou Village and Dahuangbian Village are a full hundred miles apart. Yet, he, who had been poisoned by a snake and was extremely weak, managed to reach Dahuangbian Village before the venom took effect?

"Let's not talk about anything else. Tell me what exactly happened in your Stone Village?" Old Xie glanced at Xu Ran and asked.

This was what Xu Ran asked him to do. After all, he was only a one-year-old baby, and even if he asked, others might not answer.

As soon as this question came up, the young man fell into painful memories.

"In one night, just one night, our Stone Village was massacred by poisonous snakes."

The young man stammered, returning to the memories of that night.

A quarter of an hour later, the young man told what happened that night.

After listening to this, Xu Ran nodded without leaving a trace. He already knew roughly what happened when the venomous snakes slaughtered the village, but such a thing would not happen to the Great Wilderness Village.

Because, as early as a few months ago, he had planted seven-leaf aconite all over the village alone. According to the current situation, it can detoxify snake venom and defend against poisonous snakes.

If poisonous snakes cannot enter the village of Dahuangbian, then the village massacre will not happen.

After understanding the situation, Xu Ran stood up and said, "Uncle Xie, I'm going back first, otherwise my mother will come out to look for me again."

"Well, I will take good care of him."

As soon as Xu Ran walked out of the wooden door of Old Xie's house, he saw his mother coming out of the house.

"mother."

Lian Ji heard her son's voice and turned to look, "Xiao Ran!!"

"Mom, where are you going?" Lian Ji hugged Xu Ran in her arms.

"Today is the annual matchmaking meeting held in the villages near the mountains. People from the matchmaker village will come to our village to match up young people who are suitable for marriage."

Watching the fun is indeed everyone's nature.

"Mom, do you want to watch the fun?" Xu Ran asked.

Lian Ji pinched Xu Ran's nose and praised, "Xiao Ran is really smart."

After that, the mother and son walked towards the blind date place in the village.

After a while, more than a hundred people gathered in front of him, most of whom were young men.

Among these young men stood a matchmaker who was over fifty years old. She had a matchmaker mole at the corner of her mouth and held a stack of portraits in her hand, making her look very professional.

As night fell under everyone's expectant gaze, Cuihua was very satisfied holding the collected portrait in her hand.

"The men in the Great Wilderness Village are strong and muscular. No wonder all the women in the villages in the mountains want to marry them."

Cuihua had never had such a wonderful experience as this matchmaking experience.

Afterwards, Cuihua came to Xu Ran's house.

Every time the matchmaker comes to arrange a marriage, she will stay in the village for one night after the match is over. The place she stays is the best house in the village.

Although Xu Binghu and Lian Ji were not brought together by a matchmaker, they were still warmly received.

In the Xu family's yard, a whole lamb was roasted on a grill, with oil bubbling out of it. Cuihua had never seen such a scene before, and her mouth was watering.

"To be honest, I've been a matchmaker for so many years, and I've never seen anyone serve a whole roasted lamb to a matchmaker. Just the smell is worth it."

Lian Ji took a knife and pierced the roasted whole lamb, and oil and water flowed out.

"It's ready."

Lian Ji cut a piece of meat and placed it in front of Cuihua.

Cuihua immediately put it in her mouth and muttered, "It's so hot."

After eating and drinking, Cuihua wiped the grease from her mouth and said.

"I have some news. I'll treat it as a reward for the roasted whole lamb you gave me."

"Oh?" Xu Binghu was curious. "What news?"

The three of them were very interested in Cuihua's words.

"Originally, I didn't come to Dahuangbian Village. I was going to Jiyuan Village."

"Jiyuan Village? Is it the village that makes a living by raising chickens?" Xu Ran said.

"This child is so smart." Cuihua praised.

During this period of time, Xu Ran has been learning about the situation in the mountains and nearby villages. Now he can say that he knows these villages like the back of his hand.

"This morning, in order to get a better portrait of the woman, I went to Jiyuan Village early."

"It turns out that everyone in Jiyuan Village is dead!!!"

When Cuihua said this, her body trembled and she looked around as if she was afraid of something.

When Xu Ran heard the news, he sat up.

"The whole village is dead?"

"Yes!" Cuihua suddenly raised her voice. "Everyone in the village died in a very tragic way. Many people had their hands and feet cut off. And there was a stench that I had never smelled before."

As he spoke, he fanned the air in front of his nose with his hand.

He does not mean that.

A madman from Stone Village came to Dahuangbian Village. Everyone in the village knew that this madman kept talking about the poisonous snake that slaughtered the village.

Moreover, the person that Mr. Qi sent out to gather information also came back and confirmed the news.

That means that two villages near the mountains have been massacred, and according to the matchmaker's description, they were also massacred by poisonous snakes.

For Xu Ran, it was totally worth it to exchange a roasted whole lamb for such news.

Midnight fell and everyone in the Dahuangbian Village was asleep.

outside the village.

Several smooth indentations appeared on the flat grass, like long dark red ropes. A careful count revealed that there were hundreds of them.

These hundreds of poisonous snakes were all heading towards the Great Wilderness Village, intending to poison and kill all the villagers in the Great Wilderness Village tonight.

Soon, they arrived at the village gate with red eyes and tongues sticking out.

Just as I was about to enter.

In the sky, even in the dark night, under the moonlight, a pure white figure soars in the sky.

"Wow—"

This sound was like the overlord in the sky, announcing to the world that it was the king of the night.

During the flight, his cold eyes were always fixed on the poisonous snake below.

The poisonous snake on the ground saw the bird of prey above and began to move its tongue faster, but it showed no sign of retreating.

Seeing this, Xiaobai suddenly flew downwards at a speed as fast as the wind. In a blink of an eye, several poisonous snakes on the ground disappeared.

Looking up at the sky again, I saw several dark red poisonous snakes broken into two pieces falling to the ground.

Seeing this, the poisonous snake quickened its pace to enter the village on the edge of the wilderness.

Although they cannot stop Xiaobai in the sky, there are many of them. It will be enough as long as they kill all the people in Dahuangbian Village before Xiaobai kills them all.

result.

The moment they crawled into the village chief's door, they stopped where they were, and several poisonous snakes rolled on the ground in extreme pain.

Seeing this, the other poisonous snakes retreated decisively.

Xiaobai landed on the ground and looked at the place where the poisonous snake died. There were several seven-leaf aconite flowers in full bloom not far away.

(End of this chapter)